On his fight and loss to Brian Bowles...
"When I got hit with that right, I remember chasing Brian and then I remember the referee standing over me. I was like, “Fuck man, he caught me!” Anything I was doing when I was on my back was autopilot. Brian broke his left hand hitting me with those shots, so when he put me down, I was dazed when I went down, but he knocked me out and broke his hand, so it wasn’t like he was hitting me with small shots."
"Ah man, it’s only made me a more dangerous fighter bro. Brian Bowles just woke up a sleeping giant. My style…I pretty much coached myself and ran my own training camps. I hadn’t lost in a long time, but after this loss, it’s going to make me revamp everything. I just got off the phone with Mark DellaGrotte and I’m working with a couple different coaches to make my game step up."
"I wasn’t disappointed man. I look at it as a true chance to redefine my game at this point in my career. I want to show the world that a champ just isn’t made through wins, but through losses as well. I’m not looking at this as anything negative in no kind of way in my mind. Even after the fight, when I went back to the locker room, I wasn’t upset; I didn’t feel like crying or anything. Brian did a great job. He executed his gameplan and now it’s my turn to get back on track. I don’t want an immediate rematch. I want to earn my shot back to get the title."
On the possible late stoppage...
"People told me about that. They said I took too many punches after the fact, but you know what man? I talk to all of the referees before the fight and I let them know that’s the way I want to go out. I want to go out; I want to go out! I don’t want there to be a question of if I was okay still or still awake. If I’m going to go out, I want to go out man. I respect Rosenthal for doing that! People thought it might have been too much, but for me, it’s not enough. Every time I go out, I put my life on the line and if I’m going to lose a fight, that’s the way I want to go out. I want to go out!"