“I didn't see him training much in UFC PI but I saw him before the fight and in a fight and when I saw him like he was [holding] himself back, back, back, back, little step back, little step back. Then I thought, man, he's not right. Something's wrong, like, he's so careful. Not like last time, he's going forward, up and down, changing levels, self confident. He was totally different person, yeah.”

– reacted to Ankalaev's UFC 320 loss.

“He came up to me and said 'Hello' in the UFC P.I. I said f**k man are you a nice guy or a bad guy? Then I realized someone else is writing on Twitter so I can't be angry for him but he is still responsible”

“Man, maybe I live that story with Alex [Pereira] the same because Ankalaev pissed me [off] a lot on Twitter. Everybody knows I don't like him because he just wrote some bullsh*t about me... This doesn't matter, but I'm really happy that I saw Alex won”

– Reacted to UFC 320 Victory of Alex Pereira

“This is something that I already deal with. You know me, I meditate and do a lot of inner work... I can’t have that attitude of vendetta towards him. The only thing I can say is I believe I’m on a level where I can beat [Magomed] Ankalaev or Pereira.”