Martial Arts Expertise Quotes

Don't mess with me! I'm a black-belt!

I do not fight for free. But I was born to be a fighter.

I've got good genes. My dad was a martial arts instructor - and he was good.

I've got more skills in my pinky finger than half the damn guys in the UFC.

You look into an encyclopedia and ask what fighter can do any type of martial art at a high-caliber level, my picture will show up.

I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16. I think I have proved my ability in this field and it won't make sense for me to continue for another five or 10 years.

Jon Jones is a great champion, but me in my prime, I was devastating. I was vicious. Nobody could stop me. Of course I could beat him in my prime.

That has not yet been put to the test. I got my fourth-degree black belt this winter. When I make martial arts noises, thousands flee in terror. Don't test me." "Can you hear that? It's my knees knocking." "They're wise to fear me.

Demian Maia, he's a legend. He's a veteran in the game. He knows how to fight. He's been through so many five-round fights. He's headlined a lot of cards, fought Anderson Silva for the title, fought Tyron Woodley for the title. He's a veteran, he knows how to fight, and he's always training. He's a jiu-jitsu wizard.

Stephen Thompson is an incredible fighter, and I couldn't quite figure him out the way I wanted to, but here I am, the winner.

People forget, I was 9-0, I was fighting Anderson Silva. I was fighting the best guys this sport has ever seen, one after the other, with no experience.

Ben Askren is a joke. The guy has no skills.

I don't consider myself a martial-arts star. I'd be offended and disappointed if I got a reputation as a martial-arts star.

We used to see spectacular things with Jon Jones when he fights.

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

It takes years of building that experience as a filmmaker, as well as physically. You have to have a high level understanding of martial arts.

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'm looked upon as a theater actor who happened to know martial arts before I got into the movies.

I'm the most well-rounded fighter on the planet.

I think people realize that I'm one of the best welterweights, whether I'm number one or number four or number five or number six.

I know Barao is a tough, skilled competitor. So am I.

I thought I was a pretty good physical specimen. But there was a teenager from Brooklyn, who basically wiped the floor with me on the street. He gave me a punch that I didn't even feel. All I knew I was looking up at the sky. I tried to fight him, and I got a number of injuries after that.

One of the wonderful things about Batman is that he is just a man. He doesn't have superpowers or extraordinary powers other than his tremendous intellect and physical prowess.

My love of Seagal is ridiculous. Like, I love this man. I love how ridiculous he is. I mean, he made an album called 'Songs From The Crystal Cave.'

I respect Georges St. Pierre as a businessman and an athlete. I don't have anything against him personally. But he's not the kind of fighter I like watching.