Shayna Baszler Quotes

But my promoter Frank Warren knows what he is doing, and has been through this cycle many times with other fighters.

I don't watch every fight; I am not huge on watching fights on TV. Because I did it my whole life. But I do watch the big fights. I follow the little fights too, sometimes; I just don't have to watch every single fight that happens.

I've been fighting professionally since I was 18, and I've been doing three or four fights a year, just doing camp after camp.

I went to college, I wrestled and I took some amateur fights. When I graduated, I wanted to start using my degree, but I figured I would start fighting professionally. Then I won 18 in a row and I fought Eddie Alvarez on pay-per-view.

I'm a fighter. I'm not a promoter and I'm not a manager so I leave that up to my manager and my promoter and I just fight.

I've been in the fight business my whole life. I know fighters.

I'll fight in both divisions, 185 and 205. I feel good. That's a choice for the boss, where Dana wants me to fight. It's no problem.

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

One day some guy is going to get a billion-dollar fight.

When people first started watching UFC, it seemed like a no-holds barred event... early on it looked like all the fighters were crazy. Actually, there are a lot of techniques, and the reality shows have let people see the fighters behind the scenes.

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

I came to the UFC to make history.

I've had over seven thousand pro fights.

In the future, I want to have super-fights.

I'm in this to be the best fighter in the world, to put on entertaining shows, and to please the fans.

I want to be able to fight on pay-per-view against the big fighters and do big numbers.

When Kevin Lee's name was brought up, I told everyone I thought this fight would happen. This is a good fight for me. It surprised me because nobody wants to fight in Brazil.

I took my time with the sport of MMA. I wrestled, won the Olympics. I boxed for years.

I want to fight a UFC fighter.

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 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 always wanted to become a student of the game and at least get six to eight fights before coming to the UFC.

I think a knockout over Elkins will really put me on the radar internationally.

We're not going to do monthly pay-per-view just to do pay-per-views. We're going to build up to big fights more like the boxing model, and when the time is right, we'll do the big, big fights.