This is only going to give us potentially a really, really good run.

In fact, that isn't smoke, it's steam. Once you have your sap, you boil it down for hours to make the syrup. When the sap is running, we boil all night. If you tramp into the woods to a sugar shack, by tradition, you are offered a taste.

The sugaring business is the first agricultural crop of the season, an excuse to get out after being indoors all winter, and a chance to earn some extra income.

Collectively, as an industry, there's no right or wrong answers. Whatever works for an individual is the right way.

The show's put us over the top. And the biggest thing is educating them on what we do and who we are as athletes. That's huge. It breaks down a lot of misconceptions people have about us mixed martial artists that fight in a cage.

It's been key for us all year to score early and get our kids going. Last year you could tell in the locker room we were kind of looking around, not sure what to do. This year we're more confident.