There are four interviews by David Samuels that have just been published in The Atlantic that are well worth the read.
Each one of these interviews is unique. The interview with Rampage is the most in-depth interview you may ever read and there is some very interesting information in there. They talk about Quinton’s trainer allegedly stealing from him and what Quinton was like immediately following his “little episode” earlier this year. The issue of him facing a fighter that has already KO’d him twice is brought up and the question is asked if this is a “cruel” thing to do to Quinton as his first fight back.
There is a good interview with Arianny Celeste where the interviewer says she always looks “blank.” She also says all fighters are crazy and she would not date any of them.
The interview with B.J. Penn is superb. He talks about winning the jiu-jitsu championships in Brazil when he was younger among other things. And finally, as stated in our previous article, the Lorenzo Fertitta interview is a must read.
I highly recommend reading them all when you get the time. It’s some of the better journalism I’ve seen in some time especially from a non-mma source and they ask the tough direct questions.