Michael Chiesa Quotes

I got in MMA for one reason: to see if I could be the best in the world.

People always say, 'I want to be the best fighter in the world.' That's why I respect Conor. He said he wants to be the best fighter in the world, and he's trying to prove it.

I've got my dreams. I want to be the best fighter on the planet.

MMA in an individual sport, and you're just pushing yourself to be as dangerous as you can be in 15 minutes.

For me the more important thing is fighting. You know, training, fighting. The sports side. I didn't choose my media life.

I had good teachers and I loved to compete in jiu-jitsu. I was doing good, a world champ, but I always knew I wanted to fight.

I didn't get into MMA because I wanted to be UFC champion. That wasn't my motivation.

I'm an MMA fighter, and I'm really confident in all areas.

That was my dream since I was a kid, since I first saw a vale tudo event in my hometown of Sao Paulo. I wanted to compete.

When you fight in the UFC and train with the guys that I train with, you learn that there is always still a lot of work to do.

I've been doing martial arts since I was 9.

I'm committed to the fight game.

All my skill sets have grown; my experience in the Octagon has grown. I honestly just think I'm getting better with every fight.

I'm going to show I'm the best fighter in the world.

I've done it a couple times where I've had fight of the year. It's not what you aspire to.

I love this sport. I love what I do. I love fighting and combat, and I love to train hard. But I want to be at my best.

When you think about mixed martial arts, you have to think about the entire scope of the athlete.

It's MMA. I'm a complete MMA fighter. I expect everything. I'm ready for all of it.

I'm a mixed martial arts fighter. But at the end of the day, all experience will help. And experience I got from that fight, it will help me to win this fight.

If I was really trying to be the best fighter in the world, I would be in the best shape and taking it more serious but I'm not.

I believe I can beat Anderson Silva, and I believe that the skills that I have is something he'd have hard time dealing with, but to compete against the guy, first and foremost, would be an honor in and of itself.

I'm getting to put all my time and effort into studying my martial arts and to be the best fighter I can be.

Since my teen years I was interested in martial arts.

I learnt a blend of different martial arts - not in great depth, obviously - but various moves such as kicks, blocks and punches. It was all quite fun.

I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.