Spike Pres: Coker is ‘just a giant step up’
“They feel like he’s honest, he’s straightforward, he puts on great fights and he promotes really well. I think it’s just a giant step up from where we were.”
Spike TV president Kevin Kay spoke to the media last week, and gave Scott Coker rave reviews after just seven months as president of Bellator MMA. A vision of future ‘big top’ events was seen on Nov. 15 at Bellator 132, with huge video boards, glitzier promo packages, and a new entrance ramp.
“Fighters just love this guy and camps and management and people, they want to be in business with Coker,” said Kay as transcribed by Marc Raimondi for MMAFighting. “They feel like he’s honest, he’s straightforward, he puts on great fights and he promotes really well. I think it’s just a giant step up from where we were and I feel like the organization is in great hands and the future is really bright. I feel like we have a lot of potential to grow now.”
“Now, the gloves are off in a sense. You can go to a guy and say, we can give you three or four fights in a year, but not in a tournament. If you lose, then you have to start from scratch and go back in the tournament. It was so complicated. I feel like we have a tremendous commitment to getting free agents.”
“He has the relationships to talk to everybody. He’s with Fedor. He’s talking to Brock, he’s talking to Gina. These are people he’s known for years, so we are in a better position to potentially land those people.”