Dustin Poirier Quotes

If I have a chance, I'd like to fight at 185 pounds.

I really want to fight Ronda. The problem is, I can't drop to 135.

Who else is willing to fight Woodley at six weeks' notice? Nobody. That's why it's come to me. But I will dethrone the champion and start a new era. I'll be an active champion, so they can all get in line.

I am very honored and excited to be part of UFC 100; it's going to be the hardest challenge of my career so far and it's going to be pretty tough - I can't wait.

I had my sights set on Tony Ferguson for a long time.

I'm the former lightweight champion. I want to fight one of the top guys. I don't want to fight a guy who isn't ranked.

My first opportunity in the UFC was to cut to 140 pounds. This was too tough for me, but by me going through that, it opened the door for a 145-pound division.

If Amanda Nunes truly wants an opportunity at the 145-lb. belt, a win against any ranked contender in that division would help establish her back in a weight class she left before fighting me.

I fought Chad Mendes to make sure I was in the top five.

The UFC want me as their champion. The welterweight division needs me as its champion. It's been static for too long. I'll win the title, defend it a couple of times, and then move up to middleweight.

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

As far as moving to 130, I got tired of waiting for the other champions, none of whom wanted to fight me. I'm hopeful that with the move to 130 lbs. will come better fights, particularly against the other champions, so we can make our dream of becoming undisputed champion.

But after defeating Carlos Condit, I've shown I deserve to have a title shot.

If we're just going to have contenders fighting just to fight, that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Then I might as well just start jumping around divisions too because there's a lot of fun fights for myself in other divisions that I think I would love to entertain.

I think I have to go down to featherweight. That's where I should stay, where fights will be more equal.

I want to defend my belt against all the middleweights that are the biggest threats supposedly before I jump up in weight.

I came to the UFC to make history.

It's up to the UFC, but I'll fight whomever, whenever. Minus maybe Vegas.

I think Gilbert Burns is going to become my greatest rival.

Would I take Conor McGregor? No, he's a lot shorter than me. I don't think we'd be allowed fight - a heavyweight and a lightweight.

I want to fight Gilbert Melendez.

Henry Cejudo actually saved the flyweights. Like, an entire division. I feel like this should be a bigger deal.

There was a rumor I was walking around at 183 pounds. When I left my room to fight Conor McGregor, I was 179 pounds. That means by the time I walked in the cage, I was probably 175, 174 pounds.

Every athlete in the UFC, I think they want to fight for the title. I'm no different.

I'm the world champ at 145. Why do I have to go down a division? Of course I want to make the fights nice for the fans, but I don't want to do something to make my life terrible.