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16/02/09 - Exclusive: Florian responds to BJ Penn text message claims
Kenny Florian wants BJ Penn to get his story straight regarding the claim that Florian tipped him off about Georges St. Pierre using Vaseline to grease his torso during fights.
Penn alleged last week that Florian had sent him an email before the fight warning him to watch out for the trick, then responded to Florian’s request to see the email by saying the tip-off had actually been texted to a friend.
"Yeah it went from an email, to a text to a friend of the camp. I think next it will be a fax, and then it'll probably be a bird that delivered a telegram to him from a roommate's brother's dog's owner's sister,” Florian laughed.
"It's kind of ridiculous. BJ is known as a trash talker and he plays a lot of mind games. He does a lot of psychological warfare.”
But he warned Penn - who he expects to face “in the summer” - that he is used to mind games and the tactic will not work on him.
“People have tried that on me in the past, but what they don't know is that they're playing checkers and I'm playing chess," he said.
And despite the growing war of words, he said he is more than happy to do his talking in the ring, remarking dryly: “I think BJ and I will fight. He mentioned recently he wants to, and that's good.”
John Joe O’Regan and Hywel Teague
www.fightersonlymag.com
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