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There's no easy fights in the UFC.
My motto has always been hard work.
My striking is on a different level.
Guys lose. You learn from it and move on.
I've been around. I've fought in the big fights.
I like to be aggressive, I like to finish fights.
No disrespect to Whittaker, I know I can beat him.
I don't think Anderson Silva is less of a fighter.
I grew up watching Anderson. He was my favorite fighter.
Uriah Hall is on the level of Anderson Silva's striking.
If I hit anybody with that left hook, they're going down.
I've got two little girls, I've gotta do my best by them.
I've always been a clean fighter, always lifting weights.
Every fight, I train for the opponent very hard and smart.
If you look at my career, it's been nothing but consistency.
MMA in my opinion is the hardest sport in the world, no doubt.
Everybody at middleweight has been working hard to be a champion.
Middleweight is the best division in the UFC, in MMA in my opinion.
I always watch Anderson Silva and I always watch his fighting style.
I'm a firm believer that I'll make fights happen, get the fights done.
I still wanna keep my aggressive ways and let my skills be on display.
I've been through Strikeforce, UFC now, but I never leave fights busted up.
Nobody has seen my jiu-jitsu, but I have really good jiu-jitsu. I submit black belts.
In MMA, you can literally cheat over and over again, and it's OK. The media will back you.
Fighting Anderson Silva was a signature and career-defining moment that was stolen from me.
Anderson knees people in the face from the clinch. That guy is a world class Muay Thai fighter.
I haven't been given a lot of respect in the division. But you know what? I'm OK with earning it.
I don't know if anybody can sign a contract to fight me and feel confident that they can beat me.
MMA is a sport. We go out here and we do battle. Everybody has family, friends, they train really hard.
I've got good jiu-jitsu skills, good wrestling, good ground and pound, good power on my feet, good strikes.
It's not an excuse, but I'd say I didn't perform well in the big fights because I wasn't prepared properly.
Everybody wants to come out here and test my cardio but I'm one of the hardest working guys in the division.
I'm down to fight anybody that's going to move me up and help my career and get me closer to that title shot.
I'd say I just fell in love with trying to knock people out really quick instead of letting the fight develop.
The quick knockouts are nice, but going through a war now and again is a good experience to know I've done it.
Uriah Hall is just a dynamic striker. He mixes it up well on his feet, that's where I expect him to be good at.
When I grab guys in the clinch, it's very tough for them to get away and I'm pretty good with my Greco takedown.
Lyoto is never going to lose his skills. He might lose his timing, speed, cardio, but he'll never lose his skills.
I'm a smart guy, I like to think of myself as a smart guy, but sometimes I go out there and do a lot of dumb stuff.
I've changed up my training over the years; I don't lift weights as much as I used to, so I'm built for the cardio now.
I want to have a big year. A big year, big fights, big contract, big money, big everything. 2017 is definitely my year.
I'm a wrestler, a very polished wrestler and some of my best attributes in wrestling are my scrambling ability and my clinch.
The UFC is where the best in the world fight at. You got some of the best fighters all across the world. It's the top organization.
I'm not like hurting by any means, but I'm not really, you know, let me say, I'm not really cool with doing fighting just to break even.
My fight against Chris Leben was a war, and I was fulfilled with that victory because that guy has a ton of experience fighting in the UFC.
I came into MMA and I had a strong core and a lot flexibility. I could put myself in a lot of different positions when it comes to scrambling.
And honestly, I'm not being cocky, I'm not talking trash, but anybody who beat me would have to get lucky. Nobody is just going to out-technique me.
I know, every fighter knows, you've got to pile up wins in a row. You can't lose two in a row, three in a row and then you hear mentions of losing your job.
There are a lot of guys getting popped for steroids and other PEDS, and I can honestly say I've never taken a PED in my life. I've never even thought about it.
I expect the best Anderson Silva. I don't think he'll toy with me like he toyed with other guys, I can explode in and touch his chin, and all it takes is one shot.