Quotes About Fight

Things can change quickly in the UFC. I lost to Nate Marquardt in my first loss as a middleweight and then I defeated Dan Miller and fought for the title against Anderson Silva.

I've been there for every world title fight my family have been involved in. I've been there in the changing rooms. I've experienced the nerves - perhaps more when it's not me and when it's one of them.

When I fought Joseph Parker it was for the WBO world title and they robbed my fight.

An interim title is just a guarantee at a title shot. If I'm going to fight the best guys in the world, I want a guarantee that I'm going to fight for the title.

If Hector Camacho can ever win a title, I'd like to fight him.

That title, is one of the things I fought for. A lot of people said 'But it's stupid, and it's the title of a comedy movie, and people won't take it seriously,' and I'm sure there are some people who still don't. But for the most part, people do see that we really have a quality show.

Canelo's the big name, but I am the champion going in... I took this fight. I'm not in a situation where I have nothing to lose in this fight. I've got a title to lose.

I want to defend and put my title on the line as much as possible. If the top in the division are ready to try to come and take my belt - and the key word is 'try' - I'm ready to give them that opportunity.

I beat Gilbert Melendez, and he got two shots at the title.

There's a lot of guys in my weight class that are talking - they're chirping. Everybody wants the title. Everybody wants to fight me; everybody thinks they can beat me. People are talking because they think I can't fight.

I don't care who I'm fighting if I'm not fighting for the title.

Everybody's one fight away from getting a title shot if they step in on short notice for somebody.

I want to be challenged every week; I want to know that my title is on the line, and I have to fight to keep it.

Every team has to understand what their ambitions are. If their ambitions are to fight for the title or win the Champions League, you must buy expensive players. Otherwise, you continue to stay in your level. It's simple.

I want the real title. I can't express it enough that I want to fight for the real title. The interim title, from what I've seen... people get it, and then they take it away in a month. I just don't want to be that person.

I see all my hard fights as title fights. Every time I go in there, I'm fighting for my life.

My fifth pro fight, I got my first title fight.

If I want to fight for a 155-pound title - if I hold the 145-pound title - give me the fight.

My next fight is always the most important fight, so regardless if I'm fighting for the title or not, I always have to go in there and give everything that I've got.

Every athlete in the UFC, I think they want to fight for the title. I'm no different.

I get to fight a tough dude like Koscheck, and then a title shot if I win? It's great.

My first MMA fight was July 2006 here in Brazil. I won a few fights here in Brazil, and then I got a chance to fight in the UFC, but they put me against the number one contender for the title at that time. It was Fabricio Werdum.

When you are challenging for the world title, you've got to go into the lion's den to try and rip that belt away from the champion.

It's always been a dream of mine to fight for the European title.