Quotes About MMA

In this sport, the good thing about the UFC and MMA in general is a lot of it's based on perception.

I would love to fight Ronda for the belt. I would love to avenge my loss and fight her again for what that means to me. I don't know what it means to her, but to me, that's what it would look like for me in perfect world.

I didn't really have intentions of fighting in MMA; it just kind of fell into place. Once I started fighting, though, I loved it, and I walked away from kickboxing right away.

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.

It's not like I was saying, 'Oh, I want to make it to the UFC one day,' because the sport wasn't big enough then that a guy could have this as his job.

I'm a big fan of Anderson Silva.

I'm a big fan of Conor, and I'm a big fan of Khabib.

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

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

I always seek the biggest challenge and MMA is the biggest challenge.

As a fan of this sport, I am gutted to see 'Jacare' lose. To be matched up against him and to have the honor of fighting him, it blew my mind.

I used to laugh at MMA and say 'do you know what a boxer would do to an MMA guy?' and then I got educated on the truth.

I have to know jiu-jitsu and wrestling, but I'm a boxing guy.

As far as MMA, I want to say there's maybe five guys that do jiu-jitsu that have an actual level of understanding when it comes to boxing.

I want to bring the PFL to Brazil. I want it to be famous in Brazil. This is my big goal. Not just fight but I want to help the PFL grow up.

Out of Brazil, they're always gonna have another Wanderlei Silva, another Minotauro, another Anderson Silva.

There are several rivalries in MMA and vale tudo history, like jiu-jitsu vs. luta livre and Chute Boxe vs. Brazilian Top Team. SBG and Pitbull Brothers can start another one that can last a generation.

I decided to pursue MMA after training Brazilian jiu-jitsu for about a year and seeing my first fight. I told myself, that looks scary but I think I could do that.

I think a fight with Will Brooks would be nice.

I like Bryan Caraway a lot; I used to train with him. I consider him a friend.

I always admired Dana White as a great businessman that always believed in MMA and helped our sport to grow around the world.

Kimbo Slice sucks. He's terrible.