Unsure if my "Since I dared to..." sentence is grammatically correct. Please check.

[Teckmeister]

Okay, so I'm doing some writing and one of my characters said:

"Since I dared to challenge the reigning champion, it means I am confident enough to face him in the ring!"

The problem is... I can't help feeling that the latter part of this sentence does not "flow" well from the first. Rather than using "...it means...", should I have used some other phrase to link the two parts of the sentence together? Feedback welcomed.

 

[tedmc]

How about these:

My daring to challenge the reigning champion means I am confident enough to face him in the ring.
The fact that I dared to challenge the reigning champion means I am confident enough to face him in the ring.

 

[Teckmeister]

How about these:

My daring to challenge the reigning champion means I am confident enough to face him in the ring.
The fact that I dared to challenge the reigning champion means I am confident enough to face him in the ring.

Ok, I like the second one. I think it flows better than my sentence.