Keith Jardine

"I don't know why I'm an underdog in this fight. I am a better boxer, better kickboxer..." - Keith on Wanderlei.
"I don't want to be fighting guys like this. I want to fight the top guys." - Jardine on Houston Alexander.
"He’s a great wrestler, but he likes to stand up and box. I give him credit for that. He’s pretty one-dimensional on the whole, but he’s pretty good at the one dimension he has. I definitely see Bader trying to stand up and fight. I don’t know for sure, but I can see him trying to prove a point by standing with me. I don’t expect to see him do much wrestling at all. I would absolutely love for him to stand and fight with me. That’s the perfect fight for me. Sometimes it’s great to finish quick and get out of there, but I usually do my best work in the longer fights. If you actually look at my career, all my best performances seem to come in the longer, more grueling fights. They’re the kind of fights I look forward to. He’s undefeated and unproven and so we don’t really know how good he is or how good he’s going to be. For all we know he could end up being as good as some of the great fighters I’ve fought. I don’t think so – but we don’t know for sure yet. We’re just waiting to find out about him. As far as I’m concerned, I’m just going to go there and fight my fight. I don’t have any points to prove. I’m not overlooking him at all and know that I’ll need to be at my best.” - Keith before the Bader fight.