I don't think that 25-year-olds should be fighting 40-year-olds.
A lot of fighters want that freedom to have their own sponsorships. When you think about it, how do you make independent contractors wear a uniform? That just seems strange to me.
I'm not thinking of any other leagues. I'm really not. I'm thinking of what can I do to move Bellator forward. I'm thinking of what we need to fix, what fighters we should sign, where we can expand internationally.
I worked for a Japanese company called K1 for a while.
When I was a kid, there were probably 100 schools in the Bay Area that just did martial arts.
I would say, look, any fighter that's out there or any star athlete - not star athlete in the sense of a baseball player, but like a Brock Lesnar - that really wants to fight, we're going to have a conversation with them. Because if they can move the needle, we're going to want them on Spike TV.
In my years of doing the K1 fights, one thing I've learned is that the guys who you think will be there in the end - very rarely do you get the match up you were hoping for.
I think I'm going to be a juggler when I retire from the promotion business one day.
If the fighter doesn't want to fight, you're not gonna want him to fight. If the fighter doesn't want to fight, the promoter doesn't make him fight. And if he wants to retire, then it's time to walk away.
We are all shocked and saddened by the devastating and untimely loss of Kimbo Slice, a beloved member of the Bellator family.
One of the most popular MMA fighters ever, Kimbo was a charismatic, larger-than-life personality that transcended the sport.
MMA has a great safety record. I was always confused as to why it was illegal in New York in the first place.
MMA fans should thank Spike TV for their commitment to the sport.
It's good to team up with Spike and Viacom. I see a lot of potential.
As a martial arts promoter and as a fan of martial arts, you go, 'What would happen if this guy fought this guy?'
We have a zero tolerance policy here at Bellator when it relates to any form of domestic violence.
Tournaments, traditionally, are kind of the way martial arts contests happen.
When you think about mixed martial arts, you have to think about the entire scope of the athlete.
If you look at Germany and France, a couple other countries, those are really kickboxing markets.
Whereas there's more of a learning curb with MMA, kickboxing is pretty easy to understand and has no geographical boundaries.
