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All Quotes by author - Scott Coker

" All my fighters know I'm a fan of theirs. They know I think of them as the stars and that we will facilitate in the building of their stock. "

" A lot of fighters want that freedom to have their own sponsorships. When you think about it, how do you make independent contractors wear a uniform? That just seems strange to me. "

" As a martial arts promoter and as a fan of martial arts, you go, 'What would happen if this guy fought this guy?' "

" At the end of the day, it's a business about fighters and a business about people. This is our philosophy. "

" Bellator has the best welterweight fighters in the world. "

" Great fights means great TV ratings. "

" Hugh Hefner represented pop culture in a way that no else could. "

" I always love meeting other promoters. "

" I buy the UFC pay-per-views that are on OnDemand, DirectTV, and DISH. As far as quality, come on. These are the best heavyweights in the world. I think everybody knows that. "

" I'd like to see Melvin Manhoef fight Robbie Lawler. "

" I don't think that 25-year-olds should be fighting 40-year-olds. "

" If a legend fight comes up, or if a fun fight comes up that makes sense, and the fans want to see it, then we're going to do it. We're not going to be afraid to do those fights. "

" If the fighter doesn't want to fight, you're not gonna want him to fight. If the fighter doesn't want to fight, the promoter doesn't make him fight. And if he wants to retire, then it's time to walk away. "

" If you look at Germany and France, a couple other countries, those are really kickboxing markets. "

" I grew up as a martial artist, and I'm still a martial artist at heart. "

" I love big events. It reminds me of the old days, when I knew everyone on the fight card, and it wasn't just one fight. "

" I'm excited to see Jake Hager debut for Bellator in 2018. When I heard he was seriously interested in competing in MMA, and when you look at what he did at the collegiate level, I was very interested in having him on our roster. "

" I'm not a union guy in the sense that I know a lot about how they operate. But I know fighters. They are individual athletes. This is not a team sport. I think it's going to be hard to say, 'Hey, do you mind not fighting on Saturday and walking around the arena with a picket sign instead?' I just don't see it. "

" I'm not thinking of any other leagues. I'm really not. I'm thinking of what can I do to move Bellator forward. I'm thinking of what we need to fix, what fighters we should sign, where we can expand internationally. "

" In my years of doing the K1 fights, one thing I've learned is that the guys who you think will be there in the end - very rarely do you get the match up you were hoping for. "

" In Strikeforce, we're committed to putting on the best fights that we can. "

" I think boxing is on the rise because of what Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor did. I think they captured the time and made boxing cool again. "

" I think I'm going to be a juggler when I retire from the promotion business one day. "

" I think the MMA and boxing are different audiences. I think it's a different intrigue. There's no reason you can't be a fan of both; why does it have to be one or the other? "

" I thought, 'If I can create a business to promote martial arts, that'd sure be a lot of fun.' "

" It's good to team up with Spike and Viacom. I see a lot of potential. "

" It's not every day you are able to sign a top-10 athlete, let alone two in the same week. "

" I used to go to fights in Japan, mega shows at soccer stadiums. They would have all kinds of martial arts fights in one night. "

" I've taught martial arts to many children, from 5 years old and up - there's character development, there's respect, discipline, perseverance. "

" I worked for a Japanese company called K1 for a while. "

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