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Mark Kerr: I was disgusting and I'm embarrassed
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“I WAS AN EMBARASSMENT!”
He was once known as The Smashing Machine; a former PRIDE and UFC fighter who injected fear into everyone he fought with his devastating double-leg takedowns, a diesel-piston of a right hand and murderous ground 'n' pound. But recently even Mark Kerr admits he's been a complete joke and an embarrassment, as he told MICHAEL SCHIAVELLO exclusively for HDNet Fights.
“This is my stepping stone to redemption,” says Mark Kerr, one day out from his fight against undefeated King Mo Lawal on M-1 Breakthrough in Kansas City. “I know I have had some terrible fights and with many people I will never redeem myself but I am going to try and it starts here.
Kerr weighed in for the Lawal fight at 263lb, though he says with more preparation time he could have gotten down to 250 and aims to get to 235 within a year. Though taking the Lawal fight on only two weeks notice following the withdrawal of Lawal's original opponent – Don Frye – Kerr says he's not in Kansas City just for a pay day. He's here to fight and to prove that he is not the spent force fans think.
“I know everyone has written me off,” Kerr told HDNet exclusively. “I know people think I am a joke. I don't blame them. It has been hard for me to sit and look at myself in the mirror. I mean I wouldn't be a fan of me the way I have fought in recent times. I would never expect a fan to want my autograph any more."
I'm obviously a loser for not seeing why Frye cancelled out (Mo would mauled him methinks...but we still love Frye.) , but I look forward to seeing the video from King Mo/Kerr. Good Luck to Mark Kerr, that's laying it all out there, and you HAVE TO respect a man for that.
alvo69 - I'm obviously a loser for not seeing why Frye cancelled out (Mo would mauled him methinks...but we still love Frye.) ,
Frye addressed this in an interview. M-1 kept changing the venue location. After the 4th or 5th time, Frye said it was obvious M-1 didn't have their shit together and he decided to not do business with them. At some point he decided he'd had enough and I don't blame him a bit. I guess the other fighters will go along with M-1's bullshit indefinitely because they probably need the money more than Frye.
alvo69 - I'm obviously a loser for not seeing why Frye cancelled out (Mo would mauled him methinks...but we still love Frye.)
Without getting anyone in trouble M1 is terribly unprofessional. Things constantly change with them which wouldn't be so bad but the fighters are usually the last to know...hell Don probably found out about the change in venue from here
Big ups to Kerr for stepping in on short notice. I love Frye and bought his reasoning to backing out, but didn't he just do the same shit in the other fight with Dave Herman?
" I mean eventually they are going to run out of opponents for Brock Lesnar, right? I want to be in a position where in a year or so they consider me for a fight like that.”