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In Their Own Words: The Week’s Noteworthy MMA Quotes

by on January 15, 2012 4:15:52 PM in Features, Fighter Features   |   No Comments »

“The UFC has gone out and strategically bought out every company or they cut the knees out from underneath them when they tried to get started by putting on shows when their shows were on. Which is fine, there’s nothing wrong with that kind of business. But when you get into that kind of position, then don’t use that kind of position to hold the fighters hostage.”
- Ken Shamrock insinuated the UFC conducts shady business on ESPNE: 60.

“We have a better product, we put up our money and we were smarter than everyone else. We’re giving these guys tremendous opportunity to be able to make more money, get bigger exposure, get bigger sponsors. And when you throw out the term monopoly, that’s the most ridiculous thing anyone could ever say.”
- Lorenzo Fertitta negated Shamrock’s accusations on ESPN’s E: 60.

“This thing started making money in 2005, 2006,” White said of the UFC’s growth. “It’s 2012. If you look at the money the guys made from 2006 to 2012, it’s phenomenal what we’ve done. These guys are coming out, and they got Ken Shamrock. Are you [expletive] kidding me? You know how much money Ken Shamrock owes me?

“Ken Shamrock filed a bogus lawsuit against us and lost. He owes us that money. Do you know what I’ve done for Ken Shamrock? Ken Shamrock, when I brought him over, he was broke – flat [expletive] broke. He was in income-tax trouble. His knee was shot. I rebuilt his knee. I got him out of income-tax trouble, fronted him a [expletive]-load of money. We gave him money – literally gave him money – $60,000. We gave him $60,000 just to get him back on his feet. You know how much money he made in the two fights he fought with us? It was $2.5 million.

“[Expletive] you, Ken Shamrock.”

“They went out and tried to talk to all these fighters.  The fighters were calling us going, ‘ESPN is here.’ One of them notably was Matt Serra. Matt Serra said, ‘They come in, they waste my [expletive] time, they set up all their cameras, and when I started giving the interview, they didn’t like what I was saying. They shut the [expletive] thing down and left.’ We had numerous fighters say that. They were calling me and saying, ‘ESPN is showing up and wanted to do an interview, and when they don’t like what we say, they leave the interview.’

“They had to dig so deep they had to find Ken Shamrock, the guy who ends up getting busted for steroids three times after he leaves the UFC,” White said. “You couldn’t find a more honorable, honest and great guy to come out and interview than Ken Shamrock? I have absolutely zero respect for Ken Shamrock. I think Ken Shamrock is a horrible [expletive] human being.”
- Dana White commented on Shamrock and ESPN to mmajunkie.com.

“Gina rocks. And yeah, she’s kinda like my opposite, you know, like in every way. She’s like brunette with short hair with a nice rack that’s a good striker. I’m like a blond with long hair that’s like a good grappler that has a nice ass. We were made for each other to hang out. Gina’s cool, I’m so happy for her. I would not be a fighter if it wasn’t for her. I wouldn’t think this career would be possible for me if I hadn’t seen what she was already doing.”
- Ronda Rousey compares herself to Gina Carano on Full Contact Fighter.

“I’m not sure when I’ll come back event because I’m still with a shoulder injury, another injury arouse recently on my lower back, so I’m getting treatment”
- Anderson Silva revealed an injury he suffered to Tatame.com.

“I totally understand that you get a lot of MMA fans that don’t understand the style of wrestling or they just don’t like it, and everyone has an opinion. If it was up to me, of course I would go out there and knock everybody out in the first 30 seconds of a fight. I mean that’s the easiest thing to do. You go through a whole camp and you go through the first 30 seconds and the fight is over. Obviously at this level guys are tough and it’s not always going to happen that way. It’s so much harder going a full fight. We all know wrestling is my strength, and wrestling and cardio and stand-up cardio is completely different. We’re looking to exploit that. The wrestling mentality, and I think that’s why some people just criticize, but the wrestling mentality is to go, go, go, get your hands on them, grind and wear them out and break them down. A lot of the time that takes a while especially because guys are in such good shape nowadays. That grind, that ability to break your opponent, just takes longer than it used to. I see the criticism, and a lot of people don’t like it, but that’s my style. I started wrestling when I was five years old, that’s what I do, and I haven’t lost a round in MMA yet, and that’s just the dominating style of wrestlers. Wrestling is my strength, it’s my bread and butter, and it’s something I’ll do till the day I die.”
- Chad Mendes talked to MMA Weekly about his style of fighting.

