Comments on: UFC 86 Video: Forrest Griffin SportsCenter Interview

By: Rich S.

Rich S. — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:36:33 +0000

why so many cop questions??
wasn’t the interview about Forrest/Rampage??

By: JohnnyRev

JohnnyRev — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:22:58 +0000

Despite it being totally dumbed-down and almost uncomfortable, the interview was a good tool to those with no understanding of MMA. Forrest shines when he is interviewed, and this was no exception. He is the type of personality that can spark interest in the non-fan. I think that he and BJ are the most marketable fighters in the world under contract right now. you better believe Dana is wishing for a upset.

By: HexRei

HexRei — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:25:54 +0000

@#9: The Page interviewer was much better. He only asked for the howl twice, at the beginning and end, and what’s wrong with asking a fighter to do their gimmick? He couldn’t have known Page would be too exhausted to howl

And at least he stuck to the fight and didn’t start grilling Page about what he did for a living before fighting.

Agreed that right BEFORE weighins was a bad slot for the interview though… it should have been an hour AFTER, when they’d got a gallon of fluid back into their body.

By: TMAC

TMAC — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:12:05 +0000

It was better than the other dude that interviewed Rampage and asked 3 times for a howl only to have Rampage come close to giving a detailed descriptions of the agony he was in just having cut weight for the weigh-ins. I’ve never cut weight so I can’t say first hand, but everything I’m told is that its is agony.

The ‘tard is the producer at ESPN that scheduled the interviews just prior to weigh-ins.

By: Nate

Nate — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:11:58 +0000

Wow, I am glad we dont see many interviewers that ignorant about what to ask in an MMA interview.

TIP: Start with things fans would like to hear for the fight tonight. Not about his being a cop before his MMA career.

By: Hurtch

Hurtch — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:51:58 +0000

Forrest gets big time bonus points for that timely decapitation joke.

By: HexRei

HexRei — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:46:51 +0000

@#6 hah! my thoughts exactly. i was waiting for him to ask griffin if he could hook him up with a ridealong…

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:42:20 +0000

“So Forrest, who was your favorite character on Police Academy? Have you ever seen Police Squad with Leslie Neilson? How fast can a police car go? Aren’t you in some sort of an athletic event this weekend?”

That guy, and almost everyone at ESPN, is a tool bag.

By: JustMike

JustMike — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:41:14 +0000

This interviewer was such a tool that I couldn’t event watch the entire video.

By: Michael Huckaby

Michael Huckaby — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:30:41 +0000

I don’t get the hatred at all. Just because some people don’t watch the sport doesn’t make them retarded. He might not of known what was up but he wasn’t disrespectful in any regard.