Quotes About MMA

I'm done. I'm retiring. I'm getting out of the MMA world.

That's why guys in MMA call each other out most of the time. High reward and low risk.

There are so many ridiculous arguments that MMA is somehow anti-woman.

I'm the Rocky of MMA.

MMA is like the Colosseum in Rome: the fans want to see violence.

I've got two 10-8 rounds against Anderson Silva. That's just the truth. I have no equal at middleweight.

If you win one fight in the UFC, you're good. If you win two in a row, you're great.

I have a great run in the UFC.

More and more Russians started watching the UFC when Conor came along. The more they watched, the more they understood it.

Scott Coker's been amazing to work with.

I get along just fine with Woodley. He's actually showed me a lot things in the past, and I've worked with him in the past training to help him get ready to fight. There's no hard feelings if me and hit had to scrap.

I think I owe a lot to the UFC and UFC fans.

I don't think people realize what those weight cuts were doing to me. It took so much out of me to make 155. I wish I could put into words what it was like, to be able to paint the picture of my weight cuts, but I can't. All I can say is that every fight week was a complete misery.

I'm so happy to be a part of Russian MMA history by headlining the first UFC event in Russia.

A lot of people in MMA do part-time jobs.

One of my favorites is Dominick Cruz, a training partner of mine.

When St-Pierre retired, it brought a lot of enthusiasm to the weight class, and things got shook up.

I respected Fedor for a long time. I never said bad things about him, never in my life. I respect him a lot.

If it was... let's say they just banned 170, that it was either 55 or 85, I'd go to 185 before I'd go to 55.

Gina Carano is a great athlete, and I'd be happy if she returns to MMA - doesn't matter if it's against Ronda.

I expected Ronda to be a beast. You know what? Ronda's a beast.

If you really look at the sport, when the No. 1 ranked fighter beats the No. 2 ranked fighter, the only thing that's up next for him is a title fight.

I always said the 155-pound belt's been in so many grubby hands, man.

Conor changed the game and he paved the way. He did those big numbers and I'm one of the guys who is going to carry that forward.