Props: Chicago Sun-Times
Quoteworthy:
‘‘Boxing was my first love. I started in mixed martial arts after wrestling in college at Northern Illinois University. ‘It was a logical progression, but I’ve always had boxing in the back of my mind to get back to. Now’s a good time to get back to boxing, my training and sparring have been very good and I have no problem making weight. At this point I’m more excited about boxing than I am in MMA. When I was growing up people said I looked like Mike Tyson, and that stuck with me. I was a street fighter as a kid. College wrestling and MMA really taught me discipline.”
– Terry Martin — who has been released from his contract with the UFC — will try his hand at professional boxing this evening (Friday, April 11) against Ricardo Upchurch in a cruiserweight bout (190 pounds) at the Odeum Sports and Expo Center in Villa Parm, Illinois. Martin is on a two-fight MMA skid, losing to Marvin Eastman and Chris Leben, respectively. He still plans to compete in mixed martial arts and apparently has a fight lined up on May 17 in Newcastle, England.
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Wow, when was Martin released? Don’t remember hearing that at all. I remember when he destroyed Salaverry he looked like he was going to be a big star in the UFC. Then he started runnin his mouth all the time, got cocky with Leben only to get KTFO, and then lost to Eastmen. I really liked the guy before the Leben fight. Oh well, good riddance.
Yeah, it’s kinda weird. If he couldn’t make it in MMA, how on earth could he make it in boxing?? His striking isn’t great and if he couldn’t beat sloppy strikers such as leben, how does he ever plan to make a dent against much more technical boxers?
funny how he is more interested in boxing to fights ago he was really interested in mma and was the best middle weight in the world.(at least in his own mind)
Sweet, I’d love to see that….If anyone finds a Youtube link….POST THAT SHIZ
Wow. He was looking good for a while….Chris Leben ended his MMA career. kudos to him. I hope Leben fights Bisping. That would be awesome to watch.
TRANSLATION: “I was never a mixed martial artist. All I can do is stand and bang. I have no ground game, nor do I care to work on a ground game. I thought I could get by in MMA but the “stand and bangers” in the UFC beat me down (Eastman and ESPECIALLY Leben). I’m am off to boxing with my tail tucked between my legs.”
Sounds about right to me!
I like your translation. We have this thing in the Philadelphia papers where reporters try to translate what Andy Reid says because he is such a BSer…..VM: start your own colums translating what lying mma fighters really mean!
lol…yes i agree with John…you should do a “What they really mean” analisys for MMA fighters
LOL, AWESOME!!!!! I’d love to do it. Everytime that there is a thread created that contains a quote from a fighter/promoter, you will the the “ViolentMike Translation”.
Thanks for the idea guys!
I look forward to it…. The Violent-one strikes again: should be your title!
I just traslated Jason MacDonald’s quote for those interested…
true
yea when u get dropped by a chump like leban u should figure out somthing else to do
There are too many of you…Ok LEBEN is not the most technical at anything…But a Chump he isn’t. He is one game mo fo..I always like watching Leben!
This guy is crazy….Boxing is almost completely DEAD. No one cares anymore!
… there is a reason they call it the sweet science. MMA tends to disregard boxing too much yet it’s such an integral part of the game. Most of the guys in MMA that have heart in my opinion seem to come from a boxing background. I think you’re just watching the wrong boxers.
I hear you….I have always been a big boxing fan. My point is that it has become so corrupt people are sick of it.
Also, after watching MMA, I get really tired of seeing guys dance around and clinch so the ref can split them back up. Obviously not all fights go that way, but with MMA, the clinch is when the fight really starts. Watching boxing makes me feel like I’m missing 1/2 of a real fight.
Oh shit I’m with you there. Especially with the heavyweights that aren’t in shape to go the 10, 12 rounds. Recently, I’ve been watching Tyson’s fights from the 80’s… boxing could use the infusion of another fighter like that. Those fights were unbelievable!
I use to be a big boxing fan, but just can’t stomache the bad decisions, bad/boaring fights, etc. For the most part, every one ducks everyone else. Can’t hardly stand it anymore. Also, it seems like most of the fights I see that are listed on tv are flyweight and slightweight, skinnyweight, etc. I hate those skinny dudes. They punch and punch, that’s true, but there is never any drama. With the very rare exception (a half way decent match up), boxing is pretty much dead in my mind. I don’t have any use for it any more.
I read else where that he isnt quitting MMA. Hes just boxing to fill the gaps between MMA fights. I dont think hes with the UFC right now but I heard hes supposed to fight David Loiseau in the coming months.
What happened to Loiseau? He used to pretty good. He had some sick Tae Kwon Doe kicks and crazy elbows. Last time I saw him fight I think was in Elite XC and he looked very slugish and seemed to have lost that killer instinct.
He is fighting for HCF(Hardcore Championship Fighting) now. He won his last fight by UD against Todd Gouwenberg. From what I hear he looked really good in this fight.
UFC seems to be releasing everybody these days.
Making room for TUF guys. I’m sure out of those 16 guys who lost on this season, they’ll give a few of them another chance.
Except for Serra’s boy who got KTFO (KO of the century)! That dude needs some major Muy Thai and boxing training.
I don’t see the Mike Tyson in him… more of an ugly Floyd Mayweather
Terry Martin will gas. He can barely fight 2 5 minute rounds, how is he going to outbox a boxer?
I think its a 4 round fight which hes fighting at 190lbs.
good thing huh? there no flying knees in boxing
well i can’t really blame him. he’s going to make a lot more money in the boxing world. even if he’s just an average fighter. it would take a good three more wins for him to get a good paycheck in the ufc or another organization.