Alexander Gustafsson Quotes

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.

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

I'm very open to fight Valentina Shevchenko. I always want to fight the best fighters and I think that she is one of the top female fighters in the world.

If you really look at the sport, when the No. 1 ranked fighter beats the No. 2 ranked fighter, the only thing that's up next for him is a title fight.

There's a lot of ways to win a belt, but taking it from a champion is very important to me.

Give Tony Ferguson a title fight. He needs it!

I beat Ryan Bader, and that beautiful knockout got me a shot at the title. That's the kind of thing that puts you close to the top.

I think the Eddie Alvarez fight is a good fight that makes sense - a couple Italian guys throwing down. I've got nothing but respect for the guy.

I want to be the first British person to lift a UFC World Title.

I think I could have asked for a title shot after I beat Ian McCall.

If I want to fight for a 155-pound title - if I hold the 145-pound title - give me the fight.

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.

Getting the title shot was huge.

Not since 2011, when I stepped into the cage and fought Eddie Alvarez for the first time and was the extreme underdog - I've never quite had that feeling of a 10 since then.

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 beat Gilbert Melendez, and he got two shots at the title.

The UFC want me as their champion. The welterweight division needs me as its champion. It's been static for too long. I'll win the title, defend it a couple of times, and then move up to middleweight.

I want the real title. I can't express it enough that I want to fight for the real title. The interim title, from what I've seen... people get it, and then they take it away in a month. I just don't want to be that person.

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 took my first fight in the UFC on short notice. I took my first big fight against a top-five guy on ten days notice.

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

Mr. Efrain Escudero is a great fighter and TUF Champ. He has fought in big fights, and has a great record.

The title's the goal, not to beat Henry Cejudo. Because I already accomplished that goal.

The one thing about the heavyweight division or, actually, just being in the UFC, anybody can win, and anybody can lose. You're competing with the best in the world.

I signed a contract to fight at UFC 187, so I'm going to fight at UFC 187, whoever it is against. It's the same thing.