Quotes from Jimi Manuwa

I'm a bit rusty when it comes to football.

I'm a bit of a night owl, I'm always visiting the gym throughout the night.

I dunno - there's always a beast that comes out whenever I want it to... I can control the beast and everything, but it comes out when I want to.

I remember being happy and a little wild kid.

I don't care where I am in the rankings or anything like that - I just want a UFC belt.

I can definitely get the belt. It's something I always wake up believing every time I train.

On fight day, I usually have peanut butter and porridge in the morning; bananas and a nice fruit salad. Then, as the day goes on, I'll have some carbs.

I'm a big fan of Anderson Silva.

I'm not bothered about where I'm ranked in the world. I'm just worried about fighting the best people in the world and being a natural, original champion.

It's been frustrating. Since I've broken into the top five, I've seen the politics of fighters dodging fights, cherry picking fights and this that and the other.

The last few weeks are always the hardest during any fight camp.

I want the belt. I'm focused on the belt, I'm focused on the world championship belt.

In every sport you get cheats.

Whatever the crowd is - cheering, booing or whatever - it's not anything I bother to think about.

I'm not really into supplements, I mostly try to get it all from my food. I take multivitamins, vitamin D - which is really important - zinc and magnesium, but that's about it.

My plans are to avenge my loss against Volkan Oezdemir and get the UFC title.

To me a fight is a fight, it's not a contest or a martial arts competition, it's a fight.

I love apple crumble and custard - that's my little treat.

Some fighters enjoy the limelight. I get nervous, I mess up when I'm trying to explain things, because I'm a fighter pure and simple, and not really a talker.

But that's the great thing about MMA, you know, you can never predict what's going to happen.

I always predict a knockout. That's what I go for, I hit to hurt.

Daniel Crawford, who was BAMMA featherweight champion, used to train with me.

The London fans know what I bring to the table. Destruction.

I'm happy I found discipline, something I love, and I also found God.