Tony Ferguson Quotes

All combat sports are connected.

I was always into martial arts and boxing.

Eighteen years doing this, my friend. Eighteen years - combat sport. I think you will not find this in history, I believe.

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.

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

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.

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 trained karate in 2001 to fight Heath Herring.

I have always been a big fan of combat sports - ever since I can remember, it was something that appealed to me and something that I thought I would be good at.

I really love fighting.

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 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 not just a grappler.

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

Fighting is what I love to do.

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.

In what other sport do you get a 15-second break every hour?

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.

I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.

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.

Wrestling is the ultimate martial art.

Ali could only fight a couple of ways. I can fight five or six different ways.

I definitely want to fight after I'm done wrestling.

I've got to give props to my dad. He got me into the UFC and the MMA scene to begin with.

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