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" Mixed martial arts - there's just been a lot of trash talking and things like that. People, I feel like, aren't really being true to themselves or being honest. I don't know, maybe that's what they feel they need to do to entertain things. "

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My Soul

Body

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Stuff

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Fight

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Roots

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Force

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" I have overcome some demons in my path. "

" I wake up every morning trying to be a new, better person and version of myself. I never try and be the same thing. So that's what's going to be hard for girls to keep up with me, because I'm always ever-evolving my style. "

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Wake Up

Morning

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Way

I Can

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Need

Belt

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Think