Topic: Josh Barnett
Josh Barnett: Return to the UFC Is "Realistic" and Most Intriguing Fight Would Be Frank Mir
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05.14.2013 | 7:36 PM ET
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Fighter Details
- Given Name: Joshua Lawrence Barnett
- Pro MMA Record: 35-8-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
- Nickname: The Warmaster
- Current Streak: 1 Win
- Age: 1977-11-10 | Date of Birth: 1977.11.10
- Last Fight: September 03, 2016 in UFC
- Weight Class: Heavyweight | Last Weigh-In: 256.0 lbs
- Affiliation: UWF USA
- Height: 6'3" (191cm) | Reach: 78.0" (198cm)
- Career Disclosed Earnings: $1,940,000 USD
- Born: Seattle, Washington, United States
- Fighting out of: Seattle, Washington
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05.14.2013 | 7:41 PM ET
"Why are you booing me? I am the GOAT. **** you." - Patricio "Pitbull" Freire
05.14.2013 | 9:36 PM ET
Barnett vs. Mir would be sick!!!! A fight that many old school hardcore MMA enthusiasts have been waiting for ever since Barnett beat Randy Couture. Both are great offensive submission fighters with very good stand-up skills, and both are large HWs. I actually think that Barnett has the cardio to outlast and defeat Mir, but if Mir gets off early, he could make it a short night for Barnett. Either way it's a great fight, and I would love to see it happen.
"Keep it punk rock!!!!"
05.15.2013 | 1:50 AM ET
* Edited at 05.15.2013, 1:50 AM ET *
05.15.2013 | 3:12 AM ET
So in this case, no one ****** up, Josh tested the free agency waters, saw no one's going to offer him the 250K a fight he got at Strikeforce (or even remotely close to that) and came back to take the lesser yet better than everyone else's UFC offer.
Pure business here, no one ****** up, imo.
"Hay lohh you Mike, ay lov you Mike. Hyou say somesing like di fo me, and naw I say you ... I LOV YOU! See you som. Boy." -- Yoel Romero, UFC 205
05.15.2013 | 3:36 AM ET
"Keep it punk rock!!!!"
05.15.2013 | 3:58 AM ET
05.15.2013 | 4:32 AM ET
I was just saying that it doesn't look like the UFC brass took Josh's refusal to their offer as personally as you think.
Josh Barnett is a "nice to have, not at all cost" for the UFC, they don't take that **** personally. He's no prime Fedor.
"Hay lohh you Mike, ay lov you Mike. Hyou say somesing like di fo me, and naw I say you ... I LOV YOU! See you som. Boy." -- Yoel Romero, UFC 205
05.15.2013 | 4:36 AM ET
@ mikeyg - I don't think that yossgold was taking anything that Dana White said to heart, I think he was more on the point with what Barnett might've been thinking at the time of the deal. Hell, look how many times Tito Ortiz and Dana White have been at odds over money, PPV options, and just personal **** in general. Personally, I don't think that Barnett ****** up, he was just exploring and seeing if he had more lucrative options, or at least something that could match what he was getting paid in Strikeforce, and it looks like that he doesn't. Barnett was getting a pretty good paycheck from Strikeforce, so why wouldn't he want to see if it couldn't be better or matched somewhere else, especially with the given history between Barnett and Dana White, and knowing that if Barnett fights for the UFC it will be cut in pay?
MMA is a growing sport, and it's popularity is only getting bigger. With a sport becoming popular, especially as quickly as MMA's popularity has grown, there is always going to be the business side of it. Athletes want to get paid, and promoters want to make a nice profit from their organizations, and somewhere in the middle they meet/compromise where they both feel good about the deal. I think that's all that's going with Barnett and the UFC.
* Edited at 05.15.2013, 4:38 AM ET *
"Keep it punk rock!!!!"
05.15.2013 | 6:23 AM ET
"www.mmatycoon.com"
05.15.2013 | 8:32 AM ET
I hope this happens, Barnett is a beast
"“I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious” - Lombardi"
05.15.2013 | 10:28 AM ET
* Edited at 05.15.2013, 10:28 AM ET *
05.15.2013 | 11:53 AM ET
"She be curvin all the locals, must like foreigns and this is when I had the Martin, I was just like Lawrence so wassup"
05.15.2013 | 4:15 PM ET
Barnett ****** up, not saying he won't get another shot, but it will probably be for less money, which is a ****up along with pissing off the brass, they never like guys who turn down an offer. Remember Fitch?
05.15.2013 | 4:16 PM ET