"To be honest, as a fighter, I pay attention to every middleweight fighter, my division and stuff. Pay attention to him particularly? No. The attention I give to him is the same I give to everybody else."
"How can it bother me? It's just a word. If you say something, I don't care. It doesn't effect me. But saying like 'easy money,' like you'll be in hospital, maybe without your head, concussion, stuff like that. They say easy money, [just] to show up for him will be good. But anyway it's fine, he's fine still."
"Move to light heavyweight, probably eventually one day. But for now, as you can see, I'm cutting weight to get to 185. So I'm still here."
"If you you to fight, let's fight. We'll be happy. That's what we like. So it's fine as well."
Ateba Gautier, a middleweight prospect, is set to fight Ozzy Diaz at UFC 328. During media day, attention shifted to a potential future opponent, Baisangur Susurkaev, who previously suggested Gautier would be “easy money.” Gautier said he monitors all middleweight fighters equally and does not single out Susurkaev. He added that the comment does not affect him, framing it as just a word and noting the risks implied by such language. Gautier trains with heavyweights, including Oktagon MMA champion Will Fleury. He also indicated a possible move to light heavyweight at some point, while currently cutting weight to compete at 185 pounds.
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