Martial Arts Training Quotes

My dream is to be the best fighter at 155 pounds in the world.

I'm trained in mixed martial arts. I started when I was 14 and did my first competition at 18. It was a grappling competition against all guys a weight category above me, and I got first place.

Rather than go to the gym, I would prefer to do martial arts because the time goes by quicker.

It's my biggest goal to become champion. I think it's everybody's goal here in the UFC.

I'm not just a wrestler anymore. I'm a very well-rounded fighter.

I'm a guy who likes to keep fighting five, six times a year, so if I ask for too much money, they might say, 'Well, we pay you too much. We can't let you keep jumping backwards and forwards and promote it.' The money I'm making is good to keep grabbing short-notice fights. I love them; they're my favorite ones.

My father created this whole MMA thing.

I'm proud of my Italian roots, and I've always believed that I would get the chance to fight for the belt.

I've heard that I could be facing Randy Couture. That would a great.

I'll fight anyone the UFC wants me to beat and defeat them.

I started competing on boxing, so I have my hands. I'm an O.K. wrestler, so why not?

I'm not surprised to be the coach on 'The Ultimate Fighter.'

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

MMA is my love.

Kimbo Slice sucks. He's terrible.

I do a lot of kicking practice and passing, and it has made a massive difference.

For a bit I was going mad trying to do martial arts twice a week and go to the gym and do weights, but that can make you ill if you balance it with flying around and living like I do, so I narrowed it down.

During the fight you really don't feel much; you've got so much adrenaline going. Luckily I've mostly been on the winning side, so I haven't felt much pain inside the octagon.

'Immortals' was very much a martial arts based training program - a lot of body weight stuff, very little in the way of actually lifting heavy weights, and a very, very low calorie diet.

When I came back to the UFC, I was just excited.

I can pretty much say that because of Bruce Lee and Jean-Claude Van Damme, that's why I do what I do today.

I'm hooked on martial arts.

As a 4-year-old, I saw two men competing in the ring, and I thought it was martial arts. I asked my parents if I could do martial arts. So, I was 5 or 6-years-old, and I was doing karate and jiu-jitsu. Later on, I started kickboxing. Then, it just progressed. I did a little bit of everything, but predominantly, I did kickboxing.

I'm a guy who looks to put the pressure and come out with the knockout or the submission.

I don't know any real jiu-jitsu or judo or anything. I do movie kung fu. With that, you can fake a punch, but you can't really fake a judo throw. You can get help from the person who you're throwing because they can kind of launch themselves.