Tony Ferguson

“I can go down to 145. I can kick everyone's butt there.”

“I'm a superstar. And I move like a superstar in that Octagon, and I expect somebody to move like that when they signed that dotted line with me.”

“I want to keep winning.”

“The lightweight title will be mine, but I'm looking for multiples and I am looking for that best pound for pound spot.”

“I might not always be given the respect that I should have, but it's what fuels me.”

“I'm looking for pound-for-pound list to be the best in the world and it takes belts to get there so let's get there.”

“I'm not one to throw anybody under a bus, but check this out: I'll be the first one to step in front of it.”

“Wits always win, man, in the battle of brain versus brawn.”

“People want to call me weird, 'cringey.'”

“Starting at age 6, I was helping install the Formica table tops with that strong glue. My dad was the master. I was the apprentice. I'd be in there working until I'd be telling him, 'I feel woozy,' and he'd say, 'Go outside, son.' So I'd go organize his tools. He used the best ones made.”

“This is an Olympic-level type of sport and it needs to be cleaned up.”

“All you guys out there that ever got bullied, I'm the guy that's going to help you guys.”

“Nobody wants to be trapped inside that cage me. They don't want to be cut by my elbows, they don't want to get hit by any of my kicks and they don't want their conditioning checked by me.”

“Don't kick me when I'm down.”

“I don't like red. I like blue. That's my color.”

“What looks better with that 'Ultimate Fighter' plaque that's on my wall? That belt. I'll tell you what, I won't stop until I get it.”

“One day, my bike tire broke miles from home and I found a way to fix it. That's what I learned: Even if you don't have all the tools, you can improvise.”

“Well, being my type of fighter and my type of guy, you know I throw a lot of barrage of punches, kicks, knees and elbows.”

“The torch needs to be held by somebody that's great. Because champions are made in the dark, baby. We don't need the lights and the spotlight. That stuff is for everybody else, man.”

“You don't have to use aggression to squash somebody. You have to use your brain.”