JOSE ALDO

That was my biggest dream, to one day become champion in MMA and boxing. That is my biggest dream.

Everybody fights for money, of course, but I wanted to leave a legacy when I retired, get my name in the history. I don't think like that anymore. When I lost the belt, I saw how reality is. Champion means nothing.

I don't cut weight, so it's no problem for me to fight at lightweight.

Aldo is one guy. Barao is another one. We're friends, we're teammates, but it's a fight. Each one will defend his name.

Some fighters have a great punch; others don't.

The training is intense here at Nova Uniao.

I focus on myself, and I train for myself.

I love sports - I am a die-hard fan of soccer, and I am always at Maracana Stadium in Rio watching Flamengo play. I am also a big fan of basketball; I stay up at night to watch Lebron James play whenever I can.

I train every day to destroy whoever they put in front of me.

Every time I step in the Octagon, I always try to finish.

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.

Yes, I think about having a career in boxing, but I want to start from the bottom, start from zero. I want to get ranked and one day fight for a belt. I don't want to fight just to fight, for money, to go after big fights and challenge a great champion.

Talking makes the fight bigger... When the fight is over, everyone goes in opposite sides with money in the pocket. You have to talk trash because that brings money.

Every fighter seeks evolution.

Nobody stays young forever.

Each person has a way to promote their fight. Each person has a way to try to create opportunity in their career.

Of course, people will be partial, but I put myself among the best in history.

We create difficulties in training, so we never think it's easy.

Every fight is a new fight.

I always did promotion for my fights.

When I first fought in the U.S., the size of the crowd was something I was not used to seeing, but you get used to it.

If a fighter thinks he knows everything and stops trying to evolve, he's lost.

We always train with heavier sparring partners to make it harder so the fight will be easier.

When I'm inside the cage, nobody will take anything away from me.

We have to talk a little trash to sell fights, talk more, because we know we will profit more from that. It's important.