I think Robbie Lawler is a good name and a fight that interests me.
I called out Rafael Dos Anjos in Brazil, so he could be a potential contender. People don't talk about Jorge Masvidal enough. He'd be a great fight: he comes to fight.
People see a lot of my standup, and that's what I'm known for since I was trained in karate and kickboxing, but I also have ground game.
In the UFC, it's about names. Every fight is hard, and everybody knows all the disciplines. Some might know more than others.
Everyone thinks Australia and New Zealand MMA fighters don't have that wrestling base, whereas a lot of Americans and other countries have, with them being able to do wrestling at high-school levels.
I already knew a lot about the ground aspects of MMA, being a wrestler, but there was so much more. There was kicking, punching, and other things I wish I could have done as a wrestler. It really stoked my interest.
People say that I'm a boxer. I actually started with kick boxing, and then I moved onto boxing, and then I moved onto grappling.
It's interesting because my Mixed Martial Arts upbringing is less Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which is the traditional thing that people study.
You can't out-wrestle me. You can't out-strike me. You don't have more power than me.
It's interesting how Khabib fights but to me it's just boring, it's lazy.
Forget about jiu-jitsu and wrestling - I'm a boxing guy.
MMA is so exciting. It doesn't matter if you know the rules or not. If you like a fight, it's automatically gonna draw you in.
I just don't want to be a champion; I want to be one of the best fighters there ever was.
I'm a vale-tudo fighter.
There was a time when guys just had a specialty, like boxer or wrestler or jiujitsu guy. Then came guys who could blend taking you down with also being able to kick your head off.
I asked for a tough fight, and I'm very excited to fight such a good fighter and a former champion like Frankie Edgar.
I love MMA. I love the sport of it.
I'm a guy who looks to put the pressure and come out with the knockout or the submission.
Coming from a standing background in striking, I couldn't catch up to the guys with 20-plus years of training on the ground. I had to learn submissions. I found out it wasn't an easy road. I had six losses in a row, but I still felt I was the best fighter in the world.
I've been doing everything people like to see: knock people out, and submissions, and go in there to fight.
Here you come again, looking better than a body has a right to.
I know MMA isn't for everyone. It is a combat sport; some people don't like watching it, but it is entertainment for some people.
You can never have enough wacky in MMA.
Anderson Silva is a tough guy, man. He's dangerous. He's got heavy hands, and he's not afraid to throw them. He's a dangerous opponent for anyone.
In my first interview in the UFC, I asked them to throw me among the lions. I wanted to fight the best, and that's what the UFC did. Ex-champions, future champions - that's what I wanted.
