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Thomas and Mack Center Las Vegas NV, October 21, 2006– Dan “Hollywood” Henderson fields questions from the press about his descion win over Vitor “the Pheonom” Belfort.
He also talks about his Middlewieght GP loss to Kazuo Misaki and a chance for a rematch against Pride FC Light Heavyweight champion Wanderlei Silva.
December 2nd, 2005 – Soboba Casino Only moments after armbarring Kevin Donnelly in 15 seconds, Nam called out the newly crowned King of the Cage Lightweight Champion Mac Danzig. Danzig had only this to say in response, “Hey Nam you’re a good fighter but, you’re not ready to fight me buddy”. In this post fight interview Nam talks about his the possibilities of his upcoming championship fight with Danzig and his future in Japan with Pancrase and Pride.
Brad Doerges – So tell me what happened in you’re fight with Kevin Donnelly I couldn’t tell from my angle but I heard that he tried to fake a handshake and shot in…
Nam Phan – Hey what happened I thought this was a gentleman’s sport? As soon as we touched gloves boom he took the shot. I think he stacked me and took a haymaker shot… I think he scratched me right here…
Brad – Yeah he got you…
Nam – Then he threw another one and I armbarred him… I heard the pops and rips already…
Brad – It looked like you broke it…
Nam – I think I did break it… I kept hearing popping and ripping sounds then Herb Dean said “ he tapped he tapped”.
Brad – So are you the next in line to fight for the 155 belt?
Nam – Well we challenged each other… It’s in negotiation so nothings guaranteed but that s the plan for now… Well next year, I have been telling everyone; in 2006 I will be very busy with school… These classes at Cal State Fullerton cost like two thousand bucks and I don’t make that much money fighting and I’m failing… In 2006 I gotta study…
Brad – So what about that business card that you just got? (Nam’s Friend Reaches for the card)
Nam – No no no not the one with the strippers… (Everyone in the room laughs) I was getting interviewed by the Vietnamese channel and Art(James) Comes up to me and says this guy from Dream something something wants to talk to you… I was like ok… this guy is like My name is something something I’m from Pride… Then my jaw dropped… he was like I have been following you’re career you look pretty good. I haven’t seen many of you’re fights though since most of them have been under a minute… He was like here is my card keep in touch… I was like FUCK… He was like email me and I gave him my autobiography DVD promo thing… directed by Tung Ha from MaDu entertainment… Homestead baby…
Brad – Where can you buy that at?
Nam – No no no for you Brad for free…
Brad – Thanks Nam. Do you know when you are fighting next?
Nam – I’m fighting in March on a Sunday… That will be my last fight in 2006… I talked to some of the Pancrase guys from Japan and they said they want me to fight in the summer… Well they want me to fight in February but I told them that I have to study… Cmon guys we’re Asian you know Asian guys need to study…. So they said they will try to get me a fight in the summer and if I do good they said they will try to talk to the guys at K-1 and Deep for me… I was like oh WOW Thank You very Much…
Brad – So what happened before the fight? Why didn’t you fight Chris Solomon? Or Albert Hill who is on the fight card I got before the show.
Nam – So yeah they called me a while back and they are like you’re going to fight Chris Solomon… then I heard he pulled his groin and later I found out he hurt his wrist… Then I was going to fight Albert Hill and he never even showed up… Then Tedd (Williams) called a guy who fights at 170lbs and he was like I will give you X amount of money to fight and he was like I will think about it… then he called back and was like no. So then he asks this young skinny kid. I love this kid I would not want to fight him… If I were to fight him I wouldn’t throw one punch I would take him down and ankle lock him nice and soft… but thank god I didn’t fight him… so then he asks this other guy who is tall 155-160 and he says “Ok, you’re gonna fight this guy he has a lot of fights and you have no fights are you ready” he says “yes I’m ready” So he introduces me to him he says “my name is Joseph” I say “My name is Nam Phan…” Later he tells Tedd I don’t want to fight this guy… SO finally Kevin is like “I’ll fight him I’ll whoop his ass lets go!” then you saw what happened… It was a good fight I had a good time…
Brad – Yeah I bet… That’s it Nam… That’s all I got…
Nam – Hey thanks can I thank my sponsers? I want to thank my OC brothers and sisters for coming everyone from the Vietnamese community who came and for supporting me all this time. My Sponsers OC Tattoo, NorthStar, 7 Stars Karaoke, my trainer Jeremy Williams at APEX Jiu Jitsu and the APEX Jiu Jitsu team… … Art James from Team Punch-out and the amateur Anaheim boxing team… The whole MaDu fight team you know who you guys are.
Brad Doerges
brad@mma-fighter.com
http://mma-fighter.com/forum/threads/12202-Nam-Phan-Post-Fight-Interview-12-02-2005-By-Brad-Doerges
Training six plus hours in the gym, sweating, grunting, and fighting might seem like some sort of boot camp hell for most people, but it is just another day in the office for Mirko Cro Cop. He makes it look easy in the ring, because he put in his time in hell. Cro Cop is a no-nonsense fighter and this is a no-nonsense DVD, no false pretenses, no glamour, and no interviews. You get to see the man at what he does to prepare for his fights, and that is to train hard and hone his skills and make his techniques deadly perfect.
First you see him run through his weight training routine; an intense circuit training routine which seems easy for Cro Cop at first until he is on his 5th lap around the exercises, then you see his will and heart takeover; the amount of dedication it truly takes to fight in Pride and K1 and to always stay on top like he has.
After this you see him warming up for MMA training. You see how it is a whole team effort with his training team warming up along side him, and Cro Cop as the team captain leading the way. From there its boxing and thai pad training, going from two different pad holders without any breaks, getting his accuracy just perfect to land that punch or deadly high kick which has become his signature. After all this you know Cro Cop is tired but he does not give an inch, throwing hard to the end. Then it is sparring time, training his wrestling and his kickboxing, stuffing takedowns, pummeling for underhooks, fighting out of the corner, and just out working his opponent and making them play his game.
You see what one-day of Cro Cop training is like, then you understand what it truly takes to become a champion, to be at the level he is and to make it look so easy in the ring and actually even have fun doing it. Before a sword can be lethal, it needs to go through the fires and be sharpened to deadly precision, that is what Cro Cop training is like, boot camp hell, but if you ask Cro Cop and it’s just another day in the office.
Brad Doerges
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