Belal Muhammad

“To me, it's not about the weight. It's about getting to fight night and throwing down.”

“I've been training and practicing and just getting better. So, whoever I face, it's going to be a bad night for them.”

“Being active is so important in this sport. The more active you are, the more comfortable you are in there and the more reactive you are.”

“This is like a legend that you look up to type of guy. You can sit there and talk about it, but when you're actually in the cage with him, you're like, 'Damn, I'm fighting Demian Maia.'”

“I don't have any hobbies. It's all about fighting for me.”

“Holland's weakness is wrestling.”

“I think I can be a world champion, that's my goal.”

“We live in a troll world, we live in a Twitter world where these people think they can say whatever they want because they're not in front of you and they know nothing will happen to them.”

“I don't need to rush, I don't need to jump to a title shot or anything like that, I just want to keep levelling up.”

“For me, it was like, I want to have the fighting style and the personality where people remember the name, where they're not gonna forget it.”

“Just give me a cage and some gloves, and I'm ready to throw down.”

“When most guys start breaking and getting tired, that's what gives me more fuel and more energy.”

“If you've ever watched 'Stepbrothers,' he has that face that you just want to punch. Colby Covington just has that face.”

“People won't give me the credit for beating the guys I've beaten.”

“I see a lot of ways for me to beat Khamzat.”

“I'm the one that's saying yes to the toughest in the division.”

“For me to fight a guy like Khamzat, I study tape more than anybody in the game.”

“I'm not all talk.”

“I always like when I fight - when I fight opponents, I always like to pay attention to them afterward to see what they do next and to see - I would - I always hope that they always win.”

“Honestly, for me, when you look back and you see the legendary stories, some of the biggest legendary stories of guys stepping up on short notice - Michael Bisping was one of the guys I always loved to watch and his story was kind of similar to mine, and then when he took that Luke Rockhold fight on short notice, it was his title fight.”