In MMA, you're trained to tune the audience out. In sports entertainment, you're trained to feed off what the audience is thinking and feeling. — 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 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 things on… — 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
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 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 while it's… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
I'm looking forward to getting out there and twisting limbs off and breaking bodies. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
It's not like I'm training every day by doing an avalanche suplex off the top turnbuckle. — 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
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
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
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 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 enough then… — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
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 Image
One thing I've learned is that a lot of fans' knowledge starts and stops with the UFC. — Shayna Baszler Copy Share Image
