I respect Josh as a fighter and think that he's a pretty intelligent guy but in his most recent interview with Ariel he really comes off as an arrogant POS, just as Bigfoot had claimed he was.
There's a fine line between saying what's on your mind and not kissing up to the media and being an aloof a-hole. You figure a guy who's been caught cheating 3 times would try to put up a friendlier front to be forgiven.
Anyway, I'm hoping that Sergei humbles him a bit though I doubt it will happen.
sage77 - You figure a guy who's been caught cheating 3 times would try to put up a friendlier front to be forgiven.Yeah, it is creepy how he acts like this is a non-issue.
After the shit he talked about Bigfoot in this interview, it would be poetic justice if Bigfoot beat him in the finals. Theres only about a 20-25 pound weight difference so Josh would have no "size" excuses.
Haadogei - 10 things I hate about Josh (random order)
1 - haircut
2 - throat slash WWE move
3 - speedos
4 - "You Were Sure" song from late Pride - bottom 10 songs in human history
5 - ruined Affliction
6 - creepy association with Megumi Fujii
7 - WWE speeches
8 - he makes heavy metal less cool
9 - UFC roid issue
10 - the fact that he sang along with the "You Were Sure" song.
This and he hasn't had a meaningful win in years.
Link to the interview?
JohnnyLawrence - Link to the interview?
Dogman -Haadogei - 10 things I hate about Josh (random order)
1 - haircut
2 - throat slash WWE move
3 - speedos
4 - "You Were Sure" song from late Pride - bottom 10 songs in human history
5 - ruined Affliction
6 - creepy association with Megumi Fujii
7 - WWE speeches
8 - he makes heavy metal less cool
9 - UFC roid issue
10 - the fact that he sang along with the "You Were Sure" song.
This and he hasn't had a meaningful win in years.
Well done sirs.
How the hell did this thread turn into a Megadeth discussion?
jimbobyeaboy - Nobody can be a worse heel than Fael.
Bite your tongue boy! 
William Colosimo -sage77 - How the hell did this thread turn into a Megadeth discussion?
Because Megadeth kicks ass?
Indeed
For all the leaky vaginas in this thread.
Josh Barnett is the most exciting fighter in the HW division. If there were a "true" HW tournament, he would win that after the SF one.
He did steroids because he does not have the most marketable body for MMA not for any other reason. Leave the guy alone he has paid enough.
"Josh Barnett is the most exciting fighter in the HW division"<br /><br />YES, this is what I was thinking when I was watching him in the Gilbert fight where he had Gil, mounted through 95% of the fight and unable to do a damn thing...lol
Josh is someone that I can never make my mind up on whether I like him or not. Can't decide if his pro-wrestling promos are funny or just plain gay. Probably both. The throat slash is very gay.
Think he's probably a good guy, but he is arrogant, and he's the kind that gets pissed off at people if they pick against him in a fight. I remember Kenny Florian criticised something he did in a fight, then the next minute Barnett's having a tantrum and slating Kenflo.
Quality fighter, but I think we'll always look back on him and think of the steroid issues as much as anything else.
i love barnettt
Dogman - "Josh Barnett is the most exciting fighter in the HW division"<br /><br />YES, this is what I was thinking when I was watching him in the Gilbert fight where he had Gil, mounted through 95% of the fight and unable to do a damn thing...lol
He also looked terrible against Mighty Mo @ Dream
6months of Sprawl Training - he has more meaningful wins than Carwin,JDS,Cane,and Brock do put together
But name a meaningful win he's had in the last 5 years?
Still no link to the interview this entire thread is about?
if playing the heel has talentless-phael's minions rock hard, then a competitor that at least has some skills should do very well creating a heel 'character'. that's show biz. josh does it very well, as do tito, aoki, baroni, genki, rampage, mayhem, saku, and the legend frank glamcock.
swock wasnt the first person to be comin on to cmon
if one is not as talented as a loyota machida, shogun, bj penn, anderson silva, fedor, or rickson; creating a character that fans can identify with might be the second most important thing in modern sports entertainment mma. tank might have been the first character to have a real following in the ufc-brand, and not because he was stackin up belts.
Haadogei - 10 things I hate about Josh (random order)
1 - haircut
2 - throat slash WWE move
3 - speedos
4 - "You Were Sure" song from late Pride - bottom 10 songs in human history
5 - ruined Affliction
6 - creepy association with Megumi Fujii
7 - WWE speeches
8 - he makes heavy metal less cool
9 - UFC roid issue
10 - the fact that he sang along with the "You Were Sure" song.
perfectly said