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
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