I studied every move, I became fascinated by thinking what I could have done differently. And I take that approach now as a professional. I am on it, all the time, never stop thinking, learning. You don't get to be world champion unless you do that.

I worked my ass off to earn what I have. You have to understand, not many people where I come from get to experience this kind of life.

I try to eat healthy all the time. I don't eat takeaways. I drink mostly water or coconut water.

It is the most powerful submission in the sport. It is a beautiful thing. You're holding them into you, their back is on you, and you are basically choking them gradually like a boa constrictor and once you've got them, the pressure goes on and they have to submit or they are going to stop breathing. It happened to me early in my career, and I panicked, and gave in, I tapped out too early. I learned a lot from that. I learned from it, learned how to do the move better, learned how to avoid it being done to me.

There are people who have great skills, who do great things, but don't embody the whole animal that is the fight game like I do.

Sometimes the truth hurts. It hurts because they have a weakness - and I exploit weakness.

When I'm in there I'm just in my zone. What people think about when they're looking at me, that's their business. If there is a bit of that, I am fine with it, each to his own.