Lyoto Machida Quotes

I asked for a tough fight, and I'm very excited to fight such a good fighter and a former champion like Frankie Edgar.

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

Brock Lesnar's stand-up sucks. He doesn't have a chin. Brock has got to take him to the ground, because Mark Hunt will knock him back to pro wrestling if he hits him.

I don't watch a lot of featherweight fights yet some of those fights are the best fights ever.

You watch Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather fight, Floyd can just throw a few punches, or he can do a lot of defense; he can slip a few punches, let Conor get a few shots in. You can't really do that in wrestling without getting scored on or putting yourself at risk.

I have a very good ground game and very good wrestling. People just underestimate it. That's it. I want to keep it like that.

I'm a great fighter all around the board.

I remember watching Anderson Silva fight Dan Henderson at UFC 82. I had never really watched MMA, but I looked up to Dan Henderson. He was a wrestler, like me, but also a tough, powerful mixed martial artist.

I like exciting fighters - Anthony Pettis, Jose Aldo. I like all the great fighters, Cain Velasquez, all the champions. They're so good at what they do. I just admire people who are good at what they do and people you can watch and learn from.

I know how hard I hit, and so do my fans, and so do everyone else in the UFC.

Samoa Joe is great at kickboxing; he's super aggressive - he's tough.

It's not just so much to be the champ-champ. It's just that I feel that I'm the greatest pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

Mousasi is a very tough fighter.

I'm good at wrestling, and I love it with all my heart.

I'm definitely very excited to see Cormier fight Brock Lesnar. I think Daniel Cormier wins the fight. He's just too fast. I feel like, when I fought him, he was quicker than me with certain combinations. I can only imagine he's going to be a lot quicker than Brock Lesnar.

While wrestling in college as a junior, it came to a point where wrestling just wasn't enough for me anymore. I love wrestling, but I felt like I was missing something, and so the striking part about MMA, the boxing and kickboxing, was what got me really interested in MMA.

Conor McGregor is a tough competitor. He proved throughout the years in the UFC that he can fight standing up.

MMA was like wrestling; I love competition.

GSP is at the top of my list in knowing how to use strategy, how to bring an opponent out of his game, how to beat a guy without taking a beating. And he's good in standup and good at grappling.

I definitely want to fight after I'm done wrestling.

Mr. Efrain Escudero is a great fighter and TUF Champ. He has fought in big fights, and has a great record.

I came to the UFC to fight with top-level fighters and become the undisputed, undefeated champion. This is my goal.

Dana White, bring me someone that can beat me. You can't find no one that can beat me.

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.

But wrestling used to be the same as boxing or mixed martial arts. It used to be about conflict, having a fight, who's going to win.