Demetrious Johnson Quotes

If you really look at the sport, when the No. 1 ranked fighter beats the No. 2 ranked fighter, the only thing that's up next for him is a title fight.

I said as soon as I got the belt, I want number one contenders.

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

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.

Sometimes when a champ wins, there's a debate about who should be next for him or her.

I'd like to fight and get close to that title shot - that's all I'm interested in. My whole purpose is to fight for the world title.

When you are challenging for the world title, you've got to go into the lion's den to try and rip that belt away from the champion.

I'm not worried about trying to guarantee a fight for the belt, because that's automatic; it will happen.

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

I think I could have asked for a title shot after I beat Ian McCall.

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.

Getting the title shot was huge.

I'm the former lightweight champion. I want to fight one of the top guys. I don't want to fight a guy who isn't ranked.

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

I will tell you right now, I want to fight the No. 1 fighter in the world. I always said that I want to fight the No. 1 fighter.

I want the undisputed belt.

The situation right after the fight wasn't too good; I believe I'm still the only champion in the world who never received the belt inside the ring once you've won the title. I held that against the English fans for a long time but I felt that also motivated me.

I'm fighting for the Commonwealth title on Saturday and I believe I'll be ready for a world title shot in the next 18 months.

I beat Diaz, Pettis, Ben Henderson, Cerrone, and I earned it, man. I earned my title.

I want to fight for the real belt, not the interim title.

You have to take the belt, and I dont give my opponents a chance to take my belt. I go out there and take away their opportunity to take my belt away from me.

There's a lot of ways to win a belt, but taking it from a champion is very important to me.

There's no point in fighting guys when there's no structure, there's no rhyme or reason to who gets the title shot.

I'm a champion, I have to defend this belt.