Joseph Benavidez

Not having to compensate for always being at a size disadvantage allows me to unleash all of my skills.

— 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

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

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

— Joseph Benavidez

Obviously becoming champion is always going to be my goal and something I want to accomplish, but I can't control being the…

— Joseph Benavidez

I'm not a guy who typically has an after-party. I like to have pizza in my hotel room with the people that…

— Joseph Benavidez

You're always going to want to beat a person that beat you, just to prove you're better.

— Joseph Benavidez

My wife... so grateful for that. Nothing can be bad - going home and having someone making you feel like the best…

— 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

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

— Joseph Benavidez

When you go in there and fight, you pretty much relinquish and give up the right to make any excuses about something.

— Joseph Benavidez

I've realized that I can't control what the hell everyone else is gonna do. People are crazy. People want different things.

— 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

My dream has always been to be a UFC champion. It wasn't to be a main event fighter.

— Joseph Benavidez

You have to go out there and fight as hard as you can. You have to go out there and work as…

— Joseph Benavidez

That's how you continue your passion and find inspiration; getting new ideas, getting new looks and new visions. Those are ways to…

— 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

I want to fight as much as I can.

— 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

I'm in a small percentage of people that get to do what they love to do for a living. I'm lucky.

— Joseph Benavidez

That's why we're here: to leave a legacy that'll be remembered long after we're done. And what a great start to my…

— Joseph Benavidez

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

— Joseph Benavidez

For me, I've been a part of a super-team in Team Alpha Male for so much of my career.

— Joseph Benavidez

I have watched 'Wolf of Wall Street' like eight times.

— 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