Nobody wants to be trapped inside that cage me. They don't want to be cut by my elbows, they don't want to get hit by any of my kicks and they don't want their conditioning checked by me.
I'm not just a wrestler anymore. I'm a very well-rounded fighter.
I think, as a fighter, I kept improving. My movements improved, my accuracy improved.
I'd like to see him fight at 135 for the championship. I want to see how good Demetrious Johnson is or how far he could take it.
MMA is my love.
MMA has evolved. When you look at an MMA fighter's skill set, boxing has to be a big piece of it. All of them have a boxing coach now and strive to have a good stand-up game, knowing that to be a complete fighter, you have to tend to your striking skills.
Coming from a standing background in striking, I couldn't catch up to the guys with 20-plus years of training on the ground. I had to learn submissions. I found out it wasn't an easy road. I had six losses in a row, but I still felt I was the best fighter in the world.
I love striking, but MMA and Muay Thai are different.
I grew up watching 'Vale Tudo' and Marco Ruas. I fight imagining the bouts from a past generation, when everything was legal.
At the end of the day, when two combatants get into the ring and/or cage, it's anybody's game, especially in MMA.
Well everyone's a world class ground fighter until they get a punch to the face. So that's how I deal with all these ground fighters like everyone else. I hit 'em in the head and there goes your F**king black belt.
I'm a fighter now. I'm officially a mixed martial artist. I'm not a wrestler no more.
I need to improve my striking and my wrestling, but I always be best at jiu-jitsu.
I'm usually looking to wrestle and grapple, but I guess the knockouts just happen.
My Jiu-Jitsu is very MMA focused. I was not the best striker, and when I considered becoming a MMA fighter I just focused to improve my BJJ.
I'm a huge UFC fan. I train. I do jiu-jitsu, taekwondo.
I feel like I can beat Jon Jones. I see some things in his game that I can capitalize on.
You can't hit without your hands.
If you have to hit--hit low.
There are no pure styles of karate. Purity comes only when pure knuckles meet pure flesh, no matter who delivers or receives.
I learnt a blend of different martial arts - not in great depth, obviously - but various moves such as kicks, blocks and punches. It was all quite fun.
Use karate, judo, aikido, or any style to build your counter-offensive. It will be interesting!
I could see he was having problems taking my punches. I had no problem taking his.
I used my Karate footwork to control the distance, and I use is as a penetration drill that I do, this is my speciality, the way I penetrate on people, the explosiveness and the timing. It all started with Kyokoshin and Sports Karate.
I want to be eventually be the best wrestler out there, be the best grappler out there, along with being the best striker - be all of them at one time.
