Playboy.com: UFC's popularity has gone up as you've added regulation, but you did get suspended for steroids for four months. What made you think you needed to try them?

Sylvia: I was just not happy with my physique. I wanted to get leaned up. The stuff I used wasn't a muscle enhancer; it was known to be a drug that made you ripped. It was Winstrol. I talked to some people at the gym, they said try it, so I did. It just happened to crystallize in my body and stick around for about a year [Laughs], so...I did it, I admitted to it, I paid the consequences. I paid my fine, paid my suspension, relinquished my belt and said, I'll fight for it again someday. And I did, and I happened to capitalize on it and win.

Playboy.com: Do you feel it's better for the sport to be more regulated, when you look at the Major League Baseball steroid controversy?

Sylvia: I'm biased. Like I said, the stuff I used wasn't muscle enhancers, so I don't see it being a problem. But other people do. It was wrong, it was against the rules, and I broke 'em. To be honest with you, I think baseball, football, basketball...all those guys...a lot of them use. They have to, to compete at that level. People want to see Barry Bonds hit home runs, they want to see Mark McGwire kill the ball. Well, they gotta get bigger and stronger to do it. Naturally, they couldn't be doing it, so they did it with enhancement drugs, and that's what [the fans] are paying to see.

Playboy.com: Do UFC fighters have groupies?

Sylvia: Yeah, it's getting that way. I won't name names, but a buddy of mine was at a club with one girl. And another girl came up to him and said, "I think you're really hot." He was like, "Well, I'm with a girl right now," but this girl didn't care. So he's like, "I have a limo outside, let's go for a ride." He took her for a ride, banged her in the limo. And the girl that was inside asked his friend, who was a girl, and she said, "To be honest with you, I think he left with another girl." He came back, and that girl knew that he was with another girl, and said, "You're still leaving with me."

Playboy.com: Playboy.com: Do you have any pre-fight rituals?

Sylvia: Nah. I always take a nap the day of the fight, make sure I get three meals in. We get in the locker room, raise hell and have a good time. About an hour before, it's business time, so we say a prayer, get warmed up, and go out there and do what you gotta do.

Playboy.com: Do you have any music you listen to to get psyched up?

Sylvia: Well, the UFC picked a song out for me -- "Jesus Walks" by Kanye West. I like that song, but I'm more of a country fan.

Playboy.com: Your knockout of Tra Telligman is legendary in UFC circles. What move, exactly, was it that caught Tra Telligman in the head?

Sylvia: I decided to throw it out there at the end of the round, because when you throw high kicks, you jeopardize getting taken down. I won that fight standing up. I just wanted to end the round with something fun, and it happened to catch him, and good night.

Playboy.com: What's your prediction for the outcome July 8?

Sylvia: I'm going out there and I'm gonna knock his ass out.