got this from another site, it's posted in wikiquote. Goldberg: He's (Rashad Evans) going to out-athletic him with his athleticism. Goldberg:"I am coming out of the closet!" Joe Rogan: "Think of leg kicks as like in a video game. The more they take, their power goes right down." Goldberg: "I know what you're thinking, mighty ball mighty ball DEEP DEEP DEEP!" Joe Rogan: *Does best to ignore that and continue talking about the fight* Mike Goldberg: "He's got him in some kind of strange choke I've never seen before!" Joe Rogan: "That's a rear naked choke." Joe Rogan: "Karo is wide open!" Mike Goldberg: "Diaz smells the opening." Mike Goldberg: "You can hear the corner speaking portuguese!" Joe Rogan: "Uh, that's Japanese, brother" Mike Goldberg: "I should have known that." Joe Rogan: "You're the one married to a Japanese chick." Mike Goldberg: "That is correct." Frank Shamrock: "Ohhhh huge knee!" Mike Goldberg: "Big knee!" Frank Shamrock: "That was a huge knee!" Mike Goldberg: "That knee was big!" Mike Goldberg: "He wants to get in close to use that reach advantage." UFC 68 Goldberg: "Welcome back, Randy Couture. This fight brought to you by..." Sylvia gets knocked down in the first 8 seconds* Rogan: "Big right hand! Sylvia is down!" Goldberg: "...Shooter. Starring Mark Wahlberg in theatres next Friday." UFC 76 Machida vs. Nakamura Mike Goldberg: "And here is Nakamura...entering the octagon for the 1st time...touching the fence for the first time." Joe Roganlaughs)"You running out things to say?" Mike Goldberg: "Yeah. Kinda(laughs). You? You know, you could help out and chime in once in a while..." UFC 79 Sokoudjou Vs. Machida Mike Goldberg: "Because SOAKoudjou is so highly touted, you almost want to sit back and watch and SOAK it in." Mike Goldberg: "Don't forget coming up next it's Blade the series...plenty of action, violence, vampire sexuality!" Rogan: "Vampire sexuality, what's that?" Goldberg: "I don't know, it was on a card they put in front of me" UFC 84 Wanderlei Silva vs Keith Jardine After Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva knocks Keith Jardine out Goldberg: "The Iceman is back to his winning ways!" "The Dean of Mean" Keith Jardine vs Kerry Schall Goldberg: "If Jardine's last name were Johnson, the nickname Dean of Mean would make no sense." Parisyan vs Burkman Joe Rogan: "He's getting instructions in two different languages." Mike Goldberg: "He understands them both!" on Travis Lutter Mike Goldberg: "He's like the Michael Jordan of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu!" Joe Rogan: "No, he's not" Mike Goldberg: "Larry Bird?" Joe Rogan: "Uhm, no." Mike Goldberg: "Kobe Bryant?" Joe Rogan: "..." Couture vs Gonzaga Joe Rogan: "Here's a beautifull left hook by Gonzaga." Mike Goldberg: "Yup, You can clearly see his nose explode there." Joe Rogan: "I don't think that was it actually, the thing that damaged his nose was in a takedown." Mike Goldberg: "Oh, Gotcha!" Clip of Randy taking Gonzaga down (not the headbutt one) Goldberg: "Oh yeah, you're right, thats it, pardon me." Rogan: "I don't think it was there either, i think it was in another takedown." Goldberg: "Oh." Clip of Randy slamming Gonzaga, which caused the broken nose due to a headbutt* Rogan: "I believe this is what caused it, watch as he takes Gonzaga down, they both collide heads, BAM, thats it, right there." Goldberg: "Oh, good call, good call." on Kenny Florian after taking a groin shot Goldberg: "... So you want to be an Ultimate Fighter?" on "Lil' Evil" Jens Pulver vs. John Lewis After "Lil' Evil" Jens Pulver knocked Lewis out* Goldberg: ""Lil' Eagle" flies again!" TUF 7 Finale (on Diego Sanchez's conditioning) Goldberg: "It must take a lot of energy just to keep that mean look on his face" Random Quotes Goldberg: "He's unrelentless!" Goldberg: "Dana White is my bitch!" Goldberg: "You know Roy Jones Jr. respects the hands of Forrest Griffin." Goldberg: "And here we go!" Goldberg: "And it's all over!" Goldberg: "That eye is rocked!" Goldberg: "Could we be blessed with a 3rd round?" Goldberg: "Continuing on his meteoric rise!" Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up they would pound each other behind the barn!" Goldberg: "He wants to get in close and use that reach advantage." Goldberg: "This is what happens when an unmovable force meets an unstoppable object." on Anderson Silva's striking ability Goldberg: "His precision is...really precise." Goldberg: "He has excellent Muay Pie...Muay Thai." UFC 92, Decemeber 27, 2008 Goldberg: "He has a 2 lb reach advantage." Retrieved from "http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mike_Goldberg"
I remember most of those... after Wandy knocked out Jardine and Goldy started screaming about Chuck Liddell, I had no idea what he was doing... I still don't understand that one. A Goldy drinking game is to take a shot every time he says "truly". Triple shot if he says "truly" twice or more in one sentence. His quip about Diego spending energy to keep his stinkface is classic. I LOL'd at that one. Diego is a douche. Another classic (good) Goldy quip was when Mirko was about to face Eddie Sanchez, Randy was joining them for commentary. The match is about to begin and Goldy says to Randy, "what a great time to return to the heavyweight division," to which Rogan starts chuckling. Randy didn't seem terribly amused although he played along. Randy says "I think it is..." and trails off. Jones Jr. respects Griffin's hands? WTF? Just because he is ringside? Sometimes Goldy sells too hard. Also, the "meteoric rise" cliche isn't his own. You hear that sometimes. It doesn't make sense unless you're upside down.
Frank Shamrock: "Ohhhh huge knee!" Mike Goldberg: "Big knee!" Frank Shamrock: "That was a huge knee!" Mike Goldberg: "That knee was big!" Best thing ever. I laughed my ass off when I read it.
LOL I love this one on Travis Lutter Mike Goldberg: "He's like the Michael Jordan of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu!" Joe Rogan: "No, he's not" Mike Goldberg: "Larry Bird?" Joe Rogan: "Uhm, no." Mike Goldberg: "Kobe Bryant?" Joe Rogan: "..."
Mike Goldberg: "He's got him in some kind of strange choke I've never seen before!" Joe Rogan: "That's a rear naked choke." Um, WTF?
That is funny stuff. Anyone happen to have a audio link or youtube with any of these comments . . . I know it is true, but I have a hard time believing he said this stuff.
I watched Hughes/Gracie again today. I forgot about a great Goldy-ism. "History will always be historic". Classic.
I was just reading this Joe Rogan interview on Cagepotato and Joe tells us a bit about Mike Goldberg that might clear up some of the silly things he says during the PPVs
^ Yeah but you'll note that the quotes in this thread are all his verbal missteps or goofy observations, not technical fight jargon. Goldy probably knows more than we do about MMA and the UFC but that doesn't prevent him from saying dumb shit. Could I do better? Probably not. A live, three-hour broadcast requires a lot of improvisation. Goldy is good. But I would trade him for Max Kellerman in a New York Minute.
Goldy also tends to tred a bit roughly on the "black guy athletic/white guy hard worker" stereotype too.
Boxing is an old boys club. Once Lampley and Merchant fade into the night Max should take over their spot.
