Darren Till

No one has ever done the Echo Arena, and I'm a Scouser. The momentum I've got and the way MMA is growing in the city and the way MMA fans are - Scousers, as individual fans, are just amazing - it doesn't matter who it's against. ”

The UFC want me as their champion. The welterweight division needs me as its champion. It's been static for too long. I'll win the title, defend it a couple of times, and then move up to middleweight. ”

Bisping is a clean athlete, and it comes down to whether you're clean or not. I'm totally against the use of drugs and steroids in the UFC and any performance enhancing drugs. Shows a lot about someone's mental state if they have to do that. ”

Right now, there are some big names out there for me. The likes of Demian Maia, Rafael dos Anjos, Robbie Lawler, and Wonderboy. ”

I'm in this sport to be the champion. I want to be a great champion and go down in history for it. ”

I feel like I'm the only fighter who has ever missed weight in UFC, to be honest. Anyone, when we talk about weight now it's Darren Till, Darren Till. I missed weight, and people just need to get off it. ”

I don't ever want to be inspired by someone else. I want to be inspired by myself. ”

The advantage I have over every other fighter is my mentality. ”

It's not a coach relationship: he's a mentor; it's a life relationship. If I didn't make it in fighting, I didn't have anything else to fall back on. ”

I truly believe deep down that I cannot be beaten. Everything in life can either build you or break you. ”