I like to push my body to just extremity to get past the mental toughness barriers. So fighting at 145, that would be great. If Kenny Florian can do it, I can do it.
I hate cutting weight. I hate making weight. I hate dieting. But I'm going to make this weight. I can't wait to do that when I step on them scales.
I'm really not worrying about jumping weight classes. For me, the weight is not a problem.
I like to try to play around 223, 220 pounds. It's a comfortable playing weight.
If I have a chance, I'd like to fight at 185 pounds.
I am the cash cow in the 130-pound division.
Sometimes I wish I could just fight at 155 pounds.
I don't want to go that route where I'm going into fights dehydrated. I used to fight at 170 pounds. I was 10-0 at 170 with eight knockouts. I'm not going to listen to somebody from the outside tell me what weight I should be fighting at.
I was 133-pounder all through college, and that's probably my natural fighting weight, but if it isn't broken, why fix it? I've been a champion at 145.
I'm open to fighting at 185 or 205 pounds, but I think I need to give this 185-pound run a real, honest crack. Being at this weight class has definitely made me into a different fighter.
Getting to fight at my natural weight, that was huge for me.
