MMA Promotion Quotes

Having 'The Ultimate Fighter' was the thing that did it for us, live fighting on TV. That's what we had to do, was get a live fight on TV. It couldn't have worked out better.

Alexander Gustafsson, he's the biggest fighter in Europe. I like him so much and I hope I'm gonna be the biggest in Europe next to him.

As far as the UFC, if they offer us a fair deal, then we would be open to fighting in the UFC.

I think the UFC does a pretty good job of backing me.

What brought me to Bellator was Scott Coker, Viacom, and one of my good friends, Mike Kogan.

That's all I ask the UFC to do: keep me active.

'Fight Master' is a show that Spike came up with. Obviously, Spike has a vested interest in Bellator, which is filling a void that was created when the UFC and 'The Ultimate Fighter' left and went to Fox. I think this fills a huge piece of the puzzle for the folks at Spike, in terms of demographics and what programming they like to do.

As the UFC was getting bigger and bigger, I realized it was a potential career there, and that's what I did.

When I looked at the state of women's MMA, what I saw was that it was missing rivalries or anything theatrical about it. Everybody was trying to be Miss America, unwilling to go under any kind of criticism, and taking the safe answers. I thought I needed to do whatever I could to get attention.

I never hated Ronda. She's always talked about me; she did that to promote herself because when she started, nobody knew her, and she talked about me for people to know who she is. And she opened the doors for women's MMA.

Anderson's been here the longest, he brought our sport to the forefront. He's been around, and yeah, I've always been a fan and I've always enjoyed his fighting style.

It is amazing to have the UFC to come here to Perth... it is great for Australian Mixed Martial Arts and great for the sport, and it is going to be great for Perth to have such a world-wide event, through pay-per-view, hosted here.

I did an interview for MMA Hawaii when I was growing up, and I told them the guys I want to fight are Anthony Pettis and Jose Aldo.

It's not news that I want to face Vitor Belfort or Chael Sonnen.

I think Cormier and I would be a great fight. I will do everything I can to make it happen.

I'm just throwing a name out there, but I think Nate Diaz and myself could actually put on a good show.

The UFC has been nothing but great to me. I can't complain; they give me what I want.

If I get the boot out of the UFC, I'll still continue to fight.

My family actually owns an MMA promotion company, so it's kind of a family deal. It's called Fight Sports Entertainment, and they throw amateur fights in California. Because of that, I've given my mom a lot of the fighters to fight in a show.

For me, being a part of the halcyon days of Pride Fighting Championships and then watching the explosion of the UFC following the 'Ultimate Fighter,' I've been fortunate to be in the right place at the right time.

The UFC has a mind of its own. Whatever they want to do, I'm down for.

Having the letters UFC behind my name is not the be-all, end-all it is for someone. Some people think once they get into the UFC, that's it.

Promoters do bigger numbers when Ken Shamrock's name is on the card.

I'm an employee, I work for the UFC.

I don't care about the Strikeforce belt.