"I want to earn money and help my dad - he helped me grow up and now I have to help him. I have to look after him. Parents are number one. I needed to do something. I didn't want to get refugee benefits of £5 a day. I wanted to be something else," - quotes Mokaev talkSPORT.
Recall, earlier Mokaev announced that he will fight everyone in the UFC's lightest division.