Have any of you met any UFC fighters in person?

[sambosteve]

Here are some pics for you (I am sure Omega has more than me;)

1998


more recent


even more recent


Rich Franklin


an older fedor pic


Newer one


Babalu


Whitehead


Rothwell


Rich Clementi cranking on my leg

I've got more, but not on-line...

[AMF]

I met this clown here recently who was in the now defunct organization Draka named Michael Macdonald.

Where to begin about what was wrong with that guy?

Just joking!

(runs and hides)

[Omega Supreme]

Off the top of my head:
Chuck Liddell
Erik Paulson
Oleg Taktarov
Marco Ruas
Frank Mir
Tim Sylvia
Frank Shamrock
Joe Stevenson
Kevin Randleman
Jeremy Horn
Matt Lindland
Vitor Belfort
Randy Couture
Shonie Carter
Brian Gassaway
Vanderli Silva
Kendall Grove
Brandon Vera
Kampmann
Nick Diaz
Nate Diaz
Diego Sanchez
Jason Von Flue
Joe Lauzon
Jens Pulver
Dan Lauzon
Andre Arlovski
Pedro Rizzo
Dan Henderson
Mikey Burnett
Eugene Jackson
Tim Lasjick
Chris Brennan
Marcus Bossett
Rey Wizard
Dan Severn
Don Frye
Brian Johnston
Kelly Dulante
Scott Adams
Chris Sanford
Gil Castillo
Jake Shields
Urijah Faber (WEC *Shrug)
Tiki Gosen
Bas Rutten
Genki Sudo
Hermes Franca
Yves Edwards
Karo Parysian
Scott Smith
Robbie Lawler
Bob Cook
Wes Sims
Cal Worshim
Travis Fulton
Paul Buentello
........
A few others I can't remember

[el dangeroso]

I met Andrei Arlovski at a seminar. Very nice guy. Gave me alot of personal attention since most of the guys there had been training for a while and I was a total noob. His assistant Nate (?, I think), is also a fighter and was a nice guy as well.

[ggddcc]

I'm jealous of Omega, for both the list and his judo....

Met and trained a bunch with Royce and Rodrigo Gracie- tons of pictures with them. Both great guys. Rodrigo comes off more as a badass. Royce is more like your cool uncle, I guess.

Competed against one of Matt Serra's guys at NAGA. I lost 0-0 ref's decision (VERY lame!). Have video of that. Talked to Serra after- super nice guy. Invited us to train with him anytime, etc.

Greg

[datdamnmachine]

Just Hermes Franca from a two seminars he's done up here in Bellingham. Nice guy, but again, Brazilians...

[Don Gwinn]

Tim Sylvia didn't get my jokes, so now I tell people he's a dick.
I'm pretty sure he decided I was mentally retarded. I jokingly asked if he was going to give a local fighter named Jason Reinhardt a title shot. Reinhardt trained at Miletich and weighed 135 in his shoes, so I thought this was pretty cute.
"No. He's in a different weightclass. We would never fight each other" Sylvia told me, dead serious. There was an unspoken, " . . . and who ties your shoes, you poor dumb bastard?" in his expression.

[Southpaw]

I count myself very lucky to be one of the few people in the world who has bumped into Chuck Liddell in a bar.

[Ka-Bar]

Aww sheeat dawg, name droppin contest in this thread fo sheezy





Ok, I don't care enough to continue digging for pictures.

Seriously? Fire your photographer immediately. These have to be the worst "I met a famous person" pictures I've ever seen.

I've met Sherk, who was pretty cool, but really short. Like, shorter than 5'6" short.

Met Chris Lytle after he submitted Jason Gilliam and told him it was one of the coolest subs I'd ever seen. He was like "Aw, shucks, you saw the fight? Thanks man, that means a lot." Well, he didn't actually say "shucks" but he seemed genuinely surprised that someone recognized him. Awesome guy and really humble.

Know/used to train with Urijah Faber, and he's cool as hell.

[Ka-Bar]

I met this clown here recently who was in the now defunct organization Draka named Michael Macdonald.

Where to begin about what was wrong with that guy?

Just joking!

(runs and hides)

I think he misses his days with the Doobie Brothers

YouTube - What A Fool Believe DOOBIE BROTHERS