Yair Rodriguez

They pay me to fight once I'm up in the cage.

— Yair Rodriguez

I'm the guy who, I never say much, I just act.

— Yair Rodriguez

I work hard every day - like, really, really hard.

— Yair Rodriguez

I actually like that - I like taking my time off.

— Yair Rodriguez

I'm looking to fight the best guys in the world.

— Yair Rodriguez

There is some things that you'll never heal.

— Yair Rodriguez

I've been winning and losing all my life.

— Yair Rodriguez

I speak Spanish and English.

— Yair Rodriguez

I've been doing martial arts since I was five, so for me competition is something that's very common.

— Yair Rodriguez

I think during the process of growing and becoming a star, you just stop trusting a lot of people.

— Yair Rodriguez

I'm not the kind of fighter who's going to ask for a guy next. I'm just not that kind of guy.

— Yair Rodriguez

Stylistically, talking about styles, Brian Ortega is a super hard opponent and he's a really explosive guy.

— Yair Rodriguez

I train hard, I work every single day, my coaches help me out, my people, thank you for everything.

— Yair Rodriguez

I'm a different kind of fighter. I can fight whatever, whoever I want.

— Yair Rodriguez

You have to prepare yourself for everyone, and I am prepared for anything.

— Yair Rodriguez

Training is training, fighting is fighting. It's two different things.

— Yair Rodriguez

Everybody thinks I'm fast, but they don't know how fast I am until they fight me. Whenever they fight me, they can…

— Yair Rodriguez

Of course, you always want more because you think you deserve more. It's just the way that it is. Nobody is happy…

— Yair Rodriguez

I've shared it with my coaches and my training partners, and I always tell them, 'Don't you dare touch my face. If…

— Yair Rodriguez

A lot of people support me because of that, because I bring an interesting style when I'm fighting. And I guess a…

— Yair Rodriguez

In the Frankie Edgar fight, my eye was completely closed. I couldn't see nothing, but I was willing to keep on going.…

— Yair Rodriguez

I've been putting myself in bad scenarios, and all I can think about is growth, growth inside myself, outside myself, my body,…

— Yair Rodriguez

A loss doesn't mean anything. It just means that you're going to learn from it, and it won't happen to you ever…

— Yair Rodriguez

I'm an MMA fighter, bro. It's what I do, it's what I live for. This is what brings food to my table…

— Yair Rodriguez

If I become a champion, if I become the first Mexican UFC champion, I can become bigger because I will be the…

— Yair Rodriguez

I met BJ once down in Albuquerque, it was before my fight with Andre Fili. I met him there, we did a…

— Yair Rodriguez

People know me as a professional fighter and when you are in the UFC, you are very visible. But I'm not just…

— Yair Rodriguez

Of course, I want to fight for the title.

— Yair Rodriguez

I want to fight the best B.J Penn.

— Yair Rodriguez

I respect everyone out there.

— Yair Rodriguez

Max Holloway is one of the greatest in history.

— Yair Rodriguez

I want to be the next Muhammad Ali.

— Yair Rodriguez

Each fight I try to be different.

— Yair Rodriguez

If you live in the present, you are happy.

— Yair Rodriguez

This is just sport for me, nothing more than that.

— Yair Rodriguez

I've been in contact sports since I was 5 years old.

— Yair Rodriguez

I never overestimate my opponents.

— Yair Rodriguez

Everybody has their own battles to deal with.

— Yair Rodriguez

People live in the past too much. They live the past.

— Yair Rodriguez

I try to save myself from as much impact as I can possibly have to my head.

— Yair Rodriguez