When it comes to this week’s fight, of course I don’t have to tell you that I’m frustrated at the way things have gone. I wanted Paul Georgieff to feel very secure and confident in his fight, so I went ahead and I wanted to get his input on which one of the two he could fight, Troy Mandaloniz or Jon “War Machine” Koppenhaver. And I actually thought Troy was the better matchup for him because I knew he could take him down whenever he wanted to and I thought he was gonna be better on the ground than Troy. And Troy’s a lot shorter and wouldn’t have the range that “War Machine” would. So I thought Troy would be a good matchup for Paul. What I didn’t expect is that Paul would not try one takedown. I could not get him to want to spar at all, he never wanted to hit mitts, he never wanted to do anything with the standup, and then when he goes out into that fight, that’s all he wants to do, and he got totally away from what’s brought him to where he’s at now, and he gets knocked out. That was even more frustrating than me falling as far behind Serra as I am, 4 to 1.

So I’ve got to win these final three fights to have some say so in the quarterfinal picks. But I’ve left all my good guys for the end here, so I don’t know if there are any matchups remaining that I don’t think I can win.

Source UFC.com