The Weekly Wrap: June 12 - June 18

Quoteworthy

“Most of them were interested in my military service. I served in 1993-94 as a conscripts, but I was not involved in combat activities. They asked me if I was involved in the torture of civilians, asking for names of command lines and tactical commanders. They were asking for details of my activities in Lucko ATJ, [an anti-terrorist unit] which I joined a few years after the war. They gave me a list of names for me to confirm, but I did not do it. I cannot confirm one name because it is still a matter of dignity and principles. I said to myself, ‘If it comes to it, I am ready to go home.’ They could have done what they wanted with me, but [in the end] they let me fight.” -- Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic to Jutarnji.hr on questioning he received from Canadian officials prior to getting approval for his UFC 115 fight in Vancouver, British Columbia

“I pretty much told all you guys what I was going to do. A few of you were smart enough to listen to me. A bunch of you doubted me. You’ll learn not to do that soon enough. Shame on you.” -- Ben Askren following his welterweight tournament win in Bellator Fighting Championships

“I think it’s a bad decision. I don’t think it will work. I think the UFC is just trying to say they’re better than boxing, because if James fought Couture in a boxing match, James would absolutely destroy him. But if he fights him in a UFC/MMA-style fight, James does not have a ground game. Once he goes to the ground, it’s over. It’s completely two different sports, and they’re just trying to use older boxers to make their sport look better.” -- Freddie Roach to EastSideBoxing.com on James Toney vs. Randy Couture at UFC 118

“They want home runs, baby. They want people jacking them out of the park, but when they find out about it, they want to stick their head in the sand [and say], ‘Oh, how bad. That was stupid. Why did you do that? What, are you crazy? Don’t let him in the hall of fame.’ It’s, like, let’s point the finger, because if we don’t point the finger at somebody else, we have to point it at ourselves, because we knew. So nobody wants to take responsibility, but everybody wants to see it. And that’s the way it’s always gonna be.” -- Ken Shamrock to HDNet’s Mike Straka on his steroid use and the use of steroids in MMA and sports

“Your body is your vehicle that you’re getting paid for. If I’m out from an injury for nine months that I could have healed in three months, I got to feed my family. What am I going to do? Am I going to be out for nine months and not have a paycheck, or am I going to say, ‘OK, I’m going to take this steroid that’s going to help me heal in three months, and now I can feed my family again?’” -- Dennis Hallman on Inside MMA

“Everybody thinks it’s me being anti-competition. There is no competition. We’re the NFL. You don’t see people looking at the NFL and going, ‘Yeah, but he’s not the best player in the world because there’s a guy playing for the Canadian Football League or the Arena League over here.’ We’re the NFL. There is no other guy. There were times when we were in dogfights, but everybody needs to just concede and realize we’re the [expletive] NFL. Period. End of story.” -- UFC President Dana White to MMAJunkie.com

The Week Ahead

The UFC crowns its champion from Season 11 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” as Court McGee faces Kris McCray. Plus, World Extreme Cagefighting debuts in Canada with top contender fights at lightweight and featherweight, and Bellator Fighting Championships wraps up its second season with 145- and 185-pound tournament finals.