Jimi Manuwa Quotes

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 grew up watching Anderson. He was my favorite fighter.

The greatest thing about fighting a guy like Dave Rickels: He always comes to fight.

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.

Ground and pound is my thing, everyone knows that.

I remembered watching the first UFC. You couldn't get it on TV. They were doing it bare knuckles. No gloves. I wanted to do that.

I have a great run in the UFC.

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

MMA is so exciting. It doesn't matter if you know the rules or not. If you like a fight, it's automatically gonna draw you in.

I'm not Ken Shamrock the MMA World Champion No Holds Barred fighter. I'm Ken Shamrock, The World's Most Dangerous Man. Professional wrestling and MMA champion.

I've really valued each area of MMA.

It's up to the UFC. Whoever they put in front of me, I'll fight.

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

The fans want to see more. They're there to see fights, they want to see more, they want to see people get put unconscious, whatever. But you can't get put in those spots.

My friends joke that I'm a young veteran in the UFC.

It's all matchups, and I knew that I matched up well against 'Rumble' Johnson.

I really believe that I'm a better fighter than Gabriel Gonzaga.

I think Robbie Lawler is a good name and a fight that interests me.

I'm a guy who looks to put the pressure and come out with the knockout or the submission.

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.

I think I'll finish Cruz faster than I finished Barao. Cruz has got a crazy style. But I think I'm going to finish him quicker than I finished Barao.

I'm more into MMA than any other sport. I watch a lot of the UFC fights. I have since it first came onto the scene.

Back in '93 I saw my first UFC fight and just became enamored by it then.

MMA was like wrestling; I love competition.

I like fighting, man. I didn't get into this sport not to fight. I enjoy fighting; I actually enjoy getting in the cage.