Issue 061

April 2010

“I only train with men. I usually hurt the women.” Cris Cyborg

“We’re always judged by our appearance, and you see that in tennis with (Anna) Kournikova. It’s almost like Gina is the Kournikova of MMA. I hope our level of fighting will increase that much where people talk about our fighting skills instead of the beauty.”Marloes Coenen

“I’m twice as good now as I was. I’ve improved so much technically on my feet and my wrestling, ground and strategy is better. I have more experience, and I feel more explosive and more deadly in terms of KO power. My cardio is great, and mentally I believe I’m stronger now.”  Nate Marquardt  

“It doesn’t matter who’s more technical. It’s who fights better that night.” Jon Jones  

“I see fighting like a mathematics problem. When you have a mathematics problem you have a formula that you use to solve the problem.” Georges St Pierre

“Joe [Stevenson] has always been a good friend of mine. Yeah, we had to fight each other, but it’s just business, and we never took anything personal.” Melvin Guilllard

“I don’t really look for a high kick, because when you look for something you end up being the one who’s getting knocked out. If I see it there in a split second, I’ll take advantage of it.” Marius Zaromskis 

“People have been asking me what my strategy is for the next fight. SUBMISSION! SUBMISSION! SUBMISSION! That is the plan.” Demian Maia