The UFC has a long history of changing a fighter’s compensation for a particular bout… There’s always changes that’s always being made as far as contracts.
In the arcades, when I was younger, there was a game called ‘King of Fighters 95,’ and I thought I was pretty good. I had a 50-strong win streak on ‘Street Fighter 2’ around that time.
Some people are born for a certain thing. And for me, unfortunately, I wish it was something a bit more artistic or whatever, but I was a born fighter. That’s what kept me coming back. It makes me feel alive. And, I just know, there is nothing I do better in this world than fight.
Standing toe to toe with another fighter, I could probably do well, but a smart fighter is not going to stand toe to toe with me, and they’re going to move to a weakness.
I am a fighter. I’m not just there to go along and get along.
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.
I met lot of fighter pilots and heard their breathtaking experiences. They risk their lives for our well being. Not many understand the risks involved.
When I do become the champion, I’ll still be a fire fighter.
Robert Easter Jr. is a tough fighter who I have to take very seriously and I do, and that’s why we did a nine-week training camp and got the great sparring, got the right training, the right diet, everything.
I want to fight all the best. I want to be the best fighter in the world. The only way to truly attain that title is by beating everyone.
I was always pushed to do that much more, and in the long run that made me more of an MMA fighter. My mom always told me that if I let it go to the judges, I’d lost. There was no way I was going to win a decision, so I had to find ways to finish the fight fast.
I landed the role of Bravo 5, the only female fighter pilot in ‘Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.’ I did my bit and fired my guns, but I haven’t a notion of which side I was on or who I was firing the guns at.
I wanted to win the gold medal and then go home and further my education in college. I had no intentions whatsoever to become a professional fighter because I had heard horror stories about former boxers who made money but, in the end, ended up with nothing. I didn’t want to be one of those guys.
For me, being a part of the halcyon days of Pride Fighting Championships and then watching the explosion of the UFC following the ‘Ultimate Fighter,’ I’ve been fortunate to be in the right place at the right time.
Fighting Raphael Assunaco isn’t that exciting to me. I have nothing against him; he’s a good guy and a good fighter.
I do not fight for free. But I was born to be a fighter.
My father was a fighter pilot, so I moved around the world when I was young. Then I ended up in Kansas.
I’ve struggled to get respect and dignity for my profession, and I do it in the way I lead my life as a fighter and as a human being.
There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever.
Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
I like to define myself as a fighter on the pitch.
No other fighter’s doing what I’m doing, no other fighter is daring to do what I’m doing.
‘Dancing with the Stars’ was a really great experience. People were definitely surprised that I’m a fighter, or they couldn’t believe I’m a professional fighter, but I feel like I’m going to get that for a while. I’m excited to bring a new demographic over to MMA and the UFC.
I see myself as a martial artist. I’m a creative fighter. It’s not about hitting the guy and hurting him, it’s about scoring points, with grace.
I think I’ve always been a fighter in a healthy way.
I hate it when people call me a cage fighter. I’m a mixed martial artist. But people take one look at what we do, and they just start making assumptions.
I don’t want to just be a great fighter, but also a great man.
I did my part. I signed it for UFC 205 in New York. I signed my part, and Julianna turned it down. She didn’t want to fight that time, but I don’t care about this because I am a fighter, and if she don’t want fight, we was looking for another opponent to make fight.
I’m a professional fighter. My game plan is to fight standing up and to fight on the ground.
It’s important to ensure that the person who replaces Tim Scott be a reliable conservative, a proven fighter and a leader who will join our mission to cut wasteful Washington spending. I’m convinced the best person for the job is Larry Grooms.
I trained in martial arts and wanted to become a UFC fighter. That was my goal. I only really learned how to dance three weeks prior to making ‘Step Up Revolution.’ Dancing will always be fun, but MMA is something I’ll never give up. I will eventually get back in the octagon and be fighting professionally again.
I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.
Children often ask me, they say, ‘Well, how do you become a fighter pilot, or how do you become an astronaut, or…?’ And I say, ‘Love what you’re doing and do it very well.’
You know how a fighter always comes into the dressing room way before a fight? That’s me – I’m like a fighter.
I’m a fighter.
If I could pick any character from any game to represent me it would be Ryu from ‘Street Fighter.’ He’s so cool and walks with so much still confidence.
Badou Jack is a great fighter, but there is a lot that he does that I do better. I have enough power to take him out.
My mother is a fighter. After she battled polio and learned to walk again, the doctors told her she would be a cripple her entire life. Instead of accepting defeat, she refused this fate and went on to become the West African Women’s Singles tennis champion in college.
It’s essential for a fighter to go separately and just focus on training away from everybody else.
I’m a very detailed fighter. I’m very detailed.
By interviewing at least one veteran, you can preserve memories that otherwise might be lost. My uncle was a downed fighter pilot and P.O.W. in World War II, and I am looking forward to recording his story for inclusion in the project.
Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.
One of my best friends was the first U.K. female fighter pilot.
When you have a fighter who’s been punched a lot and been knocked out a lot of times, they’re not going to be able to recover. They’re going to look like they were knocked out.
I’ve never seen a truly great fighter get knocked onto the ropes unconscious… knocked out cold before… and I saw Roy Jones get knocked out twice in a row.
I’d like to wrestle an alligator and fly a fighter jet.
I’m not going all the way; I’m going to be the best fighter that’s ever fought in MMA. That’s what I truly believe.
Sometimes you watch a tournament with a point system, and it’s not the best fighter that wins. It’s the guy who scores more points and then he runs away and hides.
It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take his own life first. In fact, this act has been encouraged for centuries, and is accepted even now as an honorable reason to do the deed. How is it any different when you are under attack by your own mind?
I myself am a former commando fighter.
When Georges St-Pierre retired and Jon Jones was absent, I had Jose Aldo, the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world. That’s how highly I think of him.
I’m not going to underestimate any fighter.
I’m a fighter. I go in the ring and do one thing.
I never wanted to be an actress. I am a martial arts fighter.
My biggest fear as a fighter is to be knocked out in front of millions of people. But after it actually happened, there’s this calmness about you that says everything is OK.
Straight after the Prescott fight, people were saying, ‘He’s finished. He’s not going to come back.’ There were only racial remarks made. But, you know what, it made me stronger. It made me come back even stronger. It made me a better fighter.
Fighter pilots have ice in their veins. They don’t have emotions. They think, anticipate. They know that fear and other concerns cloud your mind from what’s going on and what you should be involved in.
I’m the best fighter in the division and I’m always willing to prove it.
I can play poker when I have to and I think it has made me a better fighter.
I fought with integrity and heart and determination like no fighter has ever done.
I’m always curious to see how a fighter responds after suffering a first loss. I’m especially curious when that first loss is via knockout.
I’ve gotta check, but I think I’ll be the first UFC fighter in history to have the lead role in a big movie.
My dad was a freedom fighter in Denmark against the occupational forces – the S.S. and the Gestapo and all that.
One thing I will say about my father is that he was very much out in the forefront talking about his beliefs about being a complete fighter and attaching a philosophy to that and teaching it.
