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.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVI came to the UFC to fight with top-level fighters and become the undisputed, undefeated champion. This is my goal.
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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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Give me 30 minutes rest, little drink of water. Give me 30 minutes, and I can fight with anybody.
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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 think about only me.
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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 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 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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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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You have to punch hard for knockouts, and to beat me, you have to knock me out.
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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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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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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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