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All you've ever seen in the UFC was the greatest athletes in the world. Never, ever did we do a freakshow and we won't.
Anybody they ever offer me in fighting, I'll probably never be surprised, unless it's the guy's first fight in the UFC.
When I was in the UFC I challenged some of the biggest guys in the world. When I was fighting in Europe I did the same.
I guess I am not supportive of certain issues that link up with UFC. So, you won't see 'Big Brown' on 'UFC Now' anymore.
To stay in the UFC while fighting top opponents... tell me one easy fight I had in the UFC. I have a history in the UFC.
Anytime you can be the face of the UFC is so huge, a great honor, and I would do everything I could to keep it that way.
I'm nervous... but I'm not going to fear what I'm about to do, I'm going to take it head on and I'm going to conquer it.
I won a lot of money in UFC. I earned that money. The money wasn't given to me as a present. I earned every dollar of it.
It would be great to fight on UFC 200 obviously. It's going to be an historic event but the card is getting full quickly.
We have physical therapy there now so any fighter with an injury in the UFC can come to Vegas and get treatment every day.
You see a lot of fighters who just got into the UFC getting a lot more recognition than the people who have been in there.
Honestly, I'm destroying people in sparring, but for some reason I haven't been able to show my full potential in the UFC.
If you look at UFC champions: BJ Penn - terrifying! GSP - terrifying! Anderson Silva - terrifying! But I'm not terrifying.
More and more Russians started watching the UFC when Conor came along. The more they watched, the more they understood it.
Changing over to the UFC, I was trying to force myself to thinking, like, 'This was it; this is the most important thing.'
I feel I have the necessary skills to compete with the best, I wouldn't have even aimed for the UFC if I didn't think I did.
It took me two years to get a title shot off a split-decision loss to Dominick Cruz that the UFC told me they thought I won.
The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly - in 20 seconds - with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski.
Me, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Lyoto Machida, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, all shared a two-bedroom apartment together.
In the UFC, it's about names. Every fight is hard, and everybody knows all the disciplines. Some might know more than others.
When you fight in the UFC and train with the guys that I train with, you learn that there is always still a lot of work to do.
The UFC didn't want me to fight there so what could I do? We were unable to make a deal. They offered unacceptable conditions.
If you think you're higher than UFC, if you think you're better than all the other fighters, then maybe you should get pulled.
I no fight for the money because I work hard for UFC for long time. I have money for my family. But I fight because I love it.
The UFC's a great company; they're doing great things for the sport. I just don't feel like they're doing great things for me.
I would want to fight in the UFC or Bellator. Why CM Punk? Anyone, just a worthy adversary. It can't be a world-class fighter.
I had a great contract coming out of the UFC into Bellator, but it was that second contract that made me really, really happy.
I would be lying I didn't mention I saw Dominick Cruz's performance at UFC 178 and was impressed by his dominating performance.
I'm not a matchmaker; I don't run the UFC - I'm a fighter. So I'll stick to doing what I do best: training and punching people.
I remembered watching the first UFC. You couldn't get it on TV. They were doing it bare knuckles. No gloves. I wanted to do that.
I know since my first fight in the UFC I can beat Ronda Rousey, but of course I have to take my time and put everything together.
In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
It was priceless. Being the UFC champion and having my kids in the Octagon, my wife, them holding the belt. That was like a movie.
I had a shoulder injury and the pandemic helped me take some time off to recover 100 percent, and the UFC took some time off, too.
The UFC is where the best in the world fight at. You got some of the best fighters all across the world. It's the top organization.
If Brock Lesnar wants to fight in UFC, Brock Lesnar will fight in UFC. If Brock Lesnar wants to fight in WWE, he will fight in WWE.
Everyone in the UFC is good. If you're at the lowest end or the highest end, you have a chance to get knocked out and put to sleep.
I want a shot at being an analyst. I love watching 'UFC Tonight.' I'm very critical of all the new fighters they have come on there.
Michael Bisping's whole life is a film scene. He's always acting. Confronting me at UFC 213, it makes me laugh. It's a bit clownish.
You're not going to win mental warfare with me. I am one of the mentally toughest guys, if not the mentally toughest guy in the UFC.
I know the UFC's a big organization, the best athletes and fighters are here, so... every third or fourth month, I'm ready to fight.
Henry Cejudo is going to become the greatest combat athlete of all time, being an Olympic champ and a two-division champ in the UFC.
Of course it's an honour to be fighting at UFC 100, but I don't sit back and think about that. For me, it is only ever about winning.
At some point, if the UFC allows me, I'd like to go to 125 because I know I can win that belt, man. I'm too strong, and I'm too fast.
Jens Pulver was a former UFC champion. He's a guy who I followed and looked up to. It was my first big fight in the Sacramento arena.
UFC, they can make a big star but the second that person loses, they lose credibility, and how do you continue to make that star rise?
The UFC wants to put on shows that the fans want to see, and if the fans want to see you fight someone, that's what's going to happen.
The sport wouldn't be what it is without the fans, and at UFC 189, watching the Irish fans screaming 'Ole Ole Ole' was pretty amazing.
I went through a training camp; I worked extremely hard. I prepared for UFC 200. This was the big one. This one meant everything to me.
I believe coming in early to the UFC gives me an advantage. More time to learn, more time to be in the UFC and get better as a fighter.