I had so much growing up and I'm so thankful for all the people who invested in my life.

I'm going to stash up my cash and invest in real estate. I want to be set up for the end of fighting.

I've taken fights on short notice while injured to help save shows, and in return I've been taken care of.

Finishing a guy like Benson Henderson, who hasn't been finished since for six years, the guy doesn't get finished and I finished it with a switch-step switch to Southpaw, knocked him out with my left hand.

I built my name on fighting so hard - I'll always do that - but I'm also trying to become more of a veteran, to be be calm and calculated and not always trying to bowl people over.

I eat about every three to four hours.

I want to build a brand that inspires as many people as I possibly can.

There are always a ton of different people to learn from and people that are pushing me to get better.

Henri Hooft has made my hands and feet deadly weapons.

I knew I wanted to fight. It's a great way to continue competing and not to mention actually make money. You can make a career out of it.

Letting emotion get into it isn't part of my game. Letting animosity or a rivalry come into it, that's all for the show.

I love collegiate wrestling but the thought of training for international stuff just didn't really appeal to me.

At first I thought, beer's nasty. Then I found IPAs. They're delicious.

I just try to keep the main thing the main thing: getting my butt in the gym.

I actually have a tattoo on the left side of my chest that says 'Blessed.' It represents how blessed I've been in my life and how thankful I am for all that I have.

There's still times I wish I could throw on the black and gold singlet and go out there in the Hearnes Center and wrestle for the Missouri Tigers. I miss that and I miss the stuff about college wrestling.

It's OK to have a little bit of pride in yourself.

I do have some unfinished business with Josh Thomson. I think that's a fight fans want to see, it's a fight Bellator wants, it's a fight I want.

Brandon Girtz is a tough man who can really throw the leather, but I'm on a different level.

Derek Campos is really tough.

Life is too short and too sweet to complain about the silly things.

I train my butt off every single day.

If I had the opportunity to fight Khabib, or anyone ranked No. 1 - I've played that in my head a million times.

No matter where I've been or where I go, a piece of Missouri is always with me because this is where I'm from and where I grew up.