“Say what you want about the guy, he's been somebody that I've looked up to since I was a teenager. In my opinion, without him, this sport wouldn't be where it is today. He changed the whole sport as one single guy. Everybody says you can't be bigger than the sport, he was”

– via Fight Forecast, acknowledging the singular impact Conor McGregor had on the trajectory of Mixed Martial Arts.

“Islam had an answer for every single thing JDM threw at him... It kind of looks a lot like the fight with myself and Chimaev. These guys have a style that needs to be figured out, and that's just the way the sport goes... These wrestlers, especially the Russian style wrestlers, just have something above the rest when it comes to wrestling and being able to control the guy on the floor”

– explains how Russian wrestling style paved way for Makhachev's victory via Fight Forecast

“All the hype is real when it comes to Aspinall. I just don’t think there’s a heavyweight in the world that can even compete with him on the feet, on the grappling side of things. Now wrestling wise… when it comes to wrestling, he does what he needs to, but when he gets to the ground he’s really skillful”

– predicts Tom Aspinall vs. Ciryl Gane headliner at UFC 321 via MMA FIghting

“Merab Dvalishvili is an absolute warrior!!”

– via instagram story for accepting 4th title defense bout in the same year.