Talk:Kalib Starnes

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[edit] UFC 83

Revamped description of fight with Quarry to remove obvious vandalism.

It's probably worth mentioning that he recieved the lowest score in UFC history from the judges though. --24.81.74.173 (talk) 12:50, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

It's not the lowest score in UFC history, Sammy Morgan won a fight with a 30-23 score at Fight Night 6. VWG (talk) 18:17, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kalib's injury

The following is lovingly ripped off of Sherdog's forums[1], apparently written by Kalib. The attribution was unclear so I don't know where it came from. If it's verified, it should go into the article (in distilled form), esp the part about the injury.

Thank you for your interest and criticism. The injury to my sternum occured in the first round from a roundhouse kick, however it wasn't until the knee in the second round that I felt it was appropriate to bring it to the attention of the referee, as I thought that the doctor should look at it before the fight continued, fearing permenant injury. The referee however ignored me completely as did my corner and the doctor in between rounds, the only people who seemed to care were Tito and Kendall. The injury I suffered was a costo-chondral seperation, as two of my ribs were torn off of the catilage of my sternum one more severley than the other, and it will never be the same as bone and cartilage do not grow back together so easily. Most people are unfamilliar with this type of injury, which takes longer to heal than broken ribs. For two weeks I could not sleep on my sides and it took approximately 10 weeks before I could do a single sit-up. It was extremely disappointing to see Ken Shamrock attack my character like he did, and to have him ignore me after the fight, one would think that he would give me the benefit of the doubt until some contradictory evidence presented itself. Forming opinions and making assertions with little or no evidence however is what made Ken into the great genius we see today and we should not expect this to change any time soon. I like Kendall and none of this should take away from his win, I still talk to him and wish him the best.

Ken does excellent circuit training on the weights, the best I've ever had. We did it once in seven weeks.

Dan was a very nice guy.

Roman was an excellent boxing coach.

We had no wrestling or jiu-jitsu training to speak of. Ed and I taught Soloman, Tait, Mike, Jesse etc. at the gym and in our spare time at home on the carpet. We were only allowed to train at designated times, which was absolute crap if you ask me. I came there in excellent shape and left in the worst shape I've been in in years, this is not an excuse for my loss by the way, I was beaten fairly, it's just a fact. In the seven weeks prior to my semifinal fight I had about two weeks worth of good training. Ken stopped me from training with Ed, my best sparring partner, because he thought we may end up fighting later on. Every day going to the the gym was a disappointment and I did not want to be there at all, which is not the way I am usually"

hateless 18:56, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Okie, found where the message originated from: http://mma.tv/tuf/index.cfm?ac=ListMessages&PID=1&TID=830845&FID=177&pc=92. The message was actually relayed 2nd hand, so I don't think it's reliable enough for WP's standards so I'm going to edit the main page appropriately. hateless 21:47, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

More info here: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/mma_experts/post/UFC-cuts-Starnes-after-disgraceful-performance?urn=mma,78124 Intranetusa (talk) 04:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

On the main page, it mentions that he will be starring in The Running Man 2, which is NOT a real movie, instead, is a swipe at his fight with Nate Quarry at UFC 83. This needs to be deleted. {UTC} —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.237.162.34 (talk) 07:18, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

According to the Globe and Mail, Starnes was the one that asked to be released.[2] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.146.157.98 (talk) 22:36, 22 April 2008 (UTC)