Derek Brunson Quotes

Derek Brunson

Profession : Athlete

Birth : January 4, 1984

No disrespect to Whittaker, I know I can beat him.

Derek Brunson

If I hit anybody with that left hook, they're going down.

Derek Brunson

When you have a fighter who's been punched a lot and been knocked out a lot of times, they're not going to be able to recover. They're going to look like they were knocked out.

Derek Brunson

The fans want to see more. They're there to see fights, they want to see more, they want to see people get put unconscious, whatever. But you can't get put in those spots.

Derek Brunson

Anderson's been here the longest, he brought our sport to the forefront. He's been around, and yeah, I've always been a fan and I've always enjoyed his fighting style.

Derek Brunson

I want to have a big year. A big year, big fights, big contract, big money, big everything. 2017 is definitely my year.

Derek Brunson

Dream fights are just what fans are talking about. We need to see fights that people are actually supposed to see.

Derek Brunson

I've changed up my training over the years; I don't lift weights as much as I used to, so I'm built for the cardio now.

Derek Brunson

I'm a firm believer that I'll make fights happen, get the fights done.

Derek Brunson

The UFC is where the best in the world fight at. You got some of the best fighters all across the world. It's the top organization.

Derek Brunson

Uriah Hall is on the level of Anderson Silva's striking.

Derek Brunson

Uriah Hall is just a dynamic striker. He mixes it up well on his feet, that's where I expect him to be good at.

Derek Brunson

I messed up my eyes. It's funny, I was training and we thought I had a mild concussion. But you know, I was out in Albuquerque and I would train from 9:30 to 11:00 and then I would rest all day long until 5:00 and I'd be playing on my phone, so I was playing on my phone and it scrambled my fore-vision.

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I've always been a clean fighter, always lifting weights.

Derek Brunson

I've got good jiu-jitsu skills, good wrestling, good ground and pound, good power on my feet, good strikes.

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I'm not like hurting by any means, but I'm not really, you know, let me say, I'm not really cool with doing fighting just to break even.

Derek Brunson

When I grab guys in the clinch, it's very tough for them to get away and I'm pretty good with my Greco takedown.

Derek Brunson

They want to lube their body up really good to make it hard to grab hold; Anderson did a great job defending my takedowns. It's because he was all greased up, so he was able to stop a lot of them.

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