My father is from the village of Beranci, Macedonia, and my mother is from Greece.
I think a knockout over Elkins will really put me on the radar internationally.
I'm chasing my contenders. I'm talking about that GOAT status.
I train with whoever I can, all different sizes, shapes, and styles.
I'm like one of those little chihuahua's that thinks they're ten feet tall.
Ground and pound is my thing, everyone knows that.
I'm always my hardest critic.
No one is really playing the good guy, but if they want to play the bad guy, I'm ready to play the super hero and take these guys out.
I had bad back injuries; two bulging discs and a broken fragment off a disc, all in my sciatic nerve.
It's one of the things that I tend to do, make the right decision, right time, and get the right reactions and capitalize on it.
My right-hand hit is my favourite.
Robert Whittaker has really opened eyes, look what he's doing.
That's the thing, I've got so many ways to go, even striking there's so many ways to go. I proved that.
Everyone knows my style - I jam my hips in, jam their head into the mat and punch their head through the canvas.
I've been on magazines in Macedonia and all things like that.
Some people fight and stuff outside the cage, but I never liked that sort of thing. I just always wanted to do martial arts and I finally did it at 22 years old, so later in life, but it's all good.
I wrestled before rugby league so I always had a pretty good wrestling background, a good base, and that helped with my football. It just meant my balance was always so good; a strong core, good hips and just things like that just really played a factor in how I ran the ball and tackled.
When I'm training; I'm prepared for anything.
Anyone that's watched my career knows that I finish fights and that I'm one scary dude to be in the cage with.
When it comes to strength, I reckon pound for pound I'm one of the strongest in the whole UFC.
