Kalib Sighting!

Our namesake, Kalib Starnes, has resurfaced to explain the events of that fateful night that created this website. In an interview with the Vancouver Sun Kalib Starnes tells his version of the 'running man' fight with Nate Quarry.

"It's time," said the voice behind him, and a tap on the shoulder started Kalib Starnes on his way towards what would be the complete deconstruction of his reputation, his social circle, and his professional career. "It's fair to say that night sucked," says Starnes.

Hey this website is not part of the total destruction of his career. It is a statement of...well...er....I guess it just reaffirms it.

Starnes had a plan going into the fight. He hadn't trained for his ground game for some time, focusing instead on his stand-up skills, reasoning that Quarry would be tough to get on the floor and wouldn't voluntarily head there. "I figured I could out-strike him. I was looking to jab and move, to test his cardio and maybe draw him in." But Quarry didn't come in. "He was doing something called 'fading', where he comes in a little, and as I jab, he leans back out of range and counterpunches with big hooks and kicks. The first round was pretty boring - I was backpedaling to stay away from his power punches and he was coming only close enough to look like he was chasing." At the end of the round, Starnes changed his approach. He decided he would start hitting Quarry with kicks and takedown attempts. "But the first kick I hit him with, I broke a bone in my foot. It was painful - I could still move about on it, but I couldn't kick with any force. And when I tried to take him down, I couldn't really shoot off it, so that combined with his strength, he just pushed me off. I was really out of options at that point, you know? So I tried to stay clear of him and wait for a chance to catch him with a big punch. The crowd didn't like it, but it was the only way I had left to win." The crowd certainly did not like it. In boxing, when two competitors spend five rounds avoiding each other it's called 'feeling each other out'. In MMA, if there's no action for a period longer than thirty seconds, the boos rain down on the fighters, and the referee can even force the fighters to stand up and trade blows if they've come to a standstill. As Starnes practiced self-preservation, the Canadian crowd started doing the unthinkable with a local boy in the ring... they chanted "USA! USA!" "The animosity - the hatred - was thick in the crowd that night," Starnes laughs. "It was brutal." So brutal in fact, that Quarry started to mock Starnes in the ring, jogging in place and holding one arm in front of his face as he waved one arm out at his retreating opponent. "At that point, things changed for me. it wasn't a fight anymore. It was some kind of a circus. I know it wasn't an exciting fight to watch, but if I stood there and let him clobber me, would that be a better fight? That's what the crowd wants, for someone to get knocked out, but not one of them would stand there and let someone with the power of Quarry just beat the crap out of them." Public opinion did not side with the Starnes defense. Once again, people questioned whether he was even injured. Bloggers even coined a new nickname for the fighter - "The Running Joke".

We are very proud of that Pun thank you very much.