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" I don't have to prove anything else in this MMA world. "

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" I look at guys like - guys like Floyd Mayweather making $42 million dollars for a pay-per-view - what am I doing differently from what this guy's doing? "

" I've had an ACL replaced in my left knee, ACL replaced in my right knee, 50 percent of my meniscus taken out of my right knee, lower back fusion, C-6, C-7 fused in my neck, C-5, C-4 disk replacement, C-4, C-3 fused. I have 26, 27 concussions, hundreds of stitches. I've been through the grinder. "

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" The fight game and the commentary game are two different worlds. "

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" At the end of the day, I'm a dad, and I try to give my kids everything I never had as a kid. "

" When I get in that cage and fight, that's not me. It's somebody else. It's like a light switch that turns on. "

" My kids come first on all measures. "

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" I'm a kid who has a lot of respect. I believe in respect. "

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