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“Honestly, I though (the UFC) forced him to take the fight. Stylistically, I was like ‘Really? Dude, are you serious? Alright, happy birthday!’ I executed a lot of things right, but I felt like I couldn’t get the takedown and I was making excuses, ‘Man he feels slippery, he feels oiled up’ and I felt like he was. But why even say anything like that, that’s my fault for even taking it there. Yeah, he definitely put some lotion on this morning or last night took a bath. Something was different about him, maybe he had a lot of garlic though, that can make you slippery as well. Or it could just be in my head, that’s why I [just] need to improve myself.”

Joe Stevenson gives MMA Fanhouse the people’s eyebrow when talking about the condition of opponent Spencer Fisher at UFC 104 last Saturday night from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. “Daddy” forced referee Herb Dean to stop the bout in the second round after “King” Fisher was busted open and taking too many undefended elbows. After the fight, the former TUF champ felt like Fisher added a little extra something to his training regimen that apparently had little impact on the outcome of the fight.

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“Honestly, I’ll stand with him until he hits me and then I will stand with him some more and then he’s going to be like, ‘What’s happening?’ And then I’m going to take him down. Then I will keep putting him on the ground and he’s going to try to get up and then I’m going to take him back down and I’m going to hit him. He’s not going to know where I’m coming from and he’s not going to know what happened. And then he’s going to know the fights over. I [know what] I really want to do in my heart, that I’m going to do and I can’t say it, but it’s going to be bad.”

Staunch UFC veteran and 155-pound noisemaker Joe Stevenson sounds off on recent comments regarding Spencer Fisher’s strategy for their UFC 104 fight from the Staples Center on Oct. 24. “Daddy” makes no qualms about keeping it standing — nor does he hide the fact that takedowns will be the order of the day. The question is, now that both fighters know what the other plans to do, who will have the better success executing their game plan? We’ll find out this Saturday.

“Everybody who’s fought Joe and beat Joe has fought for the title after that so I’d imagine myself to be right there in that top division. I think Joe’s the same fighter. He doesn’t like to get punched, he doesn’t like to get hit. The reason he stood the last couple of times was because he was forced to, couldn’t take the guys down. (He) couldn’t deal with Diego so he was forced to stand with him. I think he’s going to be looking to take me down absolutely this time. Every time, every time, every time. I know he’s looking for that single-leg (takedown). That’s his thing and I’m going to try and make him pay for it every time.”

Lightweight veteran Spencer Fisher drops a few not-so-subtle hints to 680 News about his gameplan for his upcoming fight with Joe Stevenson at UFC 104: “Machida vs. Shogun” on October 24. “The King” is coming into this fight having won three straight — but will that momentum be enough to stop the takedowns of Joe “Daddy” — even if he knows they’re coming? I guess we’ll find out soon enough. Who ya’ got?