The Weekly Wrap: Nov. 28 – Dec. 4

Quoteworthy

“I’m going to be straight-up honest with you, man, the last time I was at this weight was in middle school. (The weight cut’s) not good. Not good. (I’m) moody. You just don’t feel the same, you know what I’m saying? It’s mental, but it’s not a good feeling, to be honest with you. I’m a little anxious.” – Kimbo Slice talking about getting ready for his “The Ultimate Fighter 10” finale bout.

“I had a dream last year that I would actually fight him. I knew we were on this path to fight. This is the first time I’ve ever dreamt of something like this. When I woke up, I was like, ‘Oh, s--t. This could actually happen.’” –- Houston Alexander on fighting Kimbo Slice.

“I had to teach myself how to fight when I first started fighting. So, “one-two-three, jab-cross-hook” wasn't appealing to me. It was the cool videos that I saw and said, ‘Wow, man, no one's going to block that. They're not going to see it coming.’ I hear people saying things like, ‘He's going to get caught one of these days trying to do that flashy showboating.’ I really don't mean to showboat. The people close to me realize that's just who Jon is; that's just how he fights. I train all of those techniques. Now I have a lot of structure and a game plan. Greg Jackson is a phenomenal person and such a smart strategist. You'll still see a lot of funk, but it's going to be a little more coordinated funk.” –- Jon Jones to Sherdog.com.

"The UFC asked me to fight the catch-weight fights to help Silva and Belfort make the drop down to 185 pounds. But now I’ve lost my ranking at 185 and 205. It’s crazy -- I can headline a card and not be top-10 ranked." -- Rich Franklin to The National Post.

“He felt like he had a good performance, even though he lost, it wasn’t a boring fight. He could have had another option: he could come out, take him down, and lay there. If he would have been laying on top of him, he wouldn’t have gotten caught. It’s a catch-22 for the fighters. You want to go out there and have a great performance, but if you get where you’re playing it so safe that you’re trying not to lose, you don’t want to fight not to lose.” –- Ted Ehrhardt, manager of Jake Rosholt, on Rosholt’s being cut from the UFC after his UFC 106 loss to Kendall Grove.

“I want to be on this bandwagon. Bandwagons come and go. If you wait too long and they'll be over and it’s a very popular sport right now. I want the UFC to come! Bring it on!” -- Vancouver City Councillor Suzanne Anton to The Vancouver Sun after taking on the first city-sanctioned MMA card in two years.

"Now the speed, of course, is a little slower, but -- knock on wood -- continues to be enough for Fedor to win. There's a reduction in speed, but his combination of attacks have grown. And, in my opinion, to date, he remains the fastest heavyweight." -- Alexander Michkov, Fedor Emelianenko’s striking coach, to mixfight.ru.

“Because the Compassionate Use Act only provides a defense to criminal charges, any argument that the Act would allow an athlete to use the drug without consequences to his or her license must fail. If the Court were to take up a similar challenge to discipline of a licensee, it would likely find that the Commission has a legitimate interest in whether or not an athlete uses the drug because marijuana could slow a fighter's reflexes and endanger his or her health and safety in the ring or the cage.” -- statement from the California State Athletic Commission defending its position on not allowing fighters to cite medical needs in testing positive for marijuana.

"I would hope he could stop (smoking marijuana). I can't stop him. He's an adult man. What can you do, man? Rosa Parks wasn't supposed to ride in the front of the bus. She was supposed to be in the back of that bus. Nick is the Rosa Parks of MMA." -- Cesar Gracie, Diaz's trainer, to MMAWeekly.com on the marijuana issue.

The Week Ahead

“The Ultimate Fighter 10” champion is crowned, Kimbo Slice sinks or swims against Houston Alexander, and the UFC gears up for B.J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez at UFC 107.