The UFC featured me in a pre-fight article on their webpage. Click to link directly:

 http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=13751

And I wouldn’t live up to my nickname if I didn’t say that the article contains some ear stinging passages. Maybe I’ll call him back and see if I can’t get a few sentences checked… hahaha.

Honestly, much of what we discussed is paraphrased in the article with some artistic license being used for spice. No harm no foul though. I’m glad the piece is up. Special attention to a couple of corrections…

“I don’t consider myself a ‘grammar-titian’ or anything like that,” he says. “But if you don’t want to use the language correctly, don’t.”

There are 2 mistakes here. The first is the word “grammatician” which is misquoted. The second is that he left off the rest of the quote which totally inverts the meaning of the sentence. It should read, “If you don’t want to use the language correctly, don’t… But don’t expect me not to poke fun at you.”

It wasn’t a permissive or dismissive sentence as it appears in the text.

Also, Renzo (not Royce) Gracie was the one who said the bit about the best fighter winning if God didn’t interfere. I believe it was at the end of “The Smashing Machine” documentary where they did a piece on Renzo.

Anyway, thanks for the exposure and the article Chuck, I appreciate being cast in a good light.

Once again I’ll be joining MMAWeekly Radio to discuss my upcoming bout and anything else they might ask me (they throw me a curveball from time to time). Be sure to tune in tomorrow (Thursday, July 31) at 6pm PST/9pm EST.

http://www.mmaweekly.com/radio.asp

Just as a reminder, check back often for links to interviews and radio appearances as they occur in the media leading up to the fight. I will post links as I get the news they’ve been published. Toodles.

Join me on 95.5 fm The Game today at 6pm PST as I talk to the guys in studio about my upcoming fight in the UFC on August 9. Also featured on the show are Brad Blackburn and Tom Atencio.

Click here for a preview of the show: http://955thegame.com/Personalities/FightNight/tabid/87/Default.aspx

Click here to listen live:                        http://955thegame.com/Multimedia/ListenLive/tabid/69/Default.aspx

I was featured in Kelly Crigger’s new book, Title Shot: Into the Shark Tank of Mixed Martial Arts, which was released last week. Crigger came through Team Quest at the beginning of his trip through many of MMA’s top gyms. While he was here in Oregon he sat down and talked to lots of the team guys. Specifically, he talked to me about my views on how rule changes affect the strikers in MMA and MMA in general. We also talked a bit about how religion and MMA co-exist, and of course Horwich was on hand with some verses… hahaha.

I also thought it was pretty cool that he took some of my kickboxing classes and didn’t just sit on the sidelines with a pen. His book delves into the mind of the fighter and does a great job capturing what it’s like to train in MMA.

Here’s a link to check it out: www.intothesharktank.com

I was on CageSideLive.net around 8:45 pm today, March 6. They had a cool show lined up… Me, Fitch, Joe Lauzon, Shonie, Igor Gracie, more… You can check it out in their archives if you want to hear me make a fool of myself.

http://www.cagesidelive.net/