“My whole thing with Francis is, i have this philosophy where, if someone shows you who they really are, believe them... there was nothing that made me happier than throwing that guy over to the f***ing pfl. Let me tell you what, if we let guys go, feel bad for the company that gets them.We let them go for a f***ing reason. I don't want to let anybody go. I don't want to be in business with guys that i don't like and that i don't think are good guys. And when you talk about good guys and guys, i am in the fight business. Sh*t happens, you know what i mean? I'm pretty lenient when it comes to tough guy sh*t. I'm not lenient with bad guy sh*t”

– via an interview with Oscar Willis, expressing his satisfaction that Francis Ngannou left the UFC and stating his philosophy is to avoid being in business with people he deems "bad guys

“We shouldn’t have gone this way. Why do we get all this way first of all? What’s the purpose? How come we get from where we were to where we are now? On the other hand, i would just say it’s quite disappointing the way that things went. That’s all.”

– via an interview with Ariel Helwani, expressing annoyance at being held responsible for White's claims, pointing out that White's office likely has cameras, and stating his disappointment that their relationship went sour.

“You know, i kind of feel very annoyed to have to be responsible for what people say. Whatever he said, if he's at peace with it, it's okay... In his office, that’s what he said, right? Well, i’m sure he has a lot of cameras there… As I said, over time, i just get tired of this stuff. I really saw that and scrolled. I scrolled, i moved. I get past it”

– via an interview with Ariel Helwani, expressing annoyance at being held responsible for White's claims, pointing out that White's office likely has cameras, and stating his disappointment that their relationship went sour.

“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.