Fight Contract Quotes

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.

That's all I ask the UFC to do: keep me active.

Let me fight Jon Jones. I need that rematch.

I saw Bob Arum out in America, I saw him walking through the lobby in the MGM Grand. I basically went over and said: 'You're running out of opponents for Crawford and I'm the guy to beat him. I'm here.' I saw Terence Crawford, he said he was ready for it, so everybody is on the same page. Everyone wants to make the fight.

If they call me to fight Jon Jones, I'm ready to fight anyone in the UFC.

When I sat down and knew I was going to go to the UFC, I thought of Edson Barboza and I almost had a panic attack. And then right away I called my manager Ali Abdel-Aziz. I said, 'Ali, that's the fight I want.' I think it's the worst fight in the lightweight division for me, the scariest.

I would love to fight Khabib, but there's no guarantee he's going to show up and make the weight.

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

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

Any promoter who wants to put me on their card, I'm willing to fight.

It's up to the UFC, but I'll fight whomever, whenever. Minus maybe Vegas.

I would love to fight a lot more often, but of course it's the UFC, and whenever they feel that they have an opening, then they can put us in there because there's so many fighters.

If fans are willing to pay to see you fight, the promoter is happy.

I really want to fight Ronda. The problem is, I can't drop to 135.

You can't just be only going to the gym when you sign a fight contract or you'll just be the same fighter every time, just more experienced.

I'll fight in both divisions, 185 and 205. I feel good. That's a choice for the boss, where Dana wants me to fight. It's no problem.

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.

If I have a chance, I'd like to fight at 185 pounds.

I think it's rude of the UFC to try and lowball me and expect me to negotiate a deal while I'm training for a fight.

If a guy isn't in a position to fight for a world title, or if he's not in a place where I can intercept his road to the title, don't offer him to me. I'm not in this to just fight guys for the sake of fighting. I'm not in this to make friends with the people who work in the organization.

I think the only person who will ever lose in a fight and still end up making a million dollars is Conor McGregor - that's just because of how his contract is structured or whatever.

I'm always telling Don King's people when there's a top-10 heavyweight they've got that needs an opponent, I'm ready.

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

There's something about somebody who does something special in the UFC that they're allotted certain freedoms and wiggle room around the rules. I'm just not in that category. So if I want to fight Georges St-Pierre or Nick Diaz or Nate Diaz, then it's all the hooplah and all the talk about it.

I can fight Cain Velasquez if they want. It's not up to me, I'm not the matchmaker.