- On being calm this time as opposed to before the last fight with Matt Hughes.

“It’s the calm before the storm, believe me. I’m very nervous, I’m scared. I’m scared to hell.”

- On the trash talking and what’ll happen after Saturday.

“I don’t mind about the talking, I’m a good sportsman. I don’t mind, after the fight I’ll leave everything out there in the Octagon and shake his hand.”

- On Fitch saying he’s scared of getting knocked out.

“Talk to Fitch after Saturday night, we’ll see what he’s going to say.”

Matt Serra

- On fighting in Canada.

“What can I say? The first time for the UFC in Canada… and I’m the main event.”
“I have a shot to shock the world again, which I plan on doing.”
“First of all, I don’t hate the French, let’s just get that out there alright?”

- On his training camp and having interim belts.

“To me it’s another fight man, it’s another hard day of sparring.”

“I don’t get caught up in the whole belt thing, don’t get me wrong I want to hold on to it.”

“Leading up to this, the training camp has been phenomenal. I clocked in more rounds for this fight. I fight the way I train and spar, to me it’s another day in the office.”

- On being the underdog.

“It’s fun, it’s good. I like the underdog role, I really do. I don’t get all caught up in them forgetting what happened the first time. I just concentrate on what I gotta do. I’m lucky, I got a great job.”

- On how he feels about St-Pierre.

“Well it’s not like he’s Matt Hughes or anything, but you know I think after the first fight we were both gracious and did the right thing, but afterwards it was different.”

- On getting booed on Saturday

“I put in a lot of old UFC’s and I watched all of the times that Tim Sylvia walked out.” “I’m expecting a lot of boos but I’m going to be okay.”