Vicente Luque Quotes

Vicente Luque

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : November 27, 1991

I think Leon is a very well-rounded fighter, very tough.

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I'm very calm, and at the same time I always give my 100 percent to MMA.

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I was going to war for many years, I was brawling too much.

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I can take a punch, I'm good and will continue exchanging strikes, but I wasn't developing my ability the way I could on the feet. To dodge, to defend, to move, things I started to pay more attention to.

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To me, even in training, I try to do my best and win. In a healthy way, of course, not trying to hurt anyone.

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Let's say we're rolling, I'll try to submit you. If we're sparring, I'll try to dominate, to take you down, to move. I'll always trying to dominate the training session because I think like, 'If this guy is my opponent one day, I want to start dominating him now. I'll show him we're not playing here.'

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It's hard for me to train without giving me my best. It only makes me more competitive.

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I respect all opponents because they all go through similar things. There's weight cut, every camp is hard and sometimes there are injuries we have to overcome, wins and losses. To me, every opponent is just like me.

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I like to fight forward and do not leave it to the judges.

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It has always been my style to go for the knockout and submission because I am not afraid to take a risk. Sometimes it doesn't work right away so I try the second, then the third. But I always fight forward. That is how it has worked for me.

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Many people talk about fear but do not want to feel it. For me it is about courage. Without fear there is no courage. It shows you are afraid of something but you can overcome that.

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I started so young, and I was 17 and I didn't plan things out. I had two and three fights and I was accepting fights against guys who had 20, 30, 40 fights. You look back on it and you realize that wasn't the right thing to do, that it's hard to be ready for those kinds of opponents when you're so young and so inexperienced.

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I was always a persistent guy and I learned from the losses I had.

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It was a big deal for me to enter the UFC with a loss. That was the worst situation in my mind, to finally get to the UFC and then lose it. But you can go one of two ways. You can surrender and say, 'Well, at least I tried and I made it to the UFC,' or you can work even harder.

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I wasn't a super talented fighter, you know? I didn't start off as a talented guy. I just really enjoyed MMA.

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I wanted to be a professional fighter. I wanted to become a champion one day. And that made me work hard and get to where I am. So in that beginning, maybe that lack of talent kind of cost me a little bit on some fights. But my effort and my dedication overcame that.

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A lot of people say I'm hard-headed. And I'm definitely hard-headed.

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I usually take two weeks off after a fight and then start training again.

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From 15 years old starting to train to 17 when I went professional, all that could've gone away in just one fight.

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There's a reason why I'm here, and it's not just for me. It's not just because of my will and my dream, it's more than that. It's so I can be an example and show people who don't believe in miracles or that things can change.

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