UFC president Dana White.(photo: Hector Castro/MMADieHards.com)

“I am beyond pissed about this. I’m so (expletive) mad right now I can’t even begin … How (expletive) stupid do you have to be? Seriously dumb. Anybody who’s using (performance-enhancing drugs) right now is an absolute (expletive) moron. It’s beyond – what’s the word I’m looking for – it’s beyond belief. It’s beyond comprehension. You’re an absolute moron, a brain-dead absolute (expletive) dummy. It goes beyond a guy have any common sense whatsoever.”
- Dana White was a guest on a Canadian radio show when he reacted to Alistair Overeem’s failed drug test.

“This is the fight of my life. I’ve waited all my career for this fight. I’ve waited for (14) years for this fight. He is one of the guys I really, really want to fight before I (retire). This fight is the fight of my dreams. I’ve been fighting since I was 13 years old. I’ve fought for 21 years of my life. But, I still feel really good. I feel really motivated. You need to respect the body. We’re not 22, 23 years old. I’m 35. I’m not looking 35, but I’m 35. But I’m not too old, I’m not too young. Maybe I can make my last fight in Japan. Maybe, I don’t know. But we’re going to check with the boss when they’re going to have their next show there. I want to make my last fight in Japan.”
- Wanderlei Silva was a guest on The MMA Hour, and he admitted how important his bout against Vitor Belfort is.

“If we go toe-to-toe in this fight, I believe I have the advantage. I feel I have more power than anyone in the middleweight division, and I’m happy to prove that in any fight. I think we haven’t seen Alessio Sakara particularly go toe-to-toe, in several fights. I think he’s tried that. It hasn’t necessarily been successful for him. I think we’re gonna see more of a mobile and moving, elusive, fast Alessio Sakara. That’s what I plan on seeing.”
- In an interview on UFC Tonight, Brian Stann confessed what he expects to see from Alessio Sakara when the two combatants square off at UFC Sweden.

“The fans are fantastic. Fantastic fans. But the thing is, Dana White’s just ruined the sport. I got to thinking about it today and you know, he ruined it for me… It’s a crime. You see some of these guys only getting two or three or six thousand dollars and you’ve got Dana bragging about having 30 Ferraris. Come on. You have a sponsor and he charges a sponsor what, a hundred and fifty grand to have your stuff on the fighter? That’s money he’s stealing from the fighter. Then he goes and he pays them two or three thousand dollars. That’s crazy.”
- Don Frye accused White of shortchanging UFC fighters when “The Predator” was on Sherdog’s Savage Dog Show.

“I stopped drinking; I haven’t had a drink for a year and a half.  That’s a big benefit to training.  You got to think of your body as a high-performance machine.  You don’t have a Ferrari and put recycled oil in it, or 89 pump gas.  You want to put the best in it, you want to maintenance it right, you want to get the oil changed, you want to take it to the right mechanic and get it so it performs right every single time.  You can just turn the key and it starts.

“Same thing with your body, you don’t want to have this high-performance machine and fill it with alcohol and bad food, and then come back and try to rev that engine.  You can’t because you have all that bad stuff in you.”
- Damacio Page related his body to an exotic automobile, while a guest on MMA DieHards’ Darce Side Radio.

“The way that Showtime wants to do it is when that fight finally happens, whoever wins it, they wanna do another fight on Showtime, so that guy would probably come to the UFC. We’ll see what happens, you know? Josh and I have been playing nice with each other for a little while, since he got into the UFC. It’s more than just, ‘Does he win? Does he do this?’ You gotta be able to come to terms with the guy and be able to deal with him. If he wins the fight, I can’t see why he wouldn’t come here, unless we weren’t able to make a deal with him.”
- White spoke to HDNet about the possibility of Josh Barnett returning to the famed Octagon.

“I was reluctant to [go to 205] at first but eventually did and we recently talked to them about moving back down to 185. I am not a big 205′er and my success in the weight class has been mixed. I think 185 is my true home so they were interested. They said ‘hey there are some good match-ups at 185 and they’ll be good for you,’ so we’ll move in that direction. They presented me with Cung, I was kind of surprised by that but here we are. [Another title run] is my Cinderella story. That’s absolutely exactly what I would want to do if I could end my career with a run at that title for 185 and getting the title for 185. What better story could you write then that? I don’t want to put their carriage before the horse, right now I’m worried about Cung Le and we’ll take care of that first.”
- Rich Franklin told MMA Sucka that he is content returning to his natural weight class.

“When we went to India over a year ago I felt the market held enormous potential for the UFC. India has a long history of martial arts and traditional wrestling like Kushti. Indian athletes have also demonstrated world-class levels in combat sports as evidenced by the country’s 2008 Olympic medalists in wrestling and boxing.”
- Lorenzo Fertitta commented through press release on the UFC’s reasoning to venture into India.

