I grew up in Miami, Florida.

I do not want to fight Woodley because we're cool. We've worked out so much together, and he's looked out for me in the past with certain hookups that he had at the time. So I don't want to fight that dude.

I didn't get a lot of questions asked earlier in my career, I guess. But I've always been the same guy, more or less.

It's simple, I'm a fighter, but on top of that I have to entertain the people.

I'm a guy who's in there everyday with world-class grapplers feeling that pressure.

I never think past any man, because every guy has two hands and every dude wants to hurt you.

I'm not going to kill my body, my lifestyle just to go to '55.

Definitely the title, definitely Kamaru Usman interests me.

The things that I rely on, USADA doesn't have a problem with them. I'm gonna continue to be the same athlete that I've always been.

You know I could get hit with a baseball bat and it don't mean nothing.

Dana White, bring me someone that can beat me. You can't find no one that can beat me.

I want to fight the guys that are world-class beaters. That's who I want to get in there with.

I've been fighting professionally since I was 18, and I've been doing three or four fights a year, just doing camp after camp.

I don't want to fight no up-and-coming guy, no guy that's 15-0 but hasn't faced anybody yet.

Askren is that dude I'm not losing in any universe to.

I asked for the toughest, best fights to my management, to my coaches.

I'm not the type of dude who kicks somebody when they're down.

A guy like Anderson Silva is one the greatest champions we've had.

We're already going to fight, we're going to test each other's will. We don't need everybody talking.

Over everything, over friendships or anything, is my kids - and obviously fighting for that belt is my kids' future. It doesn't sound too nice, but if my mom had the belt, she better give it up because my kids gotta eat. If I'm willing to fight my mom, imagine a good friend.

I'm not Ben Askren or a lot of these fighters. I've never called a reporter like, hey, I want to be on your show, book me, you know?

I could sit down and give USADA my opinions on it, but I want to say they've done a great job. Guys like me are shining because of USADA.

Let me make this clear: I think USADA has moved my sport forward in certain ways that I couldn't have imagined.

That's the biggest act of cowardice, faking injuries.

For some reason, that's the title they're giving me: ''The Ultimate Fighter' Destroyer.'

I can talk, I can express myself. But many times when people are talking just to talk, to say negative things, I don't like it because this is not a negative sport.

I was definitely done with 155, then when I heard they ended up banning IVs I was like, there's no way I can make 55.

I want to get paid for my services.

I thought eating Double Quarter Pounders with Big Mac sauce wasn't that bad, but I guess it was.

My dad was always a motivation, even when he wasn't there.

The main reason I'm in this sport is not to run mouths and make posts on Twitter and stuff. It's to compete.

If I can compete five, six times a year that would be perfect.

I can't stay stuck in the past.

I thought me hitting you and you not hitting me and me making you miss and even throwing more than you means that I won a fight.

I'm a real fighter.

I got kicked out of school... I caused a lot of turbulence throughout those years.

I've had to prove myself beyond that street-fighter image with some people in the UFC. It has a stigma to it.

I want to give big kudos to USADA. Can it be better? Yeah.

You don't spit on people, especially people's corners.

It's taken me 26 professional fights to seek out nutritional help and I finally did and it's made a big change in my weight as far as weight cutting goes.

If they're not the toughest fights I can get, then give me a complete washup, someone that'll be an easy payday. But I'd rather have the toughest fights I can get so I can get to the title the fastest way possible.

I'm not going to get tired in a 12 round boxing event, especially if I have time to prepare for it.

I understand my role in this life, and my job is just to hurt people and get them out of there.

If you look through my career, I put an end to a lot of guys never been knocked down, never been stopped.

If it was... let's say they just banned 170, that it was either 55 or 85, I'd go to 185 before I'd go to 55.

I just want to go out and compete. Plus the main thing is, at 55 I need a good amount of time to prepare just to make the weight cut. At 70 I can just take fights as they come and just compete as much as I want.

I'm just not going around disrespecting people.

There's some people who violate that man-code of the gym.

I got taught respect because if not, somebody's gonna make you respect them.

I don't go around making conversation, I just kind of stick to myself.