Tito Ortiz Quotes

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

When it comes to a title fight, if I will fight Jon Jones one day, if he's still the champ, I will be more than ready for it. I will take home the belt.

Daniel Cormier is a different champion. He has achieved some amazing things in his career, and for me, it would be very nice to be facing him.

I don't really care who the UFC put in front of me, but ultimately, I want that belt off Tyron Woodley.

The UFC want me as their champion. The welterweight division needs me as its champion. It's been static for too long. I'll win the title, defend it a couple of times, and then move up to middleweight.

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.

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.

Lord knows we've been guilty of getting too excited about a title reign only to see it last one or two fights.

For every champion, after you win the belt, you want to defend it as many times as possible.

I don't care if I ever fight for the belt or get the belt.

It took me 10 fights to get the damn interim title shot and then 11 to get an undisputed shot.

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

I don't think we can fully understand just how much pressure is on these fighters' shoulders once they win the UFC title. It's a grind just to get to the title fight. You're not earning a lot of money, and the sport takes a real toll on your body. And then once you get the belt, you've got an army of fighters coming for you right away.

Let me fight Jon Jones. I need that rematch.

I don't care about being the champ champ. I want to be the only consecutive 12-time defending champion in any mixed martial arts promotion.

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

Once I've got that world title I'll never want to lose it. I'll fight tooth and nail to keep it.

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.

I'm looking for three belts. I'm looking to do something that's never been done in this sport. I wanna go down to 155. I wanna go up to 185 and take the belt.

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

So far, I don't know what it means to be the champion. I'm just glad I have the belt.

Fighting Anderson Silva was a signature and career-defining moment that was stolen from me.

Cris Cyborg is one of the best in the world, and there is no shame in losing to her.

What makes a champion great is how he dethrones the guy before him. Look at Mike Tyson against Trevor Berbick and how he crushed him. You have to rip the title away from him.