At UFC 83 Kalib Starnes gave a horrible performance by running away from Nate Quarry. Nate was trying to fight but Kalib kept on moving away and playing hard to get. I understand you dont want to get hit and you need to protect your self but sometimes you just have to take that hit. When you are getting booed from not fighting you really need to fight. Quarry’s response to this was
“I think if you’re fighting in the UFC, you’ve got to come to fight,” Quarry told UFC.com in a post-fight interview. “I would much rather get knocked out than lose a decision running backwards. No disrespect to Kalib. I know the stress really gets to you. A lot of guys, they focus on not wanting to lose instead of wanting to win. I didn’t mean to disrespect him in any way. I just got frustrated because you can’t fight when somebody’s moving backward that fast.”
I agree If you want to fight in a major organization like the UFC you need to be at 110 % and nothing less.
Sorry Kalib but go home and re-think your carrier and if you still want to fight you need to remember that MMA is a sport and a show. We want to see pros fighting at 110% not what we saw on April 19.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:44 am
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