Finance Quote by Jake Hager

It was really difficult being away from MMA because it's been a way of life for me for 13 years. But being on the…

— Rashad Evans

In college, I tried to start wrestling as soon as I could and when it was available to me, as I loved competing, and…

— Robbie Lawler

My junior and senior year in college is when I first realized what MMA is and really started liking it. I went the other…

— Jake Hager

I first decided that I could make a career of MMA after I decided to take it seriously and not act like a teenager…

— Benson Henderson

I went to college, I wrestled and I took some amateur fights. When I graduated, I wanted to start using my degree, but I…

— Justin Gaethje

I kept doing my own thing, working out with weights, wrestling, and doing other spots until I graduated from high school. Then I made…

— Robbie Lawler

I always had an interest in MMA but I didn't start training until I was 21.

— Artem Lobov

I grew up in one of the most prolific high-school-wrestling programs in the country, and MMA fighters are more successful when they have that…

— Jake Hager

Wrestling was you wrestle in college and you become a high school coach. That was it for wrestlers. We just started to realize there…

— Benson Henderson

A lot of people in MMA do part-time jobs.

— Bobby Lashley

While wrestling in college as a junior it came to a point where wrestling just wasn't enough for me anymore. I love wrestling, but…

— Cain Velasquez

Many coaches and managers had plans for me, but I was still learning MMA.

— Mackenzie Dern