Quotes About Combat

I'll respect any man that walks into the ring but people like Eddie Hearn and Joe Gallagher who've never taken a slap in the mouth in their lives shouldn't be disrespectful towards me and other fighters.

I don't want the belt, I want Michael Chandler's head.

I've been into martial arts since I was 12. I had black belts in a style called Tang Soo Do, and also I kickboxed for a number of years.

The difference between me and other black belts is that I truly believe that jujitsu can be used in all aspects of MMA, because it was created to do that. If you train hard, it will work.

Ben Askren is a joke. The guy has no skills.

Ben Henderson is a unique challenge.

Brock Lesnar is a very big guy.

Brock Lesnar is a big challenge for me because he's a big guy: very, very strong, very, very powerful, very, very fast. I like the challenge. Brock Lesnar, for me, would be a very good fight.

Entertainment is a big part of MMA and it is unique.

Beating a guy like Bader, that's a big thing.

I wasn't a big guy. People thought the big guys would eat me up. But it was the other way around. I loved to fight bigger guys.

The biggest challenge is learning how to psych yourself up into believing in yourself as you walk into the Octagon.

Bisping will fight to the bitter end but does not love the fighting.

If it bleeds, we can kill it.

Obviously, I can't break my mental block in the Octagon.

I do what I do for a job. This is fighting. This is a bloody sport. It's not a nice sport.

My own father used to boast to me of biting off a man's ear in a street fight.

I saw Bobby Green and Lando Vannata, and everybody in the back was like, 'Oh, man, that's a sick fight!' And I'm like, 'Dude, look at his face, that cannot be good for his brain.' I'm just honest.

So with the skinnier guys, you definitely want to make sure you get a body on them; that's how you take away big guy's length, by getting into their bodies.

Usually in a battle sequence when a bomb is going off, you forget you're acting.

I like to throw bombs.

I'm not a boxer.

You can't act being a boxer. It's like being on stage.

I think I'm a boxer, but then when I get hurt, I'll start scrapping.