Robert Whittaker Quotes

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.

A good wrestler, with good jiu jitsu and great boxing, can beat Fedor.

I've been involved in mixed martial arts since 1997 when I first started working for the UFC.

I love MMA.

I have to know jiu-jitsu and wrestling, but I'm a boxing guy.

There's no question in my mind that the times I was in my prime, I was the most well-rounded fighter out there - or in the world. I was the one who knew how to kickbox. I did kickbox and muay thai, I competed in events in Japan, and I was a submission specialist. Going into the UFC for the first time, I was the most well-rounded fighter there.

Jiu-jitsu is my strong suit, but I trust my wrestling and my striking.

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

I'm really not too big on MMA.

The thing about mixed martial arts is you have to know every single martial art in the world or you're at a disadvantage. So, there's so much to learn. I have to know wrestling. I have to know kick boxing. I have to know boxing. I have to know karate.

I pretty much focus on all the main styles out there, karate, wrestling, boxing, jiujitsu, just pretty much anything within MMA.

Growing up, I always wanted to play a fighter.

I've been training for Ronda Rousey since my first fight in the UFC.

When you think that in the '50s there was wrestling and boxing - that was it. There wasn't mixed martial arts at all; there wasn't even karate in the United States.

What people don't know is that I'm a blackbelt in jujitsu, which I've been for 20 years, and I've been boxing since I've been 15 years old - those are things that come natural to me.

MMA is my love.

Ali could only fight a couple of ways. I can fight five or six different ways.

I trained karate in 2001 to fight Heath Herring.

I have always been a big fan of combat sports - ever since I can remember, it was something that appealed to me and something that I thought I would be good at.

All combat sports are connected.

I don't really follow MMA.

I really love fighting.

If I were to fight Khabib, guaran-damn-tee you I would throw him from his feet to his back and beat him like in sambo like a five-point move in wrestling. That's my background.

I used to laugh at MMA and say 'do you know what a boxer would do to an MMA guy?' and then I got educated on the truth.

This is a fighter sport.