Michael Chiesa Quotes

I know that my grappling is up there with any grappler in the division.

I miss submitting people; I have a lot of confidence in my jiu-jitsu.

I train everything: I train wrestling; I train jiu-jitsu. I like to suplex people. I like ground-and-pound, but in my fight, I never have the opportunity.

I come to grapple.

I'm a two-time world champion in jiu-jitsu. I can try to submit you.

I know I have great grappling myself, and I know how I do with submissions.

I'm a catch wrestler, so I used catch wrestling in Mixed Martial Arts.

Nobody has seen my jiu-jitsu, but I have really good jiu-jitsu. I submit black belts.

MMA was like wrestling; I love competition.

I'm ready for anybody. If it's John Dodson, if it's Demetrious Johnson, if it's Joseph Benavidez, I'm ready for whichever one, whoever wants a piece of me.

I think the only thing that happened when I fought Jim Miller is that I was a just kid, he had way more experience. I was winning the fight, landing punches and trying to get 10 submissions at the same time, and Jim Miller went for one attack only, a kneebar, and got it. His experience made the difference.

I don't have to prove anything else in this MMA world.

I always try and use my jiujitsu to win fights. That's my favorite method of securing victory.

I do a lot of crazy stuff. People that have watched me know my grappling game is of the regular map that you'd see in a jiu-jitsu class.

Everybody that I fight always avoids jiu-jitsu.

I'm a fighter now. I'm officially a mixed martial artist. I'm not a wrestler no more.

I'm a great fighter all around the board.

I believe in pure jiu-jitsu. That's what I've done in the past.

I've got good jiu-jitsu skills, good wrestling, good ground and pound, good power on my feet, good strikes.

Being a black belt from the Nogueira brothers, I have the obligation to always defend myself well on the ground.

I like ground and pound; I don't know if it is like a technique or discipline. I like to be on the ground, but I don't necessarily go for submissions or anything.

I'm a huge UFC fan. I train. I do jiu-jitsu, taekwondo.

I think I've already won the most important titles in Brazilian jujitsu and grappling.

I'm usually looking to wrestle and grapple, but I guess the knockouts just happen.

I train jiu-jitsu and judo with the best guys there is, and the best guys for ground and pound.