Fight Quote by Leon Edwards

When I fought in The Ultimate Fighter Finale, I had microfracture surgery, and that's usually eight month's recovery turnaround. I had to fight three…

— Kamaru Usman

That was probably the biggest thing going in my favor when I got into fighting - my wrestling background.

— Dan Henderson

How I fight is what got me into the UFC in the first place.

— Jimi Manuwa

Wrestling became very stale and boring for me, and I wasn't really making any money with it. So I decided to get into fighting.

— Josh Koscheck

I had done everything I could and wanted to do in kickboxing. It was toward the end, it was getting difficult to get the…

— Alex Pereira

In the beginning, it was too easy taking guys down, and I got in my comfort zone, and I've got to do more standup.…

— Gilbert Burns

I was done with wrestling and I was teaching with competition behind me. It was that experience that gave me confidence and propelled me…

— Charlie Brenneman

That Evan Dunham fight, I went back to not being serious. I was going to the lake and literally brought some wrestling mats down…

— Donald Cerrone

I wrestled and played football in high school and in my last year, I started as a wrestler and actually had a fairly good…

— John McCain

I know why I lost my fight to Ryan Bader. Because I was injured. I needed surgery but I didn't want to back out…

— Quinton Jackson

I paid too much attention to boxing. I wanted to try professional boxing. That's why I didn't focus on wrestling and jiu-jitsu, and it…

— Andrei Arlovski

The first couple events I fought in, I was a little nervous, but nothing serious. My training never consisted of any sparring back then,…

— Dan Henderson