By
Sucker Punch Entertainment
SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 2009
FEATURED FIGHTER
www.Suckerpunchent.com
January 8th, 2009 (http://www.suckerpunchent.com/fighter-news/catching-up-with-sadollah/#comment-1532)
Why
do people call you “the ultimate underdog”?
Um… usually they call me Amir. Who calls me that? I don’t
know if I like the alliteration.
Do you ever not want to be the underdog?
Well I always want to be fighting the toughest competition,
so if I am the underdog, it’s pretty assured that I am
continuing to make my way up the ladder. On the other side
of that, I want to be the best fighter I can be, and part of
that is winning fights that I am expected to.
Since TUF8 just wrapped up and you haven’t fought since the
TUF7 finale do you worry that you’ll be forgotten?
Yeah, I’m not even really sure anyone is reading this.
How
has your game evolved since winning the finale?
I’ve been exposed to trainng and competition on a completely
different level than I was before the show. I had hoped to
be able to test what i have learned by now, but had to push
that back a bit. But soon enough I think we’ll know.
How has the postponement of the fight at UFC91 effected
you?
To say it was a disappointment would be an understatement.
Unfortunately it is part of the fight game. I just try to
look at it as one of those things that suck, but I have no
choice but to deal with, and make it a good scenario.
You were at the TUF8 finale what were your thoughts on
the latest cast?
All in all I thought it was a good season. Maybe the food
stuff and drama was a bit over the top, but I thought the
talent was pretty good. It was no season 7, but then, they
can’t all be.
You
have said in your twitter that you have been sparring with
Forrest and Wanderlei, if we were to ask them how you did
what would they say?
Forrest would say I suck and should quit fighting and kill
myself, and Wanderlei would say I’m the best, except for
most of the guys he has ever trained with.
You had said in an earlier interview that one of the
toughest sparring partners you have had was one of the
rising stars in the SuckerPunch stable, Francois “Bang Bang”
Ambang, now that you have been in the ring with some of the
legends of MMA, does Francois still rank up there?
For sure, Francois is no joke, and h as all the tools and
motivation to be world class.
Jeff
Curran said you were very strong and had great skill on the
ground when you and he rolled at his grand opening…
Seriously though you looked like a giant when you grappled
him, do you think you could have tapped him?
Jeff’s ground game is really slick, even being the bigger
guy I couldn’t sleep on him at all. I don’t know if I could
have tapped him. Wait, why? Is he calling me out? Or are you
just instigating? Either way, I now change my answer to yes.
Have you decided what weight class will be your home?
Well I have always fought at 185 but everone see that is my
size on this level is 170, so it would seem that is the
proper wieght class for me.
Have you played with yourself… in UFC Undisputed 2009
yet?
Yes…. No
