Everybody has a game plan, but the plan changes after the first punch.
Cris Cyborg
Man, I got to say I love my haters because they challenge myself... it challenges me. It challenges me to be better. It challenges me to show who I am and that I deserve to be who I am.
It's no secret that the UFC doesn't promote Brazilians.
I have a lot of things that people say about me on the Internet. I have bad things that I don't want to remember now. It's hard to delete.
I have jiu-jitsu, wrestling... I like to do everything, especially knocking people out. People like fights like that.
I like to compete in everything - I like to compete in jiu-jitsu, I like to compete in wrestling and Muay Thai, and if I have a chance to compete in boxing one day, why not?
I think it would be the biggest fight ever. Me and Ronda Rousey. Everybody wanna watch.
If you hold the belt, you have to fight anybody.
I always admired Dana White as a great businessman that always believed in MMA and helped our sport to grow around the world.
Who's the best MMA fighter of all times? I always left that for fans to decide.
Losing a fight, winning - it happens.
I feel great at 145. This is my division. I'm open to fight anybody.
I never choose my opponents.
If you have the belt, you have to fight anyone.
I'm proud to know that I never needed an event to promote me, and I never had to lie about anyone.
I'm calm some days, sweet some days.
I like to fight where people respect me.
Everyone's style is different, but I have a lot of things in my game the people don't know.
I like training hard. I like to punch the face. I like getting punched in the face.
Imagine Chael Sonnen walking into Chute Boxe and training with Wanderlei Silva, Anderson Silva, or any of the coaches. Do you think they would have let him train after all the things he said about Brazil? No. They would have defended Brazil's honor.
I love my job. I love to fight, and I love to compete.
Holly Holm was a boxer for a long time, and Leslie Smith comes from muay thai. It's different. Holly is more defensive, while Leslie comes forward.
I want to make great fights, emotional fights, for all my fans and everyone watching.
My job is fighting.
I really want to fight Ronda. The problem is, I can't drop to 135.
In God I trust, so I'm kept going and kept training to follow my dream.
I'm always prepared for five, six rounds. I train hard. Sometimes it's over quickly, but you have to be prepared for every round, always respecting your opponent.
I think if you are champ, you shouldn't choose your opponents.
I'm known worldwide for my talent and my team, Chute Boxe.
I believe I deserve to be respected as an athlete because I'm a pioneer in this sport.
People say what they want in interviews, but when they get a contract, they say other things.
God has good plans for me.
I train everything: I train wrestling; I train jiu-jitsu. I like to suplex people. I like ground-and-pound, but in my fight, I never have the opportunity.
I'm the world champ at 145. Why do I have to go down a division? Of course I want to make the fights nice for the fans, but I don't want to do something to make my life terrible.
Love me or hate me, it's all in my favor. If you love me, I'll always be in your heart. If you hate me, I'll always be in your mind.
I love to fight. Keeping me at home without a fight is the same to offer candy to a kid and then take it away. That's why I'm always competing in other martial arts. That keeps me motivated to train and helps me learn even more.
Obviously I'm going to have haters.
I think when you train in just one sport separately, you learn more.
Nothing is impossible for God.
I love striking, but MMA and Muay Thai are different.
If my boss and my company loves working with me, we're gonna have a lot of success together.
If Amanda Nunes truly wants an opportunity at the 145-lb. belt, a win against any ranked contender in that division would help establish her back in a weight class she left before fighting me.
I never hated Ronda. She's always talked about me; she did that to promote herself because when she started, nobody knew her, and she talked about me for people to know who she is. And she opened the doors for women's MMA.
A champion must be ready at all times.
I think, as a professional, inside the cage you can fix anything.
I believe that some athletes have fear, but you have to work on that. Athletes can't have fear. Fear of what? Fear of losing? Everybody loses one day.
Who inside MMA that's a champion goes to fight Muay Thai? Nobody. But I love competing.
I want to make super fun fights for all my fans so people will remember me.
Sometimes people fight with injuries and nobody knows, so it's important for the fans to see what we do to - for everything.
I fight for the women. I try to do my best inside the Octagon to fight like a man; then, people will respect girls in the Octagon.
