Quotes from Rory MacDonald

I've sacrificed a lot to get to the top, to the world title. I really sacrificed, and I took a lot of chances. I did a lot of favors, I felt like, for the UFC and I don't think it got returned.

Every time you fight for a world championship fighters take pride... it's a special moment to be a main event for a world title fight.

I'll fight whoever I have to fight to prove that I'm the best.

I'm fighting the best guys in the world... I would be a fool to think I wouldn't leave with a little blood and a few scrapes here and there. You've gotta learn how to like that stuff.

You can't always believe what you hear. Things change so often in this sport, you'd be a fool if you believed everything that came out.

I believe in friendship.

Win or lose, I know I bring a lot to the table.

One day I changed my cell phone number, but the guy at the UFC in charge of the music didn't know. So he was texting that fan who had my old number, thinking it was me. The fan was selecting my music.

I got to experience fighting some really good guys, like Demian Maia and Tyron Woodley who are top guys in the division. It was on a big stage, those fights. It gives me experience with top-level guys.

Being a Christian should be about telling the good things, sharing the good news that the Lord can change us for the better. I want to be an agent for that.

I'm going to live in the woods one day. Hunt, be weird, not have to listen to people call me a psycho all the time.

When you're training every day, you kind of have to have the eye of the tiger. It's like eat, sleep, you've got to be like chewing on steel kind of thing for six weeks. It hardens your body, hardens your mind.

I don't enjoy going into a fight and then having regrets afterwards.

I want big money fights because first and foremost I think I'm worth it.

I'm not here to try and impress anyone or make anyone mad, I'm just going in there and doing what I love, and hopefully people can appreciate what I'm there for, and I'm not trying to be Hollywood star or a Hollywood personality or something.

Che Mills is a great fighter, and a worthy opponent. Just because he hasn't been seen in front of the camera that many times doesn't mean he's not dangerous or a great martial artist.

I've always wanted to be in a tournament since I was a little guy in this sport.

I come from humble beginnings so I don't require a lot to feel comfortable.

I think Bellator gets it, they want to build a character around each and every guy on the roster. They want to build up the names and let people see the real sides of them and they can build that up.

The Lord has blessed me the skills to fight and be an example of how God has transformed my life for the good.

I think I'd like to prove to people that my skills can carry me through even against bigger skilled guys.

Instead of a legacy as a fighter, I want to leave a mark in the sport about the good news of Jesus Christ.

After the Jon Fitch fight, about being confused, the Lord's really given me clarity and shined a light on where he wants me to go, how I could answer the calling he's given me.

I never train with wraps. I've always found that they kind of cut off blood flow when you're grappling as well, because you're flexing your forearms and grips and things. It's just something I decided wasn't for me anymore.