A biography for Matt Mitrionehasn’t been written yet.
“I went to work in corporate America. I designed benefits packages and sold them to companies.”
“That's the reason why sports are so important to the fabric of the world. Real life sport is reality TV and it allows us all to escape.”
“Being a father is my the most important thing in my life. I'm human, and I make plenty of mistakes, but being a positive role model for my children is the most important thing for me.”
“The sexier a fight is for me, the more I want to do it.”
“I'm a real warrior.”
“Being famous and being in the UFC doesn't do you any good if you can't capitalize on it and monetize it realistically.”
“I would say that physically, emotionally, all together, that football is more difficult. But I think that the mental prep for a fight is such a different angle, and the cardio prep is horrible, horrible to play football.”
“If you're going to say my name out loud and that you want to fight me, you're going to get the best of me possible.”
“Fedor's a good dude, I'm a good dude.”
“Bader is very good at what Bader does. He's good at making a fight slow down. He's good at making a fight almost boring to a certain extent. He's going to get you on the ground, grind you out. It's not going to be exciting.”
“I don't get paid by the punch.”
“I'll have no problem trying to throw my fist into Fedor's face. None.”
“From playing in the NFL and always being around huge bodies, I'm not intimidated by anybody's size whatever.”
“I'm a lifelong competitor.”
“I can accept the repercussions for my actions.”
“I'm a genetic freak.”
“I don't take a whole lot of damage as a fighter, but it happened in football.”
“What Bader does isn't really different from what a lot of people with a wrestling background do.”