I like my life. I like competing, but it's not just because of the money.
What made me move up to welterweight was all the effort I was doing, to look at my health and have a good life. I wanted to stop sacrificing so much.
When I was 16 years old, I weighed 176 pounds.
It was tough to make weight against Cerrone, and I passed out three times making weight for the Eddie Alvarez fight. One day you get to the limit.
I fought well at 155, but I don't think I ever came close to my best at 155. I think I'll get to my best at 170 pounds.
People treat you one way when you're champion, but when you're not the champion, everything changes. People treat you different.
I think social media is good for promotion, stuff like that, but people are so negative. People are too negative. If you read the comments, it's just too negative.
When you're a fighter, and you're not doing good in your work, that happens - you lost the fight.
People see me because I'm winning my fights. That's how I want people seeing me.
I need talk more, call people out. It's not who I am, but I feel I need to do this more to bring more attention for me.
The whole world has American dreams. This country has people from all parts of the world. We have Irish who live here, we have Brazilians.
We have people around the world who live in the United States, and these people don't deserve to be called traitors.
I'm not a trash talker. I respect my opponents.
I talk the truth. I don't trash talk, I just talk the truth.
I think to get a title shot, you need to have some expressive winnings.
I like to fight, and I think the fans want to see a good fight, too.
In the future, I want to have super-fights.
I miss submitting people; I have a lot of confidence in my jiu-jitsu.
I think Robbie Lawler is a good name and a fight that interests me.
Everything I want to do in my life, I want to be at the top.
