Quotes About Combat

You beat a dozen armed men single-handed? Oh aye, sir, said Wee Mad Arthur slyly, but it was nae fair, I had them outnumbered.

Jon Jones is a great fighter.

If they call me to fight Jon Jones, I'm ready to fight anyone in the UFC.

I'm here to be the greatest combat sports heavyweight of all-time, and if that includes taking out Jon Jones to do that, then that's what I've got to do.

I lost my fight to Jon Jones because Jon Jones is a better fighter.

All my body is ready for Jon Jones. He cannot break me. I will break him.

Full disclosure, Jon Jones is someone that I emulate as a fighter. I think he's one of the most complete fighters in the game. I think he's one of the most dangerous men in this world and that's, honestly, who I'm trying to fight like.

I've beaten Jordan Mein. I've beaten Tarec Saffiedine. Some people might have said I beat Stephen Thompson. I beat Robbie Lawler. These are the greatest strikers in our sport, but I'm the only one out of all those guys that outstruck the best strikers, and I still don't get the credit for being the best striker in our division.

You know, when men perform in combat, they're expected to perform well. That's part of being masculine. And when one of them doesn't perform well, that man alone has let the team down, and that man alone is judged for it.

I went to Juilliard, for God's sakes. I know a little something about combat.

I know I'm always ready when I jump into the ring.

I'd fight any beast in the jungle, you know?

There's nobody better than me, especially Junior Dos Santos.

I can fight at any minute. It's like nature, like a second language, you just do it.

I had my first fight at UFC 13, and it was just one of those things that become second nature to me.

Violence doesn't feel good. Justified violence feels great. And fighting solves everything.

I'm a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and 2nd degree in karate, and I'm a licensed bodyguard.

I was into basketball, football, karate, boxing.

Machida Karate is for real combat. Other karate may be not for real combat because there are many rules for the competition, and a lot of the rules aren't good for real combat - you can't do some takedowns, you can't finish the fight on the ground. Machida Karate is very different.

I did karate.

I earned a black belt when I was in high school. And I did a lot of boxing and full contact karate in college.

First I tried karate but I didn't like it because it was boring. There was no action like you see in the movies.

My style of fighting is to go down and trying to finish the guy and trying to end fights, not laying up because I'm winning the fight, just keep going after it.

The only thing Kevin Lee does better than me is talk and sell fights like that. I sell fights my own way, inside the cage.