Israel Adesanya Quotes

I'm a champion, I have to defend this belt.

I want to fight for the real belt, not the interim title.

At the end of the day, I am going for all the belts, so I am going to have to go through all of them. And I would live to fight the U.K. guys - even in the U.K.

I'm definitely an active champion. I'm looking forward to defending my belt as many times as possible.

You have to take the belt, and I dont give my opponents a chance to take my belt. I go out there and take away their opportunity to take my belt away from me.

I'm not here to dance around. I'm here to fight for titles.

There's a lot of ways to win a belt, but taking it from a champion is very important to me.

I just have to do what I have to do. I have to defend my belt.

I'd like to fight and get close to that title shot - that's all I'm interested in. My whole purpose is to fight for the world title.

I'm not worried about trying to guarantee a fight for the belt, because that's automatic; it will happen.

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

Getting the title shot was huge.

I want the undisputed belt.

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.

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 said as soon as I got the belt, I want number one contenders.

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.

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.

Ben Askren, the only thing we have in common... I have a real belt. He has some belts from back in the day that don't even matter anymore.

I don't care if I ever fight for the belt or get the belt.

I think I could have asked for a title shot after I beat Ian McCall.

So far, I don't know what it means to be the champion. I'm just glad I have the belt.

I don't care about the Strikeforce belt.

The guys I lost to always challenged the title, because they were, like, title eliminators. I lost to Alexander Gustafsson and Anthony Johnson and they fought for the belt. Then I won fights against really tough guys.

Ronda knows what's like to have this belt, she knows the power this belt has.