“I forgive Jon Jones. And Jon Jones is going through a lot right now like Ilia… I wish him well. He’s missing the point. The company coming out and saying that they can’t trust him and him making a demand that he will only fight on one [White House card]. That is what they are saying, ‘We can’t trust you. Nobody gets to pick what card they come back and they only come back for this. Jon’s doing his best. He’s just not very bright.”

– via Youtube criticizing Jon Jones for demanding to only return on the White House card, arguing that the UFC's refusal stems from a lack of trust and that Jones is "missing the point" by trying to dictate his terms

“That was the first person who suggested to me that Ilia should be stripped. I was a little surprised… their argument was that the interim belt is for those that are dealing with an illness or injury... The moment Ilia informs us that he is missing matches for anything outside of the criteria of illness or injury, that’s why you strip him”

– via Ariel Helwani’s podcast, discussing a conversation he had with a UFC contact regarding Ilia Topuria

“If you turn down fights you don't think are hard, it doesn't make you a noble man, it makes you unemployed. You're a prize fighter, there's a prize and you're insulted? You turned down the challenge, you lose”

– reacted to Francis Ngannou for declining a fight offer against Jake Paul

“And that’s the thing that we left without. I mean, if I’m in Tom’s shoes, everything is possible right now, including denying the rematch. So, [Gane's] a cheater. He cheated multiple times. I wanted to fight him. I wanted to give him an opportunity. I’ve done all of those things. I’m moving on. I don’t fight guys that are cheaters. Now, I understand that match is still going to get made. I’m talking about you from a storyline perspective, and we have to go redo it. We have no choice”

– shot fire at Ciryl Gane after UFC 321 eye poke incident via his YT Channel

“It wasn’t an eye poke. It was a double eye poke. It wasn’t one finger went knuckle deep. Two fingers. Slow it down. Both of them go knuckle deep. And in that regard, I don’t love the idea of unintentional. I do believe that’s the rule, and I believe the rule was properly followed. I’m not giving Jason Herzog a hard time, but I’m opening the door to it, particularly for the future. We’ve got two constants as far as the rules go from 1993 till now. Don’t bite the guy. Don’t poke the son of a bi*ch in his eyes. Those are the two rules. So when one of them is violated, it’s very frustrating when somebody can go out and grab the fabric, grab the shorts, and a warning happens”

– shot fire at Ciryl Gane after UFC 321 eye poke incident via his YT Channel

“Being poked in the eye is illegal Brendan, but to fight with one eye is very common. The opponent is trying to hit your eye; he’s trying to bust you up and make your nose bleed. So that part of it, it does have a question mark for guys like Anthony and I. We are trying to be polite. We are trying to show grace, but in all fairness, you’re the heavyweight champion of the world. You’ve got to fight with one eye at times.”

– reacted to Tom Aspinal not fighting after eye poke issue at UFC 321

“'I thought the fight was turning out to be a little bit harder than perhaps Tom [Aspinall] expected. I have one concern with Tom, and this is not his fault, but it is because he’s so darn good. But the reality is he’s finished six guys in the first round. He’s never been to a third round of a fight just for an example. So the question is how are you going to respond when things get tough?”

– reacted to Tom Aspinal not fighting after eye poke issue at UFC 321