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War Machine Jon Koppenhaver Tells His Side Of The Gay Bar Fight

Posted By: Bruno Published in Fighter Talk

Feb

War Machine gives a good interview with Dave Farra of Raw Vegas. He ties to explain all of the problems that has been going down with him lately.

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awsit Says, in 2-23-2009 at 22:00:17 from 76.119.28.248

damn i didnt kno he got booted from ufc that sux i thot he was an entertaining fighter and if he dropped to 55 he could do well.

Sonic Says, in 2-23-2009 at 22:16:05 from 207.161.53.160

LMAO @ warmachine working at gaybar.

:pingaloca Says, in 2-23-2009 at 22:17:44 from 68.161.17.169

I can’t make out what he said, did he say he was working at a gay bar picking up chicks or #icks? Yeah, working in a gay = money. Man, guy is something with that suicide comment and the obama comment. Dana bring him back. WARMACHINE!!!

hond2dciv Says, in 2-23-2009 at 22:25:03 from 75.175.110.1

At first, I was going to say this kid is dumb as a sack of hammers, but it seems from what he said at the end that he has bipolar. and that interviewer is kind of a dick. kid speaks his mind and he’s trying to make it in the world like everybody else. no shame in that.

walket6678 Says, in 2-23-2009 at 23:35:11 from 67.172.61.175

Dude’s trying to make a living. Not something I would do but give the guy some credit. He has bills just like you and I.

coutura Says, in 2-23-2009 at 23:36:51 from 72.93.26.93

we love you war machine

Jables Says, in 2-24-2009 at 00:20:18 from 68.146.99.57

I like this guy more now, hes pretty legit i wish he was still in the UFC tho.

mfshfighter0786 Says, in 2-24-2009 at 01:22:59 from 99.163.124.196

wow you guys are all morons! This guy is a wack job! I agree that you can make good money working at a gay bar, however him saying its a good place to pick up chicks is a load of shit! First of all very few women go to gay bars and most of them are really guys anyway. This guy is gay and he just needs to admit it! Second of all he said he was making really really good money working there. Than he was like well $500/week well thats not great blah blah blah most people that have regular jobs make at least that. Then his comment about oboma is just ignorant in its own right. I’m not saying obama is gonna be a good president but if war machine knew anything he would know obama doesn’t come from a rich family and he’s a democrat not a republican which is a whole other discussion. And his whole thing on evan tanner was also ignorant. I see how it could have been misconstrued by the ufc but seriously depression/suicide with fighters? This guy needs to see a friggen shrink really badly!

GF Killa Says, in 2-24-2009 at 01:56:19 from 84.48.214.223

” I try t think before I act, but that is very hard ”
WHAT ?

BakaSurvivor Says, in 2-24-2009 at 02:01:03 from 99.232.9.240

War Machine is awesome!!

flyingknee420` Says, in 2-24-2009 at 02:42:51 from 76.166.98.101

if it walks, talks, looks looks like a fag then he is a FAGGGGGGGGG!!!

underscore Says, in 2-24-2009 at 03:37:02 from 67.180.75.251

He is straight up entertainment. Bring him back to the UFC. Dana can see the dollar signs in this kid, come on now. WE LOVE YOU WARMACHINE!

min Says, in 2-24-2009 at 04:10:35 from 128.189.135.218

i don’t give an eff about the stupid crap he says. fact is, war machine is a damn promising fighter with heart. ufc should bring him back.

min Says, in 2-24-2009 at 04:13:21 from 128.189.135.218

oh and i’d *love* to see him fight Junie Browning at 155

Leroy Says, in 2-24-2009 at 04:31:30 from 68.7.166.73

War Machine is an honest person. Which is more than you can say for most of these MMA fighters on TV trying their hardest not to piss anyone off.

Steamer Bean Says, in 2-24-2009 at 05:11:06 from 68.97.154.18

1. Yeah, total closet case.
2. There’s a difference between speakin your
mind and knowing when to hold your tongue.
3. His fight with J-Rock was one of the best
fights the UFC has ever seen. (watch it again
if you don’t believe me)

adambomber Says, in 2-24-2009 at 07:16:37 from 99.148.192.197

BTW….he said he works there on saturdays……that means he makes $500 in one night

i would say that is good money..

BomberB Says, in 2-24-2009 at 08:15:16 from 79.69.31.138

Fair play good interveiw. Good to hear the other side of the story and hopefully it’l give him a chance of makin an appearence on the bigger stage plenty of people would like to see himget his ass kicked.

