A biography for Jimi Manuwahasn’t been written yet.
“My plans are to avenge my loss against Volkan Oezdemir and get the UFC title.”
“When you're in a fight camp, you're working your body harder than normal and it's important to still look after yourself and to relax.”
“I want the belt. I'm focused on the belt, I'm focused on the world championship belt.”
“It's been frustrating. Since I've broken into the top five, I've seen the politics of fighters dodging fights, cherry picking fights and this that and the other.”
“I had lots of fun; I was in the boy scouts, I went camping. I just used to mess around like a normal kid.”
“It would be great to fight on UFC 200 obviously. It's going to be an historic event but the card is getting full quickly.”
“I like watching athletics and I like watching boxing. Probably the sprints, I like watching sprinting.”
“It doesn't matter to me who the opponent is, I'll be ready in all areas.”
“It's all about experiences and taking positives from each fight, even if it was a loss.”
“I've never turned down a fight in my life. Ever.”
“Thankfully, hamstring injuries don't take that long to heal.”
“Brad Pickett is one of the coolest guys in MMA and someone I have a huge amount of respect for.”
“It never is a boring fight with me fighting.”
“The last few weeks are always the hardest during any fight camp.”
“A lot of people think they're better than they are and it can be very hard to get found out when you come up against a good fighter, getting dominated in every single way - every area you thought you were good in.”
“Whatever the crowd is - cheering, booing or whatever - it's not anything I bother to think about.”
“It's always great fighting in front of familiar faces and not having to travel and deal with jet-lag and all of that stuff.”
“I expect whoever gets in a UFC Octagon to put on a great show, because that's why we're there.”
“I don't care where I am in the rankings or anything like that - I just want a UFC belt.”
“I listen to my body and if I need to rest then I rest, but at the same time I'm not lazy.”