Ashley Greene Quotes

I started training for MMA when I was 18 years old. My jujitsu coach told me, 'Amanda, you should try MMA.' Since that moment, I got in love with this sport and haven't stopped.

I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.

I've really valued each area of MMA.

But I got into MMA for the sport. I love fighting.

For the last years now I've had my own academy where I train Brazilian Jujitsu and Tae boxing, Muay Thai everyday.

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.

Georges St-Pierre is a good fighter who is proving his place in MMA with every fight.

I was trained by, at the time, the toughest man in the world. Not according to him, either. His name is 'Judo' Gene Lebell, and he trained Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris. He's the godfather of MMA.

I got into the UFC after six months of training. I started doing jiu-jitsu, had my first fight, tried out for 'The Ultimate Fighter,' and got on.

I already knew a lot about the ground aspects of MMA, being a wrestler, but there was so much more. There was kicking, punching, and other things I wish I could have done as a wrestler. It really stoked my interest.

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.

One of the reasons I started pursuing MMA was for all the similarities to pro wrestling that it has.

It's interesting because my Mixed Martial Arts upbringing is less Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which is the traditional thing that people study.

I'm very well-rounded. It's mixed martial arts.

I'm more into MMA than any other sport. I watch a lot of the UFC fights. I have since it first came onto the scene.

I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.

My view on wrestling in MMA is changed a lot since I started really doing it.

Obviously wrestling is a core component of MMA. And among UFC fighters, my take-down defence is considered quite high.

I found wrestling when I was 11 years old. About two years later, I convinced my mom to let me rent my first UFC tape. I was fascinated by the sport.

My last year of football I started having a couple of MMA fights, and bringing the weight down. It started in the pre-season of football, just to keep fit, and I did really well.

Everyone else is a mixed martial artist. I'm not a mixed martial artist, I'm a brawler.

I remember watching Anderson Silva fight Dan Henderson at UFC 82. I had never really watched MMA, but I looked up to Dan Henderson. He was a wrestler, like me, but also a tough, powerful mixed martial artist.

I'm a huge UFC fan. I train. I do jiu-jitsu, taekwondo.

When I was 14 years old, I said, 'Mom, I want to fight MMA.'

I train with the best team and the best gym in the world at American Top Team, and we know how to fight.