Israel Adesanya Quotes

I've got big respect for Corey Anderson. He's a great fighter, he poses a big threat.

I've been doing everything people like to see: knock people out, and submissions, and go in there to fight.

MMA is so exciting. It doesn't matter if you know the rules or not. If you like a fight, it's automatically gonna draw you in.

The greatest thing about fighting a guy like Dave Rickels: He always comes to fight.

I'm in the UFC; this is a sport about fighting. If someone wants to fight me, or someone wants to fight someone else... you're here to fight each other, so I get it.

I really believe that I'm a better fighter than Gabriel Gonzaga.

I think I'll finish Cruz faster than I finished Barao. Cruz has got a crazy style. But I think I'm going to finish him quicker than I finished Barao.

I'm more into MMA than any other sport. I watch a lot of the UFC fights. I have since it first came onto the scene.

Conor McGregor is a tough competitor. He proved throughout the years in the UFC that he can fight standing up.

I have never been in a cage fighting UFC. It would be nice to try.

The heart of the sport is about the top guys fighting each other. This isn't WWE; this is fighting.

I watched the UFC way back in the day, before there were time limits. I always knew it's what I wanted to do some day.

I'll fight anyone the UFC wants me to beat and defeat them.

I'm going to shut Chris Weidman down in the first round. I'm gonna expose him in the second round. And I'm gonna finish him with a left kick followed by a left punch, simultaneously.

The toughest fight I've ever had was T. J. Grant.

I've always been a UFC fan, and I like McGregor and the way he promotes it.

My fight against Chris Leben was a war, and I was fulfilled with that victory because that guy has a ton of experience fighting in the UFC.

I want to take on fighters like Jeremy Stephens, Andre Fili... get ourselves into the Octagon and see if these guys can bully me.

I go to bed dreaming, thinking that I want to be the best in the octagon and be a champion.

Featherweight division is one of the most complicated and tough classes in UFC.

Talking about a fight with Randy Couture is a jinx for me.

I remembered watching the first UFC. You couldn't get it on TV. They were doing it bare knuckles. No gloves. I wanted to do that.

The UFC is not a place for the feint of heart.

I would beat Michael Bisping. I would jab his face the whole night. Easy.

In my teenage years, I started kickboxing, then did a little boxing. When the UFC and MMA exploded in the early 2000s in the U.S.A. and Japan, I saw a way to make money and a career.