Striking Arts Quotes

I want everybody on Fox to see my fighting style, to really become a fan of the sport.

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

I've done taekwondo striking my entire life.

K-1 is the sport where I started. This is my first love, and I find K-1 more attractive and more suitable for our Croatian fans than MMA.

The UFC offered me a fight against one of the Top-10 fighters named Demian Maia. I believe he was, like, No. 2 at the time. They obviously believed in me to think that I could face one of the best guys in the division.

I have almost 100 Muay Thai fights, so I used to train and fight with really tough kickers.

My brother, who created the UFC, had a vision. He knew that people wanted to see who was the best fighter. People have curiosity, what style was the best? Boxing, wrestling, Gracie jiujitsu? It was a quest to find out.

My love for mixed martial arts will never waver.

I am a huge mixed martial arts practitioner.

For me, boxing's like checkers, and MMA's like chess - there are so many ways to win the match. It's not barbaric; it's boxing, kickboxing, Jiu-Jitsu, wrestling, cardio and it's all reached such an amazing level. As fans learn more about the sport, they just fall in love with it.

Johnny Hendricks has better credentials, but in MMA, I might be the best wrestler for the style.