Kamaru Usman

I would say my childhood was amazing.

Once Africans realise we can just fight and get paid for it, we can do that and still provide for ourselves and our families and countries? We're going to flood the market.

You can't say I don't have the confidence, because I have that.

Once you sign a contract that states that you're going to have to fight this other man for a substantial amount of money, things change psychologically.

I have an excellent team, a great manager, and we're going to put something together: we're going to start a foundation, and we're going to change lives.

You can't say that I don't have the skills. You can't say that. I have the skills.

I think it's great to have USADA come in and clean up the sport, because what I don't want to do is train my butt off for 10 weeks to prepare for a fight for a limited amount of money to feed my family, then get out there with a guy that maybe put in 3 weeks training and cheated.

For what we do training, as a fighter, you have to be able to flip that switch where you turn into that savage, that guy that's prepared to go to war.

Demian Maia, he's a legend. He's a veteran in the game. He knows how to fight. He's been through so many five-round fights. He's headlined a lot of cards, fought Anderson Silva for the title, fought Tyron Woodley for the title. He's a veteran, he knows how to fight, and he's always training. He's a jiu-jitsu wizard.

Not everybody out here trains with me; not everybody knows what I'm capable of. My coaches know what I'm capable of, my training partners know what I'm capable of, and I know what I'm capable of.

There comes a time in our careers that you get that one guy. That guy that just makes your blood boil. That really pulls the savage out of you.

My thing is, if you're going to talk online, if you're going to come at me with a certain energy, when you see me on-site, keep that certain energy. That's it. That's it. That's all I am.