Demian Maia Quotes

There's just a spirit about you that it's such a beautiful art form in which you can implement strategy in order to subdue another individual. And I really feel like that's in wrestling and UFC; we're kind of - we collaborate in that way.

I was a wrestler. I played football, lacrosse. After high school, I got into jujitsu. I boxed my whole adult life.

Wrestling is a team sport, and an individual sport all rolled into one.

I'd say I just fell in love with trying to knock people out really quick instead of letting the fight develop.

I have a very good ground game and very good wrestling. People just underestimate it. That's it. I want to keep it like that.

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.

It's all matchups, and I knew that I matched up well against 'Rumble' Johnson.

In the division, yeah, I believe I have the best ground game.

If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic.

Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk.

I've done jiujitsu a huge chunk of my life, and I try to spend a lot of time educating people on the nuances, the subtleness of the ground game. It's a big part of mixed martial arts.

Put the fight on the court, and you will have a chance to win.

In most cases, in this sport, for guys to advance in this sport, you gotta fight. If you don't fight, you're not making it, because it's too competitive.

Wrestling is not an action; it is a sport.

There are a lot of great fighters in this sport, but they just don't bring what I bring to the table.

I go in to fight just to fight. I don't care about submissions, the technique and all of that.

I just really like ground and pound. The way I do it, it looks like I'm just throwing bombs, but there's some technique to it too. I make sure I'm controlling the hips, palming his face to the ground, just little things like this that make sure that the ground and pound works and I'm not letting him tie me up to where I can't throw punches.

Fights are all about styles and matchups.

The fight game has never been just about winning.

MMA is a sport. We go out here and we do battle. Everybody has family, friends, they train really hard.

I think Kevin Lee is an excellent fighter who fights well on the feet, has evolved in that area, but his strongest weapon is wrestling, not jiu-jitsu.

To me, it's just another game of football - 11 players, a grass pitch. Regardless what shirt I have on, it's important you win the game, and I'm competitive as anyone, and I want to win every game, whether it's a Sunday league game, a five-a-side tournament, or a World Cup qualifier.

I have wrestling. Yes, I do; my background is wrestling. I have knockout power. Just because I don't go out there and use it all, you don't have to use it all to win fights.

There's a lot of games played, a lot of snaps played over the long haul.

Every fighting career is different.