UnderGround Forum >> Interesting Encounter w/fighter/MMA personality?

Letibleu - I met Riddle and Amir walking around. I met them and talked briefly. They offered themselves for pics. My Olympus (piece of crap)camera mechanical lens jammed when I turned it on. Riddle fixed it for me and I got a picture with Amir but then it died for good. Riddle looked so upset that he couldnt fix my camera.

Met Brandon and his wife. I approached them and said I was a huge fight fan. When he thanked me i told him i wasnt talking to him but his wife. I got a picture of him beating me over the head with a poster.

Had supper then got smashed with Joe and Sean the night before an event but I cant give more details about that one. Rules were broken.

Hung out with Rogan for drinks after one of his stand ups. He mentions it during the 109 broadcast.

Fun fact: I was the guy playing with the name JoeRogan on UFC Poker back in the day and Joe got really mad about that and ended up mentioning it 3 PPV in a row. We met and had a laugh about it.

Another fun fact: I told Goldberg to stop talking to me like a retard. He was talking slow and articulate to me like I didnt understand English because I told him my accent was French Canadian. His wife laughed, him and his brother didnt. Buffer was busy with his 2 young looking asian ladies.

Gonzaga lightly punched me in the nose by accident. He posed with me and was so excited that he fist pumped his gigantic hand into my face by accident.

Wow...Sounds like Goldie has his magic no matter where he goes. I met him in Houston too and he was at least a nice guy. He didn't talk....to....me.....slowww....lyy.... or anything like that but he was snapping pix with the staff of the event after it was over. A supervisor came over to yell at an employee who was taking her pic with MG and MG just waved his hand at the lady and told her to go away.

Gonzaga is cool too man. I met him at the first fan expo (may have been just after he KO'ed) CC but I can't remember. I remember him putting up his fist for the "fight pose" and it was the size of a volkswagen. I have a pic of that.

Thanks for sharing bro! Cool stuff. How did Rogan find out you were using his name? Did you actually just come out and tell him?

melendez - 

Letibleu - I met Riddle and Amir walking around. I met them and talked briefly. They offered themselves for pics. My Olympus (piece of crap)camera mechanical lens jammed when I turned it on. Riddle fixed it for me and I got a picture with Amir but then it died for good. Riddle looked so upset that he couldnt fix my camera.

Met Brandon and his wife. I approached them and said I was a huge fight fan. When he thanked me i told him i wasnt talking to him but his wife. I got a picture of him beating me over the head with a poster.

Had supper then got smashed with Joe and Sean the night before an event but I cant give more details about that one. Rules were broken.

Hung out with Rogan for drinks after one of his stand ups. He mentions it during the 109 broadcast.

Fun fact: I was the guy playing with the name JoeRogan on UFC Poker back in the day and Joe got really mad about that and ended up mentioning it 3 PPV in a row. We met and had a laugh about it.

Another fun fact: I told Goldberg to stop talking to me like a retard. He was talking slow and articulate to me like I didnt understand English because I told him my accent was French Canadian. His wife laughed, him and his brother didnt. Buffer was busy with his 2 young looking asian ladies.

Gonzaga lightly punched me in the nose by accident. He posed with me and was so excited that he fist pumped his gigantic hand into my face by accident.

Wow...Sounds like Goldie has his magic no matter where he goes. I met him in Houston too and he was at least a nice guy. He didn't talk....to....me.....slowww....lyy.... or anything like that but he was snapping pix with the staff of the event after it was over. A supervisor came over to yell at an employee who was taking her pic with MG and MG just waved his hand at the lady and told her to go away.

Gonzaga is cool too man. I met him at the first fan expo (may have been just after he KO'ed) CC but I can't remember. I remember him putting up his fist for the "fight pose" and it was the size of a volkswagen. I have a pic of that.

Thanks for sharing bro! Cool stuff. How did Rogan find out you were using his name? Did you actually just come out and tell him?

Narcolepsy - I met Pat Barry at Fight Night 24 in Seattle, asked him to do the crazy eyes with me. He decided to go full retard instead:

http://i.imgur.com/XHeg7.jpg

I also have a video of Stich slapping me in the face.

melendez - 

mmavixen - 

melendez - 

No problemo...

A while back I was in Vegas with my Ex Girlfriend. Stitch Duran walks up to her and says "hey where the hell have you been? Ive been looking all over for you. I called you...you cant pick up? Im really busy you were supposed to meet me and you were there. What happened?" I look at my ex...my ex looks at me...we both look at Stitch. She then says "excuse me but I dont even know who you are...Stitch looks at us both puzzled and then starts turning red in teh face. He looks closer at my ex (im assuming his eyesight is shit...which would be very odd considering his profession) and then starts apologizing over and over. He explained that he thought my ex was his niece and that he has been looking everywhere for her and cant find her. He was totallllly embarrassed. And here I thought that my ex had been creeping around Vegas after hours with Jacob Stitch Duran :)

That's awesome.  I've met Stitch before and he as hilarious.  He kept saying "oh, so you're part of LA Raza, right" And I was like "well, I'm Cuban, not Mexican, but I'll join you guys." LOL

And BTW: Thanks for your service in the military.  You rock!

 

Haha! Stitch is so awesome. I bumped into him again in Seattle last Sunday morning and he was eating a whole pizza BY HIMSELF at like 930 in the morning. I didn't say anything to him this time because he was eating but I should have snapped a pic :( Jeremy Stephens was also in there rocking some shades (for obvious reasons) but he was nice enough to sign a UFC glove that I had. I am like 99.9 percent sure that I also saw Shoguns Muay Thai trainer "DIDA" Amade chlling. Fuck that im 100 percent sure it was him. Dont know if you heard of him but I think he was shot in the head a few years back and actually survived. Also saw Karyn Bryant but didn't speak to her. She was not looking her best in the morning and I figured I shouldn't bother her. Ella es muy fea en la manana...no me gusta...

