Europe Quote by Artem Lobov

I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.

— Sugar Ray Leonard

I always seek the biggest challenge and MMA is the biggest challenge.

— Artem Lobov

In wrestling, I was always competing against bigger guys.

— Cain Velasquez

I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.

— Sugar Ray Leonard

I've beaten a lot of great fighters, but people say the big ones, I've lost them all. I don't want to go down as…

— Michael Bisping

I always had a fetish for fighting big peoples. My dad put me in the ring with much bigger guys. In my first fight,…

— Roy Jones Jr

Most of the time, I'm fighting guys who are 22 years old, former college wrestlers, athletes, kids who are in much better shape than…

— Anthony Bourdain

I fought a long time ago in Canada, I fought a Croatian guy, I don't remember his name, but there I had a size…

— Gegard Mousasi

Every fighter is my toughest challenge to date. After I get done with one fight, the next challenge is the toughest.

— Andre Ward

Coming from a standing background in striking, I couldn't catch up to the guys with 20-plus years of training on the ground. I had…

— Mark Hunt

I got to fight the greatest-of-all-time in my weight division - not once but twice. I was watching this guy when I was 16…

— Max Holloway

Typically when I enter the cage, I'm usually the bigger fighter. There were only a couple occasions where I wasn't.

— Ovince Saint Preux