Alex Caceres Says He Loves Fighting, In or Out of MMA

Alex Caceres spoke with MMAjunkie ahead of his fight with Wang Guan at UFC Fight Night 122. Highlights are below:

On his philosophy: “It’s not all about fighting – sometimes it’s about cooking. But it’s always a battle. It’s always a process of self-discovery, of acquiring knowledge of self, and becoming a better person every single day. Nothing matters but today. Every day, you’re born again, and we just have to take advantage of it.”

On his love of the sport: “I love fighting. It’s not fighting for the UFC, it’s not MMA – I just like fighting people. I don’t get angry when I fight – everybody sees that. I enjoy fighting. Some people call it me being a violent person. I don’t think I’m a violent person – I just enjoy the scrap. I like getting in people’s faces. I feel like it’s a process of self-discovery. … I’m really fighting against myself to see where I stand, and hopefully in the future I will have already fought myself so many times that I finally understood myself through the mirror image of other people and I won’t be fighting anymore. I’ll be able to teach people and help people discovery themselves as well through the beauty of martial arts.”

On his future: “I’m still very young. I keep getting older, but I just don’t get older in a sense.”