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I'm a fan pleaser.
I'm the people's champ.
I like to have job security.
I'm an entertaining fighter.
I want to be a multi-division champ.
I've been training like an Olympian.
You can't just learn wrestling overnight.
I think I would pose a big threat at 145.
You can love somebody without liking them.
I own 170 and 155. These are my weight classes.
Opportunity sometimes comes once in a lifetime.
I don't like red. I like blue. That's my color.
I can go down to 145. I can kick everyone's butt there.
I'm beefy. I feel good at 170. My wife loves me at 170.
Wits always win, man, in the battle of brain versus brawn.
My fuel for my fire is to be able to provide for my family.
I'm tired of labels. This is my label right here: El Cucuy.
At the end of the day, does the UFC really like its fighters?
I could see myself going to lightweight, but I love welterweight.
This is an Olympic-level type of sport and it needs to be cleaned up.
Once I lose focus that's when I'm going to go tumbling down the hill.
I'm a champion and I fight like a champion with or without that belt.
I always said the 155-pound belt's been in so many grubby hands, man.
We all have to pay our bills. We all have to pay our taxes. Straight up.
I don't want to be a cookie-cutter-poster-boy-bubble-gum-chewing fighter.
It's interesting how Khabib fights but to me it's just boring, it's lazy.
We've never had somebody to secure the legacy for the 155-pound division.
I don't fight for anybody else besides myself and my family, so therefore I win.
You don't have to use aggression to squash somebody. You have to use your brain.
I might not always be given the respect that I should have, but it's what fuels me.
That's what I signed up for in the beginning. I was 170 pounds; 155 was forced on me.
Everybody has their good days and their bad days, there's always two sides to a story.
All you guys out there that ever got bullied, I'm the guy that's going to help you guys.
If I have a roof over my head and if I'm cashing checks and choking some necks I'm always happy.
I thought this was the UFC and we're supposed to be the best and toughest fighters in the world.
I would love to fight Khabib, but there's no guarantee he's going to show up and make the weight.
This is the fight game. I'm not worried or scared about absolutely anybody who's not talking about me.
I'm just throwing a name out there, but I think Nate Diaz and myself could actually put on a good show.
I'm not one to throw anybody under a bus, but check this out: I'll be the first one to step in front of it.
Go back and watch my old footage, man. Go back and watch my old fights. I knocked people out at 170 pounds.
Any of my previous fights before the UFC and 'the Ultimate Fighter' were all main events and co-main events.
A lot of people like to trash talk, but I don't. I like to use my movements inside the cage to do my talking.
You dangle a little bit of change in front of somebody and what do they do? They change right up like a chameleon.
I'm looking for pound-for-pound list to be the best in the world and it takes belts to get there so let's get there.
I never make the same mistake twice. If you catch me slipping one time, good for you, but it ain't gonna happen again.
The lightweight title will be mine, but I'm looking for multiples and I am looking for that best pound for pound spot.
Don't give me an easy fight. I want somebody that's worth it, that's put in their time and put in the amount of effort.
Well, being my type of fighter and my type of guy, you know I throw a lot of barrage of punches, kicks, knees and elbows.
It's what you do after making a mistake - that's what I like to see. As long as you mature and grow with it, that's fine.
Preparing for a short-notice fight is dangerous, it doesn't even matter who you are preparing for. Short-notice fights suck.