Artem Lobov

I can take a punch.

— Artem Lobov

I absolutely love the fight game.

— Artem Lobov

Boxing is stuck in the past.

— Artem Lobov

I was not released by the UFC.

— Artem Lobov

I'm a learner and I'm a go-getter.

— Artem Lobov

I never pull out of the fights.

— Artem Lobov

I'm a true fighter. No one will ever make me quit.

— Artem Lobov

I always show up. I always make weight.

— Artem Lobov

I'm always me, I always show up to get that knockout.

— Artem Lobov

I always make sure that I'm good to do business with.

— Artem Lobov

I'm able to do it a lot better outside the UFC than when I was in the UFC.

— Artem Lobov

Born in Russia, forged in Ireland, they don't make them like this anymore.

— Artem Lobov

I pride myself on having the most exciting fights ever.

— Artem Lobov

Boxers are absolute novices in the clinch.

— Artem Lobov

I just couldn't turn down the money Bare Knuckle FC were throwing at me, so I ended up signing with them.

— Artem Lobov

It's called the Ultimate Fighting Championship and people pay to come and see the fights.

— Artem Lobov

Being able to train nothing but boxing for a full year made me a much better boxer as I brought in professional…

— Artem Lobov

I've never been a big fan of jewellery or any of the shiny stuff, I just want to fight.

— Artem Lobov

More and more Russians started watching the UFC when Conor came along. The more they watched, the more they understood it.

— Artem Lobov

I feel I have the necessary skills to compete with the best, I wouldn't have even aimed for the UFC if I…

— Artem Lobov

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

— Artem Lobov

What do you call success in our sport? What determines success? Are you successful if you are 10-0 and no one is…

— Artem Lobov

Conor knows how to fight and he knows how to box. He has been boxing professional boxers for his whole life, he…

— Artem Lobov

Artur Sowinksi is a fight that I want to put right for a long time - that win was stolen from me.…

— Artem Lobov

I think against Cub I get it done. He comes in, he's very open, he throws wild shots, and he has never,…

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I honestly don't remember ever being hurt by anyone other than Conor. It probably has happened in training or a fight but…

— Artem Lobov

They should bring up my record, and call it the fighter bible. The warrior bible. All those guys with padded records should…

— Artem Lobov

Whenever someone has an unorthodox approach, different to what a standard boxer would look like, they write it off as being bad.…

— Artem Lobov

Obviously UFC was one of those kind of dreams that we weren't sure if we were ever going to reach, so for…

— Artem Lobov

I feel Alex White is exactly the type of guy I always talk about, with an undeserved, padded record. There's many, many…

— Artem Lobov

The thing everybody thinks of when they think about Russia is how tough the people are. When they see a fighter continuously…

— Artem Lobov

Growing up in the Soviet Union, ballroom dancing wasn't the coolest thing to do. But that probably made me tougher, because it…

— Artem Lobov

Let's be honest here - 99 percent of MMA fans haven't got a clue what's going on. They don't understand the game…

— Artem Lobov

When you fight someone, it's different. It's a lot of conflict that you can have. Once you fought somebody, that's it. There's…

— Artem Lobov

When you ask to go to some other country and fight their local best guy, and you know the judges are going…

— Artem Lobov

I certainly will explore all avenues. K-1, boxing, all of them.

— Artem Lobov

I have my reasons to fight every single guy on the UFC roster.

— Artem Lobov

This is the fight game, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

— Artem Lobov

Don't get me wrong, I'm very thankful for UFC.

— Artem Lobov

I always had an interest in MMA but I didn't start training until I was 21.

— Artem Lobov