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" 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. "

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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. "

Scott Coker

Jump

Forward

Legal

" We want Bellator to be a destination for not only the top-tier fighters in the sport, but the first-choice destination for fans to see the most entertaining fights in the sport. "

" 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. "

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

" Spike is an entertainment company. So why not have entertaining fights when you can do them? "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" Our sport has great fighters and great fans. And the fans really get to connect to those fighters. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

Scott Coker

Right

Time

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

Scott Coker

See

Fight

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

" 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. "

Scott Coker

Japan

Arts

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

Scott Coker

Uniform

Want

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

" That's the thing about the fight business is that you don't know what's going to happen. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Marloes Coenen is the real deal. "

" Martial arts is self-growth. It's artistic impression. It's self-defense... it doesn't have any place in politics. "