Quotes About MMA

Wrestling used to be land of the giants and I think MMA has opened he door for smaller, more athletic competitors to climb up the card in wrestling and be top draws and main event.

As far as women fighting in MMA, I don't like it when the division isn't deep. I don't like to see a woman who's so much better than everybody else smashing other women. That's tough to watch.

For so many years, people have used the expression 'poster boy of British MMA,' but I've never seen myself as that; I certainly never described myself as that.

I know I can beat Jon Jones.

I respect all the fighters. I respect Jon Jones. I respect Chris Weidman, but I'm here for working.

I did what Jon 'Bones' Jones couldn't do, and that was finish Bader in a minute and fifty-six seconds.

Jon Jones is a great fighter.

You've got Jon Jones, for instance. That guy is the best, one of the best fighters in the world, but he's a cheater.

Without a doubt Jon Jones is one of the greatest fighters in history, and, of course, we do see errors that we'll try to exploit.

Jon Jones is the best fighter in history.

I've beaten Jordan Mein. I've beaten Tarec Saffiedine. Some people might have said I beat Stephen Thompson. I beat Robbie Lawler. These are the greatest strikers in our sport, but I'm the only one out of all those guys that outstruck the best strikers, and I still don't get the credit for being the best striker in our division.

I've often felt that it was important to have an MMA media association, not so much to fight battles and things of that nature but also to teach a lot of the younger journalists.

I train with top guys like Chuck Liddell and Lyoto Machida, I have trained with Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez, and nobody have ever dominated me.

I've been the best fighter in the world at kickboxing - they can't take that away from me - but when I started in MMA, I realized how great this sport is. It's the ultimate combat sport, and that's why I want to be the world's best at it.

I've been a heavyweight in boxing, in kickboxing. I'll do it in again in MMA.

I didn't come from wrestling. I didn't come from boxing or kickboxing.

A lot of my kicks are unique to MMA and the fight game in general. I wouldn't say that it's on purpose, but more because I've had success doing them and using them. I just use them more often.

I'm confident in Kings MMA.

After my last fight with Woodley, I ended up hurting my knee so I was out for almost six months.

No more flying knees against Fedor Emelianenko, no more getting back with my hands down like how it was against Rogers. I just can't do that anymore.

Dominick Cruz can't knock anybody out. He's got grapes for hands.

Nobody believed when I knocked down Mark Hunt.

My second bout with Cro Cop was the hardest. I had a serious injury in my eye during the fight and he knocked me out in the second round. I think it was the closest I've been to death.

Ben Askren had never been knocked out when I got a hold of him.