A biography for Jon Fitchhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm always trying to put my opponents away, whether it's through ground and pound and making them quit through attrition, or making them give up a submission after beating on them for a while.”
“The Muhammad Ali Act to MMA is necessary to balance the scales between promoter and mixed martial artist and to restore integrity to the sport.”
“I respect the sport so much and think something so much better could evolve from this sport, like we could save the world with mixed martial arts.”
“We are professional athletes but we are laborers too.”
“I've been battling with Zuffa from day one. Not really liking the way they do business, not liking the way they treat people, not really liking the way they treated me, not liking the way they control who goes where.”
“Any little distraction, any little thought that's not focused on where it needs to be I think is just a deadweight.”
“I've never taken shortcuts. I thrive on pushing myself against the best opponents I can face. Sometimes that's meant a fight against a high-profile name, but sometimes it's been against a super-tough opponent who doesn't have the name recognition.”
“I'd take a title shot with whoever has it, but I want a re-match with GSP.”
“People can think whatever they want to think, I live my life for me and my family.”
“If you're going to go through your life worrying about other people and what they think, you're going to be a loser.”
“I'm extremely hard to finish and I have a huge gas tank, and historically that's a big problem for B.J. Penn.”
“If you look at the guys I've fought and the fighters I've been matched up against, they are not people who get finished often or ever.”
“I'm here to be a martial artist and show people that I think there's a better way of life and a happier way of life through fighting, as funny as that sounds.”
“I fought a lot of dark matches on the undercards. It was pretty much impossible for most people to have been able to watch my fighting and my progression and know anything about me.”
“Your entertainment value should and does affect your pay scale and your sponsors. But in no way should it limit your ability to rise up through the ranks and get title shots and win awards.”
“My neck's been jacked up for a long time.”
“I want to fight the best guys in the world, no matter If they have they belt. If they do, that would be nice.”
“I need to provide for my family. I need to take care of them.”
“One of the things I've come to learn over the years is that the fight itself is a sport, but everything around it is a big circus.”
“I love it when the crowd is excited, screaming and going nuts.”