Derek Brunson Quotes

I'm a wrestler, a very polished wrestler and some of my best attributes in wrestling are my scrambling ability and my clinch.

I was never an upper body wrestler. I am a shooter.

Wrestling is such a competitive sport worldwide.

Wrestling is second nature: I've been doing it for so long, so if it looks like someone's leg is available, it made sense for my first three fights that I would shoot for legs.

I'm well-versed on the mat, but I can pick up people much bigger than me.

I know Cormier is a wrestler so you really got to get them hips down on him so I've been working them hips really good.

I'd like to think I'm a hybrid to where, if you had to pick, where would you say I'm weak? I can outwrestle guys; I can outgrapple guys. I can put your lights out, and I have a gas tank for days. I can do it all.

My strength is my wrestling, but I don't focus on it as much. I try to focus on a lot of different things like knees, elbows, submissions, and submission defense - just a lot of different things.

I'm really considering getting into amateur wrestling and getting into more tournaments. I'm looking into going to do some Jiu-Jitsu tournaments. I'm looking into everything.

One element of wrestling that I know what I grew up with we put a lot of emphasis towards was the takedown. But, you could win an Olympic championship and never score a takedown, and I don't know if MMA fans are even aware of that.

I don't know how to do takedowns.

Wrestling has always been a dominating force in UFC.

I know I have great grappling myself, and I know how I do with submissions.

I work on armbars, triangles, anaconda chokes, guillotines and rear-naked chokes. Basic, simple stuff. I just wanna go there and win the fight, I don't wanna invent too much and try doing fancy things.

It's one thing to get somebody down on the ground, but it's another thing to finish him there.

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.

Wrestling is a team sport, and an individual sport all rolled into one.

I could definitely take someone out with my bare hands.

I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.

Wrestling is the ultimate martial art.

When I was in seventh grade, I was a scrawny boy with no muscles, so I went out for wrestling. My intention was to develop secret wrestling skills so that if I were jumped by a bully, I'd shout, 'Ha!' and he'd be on the ground in a headlock.

Wrestling is intimate. You can reach out and touch the wrestlers.

I wrestled in high school, so I actually have a bit of a base in grappling.

You put me in there with anybody at '35 or '45, I get on your back, I take you down, it's going to be a long night and it's a dangerous situation to be in.

I'm built for wrestling. I have a high pain tolerance. My nose has been broken a couple times. Black eyes.