Michael Chiesa Quotes

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've trained with Douglas Lima, he's a tough kid, but I could feel the weight difference.

I'm a lot bigger than a lot of these DBs.

Sometimes at 155 pounds I was the smaller fighter, at 145 pounds I am more often the bigger fighter, and the taller fighter.

Leaving active duty was so I could become the best fighter in the world at my weight class.

Tim Kennedy is one of the toughest guys in my opinion.

Wrestling is the ultimate martial art.

You know, MMA doesn't need New York, New York needs MMA. And I say that with all due respect to New York.

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

When it comes to strength, I reckon pound for pound I'm one of the strongest in the whole UFC.

At some point, if the UFC allows me, I'd like to go to 125 because I know I can win that belt, man. I'm too strong, and I'm too fast.

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

Go back and watch my old footage, man. Go back and watch my old fights. I knocked people out at 170 pounds.

I feel I have the power and the skillset to compete in any division up to welterweight.

Lightweights are heavier and bigger than me. I walk around 166 pounds, and other lightweights come down from 198, so they are stronger than me.

I think they need to start doing cageside weigh-ins again. I think that's the best way to go if you really want to see some difference. Cageside weigh-ins; I guarantee you won't see people cutting more than five to eight pounds, and they'll be fighting closer to their natural weight class.

I got a short - I got a temper. I fight in a cage for a living. There's a reason people like us are wired slightly different.

Heath Herring is tough as nails, and he fights hard.

Wrestling has always been a dominating force in UFC.

Whether it's MMA or wrestling, I try to find the best people and go after the best people.

Big E, he's a strong dude. Ryback's a strong dude. But if you put Batista next to those guys, he was 6'6'', 320 lbs. Those guys are pushing 6'1''-6'2''. But Batista was wide. He was a big old dude. Those guys could beat him in a bench press contest, but I'd rather look like Dave.

I believe that style-wise, matchup-wise, I matchup much better against Anderson Silva than Jon Jones, but it doesn't mean that I'm scared to fight at 205.

Featherweight division is one of the most complicated and tough classes in UFC.

Eddie Alvarez, man, he's a tough guy.

I'm an employee, I work for the UFC.