Manny Gamburyan is one of the most exciting young fighters in the UFC. He recently fought his way to the finals of TUF 5 where he lost via medical disqualification to Nate Diaz after suffering a dislocated shoulder. Gamburyan made a successful comeback with a first round stoppage of Nate Mohr just six months later and now finds himself facing Jeff Cox at The Ultimate Fight Night 13 in Denver, Co. Gamburyan was kind enough to take time out of his busy schedule, just a day before his fight, to discuss his opponent, his rift with Nate Diaz and his future.

Fightline.com: There have been rumors floating around about a possible rift between you and your cousin Karo Parisyan. Are there any truth to those rumors?

Gamburyan: That's just people talking. We're training together right now. He's actually right there [points].

Fightline.com: How are you feeling on the eve of this fight?

Gamburyan: I feel great man. I worked out really hard...like I never worked out before. I never take any one easy so every time I fight I just want to come out here and do my thing. I don't care what people say. People used to say, 'Your to small for this weight'. I just want to prove everyone wrong you know. I'm not small. I'm just going to go out there and do my thing. That's all.

Fightline.com: Everyone knows about the "loss" you suffered via medical DQ to Nate Diaz. How are you planning to recover from that setback?

Gamburyan: All I got to do is just take every fight one at a time. I don't want to jump any fights or put anyone down. My next opponent is Jeff Cox. I'm just gonna try to whip his ass, you know and move on and then next is Diaz; not to prove anything it's just a continuation. I'm going to continue where I left off.

Fightline.com: What have you improved about your game since the last time we saw you?

Gamburyan: I've improved a lot on my stand up, my wrestling. I wrestled a lot with world class wrestlers. I do a lot of judo with my training partners; there all a lot of tough guys so I'm ready to fight.

Fightline.com: How's the shoulder?

Gamburyan: The shoulder's getting better. Hopefully it's not going to give me any problems. Anything could happen. I took a chance, rehabbed it, but I feel comfortable with it. The doctors told me I had the choice to rehab it or get the surgery. The doctor said, 'Manny, if you take that chance if you do the rehab it's gonna take a while. But, if you do the surgery it's gonna be six to nine months.' I thought I had a great year in 2007, I had a great fighting year. I went to the finals. I was fighting for the finale, unfortunately I popped my shoulder out. When Joe Silva (UFC Matchmaker) called me he asked 'Manny, are you ready to go for next year. And I said, 'Why not this year.' So he called me and told me he was going to put me on the New Year's show.