Wrestling Quotes by Jimi Manuwa

MMA has improved my life leaps and bounds.

— Jimi Manuwa

When I'm champion, I'll fight the best because I am the best.

— Jimi Manuwa

I've never turned down a fight in my life. Ever.

— Jimi Manuwa

Every fight is a must-win for me.

— Jimi Manuwa

I've learned about every aspect of MMA.

— Jimi Manuwa

How I fight is what got me into the UFC in the first place.

— Jimi Manuwa

I am who I am and I tune my training to the fighter I am.

— Jimi Manuwa

I'm a big fan of Anderson Silva.

— Jimi Manuwa

Brad Pickett is one of the coolest guys in MMA and someone I have a huge amount of respect for.

— Jimi Manuwa

I always say if you can't knock someone out with four ounce gloves on there is something wrong with you.

— Jimi Manuwa

I'm a 'come forward' kind of guy, I will never fight any other way and I don't think I could learn anything…

— Jimi Manuwa

It would be great to fight on UFC 200 obviously. It's going to be an historic event but the card is getting…

— Jimi Manuwa

In the UFC, nothing is guaranteed. Anything can happen when it comes to getting a title shot.

— Jimi Manuwa

Daniel Crawford, who was BAMMA featherweight champion, used to train with me.

— Jimi Manuwa

I like all styles of MMA, my first classes in the sport were BJJ but I prefer to stand up.

— Jimi Manuwa

I'm not one to call people out, if you look at my history in the fighting game, I've never called anyone out.

— Jimi Manuwa

And I took to fighting very well. I'm a fast learner, and I needed to learn quickly. I knew this was what…

— Jimi Manuwa

We used to go to the fairground, and there's that punchable thing that measures your power. It was from one of those…

— Jimi Manuwa

Some fighters enjoy the limelight. I get nervous, I mess up when I'm trying to explain things, because I'm a fighter pure…

— Jimi Manuwa

That's what it's all about in MMA, we're not the highest paid athletes in the world, so when you can get the…

— Jimi Manuwa

Stylistically, every fight in the division is a hard fight. Lyoto Machida is unorthodox, Jon Jones is long and tall with good…

— Jimi Manuwa

But the thing about Brazilian fans is that they respect top fighters and I will win them over. When my hand is…

— Jimi Manuwa

A lot of people think they're better than they are and it can be very hard to get found out when you…

— Jimi Manuwa

It's been frustrating. Since I've broken into the top five, I've seen the politics of fighters dodging fights, cherry picking fights and…

— Jimi Manuwa

I don't know anything about CM Punk. I'd never even heard of him until he was mentioned in UFC. I wouldn't know…

— Jimi Manuwa

When I was ranked No. 11 or 12, they offered me Gustafsson who was the No. 1 contender, and I didn't hesitate.…

— Jimi Manuwa

It's easy to say when you're on the outside and when you're the coach or for people to say, 'Oh, you should…

— Jimi Manuwa

It never is a boring fight with me fighting.

— Jimi Manuwa

I expect whoever gets in a UFC Octagon to put on a great show, because that's why we're there.

— Jimi Manuwa

I always predict a knockout. That's what I go for, I hit to hurt.

— Jimi Manuwa

I want the belt. I'm focused on the belt, I'm focused on the world championship belt.

— Jimi Manuwa

I always like to keep busy, I always say if you're not injured then you should fight.

— Jimi Manuwa

I can definitely get the belt. It's something I always wake up believing every time I train.

— Jimi Manuwa

It's always great fighting in front of familiar faces and not having to travel and deal with jet-lag and all of that…

— Jimi Manuwa

Mixed martial arts has small windows of opportunity and there's always new faces coming through, so it's easy to forget you.

— Jimi Manuwa

David Haye was the perfect opponent for me because he was a small heavyweight with a big name and we were about…

— Jimi Manuwa

There's no such thing as a lucky punch. You throw to hurt someone and if you hurt someone, job done.

— Jimi Manuwa

When I started fighting I've always thought about being a UFC champion.

— Jimi Manuwa

I don't think anyone hits as hard as I do in the light heavyweight division.

— Jimi Manuwa

If an MMA fighter is going to call out a boxer it's got to make sense.

— Jimi Manuwa