Wrestling Quotes by Matt Serra

I'm the Rocky of MMA.

— Matt Serra

Chris Weidman is a stud.

— Matt Serra

I fight the way I train, the way I spar.

— Matt Serra

I need my jiu-jitsu, man.

— Matt Serra

I'd love to fight Matt Hughes again.

— Matt Serra

Georges has been running through top competition.

— Matt Serra

What I pull off in sparring I should be able to pull off in a fight.

— Matt Serra

I'm a black belt and have been since 2000.

— Matt Serra

I'm not that guy who says, please can I get a fight?

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Jiu-Jitsu is my therapy, my passion, my life.

— Matt Serra

You gotta have a thick skin to be a fighter.

— Matt Serra

I'm the first American black belt under Renzo Gracie.

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Good thing it's a fight and not a modeling contest or you'd be f#cked.

— Matt Serra

Everybody sees it and thinks it's so exciting. They don't realize it's a professional sport. Everyone wants to be an ultimate fighter…

— Matt Serra

The thing is, against guys like GSP or Anderson Silva, many guys are beaten before they step into the cage.

— Matt Serra

Even if you see me with some pasta, I'm still strangling and arm-locking people at least five days a week and I…

— Matt Serra

I'm the farthest thing from a hater if any of the former guys do the post UFC commentary shows. I would never…

— Matt Serra

No matter what I think about Matt Hughes, and it's not much, he's a dangerous opponent.

— Matt Serra

I'm always involved with training and the martial arts. It's not like I go to a desk job somewhere and then throw…

— Matt Serra

I judge how I'm going to fight by how I'm fighting in the gym, and that's how I'm going to perform.

— Matt Serra

When I beat GSP it's not like I was getting my butt handed to me and I just closed my eyes and…

— Matt Serra

If you talk to somebody else, they can say whatever they want about you, but I'm pretty secure with what I've done…

— Matt Serra

What is a 'lucky punch?' Who do these people think I was trying to punch in the face if not Georges? Seriously…

— Matt Serra

I beat St. Pierre, who's a physical specimen, a better wrestler, and supposedly a better striker. People thought I was gonna get…

— Matt Serra

I consider the Diaz brothers friends. They're like extended family, them being under Cesar and me being under Renzo, we've always had…

— Matt Serra

I do believe that 'Aljo' could be world champion. If you look at the fighters he's faced and beaten, they're high caliber…

— Matt Serra

Ronda's got phenomenal grappling, but the way she enters, she's striking her way into the clinch, which is much harder to do…

— Matt Serra

If I beat Hughes they'll say he was done before our fight. There's always going to be those guys that play up…

— Matt Serra

I know Lytle likes to bang, but I wouldn't be surprised if he tries to take me down. Not for fear of…

— Matt Serra

I'm proud of everything I've done with the UFC.

— Matt Serra

I'm not the type of guy to be begging for a fight.

— Matt Serra

Dominick Cruz is the unluckiest fighter of all time. I mean the injuries that this guy's had.

— Matt Serra

It's a rarity in this sport that you really get a guy that's not a good person. I think we've found that…

— Matt Serra

I would love to put closure on my career with one last fight at the Garden, but at the same time, if…

— Matt Serra

Who's held down Gaethje and beat him up? Nobody. He's so powerful, cardio never seems to be a problem.

— Matt Serra

Look, when my career is over and done with, I'm the one who can look back and say that I was the…

— Matt Serra

I just want fights that will be fun for me and fun for everybody involved, especially the fans.

— Matt Serra

When Joe Silva called me with the Trigg fight, I said, 'Hell yeah.' It's a matchup that excites me a lot.

— Matt Serra

I'm not gonna start bragging about my credentials, but I love jiu-jitsu and I've been on the mat awhile, and I'm a…

— Matt Serra

I knew I wanted to learn jiu-jitsu and maybe one day I would have a challenge match or something like one of…

— Matt Serra