Quotes About Combat

Boxing is sort of an inevitability. We know they are going to be pounding each other.

Lightweights are heavier and bigger than me. I walk around 166 pounds, and other lightweights come down from 198, so they are stronger than me.

Sometimes I wish I could just fight at 155 pounds.

Go back and watch my old footage, man. Go back and watch my old fights. I knocked people out at 170 pounds.

I can easily make 125 pounds.

I'm used to compete at 135 pounds, and I know I will always be shorter than my opponents.

I like hitting people. The best feeling is when you hit so hard, pow! You get a jarring headache.

It's not just boxing I'm considering, it's K-1 too. That's something I've always liked.

Politics, as the cliche goes, is a full contact sport. When you choose to play, you're going to get hurt.

To me a fight is a fight, it's not a contest or a martial arts competition, it's a fight.

In a fight, you don't need much context for drama. You watch a fight, and that's it.

The Marine Corps taught me how to kill, but it didn't teach me how to deal with killing.

There's a clamor among the Salvadoran people to combat corruption.

In boxing, you have the 10-second count but we don't have it in MMA, and that's what makes this sport better.

You have to win every battle. Every small metre counts, and you have to win your duels. Then you will see you will win the game.

It takes a lot of courage in that cage no matter who you are.

Everyone knows some day I'm gonna beat the crap out of Seth Rollins - that would be awesome. I'd love to beat the crap out of him. I'd just love to have a great match with Seth Rollins.

The first time I crawled into the octagon, I just felt like an animal, you know? Like a creature, like I wasn't quite human.

I'm not just a guy that will walk in the ring and somebody's going to walk across and crush me.

Cruz is a little too athletic for Faber, Faber is flat-footed.

Dominick Cruz, that would be a fun rematch.

You can see the love I have for the sport. Blood, cuts, scars... I love fighting. I'm going to do it for as long as I can.

The learning curve, and the things that you have to adapt to on a daily basis in the UFC, is pretty crazy. It's a huge burden for anybody to have: not just the fighting itself but learning how to deal with the other responsibilities.

When it comes to damage, boxing will cause more damage than MMA ever will.