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Kalib Starnes released from the UFC
Kalib Starnes released from the UFC |
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Nacho
MMA Regular
Career record: 134-82
Season: 18-15 (#6084)
Location: Hawthorne, CA
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I didn't realize this (Starnes) made the front page of Yahoo!
Last edited 4/22/08 12:17AM by nacho
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Post #16 4/22/08 12:16:10AM
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BTizzle
Learning to Sprawl
Career record: 67-41
Season: 6-4 (#8006)
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Well if he's mad about the low pay maybe he should do something about it. Clearly running in a circle for 15 mins does not get you a pay raise it gets you cut.
I figured something would happen since Dana is always making a big deal about it on Ultimate fighter about people being fighters and to make the most out of their chance etc. So this seems like the right call.
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Post #17 4/22/08 2:15:57AM
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TeeRev
Learning to Sprawl
Career record: 2-1
Season: 0-0 (#-)
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Delete this if you must, but I don't think most people have seen these quotes, so I figure it's more than worth mentioning. Most websites (Yahoo, Globe and Mail) only have pieces of these quotes. All of these are from fightnetwork.com
Kalib on Dana saying that Kalib doesn't belong in the UFC:
"“In my opinion, it was inappropriate to make public statements regarding my character and my future and so on the way that he has, especially without having the courage and the respect to call me up and speak with me personally,” Starnes said. “All of these comments come from a man that has never had a fight in his entire life who claims to be the ultimate authority on fighting and courage. I couldn’t be happier than to be released from the most oppressive contract I’ve ever been under in my life.”"
"According to the American Top Team-trained fighter, injuries led to his switch from an offensive to defensive mode against Quarry."
On injuries sustained in the fight:
"“Right now, I have a broken foot [that] I sustained with the first kick I threw in the fight,” Starnes said. “My leg is purple and black from my knee up, I have a black eye, a sprained jaw, and he’s questioning my desire to fight? If that isn’t enough to satisfy him and the crowd, I can show them the medical report. I can barely walk. [Quarry] totally destroyed my thigh with those kicks. I’m sure a lot of people would rather see me suffer a traumatic brain injury and be rendered unconscious. That’s too bad. If that’s what they want, they’re paying the wrong guy $10,000 to get his brain smashed in.” "
On why he fought the way he did:
"“Dana White wouldn’t stand and trade with a guy [like Quarry] who had an 80 or 90 percent knockout ratio with injuries like I had Saturday night,” Starnes said. “He wouldn’t cross the street for $10,000. I don’t have anything to prove to anybody. I’m not about to stand there and get smashed to pieces. After I knew my foot was broken, I was trying to back up and work off the jab and keep moving so I didn’t get knocked out.”"
On talk of him appearing on any radio shows and the publicity stemming from the fight:
"“Any report or rumor that I came on any radio station to comment on the fight or circumstances surrounding the fight or in reference to the UFC or Dana White is completely false,” he said. “I’ve been back in Florida since Sunday, and it was Dana White who decided to come out and publicly attack my character, not the other way around. That’s the way he felt like he should go. Maybe he thinks that character assassination might prevent me from moving on and fighting for another organization or carrying on a career. If he thinks it’s appropriate to attack me, it isn’t.” "
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Post #18 4/22/08 2:17:50PM
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