“I never said nothing bad about his mom. But then he goes and says something about my ded mate. You don't mention ded people... and he basically tried to say it was my fault he killed himself, saying I'm not a good friend. That's below the belt”

– via Main Event (January 15, 2026), addressing the breakdown of his friendship with Dan Hooker following an ugly social media escalation.

“I still feel like sh*t, when I walk up the stairs I'm out of breath... I don't want to be too specific because then I'll never get a rematch, but there's some physical stuff that's wrong and I'm going to see if I can fix it before I come back.”

– shared his health status after fighting Breandan Allen via Submission Radio

“I was stupid... What was I thinking? I'll take him down and put my hands on him. I did throw my hands, but he landed first. So I was stupid”

– shared his mistake against Ilia Topuria, via LIMARICAR001