Fedor Emelianenko Quotes

I'm a huge kickboxer and I love to train that way.

I go to gyms quite a bit, martial arts gyms, MMA gyms. I try to train with the best people, with who's who in the martial arts, just to keep myself sharp.

Boxing is sport. Is good. Not just for bad guy.

When you fight MMA, there are so many things involved, so many techniques, that you just can't do everything or you'll over-train.

I have nothing against nobody in the UFC. This is a sport for me.

My brother has the potential to become one of the top guys within Strikeforce. He had a very busy personal life; therefore, he wasn't training as hard as he should, but if he's going to pick up his training, he will be a danger for every fighter.

I train twice a day, and I make sure I eat right. I'm an avid tea drinker, and I enjoy the benefits of drinking MateFit. It gives me energy, speeds up my metabolism and helps me shed excess water weight. I also do everything from MMA sparring to strength and conditioning. I make sure to do a combination of different things with my training.

For my whole career, I didn't have sparring partners. I was frustrated when I came to the UFC because, after a few minutes of the first round, I would feel dead because I had no sparring partners.

I remember the first time I stepped into the ring at age 16. I loved hitting things... but who likes getting hit?!

Boxing, Jiu Jitsu, some good old-fashioned wrestling and plenty of cardio. You name it, it's part of my routine.

I've always loved kickboxing.

It's always a pleasure to watch a Gracie winning. We were born fighting.

I have a cage at home, I have a cage at all the gyms I train.

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

I do a bit of Brazilian ju-jitsu when I can. I like a bit of that.

I like to train and then step in the cage and do my job. This is the thing that I like to do.

I've always loved to fight. I love what I do, and that is why I've been doing it for so long. I really enjoy fighting and competing at a high level. I love getting in there and getting after it.

UFC has done a fantastic job of establishing the biggest leading brand in mixed martial arts. Years ago, many people didn't know what MMA was nor understand the sport.

I can go down to 145. I can kick everyone's butt there.

First I tried karate but I didn't like it because it was boring. There was no action like you see in the movies.

One thing I took - you know, especially from boxing at a young age - from my coach was, if you're a jiu-jitsu guy, and you only cater your training to jiu-jitsu, there's going to come a day and time in your career when you face a guy who is a great wrestler, has great takedown defense, and he's going to make you look silly.

I love this fight game. I'm passionate about it. I feel great about it.

My Jiu-Jitsu is very MMA focused. I was not the best striker, and when I considered becoming a MMA fighter I just focused to improve my BJJ.

I tried a bunch of things, like Jiu Jitsu boxing classes. I don't know why, but I did.

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