Jimi Manuwa Quotes

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

For me, I've been a part of a super-team in Team Alpha Male for so much of my career.

I knew I'd be in the UFC since I started my career.

You only get one chance to fight in the UFC, and while you have the chance, you might as well take it.

I want to fight a UFC fighter.

When it comes to a title fight, if I will fight Jon Jones one day, if he's still the champ, I will be more than ready for it. I will take home the belt.

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.

Daniel Cormier is a different champion. He has achieved some amazing things in his career, and for me, it would be very nice to be facing him.

It's easy to enter the UFC, but staying there isn't.

I didn't really realize that I could make it into a career until midway through the 'Ultimate Fighter' show when I started beating guys who had been training in the sport for a really long time.

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

I trained in martial arts and wanted to become a UFC fighter. That was my goal. I only really learned how to dance three weeks prior to making 'Step Up Revolution.' Dancing will always be fun, but MMA is something I'll never give up. I will eventually get back in the octagon and be fighting professionally again.

I'd always told people that I would have liked to pursue some sort of professional fight career. I don't know if I'm quite right for it, since I'm extremely prone to injury. I've been boxing for a couple years, and I've messed around with some Jiu-Jitsu, and I've always felt that there's such a passion in a real fighter's heart.

Even in my first year in the UFC I fought five times in the year.

I had to fight Donald Cerrone, Anthony Pettis, Gil Melendez, Rafael Dos Anjos. I had to fight these guys in order to prove myself in order to get a title shot.

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.

Anyone in the UFC, that should be your goal, to get the UFC belt and to fight for that title.

Every fighter is dreaming about the UFC and then once they can get into the UFC, they are dreaming about a title and I've made all of my dreams come true.

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

My dream has always been to be a UFC champion. It wasn't to be a main event fighter.

I went through UFC with five title defenses. Jonny 'Bones' Jones beat my record, so I'm trying to beat his record. That's my goal. That's what I want to do.

I feel like a fight is a season. When you're in the UFC, one fight is the equivalent of a whole football season, so when you lose a fight, the fans only remember you from your last fight, so it's very important to perform well, and to keep winning.

Benson Henderson is a professional; he's a champion. He knows how to handle himself in the cage and he knows how to win fights.

I've been in martial arts for so many years, so to hold the belt of UFC and be on top of the biggest organization, it will be represented in this belt.

My goal is to get the belt, the UFC belt.