Josh Barnett Quotes

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Josh Barnett

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : November 10, 1977

If you were in the UFC as a heavyweight, you'd be an idiot to not want to fight Brock Lesnar. Whether he's a good fight for you, that doesn't matter.

Josh Barnett

That's why guys in MMA call each other out most of the time. High reward and low risk.

Josh Barnett

The people who follow you should have a reason to do that. You shouldn't talk like everyone else. The stars and athletes drive the sports. People tune in to see so and so fight.

Josh Barnett

I've done commentary before for Pancrase, they had a show called 'Pancrase: Legends of MMA' that aired on Imagination Television. I've done live commentary for PRIDE, I've been around the block a bit.

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I consider myself a pretty wrestling commentator, but only in the sense that I call it like I see it. It's serious business to me, and it's an athletic sport of wrestling, and I treat it as such without putting a big gimmick on it.

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I'd always looked at 'TUF' and thought I'd like to do something like that.

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I've coached a lot of athletes over the years and it's not new to me to work with people and create drilling structure and things for them.

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If every punch thrown was a knockout, then fantastic, but most punches don't end up in knockouts and most submissions don't end up being the one to finish the match.

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I know there's this idea going around that I bury The Young Bucks on commentary but that's never been the case. If anything, I've only treated them harshly as heels. That's it. When they started turning around from being a heel to a face, it's a whole different story. That's simply a matter of how I see commentary as opposed to beef.

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There's more than a few people that I could think of capable of meeting Brock Lesnar in the Bloodsport ring. We don't lack for for capable and wanting fighters.

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I've worked in Hollywood before.

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I always feel very strongly that Bloodsport is going to deliver and going to continue to try and pick up the ante every single time.

Josh Barnett

If you're in Bloodsport, it's because I've seen something in you that shows that you can fight.

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The big thing that Sakakibara has going for him besides experience is that he has relationships prior with the paid television stations and that is a massive component to being able to put your product into try and become successful in Japan.

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I fought when there was no money from fighting really.

Josh Barnett

I fought when you couldn't even buy MMA gear at your local sports store or whatever. We had to make it ourselves.

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I fought when most of the time we didn't even wear gloves.

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Why antagonize somebody for no reason? Why try to garner attention by doing something negative? Why not do something positive on your own merits, instead of somebody else, whether it's to try to antagonize them or draw their ire, or even to have them help you out.

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When you look at a guy like Cain Velasquez, he's a tough kid who's fought his way up the ranks, but he doesn't even have as many fights as I have wins.

Josh Barnett

Often in fighting, you get dealt certain cards and that's what you have to work with.

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