Most underrated? There's a lot of guys that I think are underrated, at every division, guys like Martin Kampmann, who, short of his lost to Daley, I think should have been in line for a title shot.
Guida's underrated. That guy is tough. He's lost to top guys and keeps coming back.
I look at the sport and try to stay away from who is ranked and who is not ranked. I think there are a lot of guys that are underrated and a lot of guys who get inflated more than they're really worth.
Obviously Kimbo is overrated. I'm not talking smack or anything; the guy has got a skill set, but he needs to improve before he's getting the pay days he's getting. It's tough for a guy like myself or guys on their way up who have had ten, twelve, twenty fights that are ranked and finally getting a chance to make something and be on TV, and there you have this guy who is a street fighter that goes out there and gets paid an ass-load of money and we're sitting here wondering, "Where's our share?"
We'll talk about something a little later that will work in with the "where's our share?" so I'm glad you mentioned it. And the underrated / overrated thing often gets that response.
Everyone has respect for anyone who steps in the ring, myself included. I look at overrated as the guys that are getting too much hype. Like a guy like Dan Hardy; while he's had some success, is he really one win away from a title shot?
That's who is getting publicity too. These guys that are getting talked up, you know, I thought Brock [Lesnar] was overrated until he went out and toasted Frank Mir.
My belief is that you're always overrated and underrated until you fight your test and win. Every fight, that's where you're at. That's how you get better and how you make your mark in this sport.
You don't make your mark by how many magazine covers you're on or how many interviews you do or how much you get paid. You make your mark by your quality wins. For the people that really love this sport and the people that compete in it, that's how ... those are luxuries to me.
When it comes down to it, I do this sport because I love to compete; I wrestled for seventeen, eighteen years never making a dime and now I get paid. It's a luxury. I just do this because I love it.
I love that. That is easily the most honest and most complete answer I've gotten from anyone to this point, so I really appreciate that.
Not a problem.
Best Prospect?
I've got a training partner that I think could be one of the top guys in the WEC, right up there, right alongside me or over in DREAM. His name is Jesse Brock.
He fought in EliteXC one time and then was scheduled to fight again right before they went bankrupt. Since then he's just been training and picking up fights where he can. His record, he's got some losses but he'll fight anybody at any weight.
He's a 135 pounder and he fought Donald Cerrone at 155 and lost. He lost to Doug Evans his very, very first fight ever; I mean he'd been training for a month and took a fight against a UFC veteran like Doug...







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