Josh Barnett: “getting in the cage is a privilege.”
source | MMAFighting.com
“I don’t really care (about Silva),” Barnett explained. “Here’s the thing, if you really didn’t like somebody, most people think, ‘aw, well the thing is you’ve gotta itch for that time to get him in the cage.’ Look, getting in the cage is a privilege. You’re going to make money by fighting me. You’re going to gain notoriety, even after I smash your face, and all I’m doing is making your life better, if you can sorta see past the face smashing.
“For me, I’m not trying to help this guy out. … I don’t like him, and I don’t like the way he approached anything about what he did back in his Strikeforce days and all of that. I had never even talked about this dude. He brought up all this stuff, made this huge kerfuffle, so my response is: F him. I’m not going to help him gain any ground in any way, even by losing to me. I’m not going to get him paid. I’m not going to going to get him anything, if I can help it.”