Quotes from Jessica Andrade

I used to eat a lot of pasta and cookies, things like that. I really eat a lot. I'd eat everything if you let me.

We don't like to fight other Brazilians, but it's pretty cool if there's a belt on the line.

At one point, I had 10 UFC fights under my belt. But at the same time, I had no money and no house to live in.

I'm very close to Poliana Botelho, Virna Jandiroba and Amanda Ribas, too. It's like I always tell them: 'If we're going to fight, it might as well be for the belt. I don't want to fight you in a normal fight.'

I am a Brazilian, I represent Brazil, I train there and I'm going to be a champion for Brazil.

I look at Weili Zhang and see myself. She has heavy hands and if we exchange, I want to be better than her. When she fires, I want to be the sniper and her with a small pistol.

I'm very strong and I have enough cardio for three or five rounds if I have to.

I have great cardio.

I like to change things up and feel comfortable to show my best performance. I think that's probably why I haven't stopped changing divisions.

Joanna is a great athlete, has good grappling, good striking, a lot of cardio, but her punching power is weak.

Joanna's weak spot is Jessica Andrade.

I did it all, man. My father worked with planting, leasing the land and planting corn and beans, things like that. My brother and I helped to harvest. At the time of planting, we would go along too. I think that made me become the woman I am today, strong and focused.

After I beat Rose and won the belt, I heard too many comments along the lines of 'Oh, that was luck.' You think that doesn't get to you?

I have nothing to complain with the UFC because I get paid really well in the UFC. I think you're paid according to your work, and I think that's really cool. That's why I want to be fighting all the time, to show that I'm the best, that I'm evolving, because the more you show, the more you get paid.

We might think we don't, but everyone descends from native Brazilians. When Portuguese arrived here, everyone was native Brazilians, so I have that in my blood.

I'm used to compete at 135 pounds, and I know I will always be shorter than my opponents.

Rose has a great striking. We can see her improvement, especially in her fights against Joanna. She's fast, has a bigger reach and is taller than me.

Rose had some openings that I could fit my game in. Even though she was taller than me and had a longer reach, I was stronger in short distance, my strikes connect better.

I want to get well prepared to fight five rounds when the time comes.

I had the opportunity to take a judo class once, and I've never done that before - except fighting and beating up my brother at home. I decided to stay for the class and I defeated every boy there, so the teacher asked me if I wanted to stay and train more.

Meeting Marta, who she is as a person, and hanging out with her, seeing her watch my fight, screaming and cheering for me, being proud of me the same way I am proud of her, that's priceless. It was really cool. I never imagined that.

I've fought in some many different places in the world, even China, so location doesn't affect much.

Every fight I fight in a different way.

The more space you give Joanna, the better for her. I work better when I close the distance.