“I wouldn?t say he is the odd man out. He had an opportunity, and you guys know how that played out. He's gonna have to work his way back. I don't give a s**t what the number says.”

– via the UFC 323 Post-Fight Press Conference, stating that he does not care about Arman Tsarukyan's No. 1 ranking and insisting that Tsarukyan must "work his way back" to a title shot after a previous opportunity fell through.

“Too much goes into this for those type of things to happen?you can?t do that. You can?t get the opportunity and then?you can?t end that way, so he has got to work his way back.”

– via the UFC 323 Post-Fight Press Conference, stating that he does not care about Arman Tsarukyan's No. 1 ranking and insisting that Tsarukyan must "work his way back" to a title shot after a previous opportunity fell through.

“I invite him as a friend, and now he makes these bullsh*t [comments]. I don't understand. He?d rather live in Thailand with all the l*dyboys. He's crazy. He has a wife and a beautiful family; if he wants women, that's no problem. We are living in beautiful [Las] Vegas, women are never an issue here. I don't want to go to Thailand with all the l*dyboys, that's why i've never been there”

– via the UFC Weigh-In Show, hitting back at Petr Yan's comments about his jacuzzi sessions and questioning Yan's training in Thailand.

“Petr, you are better than this, bro. Stop making excuses. Please, no excuses. When I beat you on dec. 6, what excuse are you going to make? Tell me now... Are you going to make an excuse when I beat you again? Tell me now, please. Are you going to make any excuse? Are you going to make an excuse on dec. 6 or not? Tell me now, please... Do you have any injuries now?Merab Dvalishvili, going "ballistic" on Petr Yan for making excuses and challenging him to reveal any new excuses ahead of their rematch.”

“He's had one win since 2021... With all due respect, he can sit the f**k back at the end of the line, wait, fight another fight, get more relevant, and fight someone up the rankings”

– but there is no way on God's green Earth that he is fighting for a world title next. NOT WHEN I'M HERE - via The Ariel Helwani Show blasting the notion of Kamaru Usman being awarded the next welterweight title shot.

“I think it was not enough. He should've got more. In terms of what he's done, it's not much. That type of thing can't be forgiven. You have to be responsible for that. That's our way of life. If you said something, you have got to be responsible for your words. As for him, I have no clue what their way of life is here. They say anything they want. They can insult someone's family, and it means nothing to them. But for us, every single word has meaning, and you have to be accountable for it”

– Chanko's explanation for beating Dillon Danis

“You will never see Dillon Danis at a UFC fight ever again”

– stating that Dillon Danis is permanently banned from attending UFC events following the massive brawl that broke out at UFC 322.

“They're just part of the sport? It's not. It's not a f**king accident! You can control it. All you have to do is penalize the motherf**ker that's doing it.”

– reacts to after the Ciryl Gane eye poke controversy via Instagram.

“It’s like, if all of us get hit in the nuts, we’re all gonna have different reactions. Ciryl’s one finger was in Tom’s skull, and that’s some nut”

– a*s sh*t. Like, you think Tom Aspinall didn’t want to continue to fight? You think he didn’t want to fight that motherf*****? -reacts to UFC 321 eye poke incident via SteadyPicks

“22 fights in the ufc I never once eyepoked somebody. I'm starting to think guys are doing it on purpose. Refs should take more points. At the same time a lot of mfs be faking.”

– reacts to UFC 321 eyepoke incident

“There are rules. When one guy breaks the rules, the other guy should not deal with the punishment for that. It shouldn't be a no”

– contest. It should be a disqualification. -reacted to the UFC 321 eye poke incident

“All that training for that. What the f**k is he doing? He got warned twice before it. F**king did it again”

– reacted after Ciryl Gane’s brutal eye poke resulted in a no contest.

“This is a stupid thing. If he wants his range, he needs to put his hand on the wall. Why does he need to put his hand on my shoulder?”

– via Full send MMA

“I just don't like when somebody iced, sitting there chilling, they get to pick and choose what they do... If we've got guys whe are on the roster who are f***ing fighting their a**es off, they should have the first dibs to get on the White House.”

– saying that Jon Jones and Conor McGregor don’t deserve to fight at the UFC White House event via Mighty Guru Show.

“I just don't like when somebody iced, sitting there chilling, they get to pick and choose what they do... If we've got guys whe are on the roster who are f***ing fighting their a**es off, they should have the first dibs to get on the White House.”

– saying that Jon Jones and Conor McGregor don’t deserve to fight at the UFC White House event via Mighty Guru Show.