Quotes from Patricio Freire

No one ever made me quit.

My domination is getting so strong that it's starting to become much clearer now who's the best featherweight, but I've been raising this debate for a long time.

I've already beaten four to five generations of Bellator's best fighters.

I'm a small guy slaying giants and I'll keep doing so.

I already asked for an opportunity to fight at Glory, but I'd like to fight at Rizin more.

If you see my ratings when I fight, you will see my ratings are well above average.

I never had a belt handed to me as a gift.

I've already beat Henry Corrales, but he was a tough one.

Weichel hits very hard and is very good with the timing of his attacks.

Aldo has had a great run in the past, defended many titles against tough guys.

There are doubters out there, and for the people in the media who refuse to recognize me or acknowledge what I have accomplished, I can't worry about it.

My left hook is the H-bomb of the Featherweight division.

I think about fighting my brother being as natural as giving him a hug. We were basically born facing each other, so it would be something interesting. We'd put on the best fight we ever had. We know each other too well.

I hope to be remembered one day as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, fighter in MMA history.

Pat Curran is a very tough guy to fight. He has a very good chin. I gave him five knockdowns and he survived.

Being in the UFC doesn't mean you're the best. UFC is tough too, but Bellator is tougher.

I haven't been fighting scrubs. Ever since I began I fought the toughest guys that they could put in front of me.

I admired the tournament system because it brings some reality to the game. You had to beat everybody to get your title shot. It wasn't something random, you got there because you beat everybody else.

I think the tournament is maybe the most fair way to fight for a title because, basically, it's a ranking system. It's an elimination system, so you gotta go through the tournaments to face the champion.

I think Jose Aldo is a great fighter, has a great history, no one can deny that, but many people think I should go to bantamweight because I'm too small, and instead I went to 155 to fight someone who came as a top contender in the UFC. I was beating Ben Henderson before getting injured. Aldo won't fight at 155 because he doesn't want to.

Many people are blind and only care about the UFC. That's the wrong way of thinking. The proof is Michael Chandler, coming from Bellator, having such a devastating victory in his UFC debut against a highly ranked opponent.

Portugal and Brazil have a history but we're brothers and sisters. They are very passionate people, especially about MMA - just as Brazilians are passionate about MMA.

They like to match giants against smaller guys in Japan, so I'd like to fight a heavier opponent. I'd like this type of fight, against a stronger opponent.

I always watched Kimbo Slice fight on YouTube, everybody knows who he is. He's very popular.