Some insight on my issues with Colby....

Ben Saunders

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For the record my issues with Colby is not about his comments towards Brazil though awful, he claims what he said was a Promo and then he ran for his life, I get it. In his eyes it was just business and a game he is playing, nothing more, or so he claims. I guess I understand that with the way things have been going these days, Conor made everyone think that you have to sell fights the way he does, and to get attention, so again I understand what Colby was trying to do. Even if he is terrible at it. He does have people talking and is going the heel approach.

But to come out and try and defame Ricardo Liborio, the man that basically created the gym Colby trains out of, as Dan Lambert alone would not have been able to form ATT without Libo, or at least in the same time frame and era in which ATT was formed.
None the less if your gonna talk shit and try to defame one of my mentors growing up and throughout my career, and attack a Legend in the sport who also happens to be the man that gave me my black belt, I ain't about that.

He can make a formal apology to Libo and his family for the comments he made, as those comments may also have been made to just be a dumb game of words Colby is playing to keep his WWE style persona intact. If he doesn't really mean the comments then he can take them back. As mistakes happen.

But if he wants to stand by his statements well then luckily enough for me he fights in the same organization and same weight class as me. I am just letting it be known if the opportunity arises that I would jump on this fight in a heartbeat. As styles make fights and my style would smash Colby's fucking face in and I would finger paint with his blood. Those who actually know me, and or been following my career closely know my skill set and know this is very possible.

If you are not directly connected, I don't expect you to understand. My comments are not some lame ass Promo. I am truly offended by what he said about someone I respect. I am old school and a true Martial artist, who believes in respect, honor, and loyalty. This isn't about stupid social media feuds, and trying to sell a fight. I hate bullies and ignorant people with no remorse.
 
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I don't know everything about the Colby situation so my comments are generalized about the trash-talking trend in MMa today and not neccessary about Colby.

I agree I'm tired of everyone being an asshole on camera and then justifying it but saying they were just trying to sell the fight.
Same as those douches on youtube being assholes to strangers and expecting it to be cool because It's Just A Prank.

If you want to go that route to get your name out there then fair enough, but don't expect everyone to handwave your shitty behaviour after the fact.

If your willing to act like an asshole for money, you might actually be an asshole.

I enjoy trash-talk and fueds as much as anyone but it needs to be organic and legit, not every single match up needs to be about bad blood. I love it when fighters are respectful to each other and still go to war in the cage, although that seems to be less common than a decade ago.
 
Colby is a douchebag with no charisma.

Would love to see you elbow him from the bottom and then triangle his cringy ass.
 
Colby is way higher up in the food chain Ben.
 
So no problem with the brasilias shouting at him to be killed, spit on, objects thrown, but calling that acting like a dirty animal and sheethole place is unacceptable. I'm missing the objectiveness of this line of thought.
 
Taking offence from being called an animal is almost inexcusable. Sticks and stones
 
So no problem with the brasilias shouting at him to be killed, spit on, objects thrown, but calling that acting like a dirty animal and sheethole place is unacceptable. I'm missing the objectiveness of this line of thought.



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i heard colby likes plums, and ben has good ones to give.
 
I don't know everything about the Colby situation so my comments are generalized about the trash-talking trend in MMa today and not neccessary about Colby.

I agree I'm tired of everyone being an asshole on camera and then justifying it but saying they were just trying to sell the fight.
Same as those douches on youtube being assholes to strangers and expecting it to be cool because It's Just A Prank.

If you want to go that route to get your name out there then fair enough, but don't expect everyone to handwave your shitty behaviour after the fact.

If your willing to act like an asshole for money, you might actually be an asshole.

I enjoy trash-talk and fueds as much as anyone but it needs to be organic and legit, not every single match up needs to be about bad blood. I love it when fighters are respectful to each other and still go to war in the cage, although that seems to be less common than a decade ago.


I agree with you. Also, guys like Colby better be prepared to fall hard in the case that they do lose. A lot of people paying to watch them are just doing so to see them lose, and when they do all their trash talk generally turns against them and they will find themselves with just a loud voice but nobody to hear them anymore.

There is also a way to be outrageous without being overtly offensive. Chael Sonnen did it, so does Conor. Their is some levity and tongue-in-cheek that the fans understand and can love to hate. Just calling Brazilians filthy in a loud obnoxious way is frankly lazy and ignorant.
 
So no problem with the brasilias shouting at him to be killed, spit on, objects thrown, but calling that acting like a dirty animal and sheethole place is unacceptable. I'm missing the objectiveness of this line of thought.


Yeah, obviously. At least you can admit that.

But this thread isn't about any of that. Ben was very clear what his problem with Colby is.
 
Seems like ATT has gotten big enough that factions and cliques are forming within.
 
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