Thanks everybody for your patience ? I've been crazy busy because of my training camp and the shooting of the Primetime. It took a lot from me to do that. I had the best training camp I ever had before ? I'm in the best shape of my life. People from USA, Brazil, France & Canada have been helping me a lot to make this a success. The only disappointment during my training camp was that my good friend & training partner, Denis Kang, lost his first fight in the UFC. I think he was doing pretty well until he got caught ? he was putting an MMA clinic on his opponent ? standing up, on the ground, well everywhere. I'm sure he's going to come back stronger next time and we all learn from our mistakes (I can talk to you about this from firsthand experience). I'm glad to tell you that one of my longtime friends & training partners, David Loiseau, is back in UFC as well ? according to the rumors, he will be fighting Ed Herman in Montreal card in April at the Bell Center.

It's been a month that I've been living in a hotel right next to the gym because my apartment got flooded and I had to do some construction work after all. All that was captured during a reality show called UFC Primetime. It was a good experience for me ? I've been in reality show before, but I've never put as much time into one as this one required. I've been lucky because all the camera crew were so nice, that some times they gave me time to breathe and spend some time by myself. I remember I went out one night with them during my training camp and I was drinking water at a booth, but I ordered a bottle of vodka for them and distracted them with the alcohol. Ha! Ha! Shari tells me the show is breaking records in ratings, so I know it's worth the effort and I thank everybody for watching.

This past week I had a public training at the gym for the media ? I can tell you there have never been as many reporters at the gym as there were on Wednesday. It means the sport keeps growing up more and more time after time. Friday I had my last hard training session and I was bombarded by a ton of fresh guys on me ? 5 guys who were hunting me every round. It was my best performance in training that I have ever done before. Even though I was exhausted at the end, I felt like my training was so hard that my opponent will not be able to give me as much intensity as my training partners did.

Saturday night I went to see the NHL All-Star Skills Competition at the Montreal Bell Center ? I saw my friend George Gillett, who always make me laugh like no one does. He was making a joke to me, saying that he was trying to sign me up for one day of hockey to fight some of the guys in the league to protect the Montreal Canadien players. I told him in all honesty that on the ice, I would probably get my ass kicked, but not on the floor against any one of them.

Right now I'm writing this blog from the plane on the way to Vegas, with my manager Shari Spencer typing while I'm talking?I never seen somebody type that fast in my life, by the way. Ha! Ha! I can't be more ready than I am for my fight, and I don't know what BJ Penn have done for his training camp, but I know that I've done everything that I could have done for this, and that I am a way better fighter than I was when I fought last time. I know it's gonna be really hard, and I might have to endure more pain than I ever have before, but I haven't done all those sacrifices for nothing.

Thanks everybody for the support and I will write you next time after my fight when I will be STILL, the UFC WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD!