Sam Sicilia Discusses Signing With Bellator MMA

MMAjunkie recently interviewed Sam Sicilia, who discussed his contract negotiations with Bellator MMA and signing with the promotion. Below are some highlights.

Sicilia on signing with Bellator MMA: “I felt really heard (during contract negotiations). It’s really not a big step backwards (from UFC). It’s a different company, but you still get a shot at beating the big guys and being in the big fights. A lot of guys are moving there. It just feels like a good fit to be around.”

Sicilia on his fights in the UFC: “I was being sold off as a brawler and was playing my role a little bit. They would put this fight together, because they want two brawlers, so I thought, ‘I’ll just go brawl with him.’ I wasn’t so much focused on winning as I should have been.”

On his losing streak: “It sucks to say, but I’m on a losing streak, which sucks to say as a competitor. With the UFC it felt like no matter what there’s a long time between every single fight. It wasn’t because anything that I was doing. Even when I was on a roll I couldn’t get another fight for seven, eight months. It’s hard for momentum to get going either way. You lose, you want to get back in there and redeem yourself, and that doesn’t happen. Then when you’re on a roll and you get the biggest knockout of your life, it’s like, ‘Throw me back in there.’ And you don’t get that, either. It just wasn’t good for me.”

Sam Sicilia on wanting to create a winning streak: “I won’t be a guy that just simply exists in Bellator and go back to the win-lose-win-lose. I’m ready now to put it all together and get this winning streak going. This first guy has to be when my losing streak comes to a screeching halt.”