10 of MMA's Most Infamous Quotes

One of the nice features of MMA is the accessibility to fighters and promoters. It makes getting a good quote or sound byte quite the easy task. The easy access also produces some memorable quotes that have lived on through MMA infamy.

Of course Dana White is often times the source of many infamous quotes. Being one of the more brash figureheads in sports causes White to say some things he later regrets.

However, sometimes White gives us cryptic responses that leave us scratching our heads as to what he truly means.

Whether they make us wonder what's truly going on or are a little too blunt, all of these quotes are some of the infamous quotes in MMA history.

Jon Jones Just Wants Some Love

I know its fairly recent but this could go down as one of the defining quotes/moments of Jon Jones career that doesn't involve his actual fighting talent.

After running through Lyoto Machida, Jones was instructed by his coach to "get some fans" by "checking on Lyoto."

Has Jones' image become that broken that he needs to go out of his way to seem like a good guy? Perhaps more importantly, do Greg Jackson and Jon Jones honestly care that much?

Tim Sylvia

OK, so I kind of cheated with this slide by not choosing a quote, but with Tim Sylvia, how do you pick just one?

I swear Sylvia must have one of those terrible writers from a Comedy Central roast. There's no way he can come up with all these lines on his own.

Sylvia showed his impressive math skills by telling us "90 percent of the fighting game is half mental."

He recently outdid himself by claiming he could take 80 percent of the current UFC heavyweight roster. 

If you're ever feeling down on your luck in the dating scene, just check out Sylva's smooth game and you will instantly get your swagger back.

Apparently Travis Lutter and Michael Jordan Have a Lot in Common

In the ultimate "let's hype this guy up so he seems credible" moment, Mike Goldberg gave Joe Rogan a break by describing Travis Lutter's skills as he walked into the Octagon at UFC 67.

Lutter was fresh off winning The Ultimate Fighter 4 and thus was rewarded with a title shot. Fans were having a field day cracking jokes about not only Lutter, but the welterweight winner, Matt Serra as well.

The best joke would come when Goldberg attempted to describe Lutter's Brazilian jiu-jitsu skills. Here's how the conversation played out.

Goldberg: He's the Michael Jordan of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Rogan: No he's not.

Golberg: Larry Bird?

Rogan: Nope

Golberd: Kobe Bryant?

Rogan: ...

Business as Usual

Business as usual became the line of the year in 2011 as Dana White announced the Zuffa purchase of Strikeforce.

White announced that Scott Coker would still remain in control and Strikeforce would run "business as usual." Fans were left wondering what that exactly meant as Zuffa had purchased Pride years before and completely absorbed many of the main fighters into the UFC.

So far, Strikeforce has remained to provide some interesting match-ups, but it is clear that any notable fighters will be moved to the UFC as soon as they can.

"Business as usual" seems to be a shorter version of "we will let them do their thing until we want to change something."

Bas Rutten

OK so I'm kind of cheating again by not picking a select quote from "El Guapo" but how is it possible to pick just one? Bas Rutten is widely considered one of the best color commentators in the business not only for his inside knowledge but also because he can say some pretty outlandish things at times.

Nobody wants to talk about Rutten's wife after he dropped the "Somebody's telling me that about my wife; I'm sorry sir I'm going to have to break your leg."

Everybody already knows Rutten goes crazy about liver kicks and liver punches. He probably eats liver in his time away from the camera, but he's shown some insight into coaching by telling us that "everyone underestimates the kick to the groin."

And finally Rutten shares with us his idea of true justice by saying he "doesn't believe in an eye for an eye; I believe in two eyes for an eye."

Beat You into a Living Death

In one of the most comical press conferences prior to a bout, Ken Shamrock attempted to get his serious face on when talking directly to Tito Ortiz instead of the media.

The result was Ortiz laughing hysterically, which is almost better than the quote itself and Shamrock subsequently kicking a chair into the air.

Shamrock said, "Ortiz will find out what Ken Shamrock is all about..." right before he said he was going to beat Ortiz into a living death.

I think we all found out what Shamrock was all about from this hilarious use of the English language.

Matt and Mark's Childhood Games

What happens on the farm stays on the farm.

Or until Mike Goldberg decides to the let the cat out of the bag. Goldberg was describing how Matt Hughes' sibling fights toughened him up but displayed a horrible use of basic sentence structure.

"When Matt Hughes and his brother Mark were growing up they would pound each other behind the barn."

We always knew Hughes had a good rear naked choke, I guess we figured out how he mastered it.

In the Mix

One of the more interesting Dana White-isms is his line about fighters being "in the mix."

Without official rankings, the UFC doesn't need to follow a "No. 1 vs. No. 2" format and instead matches fighters based on what the fans want (in theory at least).

"In the mix" generally means a fighter is in title contention but doesn't exactly say how close they are. It leaves the door open for White to not give title shots to boring fighters (see Jon Fitch) and reward those who tend to be more exciting and fan friendly (see Brock Lesnar).

I'm sure White makes the standing of a particular fighter clear to them behind closed doors, but he leaves us wondering what's next for a fighter who's "in the mix." The Bermuda Triangle of MMA? I think so.

John McCain Labels the Sport

During the early years of the UFC, positive public opinion was hard to come by. Things got even tougher when Senator John McCain decided to label the sport as "human cockfighting" in the mid-1990's.

The backlash from McCain's statements caused the brutal sport to change its image and introduce a number of changes.

These changes helped contribute a lot to not only the UFC's growth, but the sport of MMA as well, by making it more regulated and introduced it as being more of a "sport" rather than just entertainment.

McCain's quote will forever be one that lives in MMA infamy as it initially hurt the sport but ultimately helped it grow.

I Want to F*** Chuck

When Wanderlei Silva and Chuck Liddell reigned over their divisions, fans were foaming at the mouth about the possibility of the two meeting. The demand grew so great that even Dana White, the biggest opponent of cross promotion, allowed Silva to step inside the UFC's Octagon wearing a Pride shirt.

White gave the microphone to Silva and he let us all know what he really wanted to do with Liddell.

It was just a case of switching a few vowels but it did result in one of the funniest moments in MMA history.