August 31st, 2007 by Jemaleddin Cole

I’ve always won­dered why former UFC Heavy­weight Cham­pion Josh Bar­nett likes to wear shoes in the ring when so many other fight­ers don’t, and I just fig­ured it out. It’s not because of his catch wrestling back­ground. It’s because he’s dis­fig­ured. Here he is answer­ing ques­tions about Renato Sobral’s choke on David Heath:

“Maybe to sports­writ­ers and fans it was a really ugly sce­nario — and you know what, if I had known he was going to do some­thing like that I would have told him not to — but it’s not uncom­mon. It’s not some­thing as a fighter — and I’ve been in this busi­ness 11 years — I have seen it more than I can count on both hands and both toes. That hap­pens. Things happen.”

Holy crap! He only has two toes! I’d keep my shoes on as well!

One Response to “Josh Barnett Has a Reason to Wear Shoes in the Ring”

1. Funny title / post.. Got me here :)

   — UFCGirls.com August 31st, 2007 at 12:53 pm #