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" I think I'm going to be a juggler when I retire from the promotion business one day. "
Scott Coker
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" We've always looked for guys and girls who have striking ability... there's a reason my past company was called Strikeforce. "
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" Let's go back to super-fights. Let's put on fights that are great live or on television. "
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" Strikeforce is here to stay; we are definitely going to do our part to grow the sport and be good ambassadors of the sport. "
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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. "
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" I always love meeting other promoters. "
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" 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. "
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" The experience I've had with Strikeforce kickboxing, K1, Strikeforce MMA, working with ESPN, working with Showtime, working with Japanese television, working with fighter camps from all over the world has given me a unique perspective. "
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" 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. "
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" The welterweight division has really emerged as one of our most exciting weight classes. "
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" I don't think that 25-year-olds should be fighting 40-year-olds. "
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" That's the thing about the fight business is that you don't know what's going to happen. "
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" You can only control your own destiny. "
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" To say martial arts, or the combative form - mixed martial arts - is not an art form is incorrect. "
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" 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. "
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" It's good to team up with Spike and Viacom. I see a lot of potential. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" At the end of the day, it's a business about fighters and a business about people. This is our philosophy. "
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" 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. "
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" Sometimes the fighter or an athlete feels they're valued a certain price, and sometimes we don't feel that way. "
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" As a martial arts promoter and as a fan of martial arts, you go, 'What would happen if this guy fought this guy?' "
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" 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. "
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" MMA fans should thank Spike TV for their commitment to the sport. "
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" I grew up as a martial artist, and I'm still a martial artist at heart. "
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" 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. "
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" My background in promoting martial arts started in 1985 when we were doing PK Karate, which was on ESPN. Fast forward to when mixed martial arts became legal in California. I made the jump to MMA and never looked back. "
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" If you look at Germany and France, a couple other countries, those are really kickboxing markets. "
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