“If you touch somebody, touch respectfully. Don't punch somebody on the behind, you know. He was punching, like tapping my back. If you want to show respect, respectfully touch somebody... He came there to make some hype, you know that guy. He is trying to be Conor [McGregor], but he'll never be Conor”

– via the post-fight press conference, explaining that Ian Machado Garry's gesture felt disrespectful and was an attempt to create hype

“I'm retired Chimaev, but I'm around. You mess with me in the hotel lobby or anywhere you see me... I'll snatch the life right out of you, man”

– via Alex Pereira's Instagram, issuing a warning to Khamzat Chimaev.

“Nate Diaz calling Jake Paul out to fight at 200 pounds while asking me to die to make 180 pounds!!! Game is full of absolute mongoloides”

– via X

“You know what I think about it, I hate that. Many friends, relatives have all fought each other before. It doesn’t determine… whether or not you’re friends with somebody or hate them, you’re competing to see who the best is. But that’s his decision. To think about even vacating him because you don’t want to compete against somebody is insane. But he’s a grown man, and it’s up to him.”

– criticizing Tom Aspinall for his stance on a potential fight with a teammate via TNT Sports.

“I think he's got a lot of work to do in our division first. It's not like he's a huge 85'er that's cutting a lot like Alex was to get to 85 to where it's like, 'Alright, I became a champion, I defended once, let's just go up.' It's weird, but I don't think that's in his future right now”

– about Khamzat Chimaev calling out Alex Pereira for champ vs. champ super fight.

“We’re just going to ignore Joel Alvarez got robbed of a first”

– round finish and enjoy this fight? Cool- reacted to referee's mistake during the fight and wrote on X as the fight restarted.