UFC QUOTABLES: Stephan Bonnar feels he's coming full circle with TUF 12 Finale fight

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

"I'm ready to whoop some ass... Twelve seasons later... wow! Back on the same show and I feel good about it. It feels like I've come full circle and I'm ready to (expletive) put on a great fight. I felt, before that Forrest fight, I had the same feeling... I can't believe it when I think I've been fighting for 10 years. It makes me feel old! Hopefully I'll be able to enunciate my words and not be pissing my pants for another few years... All the fighters always say they're going to quit before they get to that point, so I'm going to say that as well. But just watch, I'll be like 60 years old, me and Forrest will be fighting again all washed up and old. It definitely won't be at 205 lbs. either."

-Stephan Bonnar talks to MMAWeekly.com about fighting on The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale and looking ahead to his fighting future.

Penick's Analysis: It's definitely going to be a bit of a full circle fight for Bonnar, returning to the Ultimate Fighter stage. He and Forrest Griffin helped launch the UFC into the next level with their season one finals bout, and here he is at the culmination of the show's 12th season. And obviously he's joking about his ability to enunciate after his fighting career and fighting into his sixties, but it's kind of a sobering reality to think about with a lot of these fighters reaching the end of their careers that have taken a lot of damage throughout that time. At the same time, the image of a 60 year old Griffin and Bonnar trying to tag each other with shots is kind of funny.

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_7683.shtml

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