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.
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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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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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 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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I train, eat, sleep, and repeat.
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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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Next fight? If the UFC tell me, ‘What do you want?’ I’m going to say Tony Ferguson.
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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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I never have a problem with the weight cut. My number one enemy is injuries because I train so hard.
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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 care about my legacy.
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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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My style is not like anyone’s. I’m not a typical wrestler.
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I don’t know about politics so much. I’m a professional athlete.
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