Gegard Mousasi

People always say I'm a bad loser.

— Gegard Mousasi

I fought K-1 at heavyweight.

— Gegard Mousasi

As a fighter, you want fair treatment.

— Gegard Mousasi

I know I'm underrated.

— Gegard Mousasi

I like fighting in America.

— Gegard Mousasi

When you lose, you learn a lot more.

— Gegard Mousasi

People just see what they want to see.

— Gegard Mousasi

Fighting is not my life.

— Gegard Mousasi

I feel like I have a lot of potential, and I feel like I can beat anybody.

— Gegard Mousasi

I feel like I'm one of the strong middleweights, physically.

— Gegard Mousasi

Maybe I lose my fights because I don't fight smart.

— Gegard Mousasi

Luke Rockhold is the guy I want to face.

— Gegard Mousasi

My goal is to get the belt, the UFC belt.

— Gegard Mousasi

People are stupid, what can I say. They don't know who's a real fighter or not.

— Gegard Mousasi

It's always been a goal of mine to get the belt in different weight classes.

— Gegard Mousasi

It's just a personal challenge, I'd like to see how I can do as a boxer.

— Gegard Mousasi

I'm fighting to get paid. I'm not doing this because I love the sport so much. I'm not a crazy person.

— Gegard Mousasi

I have great people around me, I have great training partners, and I think if you really want something you work for…

— Gegard Mousasi

I don't like watching the females fight. It's just not attractive for me, but not like in a looks way.

— Gegard Mousasi

If I would fight Michael Bisping, I would be the favorite. Everybody knows that.

— Gegard Mousasi

I'd rather have the underdog position than the favorite because I've been the underdog for a long time. I don't mind fighting…

— Gegard Mousasi

Derek Brunson's stand up is horrible, I'm sorry. The guy is a good fighter but his stand up is just terrible. He's…

— Gegard Mousasi

With me, somehow because I've been fighting outside the UFC, I still have to prove myself.

— Gegard Mousasi

I could beat Yoel Romero, who is probably more dangerous than someone like Anderson Silva, but I would get more credit for…

— Gegard Mousasi

I've been working on wrestling aside from MMA. That is something that I wasn't doing in the past so I'm getting more…

— Gegard Mousasi

I don't want to tell sad stories about myself. We may not have had a lot to spend when I grew up,…

— Gegard Mousasi

I see some fighters lose very badly, but still they get more praise or they're not overrated. They're just good fighters in…

— Gegard Mousasi

I cannot come and suddenly put on a persona. Like, I cannot be Mike Tyson. When you saw him it was raw,…

— Gegard Mousasi

After doing boxing a little bit, I knew that I wanted to achieve what the other boxers were achieving: the championship and…

— Gegard Mousasi

At 15, I went to boxing. That's when I really wanted to be a champion, so that gave me a goal in…

— Gegard Mousasi

The more fights I have the more relaxed I get in cage or ring. It's all about experience. It's something that I…

— Gegard Mousasi

With the UFC it's like, you make okay money, and only if you're the champion do you make good money. So they're…

— Gegard Mousasi

I want to be healthy when I quit, and I want to quit while I'm on my top. A lot of fighters…

— Gegard Mousasi

Maybe at the end of my career, I could do some fights at heavyweight, when I'm older and not cutting weight. When…

— Gegard Mousasi

I think with fighting you have to have a desire to achieve something. You never see a rich kid get to the…

— Gegard Mousasi

I was born in Iran, my parents are Armenian. We fled from Iran to the Netherlands when I was eight years old.…

— Gegard Mousasi

I can't put on an act, so I try to be one of the best fighters so at least I get paid.…

— Gegard Mousasi

I don't like nicknames, to be honest.

— Gegard Mousasi

I really like Robert De Niro.

— Gegard Mousasi

I'm a solid fighter.

— Gegard Mousasi