Anyway, it was perfect timing though, because I was getting bored in training camp. Seriously though, this camp has been good, and I’ve even got a British guy down here training with me, Tom Kong, just so when Bisping opens his mouth I’m not surprised at what he sounds like, and he moves and fights just like he does.

With less than a couple weeks left to go, I’m chomping at the bit and my coaches are trying to pull me back a little bit. I’m in better shape, my body’s feeling good, and now I’m getting pulled back. The practices are more intense, but they’re shorter, and I’m just getting revved up, so when I read something like what Bisping wrote, it makes me want to fly to New Jersey right now and fight him. Him saying stuff like that is getting me excited and I might need that little push because that really, really motivates me. That makes me not just want to beat him; that makes me want to punish him. That makes me want to be able to finish him off every single round, but carry him through just so I can beat him for the next five minutes.

Outside of the ring things are picking up as well and it can be hard sometimes. After practice, I’ve got to feed my body, but then I’ve got to do all these interviews and everybody wants a little piece and I have to go to do this and that, so that’s getting a little tough and it can get frustrating. I try to schedule my interviews for days when I really can handle them, but my coach is so evil that I don’t really know if he ever has a minor practice. Some days I think that it should be a nice, easy practice and I should have enough energy to deal with all the press and everything, and then he’ll surprise me and kill me in practice. I’m so happy though because I’ve got Georges St-Pierre down here, David Loiseau coming down this week, Paul Buentello was down here, Drew Fickett’s here, and it’s just been a really good camp.