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“I know my strengths. I know what I'm good at.”
“Of course my base and my favorite thing is striking, and I will do a lot of striking because I love this game.”
“My understanding of the world is all through the prism of martial arts. It's affected every aspect of my life.”
“I can't imagine my life without martial arts. I would be a different person.”
“I will try to do everything to finish the fight earlier as I can. No more, no more.”
“I've been in martial arts more than 20 years; I've seen fighters who barely have a professional fight say they're the best in the world. I've seen many people use these words. At the end of the day, that doesn't matter. What matters is when the door closes and everyone clearly sees who deserves or does not deserve something.”
“Fighters can say whatever, but what they are feeling inside, it's totally different.”
“I'm doing what I love to do. Martial arts is my everything. It's my life, my philosophy, how I think, who I am.”
“To have an opportunity to fight for the title, you have to prove you deserve it against top opponents.”
“In the fight, we are fighters, but after, we have respect for each other.”
“I'm not going to the past, and it's not tied to me, every time moving forward, and this is more important - to move forward every time.”
“I go to bed dreaming, thinking that I want to be the best in the octagon and be a champion.”
“When I grew up, the idea that I had to be the best at everything I do was put in my head by my mother. This is just how I am. I'm not just here participating.”
“I can do back fists, spinning kicks. I have more options, and I can show the better striking.”