Paulo Filho
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Quoteworthy:

“I would never train with an American to fight with a Brazilian. I am not a slut or a prostitute.”

Word on the street is that the camp the represents former light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell reached out to World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) Middleweight Champion, Paulo Filho, to come in and help prepare the “Iceman” for his showdown with Wanderlei Silva at UFC 79: “Nemesis” on December 29. Filho — a Brazilian just like Silva — apparently didn’t like that idea so much.

In the weeds: Filho will put his undefeated record on the line and make his first WEC title defense against Chael Sonnen on December 12, 2007, LIVE on the VERSUS network.

November 28th, 2007    

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Comment by RearNakedSlam
2007-11-28 14:03:09

hahaha

 
Comment by greg
2007-11-28 14:03:58

does this mean chuck finally realized he need to expand his training from his usual camp?

 
Comment by c-war
2007-11-28 14:06:25

So surprised this came from Chuck….He always seemed confident to make it on his own every fight to always end it with a knockout. 2 losses in a row must really change the man’s way of thinking. Would do him some good, too, he could win this.

 
Comment by Deyo
2007-11-28 14:08:14

Very unprofessional IMO. If he was friends or training partners I would understand the loyalty. I havn’t found any information citing that he has trained with W.Silva but does have a link with Gonzaga who at one point trained with Chute Box. I could be wrong, If I am, I take back my comment.

 
Comment by zack the lumberjack
2007-11-28 14:08:22

thats so funny he said that it really dosent matter much who chuck trains with because chuck is on his way out and Wanderlei Silva will destroy him and keep his losing streak going 0 for 3 baby !!!!

 
Comment by zheka
2007-11-28 14:10:45

After such statement US would issue him a visa to come to USA?

 
Comment by Hardcase
2007-11-28 14:13:43

chuck should get a hold of anderson, the actually good silva. either way filho should show up ringside on the 29th and watch in horror as wanderlei’s ugly head lands in his stupid fucking lap.

 
Comment by PhilQNY
2007-11-28 14:14:10

Paulo Filho has no ties with Wandi other than both being brazilian..Patrioticlly..that’s cool I respect his views..but today’s world of MMA it should criscross all boundries and ethic groups..I don’t know what being a “ho” has to do with it?? Wandi was training with Couture before he fought Gonzaga..this is a sport and business..I would understand more if they were teamates(former)..homeboys..peeps..2nd cousins..but if just because their both from Brazil..I disagree with Paulo on this one..and I’m Brazilian.

 
Comment by Lucas
2007-11-28 14:16:20

Filho=HO

 
Comment by mma dude
2007-11-28 14:18:20

If Randy would turn down Wand to help him train, becuase Chuck is an American, that would be racist…its actually pretty stupid, Werdum has helped Crocop, many other brazilians have helped amercians..i even think Frank Mir went to Brazil and trained with Filho at one point…its just an ignorant statement…either way, i think chuck will be fine on the ground if for some reason the fight goes there, but i think he will get the KO either way

 
Comment by Sanjaya
2007-11-28 14:18:29

I also disagree, thaz not cool , I was actually startingto like Filho but now not so much….

 
Comment by matt
2007-11-28 14:18:39

i hope he gets his ass handed to him by sonnen.

 
Comment by PhilQNY
2007-11-28 14:20:26

[quote comment=”220218″]Very unprofessional IMO. If he was friends or training partners I would understand the loyalty. I havn’t found any information citing that he has trained with W.Silva but does have a link with Gonzaga who at one point trained with Chute Box. I could be wrong, If I am, I take back my comment.[/quote]

Ur right Gonzaga was a former chute box memeber..and that didn’t stop Wandi from training with Couture..I heard though Wandi got bad brazilian press when Forrest was going to fight Shogun..cuz he was at the gym as Forrest.

 
Comment by Kevin Kelly
2007-11-28 14:29:48

Paulo Filho is in the WEC for a reason. Let’s just leave it at that. I got $47 in my pocket is that enough for a hand job Paulo ?

What a ball bag seriously he says this crap as if he is above Americans. Go smoke a joint with the likes of Johnny Depp.

 
Comment by PhilQNY
2007-11-28 14:32:54

How would his statement sound if was a racial thing like.. ex: A Black Fighter says ” Im not going to train with a white boy to fight a Black man “..that is ignorant and racist.

 
Comment by "Mr. NC-17"
2007-11-28 14:40:55

Where is Rev. Jesse Jackson on this case for Chuck Liddell.

