“He called me fake champion. What kind of man are you? When you have somebody tweeting for you.”

– via Pound 4 Pound, revealing his reason for disliking Umar Nurmagomedov, which stems from being called a "fake champion" through a proxy tweet.

“In the first fight, I was nervous and stressed. It was another pressure to fight against Petr Yan. Now, I'm more mature. I'm comfortable now, but I don't want too comfortable because I'm sure Petr Yan will fix the mistake he made in the first fight .The biggest mistake Petr made was that he didn’t respect me in the first fight. He thought I wouldn’t be able to do anything against him. That was his biggest mistake. Whatever I was better at, I’m sure he’s going to fix it, and I have to be an even better version”

– Merabs comments that he is expecting a toughter fight against Petr Yan.

“Congratulations! Great performance against a top opponent! I'm waiting for you”

– reacted to Figueiredo's win against Montel Jackson.

“He's [a] little spoiled baby. He's spoiled by the UFC... Yeah, exactly, he's crying [for a rematch]”

“Yeah, I hope Bautista whoops Umar's a** and I will fight Bautista next, because Bautista is a good fighter, you know. He has got a good winning streak, beat a lot of good guys, and he is a more deserving guy too. Bautista's cousin's name is not Khabib. That's why he needs a nine fight win streak to maybe fight for the belt. Some people can get the belt after a six fight win streak [by] fighting nobodies, you know, without ranked opponents. So Bautista could be next”

“We’ve never fought each other. He’s a new challenge, a new fight for me, and I’m excited for this fight. We know that styles make fights, and Cory Sandhagen might be a hard style for me because he’s tall, he’s changing his stances, and he has good cardio, good takedown defense. He attacks leg locks, he has good jiu jitsu, flying knees, spinning kicks. He’s very dangerous”

“What a crazy end ! Congrats Diego Lopes! Jean Silva is a warrior! #UFCNoche”