Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Jorge Masvidal

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Jorge Masvidal.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Jorge Masvidal

Jorge Masvidal is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Welterweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Masvidal has been competing professionally since 2003; he has also competed for Bellator, Strikeforce, Shark Fights, and World Victory Road. He holds the record for the fastest knockout in UFC history at five seconds, and won the inaugural UFC 'BMF' Championship belt. As of April 12, 2022, he is #8 in the UFC welterweight rankings.

Ben Askren had never been knocked out when I got a hold of him.
I do a very strict diet.
I'm the type of guy if you say something right now, whenever I see you, I'm going to hold you to that. — © Jorge Masvidal
I'm the type of guy if you say something right now, whenever I see you, I'm going to hold you to that.
My body fat at 173 is five percent, so the rest is just straight water that I lose.
I think the sport is growing and along with it weight classes have to be added.
In every fight the strategy is to baptize and take their soul - that's always the strategy.
I can talk, I can express myself. But many times when people are talking just to talk, to say negative things, I don't like it because this is not a negative sport.
I got taught respect because if not, somebody's gonna make you respect them.
I got kicked out of school... I caused a lot of turbulence throughout those years.
I'm a real fighter.
I move my head. I don't get hit.
That's the biggest act of cowardice, faking injuries.
I thought me hitting you and you not hitting me and me making you miss and even throwing more than you means that I won a fight. — © Jorge Masvidal
I thought me hitting you and you not hitting me and me making you miss and even throwing more than you means that I won a fight.
It's taken me 26 professional fights to seek out nutritional help and I finally did and it's made a big change in my weight as far as weight cutting goes.
My dad was always a motivation, even when he wasn't there.
I asked for the toughest, best fights to my management, to my coaches.
The main reason I'm in this sport is not to run mouths and make posts on Twitter and stuff. It's to compete.
Dana White, bring me someone that can beat me. You can't find no one that can beat me.
I can box. I can hit hard. I've got different angles.
I'm here to compete and to keep beating people up.
I came to 170 and I got motivated and finally they started giving me ranked opponents.
I always cheer for my MMA brothers and sisters.
It's simple, I'm a fighter, but on top of that I have to entertain the people.
At any given moment, if I see my bully, the guy who's trying to conquer me, we're going to find out. And if we could fight every time we came across each other, we would.
This is a sport of a lot of knowledge, of knowing yourself well, knowing your soul and your spirit, your abilities both physically and mentally.
A lot of times I went to sleep hungry, and not because I was cutting weight for a fight.
I'm just not going around disrespecting people.
I grew up in Miami, Florida.
I'm not a sock-em, rock-em type of guy.
I understand my role in this life, and my job is just to hurt people and get them out of there.
I don't want any up-and-coming guys. I want someone that's established already, that's good.
Askren is that dude I'm not losing in any universe to.
If I can compete five, six times a year that would be perfect.
I've had to prove myself beyond that street-fighter image with some people in the UFC. It has a stigma to it.
Usually with my opponents, I don't care if they win the lottery or they die.
I'm not going to get tired in a 12 round boxing event, especially if I have time to prepare for it.
A fight is usually longer than five seconds.
If you look through my career, I put an end to a lot of guys never been knocked down, never been stopped. — © Jorge Masvidal
If you look through my career, I put an end to a lot of guys never been knocked down, never been stopped.
Let me make this clear: I think USADA has moved my sport forward in certain ways that I couldn't have imagined.
I never care about my opponents, especially now - I care about 'Gamebred' and 'Gamebred' is only going for the off button.
I thought eating Double Quarter Pounders with Big Mac sauce wasn't that bad, but I guess it was.
I've been fighting in people's backyards my whole life.
If they're not the toughest fights I can get, then give me a complete washup, someone that'll be an easy payday. But I'd rather have the toughest fights I can get so I can get to the title the fastest way possible.
My job is to hit somebody until the referee pulls me off.
My mom would get up every day at 4 A.M. and worked two jobs. I always felt I was the poorest kid on the block. I had a chip on my shoulder about being broke.
Nobody is taking my lunch money.
I've got more mat hours than most of the guys who are grapplers got on the mat.
I can't stay stuck in the past. — © Jorge Masvidal
I can't stay stuck in the past.
I could sit down and give USADA my opinions on it, but I want to say they've done a great job. Guys like me are shining because of USADA.
For some reason, that's the title they're giving me: ''The Ultimate Fighter' Destroyer.'
I want to give big kudos to USADA. Can it be better? Yeah.
We're already going to fight, we're going to test each other's will. We don't need everybody talking.
I've never tapped in my whole entire career.
I want to fight the guys that are world-class beaters. That's who I want to get in there with.
Nobody has ever wanted - they get forced to fight Yoel. Ask anybody.
I'm a dirty south goon - damn right, I ain't no West coast gangster.
It's a blessing and a curse. I feel like I've gotta fight every dude that stepped foot on 'The Ultimate Fighter.'
You don't spit on people, especially people's corners.
There's some people who violate that man-code of the gym.
When I get anxiety and depression and things like that, I take to eating.
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