Xavier: It’s different because we grew up seeing that, but at the same time they want you to be professional, because, like, you’re going to blow your opportunity. So yeah, you can get crazy and do this in the house, but at what cost? Beause everybody’s like, “Yeah, do this!” but the UFC is not signing you because you just got in a fight on the show. Now you have to go fight four or five more fights to even get back in that good light for them to see you, you know what I mean? Yeah, we have social media, you can do all this, but there’s no guarantee. TUF is still not guaranteed, but you’re on the show, you’re in the house, so why am I going to risk that for people’s entertainment?
Y’all ain’t gonna care if I say I fight somebody in the house, I beat them up, and then I go on a losing streak. Then it’s like,’Well, he gave us a moment, but it’s like y’all don’t care, y’all aren’t talking about the “Let Me Bang, Bro” guy. Nobody cares about him. You just care about that moment. … There’s other people that got in fights and stuff that people don’t know. They just remember that moment. Nobody’s like, “I want to go look into his career and follow up.” They don’t give a shit. We live in that microwave moment where we heat it up, watch it right then and there, and then it’s gone.
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