Quotes About Combat

I know how to control the distance, I know how to counter real good.

Derek Brunson is aggressive, knows how to close the distance, but couldn't do anything against Anderson.

I would like to have had that experience of combat. I would have liked to.

I wanted to experiment with more deliberate combat but I never wanted to lose that DNA of what 'God of War' is.

I believe, just in the ring, I'm explosive.

I had 12 years in the Army before I ever faced combat.

Manny Pacquiao always makes a fake move that I know too well. He fakes a charge forward and then looks like he is going to follow with a one-two. That's a common fake he has.

Whenever you're falling or getting tackled, try to protect yourself. But that's part of the game; that's part of football.

In judo, you get your arm broke. You get choked. You can tear your ACL.

When things are right and things are focused, it's a game to me, and I'm there just stalking and punching and grabbing and tearing people up.

Lesnar is a bully. I'd hurt him and show him that he couldn't hurt me. That doesn't sound too technical, but in a fight with Brock Lesnar, you need to go after him.

I'm not knocking the other sports; I love other sports. There's a competitive and a technical level of them that I won't understand, probably, to a certain extent, but I've done a lot of other sports competing on college teams, and there's just nothing like fighting.

I was a born fighter before I got technical, and that's still in me.

I know I'm the least technical guy in the sport. Most of the champions or guys at the top are real martial artists.

A guy with my size and speed, the technical savate kicks can be very dangerous for a heavyweight.

I have jumped out of airplanes but I was not technically a paratrooper. I was an infantryman and a night fighter, anti-terrorist.

Bundu is a very good fighter. He's experienced and technically sound, but he can be awkward.

Derevyanchenko is a come forward fighter. He's going to bring a lot of power and speed with good technical skills. He calls himself 'The Technician' but we'll see how technical he is once I start putting my jab in his face.

Listen: I'm a fighter. I'm a brawler. I'm a boxer. But I'm a technician as well.

There are some big guys like Greg Hardy and Francis Ngannou. If I have very good technique, I might not still win because they are big and strong.

When you punch somebody in the ring, you have to use your whole body. I learned that it's more about technique than physical strength.

This is a full-contact sport. It's the objective to disable your opponent, even if sparring or a real fight. You've got to use your technique.

When push comes to shove, I'm a fighter, and I'm going to force someone to fight. It takes a lot of technique, it takes a lot of skill, but to take that, and make something of it, it's a lot of heart and a lot of determination, and that's something I have. That's who I am.

I like ground and pound; I don't know if it is like a technique or discipline. I like to be on the ground, but I don't necessarily go for submissions or anything.