“A lot of people did not put respect on [Bautista’s] name, I was one of them. [Bautista] has proven to be somebody that you cannot just look past. I put respect on Mario Bautista’s name.”

– praises Mario Bautista via Mighty Cast

“If you allow [Nurmagomedov] to dictate what’s going to happen in the fight, then you’re always gonna be one step behind...If you jump into the fight before he does, he’s gonna be one step behind”

– on controlling the pace of the fight against Umar via Mighty Cast