Rafael dos Anjos

The whole world has American dreams. This country has people from all parts of the world. We have Irish who live here, we have Brazilians.

I fought well at 155, but I don't think I ever came close to my best at 155. I think I'll get to my best at 170 pounds.

Ever since I was 10 years old doing jiu-jitsu, I've done well against the tall guys.

I'm under contract. Whatever the UFC asks, I have to do because they are my bosses and they treat me very well. I can't complain about that, and it's this, man: When you have a boss, you need to follow orders.

Brazil is on my side.

You can promote fights - of course, you have to - you can say 'I'll beat you' or whatever, but you cannot put family, religion, anything like that in the mix. You need to separate things. That is a line a lot of fighters cross.

I miss submitting people; I have a lot of confidence in my jiu-jitsu.

I'm always looking for perfection. Even after training and my coaches say I did good, I always think I could have done more.

If you're out for two years, and you beat one guy with a full-time job, without disrespect, but we're talking about fighting for a world title. You can't just beat a guy that went there to cover some guy that got injured, and then this guy, after two and a half years, gets a title shot.

I think between 2014 and 2015, I made weight five times in 11 months. During that time, I felt my body change. It was able to hold on to more weight. And anybody who makes weight knows that it gets harder and harder to make weight once you've done it that many times.

I don't want to fight anybody that just wants to hold you and try and eat the time.

I think things will come once I get the respect that I deserve. Keeping my belt for a long time... Things will happen like normal. I can't force those things.