Here goes "Round 2" of RedSweat.com’s mma quotes feature. Just to catch you up a little bit, we are going to have a five round championship war of the quotes.

We kicked off "Round 1" about a month ago and we will be doing a round a month until "Round 5" wraps things up. We scoured the net looking for the most interesting quotes that we could find from some of your favorite fighters. "Round 1" quotes were off the wall and shocking. This round’s quotes are a little more serious.

1. Yushin Okami was impressed by Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira’s performance at UFC 81. Apparently he was not impressed with Tim Sylvia’s will to survive when he got caught in the jiu-jitsu experts guillotine choke. He seems to believe Americans are quick to tap.

“Minotauro was terrific. That sweep was artistic. I was amazed to see his mental strength and his submission techniques. I found a lot to learn from his fight. I was also surprised to see how quick Sylvia gave up and tapped out though. It seems the American style.”

2. Randy Couture and Dana White are still battling it out outside of the world famous octagon and neither is happy about the situation. To make things worse for Couture the UFC recently banned Couture’s Affliction clothing line from the UFC. Captain America said this in a recent interview.

“I’m simply wanting to pursue the profession that I’m in, which is fighting. And they’re trying to prevent me from doing that, so you tell me who’s wrong or right?”

3. Tim Sylvia has received a lot of criticism for what some believe is his lack of aggression in the ring. Many thought that Sylvia was just trying to get the win and not trying to finish his fights. He definitely earned some respect in his fight with Minotauro at UFC 81. Apparently his fight with Nogueira did nothing to sway Jerome Le Banner into changing his mind about Sylvia’s motives in the cage.

"I want to show US fans what an exciting fighter is, what a fighter who will give them something for their money looks like. It’s obviously something that this fake champion doesn’t know how to do. I will teach him with a four ounce leather glove right in the face. Or maybe I will fix his chicken legs with some good low kicks, I don’t know yet."

4. Frank Shamrock can be a little flagrant at times to put it mildly. He is definitely not afraid to say what he is really feeling. Apparently Jake Shields isn’t either and said this about the former UFC champion.

“Without even thinking twice, I would fight Shamrock at 185,” Shields said. “I’ll fight him at 200 lbs. I’ll fight him any day, any weight.“

5. It’s no secret that Tito Ortiz and Dana White would like to kill each other in their sleep. Tito has voiced his opinion several times on the issue of the UFC not paying it’s fighters enough money. Ortiz recently made an appearance on the Howard Stern show and said this about his arch enemy.

“I’ve worked so hard for (the UFC) and put my ass on the line. I’ve fought injured and with a torn ACL and a bulging disc and still put my ass on the line, and they still don’t show me respect… Dana’s like Don King. The only thing that separates him and Dana White is the color of their skin.“

6. Steve Mazzagatti had the tough job of being the ref for the Brock Lesnar versus Frank Mir fight. There was some controversy surrounding Mazzagatti’s point deduction during the fight. A lot of people thought that he did not give Lesnar a warning before deducting the point. He recently cleared things up in an interview with MMAjunkie.com.

"Yeah, I did. Brock’s excited. It’s a big, big opportunity for him, and — in my opinion — he looked down and saw the head there, and he took three shots at him and caught him. I jump in and say, “Don’t hit at the back of the head.” A few more seconds go by, Mir tucks up under there again, and Brock comes down with the second couple hits to the back of the head. That’s when I jumped in and had to do my job. That’s what I saw."

7. Recently GoWamma.com came out with the first regulated mma rankings system in the sport. Previous rankings were thought to be biased and had no clear cut equation to rank fighters. Dana White spoke on this topic at the UFC 83 press conference in Montreal.

“I said we’d never do that because I figured people would say our rankings are biased,” White told The Sun. “But, when you look around at some of these other rankings that are out there, I think we probably will do our own after all.“

8. Matt Serra will be taking on phenom Georges St. Pierre for the welterweight championship at upcoming UFC 83 in Canada. Here is a quote from Matt Serra during the press conference in Montreal promoting his upcoming fight.

"I never once picked an opponent, I never refused an opponent, and I’m pretty easy going. The fact that it’s in his backyard, hey, as far as I’m concerned, as long as it’s the same cage, I don’t care if it’s in his living room. I’m a professional fighter, and the key word is ‘professional’."

9. After defeating Tim Sylvia at UFC 81, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira became the first person ever to own a UFC and Pride Championship belt simultaneously. The submission master said this in a post fight interview.

“I played his game for almost three rounds. He played my game for two minutes and I won the fight.”

10. Brock Lesnar was defeated by Frank Mir in his UFC debut in only 90 seconds. There was some controversy about the ref stopping the fight to deduct a point from Brock. Brock had this to say immediately following the fight in his locker room.

"I thought it was over right there f***** I jumped on it. That was f***** up. No that takes some wind out of your sail when you get a point taken away."