“You can see him once, he can be the funniest guy ever, but you can see him in one hour, he can be the scariest guy ever. He can change his mood so fast... Some days, you cannot even talk to him... Some days, he never stops; he can talk for three four hours”

– via the PBD Podcast, providing a rare look at the polarizing personality of Khamzat Chimaev as the two continue to train together ahead of UFC 328.

“I'm a man, but he's not. He shaves his a**. He shaves his arms, legs. At least I'm a man, I don't do that. If you see his videos, he has no hair on his legs. You think he's gonna have hair on his a**?”

– via The Ariel Helwani Show, delivering his most graphic and personal insult yet toward Ilia Topuria during their ongoing verbal war.

“With people like Strickland, issues aren't settled on the streets. If he were somewhere in Russia, understood our ways and our customs, he wouldn't be acting like this”

– via the Hustle Vlog with Adam Zubayraev, delivering a "cold warning" to Sean Strickland as tensions boil over ahead of UFC 328

“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

“I think the Ilia fight is going to be much harder [for Makhachev] than against Maddalena because of his body anthropometry, and also I think Ilia packs a much harder punch than Maddalena. Maddalena has fewer knockouts than Ilia. Ilia almost dropped every opponent he fought”

– via Red Corner MMA, arguing that Ilia Topuria would be a tougher opponent for Islam Makhachev than Jack Della Maddalena.

“That's just a stupidity. He doesn't respect his own body... and I think in a few years he might not even be able to walk”

– via CHAMPIONAT, commented on Paddy's training habits