CHIEFS debut interview

[Vincent "Hurricane" Heymans]

Juan Miguel Torres here with newly signed SoHK fighters Cedric "Crash" Clerc and Vincent "Hurricane" Heymans.


Clerc (right) and Heymans (middle), with their good friend Sebastien Poitrenaud (left)

JMT: Hello Cedric, and Vincent. Tell us about yourselves?

CCC: Cedric Clerc here. I'm the usual millionaire pretty-boy next door who loves to fight-- wait; I'm not that common haha. I founded the CHIEFS with my good friend Vincent here... Where is he? Oh, there he is. All that hair's in the way. *laughs

VHH: Bonjour Monsieur Torres! As Monsieur Clerc said, I am his good friend Vincent Heymans. They call me the Hurricane. Clerc and I founded CHIEFS years ago after training around the world, stopping here and there, we met up with our good friends Jin and Shawn, and they convinced us to train full time. Here we are now with a successful fight school, and great students such as current NAVTO stars HIO, Jacques Bonnet, and Raphael Beauxis-Elizalde.

JMT: What does CHIEFS stand for again?

CCC: We're the Clerc-Heymans Inter-European Fight Squad. Un peu de nom sophistiqué pour une équipe de lutte, non? Hahaha

JMT: I’m sorry but I don’t speak French…

VHH: He simply asked: isn't it a fancy name for a fight team?

JMT: Ah haha, I see, where are you guys located?

VHH: Toulouse, France, such a beautiful city, home to amazing rugby too haha, isn’t that right Clerc?

CCC: La très très belle ville - les meilleurs joueurs de rugby autour de, je dirais! *clears throat* Sorry, I have the tendency to go all French on you. It's a beautiful city with some of the best rugby players around. *smiles*

JMT: Oh I see. Who else is currently on CHIEFS?

VVH: We have currently the fighters I mentioned from NAVTO, recently acquired Kain Mu’Nail, and many other fighters around the world, we are in talks with a few more recruits. Also we have good connections with Kazama MMA and we use each other’s facilities often.

JMT: Clerc, is it true you are a part time model?

CCC: Oh, sorry but I'm not. Must be the paparazzi taking some casual shots, no? People say I could be one, but rugby and fighting-- ils sont ma passion. Le monde de mode won't have that, won't they? *laughs*

VVH: Oh mon Dieu, quel menteur... Yes he is, he is just ashamed of it... damn your good looks...Just accept it.

CCC: *looks surprised* Bien, donc je suis. Pas un très disposé. Sometimes people take a stolen shot and put in the ad editing, that's it. I could get used to it one day. Hopefully the fashion world comes to accept someone like me. *grins*

JMT: I do think some of those pictures you did pose for...but next topic...Why SoHK? Why not join your students over at NAVTO? Or some other MMA promotion?

VVH: We didn’t want to show them up! Haha! The real reasons being Clerc and I dislike Vale Tudo rules, and NAVTO doesn’t carry our natural weight classes, me being a light heavyweight and Cedric being a lightweight. Also Jin and Shawn convinced us that SoHK was the place to be.

CCC: SoHK's a league that's starting to take root and grow. I for one love VT rules. *to Vincent* Voir pourquoi je ne crois pas que je doive être un modèle? However, this league provides for some exciting action we'd like to be a part of. Jin and Shawn influenced us a lot here *laughs*

VHH: He actually does love VT rules but his modeling agency will not let him fight VT...

CCC: I am NOT A MODEL!

VHH: Yes you are...

JMT: Well it was nice meeting you two, good luck to you both and the rest of CHIEFS in your SoHK debuts!






Heymans after finishing a round of sparring


Clerc modeling for his fans (or a modeling agency [which he denies vehemently])

[Melvin "Big Pun" Blackburn]

Are you sure you're a fight team and not just simply life partners? Just when I thought these fruitcakes couldn't get any gayer, they start speaking french. I don't even want to know what pictures this queerbait was "modeling" for...

[Vincent "Hurricane" Heymans]

Apr 7, 2008 19:53:45 GMT -5 Melvin "Big Pun" Blackburn said:

Are you sure you're a fight team and not just simply life partners? Just when I thought these fruitcakes couldn't get any gayer, they start speaking french. I don't even want to know what pictures this queerbait was "modeling" for...

Oh Monsieur Blackburn, I assure you we are a fight team, a group of elite fighters in fact. You will come to know our power soon enough.
Au revoir monsieur Blackburn, our paths shall cross again eventually

[Jin "The Devil" Kazama]

Welcome boys! I was beginning to wonder when you two would show up?...sorry to hear you didn't bring the rest of CHIEFS with ya, but I'm sure they are doing well in NAVTO. I'm curious to see who you round up to join you two here.

And Blackburn, they are for real

[Cedric "Crash" Clerc]

Oh, Monsieur Blackburn! Shawn's told me about you-- in fact, I brought a little peace offering.
*hands Melvin a rucksack filled with food*
I think I about covered the basics with an assortment of various mayonnaise-filled sandwiches here, non? Although I think some ham-and-cheese croissants made their way in there I think... ;D

Je sauverai mon agression pour l'arène, monsieur, si vous ne vous opposez pas. Je vous fournirai la preuve dont vous avez besoin en temps voulu.

[Melvin "Big Pun" Blackburn]

Apr 8, 2008 10:21:13 GMT -5 Cedric "Crash" Clerc said:

Oh, Monsieur Blackburn! Shawn's told me about you-- in fact, I brought a little peace offering.
*hands Melvin a rucksack filled with food*
I think I about covered the basics with an assortment of various mayonnaise-filled sandwiches here, non? Although I think some ham-and-cheese croissants made their way in there I think... ;D

Je sauverai mon agression pour l'arène, monsieur, si vous ne vous opposez pas. Je vous fournirai la preuve dont vous avez besoin en temps voulu.

Did this dude just buy me dinner? Is he asking me out? What's with all the funny talk man? Doesn't anyone in this league speak english anymore? I'll take the food, cause a playas gotta eat, but that's where this night ends fruit loop.

[Cedric "Crash" Clerc]

Nah... I wouldn't ask a guy to go out on a date with me even if my life depended on it.
Hopefully I can prove that I'm not a total fruitloop when I fight on Monday.