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Josh Koscheck trains at the UFC 124 open workouts at the Marriott Chateau Champlain in on December 8, 2010 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Training: I wake up and train at 8:30 am with cardio and drills for 45 mins. Get some rest then come back to the gym at 11:45 to get ready to spar with my teammates. I go through a live 3-round fight every M-W-F with these guys. After noon training, I go for lunch and head over to Score Clinic for a massage, then home for a napper... After napper, I head back to the gym for my last workout around 7:30 pm. This workout consists of cardio or BJJ or some pad work from my Muay Thai coach or boxing coach. This training session lasts about 1 hour 30 mins. After that, I am all done with training. I head home, get dinner, hot tub and get into bed and sleep so I can do it all over again the next day

When and why did you start training for fighting? I got into fighting when I met Bob Cook and Dewayne Zinkin in Vegas after the wrestling US Open. I had a friend who was fighting at the time and I was talking shit to him, that I'd fight and he knew Bob Cook, and said something to Bob about me. Well I was only talking s**t! I didn't think that Bob Cook would call me out on it!! Well, I didn't think anything of it, went back home. 2 Weeks later I got a phone call from Bob to join Team AKA and start fighting!!! I was like damn, I guess I'll fight So I flew out to AKA and got my ass kicked for a week straight by Bob Cook, Dave Camarillo, Mike Swick , Josh Thomson and all the other AKA fighters. I was like damn, I don't think I want to fight after that ass whipping, But I am a fast learner so I went back a month later and did really well. So that's brings me to where I am today.

What ranks and titles have you held? 2001 NCAA div. 1 national champion, 42-0
4 X NCAA div. 1 all American.

Do you have any heroes? No! I am my own hero!

What is your favorite technique? My favorite is the arm bar, even though I've never hit it in a fight!

What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It means a lot for me to fight in the UFC because I gave up a great job and a lifelong career to get a chance to fight in the UFC.

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