Rashad Evans Quotes

It's interesting because my Mixed Martial Arts upbringing is less Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which is the traditional thing that people study.

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

People say that I'm a boxer. I actually started with kick boxing, and then I moved onto boxing, and then I moved onto grappling.

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

I'm too long, I'm too rangy, I can box, I can kick, I can wrestle, I can do jiu-jitsu.

I train in Muay Thai, kickboxing, traditional boxing, wrestling, jiujitsu, and a little bit of judo.

I like all styles of MMA, my first classes in the sport were BJJ but I prefer to stand up.

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.

Ali could only fight a couple of ways. I can fight five or six different ways.

I think martial arts, in general, shaped my wrestling style. I think I grew up as a martial artist as a kid.

All combat sports are connected.

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

I love striking, but MMA and Muay Thai are different.

MMA has evolved. When you look at an MMA fighter's skill set, boxing has to be a big piece of it. All of them have a boxing coach now and strive to have a good stand-up game, knowing that to be a complete fighter, you have to tend to your striking skills.

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

People see a lot of my standup, and that's what I'm known for since I was trained in karate and kickboxing, but I also have ground game.

I need to improve my striking and my wrestling, but I always be best at jiu-jitsu.

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

I'm almost certain that no one at featherweight or lightweight wants to go to the ground with me.

I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.

What people don't know is that I'm a blackbelt in jujitsu, which I've been for 20 years, and I've been boxing since I've been 15 years old - those are things that come natural to me.

I definitely want to fight after I'm done wrestling.

I trained karate in 2001 to fight Heath Herring.

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.