MMA Strategy Quotes

Obviously, throwing leg kicks in the first round is not smart, but it's something that I can really utilize in the later rounds to both score points and look to finish the fight.

I wouldn't argue that Anderson Silva is the best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA.

I think I'd do pretty well with Fedor.

Max Holloway, I know I can beat him.

You know Rockhold is a very good athlete and great fighter. He is a champion in Strikeforce, in UFC.

I think T. J. Dillashaw and Demetrious Johnson - I'm a bad matchup for both of them.

I think Cormier and I would be a great fight. I will do everything I can to make it happen.

I have no intentions of getting in a UFC cage at all!

Frank Mir is gonna be my toughest fight in my UFC career. It won't be easy.

To beat Henry Cejudo, you might have to bring an AK-47 and a couple dudes.

There's no easy fights in the UFC.

Werdum's the champ for a reason. He's good at jiu jitsu; like he says, he's gotten better on his feet.

When St-Pierre retired, it brought a lot of enthusiasm to the weight class, and things got shook up.

I know I can beat Jon Jones.

I get to fight a tough dude like Koscheck, and then a title shot if I win? It's great.

I consider my MMA training starting the day I set foot in Urijah Faber's gym.

I'm too busy with entertainment to think about anything else. No one knows this sport better than I do. I've been a fan of this sport since UFC 1 in Denver. I've followed this sport, I've been obsessed with this sport, I've trained with the best of the best, and I've fought the best of the best.

The Brazilian circuit is very different. There are no easy fights, every gym only puts in their best guys to fight.

The UFC has a mind of its own. Whatever they want to do, I'm down for.

MMA's not like a game like basketball, for example, that if you're winning by 30, 40 points and there's just five minutes left, you can do whatever you want because the guy isn't going to beat you. In MMA, you can get beaten in the last minute of the fight, or the last second of the fight, so sometimes you've got to be safe.

I think anybody that is going to stand with Nick Diaz and try to throw down, that is a big mistake.

For some reason, that's the title they're giving me: ''The Ultimate Fighter' Destroyer.'

I want a rematch with Mousasi more than anything.

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.

M.M.A. is growing, and it's a basic wrestling sport. A lot of fighters are ex-wrestlers. A lot of guys take the easy way out, make quick money.