Josh Barnett on Antonio “Big Foot” Silva: “I want to smash his big giant head”

Former UFC heavyweight champion, Josh Barnett has seemingly taken exception to the derogatory remarks made about him by Antonio “Big Foot” Silva earlier this month, saying he wants to smash the “big giant head” of the heavy handed Brazilian.
Speaking via TapouT Radio, Barnett said:

“I want to smash his big giant head and see if it’s like a pinata and stuff falls out of it like candy. He talks a big game about wanting to fight me in Sengoku for the title at one point and I was like ‘Alright, let’s do this’. He was like ‘Oh, I need more time to get ready to fight Josh’. Then he goes to fight Werdum in EliteXC or whatever [Strikeforce Fedor vs. Rogers] and then loses. So he thought he could beat Werdum’s ass up, but with me he needed more time.”

“That always stuck in my head. If you really want to do it, you can always just walk up to me and say ‘I don’t like you, let’s fight’ and then I will oblige you. He says I never say ‘hi’ to anybody, I say ‘hi’ to plenty of people. I didn’t realize this was about making new best friends and creating pen-pals. I thought this was fighting. I don’t see him necessarily going out of his way to be best buds with everyone that’s not Brazilian. But whatever, to each his own. I don’t need to be this guy’s friend and I’m sorry that his giant, enlarged heart is so sensitive.”

Barnett could end up meeting the giant Brazilian in the heavyweight grand prix final later this year if both men can successfully navigate their respective sides of the brackets. Barnett will have to get past both Brett Rogers and Sergei Kharitonov while Silva is waiting to meet the winner of the Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum fight.