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Fantastic WALLID interview!!!!!
post fight comments:
Wallid: "There is something I want to say first. This is for Ryan Gracie. You are a coward. I was going to have a match with Ryan. He and I both signed for the match and were ready to go. But one month before he pulled out of the arrangement. And after that we again tried to sign a match but he pulled out of that as well. After that at a party I bumped into Ryan. He was glaring at me and when I turned my back he tried to attack me. At that point I quickly took him down and choked him out. I am a student of Carlson Gracie, a person I really respect and look up to. The other Gracie family has nothing good to say about Carlson. That is why I defeated everyone in the other Gracie family. Four people. Rickson Gracie is refusing to fight me. He is refusing to fight me and running away scared."
Is that what you wanted to say in the ring?
"Yes."
What is your impression of Ohyama?
"I think he is a very strong competitor. I think he could not his fight but until the very end before he was choked out, he fought with all his might. I truly respect my opponents. Win or lose. But Ryan Gracie is a fu(king asshole."
You won't fight Ryan again?
"I want to fight but he ran away three times already. It's not even worth discussing. Unless the fans say "we want Ismail vs. Ryan" I don't think it will happen."
Who do you want to fight in the PRIDE ring next time?
"Whoever the PRIDE matchmakers decide, I will fight. Someone in my weight class of course. PRIDE is a very good event. I'm very happy I was able to get up on this ring. The reason I did not fight until now was because Ryan Gracie cancelled our fight twice. Does everyone know? The fact that I beat Royce Gracie. I beat him in five minutes. It took Sakuraba an hour and a half to beat him but I beat him in five minutes. I have proof of this. I have pictures. If you give me your business card I will bring you all of the evidence from Brazil."
Wallid: "There is something I want to say first. This is for Ryan Gracie. You are a coward. I was going to have a match with Ryan. He and I both signed for the match and were ready to go. But one month before he pulled out of the arrangement. And after that we again tried to sign a match but he pulled out of that as well. After that at a party I bumped into Ryan. He was glaring at me and when I turned my back he tried to attack me. At that point I quickly took him down and choked him out. I am a student of Carlson Gracie, a person I really respect and look up to. The other Gracie family has nothing good to say about Carlson. That is why I defeated everyone in the other Gracie family. Four people. Rickson Gracie is refusing to fight me. He is refusing to fight me and running away scared."
Is that what you wanted to say in the ring?
"Yes."
What is your impression of Ohyama?
"I think he is a very strong competitor. I think he could not his fight but until the very end before he was choked out, he fought with all his might. I truly respect my opponents. Win or lose. But Ryan Gracie is a fu(king asshole."
You won't fight Ryan again?
"I want to fight but he ran away three times already. It's not even worth discussing. Unless the fans say "we want Ismail vs. Ryan" I don't think it will happen."
Who do you want to fight in the PRIDE ring next time?
"Whoever the PRIDE matchmakers decide, I will fight. Someone in my weight class of course. PRIDE is a very good event. I'm very happy I was able to get up on this ring. The reason I did not fight until now was because Ryan Gracie cancelled our fight twice. Does everyone know? The fact that I beat Royce Gracie. I beat him in five minutes. It took Sakuraba an hour and a half to beat him but I beat him in five minutes. I have proof of this. I have pictures. If you give me your business card I will bring you all of the evidence from Brazil."
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