 
Comment by roy
2007-11-28 14:43:39

this fights still up in the air to me,i think silva is the better fighter but he is coming off back to back knock outs and chuck could still knock out anyone if it lands and his take down defense is probally the best out there not that vandy needs to get it to the ground.i am sure this fight ends in a knock out not sure witch one though.

 
Comment by Lucas
2007-11-28 14:43:54

[quote comment=”220247″]Where is Rev. Jesse Jackson on this case for Chuck Liddell.[/quote]
ha ha. awesome

 
Comment by FFL
2007-11-28 14:45:40

It looks like you got to this before I did, Phil. It is very unprofessional to discreminate someone because of their nationality. I really thought the sport was beyond this. As mentioned above by others, brazilians and americans have been training together for fights for years.

By his own line of logic, should the U.S. based WEC and UFC not allow non U.S. fighters to compete? Or maybe TUF should not offer to let foreign born fighters on the show to train. I like Paulo as a fighter, but his stock has definitely dropped in my books

 
Comment by CageFightingKip
2007-11-28 14:46:08

I think Paulo is limiting himself which is stupid and anyone else that believes in this type of “NATIONALISM”…

It is not racism though, it is NATIONALISM, White people love to cry reverse racism these days…

I also think it is stupid when people chant USA! USA!

F**K NATIONALISM

But then again, how come so many people were rooting for GSP (Canada) against Kos (USA…All AMerican Wrestler etc….could it be because he is halfrican?)

 
Comment by Aaron_W
2007-11-28 14:48:35

Chuck is desperately looking to avoid the beating he knows he has coming. That’s a good thing though.

 
Comment by Yoububg
2007-11-28 14:49:02

[quote comment=”220217″]So surprised this came from Chuck….He always seemed confident to make it on his own every fight to always end it with a knockout. 2 losses in a row must really change the man’s way of thinking. Would do him some good, too, he could win this.[/quote]

This didn’t come from Chuck, read the caption again.

 
Comment by IceMuncher
2007-11-28 14:50:05

[quote comment=”220253″]
But then again, how come so many people were rooting for GSP (Canada) against Kos (USA…All AMerican Wrestler etc….could it be because he is halfrican?)[/quote]

Because GSP is a respectful and exciting fan favorite and Kos is a boring heel?

 
Comment by Yoububg
2007-11-28 14:50:59

I feel sorry for Paulo if he fights in Vegas, he will get nothing but boos if the fans know what he said.

 
Comment by egor
2007-11-28 14:52:52

what a FUC_ING D_CK!

 
Comment by Insain
2007-11-28 14:59:47

filHOE is clearly just a small minded muppet

 
Comment by bodayong
2007-11-28 15:00:40

Chuck is grasping at straws trying to find a way not to loose 3 in a row. If he haden’t pissed off as many people as he has in the UFC then he might be able to train with someone there. Instead since he’s kicked most of there asses and then went on to talk smack about his past opponents there is no one that is willing to help him. He’ll probably end up pulling a Ken Shamrock and go to work for Vince McMahon.

 
Comment by john
2007-11-28 15:02:37

Who really cares?

Anyway, chuck needs paulo’s help way more than paulho needs chuck. Chuck is a few losses away from being in the “washed up ” category, while Filho is a rising star who probably has yet to reach his full potential.

 
Comment by Deyo
2007-11-28 15:09:53

[quote comment=”220222″]After such statement US would issue him a visa to come to USA?[/quote]
I thought you have freedom of speech in the US.

 
Comment by Deyo
2007-11-28 15:12:40

[quote comment=”220242″]How would his statement sound if was a racial thing like.. ex: A Black Fighter says ” Im not going to train with a white boy to fight a Black man “..that is ignorant and racist.[/quote]

I think that is a bite extreme. His comment was about being patriotic and loyal. I think your going a bit too far. I could understand if he said I would never help an American but he said he would help him fight another countryman.

 
Comment by Deyo
2007-11-28 15:14:25

[quote comment=”220272″][quote comment=”220242″]How would his statement sound if was a racial thing like.. ex: A Black Fighter says ” Im not going to train with a white boy to fight a Black man “..that is ignorant and racist.[/quote]

I think that is a bite extreme. His comment was about being patriotic and loyal. I think your going a bit too far. I could understand if he said I would never help an American but he said he would help him fight another countryman.[/quote]
I mean wouldnt help him fight against another…

 
Comment by roy
2007-11-28 15:16:54

he should have just said no and kept his mouth shout.

