The Weekly Wrap: May 30 – June 5

Quoteworthy

“It’s time to step up my game. I gotta eat some kind of way. I got to feed my family. I’m hungry out there. S--t, this is a recession. There’s a recession going on out there, man.” -- Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson discussing his inclusion on Season 10 of “The Ultimate Fighter” on one of UFC President Dana White’s video blogs

“I just don’t think it’s a big enough platform for him. I think it’s a step back. I think he’s bigger than that. He’s a star. He reeks of stardom. People gravitate to him. Kimbo is that way. When he walks into a room, he lights up the room. People yell, ‘Kimbo! Kimbo!’ It doesn’t have anything to do with how he did in his last fight. It has to do with the ‘it’ factor.” -- Gary Shaw, Kimbo Slice’s former promoter, talking with MMA Fanhouse about the brawler’s decision to join the cast of “The Ultimate Fighter”

“I make most of my money off of pay-per-view. When you do ‘The Ultimate Fighter,’ it’s going to help your pay-per-view numbers. Me coaching ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ show will be good revenue in the future. Being champion or fighting Machida, that’s good. A lot of people would tune into to see that. I think a lot more people watch ‘The Ultimate Fighter.’ You get bigger pay-per-view numbers [following the show].” -- Quinton "Rampage" Jackson revealing why he chose to coach again on the Spike TV reality series

“Who knows what I’m going to try to do. I may try to catch him with that same elbow again. I actually jumped into his best punch with my eyes closed, all my momentum in there, and I wasn’t unconscious. I was conscious when they stopped that fight. I’ve taken his best punch, and I’m ready for more.” -- Urijah Faber discussing his WEC 41 rematch against Mike Thomas Brown with Sherdog.com

“His style is a little wild and reckless; that’s kind of how he is. He tries to see an opening, he goes after it. I don’t think he can change his entire style. It might actually make him a worse fighter if he tries to be a different type of fighter. You’ve got to do what got you where you’re at.” -- Mike Thomas Brown breaking down Urijah Faber on the Sherdog Radio Network’s “Beatdown” show

“Yeah, absolutely, I would love to fight some of the heavyweight champs, you know? I mean the paydays are ridiculous -- $10 million paydays; that is just stupid money.” -- Tim Sylvia talking to Fighters Only about how far he wants to go in boxing

“I knew they would have a party for me, but I didn’t expect that much. It was such an unbelievable emotion to see the way people welcomed [me] in the streets. Now it’s the most difficult part -- keep the belt.” -- Lyoto Machida in an interview with Sherdog.com after more than 100 people in his hometown of Belem, Brazil, greeted the new light heavyweight champion upon his return

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The Week Ahead All the fallout from major Strikeforce and World Extreme Cagefighting cards intermix with the run-up to the UFC’s debut in Germany, featuring a main event pairing Rich Franklin with Wanderlei Silva.