"He did a lot of illegal things to me" ~Thales Leites

Besides being one the most sexually ambiguous quotes Thales Leites above statement accurately sums up his victory over Nate Marquardt. Thales achieved the victory due to two point deductions for illegal strikes. Cecil Peoples even scored this fight correctly. Here's the some highlights from the interview. Full is here

"Franz: How's everything going?

Thales Leites: Definitely OK right now. Better than before. I'm recovering my hurts, and everything's OK.

Franz: Are you taking some time off?

Thales Leites: Yea, I'm going to take a week off to recover, rest a little bit.

Franz: What's your take on the Marquardt fight, and the controversial ending you guys had?

Thales Leites: The fight was an excellent fight. I was in great shape, great condition to fight. I was really looking forward to victory all the time, but we had some problems during the fight like the illegal knee, and an illegal elbow.

I was a little bit sad about it, I didn't expect it. In my opinion, he didn't do it to hurt me. It's a fight and I fought like a warrior every time. I didn't give up in the fight at any second, at any moment. I was looking for the fight every time and that's why all the best fighters are in the UFC.

Franz: That's true. That big slam he threw down at the end was illegal as well. He's not supposed to be dropping you on your head like that.

Thales Leites: Yeah, they did something illegal there. I don't know if he really knew what he was doing but if it happens, it happens. I have to fight.

When the referee stopped it and he was asking me, "Do you want to fight?" In my mind I was thinking, if I say no, the ref is going to stop the fight and give a victory to Nate and so every time I would look at the referee and say "No, I want to fight, I'm 100%", but I wasn't. As everybody could see that I wasn't 100% but I was saying every time, "I'm OK, I'm OK" because I didn't know what happened. I didn't see the illegal knee. I knew he did it, but I didn't see the illegal knee. I was a little bit out at that moment.

Franz: At the beginning of the fight, I noticed he was keeping his hands down around his waist. You hit him with that big straight, you almost took his back and you mounted him for a second there, how'd you feel about that?

Thales Leites: Yea, in the beginning I gave him a knock down. My right punch, straight to his face and I just warned myself, that's my time. I can't stop and I just have to go and get him and keep punching him to win the fight but he recovered fast.

I was trying. Doing my jiu-jitsu with my knee on his belly, and then it comes to the mount and waiting for the time to submit him but he fought good. He knew what to do. Nate's fought 40 times, and he used all that experience to fight me.

Franz: Would you take a rematch?

Thales Leites: I don't think so. He did a lot of illegal things to me. In my opinion it was his obligation to knock me out in the second round after the illegal knee. If he wants to fight me again I think he should get to the line, and wait in it again. I'm looking for the title-shot. He had his chance before, and he couldn't get it so now it's my time.