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By Scoop Malinowski

Paul Buentello: “King of the Cage, Wet ‘n Wild. It was raining there all day long. Just imagine - the venue was outside. The cage was full of puddles. But they had the fights go on. Guys were going for headkicks and slipping. People were bustin’ their asses left and right. You gotta see the video.”

Frankie Edgar: “Kevin Roddy at Cage Fury, as he ran out of the dressing room (to the cage to fight) he was throwing dollar bills to the crowd.”

Jose Rodriguez: “Bas Rutten was refereeing my fight when I fought John Cole at Bayside Academy. He did a seminar and that same weekend he refereed our fight. I remember he was actually coaching me, lecturing me as we were fighting. ‘We just went over this, you should know this.’”

Chris Ligouri: “Pete Sell - Drago - when I fought him in Ring of Combat the first time we were talking a lot as we were fighting. We were talking and laughing with each other while we were fighting and beating the shit out of each other.”

Shonie Carter: “I did a semi-strip tease in a fight during the round. I was wearing two pairs of shorts and the guy I was fighting was no more than three feet away from me. And I actually pulled my top trunks off and I kicked them over to my cornerman. And I started dancing in the middle of the ring while I’m fighting the guy. Just to be having fun, to do something unexpected.”

Kevin Randleman: “I saw Mark Coleman get beat up by an old woman in Brazil, an old, Wrinkly woman. She caught a pop on Mark and said, ‘Fuck you!’ I was fighting Sokata from Brazil, Ebeneezer Braga and Carlao Barreto in an hour and a half. Oh my God, I was in overtime in my first fight against Braga. I’m sitting on the ring rope waiting and I look over at Mark and this woman all of a sudden pours a cup of Coca Cola on him. He turns around to look at her and she goes, ‘I did it. Fuck you.’ Then I turn around and there’s Braga ready to punch me in the head! They started the overtime without telling me!”

Travis Lutter: “I was getting ready for Abu Dhabi 2001 and during the qualifier in Indiana they had the little angle irons sitting up under the curtains. And I shake my legs when I’m ready to go out. And I’m ready to go out. Two seconds before I go out, I frickin’ stub my toe, take my toenail off, completely and totally. I have my toenail not right and I’m bleeding all over the place - and they’re calling my name to go down the ramp!”

Travis Wiuff: “The first time I fought in Brazil, the day before the event, I was sitting out, lounging by the pool. I was sipping on a can of pop. And I was going to be fighting Carlao Barreto. And Carlao was like doing wind sprints in the pool, he was throwing punches in the pool. He was training like a madman in the pool! And I almost crapped in my pants. Man, there I was lounging, relaxing in the sun and there’s Carlao Barreto training in the pool the day before the fight. (How did you do in the fight?) I ended up winning the fight, it went good. But I look back on it now and I think, man, I was going crazy being in Brazil the first time.”

Dan Severn: “King of the Cage, he had his guard around me, pushing and pushing towards my feet. Basically, my trunks came all the way down and I was basically mooning the crowd.”

Dave Menne: “A story I heard, do I have to name names? I heard a story about someone running out of the ring, saying they shit their self.”

Trevor Prangley: “I was reffing and amateur show in Idaho. I guy got in the ring and a cigarette lighter fell out of his pocket when he was fighting.”

Matt Horwich: “When I fought Travis Wiuff, we were talking during the fight. He took me down during the fight and he goes, Are you tired, Matt? I said, Yeah dude. And he said, Me too!