Quotes from Jimi Manuwa

One little mistake at the highest level costs you a fight, which I've learned.

When you're in a fight camp, you're working your body harder than normal and it's important to still look after yourself and to relax.

It would be great to fight on UFC 200 obviously. It's going to be an historic event but the card is getting full quickly.

I don't think anyone hits as hard as I do in the light heavyweight division.

Brad Pickett is one of the coolest guys in MMA and someone I have a huge amount of respect for.

MMA has improved my life leaps and bounds.

I don't know anything about CM Punk. I'd never even heard of him until he was mentioned in UFC. I wouldn't know him if I walked past him in the street, I don't know... he might be a good wrestler but there are people in the UFC who are just good wrestlers.

I always like to keep busy, I always say if you're not injured then you should fight.

Yeah, I call my warrior spirit the lion.

When I was ranked No. 11 or 12, they offered me Gustafsson who was the No. 1 contender, and I didn't hesitate. I was No. 10 when I fought Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson who was the No. 1 contender. We accept fights, but not everyone is like that, I'm beginning to find out. It's not right.

I think everyone knows that I keep myself to myself and I don't get involved in trash talk or anything else.

I've knocked out a lot of people so I'm not going to cry about being stopped, it's part of the game and I can accept that.

The most important thing is to stay fresh - physically and mentally - and to also avoid injury of course.

I had lots of fun; I was in the boy scouts, I went camping. I just used to mess around like a normal kid.

I am who I am and I tune my training to the fighter I am.

I'm an explosive fighter so I've always got to have that strength, but you've got to mix it with endurance.

The fear of losing motivates me, and that's it.

I ruptured my bicep tendon in a sparring session.

I'm a knockout specialist who comes to fight and who's exciting to watch.

When you're away from home for a fight camp it's the simple things that you miss the most. For me, that's laying on the sofa with my daughters and spending quality family time and small things like that.

There's not so many 'big names' in cruiserweight that would interest me.

I like watching athletics and I like watching boxing. Probably the sprints, I like watching sprinting.

Now I've got near the top, I can see the games that people play. I thought everyone wanted to fight the best, and earn title shots, but it's not like that.

I was introduced to money as a teenager, my friends had nice things. It came naturally to me to try and make money.