Dustin Poirier Quotes

My idea is to have two bases. I keep my family in Rio, and when I have a fight scheduled, I will come to Vegas to train here at Xtreme Couture, which I consider the best place for a MMA fighter to be.

I'll be honest when I tell you, Max Holloway is the hardest matchup out of everyone in our division. By far. And I was happy to take him back to back.

I don't take that away from Conor, that he beat Chad Mendes on short notice. Chad took that fight knowing he had a chance to beat Conor, so that's Chad's fault he took that fight.

Chad Mendes, I'm hunting with all the time.

I think I would have a war against Dustin Poirier, because of his style. Tony Ferguson, too.

I'm always watching every featherweight that fights in the UFC because we can eventually fight in the future.

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.

You know, I'm never really 100-percent in any of those fights, because it's so hard to have perfect preparation for fighting and cutting weight and making 170 pounds, and being in the best shape for training camp and to make that cut.

I am very honored and excited to be part of UFC 100; it's going to be the hardest challenge of my career so far and it's going to be pretty tough - I can't wait.

For Conor McGregor, I'm coming out of retirement just to fight Conor McGregor.

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.

When I started fighting I've always thought about being a UFC champion.

The day I step in the cage with Cyborg, I will be 100% prepared.

Give Tony Ferguson a title fight. He needs it!

If an MMA fighter is going to call out a boxer it's got to make sense.

I think Manuwa is a very dangerous fighter.

Fvery time Anthony and I are supposed to fight, the lines come out, and it's like we're dead even. It's like people don't know what to make of a fight between Daniel Cormier and Anthony Johnson, when in reality, it should be very easy to know what to make of a fight between me and Anthony Johnson.

I want to fight a UFC fighter.

I thought I was ready for a title shot after I beat Shogun.

I don't just want to fight Demetrious: I want to beat him, and he's been on my mind since he beat me.

I always wanted to talk to Ronda about how she felt the night before that night that she lost to Holly Holm.

I like Glover Teixeira; he's a former training partner.

I had Jake Ellenberger. I trained very hard for him; then I was able to get Carlos Condit, an excellent fighter. That's what it's all about.

I believe that style-wise, matchup-wise, I matchup much better against Anderson Silva than Jon Jones, but it doesn't mean that I'm scared to fight at 205.

I get to fight a tough dude like Koscheck, and then a title shot if I win? It's great.