Art Quote by Derrick Lewis

When you have a background in combat sports, people think you're this martial arts expert, but really I'm just a guy who is able…

— Rick Yune

I train jiu-jitsu and judo with the best guys there is, and the best guys for ground and pound.

— Amanda Nunes

I am a professional martial artist, and I am a professional fighter.

— Frank Shamrock

I'm an athlete, but first and foremost I'm a martial artist.

— Dan Hardy

I've been a martial artist since I was a kid. It's basically who I am.

— Dillon Danis

There are a lot of people in the world who are very good at martial arts but that doesn't make them good screen fighters.…

— Gareth Evans

I really don't look at it as a real sport because anybody can come into MMA and learn that. You can learn that.

— Adrien Broner

You know, it's such an insult to actual martial artists that I say that I do martial arts.

— Cam Gigandet

I've trained with real, world-class wrestlers.

— Rashad Evans

My father didn't compete ever in martial arts tournaments because they were not real. They were tag tournaments or touch tournaments, which he thought…

— Shannon Lee

I have to know jiu-jitsu and wrestling, but I'm a boxing guy.

— Junior dos Santos

Being a skilled martial artist takes a lot of focus, and you know the athleticism helps because you just naturally look more believable when…

— Simone Missick