“With striking, Duke can do it all and that’s why I went to him.  He has fought professionally in kickboxing, Muay Thai and boxing, so he is just a jack of all trades when it comes to striking.  Some days when we go in to the gym you never know what you’re going to get and that is a great thing because he is so well versed in everything that it really completes your game.”
- Ben Askren talked to MMA DieHards about Duke Roufus

UFC middleweight Chael Sonnen

“I stomped you before and I will stomp you again. You are a nuisance to me and to everybody else. You ducked me for six years. You ducked me for two years after that. There’s nothing I can do more than pick a fight. You put every stipulation on this thing that you could think of and I answered them all, including coming to Brazil like that’s some kind of a big deal. What’s the difference? It’s a plane ride somewhere. I’m not fighting you in Brazil, I’m not fighting you in Chicago, I’m not fighting you in Florida; I’m fighting you in the Octagon. And when you get in there and I get in there, I’m going to stomp you this time same as I did last time. You can complain about your rib. I’m sure your rib did hurt; your rib is inside of a coward. That’s the problem your rib’s got, it’s got the same problem your hands and feet have — they’re attached to you, dummy. I’m going to be attached to you, too, for 25 minutes or until you give up.”
- Chael Sonnen ripped Anderson Silva in this promo video.

“If I was able to put another title run together and the UFC wanted to do another fight with Anderson, I would be willing to do another fight with Anderson. And I believe — and this is just because of the champion mentality in my head — but I believe that given another shot, I could win that fight.”
- Rich Franklin told MMA Canada he likes his chances in a third bout with UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva.

“I think he’s an entertaining fighter, I enjoyed his fight (against Carlos Condit). Personally, I thought he won it as well. It’s a shame some people are gonna look down on him because of that (failed) drug test. I would love to fight him; I’m a huge fan of his. He’s a very entertaining guy and he comes to fight. Nobody really does that anymore and I respect that. By all means I would trade some punches with him.”
- Dan Hardy admitted to Fight Hub TV that he would enjoy a bout against Nick Diaz.

“Frankie gave two rematches. It’s criminal not to give him a rematch after a decision, because, as a champ, he gave two rematches. I think it’s something that has to be done sometimes. There’s just no alternative. It does create a little bit of a logjam, I guess you could say, from the top, but, if you’re a challenger, the idea is you have to keep winning. It doesn’t matter. You have to keep on winning. So, if there’s a logjam…guess what? You gotta fight. You gotta win. Oh well. That’s the way life goes.”
- Ben Henderson was a guest on UFC Ultimate Insider, and he discussed granting Frankie Edgar a rematch following their UFC 144 title bout.

“I’m a realist. I knew I wasn’t going to go through my career undefeated. That’s how this sport is. People lose. Even the best guys lose. I knew as soon as it was over, I had to pick myself back up and keep going forward. I do have some extra motivation now, for sure, but I wish that for that night things had gone differently and that the fans had gotten the fight they came to see. Ultimately, I let myself down. I don’t ever want that to happen, and not for Fox or anything else. I want to go out there and win. Stuff happens. I get that, but I definitely wasn’t happy with my performance. What it comes down to it, I don’t want to be in that position again.”
- Cain Velasquez talked to Yahoo! Sports about the only blemish on his record.

“For me, the question is how is Dos Santos going to deal with the kicks and the knees and the elbows? Since he’s been in the UFC, I’ve never seen him have to deal with that. It’s stuff that he’s going to have to deal with from Alistair Overeem. He’s fought a pretty one-dimensional fight, he’s fought very Chuck Liddell-like in that he’s great at defending the takedown, he drops bombs, he throws heavy punches, but he’s never dealt with anybody who’s going to throw kicks and knees and work in the clinch the way that Alistair Overeem does. I’m real curious to see how Junior Dos Santos is planning on dealing with that.”
- Dana White compared Junior dos Santos to Chuck Liddell in an interview with MMA Weekly.

“I think he’s a tremendous athlete, I think his boxing is incredible. He’s Brazilian so his ground game is also gonna be top notch. I truly believe that I am the one to beat him. I truly believe I have superior striking, so I can’t wait to get it on.”
- Overeem talked to Heavy.com about his upcoming opponent, dos Santos.

“I think he was more surprised. There’s that almost denial that he feels because there is a high confidence level that he is about to get out. As his brain is trying to figure out an answer on what to do to get out of this, he is in a panic, I am still applying the move. I’m not sitting there waiting for him to figure out what to do. And so, you know, his brain never really accepted defeat. He was looking for a way as to what to do until the end. As far as what I would do, I say, that, if it’s a limb thing, I definitely would, once I know I feel something starting to pop, I think I would slap out to, tap out and say screw it. I don’t want to have a broken bone and shred something and alter the way I walk or maybe the way I brush my teeth the rest of my life. On chokes, I’ve been known to be a dick in the gym and pass out and to go very close.”
- Frank Mir admitted to Sherdog that he is not too proud to tap.

