“My friend and training partner just got to the UFC. He just got his first win and now he's in the top 10. To get your first win in, you just beat a guy in the top 10! So, he's potentially two or three wins away from a title shot. So, the thing is, if I had never won a title, I had never touched gold before, I would be like, 'We would have to fight because that's my dream.' Yeah, but now I've done it, I would be like, 'I'll vacate it and he can have his time.' I wouldn't fight him. No chance.”

– said during the interview that he'd vacate his heavyweight title if his friend Ante Delija ever gets a title shot.