Baron Geisler on upcoming MMA match with Kiko Matos, new viral video

MANILA, Philippines – Baron Geisler spoke up about the controversies against him, including his altercation with actor Kiko Matos and a new viral video, where he was shown cursing again.

In an interview on Tonight with Boy Abunda, Monday, June 13, Baron said that he and Kiko would have just wanted to settle it between themselves. (READ: Baron Geisler speaks up on bar fight with Kiko Matos)

“Me and Kiko, we just wanted to settle it sa street fight. Pero pinick-up po ng ABS-CBN, pinick-up po ng URCC – yung MMA. I think it would be better na we’ll settle our differences,” Baron said.

(Me and Kiko, we just wanted to settle it in a street fight. But ABS-CBN and URCC [Universal Reality Combat Championship], the MMA [mixed martial arts] event, picked it up. It would be better na we will settle our differences.)

According to Baron, he has a purpose in agreeing to the match. It’s for a cause that includes freeing political prisoners like Maricon Montajes, a student from the University of the Philippines that was detained in Batangas. 

“Everything I do is for a cause. It’s not all about me. It’s not about you. It’s about Him [God] and these other people na naagrabyado (who were aggrieved),” he said.

Baron said that he and Kiko have already both signed the contract. (READ: Baron Geisler accepts URCC’s invitation to fight Kiko Matos inside MMA cage)

Last June 10, it was announced that Baron and Kiko agreed to settle their issue via a mixed martial arts match organized by the URCC. It is set to happen on June 25,  at Valkyrie at The Palace, Taguig City. (READ: PH MMA community looks forward to Baron Geisler vs Kiko Matos bout)

Baron also clarfied what happened in another viral video that circulated recently. In the video, he was seen cursing at someone after he was reportedly punched from behind.

“It’s hard for me to go out on the streets because they would think I’m Bruce Lee. Like I would go out, be courteous sa babae, sa mga tao (to ladies, to people) – and biglang (suddenly) [someone] would just hit me sa likod ng ulo ko (at the back my head).”

“That’s why may lumabas na viral video na nagwawala ako (there was a viral video of me getting angry that came out),” he said. 

“I just went out and I just told this girl, ‘You know you’re so beautiful, I’ll help you go down the stairs, you’re so beautiful,’ ganito, ganyan (this and that). Tapos biglang naglalakad na ako pabalik ng hotel, biglang sinutok na lang ako patalikod. (After that, I was just walking back to my hotel, when suddenly someone hit me from behind.)

He later added, “Bilang lalake […] suntukin mo yung isang lalaki na patalikod (But for a man to do that behind your back) – another sucker punch, that’s like… Especially kay Kiko Matos, what he did to me, ‘di ba?”

“I shook his hand, I gave… You know, I was being a gentleman and then he would do that to me,” Baron said, referring to the altercation between them.

He also said that after this fight, he vowed to quit smoking and drinking. 

“After this fight, I will not smoke and I will not drink. And that’s a challenge not kay Kiko Matos, pero sa sarili ko po (but for me) because health is wealth,” he said.

In spite of all the controversies hounding him, Baron said that he just wants to be regarded as “just human.”

“I’m not your typical actor, not your typical celebrity. I’m just human, I have feelings. And punong-puno ako ng pag-ibig. Marami akong minamahal sa buhay (I’m full of love. I have many loved ones),” he said. – Rappler.com