Mixed Martial Artist

I'm just looking forward to a great fight and just to keep making my dad proud.

I had my sights set on Tony Ferguson for a long time.

I train great outside of camp but then once camp starts, it's just a constant weight cut.

I was the second guy to submit Jim Miller, so I'm up there in catching guys that have been deemed uncatchable.

I feel like a fight is a season. When you're in the UFC, one fight is the equivalent of a whole football season, so when you lose a fight, the fans only remember you from your last fight, so it's very important to perform well, and to keep winning.

I got as high as being ranked 7th at lightweight and I really believe this deep down to my bones that I was really only fighting to half my potential.

I've always said that as I've gotten older and come into my prime, when I turned 28 would be my best time.

I think Gilbert Burns is going to become my greatest rival.

When you train outside of camp, it's fun, I'm playing around, I'm working hard but I'm having fun. When I get into that camp it's 10 weeks of tunnel vision on that opponent, you're trying to work on your strengths and weaknesses, really trying to get better in different areas before the fight.

It's never easy to watch. It's never great to see your friend or teammate put himself through hell.

I've always prided myself on being mentally tough, but just because you're mentally tough doesn't mean that what's going on between your ears is always good things.

I don't think people realize what those weight cuts were doing to me. It took so much out of me to make 155. I wish I could put into words what it was like, to be able to paint the picture of my weight cuts, but I can't. All I can say is that every fight week was a complete misery.

I've got to become 'The ultimate Ultimate Fighter.'

Fighting at welterweight, I'm much more active in the gym.

I'm in this sport to test myself. I want to see how far I can take this thing.

With Masvidal, I dropped him and it's the first time I'd ever dropped anyone in my life. I kind of started to turn the corner after that, and it was just a realization that if my hands were a weakness, it was only because I didn't believe in them. I had the talent to do it.

I think the Eddie Alvarez fight is a good fight that makes sense - a couple Italian guys throwing down. I've got nothing but respect for the guy.

I don't classify myself as a wrestler, I'm a grappler.

The loss of my dad gave me a lot of inspiration because sometimes I stop and think, 'Would everybody have done the same thing that I did?' It was a very tough thing to cope with. I only went home for less than 24 hours.

I want a shot at being an analyst. I love watching 'UFC Tonight.' I'm very critical of all the new fighters they have come on there.