Quotes About Combat

I have great striking, really great striking, and I hit very hard.

I just love striking.

I believe in my striking game against Weidman's wrestling. He's complete in every aspect of the game, but I'm confident in what I do.

MMA is very difficult; you can't just be good at wrestling. You need striking, kickboxing, jiu-jitsu and countless other things.

I know there's not a man in the world in any of the striking arts that would just run over me.

Cinematically speaking, there's more of a striking appeal to karate. It's kicking and punching action. Jiu-jitsu is dudes rolling around and wrestling.

For my striking, I've learned to adapt it right off the bat for MMA. Even my jiu-jitsu, I adapt it very much for MMA.

I came to a realization in 1999 of how important striking was going to become in this sport because it's the most efficient way to finish a fight.

My striking isn't the prettiest, and I hit really hard.

I understand everything Ronda Rousey is gonna bring that day. I don't think she's gonna be able to deal with my striking. She's gonna be really surprised when I touch her, when I connect on my punches.

Uriah Hall is on the level of Anderson Silva's striking.

I've had some 'riotous excursions of the human spirit' alongside the young Sailors and Marines, and it's time to leave the stage to the young leaders who got their rank the old-fashioned way - they earned their stripes in combat.

If Mayweather wants to come over and fight in the UFC, then do it. It's hardcore here, though. I don't think it'll be a stroll in the park. Granted, he's the best boxer ever seen, just about.

Typically, when someone gets a choke on me, I have a pretty strong neck. It's usually hard to choke me.

I hate the stereotype that women who fight are 'butch' or 'wannabe men.' It's nice to be able to embrace being a beautiful, strong woman.

I don't think getting punched in the face is too fun. I keep going because this is what I am. Every time I fight, this is why we live. We have to feel this. That's how we become stronger. That's how we become champions.

Fighters today are much bigger, stronger and quicker and not only that but referees, judges and doctors back then were very strict and if your head got busted up the fight would be stopped.

When it comes to strength, I reckon pound for pound I'm one of the strongest in the whole UFC.

I was shot down by a fifth ball, which struck me squarely in the face, and passed out.

You'll never see me go into a fight and struggle to get up for it. I understand first and foremost what's at stake.

I've seen the struggles and the heartache and the pain that goes along with being in the fight game.

I don't feel my opponent's power. I feel something happening when I get hit, but I don't feel power.

I break people's faces. I break their arms. I break their legs. That's a part of the sport. That's my job. That's the job of the opponent who's trying to do the same thing to me.

I don't respect any opponent when I'm in the ring.