Quoteworthy

“Why would anyone even want to see me fight Kimbo? I have no interest in that fight. Whatever -- it is what it is. I guess I’d do it, if that’s who I had to fight to come back.” -- Chuck Liddell on the Sherdog Radio Network’s “Savage Dog Show”

“Our son is not making a show yet because, to make a show, you have to be really superior. In his last two fights, he has given a great show. Now, he understands he’s strong. I love Anderson Silva’s fights because he’s an artist inside the Octagon. A lot of people don’t like it because they think he wants to play and have fun. I don’t see it that way. I see him as a showman who’s very strong. Deep in his heart, he knows he can finish the fight when he wants. Anderson was born like that. Lyoto is different. He wasn’t born like that, but as he trains more, trusts his karate and believes in his style, he’s getting more confident and is giving a better performance each time out.” -- Yoshizo Machida, father of Lyoto, commenting on his son’s evolution to Sherdog.com

“I was like, ‘Are you [expletive] kidding me?’ I was furious, not at Kimbo, but at the Spike team for letting that happen, because ‘You’re not going to let me talk to my wife, who is having surgery for cancer, but you’re going to let Kimbo, because of who he is, you’re going to let Kimbo’s posse come watch him fight? Are you [expletive] kidding me?’ I don’t care if anyone is mad at me for saying that, because its [expletive]. Everyone has their own things going on, but because it’s Kimbo, everyone wants to kiss his ass.” -- “The Ultimate Fighter 10” contestant Mike Wessel to Heavy.com on Kimbo Slice’s friends and family being allowed to watch his fights during filming of the show, which is traditionally on lockdown

“The money that he’s asking for would make him by far the highest-paid guy in the UFC … I guarantee the offer I made him, Strikeforce can’t pay. You’ll never hear me say a bad thing about Dan Henderson, other than he’s ugly, and that’s just the truth.” -- UFC President Dana White on Henderson contract negotiations during media availability before UFC 104

“I’m not comfortable discussing contract negotiations in a public forum, but I’d have to respectfully disagree with both statements. I am neither seeking to be the highest-paid athlete in the UFC, nor am I ugly.” -- Dan Henderson, through a representative, to Sherdog.com

“This deal ensures that we’re here for the long term. Bellator Fighting Championships will be around for five years, for 10 years, and we’re not going away the way so many organizations have in this sport.” -- Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney to MMA Fanhouse on his promotion’s new television deal

“When you’re a little older, it’s difficult to be taught sometimes. Once somebody gets into the fire, they go back to their old ways. A lot of older fighters do that. They’ve been doing something one way for a very long time, and you have to tell them, ‘Hey, what you’ve been doing is wrong, even though you got away with it for a while. Now you have to change.’ You have to change their emotions. That’s what you’re doing. You’re not just watching somebody. You’re changing how a person feels about what they’re doing.” -- American Top Team’s Howard Davis Jr., boxing trainer of Kimbo Slice, discussing his new protégé with Sherdog.com

“If I lose my contract with the UFC … I go get a regular job and raise my kids and be a happy dad. My wife and I know we’re doing this to be the best, to get that belt. Not, like, get into clubs. That’s not why it is. We are willing, on a drop of a dime, to quit. I spend half of the year away from my family.” -- Joe Stevenson to MMA Fanhouse

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The Week Ahead

Heaps of fallout expected from UFC 104 “Machida vs. Shogun” in Los Angeles and the Dream 12 show, which will feature caged fights and U.S.-style rounds for the first time in the promotion.