I don't think too many guys are raising their hands trying to fight me.

Obviously, you've got to go out there and focus on each fight before moving onto the next one.

Pass-rushers with boxing or kickboxing go hand-in-hand. You've got to have fast, sharp hands and be straight down the middle, because linemen are coming off and you have to be able to pop their hands down.

I know, every fighter knows, you've got to pile up wins in a row. You can't lose two in a row, three in a row and then you hear mentions of losing your job.

I don't know if anybody can sign a contract to fight me and feel confident that they can beat me.

I'm a wrestler, a very polished wrestler and some of my best attributes in wrestling are my scrambling ability and my clinch.

I'm going out there as I do in every fight to put guys away but I'm going to do it in a smart fashion.

I'd say I just fell in love with trying to knock people out really quick instead of letting the fight develop.

I always watch Anderson Silva and I always watch his fighting style.

The quick knockouts are nice, but going through a war now and again is a good experience to know I've done it.

There are a lot of guys getting popped for steroids and other PEDS, and I can honestly say I've never taken a PED in my life. I've never even thought about it.

My motto has always been hard work.

I'm down to fight anybody that's going to move me up and help my career and get me closer to that title shot.

I grew up watching Anderson. He was my favorite fighter.

I'm a straight animal.

I fell in love with the knockout. I was in a relationship with the knockout.

I expect the best Anderson Silva. I don't think he'll toy with me like he toyed with other guys, I can explode in and touch his chin, and all it takes is one shot.

Guys lose. You learn from it and move on.

Romero, I was beating him two rounds to zero, I was dominating the whole fight. He was able to catch me with a punch with about a minute left. If I would have just danced around for a minute, I would have got that win.

So I've definitely had a crazy career, but I'm starting to put it together and starting to take my time and know that I can really do some damage if I just slow down just a little bit.

I used to cheerlead back in high school.

I'm always looking for those knockouts but I'm looking to do it in a better fashion. Not rushing, not blitzing, not putting myself at risk. Not just being too greedy.

I look at a lot of my fights and I'm like, 'man, that was too greedy.' I can even look back on my fights, even the good ones where I got the knockouts, and think, 'I should have probably toned it down a little bit.'

And honestly, I'm not being cocky, I'm not talking trash, but anybody who beat me would have to get lucky. Nobody is just going to out-technique me.

I've been through Strikeforce, UFC now, but I never leave fights busted up.

I've got two little girls, I've gotta do my best by them.

There's no easy fights in the UFC.

Henri Hooft is a master on the feet when it comes to striking.

Greg Jones, you don't get any better than that when it comes to wrestling. I actually looked up to him when I was in college.

I've been around. I've fought in the big fights.

Everybody wants to come out here and test my cardio but I'm one of the hardest working guys in the division.

I'm a smart guy, I like to think of myself as a smart guy, but sometimes I go out there and do a lot of dumb stuff.

I like to be aggressive, I like to finish fights.

I still wanna keep my aggressive ways and let my skills be on display.

No disrespect to Whittaker, I know I can beat him.

If I hit anybody with that left hook, they're going down.

When you have a fighter who's been punched a lot and been knocked out a lot of times, they're not going to be able to recover. They're going to look like they were knocked out.

The fans want to see more. They're there to see fights, they want to see more, they want to see people get put unconscious, whatever. But you can't get put in those spots.

Anderson's been here the longest, he brought our sport to the forefront. He's been around, and yeah, I've always been a fan and I've always enjoyed his fighting style.

I want to have a big year. A big year, big fights, big contract, big money, big everything. 2017 is definitely my year.

Dream fights are just what fans are talking about. We need to see fights that people are actually supposed to see.

I've changed up my training over the years; I don't lift weights as much as I used to, so I'm built for the cardio now.

I'm a firm believer that I'll make fights happen, get the fights done.

The UFC is where the best in the world fight at. You got some of the best fighters all across the world. It's the top organization.

Uriah Hall is on the level of Anderson Silva's striking.

Uriah Hall is just a dynamic striker. He mixes it up well on his feet, that's where I expect him to be good at.

I messed up my eyes. It's funny, I was training and we thought I had a mild concussion. But you know, I was out in Albuquerque and I would train from 9:30 to 11:00 and then I would rest all day long until 5:00 and I'd be playing on my phone, so I was playing on my phone and it scrambled my fore-vision.

I've always been a clean fighter, always lifting weights.

I've got good jiu-jitsu skills, good wrestling, good ground and pound, good power on my feet, good strikes.

I'm not like hurting by any means, but I'm not really, you know, let me say, I'm not really cool with doing fighting just to break even.