“Rumble Johnson is not on weight today, and when I say he’s not on weight he’s way off weight. This is not the first time this has happened with Johnson. He moved up to 185-pounds so this wouldn’t happen to him at 170 pounds, and here we are in the same position. Belfort came in like a professional on weight, and Anthony Johnson comes in as a total unprofessional, way overweight. The stipulation is, Vitor does not want him to weigh more than 205 pounds by tomorrow. So we will see how this plays out. He’ll weigh in today and have to weigh in tomorrow. As a fighter, you are a professional. You are contracted to come in at a certain weight.”
- White explained Anthony Johnson’s situation prior to UFC 142 on FUEL TV.

“I’m already laughing at what ppl are saying. Yeah it was for medical reason and I did what the UFC Dr Told me to do. Believe it or don’t I give a f**k cuz the ppl close to me were freaking out but I’m still alive and something like this has never happen before. Say what you want I’m still gonna do my thang. You try not having feeling in your legs and can’t move then and see how you look at life after that.”
- Johnson addressed his haters via Facebook.

“This is his third time. Three strikes and you’re gone.

“That was one of the most unprofessional things I’ve ever seen. The guy was at 170 pounds. He moved up to 185 pounds so this wouldn’t happen anymore, and this is the worst weight-cutting disaster he’s ever had. He almost ruined the co-main event here in Brazil. I don’t know what else to say about that one. I’m not happy about it.

“I knew what the decision was when I talked to you on Friday. This is his third time. Listen, the guy was having problems making 170 pounds. He wanted to stay at 170 or whatever his deal was. You go to 185, and you blow it as bad as he blew it? That’s bad, man.

“I don’t dislike the guy. I like him very much actually. When you talk to Anthony Johnson, he’s a good guy.

“I don’t know who you blame in this one. Do you blame him? Do you blame his team? Do you blame his camp? I mean who takes the blame in this one? Ultimately, you’re a grown man. You’re responsible for your own actions.”
- White said at the post-fight press conference of Johnson’s failure to make weight.

“I think Mario Yamasaki is one of the best in the world at refereeing MMA. No doubt about it.  He’s got great insight to the sport, he’s a lifelong martial artist, and he’s a really smart guy.  What I was acting from, is that I saw an incredible young talent get denied a KO victory for a questionable call. When I entered into the Octagon and was told of the official ruling that Silva was going to be disqualified for illegal blows to the back of the head everyone that I was around who heard the news opened their mouths in shock. Everyone said, ‘what?’

“Calling fight as a referee is hard as F*CK. If I was a referee Dana would probably hate me more than he hates Mazzagatti. I wouldn’t want that job! That’s a shit load of pressure.”
- Joe Rogan talked about the debacle involving Mario Yamasaki’s stoppage Erick Silva at UFC 142 via The Underground.

In Their Own Words: The Week’s Noteworthy MMA Quotes

by on January 2, 2012 11:54:34 AM in Features, Fighter Features   |   No Comments »

Brock Lesnar (Photo courtesy of Getty Images.)

“I wanna thank everybody. I wanna thank the Fertitta’s, Dana White. Brock Lesnar is officially retired. I promised my wife and my kids…if I won this fight I would get a title shot and that would have been my last one but if I lost tonight…everyone you’ve been great. Alistair, it’s been a pleasure.”
- Brock Lesnar announced his exit from MMA to Joe Rogan following the UFC 141 main event.

