Joseph Benavidez Quotes

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

I want to be remembered as a guy who goes out and represents the art of jiu-jitsu.

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.

I know my jiu-jitsu is good enough to beat the best guys in the world.

I've done a lot of training in martial arts. I started out in warring tempo, I did sports jujitsu, and I've also practiced extreme martial arts.

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.

I've always been huge into martial arts.

I trained karate in 2001 to fight Heath Herring.

I think martial arts, in general, shaped my wrestling style. I think I grew up as a martial artist as a kid.

My jiu-jitsu is very good, and anytime I'm able to show what my coaches and my team are capable of doing, I really enjoy it.

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

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

I have a great jiu-jitsu game and I'm awesome at submissions.

I wanted to train jiu-jitsu instead of capoeira because the mat was soft. It was better than training capoeira on the hard floor. I started reading jiu-jitsu magazines, reading about the world champions, and becoming one of them became my goal.

The techniques that you learn as a male fighter are the same techniques you learn as a female fighter.

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.

It's interesting because my Mixed Martial Arts upbringing is less Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which is the traditional thing that people study.

People consider me a striker, but I have trained jiu-jitsu for 10 years.

People see a lot of my standup, and that's what I'm known for since I was trained in karate and kickboxing, but I also have ground game.

I didn't know anything about martial arts. I'm a big fan, but I never practiced martial arts.

I'm hooked on martial arts.

With Carlson Gracie, who saw something in me, I started learning and loved mixing together the martial arts.

I'm the best there is in jiu-jitsu.

You can have the best college wrestling in the world, but you can have terrible MMA wrestling.

There's one thing that people will never know about Tim Duncan: Tim Duncan might know more UFC moves and more fighting moves than anybody in the UFC.