Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American mixed martial artist Matt Serra.
Last updated on September 12, 2024.
Matthew John Serra is an American former professional mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner who competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the co-star of Dana White: Lookin' for a Fight and co-host of the official podcast of the UFC, UFC Unfiltered, alongside Jim Norton. Serra defeated Pete Spratt, Shonie Carter and Chris Lytle en route to becoming The Ultimate Fighter 4 Welterweight Tournament Winner. He captured the UFC Welterweight Championship immediately after. Serra also served as the head coach for The Ultimate Fighter 6 reality show opposite Matt Hughes, and he is a member of the UFC Hall of Fame. In grappling, Serra holds a Silver Medal in the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship.
I love hanging out with my kids, my family. That's something you never really anticipate or understand it until you have a family.
I'm the farthest thing from a hater if any of the former guys do the post UFC commentary shows. I would never knock anybody for doing them.
In this game, experience counts a lot.
Dominick Cruz is the unluckiest fighter of all time. I mean the injuries that this guy's had.
I'm a black belt and have been since 2000.
When I'm an old dude in a rocking chair, I'll have these great war stories.
Look, when my career is over and done with, I'm the one who can look back and say that I was the champ.
I don't like feeling too tight. Like if you bench too much, you feel like you can't move your arms right.
I'm very secure with my career. I had a great time. Now it's time to sit back like Al Bundy and talk about past glories.
Whoever you talk to, I'm either overrated or underrated. It's all who you to talk to.
I never missed weight.
When I was younger and I'd get into scraps, someone would throw a punch, but next thing you know it's on the ground.
We're not bad sportsmen.
My mental's always there - the physical's not always there.
I don't want to take my shirt off on TV.
You can't sit around and go 'what if.'
The thing is, against guys like GSP or Anderson Silva, many guys are beaten before they step into the cage.
I'm proud of everything I've done with the UFC.
I don't gotta walk around like Mr. Macho Man.
There are no rules out in the street. And if you're a nice guy, you'll wake up in a hospital.
I would love to put closure on my career with one last fight at the Garden, but at the same time, if that doesn't happen, I definitely consider myself done.
It's a rarity in this sport that you really get a guy that's not a good person. I think we've found that in Matt Hughes.
Listen I'm not going into a fight with Matt Hughes thinking that this guy is done. There's a reason the guy is going to be a Hall of Famer.
I've known B.J. for so long, I love the dude, he's a really good person... The guy's a legend. He can do whatever he wants. I wish him best.
I'm on the mat six times a week, so I got on the TRT. I had some back issues and I'm always on he mat, so I had my levels checked. So I went and my things were in the 300s or whatever, so I'm like really, wow... so I'm a candidate?
Life is short and so am I.
They had to cut me open through my armpit and cut through whatever they had to cut through and get my rib out.
When you lose, people that you think aren't going to come at you, will come at you, because they're haters.
You gotta have a thick skin to be a fighter.
I ain't tall, but I'm not angry. I'm not angry about not being tall. I like it. It's like the automatic underdog all the time. So it's awesome.
Who's held down Gaethje and beat him up? Nobody. He's so powerful, cardio never seems to be a problem.
Don't get me wrong, I love my family, but I love teaching and hanging out with the guys.
I'm confident in what I can do.
I'm the Rocky of MMA.
Chris Weidman is a stud.
I've always bragged that I fought some guys in the Hall of Fame, legends like B.J. Penn and Matt Hughes and they always knew they were in a fight, but now I'm in there, so I can't even use that line.
I'm not the type of guy to be begging for a fight.
Ronda's got phenomenal grappling, but the way she enters, she's striking her way into the clinch, which is much harder to do on such a dynamic striker with all the movement Holly Holm possesses.
You never know what could happen with injuries.
I consider the Diaz brothers friends. They're like extended family, them being under Cesar and me being under Renzo, we've always had mutual respect. They're such respectful guys. People don't know that about them, but they really are.
I know Lytle likes to bang, but I wouldn't be surprised if he tries to take me down. Not for fear of my hands, but strategically he could look to put me down. He's shown he's very dangerous with submissions. His ground game has been very underrated.
I'll crack jokes in the locker room, I don't care. I don't gotta impress nobody.
I'm not the guy to get beat down when I shouldn't have gotten beaten down.
I'm not gonna start bragging about my credentials, but I love jiu-jitsu and I've been on the mat awhile, and I'm a jedi and whatnot.
If you talk to somebody else, they can say whatever they want about you, but I'm pretty secure with what I've done and my fights. Win or lose, it's all experience, and it shapes the person you are and the instructor you are.
I'm not that guy who says, please can I get a fight?
I like that people think I'm going to lose.
Whenever there's something you've done that everybody and their mother said you couldn't do, and it was like an impossible feat, of course, it's awesome.
I just want fights that will be fun for me and fun for everybody involved, especially the fans.
Everybody sees it and thinks it's so exciting. They don't realize it's a professional sport. Everyone wants to be an ultimate fighter until they get hit.
The thing is this, this sport you deal with a lot of guys in this sport and most of them are cool.
You know what's not around anymore? There's no code anymore. There's no loyalty.
I'd love to fight Matt Hughes again.
You want to know what's really exciting? In Montreal, it's called a Patrick Cote house party.
I fight the way I train, the way I spar.
I get chubby real quick.
I beat St. Pierre, who's a physical specimen, a better wrestler, and supposedly a better striker. People thought I was gonna get killed. But I have experience in wars with the best guys in the world. I knew at the very least he'd be in the hospital with me.
I'm always involved with training and the martial arts. It's not like I go to a desk job somewhere and then throw on the gloves.
I'm the first American black belt under Renzo Gracie.
You can think somebody's stealing from the cookie jar, but if you don't catch him you don't catch him.