Dave Bautista Talks MMA Career, Brock Lesnar, WWE Return, Compares Vince & Dana, More

Recently, former WWE superstar Dave "Batista" Bautista was interviewed by Brian Scocia for "The Scocia Network" and discussed a number of topics. Subjects included; last minute opponent change, coughing during matches, MMA, criticizing WWE, Brock Lesnar and much more. Here are some of the highlights:

On switching from Rashid Evans to Vince Lucero as his debut opponent: "It shook me up a little bit, yeah. I was coming in for a guy that I trained to fight for eight weeks. Now, I'm kind of in a little bit of the unknown fighting a guy that's had 43 pro fights.

On what it feels like going into his first professional MMA contest: "Butterflies, I'm a bit nervous but excited at the same time. A lot of times, you can reallt use that energy and really focus it and use it to your advantage. That's what I'm hoping to do."

Comparing Vince McMahon and Dana White: "I think [Dana] stole Vince's playbook. I think he's doing the same thing for MMA that Vince did for professional wrestling. I really think that he's used Vince's guidelines, I really think he stole Vince's playbook. Even with making UFC more entertainment-based and letting the fans get to get a personal outlook on the fighters. I think that the way that he's bought up the smaller organizations and absorbed their talent and things like that."...More?