American mixed martial artist and an upcoming UFC star, Andre Fili says his love for pizza that he sure to tell that he has indeed contributed a lot on the survey of number of pizzas eaten in a year.

But Fili's body does not show it. Fili is currently training for a fight and there are times that he would feel the need to eat a slice of his favorite pepperoni slice.

He said "People love pizza, man, and they eat a ton of it. That pizza thing got a life of its own. I wake up to pizza tweets every day. You wouldn't believe how many, either. Every day, tons of them."

Being a UFC Fighter is a childhood dream and if it means for him to sacrifice his love for pizza, then he is up for it.

According to Fili, he really wanted to join the UFC that's why when he got the call from his manger Jeff Meyer of MMA Inc. and he was told that UFC wanted him he made a lie about his weight.

He said "I wanted to go to the UFC so badly, I lied to Jeff. I told him like 174, 175 and I think I was really 178. So he says, 'OK, so get to work because you've got a fight.'"

But the good news turned in to not so good as UFC wanted him to fight in two weeks at the featherweight division.

To calculate, Fili would need to shed out around 32 pounds in order to make the division's non-title fight limit of 146 pounds. That's a lot to lose in such a short time.

It was a daunting task for Fili in which he was not able to reach. He made 148 ½, but UFC president Dana White cut him slack because of how much weight he had to lose.

Fili grew up fighting in the street where training and cutting weight were not needed. All it takes is guts, skills and the will to survive.

He said "I was young and stupid and I didn't think a lot about the consequences of what I was doing. I was an angry kid and I was looking for an outlet. I loved to fight and if something happened, I was ready to [fight] right away."

But life is slowly changing for Fili. Now he is given the chance to prove how good he is at fighting via the UFC.