Fight Promotion 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.

I'm a guy who likes to keep fighting five, six times a year, so if I ask for too much money, they might say, 'Well, we pay you too much. We can't let you keep jumping backwards and forwards and promote it.' The money I'm making is good to keep grabbing short-notice fights. I love them; they're my favorite ones.

Having 'The Ultimate Fighter' was the thing that did it for us, live fighting on TV. That's what we had to do, was get a live fight on TV. It couldn't have worked out better.

I've always been a UFC fan, and I like McGregor and the way he promotes it.

I'm not surprised to be the coach on 'The Ultimate Fighter.'

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.

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'd most prefer to be a free agent and fight up to six times a year, but that is unlikely.

I think a fight with Errol Spence is easier to make than Lomachenko because of promotional reasons.

When I came back to the UFC, I was just excited.

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.

Every fighter has a different agenda. Every promoter has a different agenda for their fighter. Every manager has a different agenda. So things change all the time.

I often get people that come up to me with the UFC 151 poster with me and Dan on it and ask me to sign it.

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.

Everyone knows who the money fight is, and everyone is begging for it. But at the end of the day, Conor's going to fight who he wants to fight.

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

Wilder is not a big draw in the U.S. He maybe sells 5,000 to 10,000 tickets when he's fighting in his own town for the heavyweight champion.

As far as the UFC, if they offer us a fair deal, then we would be open to fighting in the UFC.

Whatever Dana White and Joe Silva have planned for me, I'm ready.

Would I take Conor McGregor? No, he's a lot shorter than me. I don't think we'd be allowed fight - a heavyweight and a lightweight.

Liam Smith hasn't got a belt, but I can get excited about that fight. If they pay me seven figures for the fight, I'll take that fight.

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.

That's all I ask the UFC to do: keep me active.

If I could have my dream fight, it would be an Errol Spence rematch.

I thought I was ready for a title shot after I beat Shogun.