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“I think Cormier and I would be a great fight. I will do everything I can to make it happen.”
“I'm confident, and I'm well trained.”
“I'll never give myself an A since I ask a lot from myself.”
“I will fight anyone. I will always fight anyone, anywhere.”
“Who doesn't wanna be called champion and hang that belt on the wall, right?”
“If they call me to fight Jon Jones, I'm ready to fight anyone in the UFC.”
“I'm like those gladiators from the past.”
“I don't put much pressure on myself, because I'm strong mentally.”
“You have to keep improving.”
“I beat Ryan Bader, and that beautiful knockout got me a shot at the title. That's the kind of thing that puts you close to the top.”
“When I come to the United States, I came here illegally. I didn't know I was going to be a fighter. I just thought I was going to work landscaping for, I don't know, three, four years, then go back to Brazil and live my life.”
“I grew up watching 'Vale Tudo' and Marco Ruas. I fight imagining the bouts from a past generation, when everything was legal.”
“I want to fight guys who are in the title mix.”
“I lost my first professional fight, but came back and won fights until I fought for the world title.”
“I always go forward and try for the knockout or submission. I'm going to finish my opponent. I'm not going to try to win by decision.”
“I take care of business.”
“Anthony Smith is super tough.”
“Guys want to make a name for themselves, they look at my age and think they will run over me. It's not like that, though. I'm tougher than that.”
“You look at the staff, the whole staff, from the security to the nutritionists, everybody. Everybody's happy. They want to be there. They look like they want to be in the UFC.”
“The guys I lost to always challenged the title, because they were, like, title eliminators. I lost to Alexander Gustafsson and Anthony Johnson and they fought for the belt. Then I won fights against really tough guys.”