“I got my eye on that one, man. I think Max gets the win... I got my eyes set on that BMF belt. Max wins, so we will see”

– via MMA Junkie, setting his sights on the BMF title and the historic June 14 White House card after Dana White effectively "shut down" the long—awaited Conor McGregor matchup.

“I wish they would just give me a title shot. I'd fight Islam or Chimaev. I think I could beat both of them. I could lose too, but I could see myself winning those fights.”

– via Full Violence, shocking the MMA world with a call for an immediate title shot against the sport's most dominant champions.

“I wish they would just give me a title shot. I'd fight Islam or Chimaev. I think I could beat both of them. I could lose too, but I could see myself winning those fights.”

– via Full Violence, shocking the MMA world with a call for an immediate title shot against the sport's most dominant champions.

“I think it would’ve ended early, 100 percent, against either of them. The way they fought, I don’t know, it looked like two drunk guys fighting”

– via Ushatayka during PFL Dubai fight week, offering a scathing review of the UFC 324 interim title fight between Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett.

“I think it would’ve ended early, 100 percent, against either of them. The way they fought, I don’t know, it looked like two drunk guys fighting”

– via Ushatayka during PFL Dubai fight week, offering a scathing review of the UFC 324 interim title fight between Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett.

“Tai is pretty young still. I think Tai needs to step back from the game for a little bit. Assess the situation and just work on his craft... He just needs to sharpen his skill set to get around dudes like Rozenstruik”

– via the MMArcade Podcast, offering a constructive critique of his friend and former training partner Tai Tuivasa after "Bam Bam" suffered his sixth consecutive loss at UFC 325.

“I feel like he held himself back so much that he changed his style of fight... if you're not going to press a guy like Volk and use some offensive wrestling like Islam [Makhachev] did, then I believe it's very, very difficult to fight a guy like Volkanovski.”

– via the Pound 4 Pound podcast, analyzing why Diego Lopes failed to dethrone the champion in their UFC 325 rematch.

“For Khamzat [Chimaev] to continue to call him out, I think Khamzat has potentially outgrown the weight class again... there are all types of rumors coming out and saying he is 230 pounds”

– via the Pound 4 Pound podcast, theorizing that the middleweight champion’s recent social media assault on Alex Pereira is a calculated move to escape a difficult weight cut.

“I think everybody knew what was going to happen in that fight. To be fair, Diego made some adjustments... Volk's just got his number... It wasn't really like, 'It should have been me,' it was more, 'How would I have dealt with that?' and I really believe that Father Time catches up with everybody and I think if I was in there, I would have gotten the job done”

– via The Ariel Helwani Show, giving his unfiltered reaction to Alexander Volkanovski’s second victory over Diego Lopes at UFC 325.

“I think that's probably his best performance ever.”

– via his YouTube channel, reacting to Alexander Volkanovski's masterful title defense at UFC 325 in Sydney.

“He said that [he would work with Topuria]? Ok. I don't know. I think he's a bit upset about the Ruffy thing... I don't know why he's getting so b*tthurt about that”

– via the UFC 325 Post—Fight Press Conference, responding to Jean Silva’s threat to join forces with the man who previously knocked him out.

“It’d be good to have a guy like him... but yeah, whether he gets to come in and jump straight to the front of the line, I don’t know about that. You've got your Movsars [Evloev] and [Lerone] Murphys... I think it’s going to be clear who’s next.”

– via Complex, giving a measured reality check to Arman Tsarukyan’s sudden interest in the 145—lb division.

“Neither one of those guys showed any signs that they are the best in the world... It wasn’t a high—skilled, high—level fight. It was just two guys swinging for the fences.”

– via The Fighter vs. The Writer show, giving a characteristically blunt assessment of the UFC 324 interim title fight between Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett

“It’s a good thing Paddy didn’t win, because if he did, he was going to get torched by Ilia... I think Ilia is on a whole other planet when it comes to these guys”

– via Death Row MMA podcast, providing a brutal reality check following Justin Gaethje's interim title victory over Paddy Pimblett at UFC 324.

“Not because I hate him, it’s real like that. Give me Paddy like, I think during the fight I would decide what I should do, knock him out or choke him out like with [Dan] Hooker, you know?”

– via Ariel Helwani Show reacted to UFC 324 main event

“Neither one of those guys showed any signs that they are the best in the world... It wasn’t a high—skilled, high—level fight. It was just two guys swinging for the fences.”

– via The Fighter vs. The Writer show, giving a characteristically blunt assessment of the UFC 324 interim title fight between Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett

“I think O'Malley will win. He's taller, taller than Yadong. If the fight is going to be in the striking, I think he's going to control this fight”

– via the Paramount UFC crew, providing his technical breakdown of the UFC 324 co main event between Sean O'Malley and Song Yadong.

“Paddy has been on a tear. Took over Cage Warriors, came to the UFC. People questioned the strength of his resume... once we saw what happened with King Green, we were like, 'Okay.' And then we saw how he dominated Chandler... you haven’t seen the guy tested. I think he’s also polished his style a little bit better”

– via his YouTube channel, breaking down the UFC 324 main event between Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett.

“Paddy has been on a tear. Took over Cage Warriors, came to the UFC. People questioned the strength of his resume... once we saw what happened with King Green, we were like, 'Okay.' And then we saw how he dominated Chandler... you haven’t seen the guy tested. I think he’s also polished his style a little bit better”

– via his YouTube channel, breaking down the UFC 324 main event between Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett.

“Paddy, baby. Let's go. I think he's gonna piss him off and be obnoxious in there. I like Paddy”

– via at the Zuffa Boxing 01 event in Las Vegas, officially backing the Scouser to pull off the upset at UFC 324.