This is taken from mma.tv under ground forum.

Phil Baroni stated


I want to make one thing clear I am not a racist. I don't hate Brazilians. I just have a problem with one, Murilo Bustamante, for not facing me. I got pissed off talking about him and I said some things that did not come out the way I meant.
I understand Ricardo Pires being pissed off with that interview but as far as him kicking me out, I have been training at John Lewis' school for the last month and a half because I didn't like the way things were going at Ricardo's gym. He was always off in Brazil and wasn't there to train me. We had a deal and I fulfilled my part of it and now we're done. I think it was a low blow for Ricardo to come out publicly like this when I didn't go public when I fired him as my trainer for him not living up to his part of the deal.

What I was trying to get across in the interview was since Bustamante isn't American he doesn't care if he fights in America. I'm American and it means a lot for me to fight in the UFC.

I was not being insulting saying that Brazil is a third world country. This is an excerpt from an interview with champion Brazilian skateboarder Bob Burnquist "Skateparks are the way of Brazilian skateboarding because street skating is really hard. It's a third world country, there are some modern buildings but mostly it's old stuff and they got that rocky type traditional cobble stone and there are a lot of cities and rural areas around that most of the streets are dirt." So once again to make it clear, I don't hate all Brazilians, just Murilo Bustamante for denying me my shot at the title and if he wants to do some thing about it he can meet me in the Octagon.

Phil Baroni

Too late! Baroni has shown his true colors.

Cut him some slack. Hell, even Royce said Brazil wasn't that nice of a place.

It doesn't matter if brazil is a third world country. I don't know that it is or isn't. I haven't been there. However, if your gonna roast Baroni, roast him for the fact he thinks he can beat Murilo. He can't

Originally posted by Kimura
Too late! Baroni has shown his true colors.

Yep, he's still an ass.
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I seen this coming....

Creed is right...roast him for thinking he can take Busta.

He would have a punchers chance at best and would probably learn a lot from the fight IMO

what a loser

after carefully reviewing the global rules I will say that um uh
Phil isn't my favorite fighter. How's that?

like him or hate him,
phil has earned his way to busta. and i think it sucks when guys like him and liddel work their way to the top and can't get what they've been striving for.

baroni may talk **** but i'm not about to judge a fighter on how he talks. i'm gonna judge him on how he fights...and phil delivers like a ****in animal.

True but I'm just sick of all this "my dad can beat up your dad"
crap. The problem IMO is there is no official ranking system in MMA. If a guy could just win fights and make his way to the top then this calling people out practice would probably stop.
Although some people like the name calling.

death

Originally posted by Purity
like him or hate him,
phil has earned his way to busta. and i think it sucks when guys like him and liddel work their way to the top and can't get what they've been striving for.

baroni may talk **** but i'm not about to judge a fighter on how he talks. i'm gonna judge him on how he fights...and phil delivers like a ****in animal.

i agree. no matter what he is saying... sure it could be something you might get tired of hearing and will think what you will about him, but he is a fighter...... look at his skills as a fighter, not a talker. he has earned his way up, and in your own opinions might think that he can't take busta. many thought the same when he was going up against mene.

How has he earned his way up? He isn't the #1 contender. He doesn't deserve a shot at the title and he sure as **** is not of the caliber as Murillo. Also, I'm sure that the retraction is the work of his publicist, not him. I still think that after Lindland beats his ass again. Funny thing is, I don't think that what he said about Brazil being a third world country is racist. Just true.

Curly is right about the rankings system and how it would improve things...it would settle a lot of instances of this happening.

I'm sick of this guy. I hope Lindland makes him go away for good.