Tokyudo
12th August 2006, 05:10 PM
Interview with Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
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MaxFighting: Josh Barnett has displayed interest to fight you?. Is this fight official for 9/10 Pride GP Openweight, and what’s your take on this fight?
Rodrigo Nogueira: If Barnett wants Minotauro, he'll have Minotauro. He knows this is not an easy fight for him; and the semi-finals are booked as is for a reason. Wanderlei Silva against Mirko "CroCop" Filipovic is a kind of re-match, and my fight versus Barnett is a match all fans want to see. Barnett wants to show that he's ready for everything, so he wanted to face a fighter with a huge name in Pride. He wants to beat one of the Pride stars, but it won’t be me.
MaxFighting: This fight against Barnett has been anticipated since 2002, when he challenged you after your war against Bob Sapp. But personally, do you have a strong desire to fighting?
Rodrigo Nogueira: I was ready to fight the other two competitors too(Silva and Filipovic). All of them are high-level fighters and we need to stay ready. Sincerely I think Barnett is a big mouth, he likes to market himself before his fights, but in a few occasions his comments have looked silly.
MaxFighting: Yes, he talked a lot before his two losses to Filipovic. However he grew a lot in his last fights. What did you think about his last fights?
Rodrigo Nogueira: I think his game isn't a good game for a guy as like Filipovic, even though Filipovic isn't a ground specialist, he dominated Barnett on the ground. I think Barnett was a little fat in his first pride fights and in the recent ones he has been in good shape.
Read more HERE (http://www.maxfighting.com/index.cfm?ac=news.detail&nid=1587).
http://www.maxfighting.com/FileLibrary/mino31_pr%5B1%5D1.jpg
MaxFighting: Josh Barnett has displayed interest to fight you?. Is this fight official for 9/10 Pride GP Openweight, and what’s your take on this fight?
Rodrigo Nogueira: If Barnett wants Minotauro, he'll have Minotauro. He knows this is not an easy fight for him; and the semi-finals are booked as is for a reason. Wanderlei Silva against Mirko "CroCop" Filipovic is a kind of re-match, and my fight versus Barnett is a match all fans want to see. Barnett wants to show that he's ready for everything, so he wanted to face a fighter with a huge name in Pride. He wants to beat one of the Pride stars, but it won’t be me.
MaxFighting: This fight against Barnett has been anticipated since 2002, when he challenged you after your war against Bob Sapp. But personally, do you have a strong desire to fighting?
Rodrigo Nogueira: I was ready to fight the other two competitors too(Silva and Filipovic). All of them are high-level fighters and we need to stay ready. Sincerely I think Barnett is a big mouth, he likes to market himself before his fights, but in a few occasions his comments have looked silly.
MaxFighting: Yes, he talked a lot before his two losses to Filipovic. However he grew a lot in his last fights. What did you think about his last fights?
Rodrigo Nogueira: I think his game isn't a good game for a guy as like Filipovic, even though Filipovic isn't a ground specialist, he dominated Barnett on the ground. I think Barnett was a little fat in his first pride fights and in the recent ones he has been in good shape.
Read more HERE (http://www.maxfighting.com/index.cfm?ac=news.detail&nid=1587).