Amanda Nunes Quotes

I've really valued each area of MMA.

Yeah, I get to fight in 'Eclipse.' My trainer is teaching me MMA right now. So. Cool.

But I got into MMA for the sport. I love fighting.

I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.

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

I was trained by, at the time, the toughest man in the world. Not according to him, either. His name is 'Judo' Gene Lebell, and he trained Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris. He's the godfather of MMA.

I got into the UFC after six months of training. I started doing jiu-jitsu, had my first fight, tried out for 'The Ultimate Fighter,' and got on.

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.

I didn't really have intentions of fighting in MMA; it just kind of fell into place. Once I started fighting, though, I loved it, and I walked away from kickboxing right away.

One of the reasons I started pursuing MMA was for all the similarities to pro wrestling that it has.

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

I started doing martial arts since I was 12, and then I went into wrestling in college. After I met John Hackleman, I started getting really serious about it, and after a few amateur fights, I got an invite to the UFC and have been in love with it ever since.

I'm very well-rounded. It's mixed martial arts.

When I went to college, I came across MMA. My first reaction was, 'No, I don't want to fight. I just want to learn jujitsu.' I didn't know what UFC was; in my mind it was this violent, ugly sport. But when I watched my first amateur fight, I fell in love with the sport and thought it was beautiful.

I'm really into jujitsu. I'm a purple belt. I love it. It's a big part of my life.

I've done a lot of training in martial arts. I started out in warring tempo, I did sports jujitsu, and I've also practiced extreme martial arts.

I actually take karate and tae-kwon-do. And so I love sparring and grappling and all that physical stuff. I studied a hybrid form of grappling, sparring, and self defense; it's more of a 'get yourself in shape,' and if you want to take it to the next level, so you're really learning valuable skills with self defense, and I really enjoy it.

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.

For the last years now I've had my own academy where I train Brazilian Jujitsu and Tae boxing, Muay Thai everyday.

Georges St-Pierre is a good fighter who is proving his place in MMA with every fight.

When I train for a fight, you roll around, you catch someone in a move, you let them go. You just let go and keep going.

I watched the UFC way back in the day, before there were time limits. I always knew it's what I wanted to do some day.

This is mixed martial arts, so you have to be good at everything.

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

I train with the best team and the best gym in the world at American Top Team, and we know how to fight.