Big Sleep
3rd June 2006, 09:06 PM
Less than a week after Marcus Aurelio (14-2-0) shocked the mixed martial arts world by choking 2005 fighter of the year Takanori Gomi to the brink of unconsciousness, the Brazilian spoke with Sherdog.com editor Josh Gross about the win and his career.
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In his uncensored — and explicit — way Aurelio, who returns to the ring Sunday in Japan versus Mitsuhiro Ishida, discusses the Gomi result and its aftermath.
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The American Top Team product also answers questions about his two career losses, and the dominant Vitor Ribeiro, whom Aurelio offers a sharp opinion of.
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Read The Interview Here (http://www.sherdog.com/news/interviews.asp?n_id=4621)
Talk about confidence. I have Ishida as the winner but i don't count Marcus out, not after what he did to Gomi. But i really think that Gomi understimated him a lot in their fight...i want that rematch too...more than you do Marcus! :)
Interesting thing that i didn't know:
Sherdog.com: And against Dokonjonosuke Mishima, that was a very competitive fight. The decision was a split decision. Do you feel that you won that fight, or did you deserve to lose?
Aurelio: No, I didn’t lose. Let me tell you why. I had a big problem at that time with PRIDE. When I went there we had a big problem because of the weight. His manager, he made a deal with my manager. They said the weight is going to be 73 kilos. I said, “OK, no problem. Just let me know the weight.” When I got there the day of the weigh-in I made 72.9 and the guy said I was 2.9 kilos over. My manager started to talk with his manager and his manager said “No, the deal was 70.” They started talking a lot of shit. I told my manager I had to go to the hotel. I gotta drink. I gotta eat. She said, “OK go to the hotel. I’m going to fix this … You can eat, no problem.” They said no, I have to go back in one hour and drop one more kilo. I said OK, I will do. And I went to the gym again and dropped one more kilo and I made 72. And Mishima’s manager said, “No, no. You gotta do 70.” I said, “Fuck you man. I’m tired of this shit.” I told [my manager] I’m going to the hotel. She said, “OK. Go there, I’ll fix this.” I told her I’m going to eat and she’s got to fix this, it’s not my fault. I ate and drank. Then I was 76, 77 (kilos). Around 9 o’clock at night Liborio came to my room and said, “We have a big problem. Mishima said he won’t fight against you tomorrow because you didn’t make the weight. He’s out.” And I started to cry. Fuck that, I wanted to fight. It was the first time in PRIDE. I said I’ll do whatever he wants me to do. Fuck man, please. Liborio said, “No man, for me you’re not going to fight.” I started to cry again. I wanted to fight. I said I could drop the weight again. I got crazy. I started to drop the fucking weight and they said OK. PRIDE brought the scale to the room next to mine like 9:30 at night. I started again. I was 77 kilos. I put everything — the plastic bags, the clothes — and started to run. Fuck, I made 70 kilos. I finished at 4 a.m. When I finished the fucking weight, I said, “Fuck. I’m fucked up. Like shit, man. I’m fucking tired. After 4 o’clock I went to eat something and I slept like at 5 o’clock and I had to wake up at 9:30, 10 o’clock. When I woke up Liborio asked me how I’m feeling. I said, “Man, I’m feeling like I took a fucking six-pack of Corona.” I was angry with Mishima. I was like man, I’m going to kill this motherfucker. I lost my mind, lost my goal. “No, no, you cannot be angry. You gotta have your head right.” Fuck that man. If I see him in the street I’m going to drop a fucking chair on his head. Fuck man, he’s a motherfucker. I was angry bro. That’s why I think I lost that fight, because I gave him a head butt. I put the head in his belly and the referee, the fucking referee gave me a yellow card. That’s why I lost that shit. But I think I did OK. I don’t give excuse. He was better at the moment of the fight. You know he doesn’t want to give me the rematch because he knows what’s going to happen.
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In his uncensored — and explicit — way Aurelio, who returns to the ring Sunday in Japan versus Mitsuhiro Ishida, discusses the Gomi result and its aftermath.
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/177/marcusgomi9uj.jpg
The American Top Team product also answers questions about his two career losses, and the dominant Vitor Ribeiro, whom Aurelio offers a sharp opinion of.
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/3071/ribeiro9ec.jpg
Read The Interview Here (http://www.sherdog.com/news/interviews.asp?n_id=4621)
Talk about confidence. I have Ishida as the winner but i don't count Marcus out, not after what he did to Gomi. But i really think that Gomi understimated him a lot in their fight...i want that rematch too...more than you do Marcus! :)
Interesting thing that i didn't know:
Sherdog.com: And against Dokonjonosuke Mishima, that was a very competitive fight. The decision was a split decision. Do you feel that you won that fight, or did you deserve to lose?
Aurelio: No, I didn’t lose. Let me tell you why. I had a big problem at that time with PRIDE. When I went there we had a big problem because of the weight. His manager, he made a deal with my manager. They said the weight is going to be 73 kilos. I said, “OK, no problem. Just let me know the weight.” When I got there the day of the weigh-in I made 72.9 and the guy said I was 2.9 kilos over. My manager started to talk with his manager and his manager said “No, the deal was 70.” They started talking a lot of shit. I told my manager I had to go to the hotel. I gotta drink. I gotta eat. She said, “OK go to the hotel. I’m going to fix this … You can eat, no problem.” They said no, I have to go back in one hour and drop one more kilo. I said OK, I will do. And I went to the gym again and dropped one more kilo and I made 72. And Mishima’s manager said, “No, no. You gotta do 70.” I said, “Fuck you man. I’m tired of this shit.” I told [my manager] I’m going to the hotel. She said, “OK. Go there, I’ll fix this.” I told her I’m going to eat and she’s got to fix this, it’s not my fault. I ate and drank. Then I was 76, 77 (kilos). Around 9 o’clock at night Liborio came to my room and said, “We have a big problem. Mishima said he won’t fight against you tomorrow because you didn’t make the weight. He’s out.” And I started to cry. Fuck that, I wanted to fight. It was the first time in PRIDE. I said I’ll do whatever he wants me to do. Fuck man, please. Liborio said, “No man, for me you’re not going to fight.” I started to cry again. I wanted to fight. I said I could drop the weight again. I got crazy. I started to drop the fucking weight and they said OK. PRIDE brought the scale to the room next to mine like 9:30 at night. I started again. I was 77 kilos. I put everything — the plastic bags, the clothes — and started to run. Fuck, I made 70 kilos. I finished at 4 a.m. When I finished the fucking weight, I said, “Fuck. I’m fucked up. Like shit, man. I’m fucking tired. After 4 o’clock I went to eat something and I slept like at 5 o’clock and I had to wake up at 9:30, 10 o’clock. When I woke up Liborio asked me how I’m feeling. I said, “Man, I’m feeling like I took a fucking six-pack of Corona.” I was angry with Mishima. I was like man, I’m going to kill this motherfucker. I lost my mind, lost my goal. “No, no, you cannot be angry. You gotta have your head right.” Fuck that man. If I see him in the street I’m going to drop a fucking chair on his head. Fuck man, he’s a motherfucker. I was angry bro. That’s why I think I lost that fight, because I gave him a head butt. I put the head in his belly and the referee, the fucking referee gave me a yellow card. That’s why I lost that shit. But I think I did OK. I don’t give excuse. He was better at the moment of the fight. You know he doesn’t want to give me the rematch because he knows what’s going to happen.