Khabib is one of the GOATs as well. Nothing but respect for the dude. But I'm very, very hard to hold down.
One of my biggest fan bases is probably Macedonians, they always get behind me. They're always hitting me up on Facebook speaking Macedonian to me which I don't understand, so I get my dad to translate it for me.
I had bad back injuries; two bulging discs and a broken fragment off a disc, all in my sciatic nerve.
I made promises to myself and my family that I'd be in the UFC before my first daughter was born, that didn't happen. I was almost at breaking point a week before I got that contract, I was going to go back to concreting - that weekend I get my major sponsor, which was huge, and I end up getting my UFC contract the weekend after that.
I pride myself on being a family man. I pride myself on being respectful and hardworking. That's just me.
It's definitely tough when people don't believe in you. Actually, that's wrong. It's not that they don't believe in you. They just care. A lot.
Everyone knows my style - I jam my hips in, jam their head into the mat and punch their head through the canvas.
I wrestled before rugby league so I always had a pretty good wrestling background, a good base, and that helped with my football. It just meant my balance was always so good; a strong core, good hips and just things like that just really played a factor in how I ran the ball and tackled.
Some people fight and stuff outside the cage, but I never liked that sort of thing. I just always wanted to do martial arts and I finally did it at 22 years old, so later in life, but it's all good.
I believe I'm a similar style to Khabib when it comes to the ground and stuff, but I believe I've got a whole 'nother, higher level of striking.
That's the thing, I've got so many ways to go, even striking there's so many ways to go. I proved that.
My first four fights in amateur at middleweight, and the first four professional were at welterweight. And I just kind of went down from there.
It's always an unreal feeling to get the win, but to get it in the UFC - especially on my debut - it was amazing.
I've always loved UFC. I watched it back since the days it wasn't big in Australia at all, and you had to watch a Blockbuster videos. They would always come like a year late, but I tried as many of the live ones I could or wait for the videos to come out. So, I've loved the sport for that long. I've always been into martial arts.