“I would like to be a defending champion. I'd like to see a champion sort of, at least clean out a lot of the top 10 guys before moving up. Respect to Islam, I do think he has moved up at a good time... He cleaned out the division and moved up. I'll try to do the same... [Middleweight is a possibility one day] Yeah, for sure. I'd like to fight Khamzat Chimaev at one point”

– shared his future plans via New York Post Sports