Jessica Andrade

I know my jiu-jitsu can save me.

— Jessica Andrade

People think I'm rich. Well, I'm not.

— Jessica Andrade

Joanna's weak spot is Jessica Andrade.

— Jessica Andrade

Guillotine is my specialty. I love it.

— Jessica Andrade

Everybody is good at something.

— Jessica Andrade

Women's MMA has evolved a lot.

— Jessica Andrade

I won't choose opponents.

— Jessica Andrade

Every fight I fight in a different way.

— Jessica Andrade

It's easy to talk, but it's hard to actually do something.

— Jessica Andrade

When I started fighting MMA, I saw I could make some money with it.

— Jessica Andrade

We can't judge someone by his age or experience, only for her abilities.

— Jessica Andrade

I think Valentina is the best pound-for-pound in the UFC.

— Jessica Andrade

I like fighting where my opponents are better.

— Jessica Andrade

It's hard to have a good career in soccer, especially women's soccer.

— Jessica Andrade

Rose is a very versatile athlete, she works her striking well.

— Jessica Andrade

I feel really well at the flyweight division.

— Jessica Andrade

I'm used to compete at 135 pounds, and I know I will always be shorter than my opponents.

— Jessica Andrade

Thank God I was able to buy my mom a house, switched cars, and bought myself a house.

— Jessica Andrade

It's sad that we have to sell our training gear, things we get in fights that are a good memory of what…

— Jessica Andrade

I like to change things up and feel comfortable to show my best performance. I think that's probably why I haven't stopped…

— Jessica Andrade

When we go through rough situations in life and reach the top, we thank God we had to go through all that.

— Jessica Andrade

The more space you give Joanna, the better for her. I work better when I close the distance.

— Jessica Andrade

What's the point of hitting pads, landing 10,000 punches, and then landing punches that are soft as feathers in the fight? I…

— Jessica Andrade

Fighting your opponent's strengths is the key, you frustrate them on what they have best.

— Jessica Andrade

Meeting Marta, who she is as a person, and hanging out with her, seeing her watch my fight, screaming and cheering for…

— Jessica Andrade

I look at Weili Zhang and see myself. She has heavy hands and if we exchange, I want to be better than…

— Jessica Andrade

All I wanted to do was play soccer. I used to tell my mom that I wanted to be like Marta, that…

— Jessica Andrade

We might think we don't, but everyone descends from native Brazilians. When Portuguese arrived here, everyone was native Brazilians, so I have…

— Jessica Andrade

I'm very close to Poliana Botelho, Virna Jandiroba and Amanda Ribas, too. It's like I always tell them: 'If we're going to…

— Jessica Andrade

There were a lot of new opportunities after I won the belt. People look at you more when you're the champion, UFC…

— Jessica Andrade

To beat Shevchenko, you'd have to close the distance and work with strikes close to the cage to take away her energy,…

— Jessica Andrade

The strategy to beat Shevchenko would be to work non-stop and be all over her, striking the entire time, grabbing her to…

— Jessica Andrade

I'm originally from jiu-jitsu.

— Jessica Andrade

Height doesn't mean everything.

— Jessica Andrade

I have great cardio.

— Jessica Andrade

We only get paid when we fight, and we have to save money until the next fight.

— Jessica Andrade

Eating healthy food, a lot of things will change for the best.

— Jessica Andrade

I always consider myself to be the underdog.

— Jessica Andrade

I train with girls as strong as the ones I'm going to fight, so that's good.

— Jessica Andrade

I worked a lot on my striking game and I'm getting better and better every day.

— Jessica Andrade