“It's a business. At the end of the day, I have the same goal. Everybody knows that I will beat everybody, and it's just [a matter of] time. I hope they give me the BMF title at least. What are they going to give me? Who do we have in our division to fight if it's not Holloway?”

– via ESPN, expressing his frustration after being snubbed for the interim title fight and requesting a shot at the BMF title against Max Holloway.