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He continued: "Make no mistake, this one means a hell of a lot to me. This one means more than any amount of gold or money combined.
"I gave up a hell of a lot of money. I gave up opportunities -- Hollywood opportunities -- for this contest.
"I wanted to restrict media. I want to solely focus on this, so that should tell you how much this fight means to me and I've been preparing accordingly."
He was asked if he regretted the decision to turn down the role in Vin Diesel's film, which is set to be released next year.
"I need to get that win back and I need to go focus and do what got me here in the first place," he said. "I disengaged from the film altogether.
"That was a seven-figure deal that I turned down to prepare for this fight. Bisping scooped up the role, he got it and that was that.
"I just let that go. This is more important to me. I said it before: I’m not in this for show business. This is the fight business I am in here and that’s all I’m trying to do here.”
He also cheekily suggested that Bisping should give him a slice of the xXx pay cheque though...
"I should get a cut of that. I didn’t even get a thank you. That was my role. I met with the guy before the Aldo fight."
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