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

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" When I first came to Bellator, I wanted to take it back to what we accomplished at Strikeforce and look at the next generation. So we signed the Aaron Picos of the world and put them in our development programme to nurture them. "

" MMA has a great safety record. I was always confused as to why it was illegal in New York in the first place. "

" When you think about martial arts here in the states, kickboxing was here in the '70s, and it kind of ran its course. But I always felt there was a place in combat sports for kickboxing. "

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

" When I think about the skill level of Andrey Koreshkov, he is at the top of his game and at an elite level. "

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

" Marloes Coenen is the real deal. "

" 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. "

" Whereas there's more of a learning curb with MMA, kickboxing is pretty easy to understand and has no geographical boundaries. "

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

" 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. "

" Strikeforce is here to stay; we are definitely going to do our part to grow the sport and be good ambassadors of the sport. "

" We've always looked for guys and girls who have striking ability... there's a reason my past company was called Strikeforce. "

" You can only control your own destiny. "

" There are a lot of details you have to work out when you're talking about fighters competing twice in one night. "

" I would say, look, any fighter that's out there or any star athlete - not star athlete in the sense of a baseball player, but like a Brock Lesnar - that really wants to fight, we're going to have a conversation with them. Because if they can move the needle, we're going to want them on Spike TV. "

" 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. "

" Mike Goldberg and Mauro Ranallo are two of the best in our business, and I couldn't be happier about them joining the Bellator family. "

" Martial arts is something I studied since I was 6 years old. "

" Sport is made to be live. You can't watch something three hours later already knowing the results; it's not the same experience. "

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

" We are all shocked and saddened by the devastating and untimely loss of Kimbo Slice, a beloved member of the Bellator family. "

" 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. "

" One of the most popular MMA fighters ever, Kimbo was a charismatic, larger-than-life personality that transcended the sport. "

" Tournaments, traditionally, are kind of the way martial arts contests happen. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes the fighter or an athlete feels they're valued a certain price, and sometimes we don't feel that way. "

" We're not going to do monthly pay-per-view just to do pay-per-views. We're going to build up to big fights more like the boxing model, and when the time is right, we'll do the big, big fights. "

" 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. "