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 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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My style is not like anyone’s. I’m not a typical wrestler.
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I never fight for the money, but every person is different.
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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’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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Next fight? If the UFC tell me, ‘What do you want?’ I’m going to say Tony Ferguson.
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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 don’t know about politics so much. I’m a professional athlete.
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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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They’re all fake belts. To be honest, I think real belt is Tony Ferguson’s.
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I care about my legacy.
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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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