From a new interview on CP: CP: Were you ever worried about the stigma of getting back into the UFC via the reality show? Or did you just think that whatever got you in the UFC was worth it? WES SIMS: No, people understand. Good or bad, there’s nothing that’s going to hurt Wes Sims. I’m a certified black man when I want to be. I’ve been on BET. I was on the “Iron Ring” for God’s sakes. You were? I didn’t know that. I guess I didn’t watch much of that show. Yeah, if you did know that you wouldn’t have asked me that question. What’s going to hurt my career after that? Negative press? Bring it on! I was on “Iron Ring”! And David Isaac, if you read this, you still owe me money, fool. Who owes you money? The producer, what’s his name, David Isaac. They didn’t pay you? They didn’t do anything. They’re bad for the sport. For real. They put on all these little tryouts all over the country to put together a good little reality, no, they put on a reality show. I won’t say it was good. Where were you training before joining this season of TUF? I know you started out with Hammer House… I’ve always been with Hammer House. Mark [Coleman] got me in this sport, and I’m loyal. I know my roots. I’ve cross-trained other places, trying to learn and get better. I went to Houston and trained with Sol Solis. I trained out in Vegas with Randy Couture. I trained in the streets under I-55 in Cicero for a while, where I was living. You were living under I-55, as in, on the street? Yeah, that’s why when you asked me how I liked the house I said it was great compared to where I was living. I was living pretty much in a garbage bag and not even a tent, just a sleeping bag. So you went from living on the street to moving directly into the Ultimate Fighter house? Yeah. How did it come to that? How did you end up homeless? Well, I had ups and downs in my career. You make a little money and spend a little money. There are highs and lows in this sport. This is obviously a high and I’m riding it out. It’s only going to get better from here.
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lol, good shit.
"Wes Sims is a Certified Black Man"
No shit Sherlock...and this just in, the USA has put a man on the moon!!!
Wow Wes Sims homeless!
Pretty crazy shit.
good stuff
spittingintothewind - Wow Wes Sims homeless!
Pretty crazy shit.
agreed man
good to hear he's back on track.
He definetely has charisma, but why would he have a cell phone with a text plan if he was living under a bridge?
"I’m surprised how much food was eaten in that house. I’m surprised that, of that food, so much of it was eaten by Roy Nelson."
Isn't that where the Wes Simms fan expo is going to take place? !
bryanand - He definetely has charisma, but why would he have a cell phone with a text plan if he was living under a bridge?
So he can find work?
Remember, he ain't homeless because he doesn't like to work, he was homeless because it's incredibly hard to live on $3000 5 times a year. This sport involves a lot of sacrifice. He was a starving artist.
"So he can find work?"
LOL! How did our forefathers manage to survive in life....
What's with all these heavyweights turning black all of a sudden :) :) :)
bryanand - "So he can find work?"Jack Dempsey used to hop freight trains all over the American West to find seasonal work - picking peaches, mucking mine shafts, chopping lumber. Where the worker's camps were you could find a saloon or two, and that's where he'd go at night looking to fight for tips.
LOL! How did our forefathers manage to survive in life....
theYak - He should get that tattooed down the shaft of his penis.That will certainly put the certification to the test. And no, 6 point font wouldn't count.
"Certified Black Man"
lol. WES SIMS: No, people understand. Good or bad, there’s nothing that’s going to hurt Wes Sims. I’m a certified black man when I want to be. I’ve been on BET. I was on the “Iron Ring” for God’s sakes. WTF? Goofy overgrown white guy.
GladiatorGannon -bryanand - He definetely has charisma, but why would he have a cell phone with a text plan if he was living under a bridge?
So he can find work?
Remember, he ain't homeless because he doesn't like to work, he was homeless because it's incredibly hard to live on $3000 5 times a year. This sport involves a lot of sacrifice. He was a starving artist.
Supply and demand is a mother fucking bitch when your product is a Wes Sims-Grade Powerbomb
bryanand - "So he can find work?"
LOL! How did our forefathers manage to survive in life....
In the modern world, email access is important in looking for work. If there is a tool available, and you're not using it, it means you're not trying. Wes Simms is trying.
It's paying off - what if Dana couldn't get ahold of him when this opportunity came up? They'll give that slot to someone else in a heartbeat. Looks like Wes made the right decision.
Roo Badley - "Wes Sims is a Certified Black Man"
No shit Sherlock...and this just in, the USA has put a man on the moon!!!
WE'VE LANDED ON THE MOON!!!!!!!
Hemlock -
Supply and demand is a mother fucking bitch when your product is a Wes Sims-Grade Powerbomb
damn son thats a well written line, I wish I wrote it myself
wow
homeless
looking forward to this season
wonder what kind of faux pas sims will make and how many...not to mention all the other guys
that house is always a carnival lol