Next fight? If the UFC tell me, ‘What do you want?’ I’m going to say Tony Ferguson.
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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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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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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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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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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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 never have a problem with the weight cut. My number one enemy is injuries because I train so hard.
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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 care about my legacy.
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I don’t fight for the money. I fight for my legacy. I fight for history. I fight for my people.
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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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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 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 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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