All is well with Heath "The Texas Crazy Horse" Herring months after he was forced to withdraw from a co-main event bout with Cain Velasquez at UFC 99 in June. So well, in fact, he's not looking at a return to the cage until the New Year."I've told the UFC don't even worry about it until next year," he said Friday.
Violently ill with pneumonia symptoms, Herring said he was completely unable to train for Velasquez in the home stretch of his camp and had no choice but to pass up the fight with the American Kickboxing Academy standout.
Herring suffers from asthma and said the illness worsened the condition. Worse yet, he couldn't use his inhaler because its active ingredients would have flagged him for illegal substances per Nevada State Athletic Commission based statutes.
So why is he so relaxed about his time off? Hollywood, babe.
Herring's appearance in the MMA movie "Never Surrender" got the attention of the film's producers, who hired him for an untitled horror movie, which he recently wrapped. He plays a gang leader that gets eaten by monsters.
Herring says he may fly south of the equator to Columbia to play a boxer in an action movie filming in early September.
In the meantime, he's working on a restaurant, The Tilted Kilt, of which he is a partial owner.
Herring says his Texas roots made him a lock for UFC 103, but his other hobbies got in the way. And he's just fine with that.
"I've got to take advantage of this while I can," said Herring.
12 comments:
It's spelled "Colombia" not "Columbia".
This is a disgrace. Fighters are supposed to be tough. Herring has the sniffles, not pneumonia. That's the biggest exaggeration I have ever heard in my life. Put on your man pants and get in the cage.
WTF. Dude you are a joke you talk way to much shit. Telling someone to put on your man pants and get in the cage. Is that so you can sit you fat ass at home and watch him? Put your man pants on and get your bitch ass in there and then you can talk. Donnie from team Quest out.
Donnie from teamquest out?.Your shitting on someone for "not being a man" and your talking like Ryan Seacrest?....hmmm.Do you manscape and fake tan before you fight faggot?
Wow, big shit talking from a bunch of sissies that sign in as "ANONYMOUS"! Donnie from team Quest has the balls to actually leave a name. The homo that brought up manpants and sniffles couldn't because his mom wont let him sign up while he lives in her basement. Hey, rules are rules tough guy.
Never heard of Heath backing out of a fight. For a guy that has fought Brock, Cro-Cop, Nog and the rest of his whos who list, I highly doubt he was faking. It is a shame because him and Cain would have been a helluva scrap.
It is a miraculous thing how so many fatt ass, beer drinking, slobs who get winded after bending over to tie their shoe are all of a sudden tough guys who feel no pain when they get behind the keyboard in their parent's basement. Herring has like what, 75 fights? I'm sure he's just scared all of a sudden now though...idiot
Got damn, there is more douche bags here then sherdog. And believe me, there is a lot of d-bags there.
I am sick and tired of all these d-bags pointing out the fact that I live in my parents basement.
I watched that MMA Movie Never Surrender and Herring was the best actor in it so he has got that going for him. Good Fighter. Terrible movie.
Who cares if he doesn't want to fight?? He doesn't owe any of us an explanation. Good for him he's got other stuff going on. There are so many other fighters iam sure mms can survive while Heath herring is doing other projects
Heath Herring has a hell of a lot more fights than Cain... I was watching him fight almost ten years ago in Pride. WTF! "Sniffles" Grow up and get some balls, or better yet suck on Cain's in your basement.
Team Quest sucks.
Team Man Pants > all.
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