Quotes from Tecia Torres

ATT did a lot of classes, and I had a lot of female partners to work with. In Colorado, I don't really do any classes.

I want to become the champion and hold that belt. I don't want to just win a fight and then lose it in my next fight.

She's Jenny from the block! I love her music and her movies. And she goes back to where she grew up in the Bronx and gives back to the community.

When I found out that I was picked to be on 'The Ultimate Fighter,' my first thought is that my dream had come true.

In a dream world if I wasn't a scaredy cat, I'd work for the FBI or something like that. That's always been a dream of mine since I was a child, to work for the FBI or DEA or something cool like that.

Monday though Wednesday I am in the gym twice; then I have school at night. Those days are hard. The other days are training and writing essays. Time management has been key.

I had just come off a win in Invicta, then a couple of days later, Dana called to welcome me to UFC and tell me this was how they were introducing a whole new weight class. My mind was blown.

Exactly, everyone knows me as a striker, but I want to show I'm a more well-rounded fighter so I can get some of the big fights with the top fighters.

To represent the Latin American people - especially Latin American women... there's not many of us fighting. To be one of the ones that are able to set a precedent and to fight in Mexico is really amazing.

I can't wait to have my first real UFC fight when there are actually fans around and my teammates and coaches are there.

I like having my familiarity and my specific coaches there telling me what I need to do.

I'm really good at evading punches.

I graduated college in 2010, I thought I'd go to grad school then and I was accepted under a different program and I ended up moving away and pursuing fighting instead of graduate school, but I knew I always wanted to do it.

You never know what's going to happen and I know that fighting is not forever. So post-fighting I definitely want to have a career, and I think a master's degree will help much more than a bachelor's degree.

I'd definitely like to work with women and children with domestic violence and broken homes... What better way is there to do that than with self-defense? That's where my heart lies.

From getting good grades when I was growing up to finishing college to respecting my elders to the discipline that I have - everything can go back to martial arts.

I know it may be weird that I'm going back to school at a high point of my career, but it's something I've always wanted to do.

I'm straight edge. I've never touched a drug, and I want to show kids that you can accomplish big things the right way.

Prior to getting back into college, I had lots of free time, so I was like, ahhh, I've always wanted a master's, let's go do it. As soon as I signed up, I had no time.

I didn't think of it as a career until Invicta signed me. But even then, I was coming to a point where I was going to probably have to stop fighting full-time.

So I'll get my two training sessions in early in the day and then I'll go right to school.

Invicta treats the girls well but it wasn't enough to make a living off of.

I started this martial arts journey 20 years ago with karate, and I never imagined it would come to pass that I would be in the UFC.

To fight in Mexico is amazing.