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Post by The Mac on Dec 5, 2009 18:52:24 GMT -5
What fighters in the UFC have you met before in person?
I live in the uk so I can only meet them when they come over here and do signings!
-The MaC
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PrideFcF
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Post by PrideFcF on Dec 5, 2009 23:57:35 GMT -5
The closest I've come to "meeting" a fighter was last summer at work. I passed Andrei Arlovski as he was leaving the theater, and then saw him a few weeks later as he was driving out of our parking garage.
Funny side story, two of my friends use to live a few houses down from a house Andrei was renting, and would talk to him regularly. The house was actually owned by my one pals dad, so he'd collect rent from him personally and talk for a bit.
Right after his KO loss to Sylvia, my friend told him he still looked good in the fight. In his broken english, Arlovski disagreed fully. "No, no, no, it was terrible terrible fight. Now they all say I have weak chin. No. No. This is not true. Not true at all. I have very very strong chin." lol If only he could live up to that claim. Seemed like a really nice guy though.
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Post by threehgame on Dec 6, 2009 3:21:55 GMT -5
The only fighter I've met was Matt Hughes. He was in town for a diesel show. A shop here in town built him a custom truck and he was here to pick it up/show it off and sign some autographs. He was really nice, took a picture with me and signed a DVD cover, a magazine page (the FIGHT magazine parting shot image to which Hughes said he wished they hadn't used the world "arsenal" in the caption) and a copy of his book. After shaking his hand I can tell you he was as solid as a rock but shorter than I thought he would be.  |
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Dec 6, 2009 8:03:52 GMT -5
Oh geez, great question here. I have met alot over the years, mostly due to UFC coming to Montreal the last few years and me being lucky enough to stay at the same hotel they all do, so let me think here of all the UFC fighters/personalities I have met and got autographs from so far:
Anderson Silva
Georges St. Pierre
Rich Franklin
Dan Henderson
Matt Serra
Andrei Arlovski
Sean Sherk
Bruce Buffer
Jason Day
Kenny Florian
Gary Goodridge
Pete Sell
Stitch
Sam Stout
Nate Quarry
Mac Danzig
Jonathan Goulet
Jeremy Horn
Jason MacDonald
Mark Hominick
Rich Clementi
Mark Delagrotte
George Sotiropoules
Steve Mazzagatti
Roger Huerta
Kalib Starnes
Ed Herman
Frank Trigg
Shonie Carter
Travis Lutter
Dan Mirgliotta
Michael Bisping
Mike Dolce
Jorge Gurgel
Joe Doerkson
David Loiseau
Cole Miller
Ben Rothwell
Joe Silva
Mike Goldberg
Charles McCarthy
Eddie Bravo
Kuniyoshi Hironaka
Greg Jackson
Leon Tabbs
Mario Yamasaki
Yves Lavigne
Thales Leites
Chieck Kongo
Chuck Liddell
Ed Soares
Wanderlei Silva
Vinny Magalhaes
Brian Stann
Bill Mahood
Xavier Foupa-Pokam
Ryo Chonan
Luiz Cane
Nate Diaz
Clay Guida
Mike Brown
Ninja Rua
Shogun Rua
Matt Wiman
John Hackleman
Patrick Cote
Vladimir Matushanko
David Bielkaden
Dennis Kang
Matt Hamill
And I got all of those fighters listed above to sign my replica UFC Heavyweight belt. There should be a total of 70 so far. I met them either the last 2 years from the UFC going to Montreal or the last 2 MMA expo's in Toronto.
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Post by chorror on Dec 6, 2009 13:49:52 GMT -5
Ive met:
GSP
BJ penn
Andre Arlovski
Matt Serra
Wanderlei Silva
Dana White
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Post by Lk™ on Dec 6, 2009 14:09:48 GMT -5
gsp, sam stout, anderson silva and jason macdonald.
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Post by Overnight Sensation on Dec 6, 2009 14:14:43 GMT -5
Clay Guida (multiple times, I am on a first name basis with him now. Met him, started to train with him at MTC and became poor so i cannot afford it anymore.)
