By Joe Ferraro
I knew a fruitful day in Vegas was ahead of us, but little did I know it would have me laughing so hard, that tears would fill my eyes…literally.
We landed on Tuesday and hit the ground running. We met up with WEC Lightweights Donald Cerrone and Ben Henderson, who both shared their thoughts on their epic bout, which may likely win “Fight of the Year”, on a variety of MMA sites.
I’m definitely looking forward to Wednesday’s WEC event, featuring WEC Featherweight Champion Mike Thomas Brown, defending his title against Jose Aldo as well as the featherweight co-main event between Leonard Garcia and Manny Gamburyan.
Wednesday, as always, is UFC Media workout day and it started with a bang, as Tito Ortiz was the first to show up. In typical Ortiz fashion, he had to rip me apart about the shine coming off my bald head. I know, there’s a shocker.
Next up was Josh Koschek and Phil Baroni. Kos was golden in his interview but Baroni was simply classic. His answers were golden – I cannot wait to see his “Getting To Know” segment but the highlight has to be him insulting the my heritage, one which we commonly share, yet he believes his American version is superior to my Canadian one.
We then hit a home run sitting down and chatting with Anthony “Rumble” Johnson – I have an incredible respect for this young man, who is wise beyond his years. He is an inspiration and quite frankly, a wonderful human being with a touching soul. His is a beautiful story I hope we can tell in a future episode of “MMA Connected”.
Our last interview of the day was Forrest Griffin – and what a way to finish off the media workouts. He was up to his old self, answering in paragons while questioning nearly everything I asked. He joined Baroni and Johnson by making the interview experience a memorable one, while keeping the UFC staff and I in stitches, laughing hysterically.
Next up is the WEC, which we are heading to right now, but don’t forget to check out Sportsnet.ca for the UFC 106 pre-fight press conference tomorrow, as well as the weigh ins on Friday.
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Regards,
Joe Ferraro
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