Submission Grappling Quotes

I'll fight anyone the UFC wants me to beat and defeat them.

I want everybody on Fox to see my fighting style, to really become a fan of the sport.

MMA is my love.

There's a teacher at the Renzo Gracie Academy in New York named John Danaher. He's leading this whole group of fighters named the Danaher Death Squad, and they're revolutionizing how that world works. I actually went and signed up for classes mostly because, man, if there's innovation like that happening in New York, I want to be around it.

It's interesting how Khabib fights but to me it's just boring, it's lazy.

I'd like to see him fight at 135 for the championship. I want to see how good Demetrious Johnson is or how far he could take it.

I'm a vale-tudo fighter.

I love MMA. I love the sport of it.

I believe in my jiu-jitsu.

There was a time when guys just had a specialty, like boxer or wrestler or jiujitsu guy. Then came guys who could blend taking you down with also being able to kick your head off.

Everybody that I fight always avoids jiu-jitsu.

Coming from a standing background in striking, I couldn't catch up to the guys with 20-plus years of training on the ground. I had to learn submissions. I found out it wasn't an easy road. I had six losses in a row, but I still felt I was the best fighter in the world.

I grew up watching 'Vale Tudo' and Marco Ruas. I fight imagining the bouts from a past generation, when everything was legal.

I'm really not too big on MMA.

I believe, if I beat Demian Maia, it's going to be very hard for the other top guys to go around me.

In my first interview in the UFC, I asked them to throw me among the lions. I wanted to fight the best, and that's what the UFC did. Ex-champions, future champions - that's what I wanted.

People try to compete with the UFC but we're the best at what we do.

Obviously, I'm trying to keep improving at everything, from the wrestling to the jiu-jitsu to the striking to the transitions, every part of my MMA aspect.

I've got good jiu-jitsu skills, good wrestling, good ground and pound, good power on my feet, good strikes.

One of the guys I've always said was one of my favorite fighters to watch was Sakuraba. He's always been really creative. He's got a great attitude, and I think he has the right approach of just going in there and letting it all hang out.

I've always loved the fight with Khabib.

My uncle used to fight Vale Tudo, and my mother even cornered him in some of his fights.

Do this rubber guard stuff and I'll punch you in the nose.

I need to improve my striking and my wrestling, but I always be best at jiu-jitsu.

I think it's stupid to say a guy who has trained in jiu-jitsu for as long as I have is just a stand-up fighter. I have trained with some of the best black belts in the world. I am comfortable on the ground. I can fight wherever the fight goes and not be concerned.