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MMA Universal Presents! A Sitdown With A Champion ....
Shane Winslow
A couple of nights ago, we were able to grab an interview with none other than the newly crowned REVO heavyweight champion, Mr. Shane Winslow! Given Mr Winslow's controversial rise to the top of the REVO ranks, we had certain questions we thought might prove a little difficult to answer, even a little on the touchy side. Boy, but were we surprised with the way Mr. Winslow would respond ...
Corey Langston : Hello MMA fans! My name is Corey Langston, and we here at MMA Universal Magazine are proud to announce that we have managed to schedule an interview in for none other than the newly crowned REVO heavyweight champion, Shane Winslow himself! Hello Mr. Winslow, thank you for joining us.
Shane Winslow : I'm very glad to be here, very glad to answer your questions today and so proud of my crown, I'd like to thank REVO for the opportunity.
Corey Langston :We're glad to have you! Now, first, I'm sorry, but it has to be asked. You lost your debut bout with REVO, and yet you were still booked for a championship bout. Do you feel as though the Dean Camp was right in rewarding you with it?
Shane Winslow : To be honest I was the first surprised by this choice, but this is no secret that if a title contender can't be ready, you have to replace him! Maybe I lost my fight, but that would have made me the underdog in the title bout, and guess what. I was the underdog! So I was supposed to be an easy one for Kasparov, but I beat the odds, and here I am as your new champion. I don't try to be cocky or whatever, I stay humble even with gold on my waist.
Corey Langston : So as the humble underdog champion, who in the Williams camp do you envision as a threat to your title in the future? Given that, your own camp cannot fight you for the title, is there anyone you feel would make an excellent match-up with yourself?
Shane Winslow : I'm not the type of guy calling people out, there are some great guys in Williams camp, they're all talented and all have a chance to beat me for sure, but I have a lot of experience in this business and I know how to handle different gameplans. I think that I've proved something when I won that title, and if some people have doubts about me, I'd be glad to prove that I am able to make an impact in that competition.
Corey Langston : So polite! I apologise, I'm rather more used to people looking to ... exert themselves, for lack of better wording. Let us speak on a different matter then. You speak of your experience. Recently, there has been some outcry from one of the fighters signed at REVO regarding fighters with experience, such as yourself, being given an unfair advantage. Do you have any thoughts on this?
Shane Winslow : If you want a proof just watch my fight against Hugh Pucci, the guy was less experienced than me but found a way to beat me anyway. From a personal standpoint, I would say that this is an advantage, but if you're complaining about something like that, then you should not be doing MMA. Fair fights are something very rare, most of the time you have to deal with tougher opponents, and pay the price for that. In my career I've had unfair fights, and I took some brutal beatings when I was a super heavyweight, but I've changed and improved today.
Corey Langston : Considering REVO doesn't have a super heavyweight division, that ended up being fortunate for both parties! Now, REVO has a policy regarding it's champions, stating that they must defend their title at each Camp Wars event, absent proper reason. One would imagine you must be in fairly intense training to prepare for this, even more so considering you don't actually know who your opponent is. Care to share your training regimen with us a little?
Shane Winslow : First I'd like to say that I'm not a super heavyweight anymore, I decided to cut weight and get at 265 lbs, and this is where I belong and where I really started my career, if my record is that bad, this is because of my super heavyweight run. For my training there's nothing I don't train, I come from a wrestling background and this is where I have the most assets, but I consider myself as a MMA athlete now. So I am careful about every aspect of the game. Boxing, Muay Thai, Wrestling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. But most of the time I try to improve when I have a lack of effectiveness. Nothing really different from other fighters I guess.
Corey Langston : You say you come from a wrestling background, but your outing at Camp Wars against Kasparov saw you abstain from any confrontation on the mat. Even when he took you down, you got back to your feet as soon as humanely possible. Were you worried about Kasparov's own wrestling ability heading into the bout?
Shane Winslow : I do come from wrestling, but I'm not a one dimensional fighter, I watched Kasparov's previous fights and I saw that this guy was very good on the mat, so coming to the fight, I decided to test his abilities on his feet, instead of considering just my assets,I've considered his weaknesses, and here I am with the W.
Corey Langston : Excellent! Well, I think we have most of what we need, just a couple more things. The most aggravatingly simple, yet perhaps most important question of all, how does it feel to be the REVO heavyweight champion? And is there anything else you'd like to add, say to the fans, anything like that?
Shane Winslow : Being the champion is new to me, that's a pleasure to be under contract with REVO, I will never thank this org enough for the opportunity, now I just have to work and train harder to keep that belt home. I would like to thank my fans, and tell them that even if I am champion now, I'll stay the same and I will never be a cocky champion or a cocky fighter. Thank you very much for this interview.
Corey Langston : Thank you. It was a pleasure having you with us today Mr. Winslow. This is Corey Langston, with MMA Universal! Ladies and gentlemen, have a good one.
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