Climbing up the ladder Quote by Brian Ortega

I am gradually building my career fighting tougher and tougher opponents.

— Carlos Condit

After you've fought everybody at the top, what more do you do?

— Shawn Porter

The only thing I need to do is keep winning fights and everything around me goes up from there.

— Sean O'Malley

I've gone through so many of these stages of defeat and loss and victory, the ups and downs, that I know how to handle…

— Barbara Boxer

I try to get better with every fight - my boxing, my wrestling, my jiu-jitsu, everything.

— Alexander Gustafsson

I'm fighting and beating great fighters.

— Marcos Maidana

Each fight, no matter if I win or lose, I see several things I can improve.

— Vicente Luque

I feel like I've always been a great fighter but I'm learning the patience part of it and not getting overwhelmed with emotion and…

— Dustin Poirier

When I go into these fights, I always see something. I just want it way more than anybody else, and that's what's giving me…

— Marlon Vera

Every fight that I go into, I'm okay with losing.

— Sean O'Malley

I feel like I get better every fight.

— Terence Crawford

With every fight I've taken a step up in competition and I've stepped up to the plate to answer every one of those challenges.

— Kelvin Gastelum