It's a fast-paced somewhat violent sport, but it's very much entertaining. And the greatest thing about mixed martial arts is that it transcends a lot of demographics.

Nothing has really made me upset aside from the baseless, false accusations of PED use.

It really has been just take it one day a time, one fight at a time, one training camp at a time, one year at a time.

My wrestling's always better than most people's.

There are a lot of people who don't believe I deserve to be recognized as one of the top-10 best and I don't necessarily disagree with them.

I'm always training to be quite honest, but there are those moments when you're a little more out of shape than you should be.

America was built on hard work and not complaining about stupid junk.

I'm a guy who's been around this sport on the outside looking in, seeing, watching, scheming, plotting and planning his next big move.

I really have a heart for children who suffer from cancer. I can't imagine having to go through that at such a young age.

I'm just blessed that fighting was an option. Now I'm doing it and I love it. I thank God every day that I'm in the sport.

Henri Hooft is the greatest striking coach on planet. He's phenomenal leader - he makes me believe in me more than I will ever believe in me.

Financial freedom is very important to me because when that kind of stuff is taken care of, I can just focus on fighting.

Somebody with a huge brand like Bellator under an even huger brand like Viacom, to have them put their faith in me, to put me in so many things, to put me in commercials, send me to all these events, and just to continue to put me in the cage with great talent, it's great.

My body is durable, my body is able to withstand a lot of practices, a lot of punishment.

I just think that with my wrestling background there's not going to be any doubt in my mind that if I have to go through a three round war that in the third round I'm gonna be more fresh, more tenacious, I'm gonna want that win more than anybody else I'm going to have to fight.

For me, I want to make sure every single day I wake up and give thanks for everything that I've been given in life.

I like Scott Coker a lot. He built Strikeforce, turned it into what it was and he has a great reputation with fighters and other promoters.

I'm happy with the life I'm making for my wife and son. That's the most important thing.

Nothing bad can happen if you train your butt off and make the right decisions and surround yourself with the right people.

Training in Las Vegas at Xtreme Couture was awesome and I was there for almost two years.

When people talk about the lightweight division they will probably mention my name a little bit. Whether they believe I don't deserve to be up there or I do, they are at least going to mention me.

I'm not who I am without the organization of Bellator.

You see it from my area, from any area, really, so many who want to be great and have the drive, but don't have the resources. I'm very blessed that I have a family that was financially stable enough to get me to tournaments and camps and to practices so I could wrestle year-round.

When you're wrestling, it's such an amazing sport. I love it. I loved that I came from that background.