"Cowboy Karate" founder and submission wrestling expert Dennis "Superman" Hallman (40-12-2) along with his Victory Athletics teammates Cory "The One" Devela (9-2), Brian Caraway (10-3), Len Bentley (3-2), and Steve Hadsel (1-0) entertained the local media and fans at a special open workout session at Vision Quest Sport and Fitness in Auburn, Washington on Wednesday, June 17, two days before their respective bouts on the Strikeforce Challengers mixed martial arts (MMA) event at ShoWare Center.

Hallman, who was originally scheduled to take on Cedric Marks, will face Justin Davis (11-7) on Friday.

The five competitors took their skills to Vision Quest's mats and demonstrated their superior wrestling skills for which Victory is known.

Below are interesting quotes from each of the fighters on hand:

Dennis Hallman:

"I've had a couple of opponent changes. Justin Davis stepped up at the last moment. He's a bigger guy so I'm going to go up in weight and fight him. He's got good knockout power so my gameplan is going to have to be to neutralize his striking, take the fight to the mat where I'm the best in the world, and finish the fight with a submission."

On his future in MMA: "I want to get the win and, then, things are kind of up in the air. I want to fight some more and build myself into a title contender and see if I can land a title."

Cory Devela:

"I want to show everybody I'm better than I was before. Before, I was kind of untrained and slacking in my work ethic. Now, I've trained a lot harder and I'm definitely going to show it Friday."

On Friday's matchup with Luke Rockhold (4-1): "I've worked a lot on my stand up. From what I've seen this guy isn't going to want to stand with me anyway. He's going to try and shoot in and wrestle with me and that's my strongest point, especially from having Dennis Hallman as my coach."

Bryan Caraway:

"I'm really excited to fight in Strikeforce. This is my home state so I'm going to have a lot of friends and family out there on Friday. That gave me a lot of motivation to train as hard as possible for this fight."

"I'm fighting a guy named Alex Zuniga. I've watched most of his amateur career. He's not super technical in any area. I think I'm quite a bit better in every area, but he's got power and he's explosive

and he's got an unorthodox style. If I stay nice and tight, it should be a pretty nice and easy victory for me."

Steve Hadsel:

"I'm in the best shape I've been in. The guy I'm fighting - I think I've got better ground (skills) and better stand-up skills. I think I'll probably end it in the first or second - always with a knockout or a TKO."

Len Bentley:

On Friday's matchup with Marques Daniels (1-2): "I know he's tough. He's a very athletic opponent. He's not going to get tired. I've seen him fight. He fought one of our teammates (Sterling Ford) before. He's dynamic, but he's a small 155 pounder. I feel like my boxing outclasses his. My grappling, for sure, outclasses his. I want to keep the...