Justin Gaethje Quotes

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.

If they call me to fight Jon Jones, I'm ready to fight anyone in the UFC.

I want to fight Khabib. I think I'm one of the biggest threats to his title.

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.

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

I want to fight a UFC fighter.

I think I would have a war against Dustin Poirier, because of his style. Tony Ferguson, too.

I would love to fight Khabib, but there's no guarantee he's going to show up and make the weight.

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've fought on some big cards. I've fought in some big arenas, on televised cards, pay-per-view cards, whatever.

To stay in the UFC while fighting top opponents... tell me one easy fight I had in the UFC. I have a history in the UFC.

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

For Conor McGregor, I'm coming out of retirement just to fight Conor McGregor.

I've been watching Frank Shamrock fight since the beginning.

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.

There's something about somebody who does something special in the UFC that they're allotted certain freedoms and wiggle room around the rules. I'm just not in that category. So if I want to fight Georges St-Pierre or Nick Diaz or Nate Diaz, then it's all the hooplah and all the talk about it.

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

I don't take that away from Conor, that he beat Chad Mendes on short notice. Chad took that fight knowing he had a chance to beat Conor, so that's Chad's fault he took that fight.

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

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.

We've seen smaller guys in main event fights, and they do well. It just takes the right combination of people I think. I think Dominick Cruz v. T.J. Dillashaw could have main-evented a PPV and done pretty good.