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I was with pepaseed at the expo and 120, and concur about how Haye was behaving - that being said as someone mentioned already maybe he gets a bit tetchy during a camp, and then again, anyone can have a bad day and get moody...

another pic for you all...

Spencer Fisher - this was at 120, after his fight with Curt Warburton.
Spencer won the fight, but in the bar where I met him he could barely walk - still one of the safest down to earth fighters Ive met....same with Miguel Torres, Kurt Pellegrino, and Jon Jones



All in all a crackin' couple of days. Didnt think the card turned out to be as quite as good as some previous events weve been too, but it was still good.

Carlos Condit KO'ing Dan Hardy was crazy....fair play to Dan Hardy for doing the interview, going to hospital, then heading back for the post fight presser - not many losing fighters woudl do that, let alone those on the end of a KO like that. And he showed real class in both the interview and the press conf.

Meeting Cotto is still one of the highlights of the year for me....

I am surprised to hear that of Haye, havent seen him for ages, but he really was just one of the boys a few years ago...always had time for everyone!!

Prob caught him at a bad time mate- shame though. I know he and his trainer come on here regular perhaps he'll reply.

He was a nice guy early in his pro career, but he did have to cop an enormous amount of hate at times, especially from muppets like Hobson's trainer and after the Thompson fight. That may well have changed his outlook.

I've always found David Haye to be very likeable in the flesh. Same with Audley as well.......

junior pepa seed wrote:I am waiting for back surgery from an accident (nhs waited since last year)it was only way i could have made the fight and expo as in too much pain to walk round cant walk over 200m in one go.

I understand what you are saying and agree how ever i just wanted a wave as did most the crowd...frekin dizzy rascal walked past i shouted oi dizzy as no one saw him then a few others shouted he looked up and gave the thumbs up and a clap cost him nothing...to a "waaaaaaaaay" cheer from crowd Haye could have done same didnt wanna be his friend :) .... Just a shame as did the same to Cotto and he was all smiles came over did a photo i just wanted a thumbs up..lol

I see u managed to use the wheelchair to your advantage for photo ops

Kingfin - Your a big Haye fan I take it??

You seem to have as much class as Haye himself.....

Would rather be walking kinfin to be honest its been my first outing out of my house for anything social for 11 months and felt shit having to go in a chair, most of the fighters where stopped by my mates that were walking and they treated me the same as they did them. You prob didn't mean anything bad by your comment and its cool mate no harm done.

@tonyevs nice one dude

i would have loved togo to this. where was it?

Hope your operation is soon and a success JPS. Thanks for uploading the pics. Looks like a great day.

Very nice pictures mate , would loved to have met Miguel Cotto myself.
Haye's a BIG UFC fan so was probably there to see the fighters himself a bit incognito. Friend of mine knows him from the trade first hand says he's a good bloke.

knockout wrote:I am surprised to hear that of Haye, havent seen him for ages, but he really was just one of the boys a few years ago...always had time for everyone!!

yer i have to double that, haye in his early pro days was a gent, always made time to speak and have photos done at boxing shows, hope his only like this due to training, still no excuse though !

warmachine wrote:i would have loved togo to this. where was it?

The expo was Earls Court.

Hopefully UFC128 in Dublin will have one.

junior pepa seed wrote:Would rather be walking kinfin to be honest its been my first outing out of my house for anything social for 11 months and felt shit having to go in a chair, most of the fighters where stopped by my mates that were walking and they treated me the same as they did them. You prob didn't mean anything bad by your comment and its cool mate no harm done.

@tonyevs nice one dude

sorry if that was a bit incensitive mate i didnt mean it in a bad way - the way i read your post above was the chair was just short term mainly for the expo to get around while you were recovering, so i meant the post as an every cloud has a silver linning type thing (ie the great photos). Sorry if i got the wrong end of the stick.

Nice of you to give the benfit of the doubt there tonyevs!!!

kingfinn wrote:

junior pepa seed wrote:Would rather be walking kinfin to be honest its been my first outing out of my house for anything social for 11 months and felt shit having to go in a chair, most of the fighters where stopped by my mates that were walking and they treated me the same as they did them. You prob didn't mean anything bad by your comment and its cool mate no harm done.

@tonyevs nice one dude

sorry if that was a bit incensitive mate i didnt mean it in a bad way - the way i read your post above was the chair was just short term mainly for the expo to get around while you were recovering, so i meant the post as an every cloud has a silver linning type thing (ie the great photos). Sorry if i got the wrong end of the stick.

Nice of you to give the benfit of the doubt there tonyevs!!!