Anyways back to Stitch. In Houston I was taking a pee pee adn Stitch walked in. I noticed him right away while I was doing my biz as did everyone else. None of us said a word, because the guy code clearly dictates you dont talk to a man while he has his malanga (you are latin so you get it) in his hand. Anyways, Stitch unzips and starts to release the hounds when some pee pee face come RUNNING into the restroom shouting STITCH STITCH CAN I HAVE AN AUTOGRAPH! This is while the man is relieving himself. At that exact moment, the entire room full of other gentlemen starts screaming and shouting at the guy every dirty nasty insult you could think of. Stitch just smiled and kept pissing, washed his hands and then walked out. it was like he had his very own Piss Bodyguard Team. Ill never forget that.

LMCAO...that Stitch story is fucking crazy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9RqTdM_7p4

Letibleu - The athletes and personalities involved is part of what makes MMA the motherfucking best sport on the planet. Most of the encounters and stories in this thread wouldnt be possible in other sports. I expect fighters to become less and less available as MMA keeps getting more main stream. We are fortunate to be able to live these moments *sad face*.

You are 100 percent on the money with this statement. I believe that in years to come, the access that we as fans (and I know some of you are in the industry) are provide in incredible and sometimes unbelievable. This is truly something that I hope the higher ups at Zuffa continue to groom and grow in years to come. MMA fans are a special breed indeed; some of the most passionate of any sport.

Imagine meeting legends of major leagues like the NBA or NFL? I dont think you could just walk up to certain personalities and strike up a convo, have a beer and in some of your cases, get totally smoked out with an MMA figure. This is something I really do enjoy about the sport.

Im glad to hear all of these awesome stories. I hope the thread continues for a least a little while longer :)

Mayhem13 -  I met Pat Barry at a meet and greet. Kid in front of me was maybe 6-7 years old, and asked if he could punch Pat in the tummy. Pat says sure, kid punches him..get an auto and moves on.

I step up to get a photo, and he says "hang in a second man" and sort of leans forward holding his stomach. Rubs it a few times and lifts his shirt inspecting his stomach. He shakes his head and looks at me and said "that fuckin hurt, felt like the kid punched me with a needle" he laughed and I got a pic and auto.


I interviewed a drunk Mayhem once, at about 1am on the phone. The topics ranged from Tom Cruise's penis, banging Tila Tequilla, and Asian girls kicking banana trees in his backyard to train him...all brought up by him. Strangest interview of my life.

Never trained BJJ in my life. The one time I rolled, it was with Gurgel. I did bad. Lol

Almost got thrown our of an event by Dan Bobish, until he remembered who I was, an that I was supposed to be there. He apologized and was a cool guy after that.

A bunch more..but I am done typing on mobile for now. Lol

Bunch of other stories..but hard to type on mobile.

Seems like Pat is a genuinely nice guy no matter where he shows up which I think is great. I think thats one of the major reasons he continues in the UFC because of being such a fan fave. Ill never forget him crying during the Cro Cop fight. The guy wears his heart on his sleeve for sure and is also funny as all hell. You never know what he is going to say out of his mouth.

Ive met him at 2 diff places. Once he was with Brian Bowles...I asked them both for a pic and autograph with both. Pat immediately obliged...Brian immediately declined...

This thread is awesome.  I love reading everyone's stories.

Damn, I need a Leben story and a Barnett story!!! *jealous*

mmavixen - 

This thread is awesome.  I love reading everyone's stories.

Damn, I need a Leben story and a Barnett story!!! *jealous*

haha DUDE! Josh B was one of my favorite guys to meet! He seems mucho loco on TV, especially when I he was with Pride. He used to do that move where he'd mimick slicking his neck with his hand after a victory :) Not many fighters have one of those really anymore. Bas used to do the jumping split kick, Tito the "burial rituation", and Chuck has his arms wide open gimme a hug thing...guys dont do that much anymore that Ive noticed. 

Josh carrying around a muffin pan at a grappling matach was by far one of the funniest things Ive seen as far as MMA goes.  I thought he was selling brownies or something.

Letibleu - So many pictures.


http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd462/Letibleu/2.jpg

http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd462/Letibleu/1.jpg

melendez - 

Letibleu - So many pictures.


http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd462/Letibleu/2.jpg

http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd462/Letibleu/1.jpg

Hell ya dude! Pic with all 3 cut men=im jealous. Ive met them all but Leon Tabbs (thnk thats his name) was the best. He was at the airport after a KenFlo fight looking like Fred Sanford with an Indiana Jones artifact sack (now known as a man purse which is bull shit)...He had on an oldschool newsboy hat as well. I shouted "YO CUTMAN" and he raised his hand up and said how are you my brotha? He was really cool.

Letibleu - http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd462/Letibleu/Untitled-1.jpg

Josh was super cool.

torquemada - I met Renzo when he was cleaning up his diet for the Hughes fight. I sort of bragged that I ate clean most the time.
The next day, my wife and I are at a local candy store in Charlotte. I'm figuring I'll relax because I'm on vacation. I'm eating some big piece of fudge when someone slaps my back and yells "Hey, man! What the fuck are you eating? "


Yep, Renzo.

torquemada - I met Renzo when he was cleaning up his diet for the Hughes fight. I sort of bragged that I ate clean most the time.
The next day, my wife and I are at a local candy store in Charlotte. I'm figuring I'll relax because I'm on vacation. I'm eating some big piece of fudge when someone slaps my back and yells "Hey, man! What the fuck are you eating? "


Yep, Renzo.