Lutter: ‘Fans of this sport just suck.’
Posted by Chad Edward on April 25th, 2008“I think I can beat Franklin. I think I can beat Silva. I’m not lacking for confidence,” “The Serial Killer” Travis Lutter (9-5) told Fight Ticker’s Pramit Mohapatra today.
Saturday in Montréal Lutter was TKO’d on strikes by Fighters.com’s second-ranked middleweight “Ace” Rich Franklin (23-3).
In February 2007, Lutter tapped out amidst furious elbows launched by Fighters.com’s first-ranked middleweight “Spider” Anderson Silva (21-4).
Though Lutter oozes confidence, he lacks wins over those two elite 185-pounders.
“I got caught,” Lutter explains his loss to Franklin.
After the fight, Franklin identified Lutter’s conditioning as a weakness “Ace” aimed to exploit.
“I don’t think my conditioning is usually a reason that I lose,” Lutter argued, but later explained, “I win in the first round against these guys, but I’m losing the war.”
Lutter also vented about “hate mail” he claims to have received, “Fans of this sport just suck. The guy who is taking the time out of his day that lives in Kentucky to email me to tell me what a piece of shit I am. You really have to question, what is his motivation? How sad of an individual is that?”
(In interest of full disclosure, the author of this article lives in Kentucky and thinks Lutter sucks.)
Lutter back-tracked, “I’m not saying MMA fans. I’m saying the people that are writing me this shit. I think the average MMA fan rules.”
