Alexander Volkanovski Quotes

I started competing on boxing, so I have my hands. I'm an O.K. wrestler, so why not?

I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.

Growing up, I was always a fan of wrestling, but I was also a fan of MMA and stuff.

I'm really considering getting into amateur wrestling and getting into more tournaments. I'm looking into going to do some Jiu-Jitsu tournaments. I'm looking into everything.

While wrestling in college as a junior, it came to a point where wrestling just wasn't enough for me anymore. I love wrestling, but I felt like I was missing something, and so the striking part about MMA, the boxing and kickboxing, was what got me really interested in MMA.

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

I feel like my wrestling and jiu-jitsu is so underrated.

I played rugby league, I probably played for about 10 years I think, and I wrestled before then. I did about a year of wrestling, and I think I got a bit tired of the tights, so I started to play football with the mates. I used to be a front rower, the big guys up front. I used to be 97 kilograms, which is like 210 pounds, or something like that.

I don't need MMA, but I love fighting. Those are very different things.

I like to compete in everything - I like to compete in jiu-jitsu, I like to compete in wrestling and Muay Thai, and if I have a chance to compete in boxing one day, why not?

I believe in my wrestling and I believe in my jiu-jitsu.

I wrestled in high school, so I actually have a bit of a base in grappling.

MMA was like wrestling; I love competition.

MMA in my opinion is the hardest sport in the world, no doubt.

I have never been in a cage fighting UFC. It would be nice to try.

I was a wrestler and now I teach jiu-jitsu, but they're obviously different in many ways. However, they do kind of translate.

Pro wrestling has absolutely helped my fighting.

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

The NFL, boxing, jiu-jitsu - I did that. I'm proven at what I can do.

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

Honestly, I would love to fight Henry Cejudo. You've got that gold medalist in the Olympics, I would love to test myself against that.

Guys play basketball and get hurt, and that's probably the easiest sport on the planet. We're actually fighting every day. We're wrestling; we're grappling.

Wrestling has always been a dominating force in UFC.

Mixed martial arts is great, and it's here to stay.

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.