“I think I belong where I’m at now, you know what I mean? I just beat the number two ranked guy. GSP couldn’t do it in five rounds. B.J. Penn couldn’t do it, love the guy to death, he couldn’t do it. I just knocked the number two guy out in 12 seconds; you know what I’m saying? Where does that put me? Hopefully for a title, but if it doesn’t, I’m going to have to go out there and prove it again.”
- Johny Hendricks discussed his UFC 141 victory over Jon Fitch with mmamania.com.

“I thought Joe Rogan would laugh a little more. He kind of ruined it for me … He ruined it. I wanted to punch him in the nuts … I think he’s a Democrat even though I know he’s not.”
- Jacob Volkmann talked to mmafighting.com about Joe Rogan not laughing at “Christmas’” comments following his UFC 141 victory.

“I wanted to stand, I wanted to play, and I got outboxed. I talked a lot of s—, and the bigger, badder dog showed up tonight. My hat’s off to [Diaz], and it was a good fight. And I’d do it again. That’s the one promise I make every fight, [that I'll fight] to the end every time.”
- Donald Cerroone talks loss to Nate Diaz at the UFC 141 post-fight press conference.

“The funny thing was I predicted the [fight's finish] the evening before, to my fiancé,  I said, ‘First I’m gonna do this, then I’m gonna do that, and I’m gonna finish it with a liver kick.’ I don’t know if it’s luck or if it’s strategy, but it just turned out that way, and I’m happy that it did.”
- Alistair Overeem said at the UFC 141 post-fight press conference that he predicted how he would finish Lesnar.

“My hat’s off to Alistair Overeem. I want to take my hat off to all my training partners, my wife, my family. I’ve had a really difficult couple of years with my disease and uh…I’m gonna officially say that tonight will be the last time you’ll see me in the octagon.

“It’s going to be really, really good for the fans.  Because he’s a striker (and) I’m a striker, it’s going to be a stand-up battle.”
- Junior dos Santos spoke to USAToday about his first defense match against Overeem.

“Actually yes, I was. It was crazy I was told I was the only ring girl who was looking because Brittney and Chandella weren’t looking. It was disgusting. I think I’m kind of used it by now but I’ve never seen anything like that before so I just thought it was so interesting even though it was just crazy. I was a little creeped out but I kept looking. It’s not easy to watch but it just makes you want to watch, like a bad car crash.”
- Arianny Celeste talked about Frank Mir breaking Antonio Nogeuira’s arm at UFC 140 to the Las Vegas Weekly.

“You hear the same thing from everybody about Jon Fitch: If I want to get to sleep and I can’t get to sleep at night, I’ll put in a Jon Fitch fight. Whatever you think… Jon Fitch is one of the best 170-pounders in the world.

“And yes, he’s in the hunt for a title again, but find one person that will tell you they love a Jon Fitch fight, it’s the most exciting thing they’ve ever seen and they just get so excited for it.

“So when you say that you have a fight like Cerrone and Diaz on the card and a guy with a record like (Fitch’s) is on and people aren’t jumping out of their seats for that fight, I think Jon needs to have a little bit of a, you know… he’s got to be a little honest with himself and have a little bit of a reality check.”
­- Dana White explained Fitch’s position to mmafighting.com.

“I have to go see my doctor again this week. I have to see if I need any more surgeries, and it’s just been really rough, mentally. I’ve trained 15 weeks for my camps, and I’ve pushed my body to the limit, but there’s no security. It’s myself, too. I started in the sport really late. I don’t have those kind of skills that the top fighters do where I can make it in the top-five, top-10, and start making $50,000, $60,000 and $70,000 per fight. I’m in the lower echelon when it comes to the money the UFC gives out to the fighters, and it’s tough to survive with that kind of money. I have to supplement my income. I have to work other jobs. So moving on from MMA is something that’s been on my mind for the last little bit.”
- Krystof Soszynski spoke about retiring to mmajunkie.com.

Strikeforce: Dana White takes charge, heavyweights disappear, WMMA takes priority

by on December 15, 2011 4:36:07 PM in Features, Fighter Features   |   No Comments »

Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Showtime Sports, Dana White, UFC President, and Scott Coker, Strikeforce CEO Strikeforce announced today that Showtime and Strikeforce have reached a new broadcast deal.

