Demetrious Johnson Quotes

I know that Ronda Rousey is one of the greatest athletes in this sport.

I feel like Randy Couture has helped build the history in this sport.

I think the legacy Ronda leaves behind is that she changed women's MMA.

Gina Carano is a great athlete, and I'd be happy if she returns to MMA - doesn't matter if it's against Ronda.

Ronda Rousey, arguably... I mean, she might've been the one that actually started the whole 'Divas Revolution' by being so awesome in UFC.

I'm a huge Ronda Rousey fan. She's extremely talented. What I like most about her is she's mean and nasty.

If they ask me who I want to fight, I'm going to say I want to fight Ronda.

There are certain things that I always dreamed of, like fighting in the UFC. There's just certain things that I feel like haven't been accomplished there. There's such great women coming up in the sport; seems like a wonderful time to be in women's MMA.

I go to gyms quite a bit, martial arts gyms, MMA gyms. I try to train with the best people, with who's who in the martial arts, just to keep myself sharp.

Most professional fighters, male and female, hold day jobs, but the women's game attracts a wide social spectrum: hash slingers, teachers, police officers, landscapers, stuntwomen. Many are wives and mothers. Their husbands or boyfriends work their corners, or hide in arena restrooms, scared to watch their bouts.

I think T. J. Dillashaw and Demetrious Johnson - I'm a bad matchup for both of them.

To go from hit-and-miss promotions barely taking women's fighting seriously to women headlining on a regular basis, high-level fights, it's an amazing thing to see. And it happened in what I felt was a pretty quick succession - though not fast enough - as far as professional sports go. It's really exciting.

I've learned that, bizarrely, I enjoy having a fight. Obviously nobody likes getting hit, but I don't have a problem with it. In MMA you've got to take a few hits to reach the right position.

I knew that Michael Bisping didn't have good wrestling or grappling. I knew this guy had nothing for St-Pierre.

A big misconception is that women shouldn't be in the UFC because we fight 'like girls,' but I think women have some of the most exciting fights.

Brad Pickett is one of the coolest guys in MMA and someone I have a huge amount of respect for.

Regardless if I made it or not, I really wanted women's MMA to be a real thing.

I'm happy to be part of the UFC and I'm happy to be the first Polish champion and the first European women's champion.

I want people to talk about me in five, 10 years, 20 years, that I was one of the best female MMA fighters, that I was one of the best UFC champions in the world back in the day. This is what I want.

I feel like a lot of people know me because I beat Ronda Rousey.

If Gerard Gordeau would have won the first UFC, everybody would be learning savate.

Honestly, I would love to fight Henry Cejudo. You've got that gold medalist in the Olympics, I would love to test myself against that.

If you follow my MMA career, I've always been the pro wrestler of women's MMA, coming out with a guitar, saying crazy things on interviews, promos and such.

Women's MMA has come a really long way. People look forward to us fighting, and they get excited.

Nick Diaz is going to go down as one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time, no doubt.