Joseph Benavidez Quotes

Fights are all about styles and matchups.

Put the fight on the court, and you will have a chance to win.

It's all matchups, and I knew that I matched up well against 'Rumble' Johnson.

I started this fight career with one objective. When I step inside a ring or an octagon, it is to beat the guy in front of me.

You know, differentiating between training and matches. If they are all matches it becomes very natural to shoot them, although Dan thinks I should shoot more of them. I think I shoot plenty of them.

Everybody knows a guillotine choke, and most know how to get to one. But if you can create a different way to get to that choke, then you're going to surprise people. However, that will only happen one time, because once it gets used that one time, everyone will see that and start to train for it.

They got all the size over there, and the teams are really good, so, I think night after night you're just going to have to be ready to lace them up and be ready to play. The teams out there are really good.

You can make plans but if the opposition plays well, then all your plans become worthless.

Preparing well for a tournament sometimes is not enough to win it as you also need a lot of luck in order to win.

Once you have an opponent in your mind that you're preparing for, you're working on specifics, and you get guys in to mimic what they do.

Football always changes. There are always new players coming in at your club or young players coming through with your club or England. You have to be ready, given 100%, improve, and get better.

I always try to prepare as well as possible for matches.

I've studied the game in every different aspect that I can.

You have to give every opponent the importance they deserve.

My timing and pressure is the definition of MMA.

There's just a spirit about you that it's such a beautiful art form in which you can implement strategy in order to subdue another individual. And I really feel like that's in wrestling and UFC; we're kind of - we collaborate in that way.

Man, jiu-jitsu is such a chess match.

The UFC focuses on entertainment, but that's not what fighting is about. It is not a concert.

If we fought like the old days, with no time limit, it would be better to work. We only have five minutes to work per round so it's complicated, especially because everybody knows that my ground game is good.

I'm ready to test my skills with the best fighters.

I think I adapted well for MMA.

I've always loved to fight. I love what I do, and that is why I've been doing it for so long. I really enjoy fighting and competing at a high level. I love getting in there and getting after it.

I need to vary up my game, and I'm working on that. I know I need to get better.

There's nothing Pedraza can bring to the ring that I haven't seen before.

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.