I lived in Iowa for pretty much the rest of my life, but I just moved to St. Louis and opened up a gym and MMA training center..

I met Pat Militich when I was a junior in high school when I was 16 and just started training and went from there. I went to the same high school tha….

I just try to keep getting better every day, and that's all I can do..

I don't need to do all the trash talking. I try to do it with my fists, my knees, and my feet..

Even in the losses, I always saw glimpses of something that kept me going..

It's about being able to go through the grind, willing to get back up when you're knocked down. And when life's not going well, not getting down on y….

Get back up when you're knocked down..

It's all about getting better and controlling the things that you can control, which is getting better day to day..

I did a lot of smoker fights and fought pretty much every week since Pat wouldn't let me fight until he was sure I was ready. I was also boxing and s….

I got a little bit of the Marine mentality from my dad, I guess. You can't but help absorb the culture you're around..

I also watched boxing all the time and Tuesday Night Fights on USA and just kept hitting my heavy back in the garage..

I've been through a lot of ups and downs. Just willing to get back up and grind every day to try and get better..

It's about falling down and getting back up..

I'm looking forward, that's all, I'm not looking backwards..

It's all about... getting back up and getting back to work and striving to be the best you can be..

I did start wrestling after I moved to Iowa, I think in the seventh grade. It's really a part of the Iowa culture so it's hard not to do it if you li….

A lot of military kids make a lot of moves but I only made the one, so it wasn't really an issue for me..

I just started training with the best fighters in the world trying to get better. I was a pretty good athlete so I did pretty well with the team and ….

I kept doing my own thing, working out with weights, wrestling, and doing other spots until I graduated from high school. Then I made a conscious dec….

I remember coming across some DVDs of the UFC and so I started watching that and became a fan of it. It was a little boring because of all the grabbi….

You really can't worry about stuff you can't control... You need to focus on getting where you need to be and not worry about what could have been an….