The sport in 2000 wasn't as big as it is now [in 2008]..

What I've learned from those losses... Priceless..

I'd always done martial arts I was always interested in fighting..

I did takwondo from the time I was pretty young and also played I did taekwondo for martial arts and then also played football, baseball, and basketb….

You don't really realize the effect those things have on you when you're growing up but then when you look back you can see how they molded you..

I had never thought about being a professional fighter but meeting Pat [ Militich ] and the guys just pushed me in that direction..

My parents were divorced and my dad was in the Marines. I lived in California until I was 10 then we moved to Bettendorf, Iowa when I was in the four….