Michael Chiesa Quotes

If you really look at the sport, when the No. 1 ranked fighter beats the No. 2 ranked fighter, the only thing that's up next for him is a title fight.

I said as soon as I got the belt, I want number one contenders.

I think I could have asked for a title shot after I beat Ian McCall.

Getting the title shot was huge.

An interim title is just a guarantee at a title shot. If I'm going to fight the best guys in the world, I want a guarantee that I'm going to fight for the title.

I want the real title. I can't express it enough that I want to fight for the real title. The interim title, from what I've seen... people get it, and then they take it away in a month. I just don't want to be that person.

There's no point in fighting guys when there's no structure, there's no rhyme or reason to who gets the title shot.

Give Tony Ferguson a title fight. He needs it!

I'd like to fight and get close to that title shot - that's all I'm interested in. My whole purpose is to fight for the world title.

The only time I had an ego is I when wanted to have a reverse Undertaker record at WrestleMania, and they messed it up!

Any time you get a title shot, you always try to wait for it the best you can.

I'm not worried about trying to guarantee a fight for the belt, because that's automatic; it will happen.

If I want to fight for a 155-pound title - if I hold the 145-pound title - give me the fight.

I have been fighting and winning all the fights in my division. I think I deserve a title shot.

I'd love a training camp. But if they walked in the door right now and said, 'Do you want to fight for the title in the next 10 minutes?' I'm out the door, warming up, ready to go.

I think to get a title shot, you need to have some expressive winnings.

Just to be fighting for the belt, I was already happy. No pressure at all.

The one thing the fans wanted to see is me getting the title shot.

You were always told that if you worked hard, you would get somewhere. But so many people feel they have worked hard and they have nothing to show for it.

A lot of people would be happy that they got through a long career and had a chance to play as many times in the finals. To me, I wanted to win for the franchise and for the people. And when you can't do that, it's devastating, particularly for someone like me.

There are some people who never get used to losing at anything, and I am probably one of them.

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.

You have to take the belt, and I dont give my opponents a chance to take my belt. I go out there and take away their opportunity to take my belt away from me.

There's a lot of ways to win a belt, but taking it from a champion is very important to me.

Sometimes when a champ wins, there's a debate about who should be next for him or her.