The deal consists of at least eight live shows, and begins with Strikeforce: “Rockhold vs. Jardine” on Jan. 7 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.  The promotion will air undercard bouts live on Showtime Extreme.

Zuffa-owned Strikeforce is maintaining business as usual, but with a few modifications.

White stated that the winner of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix finals featuring Josh Barnett and Daniel Cormier will have one more bout in the promotion.  Following that fight; the division will be eliminated due to lack of depth.

It was also revealed that Strikeforce will focus on promoting lighter weight classes and the 135-pound and 145-pound female divisions.

Coker will continue to operate Strikeforce on a day-to-day basis, but White is stepping in to oversee things.  The UFC president said he plans to speak with David Dinkins, Showtime Sports Executive Producer, about changes and the overall product.

In Their Own Words: The Week’s Noteworthy MMA Quotes

by on December 11, 2011 4:00:26 PM in Features, Fighter Features   |   No Comments »

Dana White is really excited about the future. (photo: Hector Castro/MMADieHards.com)

“It wasn’t that I thought this was offensive. I thought it was absolutely ridiculous and offensive. And yeah, I’m sure, offensive to many people. There’s been cases here where things have happened where some people have been offended by things that the fighters have said. You know, we have the Forrest Griffin incident; we’ve got the Rashad Evans incident and now the Miguel Torres incident. Now, the way that I handle these things with guys is, you know, we’re all gonna make mistakes. Everybody makes mistakes. And, you know, a lot of the way that the public looks at these things is when a guy makes a mistake, you put him up on this pedestal, he makes a mistake and you want to burn him down. They burn him down, they beat him down. And that’s not the way that I operate. We don’t come out at the UFC with these canned statements that are written by our lawyers, we handle everything on a case by case basis, with the idea that people are going to make mistakes. And it’s how you handle yourself after you make that mistake.”
- Dana White spoke to mmafighting.com about cutting Miguel Torres from the UFC for insensitive comments made on Twitter.

“I have a lot to be thankful for in my life, I have my beautiful wife and daughter, my family, my health, my gym, and in terms of my career, I succeeded to the biggest stage in the sport of mixed martial arts, the Ultimate Fighting Championship. I am very sorry for upsetting my bosses at the UFC, and also to my fans and everyone else who was upset by the language in my tweets. I understand it was wrong, and I meant no harm or disrespect. Given the chance, I will do whatever it takes to make things right. I am going to learn from this. I think life throws you opportunities that can make you a better person, and so that’s what I’m going to do here. That is how I am going to react. I am going to use this to improve myself, and I hope that my fans will continue to support me.”
- Torres reacts to UFC release via migueltorresmma.com.

“Just sit and wait and watch what I do. Trust me: it’s going to be just fine. Like I said last time when I talked to you guys about this, I’m getting into this and I’m going to handle it. Watch and see.”
- White promised Strikeforce will continue at the UFC pre-event press conference.

“I don’t believe Anderson’s hurt. I know he says he’s hurt and then he was in training camp with Wanderlei that got caught on tape. He just got done working with Machida that got caught on tape. I really don’t care about Anderson Silva. I truly don’t. How hard is it gonna be to become world champion beating up math teachers? I don’t understand it. Give Anderson Silva my schedule and see how well he does. Yeah, I think he’s ducking me. I think he’s ducking Dan Henderson. I don’t know if he’d be eager to fight Bisping, you’ll have to Dan about that comment but no, I don’t think he’s hurt.”
- Chael Sonnen spoke about Anderson Silva at the UFC on Fox press conference.

“I did roll with him one time and number one, it was really gross because the dude sweats like a ridiculous amount so I was just covered in Brock Lesnar sweat, like just dripping in his own sweat but then he was kinda messing around and I jumped on a guillotine and I wound up eventually tapping him out and then he actually got kinda angry and the next time that we started, he just picked me up above his head WWE-style and like threw me across the room so that was the end of my training with Brock. I got him one time. I jumped on the guillotine because he wasn’t ready for it and I choked him out and then after that I got thrown across the room.”
- Nik Lentz explained his time with Brock Lesnar to MMA Mania.

