did anybody ever spell it wrong and put nice man and you were like oh you're gonna get i might kick your ass now

no but they misspelled my name a few times The first time I walked out for UFC, I look up and it says, my name is Mr. D.

Ultimate Fighter is my

Did you ever think about combining your two loves and violently beating the shit out of someone until their medical bills offset their capital gains?

Accountability When I went to Cal Poly You have to declare a major I chose accounting because my mom Used to do some books for extra money And I had help with them So I thought oh this is easy I can do this I

I'm full right now

...

I know.

I feel good.

I love it, but listen, this is...

For me as a, as a kid, when I w- when I started fighting, you were the guy that I, I looked up to.

You were like today's guys like Justin Gaethje and this and that.

But that, that shit, you know?

Give me the origin story of the tattoo on the side of your head here, because I think a lot of people recognize you for that.

A short version, I was...

I was going to start kickboxing and actually what it was, was it was kind of in the beginning, they told me they're gonna strip me on my black belt.

And this is what we wear on our gi when you get your black belt in Koi Con, my original cry style.

And it's the, when you get a black belt, you wear this conjoined gi instead of your gym patch.

So all the black belts were that, or this.

So, you know, it was kind of like, I wanted to get on my, I wanted to get, I was in school for accounting at the time, to be an accountant.

Has that ever been a liability to you in your real life?

Hell yeah.

Um, so when I, I went out there, and I went out there and wound up by the time I got there, it was a s- you could only slap with this part of your hand, but you could kick, kick, that, and then once you hit the ground, there was no striking.

But I'm like, uh, when I was fighting a jiu-jitsu guy, I guess, and I'm like, "Okay, no problem." So, I went out, and I wound up kicking the guy in the head and knocking him out.

And some guy f- um, asked me right after, he said, "Man, do you wanna fight in the UFC?" I said, "Yeah.

Sure, let's try it." So, they offered me, uh, an alternate spot in the tournament for $1,000 to go out in the...

Tournament was 25 grand if you won it, but it was $1,000 to show up and fight one fight, and then, you know, the alternate to the tournament.

So, if you get in, and they said five outta the last seven got in, so it, if I got in, it would be either $10,000 or $20,000, I think, or $25,000 or whatever.

Yeah.