When my entire focus is on training and just preparing... I just do 100-percent that and nothing else.
The top 10 is really a media thing anyway unless you're the champion, but otherwise, it's always speculation.
I'm working relentlessly at becoming a better fighter than I was yesterday. I think I've really shown that I'm a more evolved fighter these days than I've ever been.
I'm not usually the guy who believes in aliens, UFOs or superstitions.
I have a nutritionist and a doctor. Everything is checked. Thoroughly. Everything I take is checked out first.
This level of competition is extremely high. Everybody is trained. Everybody has a game plan. Everybody has a nutritionist. Everybody has everything. It's here that you realize, as people, we're all equal.
Even after you win the championship, the work doesn't stop; it probably only becomes more. I'm just basically focused on what I need to do. There's a lot that goes into this - diet, preparation, assembling the right people around you, sparring partners, coaches, etc. - so I'm not enjoying anything.
Even if we were friends, I consider this a sport, a competition, so there are no ill feelings towards any other fighter or whatever.
America is the future. I am committed to the States. I'm guessing this is going to be a permanent move.
Style-wise, dos Santos is going to be an excellent fight for me - striker against striker. With my experience, I should have the upper hand.
I'm an all-around fighter. I do everything. I've got wrestling; I've got Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and I've got striking.
The move into K-1 was very big at the time. It was very special to me. I liked it. It was different. It was only striking, no ground, so it kinda changed my fight style a little bit.
It was always my goal to go back to MMA because my passion is there.
