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I've been taking martial arts for a long time. I started with tae kwon do, and then I started taking karate and mixed martial arts.

I did martial arts and karate for eight years when I was growing up.

When I was ten years old, my dad and brother did judo, so I went along because I felt like I was missing out. They eventually gave up, and I continued, then moved into Tae Kwon Do, kickboxing and various other martial arts. I did lots of different things, but mostly things like Wushu, Jeet Kune Do, Krav Maga and stuff like that.

Martial arts was really the first thing in my life that I followed through on and accomplished a degree of proficiency for.

I've been involved in mixed martial arts since 1997 when I first started working for the UFC.

I've done a lot of training in martial arts. I started out in warring tempo, I did sports jujitsu, and I've also practiced extreme martial arts.

I always loved the idea of learning martial arts, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I really started doing it and taking up karate.

I've been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.

I did karate for years and years and years.

I've been chastised for going into mixed martial arts and backing out. But the reason I backed out was the terms - they wanted me ready to fight in four weeks, but you've got to be out of your mind. So I decided to go back to my roots, back to wrestling.