“I don't think the UFC will make Arman vs Ilia because I think they love Ilia as a champion. I don't think they really want Arman to become champion. Arman has a legitimate chance of beating Ilia. If anyone has a chance at beating Ilia at 155, it's Arman Tsarukyan”

– expressing his belief that the UFC may avoid the Arman Tsarukyan vs. Ilia Topuria matchup to protect their favored champion

“Kamaru is in his Late 30S... I said, if you want one of my advice, Kamaru, I said, 'Do what you got to do, get it out of your system, but get out on top!”

– advising Kamaru Usman to consider retirement while he is still near the top of the sport.

“Honestly, man, I'm not sure. Tom Aspinall is good, but everybody is so high on him. What's his longest fight in the UFC? I haven't seen the guy ever in the third round. I've never seen the guy have to fight himself back into a fight. I've never seen him on the stool bleeding... He's been blowing past these guys... He's a great fighter, explosive, skilled, but I've never seen him really tested.So, until I see him tested and fight himself back in a fight and win, I can't be on the same train as everybody else, like, you know, waving that flag because people are talking like he's the next biggest thing. And he might be, but I'm not sold yet”

– via Bohnfire podcast

“Jack Della, that's a big boy. I've stood next to Jack Della a few times, and you could chop one of his legs and he's still not going to make lightweight. He is a legitimate welterweight problem. And that takes away a lot of Islam's advantages, but coming in there being a big lightweight, being a strong lightweight it kind of levels the playing field a bit.”

– via Home of Fight interview

“I lean with it [Maddalena beating Makhachev]. He obviously showed that he is highly capable of fighting a wrestler in the Belal [Muhammad] fight, and that's a very strong wrestler in itself... He is smart about it, he knows you can't avoid the wrestling, you have to meet it head on, you have to lead the wrestling, you have to counter wrestle with him.”

– via Home of Fight interview

“Jack Della, that's a big boy. I've stood next to Jack Della a few times, and you could chop one of his legs and he's still not going to make lightweight. He is a legitimate welterweight problem. And that takes away a lot of Islam's advantages, but coming in there being a big lightweight, being a strong lightweight it kind of levels the playing field a bit.”

– via Home of Fight interview

“I lean with it [Maddalena beating Makhachev]. He obviously showed that he is highly capable of fighting a wrestler in the Belal [Muhammad] fight, and that's a very strong wrestler in itself... He is smart about it, he knows you can't avoid the wrestling, you have to meet it head on, you have to lead the wrestling, you have to counter wrestle with him.”

– via Home of Fight interview

“Tom is huge. Tom is 260+ pounds of muscle, and he's tall... That isn't the issue with Jon... Matter of fact, Pereira just walking around weighs more than Jon when he trains for a fight. Jon at heavyweight, two different times now, has weighed 236 pounds. Pereira, according to his own Instagram right this second, weighs 244 pounds. It would just change that one reservation that Dana had [the weight difference between Aspinall and Pereira].If you're gonna put that fight together, what do you do with Tom? It would seem that if you had Jon Jones back, Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall would be the fight [to make]. It would seem that if Pereira moved to heavyweight, a champ vs. champ and not champ vs. former champ or contender [would make sense].”

“Oh, a finish would be nice against him. That would be amazing... I'm fine with him. As a fighter, I give him so much respect, and as also family man... Hopefully, he's a better person now... But it's going to be a good fight. He's a former champion. He has a lot of wins in the UFC, and it's going to be [a] fun fight”

– predicts a "finish" on Petr Yan at UFC 323

“Khamzat exposed that Dricus can't get back up to his feet... Definitely, Khamzat is a great wrestler, but there are a lot of grapplers in the division that are gonna give him problems... Even somebody like Strickland would give him [Khamzat] problems.”

– Via Helen Yee sports

“No, I think this is just another fight for me. I'm not like, I don't like to put that kind of pressure on myself. It's just like, 'I've got to fight, I've got an opponent, we've got to work towards that.' Cyril's like really good as well. So he's good. And I think he brings a whole new challenge that I've not really had before. The same that I have with him. He's just like, his style is different to a lot of heavyweights. He moves really well, he's nimble, super fit, super athletic.”

– reacted for his upcoming match against Gane