“It’s embarrassing, Bo Nickal is a complete coward. He is a quitter. The fact that he didn’t want to wrestle a guy who missed weight by a couple of pounds... That's two times in a row he has pulled out from wrestling Yoel Romero. It's embarrassing, but it makes sense. We all know Bo Nickal is a quitter”

– via Submission Radio (January 11, 2026), blasting Bo Nickal for withdrawing from their scheduled RAF 05 light heavyweight title bout.

“Oh, the quitter Bo Nickal? I call him Bo Nickles. He bailed on RAF the last fight against Yoel. He bailed on this one. He quit in his last fight. Actually, I want to apologize to Reinier de Ridder, because I called him a Dutch kickboxer. My bad, he is actually a grappler. So, a grappler made Bo quit in the octagon. So you know Bo is a quitter. I don't have time for quitters”

– via RAF 5 post—fight press conference (January 10, 2026), doubling down on his "quitter" narrative to reject Bo Nickal's challenge for a fight at the UFC White House

“We all know you need the money, so let me help you one more time. Quit boxing... come on over to Real American Freestyle. After i mop the mat with Luke Rockhold January 10th, you could take your chance at redemption.”

– via his YouTube channel, offering Tyron Woodley a wrestling rematch following Woodley's recent knockout loss to Anderson Silva in boxing.

“I can’t pay attention to anything that guy does. He is not relevant, he has never won a fight in his life. I don’t pay attention to the circus sideshow”

– reacts to Dillon Danis Brawl at UFC 322

“Paddy Pimblett fight super interests me. He had liver failure from cutting to 155 lbs. Dude, come up a weight class, come up to 170 lbs. Why are you being a weight bully, paddy? You're a bum you're a gimmick!”