[Centraal] MMA topic #147 Bellator

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UFC welterweight fighter Jon Fitch spoke to Heavy.com about some of the criticism he takes for being what some people call a boring fighter:

“It seems as if I can’t have anything come to me easily. It always takes a lot of extra hard work. Throughout my entire life, things have always been that way. I’ve always had to work two or three times harder than everybody else just to be half as good. It’s just one of those things that have shaped the attitude I have. I just keep pushing forward. I think I coined that term ‘grinding.’ I started using it to describe my style, and it’s something I know is mine. If people think that I’m not beating people up in there, all they have to do is look at my opponent’s face after the fight.

If I’m not doing work in there, then how did their face get so f***ed up? Overall, respect means a lot. For what all the fans think they know, the fighters themselves actually know it. When you get respect from your colleagues, it means a lot because those are the guys who are going through the same things you are, making the same sacrifices you make and have dealt with some of the same circumstances and they can empathize with what you are going through.

To have respect from those guys is a big deal. I always tell people one of the coolest things that has ever happened to me came years back when I got into a van with Minotauro (Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira). He came up to me and said, ‘Hey I know you – you are that tough guy.’ For him to call me a tough guy was a highlight of my career.”

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Op donderdag 17 mei 2012 20:12 schreef Tazmaniac het volgende:
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Mijn felicitaties aan de event winners Kevin, vivelafete, n00cl30n, cardizzle14, Fenomeno & Tazmaniac!!

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Op donderdag 17 mei 2012 23:51 schreef n00cL30n het volgende:
Tja, ik ben bang dat Struve toch weer wil gaan brawlen. :s

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Op vrijdag 18 mei 2012 13:45 schreef incognitoomuch het volgende:

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Maar het wordt zowieso een entertaining fight!


Trouwens... KZ Vs Aldo.. Als KZ niet als een zombie blijft brawlen, wat wel leuk is voor de kijkcijfers, maar het gelijk naar de grond werkt, zou hij het misschien heeeel misschien nog best kunnen winnen!(?)

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Op zaterdag 19 mei 2012 02:44 schreef THEFXR het volgende:
Josh Barnett (248) vs. Daniel Cormier (238)
Champ Gilbert Melendez (153) vs. Josh Thomson (153)
Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante (206) vs. Mike Kyle (203)
Nah-Shon Burrell (170) vs. Chris Spang (169)

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Op vrijdag 18 mei 2012 03:16 schreef Jajong het volgende:
Derp vergeten mijn picks hier te plaatsen maar had ze wel op MMAPlayground dus die kun je gewoon nog meenemen toch?

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