Matt Riddle Quotes

I'm always supportive of my brothers who have the guts to step in the cage. Pro wrestling is dangerous but it takes a special kind of courage to lock yourself in a cage that wants to do you harm.

I've been to fights, and I've seen them on television, but no, I would not call myself a fan of the sport, that particular sport, no.

This is a man's sport. I fight.

I like to step into the Octagon and just show what I'm made of.

Just being in the military, you're so violent. We got into fights about just random things all the time. I don't think as aggressively as I did when I was in the Marine Corps.

I could definitely take someone out with my bare hands.

The MMA stuff has been really good, I'm enjoying that. To be able to work with Jay Glazer, he's a total meathead, he loves all that stuff. I hit him as hard as I can and he's like 'Yeah!' It's been fun for me to release that anger without putting pads on.

I'm very violent in the ring. I don't know if it's the Italian temper, I can get very nasty in there. But outside, I'm the easiest-going guy in the world.

I enjoy fighting. It's one of my favorite things to do in the world, so I'm just enjoying every minute of it.

The first time I crawled into the octagon, I just felt like an animal, you know? Like a creature, like I wasn't quite human.

MMA was love at fight sight. I felt like I was born to do it.

I love watching other guys fight.

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.

Getting in the cage, it's not like I need a whole mental preparation for it. It's just a fight.

I'm a white middle-class public schoolboy so I'm not particularly tough. But it turns out I don't mind going in the cage. I can dig in. And it's interesting watching people spar and train. There's no anger. It's all technique and delivered with venom.

I know of Conor McGregor. This sport has evolved even from when I first entered the octagon. I think people are finding out that you have to talk the talk, and you have to - more importantly, you have to walk the walk.

One of the things I always tell people is that when it comes to fighting and fight week, then I'm there for one purpose, and that's to fight and get the hell out of dodge.

I know MMA isn't for everyone. It is a combat sport; some people don't like watching it, but it is entertainment for some people.

MMA is like the Colosseum in Rome: the fans want to see violence.

I love fighting. I love what I do.

I think I bring a different flavor to the game, both inside and outside the Octagon.

The truth is that I want to fight in the old Pride rules, I want to kick guys in the face on the ground. With that rule, I think I can fight with anyone.

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.

I don't need MMA, but I love fighting. Those are very different things.

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.