“I’m very, very thankful for Dana and Lorenzo. I don’t want to sound like a broken record but they’ve given so much to my family and to me as a fighter. I’ve given so much to make this happen. I’ve been with the UFC since day one. I fought with the UFC as an amateur, back in 1997, May 30. UFC 13. And I’ve only competed in the UFC, I’ve never competed anywhere else my whole career. I made my brand by the UFC. Thanks to Lorenzo and Dana for making that happen for me. And it’s just one of those things, man. Me and Dana, we’re two alpha males in the same room and it’s hard to have that happen. We believe in what we believe in and we battle for that and we’re kind of bullheaded. Me and Dana were best friends at a time and I kind of broke their trust, I guess. And so I have to rebuild that relationship and I will. Time cures everything and I just have to show my respect and my loyalty to them as I always have. There was a couple times where I got a little out of hand by people who were around me that were kind of making me believe things I probably shouldn’t be believin’. I should have stuck to my own thoughts but it’s just one of those things. I was a kid who came from the streets and I never really had any family to trust. I grew up with no trust. There was no trust in my family, in my life. I thought that I could trust someone and it was never there. I made a mistake, I’m human and I made a mistake.”
- Tito Ortiz explained how his relationship with the UFC was mended on the Jim Rome show.

“I believe that there is only one person to blame for what happened and it’s myself. I’m the kind of guy where sometimes I endure pain and go through it and that’s what I do all the time. I learned a big lesson in my life and it’s only gonna make me stronger, smarter and more clever. It’s nobody else to blame, it’s myself. It’s a freak accident that happened in training. This injury I have, it’s called a ‘compensation injury’ because I compensate because one of my legs was almost 100 percent healed but I was compensating a little bit more with the other and I think that’s what happened. It’s all about compensation and I learned the hard way.”
- Georges St-Pierre detailed his injury on a conference call to the media that forced him out of UFC 143.

“It’s unfortunate that Rashad got hurt, but you know, it’s happened twice now. He’s had people step in. … All I know is, if I have to, I’ll pull out the age card and just say I should have seniority here. I’m getting older. Rashad’s got a little more time than I do.”
- Dan Henderson spoke to Sherdog about getting a title shot by any means necessary.

“That’s definitely something that’s gotten made up by media, that I can’t take a punch.  I just felt as if it was something to address, just to kind of quiet more critics. …I knew I could take a punch, and I’m glad that I got to prove it.”
- Jon Jones talked about Lyoto Machida’s offense following UFC 140.

Miguel Torres released from UFC following ‘inappropriate’ Twitter comments

by on December 9, 2011 11:36:18 AM in News   |   No Comments »

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The stakes for UFC on Fox couldn’t be higher

by on November 12, 2011 2:50:57 PM in Features   |   No Comments »

Dana White is counting on his heavyweights to plow the UFC into the mainstream on Fox. (Photo courtesy of Paul Thatcher/Fight! Magazine)

(Courtesy of BostonHerald.com)

Tonight’s UFC on Fox, which features UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos, is a show so monumental it could forever change the landscape of mixed martial arts.

If everything goes right from Anaheim, Calif. at 9 p.m., the UFC will be one step closer to establishing themselves as major players in the sport industry. UFC president Dana White has never hid the fact that he wants his brand to be on par with the NFL, a lofty goal but getting the sport on network television is a step in the right direction.

Tonight, of course, has to go off without a hitch. It’s easier said than done when you’re only showing one fight. Granted, the fight between Velasquez and Dos Santos is perfect for this because quite frankly, everyone loves heavyweights. And tonight, fans from all over will be able to watch the top two best heavyweights in the world fight and fight for free.

“This is without a doubt the biggest fight in UFC history. This thing started as a small fringe sport and has grown to what it is today,” White said. “(Tonight) as we step out onto Fox, millions of people will see UFC who’ve never watched before. As we take this step forward into what we call ‘mainstream,’ we were much more fortunate in that we were able to hand pick a fight that we wanted to put on Fox. If I had to do it all over again, this is still the fight I’d pick to put on network television.”

