Derrick Lewis Quotes

My strength is my wrestling, but I don't focus on it as much. I try to focus on a lot of different things like knees, elbows, submissions, and submission defense - just a lot of different things.

Wrestling is different than MMA or boxing or really any other contact sport in that you can't really draw along an opponent.

I know I have great grappling myself, and I know how I do with submissions.

I've been working on wrestling aside from MMA. That is something that I wasn't doing in the past so I'm getting more confident in my wrestling. I learned that I didn't know a lot about takedowns, it's a really big gap and I'm catching up and learning a lot.

It's MMA - anything can happen. You can throw a punch from one knee, a punch from anywhere.

One element of wrestling that I know what I grew up with we put a lot of emphasis towards was the takedown. But, you could win an Olympic championship and never score a takedown, and I don't know if MMA fans are even aware of that.

I work on armbars, triangles, anaconda chokes, guillotines and rear-naked chokes. Basic, simple stuff. I just wanna go there and win the fight, I don't wanna invent too much and try doing fancy things.

I'm a great defensive wrestler.

When I grab guys in the clinch, it's very tough for them to get away and I'm pretty good with my Greco takedown.

Obviously wrestling is a core component of MMA. And among UFC fighters, my take-down defence is considered quite high.

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.

I was never an upper body wrestler. I am a shooter.

My comfortability is always going favor the grappling side, that's the path of least resistance. But, I don't need necessarily need to force the takedowns like I used to before.

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

Catch wrestling is pro wrestling, if you look at the ground moves and the rule set. It's just about learning the art of it for yourself.

I'm good everywhere. I can defend the takedowns. I can get a guy down if I want them. I can keep it standing and strike. I can do it all.

When I grappled, I never even trained for a grappling match.

I'm a wrestler, a very polished wrestler and some of my best attributes in wrestling are my scrambling ability and my clinch.

When I touch Ronda, I'll always try to get the knockout. But if we go to the ground, I'll be ready for anything.

I vigorously train in my jui jitsu and my wrestling, but my stand-up game gives me a huge advantage in defending take-downs.

Everyone knows I'm going to come in there and I'm going to stop your takedowns.

Grappling is my style.

A good wrestler, with good jiu jitsu and great boxing, can beat Fedor.

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

Don't care about catch-wrestling. I only care about Jiu-Jitsu.