MMA Quoteable – UFC Middleweight Rob Kimmons
Beyond the mountains, more mountains.
- Haitian Proverb
“I’m going to say something that I’ve never said to anybody.
Since I was 14 years old I dreamed of fighting in the UFC. I remember I rented UFC 2 on videocassette from a Blockbuster and I said ‘Oh this is what I’m going to do’ and I really did it.
I remember after my first fight, I had dreamed of it my whole life and I thought I’d never get to the UFC when I was like 20-2 and couldn’t really get a fight and then it happened and I won my first fight and it was like ‘Ok, well now what?’
I had achieved my dream, I won my dream.
After that my next fights I won one of them and lost two of them and I’m not trying to make excuses – I was training and stuff – but I had reached my dream, I had accomplished it and I was sort of half ass training and I wasn’t as hungry as I was.
This is a fighting city up here in Kansas City; there’s hundreds and hundreds of fighters from here and I used to get so much respect that it’s funny because now I don’t. It seems like they don’t realize the difference between fighting on their damn amateur show and fighting in the UFC. My pride has been hurt so bad lately that I have trained so hard and I’m so hungry and I want to climb the ranks.”
- Rob Kimmons
Birthdate: January 30, 1981
Age: 29
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Height: 5′10″
Weightclass: Middleweight
Camp: Xtreme Couture/Grindhouse MMA
Nickname: “The Rosedale Reaper”
Years Pro: 8
Organization: UFC
Kimmons get his chance to climb the next mountain against Steve Steinbeiss at UFC on Versus 2: Jones vs. Matyushenko this Sunday, August 1.
The official weigh-in event for UFC on Versus 2: “Jones vs. Matyushenko” is set to take place at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, California, on Saturday, July 31, 2010.
It is currently scheduled to air LIVE right here on MMAmania.com, as well as on several other online destinations, via streaming video. The first fighter is expected to tip the scale at 7 p.m. ET.
As usual, MMAmania.com will provide the latest coverage of the UFC on Versus 2 weigh-ins, as well as provide a detailed recap of the festivities as soon as they conclude.
“Jones vs. Matyushenko” will feature a match-up between light heavyweight superstar in the making Jon “Bones” Jones and Belarusian brawler Vladimir “The Janitor” Matyushenko.
Also on tap for Aug. 1 is a middleweight mash-up between Mark Munoz and Yushin Okami while Takanori Gomi looks for his first win as a Zuffa lightweight against Tyson Griffin.
UFC on Versus 2 Full Fight Card:
Main event:
Jon Jones vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
Main card (Televised):
Mark Munoz vs. Yushin Okami
Jake Ellenberger vs. John Howard
Takanori Gomi vs. Tyson GriffinUnder card (May not be broadcast):
Paul Kelly vs. Jacob Volkmann
James Irvin vs. Igor Pokrajac
Mike Massenzio vs. Brian Stann
DaMarques Johnson vs. Matthew Riddle
Darren Elkins vs. Charles Oliveira
Willamy Freire vs. Thiago Tavares
Rob Kimmons vs. Steve Steinbeiss
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