'17 is not going to be enough' - Islam Makhachev aims to go beyond 17-fight UFC win streak

17, 17 it's not gonna be enough. I will be sure nobody gonna break my record, it's gonna be 20 minimum. That's why I will still fighting, still break all records. Beating him proves that I'm special. Everybody right here, everybody in this stadium, every single one of you fans, consider him to be the number one pound-for-pound fighter on the planet. You consider him to be the greatest martial artist walking the earth right now. When I beat him, you'll all shut your ******* mouth and you'll call me great. Clearly you're having fun with the crowd. Are you a little bit surprised? Why don't these people like you? I couldn't give a ****. I couldn't care less. My little boys here laughing at me, smiling, making faces. I'm living the dream. Islam's here. I get to show up on Saturday night and fight for world title. I dreamt of this dream when I was a 16 year old kid. I dreamt of being a UFC fighter. I dreamt of having the ability to fight for UFC world title and this weekend on August 15th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, all of my dreams come true and nobody, nobody can take that away from me. Are you a little bit surprised that the fans are so against you this Saturday? No, I don't surprised, I know. Nobody like Iain Gary. Myself also. He don't, he don't know because people confuse which country you represent, Brazil or Ireland. People don't know. People know who they have to support. Thank you for all your support. Islam, a lot of fans sometimes say that Iain is annoying. Do you find Iain Gary annoying? That's a loaded question. What you're doing now is just trying to cause trouble. Don't do it. I was trying to. That's just putting words in his ******* mouth and you know it. If he finds that, he can be honest and he can say that. Your job as a journalist is to be professional and stick to the ******* sport. This is the biggest fight of the year. I think there's more important things to talk about.