White has already said that even if tonight’s fight gets over early, no other fights will be shown. There are multiple things that could go wrong – a quick knockout, a disqualification, a boring five round affair or even a fight being stopped due to a cut. But it’s a risk White and Fox executives are willing to make.

Though this is a first for the UFC, to be on a major network, it’s not a first for MMA. Elite XC had three shows shown on CBS in 2008 and the results were interesting to say the least. Though viewers peaked at 6,510,000 making it the most watched MMA event in history, the main event was subpar. Elite XC’s grand idea to try and build around Youtube sensation Kimbo Slice, in hindsight, was poor planning.

Now the UFC will do it right. Not with a gimmick fight, but with one of the most intriguing MMA match-ups in the world. And though White has his sights set on the NFL, it’s still boxing who they’re going head-to-head with. And tonight couldn’t be a better test as one of boxing’s biggest draws, Manny Pacquiao, takes center stage.

“We’re obviously stoked (to have this event on FOX),” said Fox Sports Chief Executive David Hill. “We’re all huge boxing fans and I think with the death of Joe Frazier, it made people realize that everyone remembers what a great boxer and competitor he was, and the will to win Joe Frazier had. Everyone started talking about the golden days of boxing and what happened to it. To be coming back on primetime with a fight like this, it’s kind of like the dawn of a new era. It’s like a phoenix coming from the ashes.

“What boxing was to my generation, UFC is to my son’s. By the end of these seven years, UFC will be mainstream.”

Tonight’s prelims can be seen on Facebook or Foxsports.com, starting at 4:45. The UFC on Fox: Pre-Fight Show  starts at 7 p.m. on Fuel TV, which will also host the post-fight show at 10 p.m.

UFC set for 3D broadcast in theatres nationwide; agrees partnership with Cinedigm for four shows in 2012

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UFC to host same-day shows in Japan and U.S. in February; both to air on TV

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Dana White reveals Dominick Cruz needs surgery on broken hand

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In Their Own Words: The Week’s Noteworthy MMA Quotes

by on September 25, 2011 5:08:59 PM in Features, Fighter Features   |   No Comments »

Dana White is excited about the future with Fox Sports (Hector Castro/MMADieHards.com photo)

“Yeah it will go away when the Fox deal starts, which is in January.  Because all that programming now, I mean the reason we did the Facebook fights was because nobody could see those fights.  So we put them up on Facebook as an option for fans, because we always love to give more fights.  But with the fact that Fox wants to pick up all these fights, they’ll be on television now.”
- UFC President Dana White says goodbye Facebook, hello to Fox in this interview.

“People ask me how MMA got big in Canada and I say, ‘Are you kidding?’  You actually think Georges St-Pierre is the one that made it big?’  I made it big!  There was no MMA before I was here.  I made it.  I.  Me, me, and me.  Me and my family.  That’s it.  And you know what?  Before, I’d never talk like this, but I swore starting today I’m gonna shove it in everybody’s face.  My family pioneered MMA in Canada.”
- MFC President Mark Pavelich told 5oz of Pain he started MMA in the Great White North.

“It was exactly as I told him it would be … I haven’t been wrong, yet.”
- Steven Seagal praised himself to mmafighting.com about coaching Anderson Silva.

“I still drink Budweiser — matter of fact, I drink two tall cans the night before the fight.  It’s my mental thing, it’s my little ritual I do.  It relaxes me, and it’s my way of saying (expletive) my opponent, ‘I’m gonna beat his ass regardless.’ ”
- Lavar Johnson spoke to MMA DieHards about being a Bud Man.

“One thing I experienced with Rampage, (he has) a very strong core.  Jon may take him down if he uses his leverage and a lot of his judo, I think that’s probably how he’s going to get him down.  But if he just tries to shoot in on him, Rampage may be pretty tough to take down off just a shot. … I think that Jon Jones uses his range and his speed to keep Rampage off balance and at the same time using his ability to take Rampage down to try to impose some of his will.  I think Jon tries to get it done, I think he does it standing up.”
- Rashad Evans predicted to mmainterviews.tv that Jon Jones would defeat Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 135.

