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In MMA, I found my calling.
Big respect to Dan Henderson.
I am very, very hungry to compete.
'300' is a bit cheesy but enjoyable.
I've been on both sides of the boos.
I hate the expression, 'I'm not fake.'
The underdog status suits me just fine.
I'm a proud Brit and a proud Englishman.
I often put my foot in it a little bit sometimes.
I can wrestle a little bit, but I'm not Chael Sonnen.
I want to be liked; I just haven't lost sleep over it.
'The Ultimate Fighter' has found lots of great talent.
There will always be a place for 'The Ultimate Fighter.'
You've got to sell fights; you've got to be entertaining.
I don't need their love. If they want to boo, let them boo.
I'm not homophobic in the slightest. I have lots of gay friends.
I want to be the first British person to lift a UFC World Title.
Patrick Cote, that would be one way traffic. I'd destroy the guy.
I'm an emotional fighter; that's no secret. But it can be detrimental.
Fighting in England, for me, is the height of my career. It really is.
I used to do traditional weapons training, and I wasn't bad with a sword.
If you want to boo, that's your right. Boo. Go ahead. Boo me all day long.
I stay off the booze for a whole 12 weeks before a fight, it can be tough!
People give me advice all the time, and I don't take a blind bit of notice.
Fighting is different than other sports because you're not competing as regularly.
It's going to take more than one loss for me to hang up my gloves; that's for sure.
Maybe when I'm done fighting, I'll open a gym and manage fighters and train fighters.
Fighting at home does bring pressure - of course it does. But I've always thrived on that.
Obviously, every fighter wants to be the world champion, and that's what I want to achieve.
I want to be world champion, and that's why I've worked for an entire lifetime to get here.
Back then in the early '90s, people weren't calling it MMA - we called it Knockdown Sport Budo.
I'm a fighter through and through, and I've got more heart and more determination than anybody.
It seems, whenever there are two Brits fighting in the UFC, we always seem to put on a good fight.
My best weapon is probably my speed. I am faster than most middleweights, and I know how to use it.
I am proud to be the first British champion, and headlining MSG is a testament to all the hard work.
Best move is probably the flying knee I used in the Ultimate Fighter semi-final v Ross Pointon in 2006.
I've already been KO'd, embarrassed. Nothing is going to be worse than that, so what's to be scared of?
The Liverpool lad Darren Till looked unbelievable in his UFC debut, and he seems like quite a character.
As a fighter, you know when you connect with a really good shot because you feel the impact on your fist.
I'm in a sport where, on their day, anyone can beat anyone else if they are at the top of their own game.
If you're taking performance-enhancing drugs and you get caught, in my mind, you should be banned for life.
Anderson Silva kind of took the best part of Rich Franklin out of his soul, and he was never the same again.
As the UFC was getting bigger and bigger, I realized it was a potential career there, and that's what I did.
You can push my buttons all you want and say whatever you want about me, and that's fine... fighters do that.
One of my proudest moments is definitely UFC 105 in Manchester when I stopped Denis Kang in the second round.
We're man enough to step in there and fight our hearts out and you have to be man enough to deal with a loss.
Once I started fighting in UFC, things took a big U-turn. After my second fight, I came home and paid my mortgage off.
For me, 'The Ultimate Fighter' has been massive. I think it is a fantastic vehicle to find the new talent of tomorrow.
I started learning jiujitsu when I was eight years old. I had a lot of success and won ever competition I even entered.
I can't understand how some guys get tired after one round. If you can't go the distance, why are you even in the fight?