Khabib Nurmagomedov

“I don't think I'm a bad guy from Dagestan. I think I'm a good guy from Dagestan. But for my opponents, for sure, I'm a bad guy because when I go to the cage every time, I smash my opponents.”

“I want to stay humble, but I have to talk because the other guys talk too much, and... I understand the crazy power the UFC PR machine has.”

“I don't fight for the money. I fight for my legacy. I fight for history. I fight for my people.”

“My best background is, like, smash opponents. I all the time go forward. I all the time try to take down somebody. Make him give up. This is my style, you know. This is what I do all my life.”

“I don't think about, 'Oh, I'm finally getting my respect,' because I don't care about this.”

“I care about my legacy.”

“Give me 30 minutes rest, little drink of water. Give me 30 minutes, and I can fight with anybody.”

“I never fight for the money, but every person is different.”

“I train, eat, sleep, and repeat.”

“I think about only me.”

“When I fought with Michael Johnson, when I took his arm for the kimura, I can break it, but I go very slowly, be careful, because I don't want to give him injury.”

“You have to punch hard for knockouts, and to beat me, you have to knock me out.”

“My style is not like anyone's. I'm not a typical wrestler.”

“I know America is very nice and very good people. I'm a professional athlete. I come here. I never have a problem with somebody about my religion, about my name. I am happy. I'm always comfortable because I never do anything wrong. All the time I do something right. I follow all the rules.”

“They're all fake belts. To be honest, I think real belt is Tony Ferguson's.”

“Next fight? If the UFC tell me, 'What do you want?' I'm going to say Tony Ferguson.”

“Of course I am tough, but I am smart, too. I'm more smart than tough. People watching my record and say that this guy is tough. This is not about tough; this is about mind. You think when you fight. This is about everything.”

“I came to the UFC to fight with top-level fighters and become the undisputed, undefeated champion. This is my goal.”

“I'm from Dagestan, I'm born in Dagestan, and Dagestan is a different level for people living a tough life, people living in the mountains.”

“I never have a problem with the weight cut. My number one enemy is injuries because I train so hard.”