Every time I step in the Octagon, I always try to finish.
I'm a guy who looks to put the pressure and come out with the knockout or the submission.
The greatest thing about fighting a guy like Dave Rickels: He always comes to fight.
Ground and pound is my thing, everyone knows that.
I would beat Michael Bisping. I would jab his face the whole night. Easy.
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've been doing everything people like to see: knock people out, and submissions, and go in there to fight.
I always wanted to fight Cormier. He has this fighting style, he's a warrior, I always wanted to fight someone like him, a guy like 'Rampage,' someone who moves forward and fights.
The fans want to see a conclusive finish. It's quite a brutal, barbaric sport and the people who watch it want to see someone out. That's what I do for a living.
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 want to take on fighters like Jeremy Stephens, Andre Fili... get ourselves into the Octagon and see if these guys can bully me.
The fans want to see more. They're there to see fights, they want to see more, they want to see people get put unconscious, whatever. But you can't get put in those spots.
Samoa Joe is great at kickboxing; he's super aggressive - he's tough.
I underestimated the difference of fighting in a cage.
We always want the knockout or the submission.
Anybody and everybody's going to get it. I'm not racing through my division. I'm cleaning it out. So if you want two L's, you're going to get two L's, and if you're looking for one, come fight 'Blessed.'
As a fan, I like watching fighters rather than boxers.
Boxing is limited fighting with a specific rule set. Fighting is true, where you can do anything.
A lot of people might sit back and watch Dominick Cruz doing his footwork, and say, 'Oh, Dominick Cruz just dancing around, and he runs away.' It's a totally different atmosphere until you get in there, and you actually experience it.
I like fighting, man. I didn't get into this sport not to fight. I enjoy fighting; I actually enjoy getting in the cage.
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.
I think Kevin Lee is an excellent fighter who fights well on the feet, has evolved in that area, but his strongest weapon is wrestling, not jiu-jitsu.
The heart of the sport is about the top guys fighting each other. This isn't WWE; this is fighting.
Beating a guy like Bader, that's a big thing.
A guy like Conor McGregor, one thing I really appreciated when he first got in the game and one thing that really inspired me was his love for fighting.
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.