Quotes from Robert Whittaker

I hit hard, and I hit fast - much faster than Bisping, much harder than Bisping, and I have much better defence than Bisping.

I'm a distance fighter - if you've seen me fight, I like ducking in and out.

No fighter wants to risk getting ring rust.

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

I want to be known as one of the best fighters ever. I don't just need a shiny medallion to tell me anything. I want to beat all the top-caliber dudes.

Every fight, I try to get out there and set an example to show the rest of the world we have fighters from Australia, and we're for real, and we're here to stay.

I need to take fights, and I expect to win all my fights, whether it's higher ranked or lower ranked.

Do I want everyone in Australia to know who I am? Absolutely. But the only way I can do that is by winning fights.

Who am I to tell people what to do with their own careers and how they're doing?

I think everyone has to have their mettle tested in a tough fight.

I like eating. I like food.

Having a little boy gave me a foundation and centred my life a bit more.

I don't pick and choose. I've never really had an qualms about who I fight next.

That's the game plan - I've got it written down on paper: beat everyone. And that's what I'm looking forward to doing.

I'm a very objective-driven bloke, so to have a goal in mind and to have something to do is very important to me.

I know that it's a fight at the end of the day; it's not a grappling match.

Everyone knows what crappy food is: high grease, high fat... or what clean eating is. They just make excuses not to do it.

Fighter, father, husband - it's all the same person. I know the UFC stereotype is that we're all thugs. But I'd like people to know that I don't have to switch one off to try to be another. Being a father and a fighter, it's who I am.

Pretty much all my mother's side is Kiwi, and we have a strong Maori heritage.

I think it's highly unprofessional to not make weight.

I never expected to do what I can, but with my coaching staff and my training and coming to terms with my own ability and my own talent and realizing the potential that there is, I've decided that I want to make a run for it. I'm training, and I'm fighting for a title.

I see all my hard fights as title fights. Every time I go in there, I'm fighting for my life.

I want to fight all the best. I want to be the best fighter in the world. The only way to truly attain that title is by beating everyone.

Come fight night, there will be nerves, but it's how you react to those nerves - doing what you need to regardless - that's how you win fights.