Islam Makhachev

“All fighters from the top 10, they avoid me for many years, but I have all the skills.”

“My striking is good, but I have wrestling, I know. I have wrestling more than everybody.”

“I am training so hard because I know now everybody looks at me, everybody wants to take this belt, but I'm not going to give the chance to anyone.”

“If you're a real champion, you have to take fight, doesn't matter how many days, who it's going to be.”

“My skills are on a different level.”

“I can beat Leon Edwards.”

“I'm ready for the fight standing up or on the ground - it doesn't matter.”

“I like to compete.”

“This is my dream, and I'm sure I can be double champion.”

“Honestly, after the first fight, many people talking about the fight, and many people want to watch this rematch. I'm really happy because right now, they can give me anyone, but I'm really happy because they gave me Volkanovski.”

“If somebody says I'm almost the same as Khabib, I agree with this.”

“All my life, I told people I want to fight with the real contender who deserves high-level fights.”

“I think the No. 1 bum opponent is Kevin Lee.”

“I don't know what the UFC has planned, but my dream fight is for the second belt.”

“One month with fasting, and it's not possible to do training in Ramadan. It's very hard. You have to fast when the sun rises, and all day you have to fast... Training this time is very hard.”

“I always was thinking about him because all his life he's in top five. It's my dream to fight someone like Dustin who has big name in this sport.”

“If you're a real champion, you have to fight.”

“I like to fight strong fighters.”

“You know, honestly, I hope this happens, but in this situation, Chandler looks very bad. Because how many years has he been waiting for this fight? Every night he goes to bed and has a dream, 'I will fight with Conor McGregor.'”