"The guy no-shows to the conference call. I have been saying from day one: Get me a back-up opponent. I don’t think he is going to show up for his fight. His mouth is writing checks his ass can’t cash. He had big a problem on June 6. Then he opened his mouth, things have gotten personal; and he’s got a really big problem now. We’re all training, we’re all busy, no one wants to do this right now but we all did it because we’re professionals except that asshole. I just hope somebody else winds up in his spot. Put Gina Carano in there; I’ll fight her instead."
Former UFC and PRIDE character Phil Baroni, possibly the most amped-up man on the planet leading up to the Strikeforce: "Lawler vs. Shields" event, took opponent Joe Riggs to task for no-showing the media conference call he was expected to participate in. The "New York Bad Ass" had quite a few colorful remarks for "Diesel" and professed a strong desire to throw hands with female sensation Gina Carano. However Baroni’s coup de grâce came when the call was officially brought to an end, as the last thing heard by anyone who hadn't disconnected was Baroni repeating the phrase "Yo" over and over with each "Yo" becoming quieter than the last. Baroni + Doppler effect = Classic NYBA.