Islam Makhachev

“Many people say Volkanovski is the best striker in the UFC, but I beat him in his game.”

“Because we have many UFC champions, but not much double champs, I want to be a double champion.”

“Volkanovski is tough.”

“I'm fighting in the UFC. They make the decision. Who they put against me, I will be ready.”

“We have good coaches - in Dagestan and in the U.S.A., too.”

“I just have to fight. I have to beat everybody.”

“I want two different division title defenses. It's my goal and it's going to be a big thing.”

“My mother doesn't watch fights. Not just my fights, fights in general. She doesn't like seeing people hit each other.”

“This is a dream for all fighters, to get second belt.”

“Always when the champion from other divisions they fight with other champions, it's a big, big fight and very interesting fight for all the fans.”

“I improve every day.”

“This is MMA, this is not soccer, not basketball. This is MMA.”

“He is older than me, and before I started MMA I watched many of his fights. In my mind I want to be like Khabib, this is my dream, you know.”

“Of course I don't want to fight with someone out of the rankings.”

“I want to be in the history and people know me like double champ. This is my dream.”

“If you're training, you need to drink water.”

“Dariush's skills were highly appreciated.”

“In terms of my fighting career, I'm not interested in fighting Topuria at all. He's in a different weight class. I'll beat him, and what will that do for me? I won't win another belt. Everyone will once again say that I beat a featherweight. That's it. But if people really want to see him lose, then we can do it.”

“If you beat No. 1, you have to be No. 1, but I don't know who makes the rankings.”

“I have always the same plan: takedown, make them tired, and finish him there.”