Breaking News: Paul Buentello Would Fight For a Dollar
Posted by Dave Walsh on September 11th, 2009
Paul Buentello, the fighter best known for falling asleep on Andrei Arlovski during Arlovski’s cleaning out of the stagnant Heavyweight division in UFC a few years ago and double legging himself has been released from his Strikeforce contract. Why? He wouldn’t fight Fedor Emelianenko, so says Scott Coker to Sherdog.
“We offered Paul a six-figure contract to fight Fedor, but he turned it down,” Coker said. “His decision is understandable considering Fedor’s level of skill but, at the same time, Paul didn’t really fit into our plans. He’s been a solid journeyman fighter and we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.”
Now, beyond the obvious here that Coker just offered to put Paul in a bathtub full of ones and give him a rag on a stick to cleanse himself, the funny part is that he then insults Buentello for not being on Fedor’s level. Coker has reached Dana White levels of dumb statements in a very short amount of time. We all know Buentello would get murdered by Fedor, but at least he’d get a comfortable payday and we’d get to see Paul maybe phantom armbar himself or even a heel hook. The part that hooked me was Buentello’s email to Sherdog.
“I have made as little as $1 to fight the UFC champion and been paid as much as six figures to fight an up-and-coming fighter.”
I’m really not sure it would be worth it, but I’d pay Paul Buentello a dollar to fight a homeless man in my backyard. Granted, he’d have to provide his own travel.