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RiversideS13
11-04-2009, 12:40 AM
I thought this is an awesome read

UFC fighter was eating ketchup and rice before UFC 104 - Cagewriter - MMA - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/UFC-fighter-was-eating-ketchup-and-rice-before-U?urn=mma,199656)

Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:25 pm EST
UFC fighter was eating ketchup and rice before UFC 104

By Steve Cofield

If anyone needed a huge postfight bonus at UFC 104, it was Pat Barry. The heavyweight out of New Orleans, scored Knockout of the Night and Fight of the Night for his victory over Antoni Hardonk. That was good enough for $120,000. Good thing, Barry needed the infusion of cash in the worst way. He confirmed to MMAScrapsRadio that he was completely down on his luck before the fight, agreeing that he had little to eat in Los Angeles the week of the fight.

"I still had my apartment but if something would've happened and the fight had been canceled, I would've been evicted six days later."

Barry, 30, said he didn't even tell his trainer Duke Roufus for fear that he would think the fighter had the wrong motivation going into the fight. Barry said he didn't ask anyone for money including his mother:

"I could ask someone but then at the same time, how hard are you going to work for something if everytime you get in trouble somebody catches you? I did something to put myself in this position I have to work my way out of it."

Listen to Barry talk about his troubles before the fight:

Barry got his $120,000 bonus check last Tuesday. He couldn't believe it. When he went to deposit the check, his truck wouldn't start. Barry got a jump and hit the bank sporting a black eye and pink striped shorts.

"I go to the bank, I'm sweaty, I've got the black eye, I haven't shaven in two days, I'm strung out because I haven't slept, I have green circles under my eyes so I'm like 'Can I have a deposit slip mam?'. She gives it to me, I fill it out hand it to her. She looks at the deposit slip, then the check, then looks at me and says 'Excuse me I'll be right back.' Then a manager comes out, a guy in a suit and says 'What seems to be the problem?' I was like 'Well I have a black eye, that's the only problem I know this looks really ridiculous.' So he asks me for my ID, I hand him my license an he's like 'Your license says Pat Barry, but this check was written to Patrick Barry.' So I decided to be funny and tell him Pat Barry is in my trunk right now. He didnt laugh. So I told him take your time man do whatever you need to do because I have no where to go and my truck probably wont start when I go outside so you can just do whatever you need to do. An hour later he came back and everything was fine, the check was in my bank account."

Listen here to the entire Barry interview.

zenki.life
11-04-2009, 12:57 AM
great to see people get turned around

wangan_cruiser
11-04-2009, 01:20 AM
thats sad. good thing he won.


i cant imagine how it feels like to be broke.

well i feel im broke right now.

Flaco S14
11-04-2009, 01:29 AM
dam thats so crazy!

Soup Nazi
11-04-2009, 05:11 AM
Great story, good for him

HyperTek
11-04-2009, 07:45 AM
man some *not all, i know that may offend some people here* MMA fighters aint the smartest people, most just fight to try to make a living.

punxva
11-04-2009, 07:53 AM
man some *not all, i know that may offend some people here* MMA fighters aint the smartest people, most just fight to try to make a living.

quoted for the truth, i dont see why you'd try making a living off of that solely, maybe take your winnings and save them, while working at your gym as a trainer or maybe teaching self defense classes. Honestly it's like any professional athletes they only do what it takes to get to where they are, then forget about the fact that when they can't do it anymore they have no skills at anything else.

DALAZ_68
11-04-2009, 08:15 AM
wow...i feel better about my day...

zenki.life
11-04-2009, 10:58 AM
man some *not all, i know that may offend some people here* MMA fighters aint the smartest people, most just fight to try to make a living.

in addition, getting bashed in the face for a living might not make anything better

qt_240
11-04-2009, 11:13 AM
great story

tricky_ab
11-04-2009, 03:40 PM
Good for him, I REALLY hope he doesn't blow through it like a tosser...

SmogSUX
11-04-2009, 11:06 PM
My girlfriend enjoys ketchup and rice...bleh

wh0aitznic0
11-04-2009, 11:12 PM
I'm a bit more civilized than ketchup and rice.

BBQ sauce and rice FTMFW. Times are hard.

sevenstar
11-04-2009, 11:18 PM
it was probably the pink striped shorts and the black eye that did it.... i mean i would understand if the bank was in down town, they got crackheads all the time like wearing raggity ass clothes

1quk240
11-04-2009, 11:47 PM
good story. good things happen to good people!

wangan_cruiser
11-05-2009, 03:04 AM
in addition, getting bashed in the face for a living might not make anything better

at least they dont feed off from our tax money

Twinchy
11-05-2009, 10:44 AM
i like ketchup and rice i have been doing the same thing this week except i also have a hard boiled egg or 2 haha.. cant wait till payday tomorrow so i can go grocery shopping