Derek Brunson Quotes

I have great striking, really great striking, and I hit very hard.

I'm very good at submissions from the ground. I have good takedowns and good striking, so I'm pretty well-rounded.

Uriah Hall is on the level of Anderson Silva's striking.

I already knew a lot about the ground aspects of MMA, being a wrestler, but there was so much more. There was kicking, punching, and other things I wish I could have done as a wrestler. It really stoked my interest.

Cerrone, he's a very good Muay Thai guy, very long.

Uriah Hall is just a dynamic striker. He mixes it up well on his feet, that's where I expect him to be good at.

MMA embodies a lot of disciplines of sports with footwork and with football, especially with the punching technique you get the hand and eye coordination.

Woodley has tremendous athleticism, brings a lot of technique - well-rounded fighter.

I'll use wrestling if I need to in fights, but maybe I'll fight another wrestler, and you'll find out how good my striking is.

I'm really good with fighting with my feet.

I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.

A lot of people might sit back and watch Dominick Cruz doing his footwork, and say, 'Oh, Dominick Cruz just dancing around, and he runs away.' It's a totally different atmosphere until you get in there, and you actually experience it.

I've really taken a lot of time to work on my Karate, worked on my kickboxing, and Muay Thai.

I have to know jiu-jitsu and wrestling, but I'm a boxing guy.

I'm a vale-tudo fighter.

I practiced everything, from my BJJ to wrestling, judo and Muay Thai.

I spar with Nick and Nate Diaz... those boys know what they're doing; they can throw their hands.

Dos Anjos, his wrestling and grappling is supposed to be good, but I feel my Jiu Jitsu, wrestling and striking is way better. I'm better than him all across the board.

There's no question in my mind that the times I was in my prime, I was the most well-rounded fighter out there - or in the world. I was the one who knew how to kickbox. I did kickbox and muay thai, I competed in events in Japan, and I was a submission specialist. Going into the UFC for the first time, I was the most well-rounded fighter there.

Carlos Condit does the best job of being the counterstriking guy that is very elusive.

Anderson Silva is a tough guy, man. He's dangerous. He's got heavy hands, and he's not afraid to throw them. He's a dangerous opponent for anyone.

Of course my base and my favorite thing is striking, and I will do a lot of striking because I love this game.

Jiu-jitsu is my strong suit, but I trust my wrestling and my striking.

I work with one of the best striking coaches in the world, Henri Hooft.

I believe in my striking game against Weidman's wrestling. He's complete in every aspect of the game, but I'm confident in what I do.