I'm proud of my Italian roots, and I've always believed that I would get the chance to fight for the belt.
I'm ready to fight anyone, top 10, top 5... I deserve a chance at the belt.
I want a rematch with Cub Swanson, I think I deserve to be 100 percent and fight.
It's not my decision, what goes on with who gets a title shot. I mean, some people get their shots in two or three fights. They're pretty lucky. I wish I could be like them.
Having a chance to fight for a title is a once-in-a-lifetime chance, and I consider myself to be very lucky that I got two chances.
I wasn't granted the opportunity to fight some of the best guys in the world. And that was something that was not on my end by any sense of the imagination.
If I have a chance, I'd like to fight at 185 pounds.
For sure, Jacare would be a great opponent. I have all the respect for him, but I would like a lot to have the opportunity of facing him someday.
If you get your body right, you get your mind right, whatever you do, you have a fighting chance, and you have a chance to be victorious.
You only get one chance to fight in the UFC, and while you have the chance, you might as well take it.
