Lightweights are heavier and bigger than me. I walk around 166 pounds, and other lightweights come down from 198, so they are stronger than me.
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 know I belong at 170. There is not a shadow of a doubt. This is my division and there's a clearcut path to the title.
In the beginning, somebody told me there was a record in the cruiserweight division where Evander Holyfield became the champion. I thought about that, and I told my team, 'Let's make our own history, our own record, to beat Holyfield's record.'
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 feel I have the power and the skillset to compete in any division up to welterweight.
But I am a big welterweight so I can see why people think that I would look to move up the weights.
I'm the world champ at 145. Why do I have to go down a division? Of course I want to make the fights nice for the fans, but I don't want to do something to make my life terrible.
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.'
We've never had somebody to secure the legacy for the 155-pound division.
My first opportunity in the UFC was to cut to 140 pounds. This was too tough for me, but by me going through that, it opened the door for a 145-pound division.
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've been at super middleweight for a long time.
What sort of champion would I be if I just stayed in my normal weight division and didn't take the big challenges on? Bring them on, that's what Ricky Hatton's all about.
There's only one guy at 170 that's bigger than me, and that's Darren Till.
I don't want to be in the same weight division where it's almost looking like who's the better fighter? Who's the better twin?
Strawweight, they have one power. In flyweight, they have totally different power. You can be the best one in the strawweight, but here, it's a totally different field. This is not someone who has less power than you. This is someone who has more power than you. This is where I feel this is my field; this is my territory.
Anyone with a belt in my weight division I want to fight.
I'm a five-time world champion in two different weight classes. Man, it's amazing.
If I have a chance, I'd like to fight at 185 pounds.
I want to be the first champion of the 125-pound division.
I've done it in kickboxing, I've done it in boxing. After you clean out a division, you move up in weight.
When it comes to boxing, I'm a four-time champion in four different weight classes. I did it at the age of 26. You can't down talk that.
I am the cash cow in the 130-pound division.
I moved up to 130 pounds hoping champions in this division were not cowards like those at 126 pounds. It looks like I was wrong.
