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"I'd like to fight one guy. I'd like to call out, they say pick on someone your own size. That guy would be Hong Man Choi out of Korea. Seven footer fighting seven footer. That'll probably be my one and only fight. At 38 it'd probably not be advantageous for me to get it in with these young animals... cause that's what they are."
-Shaquille O'Neal talks to Jon Anik at ESPN about the one fight he'd like to have in MMA.
Penick's Analysis: I can't see the UFC actually putting this fight on, as it's nothing but a "freak show" bout, but I can't say it wouldn't be interesting to see. Shaq continues to be a supporter and fan of the sport, but him actually stepping into a ring or cage to fight would be nothing more than a spectacle.
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"There's still a large contingent of people, that they just want to see these guys almost die, or the other guy almost die and come back, and sometimes fights are like that. Certainly they are. But sometimes you get technical masterpieces too, and to hate a beautiful, technical fight - you're not really a fight fan...
Diaz has a granite chin, possesses perhaps the best recovery in the sport, his pace and conditioning are second to none and he sets records with the volume of his punches almost every time he steps into the cage. Nick Diaz is simply designed to fight the way he fights, and not many other fighters are...
"There was a lot of poison going on around there and I'm really disappointed because we had a good thing going. It was a good thing and I think people's egos got in the way. Well, not people just Javier, his ego got in the way, and too many cameras in the gym and him trying to build himself up and his brand, his AKA brand...
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