MMA Fighter Quotes

There was a rumor I was walking around at 183 pounds. When I left my room to fight Conor McGregor, I was 179 pounds. That means by the time I walked in the cage, I was probably 175, 174 pounds.

I can eat whatever I want, and I don't get over 145 pounds. A lot of the guys who fight at 125 pounds, they get pretty big, and when it gets closer to the fight, they're walking around at 135 pounds. For me, I try to stay the same weight I typically walk around at.

Stylistically, though, I've always liked Carlos Condit, because he at least amounted to at least the level of doing what I do. I mean, but I think he stands a little upright.

Thiago Santos is a guy who can take your belt from you with one punch.

I'll fight anyone the UFC wants me to beat and defeat them.

My number one goal was to be the best fighter ever in the Octagon. I think I can hold hands with many who can stake that claim.

I will be the UFC lightweight champion. Mark my words.

I just don't want to be a champion; I want to be one of the best fighters there ever was.

I know deep down I'm destined to be a world champion and maybe it's to be attained in the most prestigious division in the UFC at welterweight.

There was a time when guys just had a specialty, like boxer or wrestler or jiujitsu guy. Then came guys who could blend taking you down with also being able to kick your head off.

Uriah Hall is on the level of Anderson Silva's striking.

I've been doing everything people like to see: knock people out, and submissions, and go in there to fight.

I ain't Nate Diaz. Nate Diaz is not a welterweight. He did not do well at welterweight because he was undersized, and these dudes are real gorillas in this weight class.

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 think I fought my first fight in Zuffa in 2010.

Brock Lesnar is a fascinating human being.

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

Aspen Ladd is quite the enigma. She looks and acts like a Girl Scout out of the cage, but in there she is an absolute beast.

If Teila Tuli won the first UFC, everybody would have been learning sumo.

Fabio Maldonado jumped up to heavyweight for our fight, and while he wasn't ranked, he is a super-tough dude and had never been knocked out before.

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.

I think the UFC does a pretty good job of backing me.

Fighting Raphael Assunaco isn't that exciting to me. I have nothing against him; he's a good guy and a good fighter.

I really believe that I'm a better fighter than Gabriel Gonzaga.

I've won five bonuses in my nine fight UFC career.