Mma Fighting Quotes & Sayings

You look good, you feel good. You feel good, you fight good. — Eddie Alvarez

When I grew older and went my own way, MMA kind of stuck with me. I got to the point where I wanted to make something of it. I always thought fighting was fun, so I joined a gym and took it serious. I never actually thought I would be a real fighter, though. But I began to excel on the local circuit and I did well for myself. — Brad Tavares

Once you make a mistake in a fight or competition you never do that again. — Renzo Gracie

You win a fight, you learn from it. You lose a fight, you learn from it. — Uriah Hall

When you're in there fighting, there's an energy and there's a focus that is nearly unbreakable. — Frank Shamrock

Training to become champion is the toughest thing. The fight itself is just a test. — Georges St-Pierre

My desire to fight comes from within ... it's a personal journey of accomplishment, not meant to be judges or for me to judge others. — Cat Zingano

I don't fight my friends ... I don't care how much money you put in front of me, I don't care if you put millions and millions of dollars and you say whatever you want. — Nick Diaz

A fight is a fight. And life is a fight. No matter how many fights you have under your belt, it will continue to be a learning experience. And you can never prepare yourself for every scenario. Awkward, odd, and difficult situations will always present themselves. You just have to stay cool and work through them. — Erik Apple

I work hard and fight easy. — Conor McGregor

I will continue dedicating myself to MMA in 2015, but fighting in the ADCC interests me, yes.. The Jiu-Jitsu Worlds does not interest me, I see fighters with a different goal from mine. They want to hold your sleeve, grab you and wait for time to pass. They just want to stall the game. I do not see this as a real fight, I see only as a strategy to win. For me, Jiu-Jitsu is much more than that. — Kron Gracie

I want everyone to know I'm coming out of retirement because it's time to free the MMA world of the virus that's known as Tito Ortiz. We've been suffering through his boring fights for too many years, and it's about time that someone beats it out of him once and for all. — Stephan Bonnar

The warrior guided by the spirit serves humanity, the warrior without, serves the ego — Soke Behzad Ahmadi

I just need to enjoy the moment ... I just fight I know I'm going to go out there and perform my best. — Luke Rockhold

You train, you fight, you show respect at the end of it. — Daniel Cormier

In boxing, where most of the guys are from lower-class backgrounds and have darker skin than most of the fans, one might fear that the athletes are being exploited. But that narrative doesn't hold up very well in the world of MMA, where 99 percent of fighters are amateurs who will never earn a dime. They aren't seeking fame and fortune. For the most part, these guys are fighting because they want to and because it gives them an opportunity to strive for something big in their lives. It gives them a chance to become their best selves. — Jonathan Gottschall

When you're angry, you can't fight rationally. Your body chemistry is all messed up. Your energy goes to all the wrong places. You can't do anything well except get angrier. That's why I like fighting guys who are pumped up on steroids. Fighting is all about relaxing and releasing tension, so your body is flexible and fluid, able to bend and flex quickly, like water. I like fighting angry guys who are really tense. They can't think right, and they can't fight right. — Frank Shamrock

Face adversity head on in your training and you will conquer it smoothly in your fight. — Conor McGregor

There's nothing wrong with fighting for the right things. — Quinton Jackson

People can't measure the amount of heart you have and how much you're willing to fight for something. — Blake Griffin

It's easy to talk, it's harder to fight. — Georges St-Pierre

When it comes to fighting you shouldn't be thinking at all. You have to clear your mind and trust yourself completely. — Gunnar Nelson

One of the reasons I got into fighting was because I'd never really been in a fight. It's like in Fight Club, the famous line, 'How much can you really know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?' ... It's the the clearest mirror you'll ever stand in front of. — Jon Fitch

Why do people watch fights? ... They watch it for inspiration. — Greg Jackson

Fighting is life ... Are you a person who gives up or are you a person who's going to fight? — Alistair Overeem

You just learn one thing for the day, that can change a fight. — Urijah Faber

Your body can dictate your mind, so when I walk to a fight a lot of times I'm scared, I'm scared to death, I have a lot of doubts of myself, I'm afraid to fail, I'm afraid to be humiliated in front of everybody; but what happens, I act like it's impossible for me to fail and that my victory is a certainty. So as I'm walking to the Octagon and I act with confidence my body takes over my mind and I become confident for real. As I'm walking I see the change in my mind and when I reach the Octagon I'm a different person, I'm very confident. — Georges St-Pierre

Before a fight I empty my mind. Every fighter is able to lose. It is not a big thing. You have to accept what comes and remain calm. — Lyoto Machida

I fight with emotion, but I don't fight with anger. I could be angry, but I'm not going to fight with anger because when you fight with anger you can make mistakes. — Georges St-Pierre

I'm always scared when I fight. But that fear is what keeps me more alert and more focused. It's good to have fear. — Georges St-Pierre

We all have struggles in life but we have to continue to fight — Mike Tyson

I don't need to be in a comfortable spot to achieve greatness. I fight for it no matter what. — Tyron Woodley

There are certain things that I always dreamed of, like fighting in the UFC. There's just certain things that I feel like haven't been accomplished there. There's such great women coming up in the sport; seems like a wonderful time to be in women's MMA. — Gina Carano

Just because you lose doesn't make you a loser. It's not the same fight every time. — Ricardo Liborio

People want to put you in the box, and you just have to fight past their preconceived notions. — Gina Carano

