Logan Paul Quotes

I don't really follow MMA.

I'm really not too big on MMA.

MMA is my love.

I've been involved in mixed martial arts since 1997 when I first started working for the UFC.

Back in '93 I saw my first UFC fight and just became enamored by it then.

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

I never planned on going into MMA or anything like that.

In my teenage years, I started kickboxing, then did a little boxing. When the UFC and MMA exploded in the early 2000s in the U.S.A. and Japan, I saw a way to make money and a career.

I love the UFC. I love it. If they had had that back when I was coming up, in 1966, it would have been my sport. Man, I love it. And you know what? Nobody would have pulled the rope-a-dope on me.

I've been to fights, and I've seen them on television, but no, I would not call myself a fan of the sport, that particular sport, no.

I've got to give props to my dad. He got me into the UFC and the MMA scene to begin with.

I have always been a big fan of combat sports - ever since I can remember, it was something that appealed to me and something that I thought I would be good at.

All combat sports are connected.

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

I've always been a UFC fan, and I like McGregor and the way he promotes it.

I used to laugh at MMA and say 'do you know what a boxer would do to an MMA guy?' and then I got educated on the truth.

The thing about mixed martial arts is you have to know every single martial art in the world or you're at a disadvantage. So, there's so much to learn. I have to know wrestling. I have to know kick boxing. I have to know boxing. I have to know karate.

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.

My goal is to make wrestling more like mixed martial arts.

I pretty much focus on all the main styles out there, karate, wrestling, boxing, jiujitsu, just pretty much anything within MMA.

I've been training for Ronda Rousey since my first fight in the UFC.

I'm an all-around fighter. I do everything. I've got wrestling; I've got Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and I've got striking.

For sure, the UFC and MMA became way bigger than boxing.

In U.S., there are lot of good fighters, female fighters. Lots of different sparring partners. So it's good.

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.