I don’t think about, ‘Oh, I’m finally getting my respect,’ because I don’t care about this.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVOf 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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They’re all fake belts. To be honest, I think real belt is Tony Ferguson’s.
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I need eight weeks, train hard, last one week make weight, and go to the war. Because when I go to the war, I have to know I am ready or no.
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I don’t know about politics so much. I’m a professional athlete.
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I never fight for the money, but every person is different.
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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.
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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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Give me 30 minutes rest, little drink of water. Give me 30 minutes, and I can fight with anybody.
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Where is Conor? He wanna fight with a bus. I want to fight with a real gangster. Iaquinta, thank you so much.
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I care about my legacy.
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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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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 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.
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Next fight? If the UFC tell me, ‘What do you want?’ I’m going to say Tony Ferguson.
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