http://www.sherdog.net/fo(...)santos-beef-1657349/Ramsey on the Lew Polley-Junior dos Santos beefSo if you have been keeping up with The Ultimate Fighter this season you know that Team dos Santos wrestling coach Lew Polley and Junior have been butting heads.
In a new interview with Team dos Santos fighter Ramsey Nijem, he gives some insight into the beef.
PRO MMA NOW: What are your thoughts on this beef between Coach Lew Polley and Junior?
RAMSEY NIJEM: It’s all kind of dumb because I feel like sometimes Lew wants to be there just to kind of get his name out there and make a name for himself as a fighter and coach and stuff like that. You know it’s Junior’s game so Junior should have the last say in it and Lew was kind of undermining him and I was disagreeing with some of the things Lew said. But in the end it’s Junior’s team and if he doesn’t want to be on board, you know, he shouldn’t be there.
PRO MMA NOW: So was that something you guys noticed, could you see that Lew was overstepping his bounds or disrespecting Junior in any way?
RAMSEY NIJEM: Yeah, I mean it was kind of obvious when Junior would say one thing and Lew would say something else, or Lew would try to run practice and Junior would have to come in and change up the practice and stuff like that because… We obviously caught on and we knew what was going on. It was just kind of awkward sometimes between them having a little bit of animosity. But we just had to train or whatever so we tried not to focus on it.
PRO MMA NOW: There was a video released with Lew talking about it and he had some pretty harsh things to say about Junior, did you see that?
RAMSEY NIJEM: No I haven’t seen it, but I kind of see him on his blog, he’s been bad-mouthing Junior and all his coaches and it’s actually really disrespectful because the only person out of the coaching staff that I felt was there to make a name for themselves was Lew. And he says, “Oh I’m here for the fighters and I care about the fighters and I’m not here to be popular.” But it was the complete opposite. Lew was there for the cameras and he would do things when the cameras were around to get noticed and he would tell coach Billy, our striking coach, to go for the cameras. And coach Billy is a family man, he coaches his guys. He doesn’t want to be famous, he doesn’t want to be on TV, and I feel like that’s what Lew wants to do. You can tell by his blogging, his Twitter and all the stuff he’s trying to get his little 15 minutes of fame.
PRO MMA NOW: I wonder if he ever tried out for the show?
RAMSEY NIJEM: I don’t know if he ever tried out for the show but I can guarantee you if he had the chance to be on it he would take it. I know that for a fact because he wants to be in the UFC but his problem is he doesn’t have the greatest record and he beats like no-names but he will always lose to tougher guys and he’s kind of a boring fighter cause he just tries to hold people down and control them. So, he’s going to have to change some things if he wants to be a good fighter or in the UFC. But I guarantee you if he had the chance to be on The Ultimate Fighter he would, as a fighter.