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.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOVWhere 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 think about only me.
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I care about my legacy.
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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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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 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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You have to punch hard for knockouts, and to beat me, you have to knock me out.
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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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They’re all fake belts. To be honest, I think real belt is Tony Ferguson’s.
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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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I never fight for the money, but every person is different.
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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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My style is not like anyone’s. I’m not a typical wrestler.
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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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Next fight? If the UFC tell me, ‘What do you want?’ I’m going to say Tony Ferguson.
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