Dustin Poirier Quotes

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.

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.

I would beat Michael Bisping. I would jab his face the whole night. Easy.

I expect the best Anderson Silva. I don't think he'll toy with me like he toyed with other guys, I can explode in and touch his chin, and all it takes is one shot.

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.

If you look at my fights, you see I finish a lot. It's just how I like to go and I'm always looking for a way to end it.

From early on in my career, I was always challenged to create things. Early in my career, I created 'ground and pound.' When I fought Royce Grace the second time, I developed that: stay on guard, follow the hips, press the legs down, press the hips down. When he rested, I ground and pounded him.

I've always been a UFC fan, and I like McGregor and the way he promotes it.

People ask me questions, they ask me if I can beat Michael Bisping. Of course I can beat Michael Bisping.

The UFC is where the best in the world fight at. You got some of the best fighters all across the world. It's the top organization.

I really believe that I'm a better fighter than Gabriel Gonzaga.

It's one thing to get somebody down on the ground, but it's another thing to finish him there.

I remember coming across some DVDs of the UFC and so I started watching that and became a fan of it. It was a little boring because of all the grabbing and holding and I fast-forwarded through a lot of it, but I still watched because I like martial arts.

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.

Jose Aldo, he's a stud, and I would be honored to be in there to throw down with him.

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 dominated Michael Bisping.

I've got more skills in my pinky finger than half the damn guys in the UFC.

I finish every fight. And if I don't finish and go to a decision, I win 10-8 rounds. How many guys do you know in the lightweight division who've had fights where they have gotten two 10-8 rounds scored? Think about it. I'm a winner.

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.

If the UFC wanted to give me Warlley Alves, I would show them how chump change he is. And I'd show them how much of a fluke it was that he caught me in a lucky submission.

The greatest thing about fighting a guy like Dave Rickels: He always comes to fight.

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

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

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.