“Buck Nasty” continues to call-out the Lima Brothers

Posted by Jeff Chassner Senior Correspondent for GeorgiaFighters.com

Even if you are a casual fan of the local MMA scene in Georgia, you can’t help but have noticed that there has been a bit of a rivalry between fighters from North Carolina and Georgia. One fighter who isn’t afraid of speaking his mind and calling out opponents from Georgia is Johnny “Buck Nasty” Buck from Ashville, North Carolina.

“Buck Nasty” has had a few different feuds with Georgia pro athletes over the past couple of years inclusive of two victories over Sonny South, a TKO victory over Sean Kilgus and a submission victory over long time veteran and icon in the local MMA community George Allen. Not willing to be satisfied with his recent success in the cage against Georgia fighters, Johnny had a few words to say about local MMA stand-outs Douglas and Dhiego Lima.

I caught up with Johnny to follow-up with him about his recent comments and discuss the “art of the call-out”:

Georgiafighters.com: Buck Nasty! It’s been awhile since we have talked man, sure do appreciate the time! So a lot has gone on the past few months for you; bring the Georgiafighters.com readers up to date on what you have been up to.

“Buck Nasty”: I’ve opened up a new gym in Asheville with my coach Johnny Huskey and Blackeye Promotions owner Scott Crosby. It’s awesome, 4500 sq feet. Full- size competition cage, 2 grappling areas, cardio equipment, weights, big plasma TVs everywhere. All top notch stuff. All these new toys and still maintaining a full training schedule so I’ve been pretty busy.

Georgiafighters.com:  You are the Black Eye Promotions middleweight champion and are on a pretty good run winning 6 of your last 8 fights and 4 of your last 5 with an impressive outing against UFC vet Luigi Fioravanti that you took on short notice and took to a decision; what do you credit your recent success to?

“Buck Nasty”: I’m actually the Blackeye Welterweight champ. This fight against Babcock is for the Middleweight Title. I’m kind of going for the Randy Couture thing Haha. Honestly I have turned the corner as a fighter. I live the professional lifestyle, not taking BS fights because of money and bad advice. Short notice fights, fighting out of my weight class and all that. That is what I finally get as being a professional. Full training camps for fights except you can’t turn a name down like Luigi (Fioravanti)  even if it is 4 days notice.

Georgiafighters.com: Your overall record is 8 and 7. And you are scheduled to fight on June 17th in North Carolina but after watching the video of your interview from the last Black Eye Promotions event I am surprised of the opponent. You are fighting Danny Babcock (6-4) from Florida; don’t get me wrong the dude has fought some tough talent as his last two opponents had a combined record of 15 wins and two losses, but his last win came in 2009 versus a now 500 fighter. What do you know about Danny and how are you approaching this fight?

“Buck Nasty”: I was scheduled to fight Dhiego. He agreed to the fight, had the contract. (He) didn’t sign. Dunno what to say about that. Guess he wasn’t ready for that spanking… maybe Doug will offer up a distant cousin or something on the “Lima Ladder.” Babcock was a short notice fight for both of us. He fought Frank Trigg; Brunson is another tough opponent so I think it was a good choice. He’s fought tough guys and that’s what I’m looking for. I’m not looking to pad my record like a lot of people in the business. I respect Babcock for taking the tough fights and taking one with me on short notice. As for my approach for the fight for Babcock nothing has changed. Huskey looks at film; we develop the game plan, stick to it and get the hand raised at the end of the fight.

Georgiafighters.com: You have always been what some may call a “cocky” fighter and not afraid to speak your mind or call someone out. How would you describe yourself?

“Buck Nasty”: Every professional fighter is cocky. If you are not (cocky) then you are in the wrong sport. I believe 1000% I am going to walk in that ring and beat the piss outta everyone I fight in the first min. if not the first then the second; if not second the third. Eventually I am gonna get that ass. That is why I have NEVER had a boring fight; win lose or draw… well DQ… right Chism?

Georgiafighters.com:  Let’s discuss the so called art of calling people out. Some fighters choose to be very respectful fighters and play the high road all the time, we have already established that you dot mind stepping up and calling out fighters. In old school wrestling terms you sort of play the “heel”, why does that work for and is that your intentions?

