“It's crazy Ilia knocked both these guys out cold. Imagine he knocks out Gaethje too. 4 KOs in a row, Volk, Max, Charles, Gaethje”

– via Sean O'Malley's YouTube channel, admitting Ilia Topuria’s run looks even more impressive after watching Oliveira vs. Holloway.

“What about Jon Jones? I thought Jon Jones was on it. Where has he gone, Jon? That’s it? No prelims? I thought they were going to do Topuria vs. Islam and then they were going to do Pereira vs. Jones. These are still decent fights. They’re alright. They’re still good fights, aren’t they?”

– via his YouTube channel, reacting to the finalized Freedom 250 lineup.

“This was a crazy highlight fight”

– via X (formerly Twitter), reacting to the UFC 326 main event between Charles Oliveira and Max Holloway

“Crying while receiving the BMF is gay. BMF doesn’t exist anymore, it died with those b*tch a tears”

– via X, mocking Charles Oliveira’s emotional reaction after winning the BMF title at UFC 326.

“You want to do 170? I don't care, it doesn't matter. If you want, make it a Grand Prix. Put two fights on the same day, see what happens”

– during the UFC 326 post fight press conference, addressing the callouts from Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz following his BMF title win.

“You want to do 170? I don't care, it doesn't matter. If you want, make it a Grand Prix. Put two fights on the same day, see what happens”

– during the UFC 326 post fight press conference, addressing the callouts from Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz following his BMF title win.

“No chance for Gaethje. Ilia is going to knock him out, they just waste my time. Put me against Ilia and I'll take his belt. Easy money for me”

– via UFC, reacting to the official announcement that Ilia Topuria will defend his Lightweight championship against interim titleholder Justin Gaethje at the historic Freedom 250 event on June 14.

“The company has talked to him. I haven't talked to him. Tom and I obviously need to talk. He came out recently saying that they felt like I had sort of shit on him in the way that I had spoke about his eye injury, which was absolutely positively not the case. Tom Aspinall is a guy that I respect. He has been great to work with. Never once did I question his injury or speak negatively about it.”

– via Piers Morgan Uncensored, clarifying his stance on Tom Aspinall’s recovery and their professional relationship

“It is a great matchup, Holloway vs. Oliveira... I do not feel the BMF title is accurate here... I stop both men in their tracks. I am a bad man with a good heart so I may add the BMF belt to my collection. Good luck with the event”

– via social media, delivering a pre fight assessment and a post fight critique of the UFC 326 main event

“It is a great matchup, Holloway vs. Oliveira... I do not feel the BMF title is accurate here... I stop both men in their tracks. I am a bad man with a good heart so I may add the BMF belt to my collection. Good luck with the event”

– via social media, delivering a pre fight assessment and a post fight critique of the UFC 326 main event

“Sometimes Charles fights very well, and sometimes he fights badly. It depends on how he's going to look. I'm going to tell [after watching] the first two minutes. I would say Oliveira”

– via the JAXXON Podcast, predicting Charles Oliveira to defeat Max Holloway just hours before their UFC 326 main event

“I got Holloway”

– via the UFC 326 fight week cycle, picking Max Holloway to successfully defend the BMF title against Charles Oliveira

“I got Holloway”

– via the UFC 326 fight week cycle, picking Max Holloway to successfully defend the BMF title against Charles Oliveira

“He's the first man to do what he did to me, and no one else could, so I've got to get that one back.”

– via the UFC 326 press cycle, explaining why his competitive focus has shifted entirely to a rematch with Ilia Topuria

“I like the idea of Reyes, Jan [Blachowicz], Ankakaev. I want to fight someone in the direction I want to head which is upwards.”

– via Fox Sports Australia, naming his ideal targets for a move to the Light Heavyweight division

“I like the idea of Reyes, Jan [Blachowicz], Ankakaev. I want to fight someone in the direction I want to head which is upwards.”

– via Fox Sports Australia, naming his ideal targets for a move to the Light Heavyweight division

“I like the idea of Reyes, Jan [Blachowicz], Ankakaev. I want to fight someone in the direction I want to head which is upwards.”

– via Fox Sports Australia, naming his ideal targets for a move to the Light Heavyweight division

“He or his dad too came out recently, saying that I sh*t on him. It's absolutely positively not the case. They think I knocked him in some way which I absolutely positively didn't and wouldn't. I like him very much, I never had a problem with Tom Aspinall”

– via Piers Morgan Uncensored, attempting to squash the brewing feud with Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall

“Khabib Nurmagomedov literally has a factory of bada** dudes where they just keep pumping these guys out, and there are so many of them you couldn't possibly get all these guys in fights”

– via Fox Sports Australia, commenting on the unprecedented depth of the Dagestani talent pipeline managed by Khabib Nurmagomedov

“Alex Pereira is a gentleman. He did the right thing when leaving the division. Even though he has left, I still believe sooner or later, we will fight again.”

– via The Ariel Helwani Show, reacting to the news of Alex Pereira vacating the Light Heavyweight title to move to Heavyweight.