“Great, spectacular fight. Congratulations to Petr.I think on january 24 it will become clear who is next.”

– via X, congratulating Petr Yan on his victory and hinting that the landscape for the next challenger will be set after his own fight with Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 324.

“Believe me, I will be ready, [a] 100 times better than today. I will do it, and I will come to take this belt. Doesn't matter who is going to be Petr Yan, Mirab [Dvalishvili] whoever else? Doesn't matter, guys, I will become champion”

– reacted after his win over Mario Bautista at UFC 321

“From [the] last fight with Petr Yan, Merab [Dvalishvili] became much better. And his last fight with Cory Sandhagen, [he showed] he's gonna wrestle all night, and it's a very big trouble for Petr Yan. He don't have good defense, but he have good arms. He can like do TKO, but if it's not going to be TKO, I think Merab [is] going to maul him”

– via Weighing In podcast