Liz Carmouche talks MMA, military, fans

Not every quote can find its way into a story, so here are a few leftovers from a pre-fight chat with Liz Carmouche.

By the way, the 29-year-old former Marine lost to Alexis Davis via unanimous decision at UFC Fight for the Troops 3 at Fort Campbell in Kentucky on Wednesday night.

"The cool kung-fu movies."

"When I got out of the Marine Corps, I was just looking for something that had that discipline, that challenge and that art to it. Mixed martial arts seemed like a better fit than focusing on the traditional martial arts."

"If you didn't connect with a fighter, then you're not committed to their career, you're not committed to their fights. If they're a Marine, they connect on the Marine level. If they're struggling with their sexuality, then they connect on that level. If they were a college student and graduated, they connect with me on that level."

"I certainly feel I adapt to the people around me, but it doesn't mean that the rest of who I am falls away."

"Iv'e already watched tape on them, if for nothing else, I want to adapt my own game and I want to evolve."

"In that sense, i'm a Marine. You just tell me to do whatever it is you want me to go in there and do and I'm gonna listen and do it. You want me to jump off the cage, fine, I'll jump off that cage. you just tell me and I go."

"When I get home, the last thing I want to do is watch drama."

"Fighting can be just as difficult as what I experienced in the military. If anything, my mentality is more like fighting with my sister. She smacks me and I want to smack her back right away and smack her harder because she hit me. That's what fighting is to me. It's you smack me and I go, 'Really?' and I have to hit you back harder and it keeps escalating from there."