Luke Rockhold
I am a very technical guy. I'm proud of my technique, my fluidity, and my skill; that's what I work on every day. I try to out-technique guys.
People haven't seen the wars, in UFC, that I've had in Strikeforce and what I am capable of.
I'm going to show I'm the best fighter in the world.
It's nice to hit and not be hit back.
I've met so many real heroes, people whose service has given me the life I'm lucky to live on U.S. soil.
I was never the bully: I was always the one trying to clean up the situation.
I have the will to win. I'll put my will up against anybody's any day.
Anytime you spar at a new dojo, whether it's in Japan, Brazil, or Thailand, the fighters come after the new guy. It's a way to test yourself against the best and to sharpen your technical skills and push yourself to be the best you can be.
You have to be patient, efficient with your moves, and attuned to what's happening with your body physically. The key is not to rush or panic. You wait and wait and wait - and then strike.
If there's a skateboard in front of me, I can't help myself. I like to jump on.
I've got a lot of natural talent, and I'm not wasting it.
I love fighting. I want to fight, but there are principles in this game. You've got to have morals. I'm not just going to fight fights to fight to get nowhere.
There's no point in fighting guys when there's no structure, there's no rhyme or reason to who gets the title shot.
I'm not going to go fight the best guys in the world without getting championship fights or championship money; it makes no sense.
Jacare is a gangster. He's been in the game for a long time.
My goal is to keep going out there and defending my belt and stacking up pay cheques to set myself up for the future.
It can always be better, and you only live once, and I want to live the dream and some more.
The more I stack, the more things I can buy: the more toys, the more houses, and everything. That's the motivation, but I'm also a competitive person. I need goals, and I need that competition and to drive for something.
We've seen the true colours of Bisping; they come out after he fights. He likes to spit on people after fights.
Being patient has made me a more precise fighter.
Bisping will fight to the bitter end but does not love the fighting.
Floyd Mayweather, he's a safe fighter. He is who he is. He's not going to take any risks.
I want to be great, not good.
I love the liver kick.
I've always been a powerful kid.
I used to get beat up by my brothers, and that kind of built me into the man I am.
Naturally, when you're a younger brother with two older brothers, I mean, they're going to beat on you, and they're going to make you... you're going to grow up differently. You're going to turn into a little animal.
I'm not knocking the other sports; I love other sports. There's a competitive and a technical level of them that I won't understand, probably, to a certain extent, but I've done a lot of other sports competing on college teams, and there's just nothing like fighting.
I dictate the pace of my fights and no one else.
I'm going to shut Chris Weidman down in the first round. I'm gonna expose him in the second round. And I'm gonna finish him with a left kick followed by a left punch, simultaneously.
Bisping, he's a piece of work. The guy likes to run his mouth. I look forward to shutting it.
I know who I am, and I know what my future holds.
I don't think I really have the respect that I think I deserve.
I don't pull out of fights. I fight through injuries. I don't care what the circumstances are.
I've got a lot of power in my kicks.
As long as I don't rush things, I'm a lot better fighter.
I want my rematch with Vitor Belfort, and I'd like it here in the States. And I'll go through anyone I need to get it, especially Michael Bisping.
I'm very confident on my feet.
I cut out the partying a lot. I haven't had any money to party. All I've been able to do is train and work on what I need.
I've had to take out a couple of loans; I'm not gonna lie. I want to pay off my debts. I want to start stacking some cash and set myself up for the future.
The people around me is the only reason why I survive: Bob Cook and DeWayne Zinkin.
I want to fight all the toughest guys in the world. I'm not trying to duck anybody or scared of anybody. I want to fight everybody.
There's nobody that has the skillset that I have.
There's nobody, pound-for-pound, that has what I have.
Cain has proven himself as the best heavyweight of all time, and it would be hard to strip him.
An interim title is just a guarantee at a title shot. If I'm going to fight the best guys in the world, I want a guarantee that I'm going to fight for the title.
I know how good I am, and I know where I can go if I'm in the right mindset and respecting my opponent.
I've come back from all my losses and won world titles every time.
I always look for bigger and better things, and if the UFC wants to bring in some top contenders, I'm more than welcome to welcome them in our hexagon.