Derek Brunson Quotes

I grew up watching 'Vale Tudo' and Marco Ruas. I fight imagining the bouts from a past generation, when everything was legal.

I've been involved in mixed martial arts since 1997 when I first started working for the UFC.

Uriah Hall is on the level of Anderson Silva's striking.

I'm a vale-tudo fighter.

MMA has evolved. When you look at an MMA fighter's skill set, boxing has to be a big piece of it. All of them have a boxing coach now and strive to have a good stand-up game, knowing that to be a complete fighter, you have to tend to your striking skills.

Style-wise, dos Santos is going to be an excellent fight for me - striker against striker. With my experience, I should have the upper hand.

Carlos Condit does the best job of being the counterstriking guy that is very elusive.

I have great striking, really great striking, and I hit very hard.

My Jiu-Jitsu is very MMA focused. I was not the best striker, and when I considered becoming a MMA fighter I just focused to improve my BJJ.

Well, being my type of fighter and my type of guy, you know I throw a lot of barrage of punches, kicks, knees and elbows.

I'm an all-around fighter. I do everything. I've got wrestling; I've got Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and I've got striking.

I love the UFC. I love it. If they had had that back when I was coming up, in 1966, it would have been my sport. Man, I love it. And you know what? Nobody would have pulled the rope-a-dope on me.

MMA is my love.

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

That Dutch style of kickboxing, that's great. That's hard. It's very intimidating to stand across from, but you know it's very rhythmic on the beat. It's just something: It looks scary, but it's nothing to be scared of.

I love MMA.

Henri Hooft is a master on the feet when it comes to striking.

I think Kevin Lee is an excellent fighter who fights well on the feet, has evolved in that area, but his strongest weapon is wrestling, not jiu-jitsu.

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

I don't really follow MMA.

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

Nick Diaz is a guy who walks forward, has great boxing skills.

Brandon Girtz is a tough man who can really throw the leather, but I'm on a different level.

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

I'm really not too big on MMA.