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I want to be a champion for the people I have fought for all my life - regular people.

I've always been very competitive, and I've always had this desire to win my entire life. I guess when it comes to being in the cage, especially, I just hate losing more than I like to win. The idea of someone beating me just doesn't sit well.

I win by submissions, knockouts. There's guys ranked above me, but no one's interested in seeing them fight. They want to see me fight.

I don't see myself being in the sport a very long period of time, so I want to fight as much as possible.

I just want to be a fighter. I just like to win fights.

I'm just trying to be a better fighter every time I compete, so it's all about being more strategic and looking for a way to get a finish.

I don't want to be just an average guy. I want to do whatever possible to win a lot of games. I'm a competitor.

I try not to worry about what people think and what people think I should do each fight, how impressive I need to be. I need to go out there and win; that's what it comes down to.

I'm very competitive, and I want to win.

I now have Youth Olympic, Olympic and European Games titles, which is a dream. I didn't fight that well and just scraped through a lot of the fights, but winning is a relief, and it's more points towards the Rio Olympics, which takes a bit of pressure off me.