The Chainsaw Is About To Rev Up Again
Time to put UFC 82 to bed and focus our attention on the promotion’s 83rd pay-per-view offering – Serra-St.Pierre II from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. For obvious reasons, we’ll have extensive coverage of the UFC’s first foray into the great white north starting with today’s featured interview.
It’s been close to sixteen months since Charles “Chainsaw” McCarthy competed in the Octagon and on April 19th he will help introduce Michael Bisping to the the middleweight division.
Of course, McCarthy-Bisping marks The Count’s first UFC fight at 185 lbs and while some are considering McCarthy as a sacrificial lamb to get Bisping back on track, the American Top Team member has other plans in mind.
Some of the topics we discussed included:
* His time away from the UFC
* Thoughts on Michael Bisping the fighter
* His take on Hammill-Bisping
* The state of the Middleweight division
* How he would attempt to defeat Anderson Silva
Charles McCarthy – 03/05/08
Bam Bam said,
Wrote on March 6, 2008 @ 1:05 pm
I don’t think it would be too crazy to bet on him winning.
Bisping is WAY overrated in my books.
Wasn’t mccarthy kind of a shit disturber on TUF 4 or am I thinking of someone else?
AH said,
Wrote on March 7, 2008 @ 12:04 am
Not really. Shonie Carter messed with him on one particular episode though. He pretended to pick him for a fight but it was just a prank.
Jarry Park - The Coliseum Of Combat Sports » Blog Archive » MMARated.com: Michael Bisping Is Done Talking Trash said,
Wrote on April 16, 2008 @ 9:16 am
[...] Did you hear? Charles McCarthy isn’t impressed with Michael Bisping. Also, Bisping thinks McCarthy runs his mouth too much. Oh, and McCarthy wants to put Bisping to sleep…Give these two credit, though, as they’ve definitely surpassed Lutter-Franklin in the hype department for UFC 83. Solid trash-talking between two combatants can do that for fight.MMARated Radio wanted to give “The Count” the last word since McCarthy has done his fair share of talking so we caught up with him just days before his UFC middleweight debut. Some of the topics we discussed included:* Does he feel disrespected by McCarthy?* Why all the hate?* What does he think of McCarthy?* Is McCarthy a step down for him?* Why the move to 185?* Was it a long time coming?* Will he have trouble making weight?* Does he still hear about the Hammill incident from fans?* Does he expect to be booed in Montreal?* Where does he fit in the middleweight division? [...]