 
Comment by ViolentMike
2007-11-28 15:23:33

This is just funny, but stupid.

 
Comment by PhilQNY
2007-11-28 15:29:26

[quote comment=”220272″][quote comment=”220242″]How would his statement sound if was a racial thing like.. ex: A Black Fighter says ” Im not going to train with a white boy to fight a Black man “..that is ignorant and racist.[/quote]

I think that is a bite extreme. His comment was about being patriotic and loyal. I think your going a bit too far. I could understand if he said I would never help an American but he said he would help him fight another countryman.[/quote]

That is just my example of if he said same thing but with a race being the issue..taht is how it would sound.

 
Comment by JP
2007-11-28 15:31:52

I wasn’t going to comment about this article but after reading everyone else’s comments I feel like I need to voice my opinion too.

Honestly, who cares? Filho is one of the top pound for pound fighters in the world, anyone who cares to disagree should check out any promotion other than the UFC sometime. I mean it’s true that the UFC has some of the best fighters in the world, but not all of them and Filho is in that category (as well as Kang).

Whoever’s idea it was about Filho not getting a VISA…are you kidding me?! Yea you’re probably right, the US government will deny Filho a VISA because he doesn’t want to be the Chuck’s sparring partner…HA

And for those of you who think Paulo Filho is in the WEC because he isn’t good enough for the UFC… IMO besides Hendo, Filho is the only guy in the world who has a shot against ASilva at MW.

The only bad thing that will come from all this is that stubborn Americans will all start hating on the Brazilians now…come on people…do you really care that much if Filho wants to train with Chuck or not?

 
Comment by roy
2007-11-28 15:43:10

[quote comment=”220293″]I wasn’t going to comment about this article but after reading everyone else’s comments I feel like I need to voice my opinion too.

Honestly, who cares? Filho is one of the top pound for pound fighters in the world, anyone who cares to disagree should check out any promotion other than the UFC sometime. I mean it’s true that the UFC has some of the best fighters in the world, but not all of them and Filho is in that category (as well as Kang).

Whoever’s idea it was about Filho not getting a VISA…are you kidding me?! Yea you’re probably right, the US government will deny Filho a VISA because he doesn’t want to be the Chuck’s sparring partner…HA

And for those of you who think Paulo Filho is in the WEC because he isn’t good enough for the UFC… IMO besides Hendo, Filho is the only guy in the world who has a shot against ASilva at MW.

The only bad thing that will come from all this is that stubborn Americans will all start hating on the Brazilians now…come on people…do you really care that much if Filho wants to train with Chuck or not?[/quote]

i think you summed it all up there,but he should have said nothing it would have been better for him.

 
Comment by PhilQNY
2007-11-28 15:43:28

in the above thread..I see Wandi is rolling with(really looks like him) Filho..maybe they are boys..but that was still something so dumb to say.

 
Comment by MMACrossfire
2007-11-28 15:48:23

A one-sentence quote out of context. I’d like to see the whole interview, unless of course the entire interview was just a one-sentence statement.

 
Comment by chris
2007-11-28 15:54:11

I guess Paulo doesn’t train with Gonzaga at team link.

 
Comment by Big House
2007-11-28 15:56:36

OUCH!!!

 
Comment by Ray
2007-11-28 16:11:28

No worries, Chuck is a grown man and I’m sure he’s been shot down before, I don’t think he’s losing sleep about it.
He’s got some real good sparring partners right now. It’s the jiu-jitsu he may have problems with, I don’t think it’s Wanderlei’s game plan to stand and throw, he may in fact try to catch Chuck off guard and go for a takedown. Either way I believe Ice will take Wandy out!

 
Comment by FFL
2007-11-28 16:12:35

[quote post=”4039″]The only bad thing that will come from all this is that stubborn Americans will all start hating on the Brazilians now…come on people…do you really care that much if Filho wants to train with Chuck or not?[/quote]

IMO the issue is that he won’t train with an American vs. a Brazilian. People should not bias off of nationality. This is as stupid as when people jump on the bandwagon of a fighter just becasue he is the same nationality or the tools who chant “USA”. Being patriotic is great, having pride from where you are from is fantastic, but to make a distinction based purely off nationality is quite ignorant. Okay, off my soap box now.

