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I've always been a UFC fan, and I like McGregor and the way he promotes it.

In MMA, I believe that when a fighter knocks someone down, you have to finish him. It's not boxing, where you have a ten count; you have to finish him.

My second fight at UFC 1, I fought Ken Shamrock. In the fight I choked him. As soon as he tapped, I let go. He tried to continue, but the ref got kind of stuck like, 'should I let it go or stop the fight.' That's when I looked at the ref and I said, let it go, we're going to continue.

Submitting is always the most important thing to me. Victory first, but with a submission is what I always want.

I will always go for the submission instead of hurting my opponent.

In boxing, you have the 10-second count but we don't have it in MMA, and that's what makes this sport better.

When I joined UFC, I said I want to be involved in fights where millions of fans are watching, biting their fingernails, thinking, 'What the heck is going to go on here?'

I dominated Michael Bisping.

It would be nice to finish Khabib via liver shots, wouldn't it? I just want to see him wincing in pain on the ground where he belongs.

With boxing, sometimes you'll watch the first three rounds, then you'll change the channel and turn it back in the 10th round. With MMA, you have to watch all 15 minutes. You'll want to watch every second.

The one thing about the heavyweight division or, actually, just being in the UFC, anybody can win, and anybody can lose. You're competing with the best in the world.

With the UFC, anything can happen, really.

Rear-naked chokes are easy? Yeah, it's easy to get, but people are getting better at defending it.

It's one thing to get somebody down on the ground, but it's another thing to finish him there.

You know when I fight, I'm going to sell out the show. Everyone wants to see someone get knocked out or tapped out.

If I would fight Michael Bisping, I would be the favorite. Everybody knows that.

I'm not saying Gustafsson isn't a champion. He's not the champion that I am. He's not a champion at all. I've won the belt seven times. He got tapped out by Phil Davis and lost to me fair and square. This guy gets so much praise. Having a close fight with me was the greatest thing he's ever done.

I've been watching Frank Shamrock fight since the beginning.

Getting choked out feels a lot better than getting knocked out.

I beat Diaz, Pettis, Ben Henderson, Cerrone, and I earned it, man. I earned my title.

Dana White, bring me someone that can beat me. You can't find no one that can beat me.

When you watch 'UFC,' there is not a cliche champion who looks the same every time.

Anderson Silva, Georges Saint-Pierre, and Rodrigo Nogueira are some of the top fighters in the UFC among many other great fighters. The UFC has many of the toughest fighters around.

If I see an opening, I'll go for the submission.

People can't always judge by the records. Maybe a guy has 11 wins in MMA but he's fought the best. Someone else has 11 wins but he's fought nobody. It's a difficult sport because someone can be a champion in four fights, look at Brock Lesnar. So records don't always mean a lot.