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Quote of the Day - Brock Lesnar
Published 8/15/2008 by Zach Arnold at FightOpinion.com
... He was recently interviewed by The New York Times : Q: How do you respond to critics who say that you have not “paid your dues,” in that the only reason your fights have been televised twice is because of your name and not necessarily your skill? A: A lot of people lose sight of the bottom line: this is a business. It’s about making dollars by selling tickets, Pay-Per-Views, and merchandise. It’s up to the promoter to decide what is televised. I just train hard, then get in the octagon and fight. In regard to the “You haven’t paid your dues” stuff: sure, I came into this sport ...

UFC Quick Notes: Rampage, Sadollah, Lesnar + More
Published 8/15/2008 by ben at Cage Potato - MMA News, Knockout Videos, and the Hottest Ring Girls
... no truth to the rumors of him dropping to welterweight. — If his knee heals according to schedule, Matt Hughes should be settling his grudge with Matt Serra in January or February. — The UFC is having a lot of trouble finding an opponent for Cain Velasquez. As Bloody Elbow’s Mchael Rome puts it, “[Velasquez] is very good, but he has no name value yet, so fighters don’t see any upside in facing him.” — Brock Lesnar is subjected to some pretty dumb questions by the New York Times’s ...

Q&A With Brock Lesnar
Published 8/15/2008 by Stephen Rhodes at Octagon Buzz
... don’t have the Internet, so I’ve never read the blog. Q: I just watched you fight Heath. It seemed that you had many opportunities to go for the rear naked choke and other moves. Does the training fade away in the middle of a fight? A: No. We developed a game plan. The plan was to control Heath, not give up position, dominate, and win. I stuck to the game plan. I won. It’s that simple. For the rest of this interview, please click here.

Brock Lesnar Talks Steroids, Pay-Per-View and Says 'I Don't Have the Internet'
Published 8/15/2008 at FanHouse
... After his impressive showing Saturday night at UFC 87, Brock Lesnar has answered some questions at, of all places, the New York Times Freakonomics blog. ...

The Week in Quotes, August 9th-15th
Published 8/16/2008 by Mike Fagan at Bloody Elbow
... "A lot of people lose sight of the bottom line: this is a business. It’s about making dollars by selling tickets, Pay-Per-Views, and merchandise. It’s up to the promoter to decide what is televised. I just train hard, then get in the octagon and fight." - Lesnar, showing a keen business acumen explaining why someone with his level of experience is in the co-main event (New York Times) ...

Weekend Links with Jon Marthaler
Published 8/16/2008 by Michael Rand at Randball
... the “creators,” the stupidity of the critics, his take on whether the whole thing should be outlawed, and a final discussion of some ways that the offense might be utilized — all in only 6,200 words! Okay, so it’s a bit long, but if you’ve any interest in learning pretty much everything and anything there is to know about the offense and the surrounding controversy, Mr. Brown is the person to go to. *Over at the Freakonomics blog, everybody’s favorite ex-Gopher UFC fighter takes some questions from readers . *Seth Stohs of SethSpeaks.net is looking ahead towards September, and ...

Brock Lesnar interviewed in NY Times…
Published 8/18/2008 by Jim Murphy at MMA Blog - TheSavageScience.com
... to decide what is televised. I just train hard, then get in the octagon and fight. In regard to the “You haven’t paid your dues” stuff: sure, I came into this sport with a name, but I didn’t just build my name and my reputation in pro wrestling. I also came in with twenty years of amateur wrestling experience. The entire interview is solid–Brock comes off as very thoughtful and serious about MMA and credit to Stephen Dubner who obviously did his research on what questions to ask. Brock Lesnar interviewed on the ‘Freakonomics’ blog @ NY Times Props to our Eastern European ...