“I don’t know how that guy makes 205. He has enough trouble gettin’ down to 250. I would be shocked … or maybe he just shaves and gets down to 205, I don’t know. I don’t know how he’s gonna do it. I’m done. I’m done with it. I’ve encouraged him to shave his face and cut his hair, too, but he doesn’t wanna to listen to that, either, so whatever. If he really could get to 205, he’d be a force at 205. He’d be a scary dude. He’s got great wrestling, awesome submissions, great chin, a ton of heart, and has knockout power. I mean, who knows what Roy Nelson could achieve if he applied himself. You gotta want to do it. You’ve got to want to get in there and take it serious. Seriously diet, seriously train, and then you’re going to have to cut some weight the day of the fight. As long as I’ve known Roy Nelson, as long as he’s been in this business, he’s been big. And it’s not like when you get these guys at 185 and they wrestled their entire high school and maybe college careers and they’re used to cutting weight. They know what it takes. I don’t think that’s gonna be easy for a guy who’s been big his whole life.”
- White talked to MMA:30 about Roy “Big Country” Nelson making the light heavyweight division.

“I’m on my own chopping block. If I lose to him, I’m quitting! I don’t even deserve to be in there! There’s not an easy fight. In the UFC, there’s no easy fight. He doesn’t deserve to be in there with me, and I’ll prove it. I’ll prove it in under a round, because, we see…I tend to get tired in the second round (laughs). We’re both in a similar spot in our career I guess. We’re both on the chopping block. That’s fine. I’m really happy with that.”
- Jason “Mayhem” Miller was a guest on MMA Uncensored Live, and he spoke about the importance of his upcoming bout against C.B. Dollaway.

“As most of you will be aware, I said something insensitive on Twitter and duly suffered the consequences. I was initially told I would no longer be able to fight in the UFC and that my time with the world’s top mixed martial arts organization was over. As you can expect, this hurt a great deal and resulted in a huge amount of regret on my part. Looking back, what happened was a mistake, and one I desperately wish I could erase. I said something stupid, I was very insensitive, and I paid the price. Thankfully, at least I’m now aware of just how powerful my words can be and, as a result, will never approach social media in such a carefree manner again.”
- Via his blog on mmafighting, Miguel Torres expressed his regret for a Twitter rant that found him released from the UFC for a short period of time.

UFC commentator Joe Rogan

“Look. I’ve been doing the UFC for how long? F—ing, who knows? (19)97. It’s very rare that anyone ever says anything. But, once we started going on FOX, the producer had to actually tell me in my ear, the FOX executive was like, ‘Tell him to take it down a notch.’ When I get excited about something, the way I get excited about something — it’s natural. I’m pumping it up. When I’m actually fired up…of course they (the audience) like it! But these f—ing dummy executives, I’m not saying the FOX ones, these huge group of — this huge percentage of the group of people in the ‘producer’ position, a lot of them think that they’re creative. You can’t tell me to deliver the way I deliver. I’ve been doing it forever. They either like it or they don’t. Most people like it. If you don’t…tough s—. It doesn’t sound like your f—ing baseball guys, your basketball guys…it’s not supposed to. It’s not! It’s not supposed to. It’s a different f—ing sport, and it’s just the way I do it. If it was football, I probably wouldn’t do it this way. You’re lucky I don’t curse! I mean, I’m lucky I got the job. Really, I’m lucky too. But the whole idea behind going in and saying, ‘Oh, we’re gonna fix all this and fix all that,’ like, that’s what happens in movies! That’s what happens on TV shows. That’s what would happen on this podcast. If we brought in production people and said, ‘We’re gonna move the podcast to a studio and bring in some producers, take some of the strain away from me,’ and just had people just whispering in my ear saying, ‘Hey man. Why don’t you change the subject. This is a bad subject.’ Do you know how f—ing crazy we would go?!”‘
- Joe Rogan explained on The Joe Rogan Experience how Fox tried to change his style of commentating.  This could be added to Fox’s other great ideas such as Cletus the fighting robot or the NFL music played during UFC broadcasts.

“In one month, on April 21 in Atlanta, I’m getting my title back but, to me, beating Jon Jones up and proving I am the better man and better fighter is even more important than waking up the next day as a two-time UFC champion. Everyone knows the history between us. Because this fight has been coming for a year I’ve already talked about it forever. And I know I’m going to have to keep talking about it over the next month so all I’ll say now is that yes, it is very personal and, yes, this is the most important fight of my life for sure.”
- Rashad Evans explained his desire to beat Jon Jones via his blog.

