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The Week in Quotes, August 30th - September 5th

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THE NATURAL II: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

"It will be Randy 'the Natural' Couture, the Heavyweight champion, against Brock Lesnar." - UFC President Dana White, announcing the return of prodigal son Randy Couture (UFC Teleconference)

"Obviously, he's made it very clear how bad he wants to fight Fedor." - White, bringing new information to light

"We're going to do everything in our power to make a Fedor fight happen." - White, noticeably more congenial when he's in a good mood

"It's for the title!" - White, when asked if the fight was three or five rounds

"All I give a shit about is he's back and he's fighting." - White, echoing thoughts of MMA fans around the globe

UFC 91: SHOW ME THE MONEY

"This things going to do over a million buys." - White, discussing the potential buyrate

"We actually do research on these things, if you can believe it or not." - White

"We're talking about this countdown show being 2 or 3 parts for Brock and Randy." - White, hinting at the continuing trend of UFC Countdowns mimicing their HBO counterparts

"De La Hoya's such a monster." - White, asked how the fight will compare to De La Hoya/Pacquiao

FUCKING FEDOR, NOT IN THAT WAY

"Fighting Fedor?  I'm hearing all this talk about Fedor Emelianenko.  Who gives a shit about Fedor?" - UFC Heavyweight TItle contender Brock Lesnar, displaying his frustrations at the media's constant questions about a potential Emelianenko/Couture fight

"Aw shit, here we go, Fedor!" - Lesnar, when it just wouldn't stop

265 LB. EXPLOSIVE WRESTLER WITH A ROCKET DOUBLE LEG

"I'm not ready yet, no, but I will be in about 10 weeks." - Couture, when asked if he's prepared to fight Lesnar

"On the ground or standing, he poses some interesting problems." - Couture

"How can you overlook a guy that size?" - Couture, answering an example of piss poor journalism entering MMA

HEATH HERRING IS A LIAR?  COLOR ME SHOCKED

"There was a lot of bad blood between Brock and Heath." - White, contradicting what Herring has been contradicting himself with

"Heath was pissed off he had to fight Brock Lesnar." - White

QUINTON JACKSON, POLICE REFORM ADVOCATE

"My occupation did affect how the police treated me." - Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton Jackson (CBS News)

"In my mind, I thought I was A god." - Jackson, making me question if it really was just a lack of sleep and energy drinks

"'If he was a god, why did Forrest kick your butt?'" -  Jackson, commentating on CA police quick wit

***Pretty shallow week for quotes even with a fight coming up this weekend.***

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