 
Comment by Mahde
2007-11-28 16:14:08

[quote comment=”220218″]Very unprofessional IMO. If he was friends or training partners I would understand the loyalty. I havn’t found any information citing that he has trained with W.Silva but does have a link with Gonzaga who at one point trained with Chute Box. I could be wrong, If I am, I take back my comment.[/quote]

I dont think it has anything to do with him knowing Wandy, or professionalism. He is proud of his home country and would never help someone from another country defeat someone from his own country. ANd it wasnt like he had anything against Chuck personally. Its just a matter of nationality.

 
Comment by john
2007-11-28 16:19:46

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Monte cox has been working with nobuhiko Takada to put this card together..I really wantto see Gesias “JZ” fight against shinya akoi! Well the UFC lost Mach Sakura…I wonder how bad Dana White tried to low ball him.

Anyone have any clue as to when, and where takanori Gomi will fight next? Has he even fought since PRIDE?

 
Comment by john
2007-11-28 16:30:31

I didnt Know Mac Danzig Held the Lightweight title in KOTC.

I just watched anderson Silva beat hyato Mach Sakurai on daily motion…Does anyone know what organization that fight took place in?

 
Comment by PhilQNY
2007-11-28 16:36:49

[quote comment=”220351″]I didnt Know Mac Danzig Held the Lightweight title in KOTC.

I just watched anderson Silva beat hyato Mach Sakurai on daily motion…Does anyone know what organization that fight took place in?[/quote]

Shooto

 
Comment by ViolentMike
2007-11-28 16:42:11

[quote comment=”220334″]No worries, Chuck is a grown man and I’m sure he’s been shot down before, I don’t think he’s losing sleep about it.
He’s got some real good sparring partners right now. It’s the jiu-jitsu he may have problems with, I don’t think it’s Wanderlei’s game plan to stand and throw, he may in fact try to catch Chuck off guard and go for a takedown. Either way I believe Ice will take Wandy out![/quote]

Chuck wanted to bring Filho in to work on his BJJ. Chuck is actually adjusting his training regiman this time around, and ITS ABOUT TIME!!!!!

 
Comment by linx
2007-11-28 16:43:59

[quote post=”4039″] Very unprofessional IMO. If he was friends or training partners I would understand the loyalty. I havn’t found any information citing that he has trained with W.Silva but does have a link with Gonzaga who at one point trained with Chute Box. I could be wrong, If I am, I take back my comment.

I dont think it has anything to do with him knowing Wandy, or professionalism. He is proud of his home country and would never help someone from another country defeat someone from his own country. ANd it wasnt like he had anything against Chuck personally. Its just a matter of nationality.[/quote]

Actually, I remember seeing a video at youtube with filho dissing wandy, because wandy said something when filho was injured and could not fight at pride’s tournament. He was really pissed off too, so I’m pretty sure they’re not boys, and it’s really just a patriot thing. Who cares, really. F… it, some fighters say good things, others say silly things. Everyone has a different personality, and this is his. He will eat his words one day when an american fighter chooses not to train with him for an important fight (he is training with napão at teamlink).

 
Comment by Metalhead
2007-11-28 16:52:36

I can’t really blame Filho for thinking that, but he went a little to far with the slut and prostitute thing. Was’t necessary.

 
Comment by Mike is here.
2007-11-28 17:06:30

a true patriot. good for him.

 
Comment by Sula
2007-11-28 17:07:23

[quote comment=”220247″]Where is Rev. Jesse Jackson on this case for Chuck Liddell.[/quote]
Lol, Does anyione else get the feeling that Filho spit on the ground after he made that comment. Ha! If Filho has such a distaste for Americans he may wanna find somewhere else to live and work. Probably should give back all that filthy American money as well. There’s nothing wrong with a little national pride but… maybe something was lost in translation. I’m glad to see Chuck expanding his horizons. There are alot of great BJJ training camps- Renzo Gracie?

 
Comment by bryant
2007-11-28 17:12:30

ask anderson silva he might be more than glad to help chuck beat on wanderli

 
Comment by linx
2007-11-28 17:22:33

You know, I was just going through the interview in Portuguese and I have to point something that was not quoted here. The correct translations is as follows:

“Yes, I was invited but did not accept. I would never train an American to defeat a Brazilian. I’m not a ho, a prostitute. It’s us against the gringos. I’ve just come from there [US] and I’ve seen that the American athlete has everything he needs [to train], and here in Brazil it is the total opposite. So why should I train with the Americans? I’m Brazilian “till I die.”

