The Weekly Wrap: May 23 - May 29

Quoteworthy

“It’s hard to match up with Machida karate. That’s my base. Some guys have a base in jiu-jitsu; some have a base in muay Thai. My base is in Machida karate, and it’s a difficult style to understand.” -- Lyoto Machida at the press conference following his win at UFC 98.

"You know how excited people are going to be? They want that… he's a Mortal Kombat guy, out of a f------ movie. People want that s---, they want karate, they want the bow, people love that." -- Joe Rogan to Dana White in the cage following Machida's victory at UFC 98.

“Our plan was to finish Kid because we assumed that he was [Dream’s] champion and [Dream] wants to keep him a champion. The one guy that scored it for Kid -- that’s something that I expected. I’m just happy the other two judges saw the way that the fight went.” -- Joe Warren following his victory over Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto.

“I have almost no experience of being on the bottom, and no real experience grappling with my opponents. I played his game, and I didn’t want to lose by grappling.” -- Yamamoto following his loss to Warren.

“I know I ran into a left jab, and I thought I was knocked out on my feet for a second, but when I went back, I thought, ‘Oh my god, am I still here?’ So it’s like facing your fears and it’s just incredible. I haven’t slept right the past couple weeks, just thinking about this. I’m glad it’s over.” -- Jose Canseco recounting his MMA debut against Hong Man Choi.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to sleep so well.” -- Dream event producer Keiichi Sasahara on the strong television rating Dream 9 delivered.

“I was kind of frustrated and just had to burn off some steam, so I just went for a jog.” -- Sean Sherk to the Sherdog Radio Network’s “Beatdown” show explaining his exodus from the MGM Grand immediately following his UFC 98 loss to Frankie Edgar.

"I don't got no worry about winning fights. I've got no worries about (my) skills. The only worry that I've got going into fights is (my gag) reflex." -- David Faulkner talking about trouble with his mouthpiece on this week's episode of “The Ultimate Fighter.”

“She has to train, at least in submissions. Because think about the rape position. What position is that? Oh, you’re in my guard. Think about the sport of jiu-jitsu. It’s supposed to be a weaker, smaller person fending off a bigger, stronger person, so, absolutely, my daughter has to train.” -- Jens Pulver to Sherdog.com about letting his six-year-old daughter train to fight.

The Week Ahead

All the run-up to WEC 41 headlined by the Mike Thomas Brown-Urijah Faber rematch and the second Strikeforce card on Showtime headlined by Robbie Lawler vs. Jake Shields and Nick Diaz vs. Scott Smith.