Day Quote by Rashad Evans

I got my hand slapped for talking about fighter pay. That was a big one. I had Dana White yell at me in front…

— Tim Kennedy

The biggest thing I learned is that when Dana says retire, you should retire. Otherwise, you will blow your knee out before your next…

— Forrest Griffin

I told Dana my goal is to hold the heavyweight championship of the UFC and in boxing at the same time.

— James Toney

When I left in 2007, it was the same thing for me when I fought in different organizations. I left the UFC on good…

— Andrei Arlovski

All my life, I told people I want to fight with the real contender who deserves high-level fights.

— Islam Makhachev

I was always pushed to do that much more, and in the long run that made me more of an MMA fighter. My mom…

— Ronda Rousey

I went to college, I wrestled and I took some amateur fights. When I graduated, I wanted to start using my degree, but I…

— Justin Gaethje

Once I started fighting in UFC, things took a big U-turn. After my second fight, I came home and paid my mortgage off.

— Michael Bisping

I never had an interest in fighting. Originally, because I had no experience, I was going to come to Japan to be a pro…

— Bob Sapp

I took time out of my life to set myself up to where I don't have to suck up to anybody, and I can…

— Al Iaquinta

I didn't really have intentions of fighting in MMA; it just kind of fell into place. Once I started fighting, though, I loved it,…

— Donald Cerrone

Wrestling became very stale and boring for me, and I wasn't really making any money with it. So I decided to get into fighting.

— Josh Koscheck