The reason he does not want to train with chuck is not just because he is American, it is because he feels Americans have better training facilities, which the Brazilians do not have. This is how he feels, but I don’t know why this matters in this case, since wandy is training at extreme couture…

 
Comment by Ade
2007-11-28 18:09:25

The guy is just being patriotic, nothing wrong with that. How many times have we heard the football style chants of USA from the crowd when the opponent in the ring has been non American.

 
Comment by larry
2007-11-28 18:14:32

[quote comment=”220247″]Where is Rev. Jesse Jackson on this case for Chuck Liddell.[/quote]

jesse don’t give a shit for the white man!

 
Comment by JamesS
2007-11-28 18:25:03

paulho is a tough dude, but at the same time he is a bitch. Wandi has dissed him a few times in the past. I think he said that if Paulho can’t get someone to the ground then he can’t beat them. I really hope Filho and Silva get to fight soon. It would be a great fight and I would hope Anderson would knock him out.

 
Comment by THORAZINE
2007-11-28 21:17:37

In the words of Rodney King:

“Can’t we just all get along”?

 
Comment by tripleainto
2007-11-28 23:02:55

Disappointing comments imo…it should never be about background, but we all already know this though. I guess he doesn’t.

 
Comment by jimmy_dean
2007-11-29 08:05:40

Yeah that was pretty stupid all he had to say was no and that would have been the end of it. Wanderlei wouldn’t have acted like that this dude is a fucking retard. I guess that is the difference between a classy guy and an idiot.

 
Comment by jimmy_dean
2007-11-29 08:19:45

There is no way to prepare for wandy in the first place because he is unpredictable. He is so wild I don’t think even he knows what he is going to do.

 
Comment by kickinthehead
2007-11-29 09:32:48

Filho is just pist because “”"”"”"”he has a tatoo of chuck on his arm”"”"”".. did anybody else look at it.. it looks like chuck…LMAO

 
Comment by john
2007-11-29 10:55:35

[quote comment=”220354″][quote comment=”220351″]I didnt Know Mac Danzig Held the Lightweight title in KOTC.

I just watched anderson Silva beat hyato Mach Sakurai on daily motion…Does anyone know what organization that fight took place in?[/quote]

Shooto[/quote]

THanks PhilQNY!

 
Comment by Deyo
2007-11-29 11:17:59

[quote comment=”220340″][quote comment=”220218″]Very unprofessional IMO. If he was friends or training partners I would understand the loyalty. I havn’t found any information citing that he has trained with W.Silva but does have a link with Gonzaga who at one point trained with Chute Box. I could be wrong, If I am, I take back my comment.[/quote]

I dont think it has anything to do with him knowing Wandy, or professionalism. He is proud of his home country and would never help someone from another country defeat someone from his own country. ANd it wasnt like he had anything against Chuck personally. Its just a matter of nationality.[/quote]

How could that not have anything to do with professionalism, if this were a baseball or football player..the media would eat this guy for breakfast. If he was more mainstream he wouldn’t being saying such things. It has everything to do with professionalism. I do see how any of my comments refer to him not liking Chuck.

 
Comment by Jesse Canadian MMA
2007-11-29 13:10:49

The wec event on the 12th looks really good the main card anyway, I’m definetly checking it out.
Faber over curran- Faber is too good,strong,and crafty
I’ve seen quite a bit of Fabers fights, I’m definetly a fan.
Paulo and chael sonnen should be excellent I like both the sonnen-karo fight in the ufc was classic.
but I hope Paulo wins to increase the chance of him coming to the UFC.
Cub Swanson and Jens Pulver is the fight I’m most excited about I’m pretty sure I’ve seen all of Cubs fights and I’m going for him against pulver.

 
Comment by Junior
2007-11-29 13:24:51

All this moron did was cost himself a good paycheck. Just say no and move on. He may be proud of his home country, this would be racist if an American did something like this.

 
Comment by E-ROC
2007-12-10 01:58:53

since the wec is basically like the minor league for the ufc, paulo needs to jump up and take a crack at anderson. i seen paulo fight once in pride and he looked pretty good, but i saw anderson fight a few times in pride and all his ufc fights and he gets better every fight and he was bad ass in the first pride fight i saw him in. anderson sliva= best 185 lb. in the world if not the best pound for pound fighter in the world

 
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