I swear to God, I don't even know who Demi Lovato is. My son has a crush on her. Apparently, he was sat next to her when I knocked Luke Rockhold out, so Demi Lovato knows who I am, that's for sure.

Of course it's an honour to be fighting at UFC 100, but I don't sit back and think about that. For me, it is only ever about winning.

People write me off, and yet then, when I fight people, my opponents have a completely different opinion of me afterwards.

Due to the UFC educating people on MMA as a sport, people give us the respect as athletes, opening doors to opportunities which wasn't available in the past. It has been amazing to be part of the UFC journey.

I can wrestle a little bit, but I'm not Chael Sonnen.

I'm a proud Brit and a proud Englishman.

A lot of people get up to the top of the pile, maybe get one No. 1 contender match-up, and if they lose, they drift into obscurity. I lost, and I went back a bit. But I built myself back up. Three times.

One of my proudest moments is definitely UFC 105 in Manchester when I stopped Denis Kang in the second round.

Fighting in England, for me, is the height of my career. It really is.

Without wishing to sound arrogant, when I was younger, I used to win every single martial arts tournament I ever entered. I used to enter the under 14s and under 16s, win both gold medals in those, and then go in the men's tournament just for experience, and end up getting a silver medal.

The underdog status suits me just fine.

UFC has done a fantastic job of establishing the biggest leading brand in mixed martial arts. Years ago, many people didn't know what MMA was nor understand the sport.

Let's be honest: I don't want to walk out to boos. I always want to be cheered, like anyone, and I've been very lucky over the years to have a lot of support. Coming to America, I'm always the away guy, and so people thought their guy had to take me out, and they boo.

Patrick Cote, that would be one way traffic. I'd destroy the guy.

There will always be a place for 'The Ultimate Fighter.'

A long time ago, I had a bird that annoyed me, and the bird had to go. The bird's neck was snapped. I would also snap Conor McGregor's neck in a similar fashion.

I used to do traditional weapons training, and I wasn't bad with a sword.

I hate the expression, 'I'm not fake.'

I'm very happy with my wrestling.

I'm in a sport where, on their day, anyone can beat anyone else if they are at the top of their own game.

I just like doing normal things, going to the shops in Manchester, getting a meal with my girlfriend and kids, going to the cinema. I love Las Vegas and there places, but I couldn't live there.

You can push my buttons all you want and say whatever you want about me, and that's fine... fighters do that.

I hit as hard and as fast in the first week of camp as I do in the last week of camp. So it doesn't matter if it's two weeks' notice or 10 weeks' notice.

I hate it when people call me a cage fighter. I'm a mixed martial artist. But people take one look at what we do, and they just start making assumptions.

It seems, whenever there are two Brits fighting in the UFC, we always seem to put on a good fight.

It's going to take more than one loss for me to hang up my gloves; that's for sure.

People say sometimes that I'm distracted. I'm not distracted. I'm being smart. I'm capitalizing while the iron is hot. That's why I'm trying to do movies. I do the podcast. I do a radio show. I work on FOX. I have a gym; I have a lot of things going on. That's because when I'm done, I want to be set up.

I always wanted to be the champion, and I had belief in myself that I could achieve it. But along the way, of course, you've also got to be a realist. You lose a couple of fights here and there, and you think maybe it's not going to happen.

As the UFC was getting bigger and bigger, I realized it was a potential career there, and that's what I did.

I want to be liked; I just haven't lost sleep over it.

When everybody fought Anderson Silva in the past, they were terrified of him. Absolutely terrified. That's part of the reason why he was so successful.

I was a big fan of martial arts movies - Bruce Lee in particular, as cringeworthy as it is. Jean-Claude van Damme was a big inspiration as well - it's a little embarrassing.

I'm not going to please everyone; not everyone's going to like me. I accepted that a long time ago, and if I had to shed a tear every time I got a hate email, believe me, I'd be severely dehydrated.

Maybe when I'm done fighting, I'll open a gym and manage fighters and train fighters.

If you want to boo, that's your right. Boo. Go ahead. Boo me all day long.

I think it's just in human nature: if you've got two guys fighting, and you don't really know them, you're going to root for the guy who comes from your country.

I've already been KO'd, embarrassed. Nothing is going to be worse than that, so what's to be scared of?

'The Ultimate Fighter' has found lots of great talent.

I started learning jiujitsu when I was eight years old. I had a lot of success and won ever competition I even entered.

My best weapon is probably my speed. I am faster than most middleweights, and I know how to use it.

Once I started fighting in UFC, things took a big U-turn. After my second fight, I came home and paid my mortgage off.

People give me advice all the time, and I don't take a blind bit of notice.

I used to be weak - as did all British fighters - with wrestling, because we don't have high school wrestling or college wrestling here.

It seems like every problem you can have with an eye, I had.

The more in shape you are, the harder you can push yourself.

Big respect to Dan Henderson.

I am proud to be the first British champion, and headlining MSG is a testament to all the hard work.

I have been involved in this sport since I was eight years old, so, hopefully, I can train and coach athletes down the line.

I don't need their love. If they want to boo, let them boo.

I love the way of life out in California, and I've made a lot of friends out there. The food is amazing.