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“Technique will always overcome strength.”
“Michael Chandler is so desperate to get this fight. He's almost begging. He's almost on his knees, 'McGregor fight me!' I just think that's hilarious.”
“Every fight has the same importance in the sense that I go there to win to get two checks. That's what I'm focused on, going there and winning show and win money.”
“I actually like the trash talkers, those who talk well, but I can't do something like that because it's not my reality. I have no temptations to be like that, it's not my style.”
“I've fought all the best guys at featherweight. Won some, lost some, but only two or three of my featherweight fights were against unranked opponents.”
“Life is so wonderful that it shows you the right path to go, and sometimes having to take a step back helps you a lot.”
“To fight McGregor, you have to be a face like Chandler. He was the Bellator champion. The UFC can sell the fight.”
“I've always looked out for big-name opponents since my debut and I plan on doing the same at 155: aim for big fights, good opponents.”
“You must always respect your opponent, but you can't get involved in the fight.”
“The tougher the opponent, the better.”
“It's important to stay healthy and it's important that the UFC gives me fights.”
“I train for if I put the guy down, the fight is over.”
“I want to make Brazil strong again in MMA.”
“My strategy is to ask for those fights, ask for fights that nobody wants.”
“I want to be a millionaire, so what better way than to beat a millionaire.”
“I thought that I'd never become a UFC fighter if I bought a ticket to go to the UFC. I don't know why, but that was my superstition.”
“I hate excuses, I really hate excuses.”
“The way you see me fight, that's who I am at home and in the gym. I don't like to disrespect others.”
“After I'm done with fighting, I will serve as a police officer.”
“Of course, I do everything I can to win, even in training, but more than that, fighting for real is what I love doing.”