No probs mate guess it did have a sort of silver lining...i was just glad to make the events

junior pepa seed wrote:

kingfinn wrote:

junior pepa seed wrote:Would rather be walking kinfin to be honest its been my first outing out of my house for anything social for 11 months and felt shit having to go in a chair, most of the fighters where stopped by my mates that were walking and they treated me the same as they did them. You prob didn't mean anything bad by your comment and its cool mate no harm done.

@tonyevs nice one dude

sorry if that was a bit incensitive mate i didnt mean it in a bad way - the way i read your post above was the chair was just short term mainly for the expo to get around while you were recovering, so i meant the post as an every cloud has a silver linning type thing (ie the great photos). Sorry if i got the wrong end of the stick.

Nice of you to give the benfit of the doubt there tonyevs!!!

No probs mate guess it did have a sort of silver lining...i was just glad to make the events

Well the pictures were first class anyway mate, glad you put them up

Daum I missed out on this thread Can you re up the pics Jr Pepa Seed 8) Shame to hear Haye was abit of A moody pudendum lol One of My good old mates John Hathaway fought @ UFC 120, shame He lost, Im sure He will bounce back

NoMas wrote:Daum I missed out on this thread Can you re up the pics Jr Pepa Seed 8) Shame to hear Haye was abit of A moody pudendum lol One of My good old mates John Hathaway fought @ UFC 120, shame He lost, Im sure He will bounce back

I was fortunate to train with John many many years ago at ZT fighter. And caught his early stuff at Sols shows.

Very down to earth bloke.

Poncey wrote:

NoMas wrote:Daum I missed out on this thread Can you re up the pics Jr Pepa Seed 8) Shame to hear Haye was abit of A moody pudendum lol One of My good old mates John Hathaway fought @ UFC 120, shame He lost, Im sure He will bounce back

I was fortunate to train with John many many years ago at ZT fighter. And caught his early stuff at Sols shows.

Very down to earth bloke.

Is that sol gilbert shows?

wondered what happened to him saw him fight in cage rage years ago i think against brad pickett

NoMas wrote:Daum I missed out on this thread Can you re up the pics Jr Pepa Seed 8) Shame to hear Haye was abit of A moody pudendum lol One of My good old mates John Hathaway fought @ UFC 120, shame He lost, Im sure He will bounce back

re upped them...used photobucket so should last mate.

@poncey me and brad pickett..was a real nice bloke


hathaway is class so much potential great fighter

junior pepa seed wrote:

NoMas wrote:Daum I missed out on this thread Can you re up the pics Jr Pepa Seed 8) Shame to hear Haye was abit of A moody pudendum lol One of My good old mates John Hathaway fought @ UFC 120, shame He lost, Im sure He will bounce back

re upped them...used photobucket so should last mate.

@poncey me and brad pickett..was a real nice bloke


hathaway is class so much potential great fighter

they are some quality pics mate, espec that jon jones one hahahaha cotto's one of my favorite fighters to, he always came across as real humble dude, i wish he could get a rematch with margacheatto and hand him a fair beating... yeah i think john will come back from that surprising L and still do really well, i hope so anyway... im a boxing man thru and thru, i dont really know much about mma and ufc...

NoMas wrote:Daum I missed out on this thread Can you re up the pics Jr Pepa Seed 8) Shame to hear Haye was abit of A moody pudendum lol One of My good old mates John Hathaway fought @ UFC 120, shame He lost, Im sure He will bounce back

Hathaway is a good mate of yours?Thats quality!I thinki he has the most potential out of all the british guys in the ufc,i wish he had used his wrestling/grappling skills more against pyle though!

lefty wrote:

NoMas wrote:Daum I missed out on this thread Can you re up the pics Jr Pepa Seed 8) Shame to hear Haye was abit of A moody pudendum lol One of My good old mates John Hathaway fought @ UFC 120, shame He lost, Im sure He will bounce back

Hathaway is a good mate of yours?Thats quality!I thinki he has the most potential out of all the british guys in the ufc,i wish he had used his wrestling/grappling skills more against pyle though!

yeah, him and one of his older brothers... we all went to school together, we all used to be really good mates, get in trouble and link up everyday lol our parents where all friends, me and his bro went on holiday and that, but over the years sort lost contact more and more... we used to link up all the time, mad that hes done so well, i hope he carries on... im not really a fan of mma so i dont know much about it, im a massive boxing fan and follow the sport religiously, so not really clued up the mma... one thing ufc has got over boxing is the promoters... there is none lol the board pic the fights so all the best names are fairly matched and all the fights people wanna see happen do... i wish boxing was like that...