Brian Ortega Quotes

I know I have great grappling myself, and I know how I do with submissions.

I work on armbars, triangles, anaconda chokes, guillotines and rear-naked chokes. Basic, simple stuff. I just wanna go there and win the fight, I don't wanna invent too much and try doing fancy things.

Luke Rockhold's not going to take me down. Chris Weidman's not going to take me down. Their wrestling is great, but they have to set it up with strikes.

I train everything: I train wrestling; I train jiu-jitsu. I like to suplex people. I like ground-and-pound, but in my fight, I never have the opportunity.

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.

Do this rubber guard stuff and I'll punch you in the nose.

Being a black belt from the Nogueira brothers, I have the obligation to always defend myself well on the ground.

My strength is my wrestling, but I don't focus on it as much. I try to focus on a lot of different things like knees, elbows, submissions, and submission defense - just a lot of different things.

I like ground and pound; I don't know if it is like a technique or discipline. I like to be on the ground, but I don't necessarily go for submissions or anything.

I have jiu-jitsu, wrestling... I like to do everything, especially knocking people out. People like fights like that.

I am one of the guys who really capitalized on the ground-and-pound game and am very vicious on the ground. I let go of a lot of elbows and cause a lot of damage.

The truth is that I want to fight in the old Pride rules, I want to kick guys in the face on the ground. With that rule, I think I can fight with anyone.

I'm a catch wrestler, so I used catch wrestling in Mixed Martial Arts.

As far as MMA, I want to say there's maybe five guys that do jiu-jitsu that have an actual level of understanding when it comes to boxing.

In MMA, I found my calling.

My Jiu Jitsu is with the gi. It's the real style of Jiu Jitsu, it's with the gi and I fight MMA.

How I fight is what got me into the UFC in the first place.

Everyone knows my style - I jam my hips in, jam their head into the mat and punch their head through the canvas.

I'm almost certain that no one at featherweight or lightweight wants to go to the ground with me.

Wrestling has made me very mentally strong, conditioned me really well for MMA, and given me phenomenal balance.

I believe I'm a similar style to Khabib when it comes to the ground and stuff, but I believe I've got a whole 'nother, higher level of striking.

My jiu-jitsu is very simple and basic.

Of course I will submit if I have a chance, but I always prefer to finish a fight in a stand-up position.

Nobody has seen my jiu-jitsu, but I have really good jiu-jitsu. I submit black belts.

Demian Maia, I love the way he fights.