Martial Arts Promotion Quotes

My role in kung fu - in the art of kung fu, not the series - is not as a practitioner. My role is that of an evangelist, which is an entirely different thing.

I think the UFC's done a great job of building the brand, building the UFC, building MMA.

My love for sports will never die. I love martial arts and I want to promote it in whichever way I can. I am a fighter first, then an actor.

In the beginning of your mixed martial arts career, you're not making good money.

I've been very fortunate to be at the startup of a lot of different things. I was the startup of the Pancrase organization in Japan. Became a big figure over there. Then I was in the UFC and was at the startup of that, and I was a big figure in that. Twice. Not only in the beginning but also when it was taken over.

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

I am the face and ambassador of sambo. The organization I'm working is trying really hard to make sambo a sport on the Olympian level.

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.