With a guy like Yoel Romero, if he senses weakness, he will capitalize on it every time he can.
I think the mental preparation isn't something that you can work on in one large sum. It has to be a collective collaboration of doing little things for your mental state constantly throughout the prep and managing your life outside the Octagon, managing your life in transit to the Octagon, managing your life once you get to training.
Take a martial art that you enjoy. Don't worry about the end result; just enjoy getting up and going to training. And there is no right martial art to do. They are all good.
When you get chickenpox as an adult, it's not a laughing matter.
I've never cared who I fight. And that's something I just say - 'I'll fight anyone' - it's something I've lived up to my whole career. And I'm proud of that.
I actually think that wrestling is much harder than MMA, to be honest.
It was an absolute honour to fight in Vegas. Every fighter dreams of fighting at the MGM Grand. That's where so many legends have fought before and so many legends will continue to fight.
The UFC does what it wants. That's just how it is.
It is amazing to have the UFC to come here to Perth... it is great for Australian Mixed Martial Arts and great for the sport, and it is going to be great for Perth to have such a world-wide event, through pay-per-view, hosted here.
Family are my greatest source of strength. Emotion - they help me deal with that. One look at them, and I know everything is OK.
I think it's highly unprofessional to not make weight.
When you ask a guy, 'Are you gonna take a fight if your opponent doesn't make weight?' Is it really asking? Does he really have a choice? When you back them into a corner like that, is there really a choice to be made?
As a fan of this sport, I am gutted to see 'Jacare' lose. To be matched up against him and to have the honor of fighting him, it blew my mind.
I think everyone has to have their mettle tested in a tough fight.
I don't think of myself as the champion too often, honestly.
If you don't make weight, you're breaching a contract, straight up.
Obviously, that's the thing any athlete wants to be able to do, to take weaknesses and turn them into strengths.
You know those hard days you go home where you've been worked to the bone and you just want to do nothing? In fight prep, every day is that day.
It's definitely a reason I game so much: to forget about the pressures of fighting and the hardships of training and everything.
I like eating. I like food.
