Latest interviews

"I have no desire what so ever to live in the USA - moving there is the last thing I’d want to do"

"We made a deal which meant I was buying 51% of the UFC"

"As long as it’s real, and I can kick to the head and do whatever I want, I’m in!"

"Every opponent is an obstacle, and every opponent is dangerous"

"After 1000 days I had gained 20 kg of muscles and had a spirit strong as steel!"

"My power is back and I can promise more knockouts!"

"They used to tell us to get real jobs instead"

"I have dusted of the old gi and I’m back in business!"

"I heard you’re a kickboxer? Royce said. Come on, try to take my head off!"

"MMA is tough, tougher than jiujitsu, people say"

"My blood is Georgian, but my mind is Greek."

"When I started, I didn’t have a single phone number, I didn’t know a single person in the sport!"

"I’m not perfect, but if you ask me, I don’t think a role model should be."

"So fucking tragic, how life can change from top to bottom in no time!"

"I never thought about losing titles"

"I cry before every fight, and it’s just getting worse and worse with time!"

"I was supposed to get 100 000 dollars, but they only gave me 10 000"

"It’s supposed to be tough, that’s when I learn"

"Very few spend time on building a strong foundation or focus on improving their weaknesses"

"I started to threaten and blackmail people to get what I wanted."

"They watch a UFC Countdown video on YouTube and think they can become world champion"

"My weight was 105 kg (231 lbs) and they asked if I could drop down to 93 kg (205 lbs) in a few days"

"I suddenly realized that I have the chance of going to the Olympics four years earlier than planned"

"A shitty number is anything between 5 000 – 15 000 SEK. A better number is something between 30 000 – 60 000 SEK."

"almost no one knows, but after my fight against Milena Dudieva in 2013 I was offered a UFC contract"

"The 22 best Swedes got to go to the Olympics and I was number 23"

"I knocked out both his front teeth and that's something I regret still to this day"

"I took off my belt, ran up to him and attacked him with full power"

"In the favela we saw people get killed almost every day, we experienced things that others can't even imagine"

"My goal is to get to invicta and the UFC"

"He estimated my chance of reaching the UFC to 0.001%"

"When I was told I was going to fight Mark Hunt I thought, 'Shit, what should I do?'"

"If it bleeds this much after your next round he will call off the fight"

"Personally I’d like to fight more like a guy!"

"The pain that radiated through my leg down to the foot when they turned me over was so extreme that I screamed at the top of my lungs!"

"There were situations when I had to use eye pokes and choke people out"

"If you're not mentally strong I don't think you belong in the cage"

"I was really close to give up Thai boxing forever!"