A biography for Beneil Dariushhasn’t been written yet.
“I'd like to see myself in a title eliminator.”
“It's really hard losing, especially losing when you know you could've won the fight.”
“I don't just go to a practice, then get some food after and call it a day. I go to practice thinking of what I need to work on, what's my coach teaching me, why he's teaching me this and making sure I don't miss anything. You have to be attentive. I think this is the reason why you see improvements in my game.”
“People are afraid to pick who they want to root for. People are all 'Dariush is so nice, I don't know why he's being booed.' Who cares?”
“I kind of want to see what the world looks like as the greatest fighter. When I'm the greatest fighter, that'll be when I'm satisfied.”
“I really believe I can beat everyone in this game, and God willing, I'll get my chance to prove it.”
“Staying hungry and never being satisfied is how you always improve.”
“When you go through a camp, you do a fight, you basically finish a chapter in your book.”
“My goal is greatness, so whether it is at 155 or 170 doesn't really matter.”
“Whatever it takes, wins. That's what I'm looking for. I don't care how my face looks after. I don't care how my body looks after.”
“In the first year and a half I was with the UFC I fought seven times, I was 6-1 and I was ranked No. 7. When you go on a tear like that and you stay consistent, eventually the fights that you want just materialize. Because people can't get away from you. You're everywhere.”
“Listen, with me, just because the way I am, you never know when I'm gonna get this title shot.”
“Brazil is really special. The fans are awesome and I love the food there.”
“I had a bit of an ego when I was younger, thinking I could be the best at both jiu-jitsu and fighting, but as I got older, I realized that the six months I was putting into MMA, another guy was putting into jiu-jitsu on a full time basis.”
“One of the guys I used to watch was Georges St. Pierre. Watching him, I thought this guy is awesome, he's doing all these amazing things... I was 16 at the time and I thought he was like 32, and it turned out he was like 21-22.”
“I want to fight the best guys in the world, and beat the best guys in the world.”
“If I call myself a Christian, I have to act like it. A Christian leader is someone who serves, right? I'm just trying to serve as much as I can.”
“If you're grappling with punches involved, you start realizing you only use certain guards. There are 3-4 different guards that you use - half-guard, open guard, and closed guard - the majority of the time.”
“If you think it's worth selling yourself out, go for it. But I'm not selling myself out so I can make a little more money. I'm not selling my character out for that.”
“Everyone in Iran has wrestled, except for me, I never wrestled in Iran for some reason.”