Michael Chiesa Quotes

My dream is to be the best fighter at 155 pounds in the world.

I have never been in a cage fighting UFC. It would be nice to try.

My goal is to be UFC champion, and my eyes are on that prize.

I go to bed dreaming, thinking that I want to be the best in the octagon and be a champion.

I was the youngest champion of the UFC.

I've been doing everything people like to see: knock people out, and submissions, and go in there to fight.

The heart of the sport is about the top guys fighting each other. This isn't WWE; this is fighting.

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.

The toughest fight I've ever had was T. J. Grant.

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.

I was champion in Dream at middleweight, I'm champion in Strikeforce at light heavyweight, and my final goal is to be heavyweight champion of the world.

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

Anyone with a belt in my weight division I want to fight.

I was brought into the life of one Bas Rutten in 2001 at a grappling tournament that I was attending to support a friend of mine. I had never met Bas before but, of course, knew who he was: the King of Pancrase, UFC Heavyweight champion, and the commentator with Pride.

Heath Herring is tough as nails, and he fights hard.

If you're the UFC champion, you're the best in the world at what you do, and I get the opportunity to do that.

I think people are realizing that whereas now the 'Ultimate Fighting Championship' has taken over what people used to like about pro wrestling in the '70s and '80s. We just want to see who's going to fight for the title.

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 just don't want to be a champion; I want to be one of the best fighters there ever was.

People always want to see who's the best fighter in the world.

GSP, that little syrup sucker, he can come get this. He thinks he's the greatest welterweight of all time. I have something else to say about that. I'll destroy him.

My dream has always been to be a UFC champion. It wasn't to be a main event fighter.

Talking about a fight with Randy Couture is a jinx for me.

Fighting in the UFC means that I'm at the top of the sport, and it means that I'm able to pursue my goal of being a champion in the UFC.

I've got big respect for Corey Anderson. He's a great fighter, he poses a big threat.