Grudge Match Quotes

Revenge is the most worthless weapon in the world.

A derby is a derby. When you play a derby, it is for winning, not just to play.

Everybody says we hated the Yankees. We didn't hate the Yankees. We just hated the way they beat us.

I loss that fight to Phil Davis, but I'm not convinced on that fight. Because it wasn't fair for me. I'd like to do another fight.

Every game against Australia matters.

I think me and Werdum got some old beef from Strikeforce. He's a guy I've always wanted to fight. I've thought it through, and I like the style matchup.

Look at Colby Covington. The guy can fight, and the guy can talk. To a lot of people, he just grinds people out, and many people consider him boring, but because he opens his mouth, people want to watch him fight. A lot of people want to see him win; a lot of people want to see him lose.

Tito Ortiz vs. Chuck Liddell III, the fight that all the fans wanted to see for the longest time and never got a chance to. I never got a fair shake when I was with the UFC against Chuck, any of the times I ever fought against him.

You come to Oklahoma to beat Texas. I was born and raised in Austin. They didn't recruit me. I grew up 15 miles from their campus. I can't stand them.

Everybody wants to beat their former team, and I'm no different.

You figure that time could heal all wounds, but some people just really hold a crazy grudge.

He didn't have no respect as a professional fighter should, no class. I was going to make him pay with his health for everything he said... I wanted to do it very slowly. I wanted him to remember this for a long time.

I like the thought of gaining revenge over WBC light-heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson, who beat me in 2013.

Rob Gronkowski cost me the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, and I haven't forgot that.

I think after I beat Ryan Bader, he should have to go get beat up by Anthony Johnson for being so disrespectful to Anthony Johnson.

I want to fight Joshua. We've got history: this would be the third time. He's won one, I've won one. This would be the decider.

Wouldn't you love to see Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield go one more time? It's not like just one of them has aged. They've both aged. They're both icons.

The derby is always the most important match of the year and it's always nice to score goals against the leaders and the best teams.

Sugar Ray wouldn't give me a rematch, and that's the reason I walked away from boxing.

If a fighter suffers defeat, especially in a fight he feels he won, it will never leave his mind. He is always going to want to avenge that loss.

It's a special feeling when you play against your old team. I don't care how you left that team, in a good way or a bad way, you want to get the win.