“He’s always complaining about not having money enough, and he does a thing like this?  It really was upsetting to me.  I had to step away from it because I don’t like it. He wants to keep complaining about money?  It’s his own fault.”
- Bas Rutten spoke to mmafighting.com about Diaz messing up his lucrative UFC championship opportunity.

“I believe — and maybe I’m a little goofy — that I have a good rapport with this kid and we can work together.  Here’s the thing about Nick Diaz — he’s just a different guy. I’m going to have to handle him different than I do every other guy in the UFC.  But that’s cool.  I can do that.  I can figure this out where I can work with Nick and we can make this happen.  It’s very clear why he missed (the news conferences).  He didn’t want to go.  He’s fought in smaller organizations where the inmates run the asylum. When you come over here, it’s a whole other ballgame.  You don’t run the show.  I do.”
- White lays down the law with Nick Diaz via ESPN.

“I wasn’t really surprised, actually, after the last three months because he already had a lot of different ideas on how he would divide certain percentages which were normal in the past and, apparently, are not now.  I think the judge will decide on this issue that we have, and when that is decided we will see who was right and who was not.”
- Golden Glory owner Bas Boon spoke to MMAJunkie.com about Alistair Overeem’s decision to leave the company.

“I’m at that point where as soon as the bell rings I’m going back to my old style where I come at guys 100 miles an hour, basically non stop.  The mentality is to take these guys to the deep end and drown them.

“What I started to realize is that I don’t have a lot of fat to lose so I was losing strength and muscle and I started to fight weak and I don’t know if I wasn’t doing the weight cutting properly.  I’ve fought at 170 before and at catchweights like 160, 165, and then I started dieting to fight at 155 and did very well but it started tapering off so I wanted to try this out.  It’s like a trial run to see how I feel competing at this weight.  When I train, I am grappling with heavier guys and I’m as strong or stronger as the guys who fight at 170 pounds and I thought to myself, ‘I can still have the same strength at 170 pounds but I will have more speed.’ ”
- Roger Huerta spoke with MMA Mania about his return to welterweight.

“First of all, I congratulate Dana White for doing an amazing job.  My utmost respect to Dana White, I believe he’s a brilliant guy.  He’s a tremendous person to have in a combat sport.  I think they did an outstanding job in promoting the UFC, and look at where it’s at now.  They struck a deal with Fox, which is amazing for the UFC, for MMA, my hat’s off to him.  What Dana White has done has been amazing, outstanding.  I salute him, and keep on doing a great job.”
- Oscar De La Hoya commends White on his Fox deal via Fight Hub TV.

“I’ve seen him get pushed in practice and I’ve seen him be very human and not as good as he looks on TV.  I’ve seen that there’s times where he looks great in practice but there’s times where I’ve seen him quit in practice.”
-Evans stated to MMA Nation that Jones’ does have quit in him.

“I’m a fighter.  I’ve fought all my life.  You can listen to him or listen to me.  Maybe Joe Rogan knows more than me.”
- Seagal argued Joe Rogan’s stance on Jones’ impressive performance to mmafighting.com.

“The problem is this (light heavyweight) division is stacked.  He has a lot of fights ahead of him.  The guys who have been fighting at 205 have those slots and they deserve the respect of a title fight before any superfight.

“And, a lot of people don’t really think about this, (Silva) is 37 years old.”
- White killed the idea of Jones vs. Anderson Silva via ESPN.

“There’s a lot of times Rampage swung at me and instead of defending technically I ran like a little girl.”
- Jones talked about his style of evading Jackson’s punches at the UFC 135 post-fight press conference.

“When I went into the ring he grabbed me and said ‘Will you give me my pound-for-pound respect now?’ ”
- White reiterated at the UFC 135 post-fight press conference what Jones asked him following the UFC 135 main event.

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