Brandon Moreno

“I feel really, really comfortable with chokes, with my guillotine, especially.”

“I'm the first Mexican-born champion in the UFC so I have a lot of pressure on me every single day.”

“I have too much respect for Cain Velasquez. He was the heavyweight champion and he did so much work for this sport. Cain Velasquez brought the UFC to Mexico in 2014. That was amazing. That put MMA in Mexico to another level.”

“I'm born in Tijuana, I grew up there, I went to the school there.”

“I think my fan base - the biggest one is in Mexico, and then in the United States, I have a huge fan base, too.”

“I'm good at fighting, and that's it.”

“When I get the belt, it will be awesome.”

“I lose in 'TUF' and I leave super disappointed, super frustrated, but I don't stop, I keep training, I keep working hard.”

“I don't have any complaints in my time with the UFC. The entire time I was there, they treated me very well and they gave me very good opportunities.”

“I prefer to be real with the people. This is what I am. Love me or hate me, but it's this and that's it.”

“I was ready to die if necessary to get the title.”

“I don't need a title. I need to be the best in the division.”

“My game was completely ground based and I didn't really use my hands, and now I feel my game has improved a lot and is now leveled as far as my ground and striking skills go. So I'm no longer a jiu-jitsu fighter, I feel like I'm a complete mixed martial artist.”

“Sometimes, I try to not think too much about it. I'm feeling pressure every day. Man, starting with needing to fight against another guy, that's pressure. Fighting in front of thousands of people, more pressure. And belts, more pressure.”

“I can be an example for the next generations and that makes me feel so happy.”

“I don't want to be that guy who won the fight against Deiveson, changed his life, and then started to lose. I don't want to do that.”

“Figueiredo is human, and I tried to show the world that I can do something in this sport.”

“2018 was the worst year in my life by far. I needed to pay bills. I don't have money. All the problems start to come to my life, and to be honest, even right now I don't know how I did that. It was hard.”

“I need to be honest, I'm not a huge fan of basketball.”

“In the first episode of 'The Ultimate Fighter,' I lost my chance. It was horrible for me. But I continued training, continued to learn with Benavidez and the other coaches: Danny Castillo, Robert Drysdale, Juan Archuleta. I continued with my experience on the show. I learned a lot.”