Jimi Manuwa Quotes

I want to fight a UFC fighter.

When people first started watching UFC, it seemed like a no-holds barred event... early on it looked like all the fighters were crazy. Actually, there are a lot of techniques, and the reality shows have let people see the fighters behind the scenes.

I've been involved in mixed martial arts since 1997 when I first started working for the UFC.

People try to compete with the UFC but we're the best at what we do.

I do believe, whenever this is all said and done, we won't talk about Mickey Gall, the guy that beat CM Punk; we'll just talk about Mickey Gall, the guy who is a top 10 fighter, a good welterweight or maybe a great welterweight.

I think Mixed Martial Arts is going to be a huge thing coming up in pro wrestling, and I like to think of myself as one of the first guys to try and implement that into my style.

I love watching 'UFC' - Ultimate Fighting Championship - I don't know why, because I'm more of a coward than a fighter, but I seem to be very drawn to these blokes actually smashing each other to bits.

I don't have to prove anything else in this MMA world.

My view on wrestling in MMA is changed a lot since I started really doing it.

I love fighting for the UFC. It's an amazing company. I've done a lot of great things, and they've done a lot of great things for my career.

I do a lot of crazy stuff. People that have watched me know my grappling game is of the regular map that you'd see in a jiu-jitsu class.

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'm a huge UFC fan. I train. I do jiu-jitsu, taekwondo.

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 always look for bigger and better things, and if the UFC wants to bring in some top contenders, I'm more than welcome to welcome them in our hexagon.

I just remember I used to go to each tournament to make a couple bucks. I did as a living thing; I got paid to do martial arts, so I'd go to these jiu-jitsu tournaments and make, like, $1000 every time I won the tournament.

We fight to prove that our art, Gracie jiu-jitsu, is the best.

I used to fight in school. I was a rough, athletic child. I always knew I could fight and, watching UFC, I was always fascinated by it.

I knew I wanted to fight. It's a great way to continue competing and not to mention actually make money. You can make a career out of it.

I go inside the Octagon for fight. I don't joke, because it's danger.

I had my first fight at UFC 13, and it was just one of those things that become second nature to me.

People can doubt me, and they'll do that forever, but show me a better, cleaner fighter in the UFC or in general.

That was my dream since I was a kid, since I first saw a vale tudo event in my hometown of Sao Paulo. I wanted to compete.

It's a dream of mine to be a mixed martial arts world champion.

For me, it was just a huge honor to fight in the UFC.