My mother used to box, and I followed her footsteps into training. She loves fighting.
— Amanda Nunes
I'd have to do a lot of things to fight Cyborg.
I don't have anything personal against Valentina, but I think she changed a lot, her personality. In one interview, she says something and the other one she goes completely the other way.
Ronda knows what's like to have this belt, she knows the power this belt has.
I've lost before, you need great people around you, your family, people giving you positive energy.
I know the girls can't take my punches.
Ronda had her time and that buzz around her. She knows it has cooled down now. She knows she lost. That's the problem. She was undefeated for a long time and doesn't know how to deal with a loss now.
I represent Brazil with the flag and the belt.
I'm 100 percent gonna beat Ronda Rousey - I'm 200 percent.
I think I'd be able to win the fight against Ronda.
After I get the belt, I will be well prepared to face anyone they put in front of me.
I respect my opponents, I learned that from life. I used to think I would step in there, throw one punch and the other girl would go down and not get up again. Everytime I thought that, I lost.
Fighting taught me, I learned from life. It's a school, I'm still learning.
I want to fight.
I don't have anything to do but get in the cage and show my work and wait for my time.
I've been doing everything people like to see: knock people out, and submissions, and go in there to fight.
I'm the champ for a reason.
I might go down as well to 125 and try it first in the gym to see how it goes.
Cyborg is way heavier, way bigger than me.
If they ask me who I want to fight, I'm going to say I want to fight Ronda.
I'm not running from anyone, I'm the champion and I can choose who I'm going to fight.
A loss is something tough.
When I touch Ronda, I'll always try to get the knockout. But if we go to the ground, I'll be ready for anything.
I started my career with a loss, getting 'slapped' by life.
I've been training for Ronda Rousey since my first fight in the UFC.
It's the moment I've been waiting for, fighting on the big cards like UFC 200.
Miesha has holes in her game standing and on the ground.
I train at American Top Team, the biggest team in the world, and I have every type of training.
All the things I went through, my losses, those really helped me.
I definitely want to defend my 145 belt.
Whatever steps in the cage against me, I will fight, because I have the belt, I'm No. 1 on the planet, and I want to keep staying here.
I'm gonna knock people out.
I am the greatest of all-time.
I've been very fortunate throughout my career to fight for the best organizations in the world.
I'd have to change all my training style to fight Cyborg.
When people find out how strong and powerful love is, then this world will be a better place. I want to see this happen one day.
Juliana Pena says I'm running from her, Valentina Shevchenko also said I'm running from her, and now she's saying Juliana Pena is running from her, too. I don't like to play games.
I want to see Ronda coming back, her finishing her career with a win. Every athlete deserves that.
Every time I touched Ronda, connected a punch, I wanted more and more. That's why the fight was so fast. Every time I connected, I felt that she couldn't take it, so I threw more and only stopped when it was over. But it was good.
I want to retire as champion, and I will make that happen.
I live in the U.S., but I'm from Brazil.
I understand everything Ronda Rousey is gonna bring that day. I don't think she's gonna be able to deal with my striking. She's gonna be really surprised when I touch her, when I connect on my punches.
I think everything happens in a life for a reason.
Miesha is a great athlete, really tough. I know that.
You know, whatever people say, nothing's going to change it - what I think, what I'm capable of.
I'm going to keep on making history.
As soon as I go to another area, another climate, I always have this kind of pressure in my sinuses. Honestly, I used to worry about a lot, I'd think something was wrong with me.
I'm a champion, I have to defend this belt.
I proved it. I'm the best - I proved it.
I think all of my opponents say that, I gas out or whatever. They have to say something about me.
