Jorge Masvidal Quotes

I've had over seven thousand pro fights.

I'm a fighter. I'm not a promoter and I'm not a manager so I leave that up to my manager and my promoter and I just fight.

I've fought on some big cards. I've fought in some big arenas, on televised cards, pay-per-view cards, whatever.

In the future, I want to have super-fights.

If you want to fight in the UFC, you've got to realize that you are just an elephant in the circus. As soon as you ask for more peanuts, you have to go find a different circus.

The learning curve, and the things that you have to adapt to on a daily basis in the UFC, is pretty crazy. It's a huge burden for anybody to have: not just the fighting itself but learning how to deal with the other responsibilities.

I want to fight a UFC fighter.

I'm always watching every featherweight that fights in the UFC because we can eventually fight in the future.

I like Glover Teixeira; he's a former training partner.

No fighter wants to risk getting ring rust.

When people first started watching UFC, it seemed like a no-holds barred event... early on it looked like all the fighters were crazy. Actually, there are a lot of techniques, and the reality shows have let people see the fighters behind the scenes.

I'd had 35 professional fights and mentally I was tired of it. I'd sort ot fallen out of love with the sport.

But my promoter Frank Warren knows what he is doing, and has been through this cycle many times with other fighters.

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

I'm very experienced in four-round fights because of my amateur career, and I've got a high work rate.

When I started fighting I've always thought about being a UFC champion.

I'd most prefer to be a free agent and fight up to six times a year, but that is unlikely.

To do eleven fights in four months is pretty crazy. In some shows that we do in Asia, there are three or four fights over a six-month period, so you have time to recover and gain your stamina.

I had my first professional fight was in 2001 in Venezuela - it was also my first international trip away from Brazil. It was a great experience. Then in 2005, I went to Finland and won. The next year there was a tournament in Brazil with three fights in one night. I was the underdog and won all three fights.

I went to college, I wrestled and I took some amateur fights. When I graduated, I wanted to start using my degree, but I figured I would start fighting professionally. Then I won 18 in a row and I fought Eddie Alvarez on pay-per-view.

I had 33 kickboxing fights, 37 MMA fights, plus 44 amateur boxing fights, which most of them were international. I will keep fighting as long as I feel good, but I will repeat once more, any fight could be the last one.

The day I step in the cage with Cyborg, I will be 100% prepared.

I've coached UFC champions and stuff before I ever started fighting.

Chad Mendes, I'm hunting with all the time.

I haven't fought for a while and didn't want a warm-up fight. I wanted to jump right back in the pit and I got what I asked for. I got Anthony Pettis.