“I think Cormier is gonna come out and try to wrestle me, try to get me tired, and try to push the pace. I know he might not say that I’m on his level but I think I am and he thinking that I’m not, really.”

I just really want to put the past behind me, because it makes me angry thinking about it. But it’s also the reason I’ve made it this far in my career. It’s like, built up in me. It’s what I think about when I fight. My childhood.

You have 20 fights, you should know what it takes to get yourself ready. If you don’t feel like you’re ready, you let your coach know ‘hey we need to work on a little bit more of this.’

I believe I get the belt then I’ll get the money. I’m not trying to be the best fighter in the world. It’s all about the cheddar.

My goal is just to make as much money as I can in the sport, and that’s it.

The guys in the top five, they’re good everywhere. Me, I’m just almost one-dimensional.

I wanted to start in boxing, but you have to train a little harder to be a boxer. A lot of those guys can take punches. MMA, you only have to hit someone so hard to knock them out.

I’ve been in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.

You eat salad and you’re hungry the next 30 minutes and you’re hungrier from when you ate the damn salad.

I speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don’t really like that. But I really don’t care.

I just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.

This heavyweight division, it takes just one punch for anyone. It doesn’t matter how hard you train or what.

I don’t even train for these fights. I’m not mad when people say that because it’s true.

I just believe that my heart is the best in the sport. And I believe that’s what carried me through my whole career. Not my talent or my power or anything like that. I just believe my heart.

I’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.

I’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.

I don’t care where I’m at in the heavyweight division. As long as I win enough, so they keep me. That’s about it.