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News and Exclusive Interviews with MMAyou Interviews Guy Mezger clarifies previous statement
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 In this statement from Guy Mezger, Mezger clarifies for our readers any misunderstanding that might have arisen from our Wednesday June 11th, 2008 interview with him.To see the interview click here. I usually leave the forums alone especially when they are talking about me. But after doing an interview and answering a question a little too vaguely, it has spawned a misrepresentation. So, that being the case I felt that I should set the record straight. I am not claiming that any of MY fights were fixed or “worked”. I fought many hard matches in Pride with full intention of winning. I was stopped twice and the rest were split decisions against me in my losses in Pride (and, of course I disagree with the decisions, but I knew that I should have KOed them anyway). I am stating that I was approached once and only one time about my match with Satake. I was approached by 2 Japanese guys who were always at the Pride events and were accompanying various Japanese fighters. They wanted to discuss my upcoming bout with Satake. They insisted that I keep it a stand up fight to be a more exciting match for the fans (or maybe because he has no ground game at all.) I told them that I was going to fight like I always do and I do my best to make it as exciting as possible, but I was not going to promise them anything. They came back to me that they were willing to compensate me (that is Japanese term for money) to keep it on the feet. I said no. They then changed the subject and said that they could get me hooked up in Japanese Pro-Wrestling and make more money. I felt this was another attempt to get me to make it a kickboxing match, but then they were discussing the outcome of the match and how it was important for Satake to win because he lost his last match. I stopped them there and told them I knew what was going to be said next and I was not going to do it. (If he had to win then that meant that I had to lose) End of Conversation. My match was not very entertaining with Satake, but I knew that they wanted him to win and I needed to make sure I won very handedly or I would get screwed. It is not like it had not happened to me already with Sakuraba. They didn’t like the out come of that fight and changed the agreement/contract right on the spot. Satake was cheating so bad in that fight it was crazy. The ref even warned my corner that I was going to get a yellow card for yelling out every time he held onto the ropes with either his hand or hooked his foot (I could not make something up this bad). I never was Pride’s favorite son, but it got worse after that fight. I really feel there were only 2 reasons for them keeping me; 1. I was popular in Japan because of being the KOP and 2. Because my agent, Michael Braverman, was doing important business for them and was instrumental in getting Pride over to the USA. Some people are asking for proof. Do you think these conversations are recorded or video made of these? Give me a break. What you have to say about this is… Do you believe it or not? And what are my motivations? It is not like I am an embittered guy or need a job or that I am going to write a scandalous book about it. I can not honestly say if these guys were talking on the behalf of Pride or for Satake only. I can only relate what happened. I have never really complained about my experience with Pride. Pride has produced some great shows and champions, but there have been some questionable decisions and fights. I did feel like I was getting the shaft on the decisions and even getting head butted by Silva, but I never made a big deal about it. I always fought my hardest against the best and never backed down from an opponent. I like to think I have the respect of the fans and my fighting peers. This is long winded but wanted to set the record straight. Peace - Guy Mezger Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites          Comments (4)
  written by MMAYOU.com, June 12, 2008
No, this is an actual statement from Guy Mezger sent to us today.
 written by flemmy, June 20, 2008
sweet. i was the one who asked the question "why did pride judges hate you" on sherdog, which sparked this interview. it's very cool that something amounted from it. What i forgot to add was that i am a big fan of guy's and win or lose (or get screwed out of a decision) he always put up a hell of a battle. i think people sometimes forget just how talented mezger was.
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because if so, I'm pretty sure that turned out to not be Guy.