I’m done fighting..
I’m done fighting..
The UFC has done a lot for me but I think I have done more for them.
The UFC bought WFA to get my contract & they saved my life, so I
felt loyal to them. They pushed me into a fight with Chuck Liddel even
when I clearly stated I wasn’t ready to fight for the belt because the
American fans didn’t know me but I took the fight and didn’t complain
& after I won the American fans booed me for the first time which
changed the way I saw them & it hurt me deeply.
Then before I can even get out of the cage they announced that I was
fighting Dan Henderson without even asking me. After I beat Dan
Henderson, I made history in becoming the first undisputed champion in
MMA but was never even given the pride belt in the cage & I was
never promoted as the undisputed champ. Later Anderson Silva was.
Then they had me coach TUF season 7 and fight Forrest and the fight
was very controversial & normally when a fight is that close &
controversial there is normally an instant replay. I can name a couple
of instances. Instead they offered me the Vanderlei Silva fight which I
gladly accepted even though I know it was a very risky fight for me to
take because of all the drama that was happening to me at the time. I
fought that fight with a jaw injury and then a couple weeks later Dana
called me and asked me to fight Rashad. For the first time I said no, I
didn’t want to fight because it was such short notice & I wouldn’t
have had a long break between camp. Dana talked me into fighting Rashad
anyway but Rashad refused the fight and so I had to fight Jardine as a
favor to the UFC instead of getting my belt back (which wasn’t even
worth it to me financially).
Then I reinjured my jaw in the fight with Vanderlei & Jardine. Frank Mir gets hurt so they wanted to switch my fight from UFC 100
to the fight Frank couldn’t make it to but I couldn’t fight cause I
needed jaw surgury. So they give Machida the fight against Rashad &
they told me they want me to coach TUF season 10 against Rashad. That’s
why I wanted Rashad to win so bad but when Rashad got knocked out I
told them I wanted to fight Machida for the belt but Dana told me if I
coach TUF against Rashad that I could fight Machida afterwards cause
this was a different type of ultimate fighter show they were doing.
After I signed the contract Dana then changes his mind & says I
have to fight Rashad & even told me what to say in the press &
so my fans think I was scared to fight Machida. After all that I still
never complained & I did it all.
Then this movie role came about that I have been trying to get for
over a year & as soon as I found out I was close to getting it, I
called Dana right away & asked to push the Memphis fight back just
a month or so. I told him what this movie role meant to me. I told him
that I used to bond with my father watching the tv show as a kid when
my parents where still married & it represents the memories I had
with my father when we lived together. My dad became an alcohalic &
addicted to drugs & we grew apart. But after my dad got his life
back together, I was so proud of my dad & I told him I would always
take care of him in the future & make him proud of me. My dad &
I are still very big fans of the show & I am basically doing this
for the childhood memories I had spending time in front of the tv with
my dad. Dana went on the internet & mocked me because of that &
I still did nothing. Dana & I finally talked & we made up &
then after that he went back on the internet & said some bullshit
& he was talking bad about the movie when information is not even
supposed to be released & talking about payments which is not even
true could really hurt my future acting career, which could very well
last longer than my fighting career. I’m not like Randy Couture. My
body has been getting so many different injuries that I wont be able to
fight until my forties & neither do I want to fight that long. So I
feel like my second career could be in jeopardy.. so I’m done fighting.
I’ve been getting negative reviews from the dumb ass fans that don’t
pay my bills or put my kids though college. So I’m hanging it up. I’m
gonna miss all my loyal fans but hopefully they’ll follow me to my new
career & I will gain more loyal fans along the way. & all you
hater fans out there can kiss my big black hairy ass! & anybody
that don’t like what I just said can come try to kick my ass!
I still feel the UFC is a great organization and I felt like I was
very loyal to them but they didn’t respect my loyalty but I wish the
UFC the best. I did a lot of things for them. I wish no bad blood
between us but I have kids & a family back in Memphis to provide
for & thats all that matters to me!
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