A biography for Derek Brunsonhasn’t been written yet.
“This sport is growing. It's about patience, rather than getting caught up in five in a row, want a title shot, main event. The goal is to put on a great fight and be smart.”
“There are a lot of guys getting popped for steroids and other PEDS, and I can honestly say I've never taken a PED in my life. I've never even thought about it.”
“I don't think too many guys are raising their hands trying to fight me.”
“I've changed up my training over the years; I don't lift weights as much as I used to, so I'm built for the cardio now.”
“I'm a wrestler, a very polished wrestler and some of my best attributes in wrestling are my scrambling ability and my clinch.”
“I'm a smart guy, I like to think of myself as a smart guy, but sometimes I go out there and do a lot of dumb stuff.”
“I don't know if anybody can sign a contract to fight me and feel confident that they can beat me.”
“I used to cheerlead back in high school.”
“When I grab guys in the clinch, it's very tough for them to get away and I'm pretty good with my Greco takedown.”
“Pass-rushers with boxing or kickboxing go hand-in-hand. You've got to have fast, sharp hands and be straight down the middle, because linemen are coming off and you have to be able to pop their hands down.”
“When you have a fighter who's been punched a lot and been knocked out a lot of times, they're not going to be able to recover. They're going to look like they were knocked out.”
“The UFC is where the best in the world fight at. You got some of the best fighters all across the world. It's the top organization.”
“Everybody at middleweight has been working hard to be a champion.”
“I always watch Anderson Silva and I always watch his fighting style.”
“I've got good jiu-jitsu skills, good wrestling, good ground and pound, good power on my feet, good strikes.”
“They want to lube their body up really good to make it hard to grab hold; Anderson did a great job defending my takedowns. It's because he was all greased up, so he was able to stop a lot of them.”
“It's not an excuse, but I'd say I didn't perform well in the big fights because I wasn't prepared properly.”
“I miss my family so much, my kids are everything to me.”
“I've been through Strikeforce, UFC now, but I never leave fights busted up.”