Ariel Helwani Quotes

I want people to talk about me in five, 10 years, 20 years, that I was one of the best female MMA fighters, that I was one of the best UFC champions in the world back in the day. This is what I want.

I was the youngest champion of the UFC.

I'll fight anyone the UFC wants me to beat and defeat them.

Stipe's one of the top guys in the UFC. He wouldn't be in the UFC if he wasn't one of the best in the world.

Nate Diaz sucks.

My goal is to be UFC champion, and my eyes are on that prize.

Chad Mendes, I'm hunting with all the time.

Frank Mir is gonna be my toughest fight in my UFC career. It won't be easy.

If you're the UFC champion, you're the best in the world at what you do, and I get the opportunity to do that.

For some reason, that's the title they're giving me: ''The Ultimate Fighter' Destroyer.'

When I first started, I lived in Vegas because I was fighting in the UFC, and I was still fighting after the UFC.

It's unbelievable how good Jon Jones really is. It's the minute he steps out of the octagon, you never know what's going to happen.

Fighting in the UFC means that I'm at the top of the sport, and it means that I'm able to pursue my goal of being a champion in the UFC.

Jens Pulver was a former UFC champion. He's a guy who I followed and looked up to. It was my first big fight in the Sacramento arena.

Everyone wants to be UFC champion, and that's my goal and my dream.

I will be the UFC lightweight champion. Mark my words.

I would like to be the youngest UFC world champion. I believe I can accomplish that.

I'm not a UFC athlete. I'm a UFC fighter.

Colby Covington is a nightmare match-up for me, but I'm ready to walk through the fire.

Obviously, Robbie Lawler isn't called ruthless for nothing; he's really earned his keep and has a crazy comeback story, probably the best comeback story we've seen in our sport.

I think the match up is one of the century and I have what it takes to take Cyborg down, if anyone does.

I feel like everybody's who fighting, young fighters and still learning and growing, that should be their goal - to be the UFC world champion.

Cain's an animal, man. Cain's a competitor. I want to spar with Cain because I know if I'm able to hang with him here in the gym, once I get out there in the cage and fight, I mean, I've already gone toe-to-toe with Cain Velasquez, you know?

It was priceless. Being the UFC champion and having my kids in the Octagon, my wife, them holding the belt. That was like a movie.

I grew up watching Anderson. He was my favorite fighter.