"Cain Velasquez surprised a lot, you know, Bigfoot (Antonio Silva) is a really tough fighter, you know, I train with him, he's very strong. But Cain Velasquez came in with a good strategy and won the fight. So if the UFC wants to see that fight again, let's do it."
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Cain Velasquez on Antonio Silva: I haven't fought anybody like him yet
3-25: "I think the combination [of skills] that he has I haven't fought anybody like him yet"
Frank Mir Outlines His Plan
Kriegel: How can you beat him if you dont go to the ground?
Frank Mir: I dont know...
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Frank Mir: I dont know...
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Frank Mir: I'll surprise him and catch him with something
"When I visualize the fight, I see it playing out something like this. We'll start off boxing for a little while, Junior will use his speed to try and get me out of there with punches, and he may even catch me with one or two. At that point I hit the deck, he'll rush into finish me – thinking I'm hurt – and I'll surprise him and catch him with something. Junior's tap will arrive fairly quickly, and the title belt will be wrapped around my waist not long after. That's how I'm picturing Saturday night …"
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Frank Mir wearing "We are all one" T-Shirt
Some bad news we heard from JDS last week:
"It wasn't that he beat [Nogueira]," Dos Santos told SI.com via a translator. "It was that he talked a lot of trash after that fight, saying things that the Brazilian fans considered very disrespectful. I didn't really want to put myself in a situation that was going to be doing a public appearance with Frank where I knew we were going to be laughing and having a good time. Something like video games is just more of like a hangout scenario, and I thought it might be taken the wrong way by the Brazilian fans."
(Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/ben_fowlkes/05/17/mir.dos.santos/index.html#ixzz1vZBWL1bc )
(Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/ben_fowlkes/05/17/mir.dos.santos/index.html#ixzz1vZBWL1bc )
Frank's reaction was:
"I think it's just the Brazilians being nationalistic, and the fact of an American beating a Brazilian at jiu-jitsu, and one of the legends of jiu-jitsu at that. I think that's the part that stings. I guess I hadn't realized that the Brazilians were so nationalistic. I didn't realize it mattered so much that I beat Nogueira, a Brazilian, and I'm an American."
Look at the Frank's T-Shirt from yesterday's promo shot
Junior dos Santos: My hands shake when I hear the Rocky song
On sticking with "Gonna Fly Now," a.k.a. the Rocky song, as his walkout song:
For sure I'll be walking out to the rocky song. It motivates me a lot so I agree with Christian. Back story: Dana White didn't want me to come out to that song and said it's overused. I told him 'Man, my hands shake when I hear that song'. When he heard how powerful it was for me, he told me I could keep it as my walkout song.
On what he thinks of Mir's chin:
Everybody's chin is their weak spot. If you land a shot on somebody's chin, they're down. Fight over. So yeah, that's where I'm going to try to hit him. And that's where I'm going to be hitting him.
You can find the rest of the Questions-Answer here
Cain Velasquez: Antonio has a lot of power in his hands
“He is a big guy and has a lot of power in his hands,” said Velasquez, during a recent edition of “UFC Tonight.” “He is a guy who mixes up everything really well. He is not just a boxer, he is good on the ground, (and) he is a guy who is durable. I have seen his last fights and he doesn’t really get tired out there, so he is going to be in it the whole fight.”
Frank Mir: I’m going to go ahead and strike with JDS
Are you surprised nobody in the UFC has been able to get Junior to the ground and really test him there?
Frank Mir: “It has (surprised me), especially the Shane Carwin fight. You can go back and look at some of my comments last year. I was very confident. Obviously Shane Carwin was not the boxer that dos Santos was, but I thought he’d be able to push him against the cage and get him down on the ground. And he was extremely unsuccessful and had a very hard time and got caught with a good right.”
Do you have to get dos Santos to the ground or can you stand up with him?
Frank Mir: “I’m going to go ahead and strike with him, probably more than Carwin wanted to and some of these other guys and try to lull him into lowering his striking defense. If I get him into a rhythm where it’s a boxing match, it will be easier to shoot or take him down. If you are shotting right of fthe bat and are grabbing a leg and that person’s waiting for it, it’s like any combat tactic. It’s very easy to stop what you are expecting.”
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Junior dos Santos: I can surprise everyone fighting on the ground
"I will be looking for the knockout for sure. I want to knock him out and I will give my best to knock him out. If the fights goes to the ground, I don't want to put the fight on the ground, but if he takes me down or something like that and holds me there, I will show my jiu-jitsu for everybody. I can tell you I’m ready to fight, it doesn't matter where. I can surprise everyone fighting on the ground, too." — Junior dos Santos
Cain Velasquez:I will try to beat Bigfoot off the quickness
On his plan:
"'Bigfoot's' a big guy, you know? I think he does everything well. He mixes up his punches and kicks really well. For me, I think, with his overall size, I gotta be quicker than him. So, a lot of 'in and out.' If the takedown's there, take it. Just try to beat him off the quickness."
On getting some tips from the Cormier/Silva fight:
"The training sessions with Daniel have been great. The type of athleticism and skill that he brings to this, it's just great to be in with a guy like that, every day, to train with a guy like that, every day. As far as him, with his fight with Silva, he took him apart early. He told me what he felt out there, even though it was short. But, I'm not expecting to fight the same guy that he fought. I'm expecting to fight a better guy. He dismembered him so quickly."
You can find the rest of interview here
"'Bigfoot's' a big guy, you know? I think he does everything well. He mixes up his punches and kicks really well. For me, I think, with his overall size, I gotta be quicker than him. So, a lot of 'in and out.' If the takedown's there, take it. Just try to beat him off the quickness."
On getting some tips from the Cormier/Silva fight:
"The training sessions with Daniel have been great. The type of athleticism and skill that he brings to this, it's just great to be in with a guy like that, every day, to train with a guy like that, every day. As far as him, with his fight with Silva, he took him apart early. He told me what he felt out there, even though it was short. But, I'm not expecting to fight the same guy that he fought. I'm expecting to fight a better guy. He dismembered him so quickly."
You can find the rest of interview here
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