Matt Serra
Life is short and so am I.
Seriously, you tell me, if you aim at something, and then hit it time and time again, was it luck or did you just do what you were trying to do?
I'm not gonna start bragging about my credentials, but I love jiu-jitsu and I've been on the mat awhile, and I'm a jedi and whatnot.
When you lose, people that you think aren't going to come at you, will come at you, because they're haters.
I get chubby real quick.
I never missed weight.
Everybody sees it and thinks it's so exciting. They don't realize it's a professional sport. Everyone wants to be an ultimate fighter until they get hit.
I've known B.J. for so long, I love the dude, he's a really good person... The guy's a legend. He can do whatever he wants. I wish him best.
I'm not that guy who says, please can I get a fight?
I'm on the mat six times a week, so I got on the TRT. I had some back issues and I'm always on he mat, so I had my levels checked. So I went and my things were in the 300s or whatever, so I'm like really, wow... so I'm a candidate?
Listen I'm not going into a fight with Matt Hughes thinking that this guy is done. There's a reason the guy is going to be a Hall of Famer.
When I was younger and I'd get into scraps, someone would throw a punch, but next thing you know it's on the ground.
I don't like feeling too tight. Like if you bench too much, you feel like you can't move your arms right.
In this game, experience counts a lot.
I beat St. Pierre, who's a physical specimen, a better wrestler, and supposedly a better striker. People thought I was gonna get killed. But I have experience in wars with the best guys in the world. I knew at the very least he'd be in the hospital with me.
There are no rules out in the street. And if you're a nice guy, you'll wake up in a hospital.
You gotta have a thick skin to be a fighter.
You can't sit around and go 'what if.'
Who's held down Gaethje and beat him up? Nobody. He's so powerful, cardio never seems to be a problem.
I'm a black belt and have been since 2000.
I'm the first American black belt under Renzo Gracie.
I'm old school.
I'm the farthest thing from a hater if any of the former guys do the post UFC commentary shows. I would never knock anybody for doing them.
Don't get me wrong, I love my family, but I love teaching and hanging out with the guys.
Chris Weidman is a stud.
You want to know what's really exciting? In Montreal, it's called a Patrick Cote house party.
I'm the Rocky of MMA.
I like that people think I'm going to lose.
Dominick Cruz is the unluckiest fighter of all time. I mean the injuries that this guy's had.
I'd love to fight Matt Hughes again.
Look, when my career is over and done with, I'm the one who can look back and say that I was the champ.
I would love to put closure on my career with one last fight at the Garden, but at the same time, if that doesn't happen, I definitely consider myself done.
They had to cut me open through my armpit and cut through whatever they had to cut through and get my rib out.
I love hanging out with my kids, my family. That's something you never really anticipate or understand it until you have a family.
I'm not the type of guy to be begging for a fight.
Ronda's got phenomenal grappling, but the way she enters, she's striking her way into the clinch, which is much harder to do on such a dynamic striker with all the movement Holly Holm possesses.
I consider the Diaz brothers friends. They're like extended family, them being under Cesar and me being under Renzo, we've always had mutual respect. They're such respectful guys. People don't know that about them, but they really are.
You know what's not around anymore? There's no code anymore. There's no loyalty.
We're not bad sportsmen.
The thing is, against guys like GSP or Anderson Silva, many guys are beaten before they step into the cage.
I'm confident in what I can do.
Whenever there's something you've done that everybody and their mother said you couldn't do, and it was like an impossible feat, of course, it's awesome.
I'm proud of everything I've done with the UFC.
Whoever you talk to, I'm either overrated or underrated. It's all who you to talk to.
I'm very secure with my career. I had a great time. Now it's time to sit back like Al Bundy and talk about past glories.
I don't want to take my shirt off on TV.
You can think somebody's stealing from the cookie jar, but if you don't catch him you don't catch him.
You never know what could happen with injuries.
I just want fights that will be fun for me and fun for everybody involved, especially the fans.
The thing is this, this sport you deal with a lot of guys in this sport and most of them are cool.