T.J. Dillashaw Quotes

I've been fighting in the UFC for five years now and it's about time I'm headlining a card.

I'm ready for anybody. If it's John Dodson, if it's Demetrious Johnson, if it's Joseph Benavidez, I'm ready for whichever one, whoever wants a piece of me.

Dana White, bring me someone that can beat me. You can't find no one that can beat me.

It's not up to me. I will fight whoever the UFC puts in front of me. If it was up to me, I want to fight Dana White.

I had to fight Donald Cerrone, Anthony Pettis, Gil Melendez, Rafael Dos Anjos. I had to fight these guys in order to prove myself in order to get a title shot.

People like to call themselves fans of fighting and fans of the sport, but if you're a fan of fighting, how can you not like watching Demetrious Johnson? He's the best at it. He's the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world. Why wouldn't you enjoy watching that guy perform? He does a phenomenal job every time he's in there.

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.

I'd like to see him fight at 135 for the championship. I want to see how good Demetrious Johnson is or how far he could take it.

I thought I was ready for a title shot after I beat Shogun.

I've traveled to Brazil, Europe, Asia - all in preparation to defeat Demetrious Johnson, to defeat the pound-for-pound best fighter in history.

Anderson Silva, Georges Saint-Pierre, and Rodrigo Nogueira are some of the top fighters in the UFC among many other great fighters. The UFC has many of the toughest fighters around.

I think Valentina Shevchenko has a great chance of breaking Demetrious Johnson's record of 11 straight title defenses.

I'm so happy to have my first main event in the UFC.

My favorite fighter is Anderson Silva.

My first MMA fight was July 2006 here in Brazil. I won a few fights here in Brazil, and then I got a chance to fight in the UFC, but they put me against the number one contender for the title at that time. It was Fabricio Werdum.

Even in my first year in the UFC I fought five times in the year.

Georges St-Pierre is a good fighter who is proving his place in MMA with every fight.

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

Obviously wrestling is a core component of MMA. And among UFC fighters, my take-down defence is considered quite high.

Getting knocked out in your underwear in the Octagon is pretty embarrassing, but people are like, 'The guy he's fighting is really, really good, and he is a UFC fighter, so he can still beat up 99 percent of the world,' so it's not that embarrassing.

The MMA world is a much better place when the Diaz brothers are fighting and thriving, isn't it?

I'm open to a super fight.

You go out there and say I fight for the UFC, people know exactly what that is.

I was champion in Dream at middleweight, I'm champion in Strikeforce at light heavyweight, and my final goal is to be heavyweight champion of the world.

I'm open for big fights, and it would be my dream to make my division in the UFC.