Tim Kennedy kommer under natten att kliva in i oktagonen för att ta sig an Michael Bisping, vid ”UFC: TUF Nations Finale” i Kanada. De båda kämparna har varit på varandra en hel del inför matchen, och nu går Kennedy ut och kallar Bisping för en fuskare.
Här kan ni läsa vad Tim hade att säga, via ”MMA Sentinel”:
Every fight I have to win. I hate losing. I am a bad sportsman and I’m not a good loser. It’s not like I’m going to walk up and shake hands. All that said, that doesn’t change by who the opponent is. All my fights I approach with the same intensity. I’m just a dude who likes to win, only I don’t go so far as to cheat, like he does. I’ll be doing everything in my power to ensure that I get the victory.
He’s not bending the rules either, he’s crossing the line. The rules aren’t designed to be bent. It’s like the free throw line. You’re either on one side or the other. There’s no in between. You’re not allowed to grab shorts; he does it every time. You’re not allowed to grab the cage; he does it every time. You’re not allowed to eyepoke or kick to the groin; he does it all the time. I don’t know if there’s a rule about spitting on your opponent’s corner, but I think it’s implied that you’re not supposed to do that.
While I have zero respect for him as a person, I do respect him as a fighter and I respect his skills in the cage. I have a very healthy respect for how he fights and how he ekes out close decisions. There’s nothing he can do that would intimidate me in there. Maybe he could if he looked at me with his weird eye. That could be scary for me.
Sist vi såg Kennedy var vid ”UFC: Fight Night 31”, då han slog ut Rafael Natal i slutet av första ronden.
