Top 45 Michael Chiesa Quotes

There’s only one guy at 170 that’s bigger than me, and that’s Darren Till.

I don’t classify myself as a wrestler, I’m a grappler.

I don’t think people realize what those weight cuts were doing to me. It took so much out of me to make 155. I wish I could put into words what it was like, to be able to paint the picture of my weight cuts, but I can’t. All I can say is that every fight week was a complete misery.

I really enjoy the opportunity to face another Ultimate Fighter winner because it doesn’t come around that often.

I’m not afraid to stand toe-to-toe and throw punches.

I only want to fight Top 5 guys. I’m here to be a champion.

I think Gilbert Burns is going to become my greatest rival.

I want a shot at being an analyst. I love watching ‘UFC Tonight.’ I’m very critical of all the new fighters they have come on there.

If you win one fight in the UFC, you’re good. If you win two in a row, you’re great.

Colby Covington is a nightmare match-up for me, but I’m ready to walk through the fire.

Going to fight Gilbert Burns while not training jiu-jitsu, I mean, that’s just stupid.

I’m a blue collar guy from Spokane, Washington, who was raised to just be respectful, be a sportsman, and just speak with your performances, and I’m glad that I’m back to my old ways.

There was once a time when I was the hip necklace wearing guy.

I think Neil Magny gets picked on a lot because people don’t think he is that good. I like the guy a lot.

I found wrestling when I was 11 years old. About two years later, I convinced my mom to let me rent my first UFC tape. I was fascinated by the sport.

I could string together 15 wins in a row and still not get a title shot.

I’ve got to become ‘The ultimate Ultimate Fighter.’

I’m a finisher, but he’s still Diego Sanchez. He’s a wild man. I’m very blessed to come out with the win.

I get a pit in my stomach every time I think of that last attempt to make 155 for the Anthony Pettis fight. I just get this nasty feeling in my stomach, because no exaggeration, that was one of the scariest moments of my life. I remember that I couldn’t stop my body from shaking.

Anytime my life has ever thrown me a curveball, I can go back to that and draw a lot of confidence for myself knowing I can persevere.

Just do Conor McGregor-Nate Diaz 3 for the 165-pound title. You want to talk about a big fight? That’s a big fight. Let’s add some weight classes. Let’s see more champion versus champion. Let’s get some more two division champions.

As time has gone on, I’ve gotten bigger and bigger. My body composition has changed.

If you’re gonna get punched in the face, elbowed, cut up, busted up, injured, have to cut weight, have to bring yourself to the brink of death to show up the next day and try to put on the performance of your life, you’ve gotta love it. And if I don’t love it, it’s just not worth it to me.

The beard has gotta stay. That’s my staple. I can’t get rid of it.

I’ve had a mullet the better half of my whole life.

I’ve always just been this hairy, wild man.

I’m not here to be mediocre. I’m not in the UFC just to get a paycheck and make a living. That’s really not what I’m here for. If I wanted to make money, I would have gotten out of the sport and done something else. I want to be a world champion.

I train great outside of camp but then once camp starts, it’s just a constant weight cut.

Fighting at welterweight, I’m much more active in the gym.

170 is not a popularity contest. 170 is a working man’s weight class where you work hard, you get your rewards whereas at lightweight, it wasn’t the same. You could work as hard as you want, win as many fights as you want, and there’s no promise what you’re going to get out of it.

My love for mixed martial arts will never waver.

When you train outside of camp, it’s fun, I’m playing around, I’m working hard but I’m having fun. When I get into that camp it’s 10 weeks of tunnel vision on that opponent, you’re trying to work on your strengths and weaknesses, really trying to get better in different areas before the fight.

I’m in this sport to test myself. I want to see how far I can take this thing.

I was the second guy to submit Jim Miller, so I’m up there in catching guys that have been deemed uncatchable.

I’m not afraid to grapple with anybody in the lightweight division.

You’re not going to win mental warfare with me. I am one of the mentally toughest guys, if not the mentally toughest guy in the UFC.

I’ve always loved the fight with Khabib.

I was still part of that trend where it was see how low you can get, get as small as you can get, be the biggest guy in your weight class, and it started to burn me out.

I believe I’m destined to be a world champion and I’m getting closer to what I want. Part of it is developing a championship mentality and I feel I have that now.

I won my fight on ‘The Ultimate Fighter,’ my dad died the next day and I stayed in the game and won the whole thing.

Like every fight, after you make weight, you want to go crazy and eat after you’ve gone through a camp where you can’t do that. So I’d eat pizza and wings and beers.

I don’t take a guy down just to hold him, I look for damage and submissions.

Dumb and tough goes a long way in this sport but to be elite, you’ve got to be smarter.

The loss of my dad gave me a lot of inspiration because sometimes I stop and think, ‘Would everybody have done the same thing that I did?’ It was a very tough thing to cope with. I only went home for less than 24 hours.

I’ve always said that as I’ve gotten older and come into my prime, when I turned 28 would be my best time.