Fightline.com: Let's talk about your preparation. How long have you been training with Randy Couture?

Baroni: For this fight, I've been training for 5 months. I'm in top shape. I've been training with Drysdale, a great boxing coach, a great kick boxing coach. I'm ready to go, I'm the best shape I've ever been. I'm a street fighter and I get to show how much I've improved, and show how much better of a fighter I am. It's my coming out party.

Fightline.com: You fought at middleweight most of your career and decided to move down to welterweight. You're 3-0 since then. What affect will that have on you, and why did you decide to make that move?

Baroni: Losing 15 pounds of muscle. I've worked my ass off. I've always worked real hard, but it seemed like I couldn't keep my conditioning where I needed it to be. Now, it's easy. I think if I was down at this weight, it would be me with all of Matt Hughes's hype and accolades. I would have been the champion. I just didn't think I would make the weight. I've changed a lot of things - diet, everything, I was eating the wrong type of food for my blood type. That's why I was so big and another reason I got so excited. I'm an A blood type. I'm not going to get into it. Look it up if you care, that's the worst blood type to be. I'm not going to look back.

Fightline.com: Now after you had a loss at UFC 51 with Pete Sell, a lot of people wrote you off and said you were done. What do you say to all of the people that said Phil Baroni was done.

Baroni: Ah man, that was ridiculous. I won 14 minutes of that fight. I made a mistake by the cage and tried to pass the guard, but the cage was in the way, and he guillotined me. I thought I could ride it out, there was a minute left but the next thing you know, I was choked unconscious. I made a mistake, I didn't fight right. I was fighting not to lose because I was coming off some bad losses from Evan Tanner. Who cares about that really? As far as after that, I got robbed against Misaki. Misaki beat Henderson, he beat everybody, and I definitely beat Misaki if you watch the fight again. I got robbed in Japan.

Fightline.com: The StrikeForce Roster is more stacked than ever. They obviously got the contracts from EliteXC. After your fight with Joe Riggs this weekend, what are your plans? What specifically would you like to do within the welterweight Division in Strikeforce?