A biography for Jon Fitchhasn’t been written yet.
“I've never complained about money, I've always loved the money that I made from fighting with the UFC and organizations before I fought with the UFC.”
“I really love being in Las Vegas.”
“I think in the past maybe I've thought about too many things other than just the fight right in front of me.”
“I think that I have a very good skill set, I'm every good at what I do and there's not too many people in the world that have an answer for what I can do.”
“As far as submissions go I rarely get choked, even with deep chokes.”
“All I can do is worry about the fight in front of me. I can't stress or fret about things I don't really have control over.”
“I want to compete at as high a level as I can for as long as I can.”
“When you have a glass ceiling above your head and you know you can never reach a certain level, why would you ever want to go back to that situation?”
“If I've failed to convince the UFC, Dana White, and the fans that I'm overwhelmingly the No. 1 contender and that I absolutely should be fighting for the belt, then I take that as my own responsibility.”
“One of the things that happens a lot in mixed martial arts and fighting in general is that fighters are played against each other all the time by the promoters. It's hard to get that group to come together because we are pitted against each other.”
“Tournaments are great especially the grand prix style. They helped build notoriety for the fans and it's something that's merit-based. If you win, you moved forward, so it's not political in any way.”
“I think its wrong to even compare boxing with Mixed Martial Arts just because there are punches involved in both. I don't think they're anything alike.”
“It's important to win in order to make money.”
“I don't like the idea of fighting a couple times a year. If I had it my way I would fight four times a year easily.”
“B.J. is such a dangerous opponent. He's a legend.”
“There are two guys in the fight, and if the other guy is looking to just survive, it's hard to finish.”
“I would just want simple things like auditing and a voice for the fighters in the rules and judging criteria and things like that. Those greatly impact the fighters, and we have no say whatsoever.”
“No other sport operates how MMA does. No other athletes are treated like MMA athletes are. There's just a sliminess to MMA that was not in anything else.”
“I'm looking forward to life after fighting. I'm proud of what I've done.”