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[Cat--Smasher]

1. Recently fighters have been given exceptions that allow them to do Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT), while other fighters are losing their jobs or getting suspended for medical marijuana. What is your take on the whole situation?

Phil Baroni - “I don’t think that marijuana is a performance enhancing drug at all. But if you can’t stop smoking weed for a month before a fight you got a problem or maybe fighting isn’t that important to you. Don’t get me wrong, it should be legal. I mean TRT is bullshit. It is a legal way to cheat the system and an attempt to prolong your career when you should be retired. Smoking Mary Jane is far less cheating than taking shots of testosterone.”



2. GLORY and the GLORY World Series have taken over the global kickboxing scene, do think they will be able to make kickboxing relevant among fight fans in the U.S.?

Phil Baroni - “I am not sure if the US will ever love kickboxing as much as the international fans. But I think GLORY can be successful world wide and I am a big fan of kickboxing, so I hope GLORY is successful wherever the event are held.”



3. UFC 157 was a historic night for the UFC, mixed martial arts and women’s mixed martial arts. What do you think of women headlining a UFC PPV?

Phil Baroni - “I really didn’t care for it. I really like Invicta FC for the women.”



4. As of late in the UFC, title shots have been given based on popularity and trash talk as opposed to merit. Do think this is a good strategy for the continued long term growth of the sport?

Phil Baroni - “What ever gains the most interest from the fans is a good strategy. Big fights are what people want to see. You got the UFC putting on big fights and then you have Bellator MMA doing it by the way of Merit. Only time will tell who is more successful but I personally think putting on interesting fights is what works best.”



5. In your opinion, who are the top five fighters Pound-4-Pound in MMA right now?

Phil Baroni - “That is tough to say man, I really don’t know the answer. The UFC champions are the best in the world right now, Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, Ben Henderson and Dominick Cruz (although injured right now) are all on top of their games. So that is my top five!”

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[The8thPlague]

Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, Ben Henderson and Dominick Cruz

Cain gets no love.

[Sniggles]

Ben Henderson.... in top 5 P4P?

[CtGreat]

Originally Posted by The8thPlague

Cain gets no love.

You have Cain as top 5 P4P?

Mine would be Silva, GSP, Aldo, Cruz, and Edgar.

[Mac]

I can't believe I actually agree with him on something. (TRT) He did do this interview with nothing but a tie on so he's still douchy.

[Bork_Lazer]

Originally Posted by The8thPlague

Cain gets no love.

I wouldn't put Cain on that list either. Actually I'm not sure its even entirely fair to rank Cain over JDS (I'm a big JDS fan, but I'm trying to be impartial), they each have a win over the other, only JDS has beaten a lot more relevant guys than Cain, and none of those guys gave JDS any trouble at all. Really hoping we get to see a third fight soon.

Anderson, Aldo, GSP, Jones and Henderson would be my top 5.

[Cat--Smasher]

Originally Posted by Mac

I can't believe I actually agree with him on something. (TRT) He did do this interview with nothing but a tie on so he's still douchy.

Would you have prefered a tie and a leather jacket?

[Sniggles]

Originally Posted by Mac

I can't believe I actually agree with him on something. (TRT) He did do this interview with nothing but a tie on so he's still douchy.

Takes one to know one.

[SimpleJack]

Baroni in 2012:

I want to see the best fighters, I want to see who is the strongest the best! Guys should be able to do whatever it takes to be the strongest. Getting choked and kicked in the head is really bad for you, worse than pot , TRT, or steroids. I don’t care who’s the cleanest, I wanna’ see the strongest, the fastest and the most gnarly fighters. I don’t want to see who is the best at passing drug test. Overeem isn’t the only guy taking shit, he just got caught. I wanna’ see the baddest mother fuckers going at it. That’s why PRIDE was the best — I wanna see a 205 (ripped) Wanderlei Silva kill dudes!

Baroni in 2007:

Middleweight Phil Baroni (Pictures) tested positive for Boldenone and Stanozolol Metabolites, the California State Athletic Commission announced Tuesday afternoon. The 31-year-old from Long Island, New York has been fined $2,500 and suspended 365 days from the conclusion of his loss against Frank Shamrock (Pictures) on June 22 in San Jose. The final 51 days of that suspension will be fulfilled at the start of Baroni's next licensing year, should he decide to reapply.

HMMM.......so it's only wrong for OLD PEOPLE????

[bobbyretro]

I'm sure we would all be walking and talking contradiction machines if all of our conversations were recorded.