Featherweight Division Quotes

To be just straight up honest, Conor McGregor is a guy that fought at 145 - ever in his life. I haven't weighed 145 since my sophomore year of high school.

As far as moving to 130, I got tired of waiting for the other champions, none of whom wanted to fight me. I'm hopeful that with the move to 130 lbs. will come better fights, particularly against the other champions, so we can make our dream of becoming undisputed champion.

I'm a big Conor McGregor fan. I really am, man. I enjoy him; I like watching him.

I probably should have been fighting at 155 for a long time, but I was so close to the top at 145.

When Georges St-Pierre retired and Jon Jones was absent, I had Jose Aldo, the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world. That's how highly I think of him.

If I went up there and beat T.J. Dillashaw at 135 pounds, I have no interest whatsoever in staying at 135. People are like, 'Why not?' and I'm like, 'I have no interest in fighting guys who walk around at 160 pounds.'

I'll be honest when I tell you, Max Holloway is the hardest matchup out of everyone in our division. By far. And I was happy to take him back to back.

Max Holloway, I know I can beat him.

Featherweight division is one of the most complicated and tough classes in UFC.

I want to be remembered as the man who changed the pay scale for featherweights, who put the sparkle back in boxing after Muhammad Ali left, the man who took risks with his ring entrance, the man who, before the fight, would do a front flip into the ring without even thinking about turning an ankle, and then knocking his man out. I mean out.

I want to be a champion. I want to be a long-reigning featherweight champion. I want to be known in the history books: my name everywhere as a champion. And then, later on in my career, when I start getting good, then I can start doing the exhibition matches for money and stuff.

I want a rematch with Cub Swanson, I think I deserve to be 100 percent and fight.

If Amanda Nunes truly wants an opportunity at the 145-lb. belt, a win against any ranked contender in that division would help establish her back in a weight class she left before fighting me.

I want McGregor-Holloway 2.

There's no bigger fight on the planet than Prince Naseem and Marco Antonio Barrera. What's bigger than that? This will be the greatest fight in the history of the featherweight division.

I never fought for money. I had a good career and legacy as featherweight 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.

Chad Mendes, I'm hunting with all the time.

I don't follow the UFC as closely as some of my peers do. Obviously, Conor McGregor is a super talented guy. He is the best at what he does; he's a huge personality.

Cub Swanson was the first to talk a lot on fight week in the WEC, and I got there and ran through him.

I would fight McGregor in any weight, no problem. It would be a good fight, I'd really like to fight him.

I wanna watch Cub Swanson against Aldo.

I want to be the first champion of the 125-pound division.

I'm a big fan of Conor, and I'm a big fan of Khabib.

I don't watch a lot of featherweight fights yet some of those fights are the best fights ever.