Jimi Manuwa Quotes

I'm open for big fights, and it would be my dream to make my division in the UFC.

Even in my first year in the UFC I fought five times in the year.

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

The one thing about the heavyweight division or, actually, just being in the UFC, anybody can win, and anybody can lose. You're competing with the best in the world.

Anderson Silva, Georges Saint-Pierre, and Rodrigo Nogueira are some of the top fighters in the UFC among many other great fighters. The UFC has many of the toughest fighters around.

I have a great run in the UFC.

The Hendricks/Lawler fights, those were just epic. Both were non-stop. I couldn't stop watching, and it was hard to look away. I watch those as a fan, and to see two guys fighting like that for 25 minutes is crazy.

With the UFC, anything can happen, really.

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

I can fight Cain Velasquez if they want. It's not up to me, I'm not the matchmaker.

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've got a split decision loss to Dominick Cruz and that changed everything, a fight that I thought I won. That changed everything, but I am the best bantamweight in the world.

In the UFC, nothing is guaranteed. Anything can happen when it comes to getting a title shot.

I've been fighting in the UFC for five years now and it's about time I'm headlining a card.

Donald Cerrone vs. Justin Gaethje is no doubt a fun fight on paper.

One person I lost to at 135 was the champion at the time, Dominick Cruz.

Michael Bisping versus Georges St-Pierre is a money fight, and the UFC loves money fights.

It's not up to me. I will fight whoever the UFC puts in front of me. If it was up to me, I want to fight Dana White.

My first MMA fight was July 2006 here in Brazil. I won a few fights here in Brazil, and then I got a chance to fight in the UFC, but they put me against the number one contender for the title at that time. It was Fabricio Werdum.

I'm ready for anybody. If it's John Dodson, if it's Demetrious Johnson, if it's Joseph Benavidez, I'm ready for whichever one, whoever wants a piece of me.

I dominated Michael Bisping.

But after defeating Carlos Condit, I've shown I deserve to have a title shot.

The first time I saw a commercial for my fight was UFC 210.

When I joined UFC, I said I want to be involved in fights where millions of fans are watching, biting their fingernails, thinking, 'What the heck is going to go on here?'

Getting knocked out in your underwear in the Octagon is pretty embarrassing, but people are like, 'The guy he's fighting is really, really good, and he is a UFC fighter, so he can still beat up 99 percent of the world,' so it's not that embarrassing.