Stephen Jackson Quotes

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.

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

I'll use wrestling if I need to in fights, but maybe I'll fight another wrestler, and you'll find out how good my striking is.

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

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.

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.

People say that I'm a boxer. I actually started with kick boxing, and then I moved onto boxing, and then I moved onto grappling.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

I love what I do. I love the competition of fighting. And I love to wrestle.

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.

My jiu-jitsu style is definitely not the most entertaining one, so I'd rather do boxing and entertain the fans a little more.

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

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

My three most impressive fights have been against black belts in jiu-jitsu.

MMA embodies a lot of disciplines of sports with footwork and with football, especially with the punching technique you get the hand and eye coordination.

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 do boxing; I do a little jiu jitsu, which I am obsessed with.

I'm very good at submissions from the ground. I have good takedowns and good striking, so I'm pretty well-rounded.

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.