He's lost to some tough guys along the road, but he's my main training partner for a reason and that's because he's right up there alongside the guys I'm fighting, so obviously him and another good friend of mine, Joe Warren.

He's not as unknown, but he's still not on the mainstream but come [Tuesday] everyone is going to know his name.

I was just going to say he's done a pretty good job putting himself on the map already, beating Chase Beebe in his debut and then beating Kid Yamamoto...

You know him and the people that know him right now are the people that follow the sport pretty closely, but if he wins that title and brings that belt back, he's going to blow up and be as mainstream as anyone.

That's a pretty big fight or potentially fights [tomorrow] for him.

Yeah, I'm stoked for that.

Non-fight related, what's your favorite movie?

Dude, I got so many. Probably Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Favorite Food?

Every single food you put in front of me, I enjoy. I love the buffet.

Best Place You've Ever Been?

Spring Break in college, Lake Havasu. There weren't that many place I've ever wrestled, so my choices are limited, but I loved going to Lake Havasu. It was a good time.

We're just about a week away from your fight at WEC 43 in San Antonio. How has training camp been going, where have you been training and how do you feel heading into this fight?

I feel great for this fight. I've been in an eleven week training camp and thank God I wrestled for seventeen years and wrestled nine months out of the year, otherwise I probably wouldn't feel the way I do right now.

I trained some with Rani Yahya, he was nice enough to let me in even though we're the same division. Then I came right back to Boise and finished up with all the guys in my gym, my boys here in Boise.

It was a good training camp, I feel ready. I'm anxious but I'm trying to be patient, so things are good.

You were originally slated to face American Top Team's Rafael Rebello, but now you're taking on former Ultimate Fighter cast member Noah Thomas.

Does the late replacement change anything in your training or do you still approach this fight the same way?

You know, I say this and I don't know if people really believe me or not, but I train for everything. I've literally been training since my college coaches engrained into me to be ready for everything.

We'd go to a wrestling practice until 4:00 and be told to go eat, shower and come back in an hour and half and wrestle for another hour and a half, so that's how I train. I'm always ready for anything.

As far as for this fight, I know Noah is better on the ground that he is standing, which is what we expected from Rebello. So I didn't have to change too much, just change for the body types. Noah is quite a bit taller than myself or Rafael, so we've just carried on as planned.

We've made some adjustments as far as body size and body type, but other than that we trained our asses off for...