The heavyweight division is always very intriguing. These are the heavy hitters, you know? Every time when you do a mistake, it's the end of the fight. So you have to be careful all the time, and this is what makes this division so intriguing, so exciting for the fans.
Junior dos Santos
I have combinations, and I work on my combinations all the time.
I really believe I can knock anyone out in this world.
I see the takedowns; I see the opportunities to take people down or even try to submit them or something like that. But man, I prefer to stay on my feet. That way I'm confident.
It's very unusual for me to take a punch.
Considering myself as a true number one in the UFC, I think Cain Velasquez is the number two.
My first MMA fight was July 2006 here in Brazil. I won a few fights here in Brazil, and then I got a chance to fight in the UFC, but they put me against the number one contender for the title at that time. It was Fabricio Werdum.
My game plan is always my punching.
It's my biggest goal to become champion. I think it's everybody's goal here in the UFC.
Daniel Cormier is a different champion. He has achieved some amazing things in his career, and for me, it would be very nice to be facing him.
I'm a good actor.
The ground game of Derrick Lewis isn't that good.
I'm a very positive guy.
For sure, the UFC and MMA became way bigger than boxing.
I have to know jiu-jitsu and wrestling, but I'm a boxing guy.
I like to move a lot and throw some hard punches.
Ben Rothwell is a beast like he says he is. He's very, very tough.
Whatever UFC wants to do or any opponent they want to give me, I'll be ready for that.
Every athlete in the UFC, I think they want to fight for the title. I'm no different.
I really believe if I put my mind in the right place, if I train very hard, if I have good support by my side, I can be the champion again and stay there for a long time.
I really believe in my hands and my power to knock people out, and I will try to keep looking for that, for knockouts.
I don't pick opponents. I don't care about who I'm going to fight.
Rules are for everyone.
If you say an athlete doesn't need supplementation, that he can get everything through food, you're wrong.
In the beginning of my all my camps, I do just boxing.
I love to train boxing, and I think I have enough skills in boxing.
I've always done my best inside the Octagon, fought the best there is, and win or lose, I've done my best in my fights.
I'm not worried about trying to guarantee a fight for the belt, because that's automatic; it will happen.
Miocic has that knockout punch. I was completely dizzy a few moments when we fought.
I don't care that much about rankings, and that doesn't matter that much in the UFC, too.
This thing where Daniel Cormier wants to fight Brock Lesnar; I know he wants to make money, but it doesn't make any sense. The only one who wants to see that fight or make that fight is him. Nobody else wants to see that.
Brock Lesnar is a very big guy.
I actually want to face Daniel Cormier.
You know me: I'm a knockout guy. I'm always looking for the knockout.
When you become the champion, you become a target.
Wladimir, the Klitschkos, they're amazing. I like to watch them fight, especially Wladimir, but it's kind of boring. They are really good at what they do, but they are very careful.
I love who I am, and I want to stay in MMA.
When I had long hair, I used to tie it back, so the guys would say I would look like the 'Gypsy.' I used to hate that, but the less you like a nickname, the more it sticks.
I am truth. I was made of truth.
I like to fight here in Europe.
I say it all the time: it's different when two heavyweights, especially when they are the size of Ben Rothwell, face each other in the Octagon. Even the leather - right in the back seat of the arena, they will be able to hear the sounds of the punches.
I was just want to get some good fights and as many as possible.
Fedor is the greatest, no doubt. For me, in a matter of admiration, he is the greatest of all time. He is a heavyweight who beat everybody. He certainly was 'The Baddest Man on the Planet.'
I don't like to use - I never use - any kind of drugs to help me in my fights. I don't like that. I don't like drugs.
Jon Jones is amazing; he's so confident. He uses his elbows very well, and I think he's a great talent.
Before my career comes my family.
I am not a cheater.
If I put things together inside the Octagon, I have everything to be No.1 in the world.
It's always interesting to see Brock Lesnar fighting - and getting beat.
What I really want is to keep myself active.
