Bas Rutten stopped by Philadelphia last week soon after Kimbo Slice’s win over Ray Mercer in Atlantic City. He was doing a lot of press at the MyPhl17 studios on behalf of the IFL and I was able to meet him in person and conduct an interview.
For Bas’ comments on Kimbo, the IFL, Randy Couture, being contacted by other promotions, and more, just click here.
Bas Rutten will be joining John Floyd and I today on “The Saturday Morning Sports Hangover” on ESPN 920 in Philadelphia at 11 a.m. ET. You can listen online at www.920espn.com.
Bas will be on during the show’s third segment and we’ll be taking IFL, Kimbo Slice, and MMA in general. If you have a question, feel free to call in at 888-459-ESPN.
It’s time for some shameless self-promotion.
IFL commentator and former UFC heavyweight champion Bas Rutten will be a guest on the radio this Saturday on ESPN 920 in Philadelphia.
Bas will join my co-host John Floyd and I for a segment on The Saturday Morning Sports Hangover at 11 a.m. ET. Bas will probably be on during the third segment, sometime around 11:40 a.m. ET. If you have a question for Bas you can call into the show at 866-459-ESPN.
If you’re not in the Philly area you can hear the show at 920ESPN.com.
Once of my all-time faves, Bas Rutten, has come out and publicly endorsed Kimbo Slice after working with him this past week or so.
Here’s Bas’ post from a Sherdog thread:
OK guys, I have to say something here.
I am training Kimbo right now, and I have to say that he is one of the BEST fighters I have EVER trained. He really listens to you and does what you say, do you know how hard that it? If he’s dead tired, and I tell him five more rounds, he looks at me, but doesn’t say anything, he just does it.
I entroduced him to the Bas Rutten MMA workout, he was SO tired, he told me that he has never been as tired. Today I was teaching him again, he asked me in the beginning “Are we ging to do the Bas Rutten workout?” But he said it in a crazy way, so I asked him “Do you want to do it?”. He said “Please, yes!” I asked him why, because all my PROFESSIONAL fighters don’t want to do it. He said “Bas, I want to conquer this thing, I want to do it!”Man, he gets, Lots, and losts of respect!
All the shit that people write about him, I am telling you, and I hope you know I don’t lie, he’s a trooper! I wish that all my fighters would be like him. Even my wife loves the guy. He is SO respectful and uses NO bad language in front of kids (my two little daughters love him, and they don’t like anybody!), I am REALLY, blown away.
He really deserves this, I think this. Can a boxer be a MMA FIGHTER? We all know the answer, but can a street fighter be an MMA fighter? We all KNOW the answer to that!
I would wish that all my fighters were like him, like I said, I can put him through every workout I give him, he WILL do it, no questions asked.
I hope you guys meet Kimbo one day, you will be blown away. I just came back from an MMA event and I brought him there, just see how he is with the fans, it’s crazy!
You also know that I would NEVER train an asshole, so trust me, but he’s got me, Shawn Tompkins (who trained him longer than I have,) and Randy Kathami (boxing coach for my gym) respect. I REALLY love the guy.
El Guapo says:
Party one and Godspeed!!
SOURCE: http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showth…=583812&page=3
There you have it. Bas will also be in Atlantic City to corner Kimbo for his fight against Ray Mercer.
GoFish.com will be launching a new MMA show called MMA Today. Former Pancrase and UFC champion and current IFL commentator Bas Rutten has been hired as a host of the shows that will be appearing on the MMA Today channel.
Congrats to Bas on the new gig.
You can read the full release at:
http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/mma_today/gofish/prweb530821.htm
