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" Although I'm shorter, all of my weight I carry in my back and my butt. That's where most of my weight is. "

" As far as Nurmagomedov, I just don't get how you become the No. 1 contender without actually fighting guys who are ranked in the top 10. It kind of baffles me. "

" Conor McGregor - this guy is so offensive minded and never on the defense that whenever you put him on the defense, he gets so flustered and so upset. "

" Every once in awhile, we all get a bad hand dealt to us. "

" Fighting, for me, is not a career - it's an opportunity. I'm going to take full advantage of it and do it as long as I can. As long as my body lets me and I'm healthy enough to do it naturally, I'll do it. "

" Fighting in general, but especially when I was younger, was tough to deal with because there are so many external things going on that want to control you that most people have no clue about. "

" From wrestling, I learned that I was capable of much more than I thought I was. "

" Going in there just to win and put on a boring fight, I don't want to be related to anything like that. "

" Gray Maynard? Kenny Florian? All these guys, they're UFC fighters, that's all. They're pushed by the UFC, but when they leave the UFC, they're forgotten. When's the last time you heard Josh Neer's name? You haven't. When's the last time you heard about Roger Hurerta? You haven't. They're no ones anymore. "

" Having your worst nightmares kind of come true is truly liberating. "

" I beat Gilbert Melendez, and he got two shots at the title. "

" I believe that in order for me to consider myself one of the top ranked lightweights in the world, I have to go out and dominate the fight. "

" I boxed. I did track and field; I did basketball, football, any sport I was able to sign up for. "

" I can walk into a restaurant and knock five guys out, become 5-0 real quick. It's about the quality of opponent. You have to beat the right guys to call yourself the No. 1 contender. "

" I don't have a nickname. But, hey, they can call me what they want - The Silent Assassin, The Underground King. In Japan, they call me American Knuckle Star. Call me what you want. "

" I don't like going to 155; I do it because everyone else does. "

" I don't need to be told what I am or what I should do or if I beat this guy it means I'm good or if I lose to that guy it means I'm bad. I'm at peace with myself, and I know what I do every day in my training will speak for itself, and success will be a byproduct. "

" I don't want to go that route where I'm going into fights dehydrated. I used to fight at 170 pounds. I was 10-0 at 170 with eight knockouts. I'm not going to listen to somebody from the outside tell me what weight I should be fighting at. "

" I enjoy fights the most once them nerves go away and you settle into the fight. That's when you can have your fun and be creative and just kind of be yourself. "

" If I can put the right guy with the right mouthpiece in front of the right opponents, we can build a champion, but he doesn't really have to beat the best guys; we just have to give him the right matchups. "

" If they could put us all in a tournament, that'd be the best way, but they're not going to do that here at the UFC. "

" If you're not successful at a certain weight, it rarely has anything to do with gaining or losing 10 pounds. It's something inside of you that you need to fix in order to win. It rarely has anything to do with cutting 10 pounds. "

" If your worst fear can come true, and everything can still be OK, then there's really not much to fear at all. "

" I had to fight Donald Cerrone, Anthony Pettis, Gil Melendez, Rafael Dos Anjos. I had to fight these guys in order to prove myself in order to get a title shot. "

" I have a tremendous support from a lot of the Underground fans. They believe in me, they want to see me do well, and they're behind me. But there are a lot of people out there who don't believe it, and so I want to separate perception and reality. I want to be able to do that. "

" I have a very good ground game and very good wrestling. People just underestimate it. That's it. I want to keep it like that. "

" I know what I can do at 155. "

" I like to be with my back against the wall in dangerous situations. "

" I like to keep a high pace, violent fight. I don't like to waste time, and I don't like to go to the judges. I feel like I've fought long enough where I can adapt to just about any situation. "

" I'll beat a bunch of good guys, and then I'll get a ton of fans come up to me and go, 'Do you think you can beat Conor McGregor?' And I'm like, 'Oh my God. You guys are disillusioned.' They think because this man's popular he's good. "

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