Wrestling Quotes by Joseph Benavidez

My goal is to be UFC champion, and my eyes are on that prize.

— Joseph Benavidez

Dominick Cruz is a great opponent, he has an amazing style.

— Joseph Benavidez

Anytime I can take a fight, I feel good doing it.

— Joseph Benavidez

I want to prove I'm a great, exciting fighter.

— Joseph Benavidez

I'm just looking for matches that make sense.

— Joseph Benavidez

I've always believed I was going to win a world title.

— Joseph Benavidez

I want to fight as much as I can.

— Joseph Benavidez

I'm in this sport for a long time and I'm going to continue to fight with my whole heart and put on…

— Joseph Benavidez

Fighting was the only way I felt self-worth, with people thinking I was the best.

— Joseph Benavidez

I think I can beat anyone in the world. That's what I train for. It's just a test of skills for me.

— Joseph Benavidez

When the UFC announced that 125 tournament, I remember thinking, 'Finally, this is my spot.'

— Joseph Benavidez

The punches that don't knock you out are the ones you feel the most.

— Joseph Benavidez

I'm actually a pretty quiet guy when it comes to fighting. I'm pretty serious. When I go out to fight people I'm…

— Joseph Benavidez

Cejudo would be awesome. It would be an honor to go out and fight an Olympian.

— Joseph Benavidez

I want to fight the best guy. I don't want there to be any question that I beat the next best guy…

— Joseph Benavidez

That was always the top martial artist - the Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt. Once I started beating them, I knew I…

— Joseph Benavidez

When you're fighting the best, best guys in the world, there's no glaring weaknesses. There's X-factors and there's small openings that you…

— Joseph Benavidez

Once you stop having fun doing it, you start to lose a lot of focus and a lot of motivation. Where, when…

— Joseph Benavidez

This sport is crazy, it moves along and we all have a short memory. No one realizes when fighters are out. They…

— Joseph Benavidez

Some people, honestly, as simple as it sounds, aren't going to log in and put in all their information to get a…

— Joseph Benavidez

I've been lucky. I've been in that top two or three for 11 years at two weight classes. It's been a crazy…

— Joseph Benavidez

I never thought I was going to lose the first title fight. I was literally obsessed with the outcome only, and I…

— Joseph Benavidez

When I got into the sport and wrote down my goals, it was never to be a UFC main event or to…

— Joseph Benavidez

I was sitting in the nosebleeds eating hot dogs and watching Georges St. Pierre win the world title from Matt Hughes. Like…

— Joseph Benavidez

One person I lost to at 135 was the champion at the time, Dominick Cruz.

— Joseph Benavidez

That's what Dominick Cruz does. He wins decisions and he has that down to a science. He's great at it.

— Joseph Benavidez

I believe in my skill 100 percent, that I can go out there and beat Demetrious Johnson and give him the best…

— Joseph Benavidez

I hate when people come out after a fight and they talk about injuries.

— Joseph Benavidez

Personally I think there is nothing like that in-fight experience.

— Joseph Benavidez

I'm going to be world champion and have a belt, and people will correctly be able to say I was the best…

— Joseph Benavidez

I wasn't fighting in this sport from the beginning for any other reason than being the best.

— Joseph Benavidez

Being the first flyweight champion would be history. I'd be immortal. No matter what I do, that's always there.

— Joseph Benavidez

And that's what I want to do, fight the best guys, the toughest guys to prove I am the best.

— Joseph Benavidez

My three most impressive fights have been against black belts in jiu-jitsu.

— Joseph Benavidez

I wanted to fight Cejudo only because it meant I was gonna win the title. It wasn't about fighting a person.

— Joseph Benavidez

The title's the goal, not to beat Henry Cejudo. Because I already accomplished that goal.

— Joseph Benavidez

I think there's no one out there more deserving of a title shot than me.

— Joseph Benavidez

Actually, when I don't have a fight I'm training the hardest because I'm not worried about getting hurt.

— Joseph Benavidez

I think I could have asked for a title shot after I beat Ian McCall.

— Joseph Benavidez

We have physical therapy there now so any fighter with an injury in the UFC can come to Vegas and get treatment…

— Joseph Benavidez