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Originally Posted by rivethead
Well, again, people might be taking Penn's comments out of context...if he's asked how he feels about the Sherk steroid scandal, he's going to be honest...much the same way GSP [as well as other fighters ] was honest in multiple comments that his fans excused as "just answering questions." Certainly, BJ made pointed and abrasive comments, but it's not like he called a press conference to make them...he's asked for an interview, and he answered questions in the interview. Those quotes are then rearranged for maximum impact by the interviewer.
I would love to hear someone laugh off shit talking and just say they don't want to get involved in it. But that's not the way the hype machine works.
We'll have to agree to disagree about nobody else having a chance against GSP.
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Lol, rh is having to become the master of agree to disagree.
Yeah, fighters are going to shit talk. It's pretty much a fact. Almost all fighters are Alpha males and competitive freaks, so it is bound to happen. They edit interviews to generate hype when they are video taped, why would print be any different?
I think Anderson Silva is the only one I could maybe see laughing off shit talk. Like Leban saying he will send him back to Japan, or Hendo saying he will beat him up like he has never been beat up. I just remember his translator saying "we'll see"
I agree with everything you said except GSP needing to fight Karo again. Karo was beaten pretty convincingly and when you hear him talk, it doesn't sound like he really wants that rematch. I went back and rewatched it, and man was GSP green in that match, but he still controlled it pretty well (except for a few sub attempts) start to finish.
True GSP is more MW size, but as long as he can keep making weight at WW, that will be one of his greatest assets there.
Sherk and BJ have been going back and forth. I just can't wait for the 24th. Actually, the 23rd (to see what kind of shape Sherk comes in at, and if BJ will taunt him if he comes in "deflated")