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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" MMA has evolved. When you look at an MMA fighter's skill set, boxing has to be a big piece of it. All of them have a boxing coach now and strive to have a good stand-up game, knowing that to be a complete fighter, you have to tend to your striking skills. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I always love meeting other promoters. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Great fights means great TV ratings. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I think I'm going to be a juggler when I retire from the promotion business one day. "

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

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

" You can only control your own destiny. "

" If a legend fight comes up, or if a fun fight comes up that makes sense, and the fans want to see it, then we're going to do it. We're not going to be afraid to do those fights. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "