Demian Maia Quotes

Yeah, I get to fight in 'Eclipse.' My trainer is teaching me MMA right now. So. Cool.

I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.

Georges St-Pierre is a good fighter who is proving his place in MMA with every fight.

My view on wrestling in MMA is changed a lot since I started really doing it.

That was always the top martial artist - the Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt. Once I started beating them, I knew I had what it takes to form a new martial art. That's when I came up with Joe Jitsu, my namesake, so my legacy lives forever through the martial arts.

I didn't really have intentions of fighting in MMA; it just kind of fell into place. Once I started fighting, though, I loved it, and I walked away from kickboxing right away.

I really don't look at it as a real sport because anybody can come into MMA and learn that. You can learn that.

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

I'm very well-rounded. It's mixed martial arts.

I started training for MMA when I was 18 years old. My jujitsu coach told me, 'Amanda, you should try MMA.' Since that moment, I got in love with this sport and haven't stopped.

I'd always done martial arts I was always interested in fighting.

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.

Since my teen years I was interested in martial arts.

I'm a trained martial artist. My parents were both martial artists.

For the last years now I've had my own academy where I train Brazilian Jujitsu and Tae boxing, Muay Thai everyday.

M.M.A. is growing, and it's a basic wrestling sport. A lot of fighters are ex-wrestlers. A lot of guys take the easy way out, make quick money.

Actually, I have never been a great fan of martial arts competitions. Not even when I was training martial arts myself.

I was trained by, at the time, the toughest man in the world. Not according to him, either. His name is 'Judo' Gene Lebell, and he trained Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris. He's the godfather of MMA.

I got into the UFC after six months of training. I started doing jiu-jitsu, had my first fight, tried out for 'The Ultimate Fighter,' and got on.

When I first started wrestling, I didn't even want people to know I was in the UFC.

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

Everyone else is a mixed martial artist. I'm not a mixed martial artist, I'm a brawler.

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

I've really valued each area of MMA.

I'm in my best moment, seven straight wins, five by submission, two by knockout. I don't ever leave it in the hands of the judges.