Michael Chandler Quotes

I know MMA isn't for everyone. It is a combat sport; some people don't like watching it, but it is entertainment for some people.

I love MMA. I love the sport of it.

You can never have enough wacky in MMA.

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

I'm more into MMA than any other sport. I watch a lot of the UFC fights. I have since it first came onto the scene.

I'm in the UFC; this is a sport about fighting. If someone wants to fight me, or someone wants to fight someone else... you're here to fight each other, so I get it.

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

The fans want to see more. They're there to see fights, they want to see more, they want to see people get put unconscious, whatever. But you can't get put in those spots.

But that's the great thing about MMA, you know, you can never predict what's going to happen.

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

I remembered watching the first UFC. You couldn't get it on TV. They were doing it bare knuckles. No gloves. I wanted to do that.

We always want the knockout or the submission.

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.

The Hendricks/Lawler fights, those were just epic. Both were non-stop. I couldn't stop watching, and it was hard to look away. I watch those as a fan, and to see two guys fighting like that for 25 minutes is crazy.

I've been to fights, and I've seen them on television, but no, I would not call myself a fan of the sport, that particular sport, no.

MMA was like wrestling; I love competition.

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

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

I like fighting, man. I didn't get into this sport not to fight. I enjoy fighting; I actually enjoy getting in the cage.

MMA is so exciting. It doesn't matter if you know the rules or not. If you like a fight, it's automatically gonna draw you in.

The heart of the sport is about the top guys fighting each other. This isn't WWE; this is fighting.

The greatest thing about fighting a guy like Dave Rickels: He always comes to fight.

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.

Ground and pound is my thing, everyone knows that.

Those deep, dog fights - I love that. That's why I fight.