It's kind of the period of your career where as a fighter, you need some sort of validation from time to time. I mean, winning matches and going off ….

When you go into MMA you really can't do it half-assed. If you do it half-assed, then you're going to get annihilated. You're going to get destroyed ….

I grew up kind of rough, without very much. So, I just want to work as hard as I can so my kids won't have to go through what I did..