Matt Serra Quotes

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Matt Serra

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : June 2, 1974

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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I'm old school.

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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.

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

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Chris Weidman is a stud.

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

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

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

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I'd love to fight Matt Hughes again.

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

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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.

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

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