Chuck Liddell Quotes

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 train in Muay Thai, kickboxing, traditional boxing, wrestling, jiujitsu, and a little bit of judo.

I've been working on my ground game, my jiu jitsu, and my standup as well. Those are areas where I feel like really needs to be cleaned up and areas I know that I can get better.

Conditioning is the most important thing in MMA.

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.

When I train for a fight, you roll around, you catch someone in a move, you let them go. You just let go and keep going.

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

I practiced everything, from my BJJ to wrestling, judo and Muay Thai.

I'm a white middle-class public schoolboy so I'm not particularly tough. But it turns out I don't mind going in the cage. I can dig in. And it's interesting watching people spar and train. There's no anger. It's all technique and delivered with venom.

I've really valued each area of MMA.

I feel like MMA athletes are the best athletes in the world.

Pro wrestling has absolutely helped my fighting.

I train with the best team and the best gym in the world at American Top Team, and we know how to fight.

Basically, I try to get across my striking, wrestling and grappling, and jujitsu. Every day, across the board, I try to get an equal amount of sessions throughout the week because I need to improve in all aspects of my fighting.

It's MMA. I'm a complete MMA fighter. I expect everything. I'm ready for all of it.

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.

A fighter has to be prepared for anyone, to train every day. That's what I learned at Chute Boxe.

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

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

I'm not scared to go to the ground. I've been wrestling my whole life. I've done a lot of jiu jitsu, but I like standing up, and every fight starts there.

I don't watch a lot of featherweight fights yet some of those fights are the best fights ever.

I actually take karate and tae-kwon-do. And so I love sparring and grappling and all that physical stuff. I studied a hybrid form of grappling, sparring, and self defense; it's more of a 'get yourself in shape,' and if you want to take it to the next level, so you're really learning valuable skills with self defense, and I really enjoy it.

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

As a fan, I like watching fighters rather than boxers.

A lot of people might sit back and watch Dominick Cruz doing his footwork, and say, 'Oh, Dominick Cruz just dancing around, and he runs away.' It's a totally different atmosphere until you get in there, and you actually experience it.