I recently sat down and talked with Kirk about his debut, his family, his training, etc. Like many younger siblings of sports stars, Florian doesn't want to be thought of as just following in Kenny's MMA footsteps. In fact, he doesn't even want a career in MMA.

"I really don’t feel as though I’m making a full transition into MMA as far as making it a career right now." said Florian. "It’s something I want to do just to do. I’ve been working full time for the past 4.5 years and now I’m just looking towards a goal. You do the same thing for so long and you get tired of it. After work I go train and I’m looking forward to this goal of working out real hard and getting in the cage and fighting. As of right now I’m not looking at it as something I want to do full-time, so as far as pressure, I don’t really see it that way. I just look at it as a test for myself to see what I can really do. Obviously, having the last name makes people pay attention to me and expect more. I try to just block that out and just view it as a test of myself. I know Kenny and how well he does, I know who he is but I know who I am. Obviously there are differences between us. I’m going to go out there and try to do my best, that’s what it’s all about for me. I'm looking at this as a personal test and a personal journey."

As far as his personal strengths are concerned, Kirk, much like Kenny, is well versed in grappling and Jiu-Jitsu, but isn't afraid to stand either.

"I try to have a well rounded game." says Florian. "Obviously my background is jiu-jitsu because that was the first martial art that we studied and that is something that as of right now comes pretty natural to me. However, with the evolution of Kenny over the past few years, obviously I’ve paid great attention to that as well. I’m really trying to focus on MMA, and not only boxing, or only wrestling, or only jiu-jitsu. I’m trying to really put it together and become as well-rounded as I can as fast as I can and there’s no better teacher in the world than Kenny to do that for me. He’s helped me out a lot as well as my other brother Keith. My strength is jiu-jitsu but I’m not going to go in there with one game plan. I want to go in there and mix it up and be a true mixed-martial-artist."