Rashad Evans Quotes

There are a lot of sports that New Zealand does very well but MMA is a truly global sport and it's practiced in the farthest reaches of this earth.

Madison Square Garden is one of the best fighting venues in the world.

Everybody in Sweden knows MMA now. It's mainstream.

For sure, the UFC and MMA became way bigger than boxing.

UFC is not a competitor to the WWE because we are entertainment and UFC is competitive sport. It's very different.

I have fought all over the world, and I am excited to be in 'EA Sports MMA' because this game is going to show the global appeal of mixed martial arts.

I don't really follow MMA.

In MMA, it's a sport, but it's entertainment, too.

I've really valued each area of MMA.

Mixed martial arts is great, and it's here to stay.

I respect all the fighters. I respect Georges St-Pierre because Georges has a great story in the UFC. I respect all the fighters in here because this is the biggest sport in the world.

I'm a really big UFC fan.

It's a dream of mine to be a mixed martial arts world champion.

I have a lot of respect not only for the fighter but the man Vitor Belfort. I think he has done a lot for the sport, and we all have to respect him.

Give me a sport that is greater than wrestling, that's more dominant than wrestling and with more champions in fighting than with wrestling. There isn't. The sport that's king is wrestling.

People often say, 'Ah, ultimate fighting is so violent,' but it's rooted in martial arts. Martial arts incarnate respect. You can't walk into a dojo and say to your sensei, 'Hey, salut tabarnac!' After every one of my fights I go and shake the hand of my opponent. I don't need to hate the other fighter to fight him well. It's a sport.

I've never wanted to be a cage fighter myself, but I definitely do enjoy the entertainment of it.

Martial arts just normally would not draw me to the box office.

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.

Back in '93 I saw my first UFC fight and just became enamored by it then.

Fighters find it hard to give up doing what they do best - fighting for a living.

I do cagefight commentary in my spare time.

I don't know if I would personally want to step in the cage and either have my face caved in or cave in somebody else's, but I've met some really beautiful and sensitive and morally pretty stout individuals who happen to be fighters. It's really awesome.

I love watching 'UFC' - Ultimate Fighting Championship - I don't know why, because I'm more of a coward than a fighter, but I seem to be very drawn to these blokes actually smashing each other to bits.

I picked up a lot watching Ultimate Fighting. I studied martial arts. But I had an idea to be different, to portray a character people would like.