A biography for Artem Lobovhasn’t been written yet.
“Boxing is stuck in the past.”
“If you truly believe that all the training you do can go out the window just because a guy is a few pounds heavier than you, that's just crazy.”
“I want to be able to take fights on short notice.”
“More and more Russians started watching the UFC when Conor came along. The more they watched, the more they understood it.”
“I've taken fights when others wouldn't.”
“I always had an interest in MMA but I didn't start training until I was 21.”
“Anywhere I was, I always seek the hardest challenge. I win some, I lose some but I always take the hardest challenge.”
“When you don't have to worry about the financial side, you can truly concentrate on the craft. You can truly concentrate on the fights you really want to have. You have that freedom and it's extremely important especially when you have a family and you have to provide.”
“Boxers are absolute novices in the clinch.”
“I want to improve and to achieve many, many things in MMA, boxing and bare-knuckle boxing.”
“The Irish and Russian communities are huge in New York, so this is truly one of the only places where I can fight in front of all of my fans.”
“They should bring up my record, and call it the fighter bible. The warrior bible. All those guys with padded records should read it everyday, and they should put my picture on their wall as the Jesus Christ of MMA.”
“A personality like Conor's appeals to the Russian people a lot. He's always ready to go, he knocks people out and he's tough.”
“Don't get me wrong, I'm very thankful for UFC.”
“I always show up. I always make weight.”
“It might seem that way, but getting hit with a bare knuckle is not as raw as getting hit with a bare knee, or getting kicked with a shin to your head, which I have been a few times. In that sense, it's nothing.”
“I'm always me, I always show up to get that knockout.”
“To me, KSW is a huge promotion and it's on my list of one of the things I want to do as an MMA fighter. I think that goes for any European fighter.”
“If people are watching your fights and they care about what you do then that is success to me. As far as I'm concerned, I am one of the most successful fighters in the world.”
“It would be very hard to say who would be the bigger draw in Russia between Khabib and Conor.”