T.J. Dillashaw Quotes

A rematch is one of those things that will always be there when you remove a champion, and it's something you definitely need to give them - that chance for a rematch. That's the only way to do it.

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.

I hate when people discuss scorecards in title fights and say you have to decisively beat the champ if you want to win the belt. Not true. You just have to win three of the five rounds, really.

Ben Henderson, he had never been knocked out before fighting me.

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

Daniel Cormier is a different champion. He has achieved some amazing things in his career, and for me, it would be very nice to be facing him.

Strikeforce let me take a fight on short notice outside the promotion and I got robbed on a split decision against Kendall Grove. I easily won that fight. So, I went from 9-0 to getting robbed and suffering my first loss.

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.

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.

When Kevin Lee's name was brought up, I told everyone I thought this fight would happen. This is a good fight for me. It surprised me because nobody wants to fight in Brazil.

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.

If you win one fight in the UFC, you're good. If you win two in a row, you're great.

I probably should have been fighting at 155 for a long time, but I was so close to the top at 145.

I'm not sure what the UFC's agenda is when it comes to me. It's their show, their press. They can change to whatever they want to do at any point. They own this thing. They can do whatever they want.

I want to fight the top champions, I want to fight for titles.

Any time you get a title shot, you always try to wait for it the best you can.

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

I'm an Olympic champ. I defeated Demetrious Johnson. I defeated T. J. Dillashaw. You think a World Series of Fighting former champ is gonna scare me?

I want a superfight. That's my biggest wish. I want to test myself in different divisions.

I went to America and beat Shawn Porter, a guy that was being called a 'mini Mike Tyson' and that most people were saying was going to take over from Floyd Mayweather. I went to his backyard and ripped his title off him.

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

Anything with Tito Ortiz's name on it will always involve a bit of controversy.

I don't think there's any extra pressure fighting in my hometown. It's just added motivation. Real pressure was fighting against 30,000 fans in the champion's hometown for my first title against Kell Brook.

It took me 10 fights to get the damn interim title shot and then 11 to get an undisputed shot.

I work for the UFC, and whoever they say I fight, I will.