Quotes of the Weekend: Young, Shaw, Couture + Ortiz
CagePotato.com —
... guess, I would say that they didn’t want the visual of a woman with a bloody face on CBS. They also chose not to do a post fight interview with me or to include me in the post fight news conference and after party. I think the reason for that was my beat up appearance after the fight because I was not seriously injured and was completely coherent. I am very disappointed about that but cant help but wonder how people would have responded to that, as stupid as it is.” — Kaitlin Young, on her loss to Gina Carano and resulting media snub. ...
KAITLIN YOUNG WAS CLEARED TO CONTINUE, BUT COMMISSION OVERRULED
Epic Carnival —
... getting the better of me at that point in the fight, but I wasn't ready to be done. It really bothers me that I didn't get a chance to thank my sponsors and all that jazz. While I have no doubt that Gina would have finished her off in the third round, it does seem that Kaitlin was treatly unfairly and that Gina got massive preferential treatment. Maybe MMA isn't as different from boxing as I thought it was. Photo courtesy of and a hat tip to MMAMania ...



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