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

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

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

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

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

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

" Marloes Coenen is the real deal. "

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

" 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. "

" We have a zero tolerance policy here at Bellator when it relates to any form of domestic violence. "

" 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. "

" To say martial arts, or the combative form - mixed martial arts - is not an art form is incorrect. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "