“[Pereira] punches really hard and kicks really hard. I think my grappling power and wisdom would be a lot for him to handle, but I also believe that would be the same scenario with Tom Aspinall. Don't think the U.K. wrestling system is as good as people think it is. Where Tom is a lot physically bigger, it'd probably take me a little bit more effort, I think it'll be the same story if I take Tom to the ground, as it would be if I got Pereira to the ground.To me, it's the same fight. Both are strong on their feet. Hit very hard on their feet, and I think they both have holes in their grappling department”

– via an interview with Geoffrey Woo, breaking down his strategy for potential matchups against Alex Pereira and Tom Aspinall

“I feel as if my clearest path to victory in both of those fights would be to get them to the ground at some point. Just to strike with them, like I know that I can. I've stood with every fighter in the world. My goal would be to kickbox until I find my moment to get the fight on the ground and go for a submission or go for a TKO”

– via an interview with Geoffrey Woo, breaking down his strategy for potential matchups against Alex Pereira and Tom Aspinall

“[Pereira] punches really hard and kicks really hard. I think my grappling power and wisdom would be a lot for him to handle, but I also believe that would be the same scenario with Tom Aspinall. Don't think the U.K. wrestling system is as good as people think it is. Where Tom is a lot physically bigger, it'd probably take me a little bit more effort, I think it'll be the same story if I take Tom to the ground, as it would be if I got Pereira to the ground.To me, it's the same fight. Both are strong on their feet. Hit very hard on their feet, and I think they both have holes in their grappling department”

– via an interview with Geoffrey Woo, breaking down his strategy for potential matchups against Alex Pereira and Tom Aspinall

“I feel as if my clearest path to victory in both of those fights would be to get them to the ground at some point. Just to strike with them, like I know that I can. I've stood with every fighter in the world. My goal would be to kickbox until I find my moment to get the fight on the ground and go for a submission or go for a TKO”

– via an interview with Geoffrey Woo, breaking down his strategy for potential matchups against Alex Pereira and Tom Aspinall

“When Tom gets hurt, he's immediately incapacitated. Same thing [against] Curtis Blaydes, when [Tom] hurt his knee there was no limping, no trying to get up. He immediately quits. Immediately”

– via No Scripts Podcast, criticizing Tom Aspinall's reaction to injuries

“I feel as Tom is a great athlete, but I do feel like he is a one trick pony...I believe his wrestling and jiu jitsu are incredibly overrated. He has a beautiful 1—2. I got to learn a lot about his patterns in his last fight. Beautiful 1—2, but that's really about it. He couldn't touch Ciryl Gane at all. That's the way I felt. I felt that Gane was just getting warmed up. Gane's hands were down. He was shaking his shoulders, bouncing around”

– reacts to Tom Aspinall's performance against Ciryl Gane via No Scripts Podcast