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.
I've been fighting in the UFC for five years now and it's about time I'm headlining a card.
I've heard that I could be facing Randy Couture. That would a great.
I do a lot of fights in the U.K., and the fans there, I have to admit probably, are the best in the world because they support their fighters.
I'm the former lightweight champion. I want to fight one of the top guys. I don't want to fight a guy who isn't ranked.
It was an absolute honour to fight in Vegas. Every fighter dreams of fighting at the MGM Grand. That's where so many legends have fought before and so many legends will continue to fight.
To do eleven fights in four months is pretty crazy. In some shows that we do in Asia, there are three or four fights over a six-month period, so you have time to recover and gain your stamina.
Andre Ward got the chance to fight Sergey Kovalev twice. Triple G and Canelo are fighting again. People are getting paid to play king of the hill again.
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.
I probably should have been fighting at 155 for a long time, but I was so close to the top at 145.
Whatever Dana White and Joe Silva have planned for me, I'm ready.
This sport is growing. It's about patience, rather than getting caught up in five in a row, want a title shot, main event. The goal is to put on a great fight and be smart.
It's not up to me. I will fight whoever the UFC puts in front of me. If it was up to me, I want to fight Dana White.
You are never going to top boxing at Wembley stadium.
If I could have my dream fight, it would be an Errol Spence rematch.
I don't really care who the UFC put in front of me, but ultimately, I want that belt off Tyron Woodley.
I've fought Jacare twice, it's not a fight people want to see.
You can have a fight card full of male fights, but yet when that women's fight comes on, that's what people watch. They're super excited by it.
That's all I ask the UFC to do: keep me active.
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.
It's up to the UFC. Whoever they put in front of me, I'll fight.
I thought I was ready for a title shot after I beat Shogun.
2019, I'm coming for those big boys; I will go to welterweight.
Let me fight Jon Jones. I need that rematch.
But after defeating Carlos Condit, I've shown I deserve to have a title shot.
