MMA Quick Quote: WECs Miguel Torres is an ultimate showman

by MMAmania.com on Dec 3, 2008 11:35 AM EST Comment 30 comments

Miguel Torres

"I’m expecting by far the best Manny Tapia ever, because I know he knows what a win over me would do for his life. On that one night, he’s going to be as good as he ever has been before, and so I have to be, too.... I love to get hit. I don’t know what it is, but I love it when someone hits me on the chin and I can stand there and come back and land two, three or four shots of my own. The people come because they expect to see us show all of our skills and to put them together as best we can. They expect a lot out of us each time and the one thing I always try to do is to remember the kinds of fights I like to watch. I want to put on the kinds of fights for the fans that I like to see, so I train to do that each time."

-- WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres tells Yahoo!Sports.com about his passion for delivering action-packed, memorable fights. Be sure to tune in tonight on the Versus channel, beginning at 8 p.m. ET to witness for yourself his latest offering against the undefeated Manny Tapia, as well as check out what all the buzz is about. You will not be disappointed ... win, lose or draw.

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I have to call BS, no one “enjoys getting hit” thats crap; just tough guy talk. Although I have met some chicks that won’t leave their alchoholic abusive boyfriends for some reason… ok SOME people like getting hit.. I have no idea why.

by O damn he got caught on Dec 3, 2008 11:40 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I think he meant to say, he loves his resilience and ability to rebound from a tough shot.

It’s not the getting punched, but the ability to tolerate aggression and then deliver devastating attacks of his own.

by Ben on Dec 3, 2008 4:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

No you do not like to get hit sorry, no one likes getting hit. If you love it so much then get engaged to Ike Turner. I hate that line every time I see it, it’s just talk. The same as “I love the taste of blood, i go crazy when I taste my own blood” yea sure you do.. ok… With that being said, Torres is still going to wreck Tapia.

by O damn he got caught on Dec 3, 2008 11:44 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I think you are misunderstanding. These guys obviously love to fight and getting hit is part of that. If he can take a guys best punch and counter with 3-4 more of his own, of course he likes that. It means he is probably winning. There are also guys like Forrest who start slow and “like” getting hit because it wakes them up and gets them going.

by BNF on Dec 3, 2008 1:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I can see enjoying the part where he comes back and lands some shots but definatly not the getting hit part. Maybe just how he started off with “I love to get hit”; lol, not sure I met anyone that enjoys getting beat down yet..

by O damn he got caught on Dec 3, 2008 1:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

He didn’t say “getting beaten down” and you probably don’t know any top professional fighter either.

I believe that he enjoys it, just like BNF said above, its a part of the fight, the war, the battle, and THAT is what he loves. The action!

by ViolentMike on Dec 3, 2008 3:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

yea I see what you guys are sayin VM, but the “I love getting hit” is what caught me, I didn’t really pay attention to the next sentence in the quote or I wouldn’t have bothered.

by O damn he got caught on Dec 3, 2008 3:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I’m sure he is a good guy, I just want Tapia to win.

by the_mexicutioner on Dec 3, 2008 4:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

First of all Get a Job… You have to much time on your hands. I like both these fighters and I am betting Dana is sorry that this is not PPV. This will be fun to watch….

by wand1 on Dec 3, 2008 12:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I have a job, in fact i’m there now. Maybe you could quit making a$$sumptions before you post and get some common sense.

by O damn he got caught on Dec 3, 2008 12:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

the guy loves wands

by roy on Dec 3, 2008 12:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

you do know that assumptions isn’t a word that will be blocked right? you don’t need to put the super cool $$ in there…

by jp on Dec 3, 2008 1:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

it’s not that it gets blocked, it’s that it gets stuck in moderation for some time cause of the first 3 letters… lots of these a$$umptions going on today I see..

by O damn he got caught on Dec 3, 2008 2:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

JP, stop making a$$umptions like you know what you are talking about. The word “a$$umption” contains the word “a$$”. If you didn’t notice, I’ll point it out, its the first three letters of the word! And “a$$” does get hung up in moderation.

This is the reason that I type the term “weight division” on this site rather than how I speak, which I would say “weight cla$$” but that would get hung up in moderation, so I say weight division.

by ViolentMike on Dec 3, 2008 3:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

You guys are a$$holes and a$$clowns.

I saw this girl with a fine a$$. This is a bad a$$ site too.

I’m a grown a$$ man.

by Ben on Dec 3, 2008 4:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

If it wasn’t for the people like O damn this site would suck.

by Psyqo78®™ on Dec 3, 2008 12:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

beat me to it……

by Psyqo78®™ on Dec 3, 2008 12:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Lol, thanks psyqo appreciate that

by O damn he got caught on Dec 3, 2008 1:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

good thing it’s not a ppv…no one would buy it? you’re telling me you’d really pay 50 bucks for this card?

by jp on Dec 3, 2008 1:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

but he hates wearing hats

by McArthur on Dec 3, 2008 12:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

C’mon… Get engaged to Ike… are you on the Crack Rock….Do you read anything you write. Does it really matter what I say, You seem to have fans on here ,I am just a nobody.

by wand1 on Dec 3, 2008 12:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

There is just a brotherhood, a comradery of sorts between regulars. You don’t have to agree with everything but you don’t insult them.

by Psyqo78®™ on Dec 3, 2008 12:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Well I really don’t smoke crack anymore but if your buyin…

by O damn he got caught on Dec 3, 2008 1:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I train at miguels gym and i swear to god the guy likes to get hit. If you see his eyes and how he looks at you when you hit him and comes forward, you would understand what he is saying.

by What? on Dec 3, 2008 12:39 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

That is what I thought he meant…. like it wakes him up and brings out a different fighter in him.

by Psyqo78®™ on Dec 3, 2008 12:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Read what he says. He says that he loves when he gets hit AND can come back and deliver two, three or four blows of his own. I doubt if he likes getting hit on the button by somebody who could knock him out. As Joe Rogan says “the human chin is not made to be hit.” Even Miguel will go night night if the right person catches him.

by Adam on Dec 3, 2008 1:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i love how all the blog-readers always know more about fighting than the fighters do. O damn…was your first post not good enough, you had to reply to yourself?

by jp on Dec 3, 2008 1:29 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

first post got stuck in moderation, got impatient and posted again, it happens; and I didn’t claim to know more about fighting than fighters, I just don’t think people in general enjoy being hit. The part about him enjoying retaliating I can understand.

by O damn he got caught on Dec 3, 2008 1:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

ok thats understandable then. i retract my previous statement. i think that if you are a fighter you have to at least enjoy getting hit a little or you wouldn’t pick a profession where that happens to you day in and day out. i’m sure no one likes getting KTFO…just getting hit though is a completely different story.

by jp on Dec 3, 2008 1:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs