Ultimately, I'm here to fight the best. I'm not here to stay in and get a couple paychecks. I'm here to do my best while I can and while I'm fresh and make a name for myself.

All glory to God. I'm nothing.

Sometimes it takes me a little longer to kick into my gears.

Sometimes when you get eager, you get sloppy. Sometimes when you get sloppy, you get knocked out.

I'm the kind of guy who, if you tell me you can't do something, like, 'Brian, you can't do a backflip off that two-floor building,' and I'm going to give it a shot.

I got to share the Octagon with Clay Guida. I got to share the Octagon with Cub Swanson. Now I'm going to share the Octagon with Frankie Edgar. These are things that, as a fighter, you always dream of.

I come from a city where we really didn't have too many role models.

I like super fights. I want super fights. I want guys that I can match up well where people don't know what going to happen.

Pretty much, I was a hometown fighter, and everyone was pulling for me. Now I'm a hometown fighter again. It's a lot of pressure because you don't want to let people down. They're yelling your name and chanting for you.