Quoteworthy: WEC Bantamweight Champ Miguel Torres Talks Floyd Mayweather And Money
by Kelvin Hunt on Jul 25, 2009 10:00 AM EDT
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Miguel Torres did a great interview with Cagewriter and spoke on a variety of things, in particular Floyd Mayweather and getting paid:
Do you think you'd be a draw on a pay-per-view card?
I think I'd be a draw, it just depends on how they market it. I mean, I could put her (a woman in the gym) on a pay-per-view to fight Cyborg, and if nobody knows anything about her, no one is going to care. But if I did a whole 24/7 kind of show, or about him (another person in the gym), on how he's going to fight Fedor, everyone's going to watch it, because they make it interesting. It's all on how you market your fighters.
Everyone hates Mayweather, because of how they portrayed him on 24/7. He's the cockiest, ghettoest dude you can look at. And he's so cocky, so arrogant, everyone wants to see him lose. The other guy looks like a hero. The other guy could be nothing, but Mayweather looks so cocky, so arrogant, you want to see him lose, and you will watch for that very reason. If they market their fighters in a similar fashion, they could make guys into superstars like that.
It's funny that you bring up Mayweather. Did you --
I would love to fight Mayweather, just because of the simple fact that I think he's a cocky asshole.
He thinks that MMA was invented by white people because they couldn't win in boxing any more.
Well, I'm not a white person, and I will smash his ass. I don't care. His style of boxing is all built on getting people in the clinch. He'll hit them, and then he'll get in the clinch with them. Then the referee breaks them, and he'll hit them and grab them again. I think it's a great strategy. It's not clean boxing, but it's smart boxing. He's going to hit somebody and grab them in MMA, and he'll be done for. They'll take him down. That'll be all. I'll be on top of the list to fight him.
It'll never happen, but I would pay to see Torres/Mayweather in a heartbeat. This also continues a steady diet of high profile WEC fighters speaking about fighter pay within the last month or so. Both Mike Brown and Urijah Faber have been outspoken about it lately. Hopefully with all the things Zuffa are accomplishing lately, promoting the WEC brand will be one of those higher priorities.
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Torres is a funny guy… he always struck me as the quiet type, but he’s saying some pretty outrageous, but funny, stuff in interviews… and I agree; he is definately marketable with the right hype machine behind him
Bloody hell.
by 3PA on Jul 25, 2009 10:17 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If it were to happen...
The fight would last less than a minute and a half. Torres would take him down, then that would be it. The only way it would last longer is if he wanted to make Floyd suffer.
Floyd is an idiot. Not to revisit the topic, but If a white athlete said anything remotely close to what Floyd did about a minority group you would see it all over the news and mainstream media.
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by _Felix_ on Jul 25, 2009 10:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Prolly right
If a white athlete said anything remotely close to what Floyd did about a minority group you would see it all over the news and mainstream media.
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by Kelvin Hunt on Jul 25, 2009 10:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Mexicans are actually considered as a form of caucasian. But yeah, the content of a fight between the two isn’t worth commenting on.
by Ahhhoki on Jul 25, 2009 11:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Zuffa is putting the WEC out there, in their Mag, in there new gyms, they are trying to get the word out. I would like to see them put adds on the Undisputed mat. When Zuffa pushes the WEC people watch. Look at Faber vs Pulver and Faber vs Brown. WEC needs to start pushing Torres quickly, because Bowles is going to put a hurting on him.
by EVeezy on Jul 25, 2009 1:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yea
But they don’t do any countdown shows are anything for the WEC like they do the UFC…they should promote WEC events on UFC events…like they promote UFC events on WEC events…
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by Kelvin Hunt on Jul 25, 2009 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think bringing Joe Rogan in as a guest commentator occasionally would do the WEC alot of good…
Bloody hell.
by 3PA on Jul 25, 2009 1:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I too love Torres and can’t wait to see what he and Bowles do. Torress is one of those rare fighters that pushes the action without looking like he’s desperate or just swinging wildly. Hell, the guy is so exciting to watch he makes throwing shoulders against the cage look awesome.
I’d love to see more synergy between the two Zuffa promotions. Guest hosting is a start, but as mentioned, a countdown show on a channel other than VS would be huge.
Call me crazy, but why haven’t they featured a few WEC fighers – ones still actually in WEC is what I mean – on PPV? Pulver/Faber 1 would have added a few eyeballs to a lack luster UFC line up. You build up Torress and he could be a draw too. Not saying WEC fighters should headline over UFC champs or anything, but I rather see Torress vs Mizugaki than Bisping main event a PPV.
by black dragon on Aug 6, 2009 9:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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