UFC: How do you balance having a high confidence in yourself and still giving your opponent the proper respect?
KU: I take every opponent very, very serious. That’s the biggest thing for me that comes with what I do is I don’t take anyone too lightly. I have done that one time, and that was the lone defeat on my record. So, I vow to never make that mistake again. All through my career, I prepare. Really, a mantra that I live by is “Proper preparation prevents poor performance.” I make sure that I’m extremely prepared. I leave no stone unturned in my preparation for fights, so I don’t care if you’re 0-15 or 0-25. I’m not going to be that one on your record to get you that win, so I don’t care if you’re a former champion, if you’re the champion, it doesn’t matter to me. I’m still going to prepare the best that I can, and I’m still going to go out there and try to beat you because the reason my confidence is sky-high is because I know the preparation that I’ve put in to the sport.
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