Fightline.com: Andrei Arlovski is another fighter recently mentioned as likely to leave the UFC. Do you have any interest in signing him?

Gary Shaw: Yeah, absolutely. Arlovski is a great figher. Comes from Chicago...I'll roll out the red carpet for these guy. Remember, Kimbo right now might be the most sought after and the most well known fighter; including all those fighers from the UFC. Let's be honest, who's bigger, Rampage or Kimbo? It's not even close. I can walk on Hollywood and Vine, I can take him to Chicago, the streets of Florida, Broadway and 42nd street; people will start screaming to Kimbo out of the windows of their car. They don't know Rampage. You know, if a fighter wants to get marketed he needs to come with Gary not Dana. He needs to come with EliteXC not the UFC. If he wants to be in someone shadow he can go to the UFC. Guaranteed you'll never get a suntan because you'll always be in Dana's shadow. And I like Rampage. Rampage is a great character and Rampage should be a star, but as long as he's in the UFC the star is Dana White. Just look at the MMA magazine, it's got Dana's face on the front of it. That's not what it's about. It's not about the people that run the organizations. That should be the focus. Get the ESPN magazine, the number one sports magazine in the world. Who's on the cover? Kimbo. That's what the games about. And after May 31st, guaranteed Kimbo will be the single most recognizable face in the world. I'll walk with him and Fedor and nobody will know Fedor, guaranteed.

Fightline.com: I gotta say, Kimbo is getting a ton of exposure recently. I just saw him presenting at the Country Music Awards of all places.

Gary Shaw: Exactly, because the UFC is run by a jazzercize instructor and EliteXC is run by a real promoter.

Be sure to check back with us soon for part 2 of our three part series with Gary Shaw where Shaw goes in depth about Kimbo Slice and his future, talks Jake Shilds vs. GSP and criticizes the UFC's handling of Brock Lesnar.