I like to watch women's MMA more than men fighting because they always do their best and fight hard.

When I started, athletes fought for honor, respect, philosophy.

I wanted to train jiu-jitsu instead of capoeira because the mat was soft. It was better than training capoeira on the hard floor. I started reading jiu-jitsu magazines, reading about the world champions, and becoming one of them became my goal.

I've never had any fear in my entire career.

Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.

I understand that football is only a certain time in my life, and my degree will help me sustain my life well past football.

When I'm tired, I like to go and do drills where you catch tennis balls off walls. Different colors use different hands, and you've got to react to those types of things at different angles. I do all these crazy reaction-time things or reaction skills with tennis balls every morning, or at least four times a week.

It's a massive compliment to me to be known in Asia because Asia is the way forward in football, along with the Middle East. I believe that strongly.