Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Patricio Freire
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Brazilian mixed martial artist Patricio Freire.
Last updated on September 12, 2024.
I believe in the power of my hands.
Conor McGregor became a monster in the UFC, but he was already a star in other promotions.
I want people to say the name Patricio when they talk about MMA and that God allows it to happen.
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.
No one ever made me quit.
I think McGregor is a super fighter, he has great striking, has gotten better with his wrestling, has good jiu-jitsu, and gets a bit tired after the first or second round. I have a strategy to beat him, and I think I would win. I won't say I'd knock him out or submit him, but I know for sure my hands would be raised in the end.
I have to thank Pat Curran for a second war. It was one of the hardest fights of my life.
It's almost impossible to take my right hand on the chin and keep standing, and I knew that.
It's not about the organization, it's about the fighter. So let's put everyone to fight so we are going to know who is the best. It's the next step for the sport. MMA deserves that and all the organizations and athletes deserve that.
Emmanuel Sanchez and AJ McKee are side by side with Max Holloway. Everybody is the same level.
It will be hard for someone to come and beat me or Cejudo.
Future belongs to God and we don't know what's gonna happen.
I already asked for an opportunity to fight at Glory, but I'd like to fight at Rizin more.
I have judo throws, punches, kicks, knees.
Bellator is the A-league.
I know Primus is bigger than me, but Chandler's face was a mess when they fought. He was dropped with a jab. His chin is not that great.
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.
First of all, you have to work to prove how good you are.
I eat really well, I don't go over 165 pounds anymore because I get fat.
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.
I have negative feelings towards Pat Curran, but I can't let it affect me during the fight. I won't use my anger during the fight. If he thinks he will make get emotional during the fight, he's dead wrong.
Every time I fight, it's basically the same thing: beat and not be beaten.
It really doesn't matter who they bring in. I'll beat them all.
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've already beaten four to five generations of Bellator's best fighters.
Michael Chandler's performance in his UFC debut was great. His opponent was great, but it felt like he was mentally unprepared to face Michael Chandler. He crumbled to his pressure and movement early.
I admired the tournament system because it brings some reality to the game. You had to beat everybody to get your title shot. It wasn't something random, you got there because you beat everybody else.
I was Michael Chandler twice. I had to do his game twice. We've deciphered him, but he's still a very dangerous opponent. He's very strong with the takedowns, his knockout power is violent, but he's not a complete guy. He fights well, has good takedowns and heavy ground and pound, does well on the ground.
I don't want the belt, I want Michael Chandler's head.
I even have abdominal fat.
I never had a belt handed to me as a gift.
McGregor isn't the best featherweight on the planet. The best in the world is Jose Aldo, alongside with me, and everyone knows that.
When the fight starts, I unleash the pitbull, and that works in any weight.
I'm in this sport since 2003, and I need rest.
In 100 years, when you open the MMA history book, my name is the one that will be there.
I don't like cheaters, I fight clean.
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.
Everyone saw my karate stance against Ben Henderson and Daniel Straus. I pretty much wasn't hit in those fights, and my attacks were almost 100 percent accurate.
I'm no doubt the best fighter in MMA. There's no doubt about that, and I have the mental ability now to go along with the skills I have always had.
I've added more techniques to my game, going in and going out.
When the fight goes to the ground, it doesn't take long until I finish it or come back up. Straus does that typical American game plan, that boring strategy with wrestling, taking you down and keeping you there, but this strategy won't work with me.
If it's possible to cheat, let everyone do it.
I always tell Bellator that I'm available to fight any time.
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.
Aldo has had a great run in the past, defended many titles against tough guys.
I went up a weight class and took off the head of the greatest lightweight in history.
I know Michael Chandler. I know his potential. He's very explosive.
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.
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 think about fighting my brother being as natural as giving him a hug. We were basically born facing each other, so it would be something interesting. We'd put on the best fight we ever had. We know each other too well.
I think a fight with Will Brooks would be nice.
I'd love to fight in Japan. I always dreamed about this when I was a kid and started watching PRIDE, so I would love to fight there.
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.
McGregor is a good fighter, has a flashy striking, but he's not good enough to beat Aldo.
I watch Straus' fights way before we fought for the first time. He's in constant evolution.
Khabib is very tough, has phenomenal wrestling and sambo, but he has a huge deficiency on the feet so I can catch him. Nothing is impossible.
I hope to be remembered one day as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, fighter in MMA history.
When the title is on the line, you have to be smart and keep emotions out of it.
I think Jose Aldo is a great fighter, has a great history, no one can deny that, but many people think I should go to bantamweight because I'm too small, and instead I went to 155 to fight someone who came as a top contender in the UFC. I was beating Ben Henderson before getting injured. Aldo won't fight at 155 because he doesn't want to.
There are doubters out there, and for the people in the media who refuse to recognize me or acknowledge what I have accomplished, I can't worry about it.
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