“I’m at a crossroads between fighting another fight or retirement. I’m 38, and I keep getting older and the fighters keep staying the same age. I wanted the Fall and Spring off, and now it’s time to talk with DW [Dana White]. I don’t get to decide my own fights. Dana White and the UFC does. I don’t know who it would be. I’d love to fight someone who already beat me. Thiago (Alves), it happened, I took that fight on short notice. He did too, so maybe that would be a fight I look for. (Dan Hardy) has a fight coming up and he’s worried about me? He hasn’t looked that good in his last few fights. He should worry about that.”
- Matt Hughes talked about where his career is at, while a guest on UFC Tonight.

“The title has always been the goal. I would love to have the belt and somewhere along the line, get another fight with Edgar. We are 1-1-1 and we need to settle it once and for all. It has to happen eventually, and after that fight we can both be done. We can walk away knowing it’s over and that we gave MMA fans some great fights to look back on.”
- Gray Maynard spoke to Heavy MMA about a fourth bout against Frankie Edgar.

“After this injury, I was talking to Monte Cox and I said, ‘what would the UFC think about me moving back down to 185?’ I think at this point in time, in their minds, if I was able to put a title run together, even if they did do another rematch between Anderson (Silva) and I, there’s been enough time at this point there would be interest in the fight, and I guess that’s what the interest is now. … Hopefully, this is where I’ll finish my career.”
- Rich Franklin told MMA Weekly he is considering a move back to the division he was the champion of prior to Anderson Silva.

“Yes, yes. Let me explain something boss. You see, if I got popped for pain medication, it’s very easy for people to say, ‘Whoa, he got popped for pain meds, that means he’s taking pain medications, you know, he’s hooked on pain meds.’ I even gave a legitimate prescription from my doctor for my torn hamstring and all that stuff, and I got suspended after. People started saying again, ‘Oh, the reason why he is not the same is because he is taking pain medications.’ Listen, for the record, I was never addicted on pain meds. I abused pain medications without knowing it would hurt me, it was too late already. I had done too much damage to myself mentally and physically. I know it sounds like I was addicted, but no, I wasn’t. I didn’t let it control me or any of that stuff. I can’t believe you actually had the balls bro, to say, ‘Hey Karo, are you clean?’ Like I was a drug addict and I’m clean now. Which it’s fine, it’s great, no one has ever said that to me, but, just to let you know, clean wise, I don’t even want to say that word clean, because it comes out as if I am taking the responsibility as if I was taking pain medications because I was addicted no I just abused it. But, no I haven’t touched any of that stuff. I realized it was kicking my butt, giving me anxiety and panic attacks.”
- Karo Parysian cleared up rumors of being addicted to pain killers via The MMA Hour.

“I didn’t even have the surgery until two weeks later. The nose break wasn’t actually that bad. The Cardinal rule is when you get your nose broke, you don’t blow your nose, but when I was walking back to my corner, I blew my nose to get all that crap out. Of course it blew up, so it might have looked really bad at the time, but it wasn’t that bad. Don’t get me wrong, it was broken, and I had surgery to fix it. Funny thing, Asians already have flat noses, so with this being my third surgery…. I’m just glad my doctor was really good. He’s gotten it a lot straighter than the other two times.”
- Cung Le explained the severity of a broken nose he suffered at UFC 139 against Wanderlei Silva to Tapout Radio.

“If I was losing my hair and the doctor told me, ‘You need a hair transplant,’ I’m going to do a hair transplant. If I get my tooth knocked out like Randy Couture did against [Lyoto] Machida, I’m going to get a new tooth put in my mouth. If my testosterone gets low and the doctor tells me, ‘You need to raise your levels back up to where you used to be when you were 25,’ and you’re fighting these young folks, I’m going to go do it. I feel like it’s a medical condition. I have to say this. I have to say this and maybe some people will get mad, but I feel like whoever’s getting mad at me for healing myself up, [there’s] an old saying, a slave mentality, like, ‘Oh, how dare you make yourself 100 percent to be fighting out there.’ That’s what comes to my mind.”
- Quinton “Rampage” Jackson was a guest on Sherdog Radio and he explained his how a medical condition led him to using TRT.

“I’ve got three more fights on my deal, and I’ll probably sign one more deal after that. So two or three more years. I definitely won’t be as old as Randy [Couture] when I retire! I’ve changed my training, I’m smarter with my training. I’m also smarter with my positioning and techniques. I know what works and what doesn’t. And I’m still learning from those at my gym. I guess others lose motivation but my I know my time is limited and I want to make the most of it.”
- Dan Henderson admitted to ESPN that he most likely only has a few years left in him.