Submission Hold 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.

I've heard that I could be facing Randy Couture. That would a great.

When you've got your man down, rub him out.

I will always go for the submission instead of hurting my opponent.

Submitting is always the most important thing to me. Victory first, but with a submission is what I always want.

Jon Jones, grow up, bud. We're going to fight regardless of how you feel. And when we do, and I'm cutting the line, and you might as well pull the guard because I'm taking you down.

If I was going to build a logical defense for myself in a match against Hulk Hogan, I think I would try to work on his legs. Take out any mobility.

I hope to have more than one main weapon. I have the Phenomenal Forearm as we're calling it now, the Calf Crusher - the Styles Clash is still available. I like to have a lot of alternative moves to hit people with, and whatever seems to work is what I'll go with.

There's no drama like wrestling.

It's one thing to get somebody down on the ground, but it's another thing to finish him there.

I wrestled almost everybody.

Rear-naked chokes are easy? Yeah, it's easy to get, but people are getting better at defending it.

You know when I fight, I'm going to sell out the show. Everyone wants to see someone get knocked out or tapped out.

During a fight with Anderson Silva, I slipped on an imaginary banana peel.

It's the most important prize in WWE, the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. You'll do anything and everything to keep it and to get it, and that includes putting your body on the line and doing whatever it takes.

I always go forward and try for the knockout or submission. I'm going to finish my opponent. I'm not going to try to win by decision.

People always go to the ground with me trying to just hold me. They stall and wait for the referee to stand them back up so they can start it all over.

If you want the belt, you have to go drive it through and try to get it like I did against Miesha Tate.

Getting choked out feels a lot better than getting knocked out.

Don't look forward to me putting on the trunks and knee braces to get back in the ring and stomp a mudhole in somebody and walking it dry.

One of the fun things about wrestling is that you can do a move and leave your stamp on the business forever.

I'm a big fan of the calf slicer, some moves that aren't always done inside the octagon.

I'm tried of D'arce, D'arce, D'arcing people, but if I have to D'arce somebody else up, the D'arce Knight will return.

I'm the one. I know I'm the one. I have the style, I have the wrestling. I know I'm the one to beat Demetrious Johnson.

We always want the knockout or the submission.