I'm a catch wrestler, so I used catch wrestling in Mixed Martial Arts. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
Training with Billy Robinson is just like any martial artist who would go to the old master of the art. He's so… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
I spent so many years in MMA waving the banner for pro wrestling, telling fighters they had to be more entertaining. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
If I could have had the opportunity to be a full-time fighter while I was one of the best in the world,… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
Cris Cyborg is one of the best in the world, and there is no shame in losing to her. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I started pursuing MMA was for all the similarities to pro wrestling that it has. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
Catch wrestling is pro wrestling, if you look at the ground moves and the rule set. It's just about learning the art… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
I didn't get into MMA because I wanted to be UFC champion. That wasn't my motivation. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
I'm being more physical and aggressive while, at the same time, I'm not being overwhelmed by strong fighters like Sara McMann. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
In MMA, there isn't time to admire your work until it's all over with. In sports-entertainment, I can admire what I'm doing… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
Because I've been around the MMA block a little bit, I'm at a point now where I just want bodies to beat… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
I think seeing me cross over to pro wrestling and having fun - I get up in the morning, and I'm not… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
Ronda's a natural athlete. Just learning a different rule set and bringing what she has from MMA would be the same: does… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
I've always said the thing about MMA that a lot of fighters don't understand is people care more about the story, about… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
I think that Ronda and I had similar paths in MMA; she became a bigger star than I ever was, but a… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
If you follow my MMA career, I've always been the pro wrestler of women's MMA, coming out with a guitar, saying crazy… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
It's not like I was saying, 'Oh, I want to make it to the UFC one day,' because the sport wasn't big… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
If you do your history, pro wrestling is just the worked version of what MMA is. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
It's interesting because my Mixed Martial Arts upbringing is less Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which is the traditional thing that people study. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
I've fought on some big cards. I've fought in some big arenas, on televised cards, pay-per-view cards, whatever. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
I had a little gut check, and ultimately, I grew up as far as my MMA mentality and am more mature now. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
I have known, for me, that my fight in 'The Ultimate Fighter' can't be the way I went out. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
I love rock and roll and loved getting on wrestling mats since I was six, and I have never been ashamed of… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
One thing I've learned is that a lot of fans' knowledge starts and stops with the UFC. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
I can't tell you how many fights I had where I had to pay to go fight. It was a lot of… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
I've faced the undefeated, young up-and-comers, everybody counting me out before, on a big card, with big lights, TV. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
In MMA, you're trained to tune the audience out. In sports entertainment, you're trained to feed off what the audience is thinking… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
Look at something like boxing. People know that some fights are fixed, but nobody looks at a boxing match and automatically assumes… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
Anyone who is friends with a fighter or lives with a fighter, you know that a fighter cutting weight is on edge. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
Changing over to the UFC, I was trying to force myself to thinking, like, 'This was it; this is the most important… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
I've always said the thing about MMA that a lot of fighters don't understand is people care more about the story, about why a… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share
If you follow my MMA career, I've always been the pro wrestler of women's MMA, coming out with a guitar, saying crazy things on… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share
One of the reasons I started pursuing MMA was for all the similarities to pro wrestling that it has. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share
I did some really heavy, intensive clinics with Billy Robinson. Anyone that knows anything about Billy, he was a mean old dude! I survived… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share
In MMA, there isn't time to admire your work until it's all over with. In sports-entertainment, I can admire what I'm doing while it's… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share
I'm looking forward to getting out there and twisting limbs off and breaking bodies. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share
It's not like I'm training every day by doing an avalanche suplex off the top turnbuckle. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share
I've faced the undefeated, young up-and-comers, everybody counting me out before, on a big card, with big lights, TV. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share
I spent so many years in MMA waving the banner for pro wrestling, telling fighters they had to be more entertaining. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share
I'm being more physical and aggressive while, at the same time, I'm not being overwhelmed by strong fighters like Sara McMann. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share
I've played basketball, and I've stood at the free-throw line with a tie game and 0.2 seconds left. But there is no feeling in… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share
It's not like I was saying, 'Oh, I want to make it to the UFC one day,' because the sport wasn't big enough then… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share
I was going to school; I was working - at one point, I had two jobs - and I was still trying to train… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share
One thing I've learned is that a lot of fans' knowledge starts and stops with the UFC. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share
