Matt Serra Quotes

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Matt Serra

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : June 2, 1974

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

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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.

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

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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.

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What is a 'lucky punch?' Who do these people think I was trying to punch in the face if not Georges? Seriously - where did the luck come into it? I got him hurt and didn't let him off the hook.

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Seriously, you tell me, if you aim at something, and then hit it time and time again, was it luck or did you just do what you were trying to do?

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I felt like I lived my movie, my 'Rocky' movie. So that was cool.

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I need my jiu-jitsu, man.

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Even if you see me with some pasta, I'm still strangling and arm-locking people at least five days a week and I need that.

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I worked night security for Estee Lauder. It was horrible. I worked from midnight till 8 in the morning. I did that just so I could sleep during the day, then go into Manhattan to train with Renzo at night. I would train, then go work all night in a guard booth.

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I don't need to kickbox or box every day.

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I do believe that 'Aljo' could be world champion. If you look at the fighters he's faced and beaten, they're high caliber people. He's also faced and overcome adversity, including back-to-back losses in fights he could have won.

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Once that cage shuts, I'm the one in control of my destiny.

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I judge how I'm going to fight by how I'm fighting in the gym, and that's how I'm going to perform.

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What I pull off in sparring I should be able to pull off in a fight.

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I don't go out of my way to be a smack talker, you can ask me about anyone and I'll give you my honest opinion.

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No matter what I think about Matt Hughes, and it's not much, he's a dangerous opponent.

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When I beat GSP it's not like I was getting my butt handed to me and I just closed my eyes and landed a punch.

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If I beat Hughes they'll say he was done before our fight. There's always going to be those guys that play up the negative part of it, I don't pay too much attention to that.

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I was a decent-sized kid growing up. I was never a small kid.

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