Quotes from Tony Ferguson

That's what I signed up for in the beginning. I was 170 pounds; 155 was forced on me.

I like to have job security.

All you guys out there that ever got bullied, I'm the guy that's going to help you guys.

Nobody wants to be trapped inside that cage me. They don't want to be cut by my elbows, they don't want to get hit by any of my kicks and they don't want their conditioning checked by me.

A lot of people like to trash talk, but I don't. I like to use my movements inside the cage to do my talking.

Don't kick me when I'm down.

I can go down to 145. I can kick everyone's butt there.

I'm tried of D'arce, D'arce, D'arcing people, but if I have to D'arce somebody else up, the D'arce Knight will return.

I've never been much for the accolades and for the trophies and for the merits because at one time in my life I kind of got bored of all those.

I like to push my body to just extremity to get past the mental toughness barriers. So fighting at 145, that would be great. If Kenny Florian can do it, I can do it.

I might not always be given the respect that I should have, but it's what fuels me.

Finesse is catching the baseball on the edge of your glove when you're turning two, making the one-handed grabs and shoestring tackles by running across the field in football. And finesse is what I bring to fighting.

I never make the same mistake twice. If you catch me slipping one time, good for you, but it ain't gonna happen again.

It's not just about knockouts, son. This is mixed martial arts. It's about finishing people. It's about putting in that time, putting in all five rounds.

Everybody has their good days and their bad days, there's always two sides to a story.

I finished Edson Barboza in a d'arce choke. What else do you want? He's very hard to take down. Spinning heel kicks, spinning kicks. I took some of his most powerful shots and I just kept coming forward. I'm the Boogeyman out there.

Everybody wants to see this fight. Everybody wants to see these fireworks. They want to see that explosiveness. They want to see me throw Khabib on his back and get that five-point motion with this U.S.A. wrestling. Because if wrestling was easy, it would be called Sambo, my friend. Straight up, I'm going mop that dude up.

This is a fighter sport.

The lightweight title will be mine, but I'm looking for multiples and I am looking for that best pound for pound spot.

You don't have to use aggression to squash somebody. You have to use your brain.

If I have a roof over my head and if I'm cashing checks and choking some necks I'm always happy.

I would love to fight Khabib, but there's no guarantee he's going to show up and make the weight.

This is the fight game. I'm not worried or scared about absolutely anybody who's not talking about me.

You can't really be one-dimensional in this fight game. If you are, you're going to get knocked out or you're going to get finished. Either that, or you're just going to take a lot of damage and you're just not going to be able to last very long.