Derek Brunson Quotes

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 came to the UFC to fight with top-level fighters and become the undisputed, undefeated champion. This is my goal.

I dominated Michael Bisping.

Beating a guy like Bader, that's a big thing.

I'm in the UFC; this is a sport about fighting. If someone wants to fight me, or someone wants to fight someone else... you're here to fight each other, so I get it.

If you want to prove your worth and prove you're one of the best in the world, you need to be fighting in the UFC.

Mixed martial arts is great, and it's here to stay.

I have a great run in the UFC.

The Hendricks/Lawler fights, those were just epic. Both were non-stop. I couldn't stop watching, and it was hard to look away. I watch those as a fan, and to see two guys fighting like that for 25 minutes is crazy.

My goal is to be number one in MMA.

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.

But after defeating Carlos Condit, I've shown I deserve to have a title shot.

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 came to the UFC to make history.

I think Gilbert Burns is going to become my greatest rival.

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.

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.

Honestly, I would love to fight Henry Cejudo. You've got that gold medalist in the Olympics, I would love to test myself against that.

I want to fight a UFC fighter.

I'm not the prettiest. I'm not the best, but I win and that's all that matters in the UFC.

I go to bed dreaming, thinking that I want to be the best in the octagon and be a champion.

I respect all the fighters. I respect Georges St-Pierre because Georges has a great story in the UFC. I respect all the fighters in here because this is the biggest sport in the world.

Of course it's an honour to be fighting at UFC 100, but I don't sit back and think about that. For me, it is only ever about winning.

In the UFC, it's about names. Every fight is hard, and everybody knows all the disciplines. Some might know more than others.

I want to earn a top-contender status in the UFC, so I have to fight the best.