Top 40 Patricio Freire Quotes

I’ve already beaten four to five generations of Bellator’s best fighters.

Portugal and Brazil have a history but we’re brothers and sisters. They are very passionate people, especially about MMA – just as Brazilians are passionate about MMA.

I think the tournament is maybe the most fair way to fight for a title because, basically, it’s a ranking system. It’s an elimination system, so you gotta go through the tournaments to face the champion.

There’s no one to beat Cejudo. He’s too tough, man. That fight he lost to Benavidez, I don’t think he lost that fight. It was tough, but he didn’t lose that one. You can put anyone in there with him, he won’t lose.

There’s no other featherweight in the world that is as complete as I am.

I think the champion needs to be active make sure to have rhythm.

No other featherweight has my hands.

Bellator is the A-league.

Many people are blind and only care about the UFC. That’s the wrong way of thinking. The proof is Michael Chandler, coming from Bellator, having such a devastating victory in his UFC debut against a highly ranked opponent.

I wish MMA was like boxing with fighters from different organizations being able to fight each other. It would be more interesting for the sport, the sport would grow more, everyone would be able to fight everyone.

Chandler, just like myself, has spent most of his career in Bellator and he spent his entire time as a top fighter with people doubting his skills, his opponents and his results. He claimed he was No. 1. I relate to him.

McGregor is a good fighter, has a flashy striking, but he’s not good enough to beat Aldo.

I’m a small guy slaying giants and I’ll keep doing so.

I’ve fought Wilson Reis and Pat Curran two times and Daniel Straus four times. I’m sick and tired of rematches. I’m one of the most exciting fighters in MMA, but fans are tired of me fighting the same people over and over. I just keep knocking them out.

I hope to be remembered one day as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, fighter in MMA history.

First of all, you have to work to prove how good you are.

Every company that wants to sponsor a fighter in the UFC has to pay a sponsor tax to get inside the Octagon, and that’s why many fighters in the UFC struggle to get sponsors. In Bellator, we don’t have that.

They like to match giants against smaller guys in Japan, so I’d like to fight a heavier opponent. I’d like this type of fight, against a stronger opponent.

My domination is getting so strong that it’s starting to become much clearer now who’s the best featherweight, but I’ve been raising this debate for a long time.

Every time I fight, it’s basically the same thing: beat and not be beaten.

Some fighters don’t like to have their opponents changed on short notice. It really is a complicated situation because you prepared for someone for months, for a fighting style, and then the fight is off, but it’s part of the job. It’s natural, that’s why we train every aspect of MMA.

I’m in this sport since 2003, and I need rest.

I know that UFC doesn’t have the best fighters, especially in the lighter weight classes.

Every fight I see as a big fight.

If there’s one thing I do well, it’s rematches. I always come back better.

The only way to know if a fighter is better than the other is to have them fight.

I know Michael Chandler. I know his potential. He’s very explosive.

I’ll continue to face great challenges, stay on top for a long time, continue to evolve, and continue to prove with facts that I’m the best.

I don’t want the belt, I want Michael Chandler’s head.

In the UFC, they can simply cut you if you have one win and one loss.

There are several rivalries in MMA and vale tudo history, like jiu-jitsu vs. luta livre and Chute Boxe vs. Brazilian Top Team. SBG and Pitbull Brothers can start another one that can last a generation.

Future belongs to God and we don’t know what’s gonna happen.

No one ever made me quit.

I watch Straus’ fights way before we fought for the first time. He’s in constant evolution.

Chandler has fought great jiu-jitsu guys before, like Benson Henderson and my brother. He’s practically impossible to submit. Of course he can get caught, but I think that’s very difficult. His wrestling is a great counter to the jiu-jitsu approach, it makes it very complicated for them.

I eat really well, I don’t go over 165 pounds anymore because I get fat.

Being in the UFC doesn’t mean you’re the best. UFC is tough too, but Bellator is tougher.

What happens at McGregor’s team is that they all talk like Conor McGregor but they don’t do what he does. They try to do it. They gain notoriety by talking, and that’s a mistake.

Weichel hits very hard and is very good with the timing of his attacks.

I never had a belt handed to me as a gift.