Randy Couture
Kim Couture
Spencer Fisher
Hermes Franca
Urijah Faber
Jake Sheilds
Jake Sheilds head trainer
Clay French
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s13driver
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Post by s13driver on Dec 6, 2009 19:28:23 GMT -5
Brock Lesnar
Brock Larson
Roger Huerta
Ken Shamrock
Sean Sherk
and Tank Abbott
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Post by NYdream™ on Dec 6, 2009 22:58:38 GMT -5
Sadly... NONE YET  |
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Post by [x] TEXACIDE [x] on Dec 7, 2009 10:37:09 GMT -5
Tito Ortiz is the only one I've met. He was friendly and even took a picture.
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Post by ville on Dec 7, 2009 10:42:50 GMT -5
Sadly... NONE YET |
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Post by ville on Dec 7, 2009 10:43:21 GMT -5
Oh geez, great question here. I have met alot over the years, mostly due to UFC coming to Montreal the last few years and me being lucky enough to stay at the same hotel they all do, so let me think here of all the UFC fighters/personalities I have met and got autographs from so far: Anderson Silva Georges St. Pierre Rich Franklin Dan Henderson Matt Serra Andrei Arlovski Sean Sherk Bruce Buffer Jason Day Kenny Florian Gary Goodridge Pete Sell Stitch Sam Stout Nate Quarry Mac Danzig Jonathan Goulet Jeremy Horn Jason MacDonald Mark Hominick Rich Clementi Mark Delagrotte George Sotiropoules Steve Mazzagatti Roger Huerta Kalib Starnes Ed Herman Frank Trigg Shonie Carter Travis Lutter Dan Mirgliotta Michael Bisping Mike Dolce Jorge Gurgel Joe Doerkson David Loiseau Cole Miller Ben Rothwell Joe Silva Mike Goldberg Charles McCarthy Eddie Bravo Kuniyoshi Hironaka Greg Jackson Leon Tabbs Mario Yamasaki Yves Lavigne Thales Leites Chieck Kongo Chuck Liddell Ed Soares Wanderlei Silva Vinny Magalhaes Brian Stann Bill Mahood Xavier Foupa-Pokam Ryo Chonan Luiz Cane Nate Diaz Clay Guida Mike Brown Ninja Rua Shogun Rua Matt Wiman John Hackleman Patrick Cote Vladimir Matushanko David Bielkaden Dennis Kang Matt Hamill And I got all of those fighters listed above to sign my replica UFC Heavyweight belt. There should be a total of 70 so far. I met them either the last 2 years from the UFC going to Montreal or the last 2 MMA expo's in Toronto. I so envey you  . |
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Post by Bob Sapp on Dec 7, 2009 14:19:47 GMT -5
I train with Frankie Edgar and Ricardo Almeida, and through them I have met Renzo Gracie, Royce Gracie, and many others.
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Post by Legends Collector on Dec 7, 2009 16:28:22 GMT -5
Jason Tan, he coaches BJJ at our gym.
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Post by gordon on Dec 7, 2009 20:50:32 GMT -5
I haven't met any but my brother and my Dad met Cheick Kongo and Dan Henderson.
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Post by johnnymalloy on Dec 11, 2009 14:44:52 GMT -5
I met Sean Sherk, Clay Guida, Rampage, Tiki, and Miguel Torres at UFC 96.
And I met a fighter named "Jared McMahon", I was sitting next to him and his buddy. My girl got a picture with Miguel, and when we sat back down, Jared just started talking to us about how he wants to fight Miguel, and he just had a fight for EliteXC and stuff. I thought he was just some random guy trying to bullcrapme, but when I got home and checked it out, he was legit. Pretty nice guy, idk what he's done since though.
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Post by Gonzo Customs on Dec 12, 2009 11:54:04 GMT -5
I met Matt Lindland at the 2000 Olympic Trials. Randy was wrestling there, said hi to him and he responded back. Dan Henderson was there but I didn't get a chance to speak to him, I can't even remember if he was wrestling.
My wife and I were about to leave the Palms in Vegas and I was doing something and she walked away. I thought she went outside so I went out the front door to look for her and nearly bumped into Dana White, didn't even realize it was him though I said how's it going. It clicked that it was him when he was 2 steps past me, then held the door for Gray Maynard and 3 other guys in suits that were trailing Dana. Said hi to Maynard but didn't meet any of them so to speak.
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