I know America is very nice and very good people. I'm a professional athlete. I come here. I never have a problem with somebody about my religion, about my name. I am happy. I'm always comfortable because I never do anything wrong. All the time I do something right. I follow all the rules.
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.
You have to punch hard for knockouts, and to beat me, you have to knock me out.
They're all fake belts. To be honest, I think real belt is Tony Ferguson's.
I feel I represent my country: not only my country but all former U.S.S.R. countries because I have very big fan base here, and I have more than a billion Muslim fans. I feel I represent these guys all around the world. My fans. This gives me very good energy. When I go to the cage, I think about these people.
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.
Next fight? If the UFC tell me, 'What do you want?' I'm going to say Tony Ferguson.
I don't fight for the money. I fight for my legacy. I fight for history. I fight for my people.
Where is Conor? He wanna fight with a bus. I want to fight with a real gangster. Iaquinta, thank you so much.
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.
I never have a problem with the weight cut. My number one enemy is injuries because I train so hard.
I don't know about politics so much. I'm a professional athlete.
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.
I came to the UFC to fight with top-level fighters and become the undisputed, undefeated champion. This is my goal.
My style is not like anyone's. I'm not a typical wrestler.
