Hurt Quote by Ryan Bader

MMA is a sport. We go out here and we do battle. Everybody has family, friends, they train really hard.

— Derek Brunson

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

The early labels confused people - no-holds-barred, cage-fighting. But now the general public realizes what MMA is and that you just can't climb off…

— Dan Henderson

When you say to people, 'I do MMA.' Most of them go, 'What's that?' You say, 'UFC.' People don't even know what MMA is.…

— Paddy Pimblett

There is a ferocity to MMA and to the training, but there's such a humanity to it too. It takes so much sacrifice and…

— Jonathan Tucker

MMA is in like the bare-knuckle era as where boxing once was. What it has to do is be given time to grow up.…

— Rico Chiapparelli

I notice that I'm full of myself, and I am arrogant to some degree, but it's honestly only when it comes to talking about…

— Jon Jones

In terms of society, we need positive influences to imbue stronger people - MMA doesn't bring anything to the table for that.

— Rickson Gracie

I feel bad for guys in other sports that never work a job. Think about it, most MMA fighters have had to do something…

— Forrest Griffin

I hate it when people call me a cage fighter. I'm a mixed martial artist. But people take one look at what we do,…

— Michael Bisping

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

If you break down actual techniques and knowledge of MMA, I am more knowledgeable than the head coaches of all the guys I'm fighting.…

— Frank Mir