I loved fighting ... It gave me the opportunity to prove myself, to stand up and say, 'I'm the best. I matter. I am.' — Joe Frazier

All these feelings that you get before you fight or when you're fighting or training for a fight, it makes me feel alive, and I love that feeling. — Kron Gracie

Before each one of my fights, I make a point of saluting my opponent. I salute the other fighter out of respect, even though he is trying to take something from me. — Georges St-Pierre

There's a lot of nerves. It all goes away though once they say "fight". — Rory MacDonald

Jiu-Jitsu for sure will save your ass, one way or another. Not necessarily a physical fight but also being able to deal with yourself, know about yourself, and really improve yourself as a whole. — Kron Gracie

I do the extra ... When you do the extra you should never doubt yourself ... every fight I have a smile on my face because I know I've done it all. — Jon Jones

The controversy was that Chad Dawson thought he was in an MMA fight and not a boxing match. — Bernard Hopkins

Don't focus on the outcome, when you focus on the outcome it creates anxiety and it builds. I just need to enjoy the moment and let it be. If I just fight I know I'm going to go out there and perform and do it my best. Don't focus on winning or losing. — Luke Rockhold

The only thing I have to lose going into this fight is anxiety, fear, worry; all those kinds of negativity. — Alex Caceres

When I fight I try to empty my mind ... I only see that moment, nothing else matters. — Lyoto Machida

I fight because it allows me to face my fears head on, and conquer those fears one by one. — Michelle Waterson

In some way I felt I was never good enough until I started fighting. I was always striving to show my worth and value. — Randy Couture

When you fight you are in a situation where failure can happen. This chance of failure forges your character in many ways. — Daniel Hudson

Stay positive, even if you're fighting for your life. — Alexander Gustafsson

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. — Ryan Guzman

Fighting has taught me that the caterpillar takes a while to turn into a majestic butterfly. — Jesse Taylor

I dont think about what my opponent will do in the fight and especially what he has to say about me - doesn't matter to me at all. — Gunnar Nelson

There's no honour fighting in the street, there is nothing to gain. — Georges St-Pierre

Watching myself fight, I realize the line between success and failure is so narrow, it's scary. — Georges St-Pierre

Live and learn from your mistakes, just get back up and keep fighting. — Alexis Davis

The best I fight is when I'm just there being a competitor and enjoying myself. — Alexis Davis

When you've been through that, a fight just doesn't seem that cataclysmic. — Brian Stann

I didn't get into fighting for the money. I didn't want to be famous. I just want to fight. — Alexis Davis

The only way to ever truly get your confidence and swagger back, I've learned, is to fight for them. — Georges St-Pierre

He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day and looks like a pussy today. — Tank Abbott

A lot of people are like, "What do you do to get pumped up for a fight?" Like, really? You're locked in a cage with someone trying to kill you in front of thousands of people. It's not too hard to get pumped up ... You've got to calm everything down, you've got to remind yourself to relax. — Stephan Bonnar

A fight is a fight. And life is a fight. — Erik Apple

You're nervous because you're afraid of the outcome. Accept the worst outcome ... You'll be free & fight like you're able to. — Randy Couture

You're in a fight and have to dig down ... I find peace in that and enjoy it. — Dustin Poirier

If you go to any fight, whether MMA or boxing, there's a whole musical soundscape to these events. There's pre-event pump up/psych-up music, there's fighter introductions, there's between rounds, so my musical needs are really diverse. — Shawn Anthony Levy

If I knew I was going to win, I probably wouldn't even fight. — Kron Gracie

Karate without heart is just A corpse — Soke Behzad Ahmadi

Just to clear the record ive never turn down a mma fight against anyone and never will. — Jon Jones

If you're fighting with emotion instead of structure ... it's always going to be a mistake. — Ronda Rousey

Each person may see a fight in different ways ... They can see more to a primal way. Others they can see in a pure artistic way ... For me I see the pure artistic way, the way that a true martial artist can show his art. — Roger Gracie

I don't feel negative emotions. I feel calm, composed and ready. And as it goes on I get better at it. By the time the fight is on, I don't feel any emotions at all. — Conor McGregor

Fighting's given me confidence but it's also broken me down and kept me humble. — Gina Carano

When you fight someone, you share the experience with that one person, and you're never going to have that experience with someone else-even in another fight. — Gina Carano

Mental toughness must be developed before you start fighting because you don't want to be that guy who quits in the ring. — Forrest Griffin

I may not be able to keep fighting for money ... but I will always have to fight for my dignity, because that's who I am. — Nick Diaz

Martial arts is not about picking your fights and picking how things go; it's about adapting to the how things are. — Gunnar Nelson

Say what you want before the fight but when it's done, you accept the result. — Chael Sonnen

Anyone who likes or hates Dana White should take a look at this. — June White

For me, and people like me, fighting isn't what we do; it's who we are. — Chael Sonnen

Where the hell is your guard?" She shouts.
Damn if she doesn't sound like Haley. "I'm tired."
"Do I look like I care? You're getting the hell pounded out of you. If you want to tap out, then tap out, but don't stand there and let him win. — Katie McGarry

I don't want to have a good fight, I don't want to have an exciting fight, I want to have a finish. — Michael Chandler

During the fight my senses dim, and basically, I don't feel any pain. — Fedor Emelianenko

People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life. — Mike Tyson