The UFC held a press conference for the UFC on Fox 2 event being held on 28th January next year. It featured Headliners Rashed Evans, Phil Davis, co-headliners Chael Sonnen and Mark Munoz, and co-co-headliners Michael Bisping and Demian Maia. As far as press conferences go, this one was pretty decent. Often they can be slow and boring, with plenty of "he is going to know he was in a fight", cliche type comments. Sonnen usually manages to liven them up when he appears, and this one was no different. I was also surprised at how entertaining Michael Bisping was, and I have to say that I am starting to change my mind on him. I'm not ready to dedicate a blog section to him or anything, but I think I might actually be rooting for him in the Demian Maia fight, which is a first for me.
The video is here, skip through to about 19:30 for the actual beginning of the press conference:
With the fight itself still about 7 weeks away, we have to rely on events such as this to get our hit of Sonnen antics. Below are some of his best quotes from the press conference:
"Everyone up here is grateful to be on Fox, everyone but me. I would say Fox, you're welcome. You have been telling everyone for years that you have the American Idol, and now you finally do."
In response to a claim that he cheated against Mark Munoz while in a college wrestling match - "I don't even remember college. I'm driving around in a car with no insurance, a pocket with no money, the biggest thing on my mind is which kid to sit next to on exam day."
"On January 28th I will be ready. It will be one more in the win column, one more on the mantel, and one more for the bad guy."
When a fighter thanks them for coming back to Chicago - "You're welcome, when me and Dana made the decision to come back, well he takes most of the credit for it, but when we decided to come back we actually had you specifically in mind, so thank you for coming out today"
When a fan asks him would he ever go for a position in politics - "You know I appreciate that, and I actually held public office, and I left the only way a person should, in handcuffs."
When asked about his game plan going into the fight with Munoz - "I hear guys talking about game plans, and footwork, and strategy, with their coaches, and their gold teeth and their 8th grade educations and I don't care about any of that. Mark Munoz is gonna find out, and I do like him, but never piss off a gangster."
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