“I think its stylistically a good matchup for me,” he said. “I honestly, the thing that’s been getting me in trouble are guys that are quicker than me and beating me to the punch with something I don’t see coming. That’s the problem I’ve had recently.”

Of course, Sonnen knows a lot can happen between now and fight day. He nearly lost out on the fight date when Sonnen was offered a short-notice bout against Jon Jones, one which Jones turned down.

“He kind of runs around saying, ‘Hey, I want to fight you, I want to fight you, I want to fight you,’” Griffin said. “If something comes up, I’ll fight whoever on Dec. 29. That’s not true, I won’t fight whoever. I’m actually keeping a laundry list of people I want to fight and people I don’t want to fight.”

Griffin quickly added “I’m not going to divulge who’s on what list.”

So as Griffin gets down to business — Monday marked the start of his 12 weeks of fight prep — he’s back to doing the only thing he knows how, whether or not White still wants him around.

“I just love fighting,” Griffin said. “I know I’m not the best, but I’m still pretty good, there’s a lot of people I can still beat. What do you do. What else am I supposed to do? I have no other skills. I enjoy doing this. There’s nothing I’d really rather do, you know?”

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