Israel Adesanya Quotes

Mr. Efrain Escudero is a great fighter and TUF Champ. He has fought in big fights, and has a great record.

The one thing about the heavyweight division or, actually, just being in the UFC, anybody can win, and anybody can lose. You're competing with the best in the world.

It would be great to fight on UFC 200 obviously. It's going to be an historic event but the card is getting full quickly.

Anderson Silva, Georges Saint-Pierre, and Rodrigo Nogueira are some of the top fighters in the UFC among many other great fighters. The UFC has many of the toughest fighters around.

I think Valentina Shevchenko has a great chance of breaking Demetrious Johnson's record of 11 straight title defenses.

Dana White, bring me someone that can beat me. You can't find no one that can beat me.

I'm open for big fights, and it would be my dream to make my division in the UFC.

I've got a split decision loss to Dominick Cruz and that changed everything, a fight that I thought I won. That changed everything, but I am the best bantamweight in the world.

I want to earn a top-contender status in the UFC, so I have to fight the best.

Bellator has the best welterweight fighters in the world.

I saw my first UFC fight when I was 15 and figured, 'This is what I want to do when I grow up.'

One person I lost to at 135 was the champion at the time, Dominick Cruz.

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.

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

I've won five bonuses in my nine fight UFC career.

My first MMA fight was July 2006 here in Brazil. I won a few fights here in Brazil, and then I got a chance to fight in the UFC, but they put me against the number one contender for the title at that time. It was Fabricio Werdum.

I had to fight Donald Cerrone, Anthony Pettis, Gil Melendez, Rafael Dos Anjos. I had to fight these guys in order to prove myself in order to get a title shot.

Georges St-Pierre is a good fighter who is proving his place in MMA with every fight.

The first time I saw a commercial for my fight was UFC 210.

It's the moment I've been waiting for, fighting on the big cards like UFC 200.

UFC has unbelievable fans, and boxing has unbelievable fans.

Every fighter is dreaming about the UFC and then once they can get into the UFC, they are dreaming about a title and I've made all of my dreams come true.

I asked for a tough fight, and I'm very excited to fight such a good fighter and a former champion like Frankie Edgar.

Coming back to the UFC was huge. I was ready for the spotlight for the first time.

I've got two 10-8 rounds against Anderson Silva. That's just the truth. I have no equal at middleweight.