“Super athletic, super strong and very good at adapting. He would do something, then he will start to adapt to it. Well conditioned, he never gets tired and he’s always willing to ask, always a student of the game. I was even more impressed by how good of a training partner he is with the size difference… just a great f*** training partner.”

– via his YouTube channel (Mighty), praising Arman Tsarukyan after their recent training sessions in early 2026

“Me and [Jon] battled for so many years to see who's #1 and #2, but he was always #1”

– via his YouTube channel and social media, conceding the top spot in the GOAT debate while linking up with Jon Jones at a Super Bowl LX celebrity charity event.

“A lot of people did not put respect on [Bautista’s] name, I was one of them. [Bautista] has proven to be somebody that you cannot just look past. I put respect on Mario Bautista’s name.”

– praises Mario Bautista via Mighty Cast

“Take your time. Find your shots... Damn! That's all he had to do, guys. That's all he had to do the first time they fought. Like, I think a lot of people don't understand [that] when you force the fight to fight somebody, you just fight them and you see what happens. You see what unravels, right? But I truly felt that when he does that to people, they can't do anything.”

– In a live reaction video on his YouTube channel, Johnson remarked that Pereira could have approached their first fight in a similar manner.