“For starters, this motherf**ker has some nerve. He’s transitioning into a woman, and he’s talking s*** to me? You lesbian a** motherf**ker... Look at them f**king t*ts and glasses he’s wearing, he looks like one of my f**king aunts... You're just a trash reporter... Every time he mentions my name, his 17 fans tune in”

– via his YouTube channel, launching a "nuclear" personal attack on Chael Sonnen in response to accusations that his UFC return is a fabrication.

“If they don't give this guy the title fight, the whole system is rigged as bullsh*t. This is the next champion”

– via Instagram Story, throwing his weight behind Movsar Evloev following the featherweight contender's latest victory

“That dude is the truth… I haven’t been excited about someone like this in a minute. He made it look like Emmett brought fists, and he brought a gun. If he doesn’t become champ, I don’t know s*** about the sport”

– via Death Row MMA, reacting to the meteoric rise of Argentinian phenom Kevin Vallejos after his destruction of Josh Emmett.

“You guys know I've been talking about this fight for a while, and it only should have gotten made if they want to see a dead body. It sucks that the American representative they’re going to send doesn't have many chances... All that said, his style is tailor made for somebody like Ilia”

– via the Death Row MMA Podcast, delivering a grim prediction for the Freedom 250 headliner between Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje.

“You guys know I've been talking about this fight for a while, and it only should have gotten made if they want to see a dead body. It sucks that the American representative they’re going to send doesn't have many chances... All that said, his style is tailor made for somebody like Ilia”

– via the Death Row MMA Podcast, delivering a grim prediction for the Freedom 250 headliner between Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje.

“No one has ever won three belts... if he does [beat Makhachev], you can't argue that he is the Michael Jordan of it [MMA]. He is above everybody. Jon Jones, GSP. You will have to put him in his own category of greatness”

– via the Death Row MMA podcast, making a bold claim about the ceiling for Ilia Topuria’s legacy if he successfully captures a third world title.

“I really have Merab up there with the all time greats after beating Cory like that... Let Umar get his feet a little more experienced, get used to those five round fights, because this fight with Mario wasn’t easy for him, and this was three rounds. So you don’t know what happens if he has to turn it up again in another five round fight with Merab”

– saying that Umar needs to improve before a title fight, via Death Row MMA