I grew up in East St. Louis so I wanted to play baseball as a kid. Then I moved to Nebraska and became a football fan and wanted to play football. But I've always been fighting. Growing up in East St. Louis was hard. You had to fight there.

Rankings don't mean much to me because they can change after one fight. I just hope that I've at least gotten respect. A respect ranking is all I want.

Hip-hop used to be about battles, beatboxing and breakdancing. All they get exposed to now is the negative stuff.

I think every [fighting] style has the same core. It's all about changing and positioning, transitions.

Discipline. Honour. Respect. This is why I appreciate MMA.

I grew up in East St. Louis so I wanted to play baseball as a kid. Then I moved to Nebraska and became a football fan and wanted to play football. But I've always been fighting. Growing up in East St. Louis was hard. You had to fight there.

My goal is to win the belt, whoever it's on. I'm not gonna settle for anything less.