“Buck Nasty”: Let’s get one thing straight. I’m not the heel everywhere I go. I have fans in NC, TN, FL, and anywhere people like to see a good fight where the holding and cuddle sessions are frowned upon. It just so happens that I am the bad guy in GA and I don’t mind it but if you go back and look at EVERYONE of my fights in GA I have the fans on their feet cheering every single fight. The sport can’t be filled with a bunch of GSP’s. If that was the case it would be worse than watching golf. I’d like to spice things up. If that makes me the bad guy THEN SO BE IT!

Georgiafighters.com: At the Last Black Eye Promotions event, you called out two Georgia fighters in the Lima brothers. What prompted that decision?

“Buck Nasty”: I have been trying to fight the Lima Bros since I started fighting. They are the big names around, why would you not seek out the fighters with the names.

Georgiafighters.com: Doug was the MFC champion and has since been signed by Bellator. Doug is a seasoned fighter with a pro record of 17 and 4 and has beat some pretty well known fighters like Ryan Ford, Terry Martin and won the Grand Prix in Georgia at SportFightX  by beating Eddie Hernandez, Clint Hester and Cortez Coleman. Out of all the 170/185 fighters out there, why are you calling out Doug?

“Buck Nasty”: Simply put. Styles make fights. My style beats his. Finesse and flashy doesn’t beat grit and grinding.and that’s what it’s about. My workmans style beats the Limas flash.

Georgiafighters.com: Douglas stated in the video that you should get more fights and alluded to the fact that you should fight better competition and said that you should fight his brother to get to him. I did a little research and the winning percentage of all of your pro opponents is 90 wins and 67 losses. That is a 57% winning percentage. Dhiego Lima’s opponents have a combined record of 12 and 4 or 75% winning percentage. Keon Caldwell with an 8 and 1 record is driving Dhiego’s winning percentage up; in fact if you backed out Keons record Limas other opponents hold a combined record of 4 wins and 3 losses or a winning percentage in line with yours. With all that being said, what makes you so confident you can “spank” Dhiego and eventually earn the opportunity to fight Douglas?

“Buck Nasty”: Listen. People don’t realize that win-loss records don’t mean anything. I could be 10-0 if I fought 10 turds you have to look at opponent records and all that. Diego Lima was something like 4-0 in 2010 and Douglas was 3-0. I went 6-2 with one loss being a split decision to 9 time UFC vet Luigi Fioravanti. I’ve got a very similar record for last year. My record and quality opponents put me right up there with the Lima’s 2010 and their spoon fed opponents. Not sure where tough opponents like Clint Hester and Eddie whoever stand but I think Luigi on 4 days is a pretty solid test…

Georgiafighters.com: I think we both agree that for you to fight either Lima you have some work ahead of you as Dhiego is under contract with the MFC and Douglas is under contract with Bellator. Assuming Doug is right and you need to increase the level of competition and get some more wins, you have anyone else you would like to issue a challenge to, maybe some of the Georgia fighters?

“Buck Nasty”: No, that’s obviously wrong. Check the video…Doug says I can fight his brother then him. If I say I’ll take a fight I take the fight. I don’t agree to money, weight date and get the contract and then not sign… maybe big brother shouldn’t have thrown baby brother under the bus. I’ve fought tougher competition than both of them. We will see once they can’t run and hide in Canada anymore.

Georgiafighters.com: Johnny I really appreciate the time and you telling the fans in Georgia more about yourself and providing more context to the video. As in any sport you always have to have the face and the heel so people get connected and that always makes for good entertainment. You are playing your role well and I respect you for the confidence you have in yourself. Do you have any closing comments or shout outs to any fans/sponsors?

“Buck Nasty”: Man it’s good to talk to you again. I’m just here to fight the best guys. If I have to get out there and piss someone off enough to make them take it out of irritation I’ll take it. To the fans I’m glad you love/hate me so much. I put on exciting fights whether you like the outcome or not. Thanks for being there. I’d like to thank Team Huskey, Blackeye Promotions and everyone who has supported me since the beginning and especially my parents. My dad for beating me up as a kid in the front yard with boxing gloves and telling me it’s not ok to cry or to give up and my mom for supporting me through the tough times and keeping my dad from killing me. Haha thanks again…

Keep checking back later this week for responses from the Lima brothers to the comments made by Johnny Buck.

Want to chime in? Leave a comment with questions you want asked to the Lima brothers or give your thoughts on who would win between Buck Nasty and either Douglas or Dhiego…