I've been fighting in the UFC for five years now and it's about time I'm headlining a card.
When I got into the sport and wrote down my goals, it was never to be a UFC main event or to be a on a UFC main card. It was to be the UFC champion.
I'm so happy to be a part of Russian MMA history by headlining the first UFC event in Russia.
Bruce Buffer will forever be synonymous with the UFC and is a living legend, but I very much enjoy when Joe Martinez works a UFC card. He's a pro with a great delivery.
In my first interview in the UFC, I asked them to throw me among the lions. I wanted to fight the best, and that's what the UFC did. Ex-champions, future champions - that's what I wanted.
I never dreamt to be headlining a pay-per-view card. That was never a goal.
It's an absolute honour and privilege to get out there and be an Australian headlining an Australian card. That's unreal; it really is.
I made a good living in the UFC. This isn't a negative thing. I'll always love the UFC. I still do 'UFC Now,' and I love breaking down the fights, and I never miss anything, and if they need anything, they know who to call.
When the UFC visits Canada, the card is usually filled up with a bunch of Canadians.
When I'm headlining something like the Up in Smoke Tour, that's when I'm headlining something.
I wanted to be Team UFC. But the more Team UFC you are, the worse you get treated, it seems like.
There was a point when people didn't see the UFC as supporting the LGBT community or homosexuality. But by embracing me, the UFC showed that wasn't true and that it wanted to support the community as much as possible.
I always wanted to enter the UFC, and they gave me that opportunity twice.
I wanted to study to be a petroleum engineer and get my engineering degree and fight in the UFC at the same time. But unfortunately, to be the best I can be at the UFC, I needed all focus to be there, and more focus, also.
To stay in the UFC while fighting top opponents... tell me one easy fight I had in the UFC. I have a history in the UFC.
It would be great to fight on UFC 200 obviously. It's going to be an historic event but the card is getting full quickly.