Gegard Mousasi

“I was champion in Dream at middleweight, I'm champion in Strikeforce at light heavyweight, and my final goal is to be heavyweight champion of the world.”

“It's just a personal challenge, I'd like to see how I can do as a boxer.”

“I don't like watching the females fight. It's just not attractive for me, but not like in a looks way.”

“I'd rather fight somebody in the top five rather than somebody in the top 15, but I'll fight anybody.”

“I know I'm underrated.”

“I feel like I have a lot of potential, and I feel like I can beat anybody.”

“I won the belt in DREAM, I won the belt in Strikeforce, every fight was just a fight, it wasn't something special, it just was getting in the ring and fighting.”

“I can fight in Japan, I can fight in Europe, I can fight in U.S. How am I not marketable? I speak English.”

“I think as I get older, I'm going to look for the fun fights.”

“People ask me questions, they ask me if I can beat Michael Bisping. Of course I can beat Michael Bisping.”

“I've been training my whole life with southpaws. It's annoying to fight a guy who's a southpaw, but nothing that I haven't see.”

“Maybe I lose my fights because I don't fight smart.”

“The more fights I have the more relaxed I get in cage or ring. It's all about experience. It's something that I try to do because I fight better when I am relaxed.”

“At 15, I went to boxing. That's when I really wanted to be a champion, so that gave me a goal in life, so it kept me focused on training instead of other things.”

“Some good fighters, they never won the belt, so it doesn't always show the whole picture. But it's an accomplishment.”

“I have great people around me, I have great training partners, and I think if you really want something you work for it and you get it.”

“Getting in the cage, it's not like I need a whole mental preparation for it. It's just a fight.”

“In Bellator, I feel like I can grow. As the fighters grow, I know the company will grow. You feel like a part of the company.”

“I want to be healthy when I quit, and I want to quit while I'm on my top. A lot of fighters continue because probably they need the money. My goal was invest, get out of the game healthy and secure. I feel like that's a real champion. Not someone who gave it all in the ring, and then at the end of his life, they don't have anything.”

“I see some fighters lose very badly, but still they get more praise or they're not overrated. They're just good fighters in a lot of people's eyes. But I feel like one loss with King Mo, it made me a very bad fighter somehow.”