The Weekly Wrap: March 27 - April 2

Quoteworthy

“This fight is not going to remembered, you know what I mean? My fight, I want to win in beautiful fashion. I want when a guy who doesn’t know nothing about mixed martial arts turn his TV on and see me fight, I want him to tell his friend, ‘Hey, I saw this guy fight, I didn’t understand what he was doing but the technique that he used, it was beautiful.’” -- Georges St. Pierre at the post-UFC 111 press conference.

"This fight for me was going to go either one of two ways. I was either going to knock him out and walk away with the belt or I was going to be overwhelmed by his ability. And neither of those happened, if I’m honest. No disrespect to Georges, but I wasn’t overwhelmed, I wasn’t shocked by his strength or by his ability or anything like that. I was simply outworked tonight and I was outwrestled and that’s flaws in my game and not amazing, superhuman skills in his. If one thing I’ve gained from this I certainly feel like it’s within reach." -- Dan Hardy to Sherdog.com following his UFC 111 loss to Georges St. Pierre.

"I made the Brock stuff out to more than I had to just to promote a fight. I'm pretty content and happy… I'm no more excited to fight (Lesnar) than to fight Cain (Velasquez) or (Junior) Dos Santos. I've kind of let go of the whole idea of fighting Brock. I have the same hunger to fight all them as Brock… If it works out, it works out. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t.” -- Frank Mir prior to his UFC 111 loss to Shane Carwin.

"Ten years ago, before I had even started, when my brother and I were just watching K-1 fights, he was the number five on my list of guys I never want to fight, ever. And now I'm stepping in the ring with him. He's one of the scariest guys I've ever seen." -- Pat Barry on his upcoming fight against Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic on HDNet’s “Inside MMA.”

"It was three days before my title fight for Bellator. I was doing some wrestling. They didn't want me to wrestle but I did anyways to cut some weight a little bit, just to get a sweat going. And I got cut with an elbow, it was across my whole eyelid. So we had to super glue it and the day of weigh-ins, when you get the doctors check, we put on make-up. We went to this place in the town and we went to a make-up artist and she put make-up on it. She sent us to Macy’s to go put this make-up, put it on. We distracted the commission doctor, and got to fight." -- Joe Soto on Inside MMA describing his June 2009 win of the Bellator Fighting Championships featherweight title.

“I used to lift weights and go for a long, slow jog. That was my routine. But if you're in a fight and you make the wrong move, if you zig instead of zag, your only hope is your reflexes. Your only hope is to correct your mistake as fast as possible. I never trained for that before.” -- B.J. Penn to ESPN The Magazine on trainer Marv Marinovich.

“People wonder if I'm ready for Mousasi? Is Mousasi ready for me? What happens when I win? Is everyone going to say, 'Oh, he just had a bad night.' All the people can say is that he has experience over me I don't think I'll get the respect when I win. I think people will say, 'Forget it, we overrated Mousasi.'… If you're not in the UFC, they think you're not fighting the best competition. It doesn't matter. I don't care, I'm just going to keep winning." -- Muhammed Lawal to MMAFighting.com.

"Somebody asked me if my cell was going to work in abu dahbi because I'll be there for two weeks.......At what point do I give them the real talk? If my phone did work I'm not gonna be talkin to you about cookies n apple juice for 4$ per min"-- Phil Davis, who fights at UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi, on Twitter.

"Kareem Abdul-Jabbar glasses" -- Pat Miletich during the Strikeforce Challengers 7 broadcast suggesting what could be done to prevent accidental eye pokes in MMA fights.

The Week Ahead

All of the build-up to the UFC's premiere event in Abu Dhabi, as most fighters have arrived ahead of UFC 112 on April 10. Plus, Bellator Fighting Championship kicks off its second season with a live television event Thursday from Hollywood, Fla.