Roy Nelson Quotes

I'm a guy who's in there everyday with world-class grapplers feeling that pressure.

I do a lot of crazy stuff. People that have watched me know my grappling game is of the regular map that you'd see in a jiu-jitsu class.

I know that my grappling is up there with any grappler in the division.

I'm a two-time world champion in jiu-jitsu. I can try to submit you.

I have a great jiu-jitsu game and I'm awesome at submissions.

I'm usually looking to wrestle and grapple, but I guess the knockouts just happen.

My jiu-jitsu is very simple and basic.

Nobody has seen my jiu-jitsu, but I have really good jiu-jitsu. I submit black belts.

I've done jiujitsu a huge chunk of my life, and I try to spend a lot of time educating people on the nuances, the subtleness of the ground game. It's a big part of mixed martial arts.

I'm the best there is in jiu-jitsu.

I don't classify myself as a wrestler, I'm a grappler.

I practiced everything, from my BJJ to wrestling, judo and Muay Thai.

Everybody wants to see this fight. Everybody wants to see these fireworks. They want to see that explosiveness. They want to see me throw Khabib on his back and get that five-point motion with this U.S.A. wrestling. Because if wrestling was easy, it would be called Sambo, my friend. Straight up, I'm going mop that dude up.

I think I've already won the most important titles in Brazilian jujitsu and grappling.

I would never say 'Demian Maia jiu-jitsu.' I created lots of things that became known, but it's all Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Catch wrestling is pro wrestling, if you look at the ground moves and the rule set. It's just about learning the art of it for yourself.

I wanted to train jiu-jitsu instead of capoeira because the mat was soft. It was better than training capoeira on the hard floor. I started reading jiu-jitsu magazines, reading about the world champions, and becoming one of them became my goal.

Don't care about catch-wrestling. I only care about Jiu-Jitsu.

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

There are lots of jiu-jitsu fighters who finish fights and have good MMA jiu-jitsu, but I think I've applied techniques which I can teach other people.

I always try and use my jiujitsu to win fights. That's my favorite method of securing victory.

I think martial arts, in general, shaped my wrestling style. I think I grew up as a martial artist as a kid.

I train everything: I train wrestling; I train jiu-jitsu. I like to suplex people. I like ground-and-pound, but in my fight, I never have the opportunity.

I think it's stupid to say a guy who has trained in jiu-jitsu for as long as I have is just a stand-up fighter. I have trained with some of the best black belts in the world. I am comfortable on the ground. I can fight wherever the fight goes and not be concerned.

I have a Gracie background and a Matt Serra background so I've always used jiu-jitsu but it takes a while to reach black belt level.