Strikeforce middleweight contender, Tim Kennedy has been giving his thoughts on the development of his Greg Jackson trained team mate, Brian Stann, adding he’d never fight the former U.S. Marine unless it was for a major world title. Speaking via Figure Four Daily, Kennedy said:
“That’s the dumbest thing ever. We’re so similar in where we came from, why we’re fighting, who we fight for, who our fans are, who are our sponsors are…,they’re all the same people. Everyone that wants us to fight, forget about it. The only way we’d fight is if there’s a title on the line and both of us know that would be a great problem to have. Until we get there, we’re going to keep training. He’s a great guy to train with and we’re going to have a lot of success together.”
“He’s so talented. I used to be like, ‘An easy round. I get to work with Brian.’ Now it’s ‘I have to work with Brian? Someone help me!’ He’s such a humble guy, a natural leader, great friend and one of the greatest sparring/training partners you would ever wish for.”
Kennedy also spoke about his reasons for calling out UFC middleweight contender, Michael Bisping, saying as far as he’s concerned he’s blacklisted for the rest of his career.“I think he’s way overrated. His mouth gets him more fans than his abilities do. He cheats his way to a decision or cheats his way to a win by poking a guy. There’s a lot of guys I have respect for and very few I don’t…he’s one of them. Not only do I not like how you fight, but then you fought and cheated against one of my friends, so now you’re just blacklisted for the rest of your life.”
Kennedy was last seen in action just a few weeks ago, picking up a first round submission win over Melvin Manhoef. Prior to that he had come up short over five rounds when he challenged current champion, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza for the title. He’ll take on Robbie Lawler next inside the Strikeforce cage on July 30th in Chicago, Illinois.
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