Alexander Volkanovski Quotes

I think T. J. Dillashaw and Demetrious Johnson - I'm a bad matchup for both of them.

There are many great fighters in the UFC; some of my favorites are Rodrigo Nogueira, Lyoto Machida, and B. J. Penn, but aside from these guys, the UFC has many great fighters in every division.

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.

Nobody wants to be trapped inside that cage me. They don't want to be cut by my elbows, they don't want to get hit by any of my kicks and they don't want their conditioning checked by me.

For Conor McGregor, I'm coming out of retirement just to fight Conor McGregor.

The strawweight division may be the lightest division in the UFC, but we are very tough fighters.

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

Right now, there are some big names out there for me. The likes of Demian Maia, Rafael dos Anjos, Robbie Lawler, and Wonderboy.

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

I'm a fighter now. I'm officially a mixed martial artist. I'm not a wrestler no more.

I want to be eventually be the best wrestler out there, be the best grappler out there, along with being the best striker - be all of them at one time.

A great fight that I'd love is B.J. Penn. That would be so awesome. He's a veteran of the sport. He's fought everywhere.

Dos Anjos, his wrestling and grappling is supposed to be good, but I feel my Jiu Jitsu, wrestling and striking is way better. I'm better than him all across the board.

I've learned about every aspect of MMA.

I fight guys that no one has ever heard of; I fought guys who are legends, like Frankie Edgar.

Mixed martial arts is great, and it's here to stay.

I have fought with 'Rampage' Jackson and I took him down easily. Honestly, I scored six takedowns effortlessly. I have fought Ryan Bader and I took him down too.

I feel like I can beat Jon Jones. I see some things in his game that I can capitalize on.

I'm not just a wrestler anymore. I'm a very well-rounded fighter.

Georges St-Pierre is the greatest fighter to have ever done it.

I don't follow the UFC as closely as some of my peers do. Obviously, Conor McGregor is a super talented guy. He is the best at what he does; he's a huge personality.

Jon Jones is amazing; he's so confident. He uses his elbows very well, and I think he's a great talent.

A lot of the athletes moved away from boxing, into UFC - which I think is really crazy, where they elbow to the head and knee to the jaw. I think that's really a barbaric sport - but boxing is coming back.

Although not considered a martial art, boxing is really a martial art. It's a very limited martial art as long as you agree to just box... but in an actual physical fight against someone who's just a wrestler, you're going to get killed.

I love watching 'UFC' - Ultimate Fighting Championship - I don't know why, because I'm more of a coward than a fighter, but I seem to be very drawn to these blokes actually smashing each other to bits.