Bas Rutten Quotes

Bas Rutten — Dutch Athlete born on February 24, 1965,

Sebastiaan "Bas" Rutten is a Dutch retired mixed martial artist, Karate and Taekwondo blackbelt, and Muay Thai kickboxer. He was a UFC Heavyweight Champion, a three-time King of Pancrase world champion, and finished his career on a 22 fight unbeaten streak. Fight Matrix lists Rutten as the third MMA heavyweight lineal champion with the second longest reign in MMA history. FightMextrix also wrote this when Rutten got inducted into the UFC Hall Of Fame: FightMetric, the official statistics provider for the UFC, ran the numbers on Rutten’s career. They back up the Dutchman’s inclusion into the UFC Hall of Fame and then some. In the 4-hours, 27-minutes and 8-seconds he spent as a pro fighter, Rutten scored 13 knockdowns without getting dropped himself, his significant strike accuracy was 70.6%, the highest FightMetric has ever recorded, attempted a record 53 submissions and successfully swept his opponents a record 46 times. He is currently the star of Punk Payback on Fuel TV and co-host of Inside MMA on AXS.TV... (wikipedia)

I don't believe in an eye for an eye. I believe in two eyes for an eye.

I wanted to be the Dutch Bruce Jenner - that was my goal. He was my hero.

A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.

I was this kid who never sat down. Nobody liked me? Well, I'd make sure they'd like me. I was the class clown, always doing crazy stuff and causing riots.

It is better to do too much than to do too little.

Bas Rutten Quotes

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