Fight Rules Quotes

My second fight at UFC 1, I fought Ken Shamrock. In the fight I choked him. As soon as he tapped, I let go. He tried to continue, but the ref got kind of stuck like, 'should I let it go or stop the fight.' That's when I looked at the ref and I said, let it go, we're going to continue.

In boxing, you have the 10-second count but we don't have it in MMA, and that's what makes this sport better.

I thought if you tapped out, you lost the round. Come to find out, you actually lose the fight.

The controversy was that Chad Dawson thought he was in an MMA fight and not a boxing match.

It's a very funny topic, missing weight and getting title shots. I think the punishments should be more severe, but I don't know.

I enjoy fighting here in Japan under the regular Dream/Pride rules with the ring and the whole rules criteria.

Does anyone in the UFC actually follow the rules?

I used to be in a street fight at least twice a week, so locking me in a cage with somebody, with a set of rules and a referee to jump in if something get ugly, and a time limit, like, it don't scare me.

There's no rule that states you must touch gloves before a fight.