Cage: While you're at it, why don't you call my agent?
Blade: Do I look like your secretary?
Shang Tsung: We had a deal, remember? Mortal Kombat continues. I'm simply changing the place, as we agreed.
Johnny Cage: Going to a little tournament, he said. Be good for the career, he said. Yeah, right.
Johnny Cage: Those were five hundred dollar sunglasses, asshole!
Johnny Cage: [to Goro] This is where you fall down.
Johnny Cage: I'm in a hostile environment. I'm totally unprepared. And I'm surrounded by a bunch of guys who probably want to kick my ass... it's like being back in high school.
Liu Kang: You can look into my soul, but you don't own it.
Liu Kang: Shang Tsung killed my brother.
Shang Tsung: You're mine.
Grandfather: Spare him, my lord Raiden. American life has enfeebled his mind. Too much television.
Shang Tsung: We are here to fight in Mortal Kombat. Tomorrow the great Kombat begins, and now a taste of things to come.
Shang Tsung: Johnny Cage, I challenge you.
Liu Kang: No! You'll fight me. I am Liu Kang, descendent of Kung Lao. I challenge you to Mortal Kombat.
Shang Tsung: You will be next.
Liu Kang: We're fighting for the fate of the world.
Johnny Cage: You know, you gotta admire her. When she sets her mind on something.
Liu Kang: It's not her mind you're admiring.
Johnny Cage: It's true.
Scorpion: Come here.
Johnny Cage: Don't worry, I've got a plan.
Sonya Blade: Oh, I can't believe this! You are the most egotistical, self-deluded person I have ever met.
Johnny Cage: Yeah, well you forgot good looking.
Princess Kitana: If I did not believe in you Liu Kang, I would not have helped you. In the Black Tower, you will face three challenges. You must face your enemy. You must face yourself. And you must face your worst fear.
Scorpion: Get over here.
Lord Rayden: You're a coward, Sorcerer! Stand and fight.
Shang Tsung: We are not alone.
Answer: Since the entire fight is focused on Liu Kang and Reptile, he could have possibly waited to see what the outcome of the fight was.