“Let's go White House Don't worry, I will finish you fast @AlexPereiraUFC”

– via X (January 12, 2026), escalating his campaign for a champion—vs—champion superfight against Alex Pereira at the historic UFC White House event.

“All Brazilian fans tell this boy if you're not scared tell him to fight”

– via X Just minutes after his initial callout, Chimaev followed up with a message aimed directly at Pereira’s supporters

“I’ve always wanted that fight. For some reason, he hasn’t accepted it... When you’re in the octagon with me, you’ll realize that I’m not Jack Della Maddalena, I’m not Dan Hooker... I would really love to submit him in front of Khabib, and if Khabib wants to step in afterward, I’ll gladly step on his head too”

– via Eldoberdan MMA, firing a verbal heatseeker at Islam Makhachev and Khabib Nurmagomedov during an interview released on December 22, 2025..

“He [Pereira] accepted the fight with du plessis, but now he says khamzat is not a good fight. He says he's more famous than me and that's why i'm using his name. Bro, if i just say hi in my story on instagram, i get more views than his fights”

– via ESPN MMA, claiming he is a bigger star than Alex Pereira by stating that his casual Instagram stories receive more views than Pereira's fights.

“He tried to scare me. No one can scare me. I automatically wanted to kick his a**. Now I want to make him so tired and cut his whole face, don't finish him too early. I want to get his life, hard damage”

– via ESPN MMA, explaining his headbutt of Dan Hooker during the UFC Qatar faceoffs and detailing his violent intentions for the fight

“If you ask me, of course I would love to fight for the second belt. It’s no secret, the guy who’s got the belt at 205 pounds now is a very good matchup for me, except for [if] I should get reckless standing with him. They say he has a lot of power, but I’ve never been edged out in that area. He used to fight at 185, too, and then moved up to 205. So I would like to fight at light heavyweight”

– via Badaev Podcast

“If JDM [Della Maddalena] defends that title against Islam, who better to say OK, let's solidify him as the new generation of champion by taking on the biggest name, the former pound for pound in the division, of course, me.Of course, if Islam wins, pound for pound vs. pound for pound fighting, I mean, I'm not really worried here. I've done my job to let them know because they wanted to see, 'Hey, are you still that guy, can you still hang with these guys, can you still do your thing,' and I've done that. I went in there and showed them that. So, I'm not worried.”

“If JDM [Della Maddalena] defends that title against Islam, who better to say OK, let's solidify him as the new generation of champion by taking on the biggest name, the former pound for pound in the division, of course, me. Of course, if Islam wins, pound for pound vs. pound for pound fighting, I mean, I'm not really worried here. I've done my job to let them know because they wanted to see, 'Hey, are you still that guy, can you still hang with these guys, can you still do your thing,' and I've done that. I went in there and showed them that. So, I'm not worried.”