Gone up in my opinion but i wouldn’t work in a gay bar tho!

alvo69 Says, in 2-24-2009 at 10:50:30 from 38.115.155.173

$500 a (albeit Sat Nite) night as a bouncer? I doubt that. Maybe as a door pimp, or putting in a little “OT” in the back room…as the owner’s ‘Little Hummmmmmmerrrrr Boy’….. == I don’t find him ‘entertaining’ at all, it’s quite sad, but ‘just’, because as a human, you are RESPONSIBLE for your actions.

Espelho Says, in 2-24-2009 at 11:19:09 from 155.198.147.169

I think there is no shame in any job…I work behind the bar now and then at private parties and they have been very good money and very good places to chat up women.

I think he will get a 2nd chance in the UFC…but the kid definitely sounds like he has some sort of psychological problems…maybe he and Junie should fight…it could be called UFC: Mentally Unstable!

verbana Says, in 2-24-2009 at 11:29:40 from 72.200.174.232

all mental issues aside, he’s a normal dude. glad i saw this interview.

420_submity Says, in 2-24-2009 at 11:42:54 from 76.25.101.78

hahaha! War machine rules! 500 a night is really good. War Machine is addicted to my space………wtf UFC has to bring this mo fo back…

paddedummy Says, in 2-24-2009 at 11:46:48 from 96.20.145.49

Warmachine:” Uhh, most fighters don’t make enough money to pay their bills, so I give head at a gay bar for $500 a night because even though I’m not gay, I’m not afraid of gay dudes and the money is really good. It’s better than working 9-5″LOL. Ahh the glamorous life of a UFC fighter, I guess when you are used to getting reamed by Dana White that manning the glory hole at Crave isn’t that bad. About the rest, he can say what he wants, there is still supposed to be free speech. All these excuses not to let people fight are to manipulate the rankings and it makes mma fake. This kid could be seeing a psychiatrist and on mood stabilisers and that was ok but the only reasons someone like me can’t hand Lesnar his oversized ass are
1)I smoked a joint the other day
2)I won’t sign a one sided contract for chump change
3)I talk sh*t about Dana White every chance I get.
This is why we have to watch all of these boring,identical, cloned, cookie cutter fighters. They should change the name of the tuff show to.
“The Ultimate Conformist/Company man/Diplomat/A$$ Kisser”

kaution187 Says, in 2-24-2009 at 12:46:03 from 198.202.6.154

It took guts to say all he said. And yeah, you can pick up chicks in a gay male bar. I got a buddy who would lie to chicks and tell them he was gay so they could try to change him and he would be able to pull them in a gay female or gale male bar (you gotta watch out for TVs if anyone attempts this on their own–if you don’t know what a TV is don’t go to the gay bar). Im a gay chick and I would watch him do this shit all the time.*side note-says alot about some females.
War Machine is young and immature but he took ownership for his stupidity. I dont care where he works as ong as he works. Most guys gotta fight alot of fights to get by and then by the time they should be peaking at age and experience they are too busted up for the big time and big lights to be a top mainstay. Man got balls to say he was walking around like a twink with no shirt on to earn a “honest” buck in that gay bar.

He got my repsect and hopefully we can see him fight in the UFC again in a few years cuz he shows potential.

There's fight in him yet Says, in 2-24-2009 at 13:53:06 from 64.146.118.66

First off, hot chicks frequent gay bars. They go there so they can, “be left alone (from guys hitting on them) and just dance” But you do have to always worry about them potentially being a man LOL.
Also, my brother works at a gay bar as a waiter, and he works like 2-3 nights a week, 12-18 hours a week and makes more than I do working a 40 hour work week at UPS.

skeetskeetskeet Says, in 2-24-2009 at 18:23:21 from 128.227.53.46

who cares what he says people are trying to censor him. the only way he shouldve gotten booted is if he sucks. now he isint the best but he is a popular fighter and should have a job.

Sakuraba Says, in 2-24-2009 at 18:56:49 from 98.148.115.129

I don’t think WM is gay, nor would I care if he was. I’d like to see him make that money he strives for and I hope he succeeds.

hldn1977 Says, in 2-24-2009 at 19:51:51 from 67.189.1.243

I can’t believe I’m saying it, but I actually don’t hate War Machine as much now. He’s obviously not the brightest bulb, but he seems like a blunt and to the point kind of guy. He didn’t dodge any questions and explained what he was thinking when doing this crazy shit. I do like the fact that he brought up the way fighters are treated and that it’s a pretty underpaid job unless you’re the top of the food chain. That does sound like the kind of thing that the UFC would cut you for doing.

