Barry: Cheick Kongo can't kick me in the balls, I only have one

by Ben Fowlkes | source: mmafighting.com

At UFC Fight For The Troops 2 in January, Pat Barry earned a decision win over Joey Beltran. Unlike most fighters, who brood over a loss, this win left Barry unsettled.

"I can't let it go," Barry told MMA Fighting. "I'm baffled. That's a riddle I can't solve. Out of the hundreds of kickboxing fights I've had and all the MMA fights I've done, I've never seen that. I'm shocked. It makes no sense, and I can't figure it out. I've never kicked a heavybag that many times, and the guy was still walking. No bruises, no swelling, nothing. [He was] back in the gym on Monday doing squats and getting kicked by other people."

"[It] made me rethink every interview I've ever done where I'm like, 'If I punch you it's like getting shot, and kicking is like a grenade.' Nope. Apparently not. Standing across from Joey Beltran will make you doubt yourself."

"If this was UFC 1, with no time limit, Joey Beltran, "The Mexecutioner," would be the champion of the universe. Joey Beltran will kick your ass in 57 minutes."

Next up is Cheick Kongo, who he faces at the UFC Live event on Versus in June

"Joe Silva called me real cool and casual. We were talking and he was like, 'So what do you think of Cheick Kongo?' I was like, 'Man, I don't care about Cheick Kongo. He ain't been performing. He ain't been doing his thing.' Then he was like, 'Okay good, you're going to fight him on [June] 26.' That's when I felt like, oh sh-t. Aw, man. I need more time."

"He has been kneeing a lot of guys in the groin, a lot of testicle shots and all that. But the upside to that for me is, I only have one and it's really little. It hasn't even dropped yet, so there."

"Regardless of what anybody out there believes about me ... nobody wants to lose. Nobody wants to lose ever. But do I want to be remembered as the guy who kicked people in the neck and just destroyed everybody? That'd be kind of cool, but it's not the main thing I want people to remember.

"I want to be remembered as, Pat Barry was a good guy who was able to influence me in some way, whether he taught me a jab or taught me never to lock my keys in my car, like I just did today. I want to be able to help people in some way. From my own life experiences. If I can just pass on a bit of knowledge that will help someone else out later in life, that's what I want to be remembered for more than anything else."

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