Being the first flyweight champion would be history. I'd be immortal. No matter what I do, that's always there. — Joseph Benavidez Copy Share Image
And that's what I want to do, fight the best guys, the toughest guys to prove I am the best. — Joseph Benavidez Copy Share Image
Everyone wants respect from your peers and from fans. No better way to do it than beat Miguel Torres. — Joseph Benavidez Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Hotel Copy Share Image
Our first job is to go out there and fight - not to do backflips or have a mustache. — Joseph Benavidez Fight Copy Share Image
Personally I think there is nothing like that in-fight experience. — Joseph Benavidez Experience Copy Share Image
I believe in my skill 100 percent, that I can go out there and beat Demetrious Johnson and give him the best… — Joseph Benavidez Copy Share Image
Of course, in Joe Jitsu it is about a lot more than fighting. It depends on their style, their confidence, the way… — Joseph Benavidez Confidence Copy Share Image
I never thought I was going to lose the first title fight. I was literally obsessed with the outcome only, and I… — Joseph Benavidez Fight Copy Share Image
Cruces is like my town, where I grew up, where my heart is... All the teachers and coaches and people who have… — Joseph Benavidez Heart Copy Share Image
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 Fight Copy Share Image
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 Awesome Copy Share Image
You have to go out there and fight as hard as you can. You have to go out there and work as… — Joseph Benavidez Fight Copy Share Image
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 Being Copy Share Image
When I got into the sport and wrote down my goals, it was never to be a UFC main event or to… — Joseph Benavidez Champion Copy Share Image
I hate when people come out after a fight and they talk about injuries. — Joseph Benavidez Copy Share Image
I love crying. I pick movies to go see with the intention of crying. — Joseph Benavidez Copy Share Image
The thing is, it's really hard to be the No. 1 absolute best in the world at something, no matter what you're doing. — Joseph Benavidez Copy Share Image
The title's the goal, not to beat Henry Cejudo. Because I already accomplished that goal. — Joseph Benavidez Copy Share Image
I wanted to fight Cejudo only because it meant I was gonna win the title. It wasn't about fighting a person. — Joseph Benavidez Fight Copy Share Image
When you go in there and fight, you pretty much relinquish and give up the right to make any excuses about something. — Joseph Benavidez Excuses Copy Share Image
People do that all the time - they switch teams, switch coaches, switch camps. — Joseph Benavidez Copy Share Image
My three most impressive fights have been against black belts in jiu-jitsu. — Joseph Benavidez Copy Share Image
Persevering is a fight. That's what a fight is. You face something, you persevere through it, you meet it head on. — Joseph Benavidez Copy Share Image
Cejudo would be awesome. It would be an honor to go out and fight an Olympian. — Joseph Benavidez Awesome Copy Share Image
To me, the best part about winning the belt is hugging my wife after. — Joseph Benavidez Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The punches that don't knock you out are the ones you feel the most. — Joseph Benavidez Copy Share Image
For me, I've been a part of a super-team in Team Alpha Male for so much of my career. — Joseph Benavidez Copy Share Image
Not having to compensate for always being at a size disadvantage allows me to unleash all of my skills. — Joseph Benavidez Copy Share Image
I lost and I didn't die. I still had my health, family and people who loved me. — Joseph Benavidez Family Copy Share Image
I just need to remember even if I don't get the title, I have an awesome life and an awesome family and… — Joseph Benavidez Awesome life Copy Share Image
One person I lost to at 135 was the champion at the time, Dominick Cruz. — Joseph Benavidez Champion Copy Share Image
That's what Dominick Cruz does. He wins decisions and he has that down to a science. He's great at it. — Joseph Benavidez Decisions Copy Share Image
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 Life Copy Share Image
I've trained different places with different people my whole career. I'm going to continue to do so. It's always been a journey. — Joseph Benavidez Career Copy Share Image
I'm not going to bag on people and make funny jokes about my opponent. I just respect every opponent I go in… — Joseph Benavidez Funny Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
