Sonnen: Colossal failure if I don’t win title

Q: Why did you decide to get into mixed martial arts?

“I got in as a fan. In 1993 the UFC came out on VHS and I loved it, I was in. I was a wrestler my whole life, came from a family of wrestlers. But, the only reason we did wrestling was to find out who was the toughest. That was the only point of wrestling. If you were the Olympic wrestling champion, you were the toughest guy in the world. Then the UFC came along and that kinda changed everything. Well, now whoever wins that is who’s the toughest, not the greatest wrestler.”

Q. What do you hope your legacy will be?

“One night, one moment, twelve pounds of gold. This will all be a colossal failure if I don’t have that one night.”