Top 101 Quotes & Sayings by Matt Serra

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.

American - Mixed Martial Artist | Born: June 2, 1974

Source: Wikipedia

I love hanging out with my kids, my family. That's something you never really anticipate or understand it until you have a family.

Matt Serra

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.

Matt Serra

In this game, experience counts a lot.

Matt Serra

Dominick Cruz is the unluckiest fighter of all time. I mean the injuries that this guy's had.

Matt Serra

I'm a black belt and have been since 2000.

Matt Serra

When I'm an old dude in a rocking chair, I'll have these great war stories.

Matt Serra

Look, when my career is over and done with, I'm the one who can look back and say that I was the champ.

Matt Serra

I don't like feeling too tight. Like if you bench too much, you feel like you can't move your arms right.

Matt Serra

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.

Matt Serra

Whoever you talk to, I'm either overrated or underrated. It's all who you to talk to.

Matt Serra

I never missed weight.

Matt Serra

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.

Matt Serra

We're not bad sportsmen.

Matt Serra

My mental's always there - the physical's not always there.

Matt Serra

I don't want to take my shirt off on TV.

Matt Serra

You can't sit around and go 'what if.'

Matt Serra

The thing is, against guys like GSP or Anderson Silva, many guys are beaten before they step into the cage.

Matt Serra

I'm proud of everything I've done with the UFC.

Matt Serra

I don't gotta walk around like Mr. Macho Man.

Matt Serra

There are no rules out in the street. And if you're a nice guy, you'll wake up in a hospital.

Matt Serra

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.

Matt Serra

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.

Matt Serra

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.

Matt Serra

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.

Matt Serra

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?

Matt Serra

Life is short and so am I.

Matt Serra

They had to cut me open through my armpit and cut through whatever they had to cut through and get my rib out.

Matt Serra

When you lose, people that you think aren't going to come at you, will come at you, because they're haters.

Matt Serra

You gotta have a thick skin to be a fighter.

Matt Serra

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.

Matt Serra

Who's held down Gaethje and beat him up? Nobody. He's so powerful, cardio never seems to be a problem.

Matt Serra

Don't get me wrong, I love my family, but I love teaching and hanging out with the guys.

Matt Serra

I'm confident in what I can do.

Matt Serra

I'm the Rocky of MMA.

Matt Serra

Chris Weidman is a stud.

Matt Serra

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.

Matt Serra

I'm not the type of guy to be begging for a fight.

Matt Serra

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.

Matt Serra

You never know what could happen with injuries.

Matt Serra

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.

Matt Serra

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.

Matt Serra

I'll crack jokes in the locker room, I don't care. I don't gotta impress nobody.

Matt Serra

I'm not the guy to get beat down when I shouldn't have gotten beaten down.

Matt Serra

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.

Matt Serra

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.

Matt Serra

I'm not that guy who says, please can I get a fight?

Matt Serra

I like that people think I'm going to lose.

Matt Serra

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.

Matt Serra

I just want fights that will be fun for me and fun for everybody involved, especially the fans.

Matt Serra

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.

Matt Serra

The thing is this, this sport you deal with a lot of guys in this sport and most of them are cool.

Matt Serra

You know what's not around anymore? There's no code anymore. There's no loyalty.

Matt Serra

I'd love to fight Matt Hughes again.

Matt Serra

You want to know what's really exciting? In Montreal, it's called a Patrick Cote house party.

Matt Serra

I fight the way I train, the way I spar.

Matt Serra

I get chubby real quick.

Matt Serra

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.

Matt Serra

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.

Matt Serra

I'm the first American black belt under Renzo Gracie.

Matt Serra

You can think somebody's stealing from the cookie jar, but if you don't catch him you don't catch him.

Matt Serra