Lyoto Machida Quotes

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

I need to improve my striking and my wrestling, but I always be best at jiu-jitsu.

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.

I learnt a blend of different martial arts - not in great depth, obviously - but various moves such as kicks, blocks and punches. It was all quite fun.

There are lots of jiu-jitsu fighters who finish fights and have good MMA jiu-jitsu, but I think I've applied techniques which I can teach other people.

Nobody wants to be trapped inside that cage me. They don't want to be cut by my elbows, they don't want to get hit by any of my kicks and they don't want their conditioning checked by me.

I love striking, but MMA and Muay Thai are different.

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

From early on in my career, I was always challenged to create things. Early in my career, I created 'ground and pound.' When I fought Royce Grace the second time, I developed that: stay on guard, follow the hips, press the legs down, press the hips down. When he rested, I ground and pounded him.

I've learned about every aspect of MMA.

If you trained jiu-jitsu his whole life, why would you trade punches on fight night against a striker?

I'm an all-around fighter. I do everything. I've got wrestling; I've got Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and I've got striking.

I vigorously train in my jui jitsu and my wrestling, but my stand-up game gives me a huge advantage in defending take-downs.

I trained in kick-boxing and Muay Thai.

I tried martial arts classes for three weeks, but I quit because you actually get hit. I just want to do the movie kind of martial arts.

The movie style of fighting is completely exaggerated with over-the-top movements. You'd get completely hammered if you fought like that in a real fight situation.

I don't take a guy down just to hold him, I look for damage and submissions.

I made some adaptations, as I combined karate with my boxing game. I'm adding a couple of nice things from Shotokan to my game.

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

My timing and pressure is the definition of MMA.

This is mixed martial arts, so you have to be good at everything.

I almost want to ask the judges, 'If you don't count leg kicks, if you don't count body kicks, why not?' So if you don't think they're effective in the scoring criteria, they're not effective striking, effective grappling, so how about I kick you in the body, I kick you in the leg, and you tell me how that feels?

Everybody that I fight always avoids jiu-jitsu.

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

MMA has evolved. When you look at an MMA fighter's skill set, boxing has to be a big piece of it. All of them have a boxing coach now and strive to have a good stand-up game, knowing that to be a complete fighter, you have to tend to your striking skills.