It wasn't that I didn't think I could hang with the guys…

Anybody that's in my weight class, above me or beneath me, I keep an eye on.

— Andre Ward

Anybody my weight class, I could see me standing across from them and knocking them out.

— Sean O'Malley

I absolutely do prefer a dominant guy. I play a very dominant role in my life, in every other aspect of it. And I…

— Rihanna

I'm in the game to challenge myself and to beat the top guys. Whether it's 185 or 205, that's what I want to do.

— Dan Henderson

I don't want people saying the only reason I won was because there wasn't anybody at my weight. I don't want to clarify any…

— Dave Schultz

Linares is one of the best fighters in his weight class.

— Vasyl Lomachenko

You never heard of any of the fighters [in heavyweight division]. It is very hard to watch. It upsets me to turn on my…

— Larry Holmes

When I'm outside of camp, I gain 40 or 50 pounds above my weight class. It shouldn't have to be that way, and that's on me.

— Kelvin Gastelum

I'm open to fighting at 185 or 205 pounds, but I think I need to give this 185-pound run a real, honest crack. Being…

— Rashad Evans

I'm not trying to be one of those guys that's bigger than everyone else in the weight class.

— Israel Adesanya

Keith Jardine pushes me the hardest because we're in the same weight class and we get competitive with each other, we make sure we're…

— Rashad Evans

When St-Pierre retired, it brought a lot of enthusiasm to the weight class, and things got shook up.

— Robbie Lawler

I talk trash, but the thing is, I talk trash about people I'm actually going to fight, who are actually in my weight class.

— Quinton Jackson

I would feel very disrespected as a champion if they were putting a belt on someone else in my weight class.

— Al Iaquinta

Everybody in the UFC would be a weight class up.

— Aspen Ladd