Quoteworthy

“I want to fight the best in the world, like B.J. Penn and Kenny Florian -- strong guys like that. I want to take them out and prove that Japanese are truly strong. I was told by someone that ‘you got the belt, now you’re number one in the world,’ but I don’t think so. Being top of the world isn’t something so trivial. If I could become like B.J. Penn, I could die [happy].” -- Shinya Aoki following lightweight title win at Dream 11

“My goal in MMA, I will be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. I will become that. Whether I have an interim WEC belt around my waist or whatever, it matters more to me what is in people’s heads and that they have respect for what I do. When Georges St. Pierre or Anderson Silva walks around, they say, ‘Hey, he’s a bad dude.’ It doesn’t matter what belt is around his waist.” -- Benson Henderson to MMA Fanhouse

“You’ll see me again, I promise, and you won’t see any armbars. You’ll see violence, and I’m going to stay in peoples’ face. Joe Warren’s here to stay, and if it takes me two more fights to get those belts, it’s gonna happen. I’m taking every belt I can possibly find.” -- Joe Warren following his first professional loss to Bibiano Fernandes at Dream 11

“All I can say is that it wasn’t Junie Browning who made that statement. It was the drugs.” -- Shawn Tompkins, who trains Junie Allen Browning, talking to Sherdog.com about Browning’s alleged outbursts on medical staff while he was being treated for an attempted drug overdose

“There’s no comparison between Division I and Division II. The reason they have Division II is for the guys who can’t make it at Division I. That’s fine. They need to have something to feel good about themselves. Those guys have to have something to do with their lives.” -- Brock Lesnar to Yahoo! Sports, comparing his wrestling pedigree to that of Shane Carwin

“I know very, very little about the man. What I know is what I’ve heard on the Internet, but it’s nothing that makes me prepare any differently.” -- Brett Rogers to Yahoo! Sports on Fedor Emelianenko

“The reality is I hope Buck Rogers doesn’t knock him out, because I want to get Fedor in the UFC. I want to see him fight Brock Lesnar.” -- UFC President Dana White to Ultmma.com

“Actually, we’ve been talking about making the Octagon smaller. We’re considering making it smaller. [UFC matchmaker] Joe Silva wants it. I think he wants to turn the thing into a [expletive] bathtub. Have them fight in a little tollbooth.” -- UFC President Dana White discussing possible changes to the cage with Yahoo! Sports

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The Week Ahead

Donald Cerrone and Ben Henderson collide for WEC lightweight gold at WEC 43 on Oct. 10. Plus, former UFC welterweight champion Carlos Newton meets Shonie Carter for the Warrior-1 MMA welterweight crown in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.