“Chimaev, you want a good grappler? You want someone that's young and hungry? Come get it, baby.”

– after UFC win over de Ridder.

“I think he's got a lot of work to do in our division first. It's not like he's a huge 85'er that's cutting a lot like Alex was to get to 85 to where it's like, 'Alright, I became a champion, I defended once, let's just go up.' It's weird, but I don't think that's in his future right now”

– about Khamzat Chimaev calling out Alex Pereira for champ vs. champ super fight.