Colby Covington

At the end of the day, we're professional prizefighters - stop acting like street thugs. We're not going to fight in the streets.

I'm the ultimate professional.

You can't live off your past.

Everybody's calling me out. Why do you think everybody wants to fight me? I'm the money fight.

It gets a little tough when you're cutting weight to travel all over the place, when you want to focus on really getting yourself ready to peak for your fight.

I think that people live in safe spaces these days; they don't want to deal with the controversy and the drama.

Ben Askren, the only thing we have in common... I have a real belt. He has some belts from back in the day that don't even matter anymore.

You have to have a character; you have to build your character. If you understand the pro wrestling scheme of things, then you understand what the promoting is. These guys are friendly backstage, but as soon as the cameras turn on, it's a whole different story: you become that character.

I've never asked for more money, not one time in my career. I fought Demian Maia for $30,000. The No. 2 guy in the world, I was fighting for $30,000. So I don't care about money.

I know I'm going to lose friends, and I'm going to go on the road less traveled with less people. But at the end of the day, I'm not trying to make friends; I'm trying to make the most money possible.

I get paid a lot of money to go in there and fight on pay-per-view. I'm not fighting in the street.

The difference between me and Tyron Woodley is that Tyron Woodley fights nervous; he fights scared. He doesn't wanna get tired, so the thing with Tyron Woodley is that he doesn't know how to push the pace. He doesn't have cardio. He doesn't have heart. He has a heart, but he doesn't have heart. There's a difference.