Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:15 am EDT
Mark down Joe Riggs on the list of folks not excited to see Kimbo Slice on the upcoming season of "The Ultimate Fighter 10." The Strikeforce welterweight isn't feeling the big fella. Riggs confirmed with Larry Pepe of ProMMARadio that he was set to fight Kimbo in a street brawl for $50,000 during his infamous YouTube days. The fight unraveled when Kimbo's boys found out that Riggs had pro experience. Keep in mind, Riggs walks around at 205 pounds while Kimbo is roughly 250. Riggs wishes it had gone down so we could've all avoided the Kimbo experience (4:40 - extremely NSFW):
"I would've beat the [expletive] out of him, is what would've happened. If it would've happened then [expletive], I would've saved EliteXC, saved everybody a lot time and hassle watching this bum make a fool of himself."
Riggs doesn't think Kimbo has much of a shot on TUF 10:
"I think he's a sub level fighter. He's got no wrestling, no ground. He obviously got a suspect chin, and he's an old bald man. That man has made way too much money for the little talent that he has."
This was another epic interview by Pepe; during the 45 minutes Riggs also talked about Strikeforce welterweight champ Jake Shields constantly ducking him. "Diesel" has tried to show respect but exploded at one point:
"Do I have to watch what I say? [Expletive] him. [Expletive] him. I’ll fight him for free. I just don’t like him, he’s a nerd. [Expletive] him if he wants to talk [expletive]. I’m a bad fight for him. He picks and chooses fights to make himself look good. I’ll fight him at 185 if he wants. I’ll put my purse up against purse. I’ll bust him up. He has hands like a two-year-old girl."
Riggs also told some great stories about Matt Hughes (3:16 mark) disrespecting his wife and Riggs-Nick Diaz II (3:52 mark), which took place at a Nevada hospital following their fight at UFC 57. Riggs dropped the nugget that the emergency room fight lasted about five minutes but he had an unfortunate incident, losing control of his bowels.
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I think that Joe Riggs is the most talented fighter in the universe and I am glad that he feels the same way.
I bet Joe Riggs could beat the predator too hell even batman.
HEre is the headline for UFC 200 that I want to see
Joe Riggs VS The Dali Lama.
or
Joe Riggs Vs. Chuck Norris
I mean he can beat ANYONE....
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Riggs likes to pretend that fight didn't happen either
And is it me or has anyone picked up on the fact that whenever this guy loses its because of something else- its never because the other guy is better or that he just plain s ucks
He's like Baroni- he talks a great game but it never translates on fight night.... I will give it to Baroni at least he has a personality which is more than you can say about Riggs
Cofield nobody cares about this never-was-has-been, roided out Chippendale dancer... this guy has always been a joke, kind of like your blog
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and of course jake is going to "duck" riggs. he is a mid level guy at best,and not much of a draw. riggs should be happy he has schmucks like Phil Baroni to earn a paycheck with.
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