I was a left hooker, and I loved hooking. I also really liked to jab and mix it up right away.

I liked to watch the expression in the fighter's face change when you connected with him. You know when you connect in the right spot. It's like a tunnel vision.

A guy that's undersized has to prove himself right away.

I didn't really have intentions of fighting in MMA; it just kind of fell into place. Once I started fighting, though, I loved it, and I walked away from kickboxing right away.

Growing up training, I use to get up so early I would wave to the garbage men going by. So, I had this relationship with Blue Collar America and I really liked it. I felt that lots of those people looked forward to me winning.

'Mystic River' just smelled interesting to me. So I read it and liked it right away. Even the dialogue in it was great.