Khabib Nurmagomedov Quotes

I will always go for the submission instead of hurting my opponent.

Learning how to put someone in an arm lock without breaking their arm... It's quite handy isn't it?

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

Triangle chokes are the refuge for cowards. I would never stoop to that level of locking my legs around a man and squeezing.

I'm a professional; I'd never fight against Mirko or anyone else not being prepared.

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 don't need MMA, but I love fighting. Those are very different things.

I feel like I started with wrestling, and a love of pro wrestling, that lead me to MMA and the UFC. And now it's come full circle back to pro wrestling.

It was very important to me to join an organization that has an established track record of helping young fighters grow into world class athletes and champions. Gladiator Challenge has been a home to such fighters as Quinton Jackson, Rashad Evans, Urijah Faber, Tyson Griffin, Chael Sonnen, Michael McDonald, and many others.

One of the reasons I started pursuing MMA was for all the similarities to pro wrestling that it has.

I never planned on going into MMA or anything like that.

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

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

I would beat Michael Bisping. I would jab his face the whole night. Easy.

It's all matchups, and I knew that I matched up well against 'Rumble' Johnson.

Rear-naked chokes are easy? Yeah, it's easy to get, but people are getting better at defending it.

I used to wrestle when I was younger. It was soccer, wrestling, rugby league and now MMA.

When you think that in the '50s there was wrestling and boxing - that was it. There wasn't mixed martial arts at all; there wasn't even karate in the United States.

I like to compete in everything - I like to compete in jiu-jitsu, I like to compete in wrestling and Muay Thai, and if I have a chance to compete in boxing one day, why not?

I have the best style to defeat the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world - Demetrious Johnson.

It was always my goal to go back to MMA because my passion is there.

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.

In my teenage years, I started kickboxing, then did a little boxing. When the UFC and MMA exploded in the early 2000s in the U.S.A. and Japan, I saw a way to make money and a career.

Samoa Joe is great at kickboxing; he's super aggressive - he's tough.

I'd like to be remembered for being the one responsible for adapting Brazilian jiu-jitsu for modern MMA. For what I've learned from fence work and some ground positions. Lots of details I developed after years and years studying them, testing what worked on the mat, against the fence, what kept opponents on the ground, control situations.