If you see my fights, I'm always stitched up, cut up, bleeding - I'm embracing who I am. — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
I've been wrestling since I was 4, so it's more a thing that's just a part of me now. It's toughened me mentally. — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
I've been competing at a top level and everything in wrestling since I was young. — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
I've got a pretty good relationship with the UFC. This is where I want to finish my career. — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
I'm not underestimating Brandao at all. He won 'TUF' and he's in the UFC; obviously he's a good fighter. — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
If I let all the pressure get to me then I'm not going to fight the fight that I want to fight. — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
The grind is my game, those are the fights I'm going to succeed in. It's not the prettiest stuff sometimes but man,… — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
In this sport, the way I look at it, going off one fight and straight into another one, you have to make… — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
Guys like Michael Johnson, they don't throw fake punches, they knock people out usually. But I take 'em; I take 'em well.… — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
I go out there and I fight. I'm happy with whoever they give me. I'm just happy to be back in the… — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
I'll be honest, I have a style that most people can't handle. They come in great shape, the best shape of their… — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
If you're looking at me on tape, you're looking all about my wrestling but then I sneak in a lot of my… — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
I just think I need to fight a guy that has a lot of fans, and a definite title push behind him.… — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
I've had so many fights, and sometimes I just went from one to another one to another one and I never really… — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
I prefer to fight somebody in their hometown than fight in my hometown most of the time. — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
I'm trying to get better each fight and show that I'm getting better each fight. — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
I'd like to have more big fights or be higher on the card, but if you focus on that then you're going… — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
I have other things I could be doing, I'm a union pipefitter so I have other things, other careers I can go… — Darren Elkins Copy Share Image
I've been wrestling since I was 4, so it's more a thing that's just a part of me now. It's toughened me mentally. — Darren Elkins Copy Share
I'm a hard worker and I get in there and no matter what, I train hard every day. — Darren Elkins Copy Share
If I let all the pressure get to me then I'm not going to fight the fight that I want to fight. — Darren Elkins Copy Share
I mean, I prefer negative energy. That pumps me up a little bit more, actually. — Darren Elkins Copy Share
Guys like Michael Johnson, they don't throw fake punches, they knock people out usually. But I take 'em; I take 'em well. And when… — Darren Elkins Copy Share
I go out there and I fight. I'm happy with whoever they give me. I'm just happy to be back in the octagon fighting… — Darren Elkins Copy Share
When I was younger I could depend a little bit more on my athleticism and my strength and all that. — Darren Elkins Copy Share
I have to change some of my training tactics and keep trying to get better. — Darren Elkins Copy Share
I enjoy learning new things, working on different things, and just seeing what I can do with myself. — Darren Elkins Copy Share
