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I want to fight Gilbert Melendez.
I think bullying in general is for cowards.
I will fight whoever the UFC wants me to fight.
I fare the best when I'm in dangerous situations.
The fighters and the fights are what makes UFC great.
Every once in awhile, we all get a bad hand dealt to us.
I beat Gilbert Melendez, and he got two shots at the title.
You look good, you feel good. You feel good, you fight good.
I'm a little unconventional; I do things a little differently.
I don't like going to 155; I do it because everyone else does.
Me? I'm no sob story. I get paid well, and I live comfortably.
There's not a single strike that good preparation can't negate.
We got four-ounce gloves here. It's not hard to knock someone out.
There's a part of martial arts where we need humility and respect.
The goal never changes. It's about beating the guy in front of you.
Having your worst nightmares kind of come true is truly liberating.
It's a fist fight - the idea is to go out there and impose my will.
I would love, love, love to watch Conor McGregor fight Floyd Mayweather.
It's hard when you win the title to not think, 'I'm here. Now what do I do?'
I never take a round off or a run off or a push-up off; that's just not in me.
From wrestling, I learned that I was capable of much more than I thought I was.
I'm looking to grab the UFC and pull them back in the direction of Philadelphia.
I think sports is a quest to find out what really is - not what perceptions are.
I think it's important to say that I am genuinely thankful for the time at Bellator.
I'm not much of a planner. I set a goal and there really is nothing else... no plan B.
I never prepare according to how I feel for a fight. I always prepare to be a better me.
The more dangerous the situation I put myself into, the more I rise, the better I become.
I've done it a couple times where I've had fight of the year. It's not what you aspire to.
It's MMA - anything can happen. You can throw a punch from one knee, a punch from anywhere.
I want an opportunity to fight the best in the world and make millions of dollars doing it.
I want the best guys the promotion has to offer, put them in front of me, and I'll beat them.
If I don't give up in the ring, I don't give up in life... I try to live my life the same way.
I boxed. I did track and field; I did basketball, football, any sport I was able to sign up for.
I'm not here if Bill Hunter never forced my hand in wrestling. It was a pivotal point in my life.
In this sport, the good thing about the UFC and MMA in general is a lot of it's based on perception.
I will do whatever the UFC tells me to do, but there's not a doubt in my mind that I can be champion.
I rarely think that when a guy loses a fight, it's a weight issue. You can either fight, or you can't.
There's a lot of guys in the UFC who are good at one thing, and they get matched up stylistically well.
Going in there just to win and put on a boring fight, I don't want to be related to anything like that.
Although I'm shorter, all of my weight I carry in my back and my butt. That's where most of my weight is.
Regardless of the magnitude, the crowd, or the pay-per-view sales, the goal is to beat the guy in front of me.
These kinds of fights, these big fights that get everyone talking and interested, these are the fights I want.
I've knocked a ton of guys out. I know the power I have and the advantages I have against the best in the world.
When I say 'fighter,' I am thinking about how you deal with adversity, how you deal with being in bad situations.
I think when it comes to re-signing with an organisation, there's no real compromise if you're trying to move on.
The right thing to do is just ask what you can give, and then let things manifest in the time they're supposed to.
With MTV2, every fighter is exposed to millions of people, and they won't have to take a monster pay cut to do so.
If they could put us all in a tournament, that'd be the best way, but they're not going to do that here at the UFC.
The more dangerous the opponent, the better fight I've fought. It always made me move in ways I'd never moved before.
I want to fight only dangerous guys. Whenever I've done that in my career, I've stepped up and risen to the challenge.