I want the best money, and obviously the highest ceiling that you can be the best is in the UFC. But yeah, I praise Bellator. They gave me a great offer.
What brought me to Bellator was Scott Coker, Viacom, and one of my good friends, Mike Kogan.
Fighting in Bellator is a dream come true for me.
If I don't have a division in the UFC, I'm going to go to another company like Rizin or Bellator or another organization where they have my division.
Bellator has the best welterweight fighters in the world.
Bellator offered me a job. UFC never offered me an opportunity to fight. There's no question that UFC is the top. It's a machine. A lot of people, including myself, have helped build the UFC to where it is today.
You know what, the thing about Bellator was, I beat everyone they had.
In the UFC, at first we were like a family, but then it turned corporate. In Bellator, we're family.
UFC is UFC, and God bless them, they have the largest roster and some amazing fighters, but there's amazing fighters everywhere. That's why I am impressed with what Bellator has attempted to do with the tournament or with Aaron Pico and some of the younger talent.
I'm very thankful to Bellator.
I'm not who I am without the organization of Bellator.
When I signed with Bellator, I knew this would be a new positive chapter in my career.
A lot of these guys in 'Fight Master' will compete in Bellator and in mixed mart arts for quite some time.
When I first came to Bellator, I wanted to take it back to what we accomplished at Strikeforce and look at the next generation. So we signed the Aaron Picos of the world and put them in our development programme to nurture them.
Mike Goldberg and Mauro Ranallo are two of the best in our business, and I couldn't be happier about them joining the Bellator family.
I would want to fight in the UFC or Bellator. Why CM Punk? Anyone, just a worthy adversary. It can't be a world-class fighter.
I think it's important to say that I am genuinely thankful for the time at Bellator.
We have a zero tolerance policy here at Bellator when it relates to any form of domestic violence.
I have nothing against Bellator at all.
Bellator and Viacom want to give fans exciting fights and enable fighters to continue to grow and most importantly provide for their family, and it's something I want to be a part of.
I would love to see Bellator come up and offer an opportunity for competition. Then, fighters could negotiate contracts, and they would not be limited to having only one opportunity, one option, where you have to take what's given to you.
We are all shocked and saddened by the devastating and untimely loss of Kimbo Slice, a beloved member of the Bellator family.
In Bellator, one guy that I would love to fight is Kimbo. And I'm not going to the ground. I want to fight in his area.
