Top 22 Quotes & Sayings by Bas Rutten

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Dutch athlete Bas Rutten.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Sebastian "Bas" Rutten is a Dutch-American actor, former mixed martial artist, kickboxer and professional wrestler. He was a UFC Heavyweight Champion, a three-time King of Pancrase world champion, and finished his career on a 22 fight unbeaten streak. FightMetric wrote this when Rutten got inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame: "[We] 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." From 2007 to 2016, Rutten was the co-host of Inside MMA on AXS TV. Rutten became a naturalized American citizen receiving citizenship in the late 1990s.

Dutch - Athlete | Born: February 24, 1965

Source: Wikipedia

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

Bas Rutten

Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can.

Bas Rutten

Everybody knows a guillotine choke, and most know how to get to one. But if you can create a different way to get to that choke, then you're going to surprise people. However, that will only happen one time, because once it gets used that one time, everyone will see that and start to train for it.

Bas Rutten

I love palm strikes because you have a longer reach. Normally, when you give a left hook and then a right straight, you are too close for the right straight. Why? Because the hook is shorter.

Bas Rutten

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

Bas Rutten

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

Bas Rutten

I knew everything in the forest. I had a secret home tree, where I pretty much lived. I also liked rooftops and streetlamps. My parents would get calls saying 'He's out there again.'

Bas Rutten

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

Bas Rutten

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.

Bas Rutten

I thought martial arts was going to help me with my movies and TV stuff, but I realized it would not.

Bas Rutten

As long as you fight, you cannot lose... if you leave everything out there, it doesn't matter if you win or lose. To me you can never lose.

Bas Rutten

You can buy muscles, but you can't buy COJONES!

Bas Rutten

No beer before 5 p.m., wait... did I just say that?

Bas Rutten

It's only pain, it will not hurt you.

Bas Rutten

Everybody underestimates the kick to the groin.

Bas Rutten

A champion is someone who sweats to exhaustion, even when no one else is watching

Bas Rutten

Keep everything simple, don't try anything crazy and all your strikes must be hard! NOTHING WEAK, no jabs or weak attacks.

Bas Rutten

Apparently, the the only way to kill a lion is by rear naked choke. Personally, I’d just kick it in the head.

Bas Rutten

I dont believe in an eye for an eye, I believe in two eyes for an eye

Bas Rutten

Fedor has no weakness. I have seen so many fights, and even the best fighters in the world have a flaw in their game but I have yet to find one in Fedor Emelianenko.

Bas Rutten