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

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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. "

" The welterweight division has really emerged as one of our most exciting weight classes. "

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

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

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

" When I was a kid, there were probably 100 schools in the Bay Area that just did martial 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" MMA fans should thank Spike TV for their commitment to the sport. "

" 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. "

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

" You get a world-class athlete like Hershel Walker, who was a Heisman trophy winner and did some amazing things, but he had a martial arts background. He did kickboxing. He had a combat sports background. It was just rekindling that training and that martial arts workout ethic. He got back into it and did quite well. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Great fights means great TV ratings. "

" 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. "

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

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

" You can only control your own destiny. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Let's go back to super-fights. Let's put on fights that are great live or on television. "

" 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. "