Sparring is probably the best cardio, but strength training is the best way to prevent the kind of injuries that come from roadwork and sparring.
I see martial arts as moving forms of meditation. When you're sparring or drilling techniques, you can't think of anything else.
I started doing MMA and boxing at the same time - I always wanted to try an MMA fight to see what it was like. I had one fight, and I was hooked.
I will never let another man disrespect me. I don't care if we sparring or fighting.
People say that I'm a boxer. I actually started with kick boxing, and then I moved onto boxing, and then I moved onto grappling.
Conditioning is the most important thing in MMA.
I've sparred with lots of people and played around with everybody.
Forget about jiu-jitsu and wrestling - I'm a boxing guy.
When I was part of McGregor's sparring camp, I struggled to find words to compliment him; I knew he couldn't fight from the first moment we sparred. It's very hard to find nice things to say about his skills. Perhaps his best attribute is his intensity, but he has to do it cleanly.
MMA has evolved. When you look at an MMA fighter's skill set, boxing has to be a big piece of it. All of them have a boxing coach now and strive to have a good stand-up game, knowing that to be a complete fighter, you have to tend to your striking skills.
When I was younger, growing up in Pittsburgh, they had a 'Golden Gloves' program through the Boys and Girls Club. In Pittsburgh, New York, Philly, Washington, those areas, I would go and spar at competitions.
When I see wrestlers fight, they train a lot of boxing because they don't want to end up on bottom.
And I love kick boxing. It's a lot of fun. It gives you a lot of confidence when you can kick somebody in the head.
I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.
I've fought tactical fights in a gym, but never in a fight before.
Training's training; boxing's boxing. Everyone does the same kind of stuff: they spar, they train, they do whatever they do to prepare for fights.
My martial arts background is Tae Kwon Do.
I had to get up run in the morning for 2 hours, go to the gym and also get good opponents as sparring partners because I'm a big believer in that how you train is how you will fight at least when it came to me that's how it worked.
Don't tell me that the rules prohibit you from hitting a guy up top. You have a whole target area above his knee up to his neck that you can hit.
Ever since I was 10 years old doing jiu-jitsu, I've done well against the tall guys.
I did boxing for three years, and that was very nice. It's a hard but great, great sport. I really love the training aspect of it.
I've done taekwondo striking my entire life.
When I started to strike a lot back in the days I lost a little bit my jiu-jitsu. It's normal.
MMA has a referee, and you're wearing gloves. I'm in there with another volunteering participant that's out there to win some prize money.
Sparring is not as tough as a fight.
