Scott Coker - The Fight Game

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Brian Rose

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🗓️ 14 August 2016

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

Scott Coker is the President of Bellator MMA and former founder and CEO of Strikeforce.

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Chapters:
00:00 Trailer.
02:26 Brian’s thoughts on the episode.
04:56 Brian’s Introduction.
05:31 Why Scott likes London.
06:26 The Gracie family who created competitions for Martial Art fighters.
08:39 Why Tito Ortiz and Lennox Lewis were at the pre Bellator 158 O2 event press conference.
10:16 How Brian became interested in MMA.
11:19 The evolution of MMA competitions.
14:06 Cross-training is now the way forward for MMA fighters.
16:08 First Strikeforce MMA promotion a record breaking sell-out success.
21:14 High and low points for Scott and the Strikeforce fighters.
29:48 Why agreeing to Strikeforce being bought by the UFC was not a happy time for Scott.
31:59 For Scott, the raison d’etre is not just about fighting, prize money and promotion.
35:24 The two moments that saved MMA sport.
41:40 Scott and Dana White have a different way of working, but their organisations are collectively growing MMA.
44:47 How does he think the UFC will change now it is owned by WME.
45:59 The call to run Bellator, making changes and nurturing new talent.
54:14 Bellator events now broadcast in 151 countries leading to invitations to organise events internationally.
57:27 Fighters have to be entertaining to fit in with the Bellator entertainment sports business.
58:44 The shock of the death of Kimbo Slice and memories of him.
1:07:26 James Thompson v Kimbo Slice cancelled rematch. Fighters that lose the big fight never get over it.
1:11:00 The circus or fun shows, but also the hard core fights.
1:18:52 Scott’s thoughts on Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz, Ronda Rousey, Gina Carano, Jon Jones.
1:30:12 Success secrets.
1:40:03 Phone call to 20 year old Scott Coker.
1:42:16 Best advice ever received.
1:43:47 Advice to the 20 year old who wants to be like MVP or Paul Daley etc.
1:45:26 Brian’s summing up.

Notes:
Scott Coker on Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Coker
Scott Coker on Twitter
https://twitter.com/ScottCoker

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Yeah? Yeah.
0:01.0	You ready, Louise?
0:02.0	Yeah?
0:03.0	Yeah.
0:04.0	Okay, let's do it.
0:06.0	Okay, let's do it.
0:07.0	And... Don't accept mediocrity.
0:15.0	Shoot for the stars or you could do it anywhere in between.
0:20.0	It's really up to you.
0:21.0	People that have their own businesses will have to have that mindset.
0:26.0	My father's vision really was, let's see who the best fighter is.
0:29.7	Martial arts were so fragmented back then that this really kind of put them all together.
0:34.0	Yes, it's a professional prize fight business, but there's something behind for me that's much deeper and much more spiritual than just being in a fight.
0:47.0	Because you're a great fighter doesn't mean your martial artist,
0:51.0	don't mix it two up.
0:54.1	I love this.
0:54.8	They won't have to pay me, I still do it. And the I'm going to be. So, When it comes to fight promotion, there's not many men who have been there and
1:47.2	done that. Old school, oh geez, Scott Koker is one of those men. I think he had his first fight that he promoted back in 1985.
1:57.5	He was one of the pioneers when it comes to mixed martial arts with the Strike Force organization in California and now with Bellator
2:05.0	MMA. He did big things. He put on the very first women's MMA bout. He did an eight-man heavyweight
2:12.0	tournament that included people like Fedor Emilia Manko.
2:16.0	Incredible things that he was a part of and now he's doing even bigger things with Bellator.
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