RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted October 21, 2003 Kevin Randleman Interview “ Life Changing Experience ". By: Jason L./ KevinRandleman.com Kevin I know you are running around crazy right now getting ready for Japan - thank you for taking a brief moment to chat. No problem Jason anytime bro. Kevin before we get in depth about what you have been up to. You have an interesting experience you wouldlike to share. Jason I had a near death experience a few months back. I was in Japan for a wrestling meet. When I go to Japan I try and still eat American food for a couple days to let my body adjust. I like my hamburgers and chicken ya know. This way my body doesn’t start tripping out on the Japan food. Well, I didn’t prepare as good as I should, usually I bring my box of Met-RX and try and keep my eating clean after a few days. I dropped down to around 205 by the time I was headed back to the States. After getting back to the States, I was driving home from the Waffle House and I had lost so much weight in Japan, I had a seizure . I ran head on with a truck. The guy that I hit said, I was going 100. The truck pushed the hood of my car through my window, pushing me to the back of my Lexus SUV, next thing I know I woke up with an engine on my chest. I tripped out and pushed it off - 182 stitches on the right side of my temple and 70 stitches in my arm from pushing the engine off me. It was crazy Jason, it was like a seen of the Matrix. All I can remember was yelling “ Fuckkkkkkkk I’m not supposed to go like this “. The paramedics were trying to tell me to get down because they thought I was bleeding and dying. I pushed them away telling them I was ok. They finally got me to lay down on the girdle and rushed me to the emergency room. I was covered in so much blood,my cream outfit I was wearing looked red. After cleaning me up a bit, a couple of the firefighters finally realized who I was. It was kinda funny, I train a few of the guys sons in wrestling. They gave me such great care. I was bleeding so bad eternally they ran 2 cat scans and 2 MRI’s to see where I was bleeding from. They were trying to strap me down and tell me they needed to go through my penis and rectum to check for bleeding I was like “ nooooooooo way your not sticking anything in my penis or anus “ I snapped my legs from the tie down they were all trippin telling me it was a necessity - I was like hello no that aint gonna happen. 12 hrs later Mark Coleman came and picked me up. And now im back training harder then ever and I feel great. I was lucky and blessed not to sustain any broken bones. The Doctors were amazed, but with me always being in perfect shape, my body was able to absorb the trauma. I tell you what Jason, I look at life with a totally new perspective now. I look at people differently. It makes me understand them a lot better and I actually care now. You know I have seen it all in my lifetime. My mother and father were part of the black panthers and most of my brothers and sisters are in or have been in jail. I saw my 1st murder at age 10. I have been shot at and stabbed, you name it. My best friend was stabbed, and I left home in my own care at age 15. I remember as a kid growing up with freakin braces, fat and being laughed at ( har har Forrest Gump ). When I started wrestling I use to run to train. One day some guys grabbed me and tried to hang me from a rope and kill me. I have seen it all, and it has made me what I am today. See these are the things the public and fans don’t know. I use to let the shit talkers get to me, the internet the UG message boards. I don’t even sweat that small stuff anymore. I’m a fighter, this is what I do for a living, I train 4x a day im a Monster. I fight for myself. I let my fighting win the fans, everyone else I can care less about what they say bout me. Before My accident, I had the superman mentality, now im just happy to be here and loving life. I have a beautiful wife and 2 kids. Speaking of kids Kevin how are they doing ? Awe man growing up fast - my 15 year old boy is a beast, 5’8 165lbs he is a baseball phenom. He plays everything, football, baseball and best of all he is an academic genius. This way we can save money, haha !. My daughter Jasmine Capri is doing great, im bringing her to the Sims - Mir fight. She likes that stuff. How’s training going Kevin and who are you training with ? Training is going awesome, im training with Coleman 2x a day Interrupt : How’s Coleman after his surgery ? He is doing great, we box, we have been boxing 2 weeks now, we go all out. He tells me to take it to him to test the neck, he is more limber and he is feeling good. I’ll be leaving for Texas tomorrow to go down and train with Wes Sims. Wes is a monster right now, he is like 265. So I’ll head down there and train with him before I leave for Japan on the 4th. There has been a lot of talk on who you are fighting in Pride, who has been confirmed ? Sakuraba. It’s confirmed ? Yes they should be coming out with a PR in the next couple day‘s. Nice, what are your thoughts on this fight ? No more mister nice guy. I’m going all out, im gonna hurt him. He is either going to have to KO me or im going to KO him within 13 min. Your gonna see a lot of stand up and arm bars and I’ll throw in some kimuras. Kevin what do you think about the Randy - Tito fight ? Randy is the man, he stuck to his game plan. If they fight again, Randy would beat him, he is a wrestler. Kevin I have read that you and Tito don’t like each other, is it true ? Man there was some crap said a while back about my wrestling skills and his, that’s all the past, I don’t have any beef with anyone. I respect Tito/ Chuck/ Randy/ Quinton. Life is to short to have beef with anyone. I’m just blessed to be here. I look at all this stuff differently now. I’m a new person. I have a purpose in life, God kept me here for a reason. When Randy and I fought, I messed up bad. I got cocky in the 1st, I remember walking back to Coleman after the 1st and Mark was laughing telling me I needed to stick to my game plan and keep my distance and stay on the outside. I got cocky and messed up. But hey, we live and learn. I take my hat off to Randy. What else you got going on Kev ? I’ll be filming a movie at the end of the month, 28-31st in Los Angeles, then I will be going back to Texas to train some more. I’m opening a gym here in Ohio , we will have housing and all. I want to show everyone its not just country here in Ohio, haha.... Any set location yet or just feeling it out ? I own a few properties, we will make a decision when I get back from the fight. I wanted to do it all on my own. With my own money, I didn’t want to bring a partner in. Kevin I know your busy trying to get everything together for your trip tomorrow. I just wanted to touch base with you and see how thing are going and get an update for your fans. I’ll be keeping in touch with you down in Texas bro. Thank you Jason, anytime you need to talk just give me a call, lets hook up in LA, we can go and do dinner. Will do bro chat in a few . Jason L. / KevinRandleman.com http://www.boxingtime.com/randleman_interview.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RavishingRickRudo 0 Report post Posted October 21, 2003 If ramming into a truck at 100mph couldn't stop Kevin Randleman, what fucking chance does Sakuraba have?? A week or two ago when discussing the possible opponents for Sak - from Ninja to Henderson to Newton - the one person who I thought would be a horrible match for him was Kevin Randleman. Sak will be outpowered and outgunned - I can't see him coming close to winning this fight. Has he ever faced a world class wrestler before?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
