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" All I do is fight, consistently, the best guys in the world, and sure, I've lost a couple here and there, but I've certainly won the majority of my fights. There are those who pick and choose opponents and try to pad their record along the way, but I've never done that. "
World
Fight
Done
" A long time ago, I had a bird that annoyed me, and the bird had to go. The bird's neck was snapped. I would also snap Conor McGregor's neck in a similar fashion. "
Me
Long Time
Fashion
" A lot of Americans say the food in England sucks. I don't think the food in England sucks - the food is great - but I've got to say, the Americans have got the dining out experience nailed down. "
Say
Think
Food
" A lot of people get up to the top of the pile, maybe get one No. 1 contender match-up, and if they lose, they drift into obscurity. I lost, and I went back a bit. But I built myself back up. Three times. "
People
Back
Lose
" Anderson Silva kind of took the best part of Rich Franklin out of his soul, and he was never the same again. "
Never
Best
Same
" As a fighter, you know when you connect with a really good shot because you feel the impact on your fist. "
Fighter
You
Feel
" As the UFC was getting bigger and bigger, I realized it was a potential career there, and that's what I did. "
Potential
Bigger
UFC
" Back then in the early '90s, people weren't calling it MMA - we called it Knockdown Sport Budo. "
Back
Then
People
" Best move is probably the flying knee I used in the Ultimate Fighter semi-final v Ross Pointon in 2006. "
Move
Best
Fighter
" Big respect to Dan Henderson. "
Respect
Big
Dan
" Due to the UFC educating people on MMA as a sport, people give us the respect as athletes, opening doors to opportunities which wasn't available in the past. It has been amazing to be part of the UFC journey. "
Respect
Past
Journey
" Fighting at home does bring pressure - of course it does. But I've always thrived on that. "
Pressure
Always
Fighting
" Fighting in England, for me, is the height of my career. It really is. "
England
Height
Career
" Fighting is different than other sports because you're not competing as regularly. "
Sports
Fighting
Different
" Financially, I've done very well doing what I do. I've got plenty of money in the bank. I've got gigs with FOX doing analyst work, media work. The UFC has been very kind to me. Ultimately, however, I want to be world champion. I have to achieve that to validate my entire career. "
Champion
Me
World
" For me, 'The Ultimate Fighter' has been massive. I think it is a fantastic vehicle to find the new talent of tomorrow. "
Think
Talent
New
" For so many years, people have used the expression 'poster boy of British MMA,' but I've never seen myself as that; I certainly never described myself as that. "
Boy
People
Never
" I always support British athletes of all sports, including Tyson Fury. I think he's a great boxer. However, if he's calling out UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez, then quite frankly, he's living in a fantasy world and needs to come back to reality. "
Sports
Think
Support
" I always wanted to be the champion, and I had belief in myself that I could achieve it. But along the way, of course, you've also got to be a realist. You lose a couple of fights here and there, and you think maybe it's not going to happen. "
Champion
You
Lose
" I am proud to be the first British champion, and headlining MSG is a testament to all the hard work. "
Proud
I Am
Work
" I am very, very hungry to compete. "
Am
Very
I Am
" I beat Anderson Silva and then Luke Rockhold, who was, pound-for-pound, one of the best. Now I get to do Dan Henderson, who is a legend in the sport. "
Best
Get
Who
" I can't understand how some guys get tired after one round. If you can't go the distance, why are you even in the fight? "
Understand
Fight
Tired
" I can wrestle a little bit, but I'm not Chael Sonnen. "
Little
I Can
Bit
" I don't need others to push me. I push myself. "
Myself
Me
Push
" I don't need their love. If they want to boo, let them boo. "
Want
Need
Them
" If a football player has a bad game, he's allowed to do that because he plays once or twice a week. With fighting, it's once every few months. "
Week
Bad
Fighting
" I fought Dan Henderson in 2009, and I lost, and that was at UFC 100 - UFC 100 was the biggest pay-per-view the company's ever done. 1.6 million pay-per-view buys, watched all over the world, and of course, I get knocked out cold after talking lots of smack leading up to the fight. So I got my just desserts in that one. "
Talking
Done
Cold
" If you want to boo, that's your right. Boo. Go ahead. Boo me all day long. "
Day
Long
Ahead
" I had held titles in all the major U.K. organisations, but we were struggling to make ends meet. There were times you don't have a fight lined up, and the bills are stacking up. "
Bills
Up
Titles
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