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“Now, I wanted to let my fans know that I'm going to come back to the UFC & finish my contract. Not because the haters are talking s--t about me being scared of Rashad or Titties or anybody else. I'm coming back for my fans & to shut Rashad's mouth up & shut Dana's mouth up. Then after that I'm going back to doing movies & I might do a boxing match once a year just to stay in shape. Hate on dis!” -- Quinton Jackson on his personal blog discussing his MMA future.
"I run into Diego and (he says) 'B.J, oh man, I want to train with you so bad.' Then a while after that: 'Oh, I want to fight B.J. so bad.' People like him, I'm just not afraid of them, because I kind of just know what they're about right off the bat." -- B.J. Penn on “Countdown to UFC 107” on Diego Sanchez.
“I feel like I’ve definitely helped this sport grow, and just because I’m not a loudmouth s--- talker doesn’t mean I shouldn’t get paid the way I should compared to some other guys that are loudmouthed and that I would beat up. It is what it is, and I’m actually quite happy with the way things went down. And if Dana pushed me there, I really thank him for it.” -- Dan Henderson discussing his signing with Strikeforce on the Sherdog Radio Network’s “Savage Dog Show.”
"For the money he wanted, he's not worth it. He's not a big pay-per-view star, he's not a big attraction, and he's not going to sell out arenas. He wants way too much and he doesn't bring anything to the table." -- UFC President Dana White on Henderson to MMA Fanhouse.
“I think that 14 or 15 unanswered punches, it should be stopped. I said it in so many interviews, that I respect [Hamill] a lot for the inspiration that he is. It was awkward to keep hitting him like that. I was just hitting him so hard with legal shots, and I didn't realize that it was an illegal shot that I was hitting him with toward the end. I was like, ‘Does this not work anymore?' … I didn't understand why it wasn't getting stopped. I was like, ‘Is he waiting for me to gas or something? What is this?' I looked at [Mazzagatti] twice like, ‘Why am I still hitting this guy?'" -- Jon Jones to MMA Junkie.
"I love the ones that hate me because I'll be the first one to write them back and say 'hey why don't you come and train?' Cause I know they're just computer typers … Usually we get into a debate. Then after that, they're opinion of me completely changes and then they're a fan." -- Roy Nelson to Yahoo! Sports.
"He fought Andrei Arlovski in EliteXC and in my opinion he got ripped off. He had Andrei in side control and they stood him up while he was working for a kimura. But everybody knows about EliteXC and how they were trying to force the fighters to fight stand-up bouts." -- Joe Rogan on commentary during Roy Nelson's fight at The Ultimate Finale 10.
"I’m going to call out Jose Aldo and drop down to 145. I’m really looking forward to that. I’m not running away from the 155-pound weight class. I’m going to stay at 155, but just also going to fight at 145." -- WEC lightweight headliner Donald Cerrone to MMA Madness Radio.
"He knows if he gets caught again, it's game over for him," Kingsbury said. "And I know my livelihood is on the line. … I'm fortunate Victor's switched gears from the science of getting bigger to the science of endurance. It's perfect timing for me. All the things I do -- jiu jitsu, muay Thai, wrestling -- I need my cardio to be strong. I just think it's a cool thing that someone can mess up so big and still have a chance to be successful again." -- UFC fighter Kyle Kingsbury to The Los Angeles Times on working with scandal-plagued Victor Conte, founder of a laboratory that was found to have distributed undetectable steroids.
"If Najman wants to exchange punches with me, I wish him luck (laughing). I won’t be as slow as an ox and I won’t let him beat me up. My mother didn’t feed me to be a bum. These hands can hurt, believe me." -- World’s Strongest Man Mariusz Pudzianowski to ProMMA.info on his MMA debut against Marcin Najman in Poland.
The Week Ahead
B.J. Penn seeks to further cement his status as an all-time great taking on Diego Sanchez, plus much more significant fallout from UFC 107. This as World Extreme Cagefighting and Strikeforce prepare for their final cards of the year.