Barboza is up there. He's a scary fight, but I like being scared. And that's a fight that me, as a fan, would want to see. I know how much fans would love something like that. So I'll go out there and try to finish that dude with leg kicks.
I do think I'm the best lightweight in the world.
Do I think people are sleeping on me? Absolutely.
When you fight me, you aren't going to be able to be so careful. They better block their face and knock me out. I'm going to hit them, kick them. I'm going to come forward. They'll have to run, literally run, backwards. That's the only way to get away from me. And eventually you're going to run into the cage.
I don't fight to win or lose. I fight to entertain people.
I was always sort of a competitor.
I got into wrestling when I was four years old.
I know that the only way I'm going to advance in this sport is to be exciting and to finish fights, and I'm fine with that.
I like to take chances.
I'm not infallible. Never will be.
People love the fact Chael Sonnen is saying he's undefeated. It's crazy to me that people like something like that but don't give respect to the fighters that just put it on the line.
I love the sport, I'm a fan of MMA, I've been a fan of MMA since before I started it, I was a fan of Eddie Alvarez before I started fighting, so just the culmination of events that have transpired in my life through hard work, through specifically hard work, it's just, I'm happy.
I happen to have a college education and I never planned on being a fighter.
Skill wise, there's nobody that's gonna outwork me.
I want to take out the best in America, then I want to take out the best in the world.
I am a Division 1 wrestler.
When I'm done, I want to be known as the fighter that everybody wishes they could've seen live.
My pressure is second to none and my timing and attitude are second to none, and that's what I want to be recognized for; not for being undefeated, because what does that mean? That just means you won. And I want to known for my style and the way that I fight, the timing that I bring and the fact that I rely on my reactions, stuff like that.
To be a superstar you have to win and you have to have something special. For me, I hope that knocking people out is my something special because I can't sell myself, per se, and become a different person on camera and a different person off camera.
I'm a great defensive wrestler.
