Yair Rodriguez

I'm looking to fight the best guys in the world.

— Yair Rodriguez

This is just sport for me, nothing more than that.

— Yair Rodriguez

I used to think differently. Before, it was 'Oh, I have to get the title.' That mindset is kind of gone.

— Yair Rodriguez

I met BJ once down in Albuquerque, it was before my fight with Andre Fili. I met him there, we did a…

— Yair Rodriguez

In the Frankie Edgar fight, my eye was completely closed. I couldn't see nothing, but I was willing to keep on going.…

— Yair Rodriguez

I think during the process of growing and becoming a star, you just stop trusting a lot of people.

— Yair Rodriguez

I've been in contact sports since I was 5 years old.

— Yair Rodriguez

I know I'm still a rising star for the sport or whatever, but I know I have done a lot already.

— Yair Rodriguez

It doesn't matter who it is, I'm going to respect him the same way.

— Yair Rodriguez

Not all the fighters in the UFC have the same record as me.

— Yair Rodriguez

It makes sense to me that the winner between me and Frankie would face the winner of Aldo and Max. That's what…

— Yair Rodriguez

You know you're going to get hit when you fight and if you don't want to get hit, you shouldn't be in…

— Yair Rodriguez

When I die, I want my name to stay here just like Muhammad Ali did. I want to be that guy. I…

— Yair Rodriguez

I like flashy techniques like jumping, aerial techniques. But I also like submissions.

— Yair Rodriguez

Max had a lot of experience on me and he taught me some things. He showed me that I needed to keep…

— Yair Rodriguez

For me, personally, it means a lot beating a legend like B.J. Penn.

— Yair Rodriguez

Sometimes you get in there and the adrenaline is going and you fight a certain way and you wind up taking damage…

— Yair Rodriguez

I speak Spanish and English.

— Yair Rodriguez

Once you're a fighter you can not feel bad over a guy. You have to keep on kicking him, no matter what.

— Yair Rodriguez

That's why we are here: to prove ourselves against the best fighters in history, in the world.

— Yair Rodriguez

I want to fight the best B.J Penn.

— Yair Rodriguez

I'm OK with whatever, people are always going to talk and think or say or do things, but my job is to…

— Yair Rodriguez

How often have you seen a fighter talking about the next fight and he didn't win the fight he was in? You…

— Yair Rodriguez

I'm a different kind of fighter. I can fight whatever, whoever I want.

— Yair Rodriguez

I try to save myself from as much impact as I can possibly have to my head.

— Yair Rodriguez