“If I can just learn a bit on the ground, I can do this. I’m not saying I’m going to be a UFC champion but I think I can beat some of the mid-level guys,” he added."
“I really wanted to have an (MMA) cage fight, I watch it every weekend and I think these guys are warriors so I thought ‘how can I do this without having to learn the ground (game) because I’ve been doing muay thai for so long'."
“I got to spar with GSP and Rory MacDonald and I more than held my own with those guys. Without wanting to blow smoke up my own bum I think it was 70-30 my way so that was such a confident booster,” he said."
