Top 55 Derek Brunson Quotes

Nobody has seen my jiu-jitsu, but I have really good jiu-jitsu. I submit black belts.

MMA in my opinion is the hardest sport in the world, no doubt.

In MMA, you can literally cheat over and over again, and it’s OK. The media will back you.

I fell in love with the knockout. I was in a relationship with the knockout.

When I grab guys in the clinch, it’s very tough for them to get away and I’m pretty good with my Greco takedown.

I came into MMA and I had a strong core and a lot flexibility. I could put myself in a lot of different positions when it comes to scrambling.

I’m not like hurting by any means, but I’m not really, you know, let me say, I’m not really cool with doing fighting just to break even.

Uriah Hall is on the level of Anderson Silva’s striking.

Guys lose. You learn from it and move on.

My fight against Chris Leben was a war, and I was fulfilled with that victory because that guy has a ton of experience fighting in the UFC.

Anderson knees people in the face from the clinch. That guy is a world class Muay Thai fighter.

I grew up watching Anderson. He was my favorite fighter.

I’ve got good jiu-jitsu skills, good wrestling, good ground and pound, good power on my feet, good strikes.

This sport is growing. It’s about patience, rather than getting caught up in five in a row, want a title shot, main event. The goal is to put on a great fight and be smart.

Dream fights are just what fans are talking about. We need to see fights that people are actually supposed to see.

The fans want to see more. They’re there to see fights, they want to see more, they want to see people get put unconscious, whatever. But you can’t get put in those spots.

There’s no easy fights in the UFC.

Romero, I was beating him two rounds to zero, I was dominating the whole fight. He was able to catch me with a punch with about a minute left. If I would have just danced around for a minute, I would have got that win.

I’m a straight animal.

I messed up my eyes. It’s funny, I was training and we thought I had a mild concussion. But you know, I was out in Albuquerque and I would train from 9:30 to 11:00 and then I would rest all day long until 5:00 and I’d be playing on my phone, so I was playing on my phone and it scrambled my fore-vision.

Middleweight is the best division in the UFC, in MMA in my opinion.

I’m a dangerous guy.

My motto has always been hard work.

I haven’t been given a lot of respect in the division. But you know what? I’m OK with earning it.

I’m a firm believer that I’ll make fights happen, get the fights done.

Pass-rushers with boxing or kickboxing go hand-in-hand. You’ve got to have fast, sharp hands and be straight down the middle, because linemen are coming off and you have to be able to pop their hands down.

I always watch Anderson Silva and I always watch his fighting style.

Strikeforce let me take a fight on short notice outside the promotion and I got robbed on a split decision against Kendall Grove. I easily won that fight. So, I went from 9-0 to getting robbed and suffering my first loss.

The quick knockouts are nice, but going through a war now and again is a good experience to know I’ve done it.

Lyoto is never going to lose his skills. He might lose his timing, speed, cardio, but he’ll never lose his skills.

I know, every fighter knows, you’ve got to pile up wins in a row. You can’t lose two in a row, three in a row and then you hear mentions of losing your job.

I don’t think Anderson Silva is less of a fighter.

I miss my family so much, my kids are everything to me.

The UFC is where the best in the world fight at. You got some of the best fighters all across the world. It’s the top organization.

And honestly, I’m not being cocky, I’m not talking trash, but anybody who beat me would have to get lucky. Nobody is just going to out-technique me.

I match up against everybody well. I just have to stay consistent and keep going out there winning fights.

My striking is on a different level.

Fighting Anderson Silva was a signature and career-defining moment that was stolen from me.

I’m always looking for those knockouts but I’m looking to do it in a better fashion. Not rushing, not blitzing, not putting myself at risk. Not just being too greedy.

I’ve been around. I’ve fought in the big fights.

I expect the best Anderson Silva. I don’t think he’ll toy with me like he toyed with other guys, I can explode in and touch his chin, and all it takes is one shot.

I like to be aggressive, I like to finish fights.

If you look at my career, it’s been nothing but consistency.

I’ve always been a clean fighter, always lifting weights.

I’m a wrestler, a very polished wrestler and some of my best attributes in wrestling are my scrambling ability and my clinch.

No disrespect to Whittaker, I know I can beat him.

Anderson’s been here the longest, he brought our sport to the forefront. He’s been around, and yeah, I’ve always been a fan and I’ve always enjoyed his fighting style.

I want to have a big year. A big year, big fights, big contract, big money, big everything. 2017 is definitely my year.

I don’t think too many guys are raising their hands trying to fight me.

I look at a lot of my fights and I’m like, ‘man, that was too greedy.’ I can even look back on my fights, even the good ones where I got the knockouts, and think, ‘I should have probably toned it down a little bit.’

I’ve got two little girls, I’ve gotta do my best by them.

I’ve been through Strikeforce, UFC now, but I never leave fights busted up.

Everybody wants to come out here and test my cardio but I’m one of the hardest working guys in the division.

If I hit anybody with that left hook, they’re going down.

Everybody at middleweight has been working hard to be a champion.