The Korean Zombie

“As an athlete, as a sports athlete, it matters if you lose or if you win. The result really matters.”

“I've watched almost every zombie movie, TV show that's out there.”

“I think I've improved my game overall and I keep trying to improve as an all around fighter.”

“I didn't have a coach for two fights. I didn't have any coach at all. I was all by myself.”

“I learned a lot from Cejudo and it's made me a lot better.”

“When I prepared for my first title fight, I was very nervous. Everything was very new for me and I was very young. At that age, challenging for a world championship title was obviously very unnerving for me. I was very nervous.”

“Most people in Korea know about the UFC on some level.”

“I don't need to fight a fighter that's ducking me.”

“I've wanted to fight Holloway forever.”

“He's seen as unbeatable, so for several different reasons, it would mean more to me to fight, and beat, Jose Aldo.”

“I saw 'The Walking Dead' up till about season four.”

“Henry Cejudo was the flyweight champion. He was the bantamweight champion. He's an Olympic gold medalist. He's very experienced with MMA. The way he looks at the sport comes from the eye of a guy who knows how to win.”

“A lot of how I fight is instinctual. Especially in that first Garcia fight, I fought on my instincts, what people describe as the zombie style.”

“When I was in Brazil for the Aldo fight, a lot of the Brazilians out there, whenever they came across me, they were like 'you're going to lose, you're probably going to die in the octagon' so it was kind of threatening for me.”

“I was honest after the fight against Volkanovski, saying what I felt at the moment right after the fight.”

“Being at the end of a chapter in your life is something that's very unexplainable.”

“There were times when I thought, can I keep up with the game? Can I keep developing my techniques?”

“If I was just a Zombie in the past, I've become a smart Zombie now.”

“No matter what people might think I am confident in my ability to win.”

“As I move up the ranks, it's getting harder and harder to get the KO or a decision, and I apologize for that.”