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"I wanted to try boxing, but my father said no. He said, 'I don't want you to do boxing because it's very hard. Punches in the face, punches in the head.' He told me many times, 'Son, you don't need to do this.' I said, 'Dad, I love boxing.'"

You have to see my son. You don't know how good he is. In my life, I never teach him anything. Everything he knows is because he saw it. I never ever put him in a class. Come [to the gym] and do something. He is the one who's always asking me and the coaches.

I moved to the United States with the help of Meab Dvalishvili. I was living with Merab in his house, and I was training in a Syndicate MMA. There were many, many good guys and many, many fighters who have helped me to develop my skills and all the stuff, but mostly I was training with Khalil Rountree Jr., and we were the main training partners for each other, and he helped me to evolve a lot.

Surdu stated, 'Our business is a hard business. Until the last day, you can be good but on the last day you can do something or you can have some problem unfortunately.' He expressed hope that both he and Gogoladze would be ready for their matchup.

Two guys that everybody hates in Brazil - Conor McGregor and Chael Sonnen. When I was 15 [or] 16, I looked up to Anderson Silva, Jose Aldo, all these guys. [Chael] was talking so much s-t about Anderson Silva, Wanderlei, Minotauro that I thought of buying a flight ticket to go to a UFC event just to sucker punch Chael Sonnen.

I actually tore my meniscus again in my [last] fight with in the first round - this is my fourth meniscus surgery. I just went to pass guard and I felt the click and then my leg got stuck.