South Korean - Athlete | October 3, 1962 -
When you think about martial arts here in the states, kickboxing was here in the '70s, and it kind of ran its course. But I always felt there was a place in combat sports for kickboxing.
Scott Coker
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If you look at Germany and France, a couple other countries, those are really kickboxing markets.
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Whereas there's more of a learning curb with MMA, kickboxing is pretty easy to understand and has no geographical boundaries.
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The welterweight division has really emerged as one of our most exciting weight classes.
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At the end of the day, it's a business about fighters and a business about people. This is our philosophy.
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MMA has evolved. When you look at an MMA fighter's skill set, boxing has to be a big piece of it. All of them have a boxing coach now and strive to have a good stand-up game, knowing that to be a complete fighter, you have to tend to your striking skills.
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That's the thing about the fight business is that you don't know what's going to happen.
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We're not going to do monthly pay-per-view just to do pay-per-views. We're going to build up to big fights more like the boxing model, and when the time is right, we'll do the big, big fights.
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I'm excited to see Jake Hager debut for Bellator in 2018. When I heard he was seriously interested in competing in MMA, and when you look at what he did at the collegiate level, I was very interested in having him on our roster.
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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.
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We want Bellator to be a destination for not only the top-tier fighters in the sport, but the first-choice destination for fans to see the most entertaining fights in the sport.
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It's not every day you are able to sign a top-10 athlete, let alone two in the same week.
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