J_satan_666 Says, in 2-24-2009 at 20:26:22 from 75.62.110.121

who cares either way dude has the intellect of a snail.

manley Says, in 2-24-2009 at 21:02:58 from 99.137.21.141

if the ufc cared about evan thay would have gave him a unleashed.

gotcrowd.com Says, in 2-24-2009 at 21:27:46 from 98.221.209.121

If the UFC wants to be a legit sports organization they cant pick who fights there. Like boxing if a guy works up the ranks he gets a title shot. The UFC (Dana) have too much power its stupid. They pick who fights….they need an independant organization to choose fights not Dana and their crew. Until they do this type of re-organization they will not be featured on ESPN etc…

Smacket Says, in 2-24-2009 at 21:30:12 from 98.194.185.218

Jon has screwed himself over more times than the INS has taken the brownies back.
He deserves what he gets. Do any of you have any knowledge of him before he made these headlines?
Obviously not, if your here saying “We love you warmachine”, unbeknown to you, you just dropped 50 IQ points in the publics eye. He is only second to Tito for how much money he has thrown out the window & he is always involved in some stupid shit.

Smacket Says, in 2-24-2009 at 21:31:59 from 98.194.185.218

LoL Satan 666 is right…….thats definitely an incongruity.

hackaEmel Says, in 2-25-2009 at 11:57:06 from 65.199.186.2

I like WarMachine. He lived up to his name in the J-Roc fight and then some. I have a gay cousin and I hang out with him and his BF at his venues every once in a while after he complians to me about taking him to all of my “breeder” places. I hooked up with three hot ass chicks in less than a month at gay bars so anyone who says there are no women there are stupid. Do you ever wonder why most male fashion designers are gay and models and hotties always flocak around them? I think some of these spiteful comments about gays are coming from insecurity and probably a couple of closet cases trying to overcompensate to cover up their own homosexuality.

ericsson Says, in 2-25-2009 at 12:15:20 from 70.81.108.250

THE UFC is really suckin Evil man !!!
i hope fedor never goes there

mike Says, in 2-25-2009 at 12:47:11 from 173.35.103.44

wow a retard interviewing another retard. NEXT

Driez Says, in 2-25-2009 at 13:55:17 from 84.197.236.37

his E.Tanner comment is bs. That surely wasn’t a suicide. Tanner was an adventurer, he did not care about UFC money or material possesions, he wanted to have stories to tell. Tanner surely wasnt done living his adventurous carefree life so why would that idiot claim it was a suicide?

Butters27 Says, in 2-25-2009 at 15:21:22 from 70.161.137.143

All you people talking shic about him are losers. first of all he is young and doing bigger and better things than most of you. He works at a gay club so what? he didnt talk shit about even tanner, say all you want you people always try to find the negative. And for all of you saying stuff like you would kick his azz or other ufc fighters azz please you would tense up like a beeach and kok ride. Point is no reason talking trash about people you dont know. any idiot could say i can beat up everyone in this forum but we all know thats not true. so stop hatin on a man that can beat you. Thats why america is where its at today. We go from a great country from one that is a joke to other countries. cause attitude. Stop judging other and look at your sad self. Go rampage and j. miller.

gunnyhighway99 Says, in 2-28-2009 at 21:17:28 from 24.196.94.130

In my opinion, War Machine isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, but at least he has the balls to tell the truth. He explained the Tanner affair to my satisfaction, although he would have been better served just keeping his mouth shut. Still, I believe he is right about the low salaries that the UFC is paying a lot of their fighters. Who knows what they really net after taxes, insurance, etc. I would really like to know what these guys take home after a fight. War Machine dared to speak out, and Dana White crucified him.

As far as working at a gay bar, I guess the guy’s gotta do what he’s gotta do, as long as he’s not manning the glory hole.

Rft Says, in 3-1-2009 at 14:15:20 from 207.81.58.14

he just fought in canada 2 nights ago lol

Sonic Says, in 3-1-2009 at 15:51:54 from 207.161.14.2

straight up alpha male haha all brawn and no brains.

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