“I'm not Khabib. No one else is. I'm me. I'm an even harder puzzle to solve. I'm proper weird. You knew what Khabib was going to do. You don't know what I'm coming to do”

– via the UFC 324 pre fight press conference, firing back at Justin Gaethje's assessment of his grappling skills.

“Dan Hooker couldn't grapple a f***ing rapist off his ma.”

– via an interview with The MMA Guru (January 9, 2026), sparking the most toxic lightweight feud of the new year by using a graphic analogy to mock the Kiwi’s wrestling

“You took a hypothetical joke about how bad your grappling is and responded by talking s*** about my mate who committed suicide? Now that’s lowest of the low and on [sight] is fine by me you’re utter dogsh** at fighting”

– via social media, responded to the "RIP Ricky" comment with outrage, effectively ending their friendship.

“[Hooker] nearly guillotined him, which shows how bad Arman's grappling is... He beat Dariush who's about 48. A lot of people don't think he beat Charles. And then he fought f**king Dan Hooker who's, let's be honest, sh*t”

– via his YouTube channel, launching a "scorched earth" verbal attack on Arman Tsarukyan

“Evloev's just a sleeping bag, he just lies on top of you. No one really wants to watch Evloev fight. He's so boring”

– via a "Tea with Tom" segment on Tom Aspinall's YouTube channel, taking a shot at the undefeated featherweight contender's fighting style.

“Arman is an idiot. He just talks a big game, and he’s sh*t. He dug his own grave and pulled out of a title fight. He thinks that because his dad’s a millionaire, he can pay his way into things like this. It doesn’t work like that with the ufc. Sit down, shut up, and do what you’re told.”

– via an interview with Carlos Legaspi, slamming Arman Tsarukyan for talking a big game and claiming that Tsarukyan's attempt to use wealth to influence title opportunities "doesn't work" in the UFC.

“(Justin) is being a proper b*tch, saying the UFC owe him, and he deserves it and all that. No one's owed nothing. You fight for it... I know he's a legend, and obviously he's done a lot for the company and all that, but you can't just demand a title shot”

– criticizing Justin Gaethje for claiming the UFC owes him.

“Just want to get a fight signed, man. All Ilia has done is talk sh*t about me, saying I'm sh*t, saying I don't deserve to fight him. After his last fight, we got in the cage and he pushed me.I think it's happening, and now he's stalling. He's not saying yes to the fight. He's stalling. If I'm that sh*t, lad, why don't you take an easy fight and just beat me then? Step up. As [Mike] Tyson said, 'Sign the contract, big boy”

– calling out Ilia Topuria for a Title fight

“I hope JDM [Della Maddalena] absolutely punches his little head in. I hope JDM batters him. I think JDM’s a much better boxer. If he can keep it on the feet, then he will absolutely batter him, and I hope he does.”

– reacted that he wanted JDM to beat Islam Makhachev at UFC 322 via UFC Europe

“Islam was chatting pony the other day, asking who I have beaten when he got a title shot at lightweight off beating Bobby Green, someone who I beat faster than you, you little b*m. So, how about that one, Islam? Get back down to lightweight and I’ll punch your little head in as well”

– reacted that he wanted JDM to beat Islam Makhachev at UFC 322 via UFC Europe

“I'd absolutely smash his face in. I can see me beating him anywhere the fight goes.”

– trash talking about Ilia Topuria

“No one would know Ilia Topuria if it wasn't for me. He made himself famous off the back of my name...He's so fake, like half of his followers. It's been proven half his followers on Instagram are bots. He's just a McGregor copycat and I'm getting sick of him.He's a German. He's not even Spanish, he's not even Georgian. He was born in Germany, he's German”

– via Marca