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.
— Scott Coker
To say martial arts, or the combative form - mixed martial arts - is not an art form is incorrect.
I think the MMA and boxing are different audiences. I think it's a different intrigue. There's no reason you can't be a fan of both; why does it have to be one or the other?
Sport is made to be live. You can't watch something three hours later already knowing the results; it's not the same experience.
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.
When I think about the skill level of Andrey Koreshkov, he is at the top of his game and at an elite level.
I don't think that 25-year-olds should be fighting 40-year-olds.
I've taught martial arts to many children, from 5 years old and up - there's character development, there's respect, discipline, perseverance.
I think boxing is on the rise because of what Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor did. I think they captured the time and made boxing cool again.
Great fights means great TV ratings.
I grew up as a martial artist, and I'm still a martial artist at heart.
Martial arts is self-growth. It's artistic impression. It's self-defense... it doesn't have any place in politics.
Martial arts is something I studied since I was 6 years old.
I love big events. It reminds me of the old days, when I knew everyone on the fight card, and it wasn't just one fight.
When I first came to Bellator, I wanted to take it back to what we accomplished at Strikeforce and look at the next generation. So we signed the Aaron Picos of the world and put them in our development programme to nurture them.
I always love meeting other promoters.
