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Forrest Griffin is alive!
Well, we all had a vague idea that he did, in fact, survive his fight with Anderson Silva, but since that time, it just seems like he's fallen off the face of the earth.
The last time we saw Forrest Griffin, he was running straight out of the building after a one-sided knockout loss to Anderson Silva. Since then, he has been back at training but hasn't really done any interviews.
Well, now he has, and in this interview, he sort-of makes excuses for his recent silence. Among other things, he states that he's in the fighting business, not the talking business. He also expresses some discomfort in his position as a possible role model.
I'm not really concerned too much about the kind of example that he sets, but his words did remind me somewhat of LeBron James' "shaking hands is for losers" remarks.
There goes the idea that MMA fighters are going to be a different type of sports celebrity.
Come on, Forrest! You can do better than that!
I honestly expected that whenever Forrest Griffin finally returned to the public eye, that he would come up with some funny lines that would once again endear him to the public. This wasn't exactly what I had in mind.
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