I could do what a lot of people are doing and that's sign the best Nicaraguan fighters and then sell them to Don King, but there's no way I'll do that.
The UFC does not owe me a thing. Nothing. I am in debt to them.
Every time a fighter steps into the ring, he's borrowing against his future well-being.
I got my hand slapped for talking about fighter pay. That was a big one. I had Dana White yell at me in front of, like, 20 other fighters.
I wanted to fight guys like Shane Moseley, Miguel Cotto, and Alvarez.
Different days, I think about different victories. Ricky Hatton is one of those fights. I respect Ricky Hatton. He's a warrior. He's a hell of a warrior.
It was an absolute honour to fight in Vegas. Every fighter dreams of fighting at the MGM Grand. That's where so many legends have fought before and so many legends will continue to fight.
Cage Warriors is a brilliant organisation. They're doing great things for European MMA, and they're giving the platform for guys like me who came through. They're vital. I'm forever grateful for the opportunities I got.
Andre Ward got the chance to fight Sergey Kovalev twice. Triple G and Canelo are fighting again. People are getting paid to play king of the hill again.
We know the window of boxing don't last long. We want to try to get everything we can in this window and beat everyone we can.
I have a good relationship with the UFC.
I'm telling you, Amir Khan gives Floyd Mayweather problems.
Anybody in Britain, the big fights. I'm here for the big fights. I don't care about the little fights any more.
In MMA, it's a sport, but it's entertainment, too.
I train with top guys like Chuck Liddell and Lyoto Machida, I have trained with Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez, and nobody have ever dominated me.
A lot of people in MMA do part-time jobs.
In the grand scheme of things, fighting people in the cage is not that big of a deal, I know. It's not a hero profession even though its treated as one. It's not being a soldier or police officer or paramedic of firefighter or anything.
I don't ask to fight anybody. All I ask is to fight the best fighters in the world.
With MTV2, every fighter is exposed to millions of people, and they won't have to take a monster pay cut to do so.
I want to fight the guys that are world-class beaters. That's who I want to get in there with.
I never said I was a Tyson, Bowe or Ali. I said I'm Shannon Briggs, the latest, not the 'greatest.'
I think we both matured together in this sport, so I think fight between Michael Bisping and myself would mean a lot.
Some guys are real noble guys, like Rich Franklin or Randy Couture. These guys are just really good people who happen to fight.
I've fought Jacare twice, it's not a fight people want to see.
I think I'm pretty marketable when it comes to marketing fighters 'cause I've met a lot of 'em, and they're not that interesting. They don't do too many things, or their days are not like my days.
