UFC Vegas 90, Allen Vs Curtis 2: For 'The Action Man' It Will Be A Brand New Fight

Camp has been great, especially since it's only been two weeks long, So I don't have to do much. Fortunately, I train seven days a week, year-round, so I don't have to prepare much for the fight. As far as specifics go, we worked on my grappling as always, but I grapple multiple times a week, even outside of camps, so we don't have to change anything. The plan was to go out there and just do what I always do. If we get taken down, we work out way up to go back to work.

I don't think it's a psychological edge. Brendan has gone on a good win streak since we fall. No matter what happens, that gives you confidence of being there. I'm 2-1 and he is 7-0 since we fall, now he will be feeling good. To be headlining a massive fight card and fight to his level, you must be confident. I think he's really focused on winning and trying to get to a title shot. To me this is a brand-new fight. The first fight never happened, so we're going to go in here and we'll get it done.

I am five-round fighter. I do much better with more time. You watch any of my fights, I always pick it up towards the second or third round. I always win. It's just the way I fight. It takes me a little bit of time to figure things out. I would love to see the match go to the fifth round. I think I can finish him in the fourth or fifth round. When the fight goes that long, we have five rounds. I think I put pressure, pace and just inflict damage that people don't do well with. I don’t know a lot of fighters can do that. I would love to push it into the fifth round.

I boxed when I was younger. Once I got into high school, I was bouncing around doing nothing, just being a delinquent and later, I got a job and I still loved fighting. I was a 19-year-old guy who used to try to get in the street fights with people all the time. But at 20, I had a kid. We found a boxing gym where we worked. So, we went out there, started working out there, and then we met some people from the main gym. I started training regularly and it turns out I got a whole lot better at fighting people. When I was in school, I wanted to be a lawyer and one day, I decided that I'd much rather fight people than be a lawyer, so I went all in on boxing and here I am.

To become a UFC fighter, it takes a lot of discipline. The physical part of the game is not that important. The big thing is you need to be mentally disciplined. And mentally more than anything, you must be willing to suffer. I've met many fighters over the years, coming to this sport and they're athletically gifted, but they don't have the capacity to suffer. In this sport, with the training and the lead up, even the way your career goes, sometimes it has a requirement that you have to have the capacity to suffer and without that I don't think you'll ever truly be great because everyone who is great has to suffer.