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“As far as standup goes, I really feel like I can stand and bang and trade with anybody in the game.”
“It's going to be an easy fight when I finally get my hands on Tyron Woodley.”
“I'm the king troll: I troll everybody.”
“I dominate, and I break guys' wills. When they come to fight me, they know they're going to be in for a fight, and it's going to be a test of wills.”
“There's always going to be cliques - everywhere you go, there's gonna be cliques; there's gonna be people that gravitate towards each other.”
“Robert Whittaker hasn't been that impressive. He got knocked out by choir boy Stephen Thompson.”
“I know that my grappling is up there with any grappler in the division.”
“The real reason Tyron Woodley doesn't want to fight me is because the last time we were in the gym together, I broke him.”
“I'm the most hated guy in the division.”
“Brazil hates me. Oh, big deal. Cry me a river, build a bridge, and walk over it.”
“Brazil is a dump.”
“I'll fight anyone they put in front of me, man. I'm here to fight and prove that I'm the best in the world.”
“If I can't do one thing, which is a lower body exercise, then I'm gonna use my upper body, and I'm gonna get stronger upper body. If I'm not getting stronger upper body, I'll be working on my cardiovascular - swimming or other exercises where I can get my heart rate up.”
“You have to have a character; you have to build your character. If you understand the pro wrestling scheme of things, then you understand what the promoting is. These guys are friendly backstage, but as soon as the cameras turn on, it's a whole different story: you become that character.”
“If the UFC wanted to give me Warlley Alves, I would show them how chump change he is. And I'd show them how much of a fluke it was that he caught me in a lucky submission.”
“Everybody's calling me out. Why do you think everybody wants to fight me? I'm the money fight.”
“Sao Paulo is a dump. That's a known fact.”
“I'm not out to please everyone.”
“I get paid a lot of money to go in there and fight on pay-per-view. I'm not fighting in the street.”
“I'm a bad person.”