Gilbert Burns

“I didn't know when, but I always believed I would be the UFC champion.”

“I'm always going to be against Colby Covington. He's personal. I have a list of a lot of guys that I want to fight and he's number one. He's the number one guy that I want to beat up.”

“I've been sharpening all my tools. I've been training in order to have many weapons at my disposal.”

“I'm okay with guys declining fights.”

“You know, I've trained with a lot of great guys that have been in the sport for so long.”

“I've trained with Eddie Alvarez, Michael Chandler, and they are champions in the UFC and Bellator.”

“I was able to learn a lot about myself, how I deal with pressure.”

“I want to make sure I'm not going to gas in my fights.”

“Nothing is by chance. No way.”

“My father worked as an upholsterer at home and one day this client showed up to get his car seats fixed, and there was a gi inside the car. My brothers and I helped my father at work sometimes, and we found the gi in there and started playing with it.”

“I've got a right hand and a left hand and I've got my jiu-jitsu and I've got heart.”

“I cornered Vicente Luque against 'Wonderboy' so I'm very familiar with that style.”

“I called out Jim Miller, Joe Lauzon, Will Brooks. They would have been good fights for me and also for the UFC.”

“I'm going to be very honest, and people might get mad at me saying this, but after I beat Demian Maia, I don't want to sit down and wait for the perfect fight or the perfect scenario.”

“I go against the odds. I was No. 2, I'll fight anyone. The odds against you, everybody's against you but I have a huge heart. I'm going to keep fighting.”

“Being a jiu-jitsu world champion as a black belt was on my bucket list and that was done, so I decided to go to MMA.”

“I'm a fighter. I'm not gonna be hiding out, waiting, 'Oh, please give me the opportunity.' I'm going to take the opportunity.”

“I had no MMA record and I was already in Vitor's corner. I was in the workout room with Rashad Evans, Henri Hooft and Tyrone Spong, and years later I would be part of their team. It's crazy how life goes.”

“I'm willing to face tough competition.”

“I want to fight three or four times in a year.”