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.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVI don’t think about, ‘Oh, I’m finally getting my respect,’ because I don’t care about this.
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I don’t know about politics so much. I’m a professional athlete.
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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.
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I think about only me.
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They’re all fake belts. To be honest, I think real belt is Tony Ferguson’s.
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My style is not like anyone’s. I’m not a typical wrestler.
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I don’t think about, ‘Oh, I’m finally getting my respect,’ because I don’t care about this.
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Give me 30 minutes rest, little drink of water. Give me 30 minutes, and I can fight with anybody.
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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.
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These guys talk when I’m injured, but when I’m healthy, where are these guys? Tony or Conor, it doesn’t matter. Or maybe they’re going to fight it each other? It doesn’t matter.
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I came to the UFC to fight with top-level fighters and become the undisputed, undefeated champion. This is my goal.
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You have to punch hard for knockouts, and to beat me, you have to knock me out.
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I train, eat, sleep, and repeat.
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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.
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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.
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I care about my legacy.
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