“I will show you guys who the best fighter in the world is. For my legacy, the second belt is important -on pursuing a second belt and the P4P spot, via UFC.”

“I think so. It would be nice. The fans are interested, and so am I. This fight is the main thing that people are talking about.[I'll be doing it for the fans] How can it be interesting to me? What will I gain by going down to 155 [pounds] and beating Topuria? Win the belt again? I already have it. The fans are mostly interested in it. I'm not interested in cutting down to 155 [pounds] and torturing myself again. I'm interested in fighting at 170 [pounds], eating, enjoying the camp, and fighting - answered questions about a potential Ilia Topuria fight, via Match TV.”

“What can you scare Volkanovski with? I don't think anyone can scare him -asked if his rivals fear him, replied via Match TV”

“Now I don't know who's gonna be next for Ilia. Maybe Arman, maybe Gaethje, but not Paddy, for sure. Paddy beat who? Tony Ferguson? Who else he beat? [Michael] Chandler? Everybody beat Chandler. He can do some things, but I don’t see a big chance. I don’t know, maybe, honestly it’s not a big challenge for Topuria. Arman is a really big deal. If he beats Arman, because Arman has good skills striking, wrestling, grappling, he’s a good fighter. Paddy, nobody checked Paddy before- laughs at Paddy Pimblett getting title shot against Ilia Topuria”

“This is a stupid question. He’s my brother...If he didn’t want me to beat his record, he would never help me. He’s been away from his family for two months. It’s his dream to make new champions in our gym. One day, he told me he does all this because if one guy becomes a champion, it changes the lives of many people around him. He told me, ‘It’s my dream to help people, and when I help someone, I can help his family, friends, and everyone around him.’ That’s why I don’t like to answer questions about beating Khabib’s record and all that.- dismissing comparison to Khabib via ESPN MMA”

“It’s not a question I want to answer, like I beat Khabib’s record or something like this. It’s all about Abdulmanap’s legacy, our coach who is not with us right now. After ten or fifteen years, people will understand what he did for our country, for MMA, for sports. Even now, new champions in other organizations are training under his students. It has become a very big school. The only thing I miss is that he’s not in the cage with us when we win the belt. I think he’s proud of us- dismissing comparison to Khabib via ESPN MMA”

“I watched all of his fights. He's good. Striking is good. His boxing is very good and his wrestling not so good, but he [is] good in the ground. He knows how to defend, how to escape, [and] how to get up... I saw his defence, you know, lot of guys take him down. All his opponents in the UFC take him down, but he feels good on the ground. When somebody takes him down, he [doesn't] panic, [doesn't make] mistakes. -praises JDM's ground game ahead of UFC 322 via Home of Fight”

“If you’re talking about our fight, I have a good fight now and I know he’s going to fight soon and we’ll see what’s going to happen. He wants to fight at the White House and I also want to be there. For the MMA community, it’s going to be a big fight. People want this fight and if UFC wants this fight, then we can do this...I know UFC wants to do some big fight in White House. Which fight is going to be bigger than this? -callout to fight Ilia Topuria at the UFC White House PPV next year via ESPN MMA”

“Azamat Murkanov Real deal Congrats brother - reacted to Azamat Murkanov win at UFC 321”

“Win or lose, Ruffy has zero grappling”

“Train more, speak less that's the key to success #UFCParis”

“Dominant performance Imavov Congrats bro”