Quotes About MMA

Sonya Deville was originally supposed to be NJ Deville to help me keep my MMA nickname of 'The Jersey Devil' after debating back and forth we agreed on Sonya Deville.

The biggest thing I learned is that when Dana says retire, you should retire. Otherwise, you will blow your knee out before your next fight.

I respect Fedor a lot, he's an example in our world. I would give him this rematch, for sure.

MMA is a sport. We go out here and we do battle. Everybody has family, friends, they train really hard.

I try to understand the sport more and more as I develop, and I try to be a better fighter overall and work on everything, not just every aspect, I try to combine it too. I work on it every day, and I try to be a better fighter in every practice.

I do think that maybe, sometimes, I get overlooked. I think it's maybe because I don't present the average image of an MMA fighter.

Since I introduced the Russian kettlebell to the West in 1998, it has become a mainstay in the training of champions in sports ranging from powerlifting to MMA to triathlon. Elite special operations units have made the kettlebell an integral part of their training. They have discovered that kettlebells deliver extreme all-around fitness—and no single other tool does it better.

I think Mixed Martial Arts is going to be a huge thing coming up in pro wrestling, and I like to think of myself as one of the first guys to try and implement that into my style.

Discipline. Honour. Respect. This is why I appreciate MMA.

I've been involved in mixed martial arts since 1997 when I first started working for the UFC.

My idea is to have two bases. I keep my family in Rio, and when I have a fight scheduled, I will come to Vegas to train here at Xtreme Couture, which I consider the best place for a MMA fighter to be.

Jose Aldo, he's a stud, and I would be honored to be in there to throw down with him.

Chris Weidman is a stud.

Gustafsson is a stud, man. He's a good fighter.

I do MMA and things like that, so any chance I get to do my own stunts, I love it.

I think I'll finish Cruz faster than I finished Barao. Cruz has got a crazy style. But I think I'm going to finish him quicker than I finished Barao.

Aang is an Airbender, and he became the Avatar after the last one died. He has to realize his destiny as the Avatar by mastering all of the elements - earth, fire and air. For me, I feel like I'm mastering all the different styles or elements of MMA. It's my destiny to become the Avatar of this game.

I like all styles of MMA, my first classes in the sport were BJJ but I prefer to stand up.

I pretty much focus on all the main styles out there, karate, wrestling, boxing, jiujitsu, just pretty much anything within MMA.

MMA is a full combat sport comprising 36 different styles of fighting including karate, judo and kung-fu.

I've had five submissions in the first round. I have 3, 4, 5 knockouts. I've had decisions. I've had grinding fights.

The striking game is always a lottery game, so I prefer to take the safe situation. Submission is the best for me. I'm the guy looking for it all the time.

Brock Lesnar will never be able to beat me because he has no submission skills. What's he going to do, knock me out?

I think it would be much easier to submit Mark Hunt than to knock him out. The guy has a pretty good chin, he's not the easiest of guys to put away.