Alistair Overeem Quotes

Jon Jones is a great champion, but me in my prime, I was devastating. I was vicious. Nobody could stop me. Of course I could beat him in my prime.

Brock Lesnar is a big challenge for me because he's a big guy: very, very strong, very, very powerful, very, very fast. I like the challenge. Brock Lesnar, for me, would be a very good fight.

Wrestling is the ultimate martial art.

If you're going to lose to somebody, losing to a guy like Brock Lesnar is not something that people will laugh at. Brock is arguably one of the top ten fighters on Earth.

Brock Lesnar is a very big guy.

I put myself in a position where I made wrestling an option for me. I don't have to wrestle. I don't have to take another shot for the rest of my life if I don't want to. I have good enough hands, good enough boxing, good enough timing to strike with anybody in our division.

I think the elements to shock the world is either the ability to wrestle and grind somebody out or the ability to knock someone out.

One of the toughest guys in the world is Randy Couture - he is the true epitome of what a tough guy is.

Everything about me is favored towards wrestling.

There are always going to be detractors who will say I don't look like I'll be able to hang with Brock Lesnar. But Brock's a freak of nature, and I don't know anybody who looks like they can 'hang' with Brock Lesnar. But anyone can be choked out in seven seconds.

But wrestling used to be the same as boxing or mixed martial arts. It used to be about conflict, having a fight, who's going to win.

I always try and use my jiujitsu to win fights. That's my favorite method of securing victory.

I train everything: I train wrestling; I train jiu-jitsu. I like to suplex people. I like ground-and-pound, but in my fight, I never have the opportunity.

If people will pay to see it, I'll fight anyone in any sport.

There's just a spirit about you that it's such a beautiful art form in which you can implement strategy in order to subdue another individual. And I really feel like that's in wrestling and UFC; we're kind of - we collaborate in that way.

I want to be eventually be the best wrestler out there, be the best grappler out there, along with being the best striker - be all of them at one time.

I'd like to think I'm a hybrid to where, if you had to pick, where would you say I'm weak? I can outwrestle guys; I can outgrapple guys. I can put your lights out, and I have a gas tank for days. I can do it all.

It's always interesting to see Brock Lesnar fighting - and getting beat.

Wrestlers from Japan and Canada are very tough.

When I was with WWE before, I was a big guy throwing people around - power moves. Then after that, when I left WWE, I was like, 'I still enjoy professional wrestling,' but some of the smaller guys look up at me and say, 'I don't wanna wrestle him. I don't wanna get thrown around by that guy.'

I would love to fight Brock Lesnar. He's a massive dude.

I really want to utilize my MMA knowledge in my WWE performance.

I think I bring a different flavor to the game, both inside and outside the Octagon.

I'm usually looking to wrestle and grapple, but I guess the knockouts just happen.

Wrestling has always been a dominating force in UFC.