Rankings don't mean much to me because they can change after one fight. I just hope that I've at least gotten respect. A respect ranking is all I want. Houston Alexander More Quotes by Houston Alexander More Quotes From Houston Alexander Discipline. Honour. Respect. This is why I appreciate MMA. Houston Alexander mma discipline art My goal is to win the belt, whoever it's on. I'm not gonna settle for anything less. Houston Alexander settling goal winning Of course I want to test myself. I enjoy fighting. But I also have six kids, and I want them to go to college. I hope that I can reach a point where I get the best of both worlds. Houston Alexander fighting college kids I grew up in East St. Louis so I wanted to play baseball as a kid. Then I moved to Nebraska and became a football fan and wanted to play football. But I've always been fighting. Growing up in East St. Louis was hard. You had to fight there. Houston Alexander growing-up baseball football I think every [fighting] style has the same core. It's all about changing and positioning, transitions. Houston Alexander style fighting thinking Hip-hop used to be about battles, beatboxing and breakdancing. All they get exposed to now is the negative stuff. Houston Alexander hip-hop battle negative One reason why I started fighting was because of my family, and with that, you gotta pay the bills, but I enjoy beating people up in the first place, you know, so it plays hand in hand. Beating up, and getting money! Houston Alexander fighting play hands
