Battles Quote by Ariel Helwani

I've always given the media a lot of time. A lot of fighters don't do that and it doesn't help their careers at all.

— Dan Hardy

Entertainment is a big part of MMA and it is unique.

— Jake Hager

I grew up in one of the most prolific high-school-wrestling programs in the country, and MMA fighters are more successful when they have that…

— Jake Hager

I don't really dabble into the politics of MMA too much.

— Robbie Lawler

Sprinkle in a bit of pro wrestling in MMA is good. You get the fans talking. They want that drama.

— Colby Covington

MMA is all about putting on a show and entertaining the fans, and that's the one thing I've known from the get-go.

— Roy Nelson

I think a kid from the inner city, if I had to recruit, is the ideal person for MMA. They'd be less likely to…

— Tyron Woodley

In MMA, you're trained to tune the audience out. In sports entertainment, you're trained to feed off what the audience is thinking and feeling.

— Shayna Baszler

My passion's always been about helping the youth, and this is no different, except the issue are 21, 22, 23 years old and maybe…

— Ken Shamrock

I got into MMA because I wanted to show my kids that they could be an athlete, that they could push themselves in whatever…

— Travis Browne

MMA is in like the bare-knuckle era as where boxing once was. What it has to do is be given time to grow up.…

— Rico Chiapparelli

I don't read a lot of MMA news. I try to stay out of it.

— Chuck Liddell