Quotes About Khabib

I want to go to Brazil, I want to fight top Brazilians in Brazil. I want to go to Russia, fight Khabib in Russia.

I thought Al Iaquinta did a great job at UFC 223, but Khabib is going to say he won the Super Bowl after he faced the third string? No way, dude. So many people hold him up on a high horse, but I see his flaws. I wasn't impressed with anything he did.

Khabib is very tough, has phenomenal wrestling and sambo, but he has a huge deficiency on the feet so I can catch him. Nothing is impossible.

Where is Conor? He wanna fight with a bus. I want to fight with a real gangster. Iaquinta, thank you so much.

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.

If a fight happens between Conor and Khabib in Russia, the support would be divided between them. It would be 50-50.

Khabib Nurmagomedov is the most dominant fighter in the history of MMA.

It's interesting how Khabib fights but to me it's just boring, it's lazy.

Khabib is one of the GOATs as well. Nothing but respect for the dude. But I'm very, very hard to hold down.

I want to fight Khabib. I think I'm one of the biggest threats to his title.

If I had the opportunity to fight Khabib, or anyone ranked No. 1 - I've played that in my head a million times.

Everybody wants to see this fight. Everybody wants to see these fireworks. They want to see that explosiveness. They want to see me throw Khabib on his back and get that five-point motion with this U.S.A. wrestling. Because if wrestling was easy, it would be called Sambo, my friend. Straight up, I'm going mop that dude up.

I came to the UFC to fight with top-level fighters and become the undisputed, undefeated champion. This is my goal.

I would love to fight Khabib, but there's no guarantee he's going to show up and make the weight.

I think Khabib is going to take him down immediately, or create some kind of scramble immediately. I don't think Poirier stops his takedowns.

I believe I'm a similar style to Khabib when it comes to the ground and stuff, but I believe I've got a whole 'nother, higher level of striking.

It would be nice to finish Khabib via liver shots, wouldn't it? I just want to see him wincing in pain on the ground where he belongs.