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congratulations on getting back on the
win column there with another fight of
the night right so uh what are
physically how are you feeling after
that we see it on your face
ah yeah it doesn’t hurt too much right
here or like right here but right here
it’s a little sore uh yeah man I mean
I’ve got bumps and bruises and of course
with a win it’s all worth it you know
going out there and put on a good show
in front of the fans and I told
everybody you give me a striker we’re
gonna get fight of the night and Kevin
Holland was up for the grabs and uh we
we put on a good show is that the type
of fight you expected from Kevin in
there because even when you would like
one of you would hit the canvas you
immediately would step back and say no
get back up yeah man it was kind of one
of those Unwritten rules that we had
going into this fight
um I know later on the rounds he was
shooting I know he had a busted hand but
I think I fell down in the first round
he let me back up he told me in the
first round he’s like hey I’m not taking
you down I’m like all right man sounds
good to me so yeah it was kind of one of
those uh handshakes we had in the first
round nobody’s going to go down what’s
he telling you to
he was telling me to slow down and I was
telling him I’m sorry the entire time he
was like oh you got me he was like I’m
sorry man you got me good oh I’m sorry
yeah it was fun he’s hilarious he was
doing a guest scrum in New York and he
said there should be bragging right
between Kung Fu and karate now so yeah
100 100
man I mean his Kung Fu style is awesome
I mean he wouldn’t be where he is
if he wasn’t a skilled and it was just
uh
uh we wouldn’t have put on a good show
if it wasn’t for him as well so I
appreciate Kevin and the commentary was
saying that when you would land a lot
but when he would land it just looked
like it would just do more damage with
one punch so especially when he kind of
clipped you in that first round so how
does his power compare to your past
opponents well um it was the reach that
did all that that I think that helped
him with that you know um I had to close
more distance in order to hit him all he
had to do was straighten his arm out so
it landed more flesh
um
um so that’s why later on in the round I
started to use more kicks going to the
body going to the Head a lot more spin
kicks but uh I had to be fast I had to
close the gap quick
um and one of the reasons why I kept my
right side forward
if we were in a closed stance if I threw
my power hand I would lean right into
his power hand so when I put my right
side forward in that open stance I would
throw my left which led my head away
from his power hand which helped out a
lot he clipped me I think it was first
or second I’m not sure when I was up
against the cage and he smoked me good
right in the forehead but thank goodness
I was blessed with a hard head thanks
pops for that so we ran it this is going
to be a weird question but we ran into
Kevin after the ceremonial wins and I
asked why are you guys recovering your
chest and he said you guys were like
walking around flicking each other’s
nipples always so what’s the story with
that uh he was telling me a story in New
York City
he flicks somebody’s titty
and I guess Kamara Usman or somebody
Kamara Usman was with got mad at him and
so uh I thought it was hilarious so
during some of the uh the interviews
this week he flicked my titty
so I told him I was going to get him
back so that’s why he covered his boobs
up because I knew I was going to get him
back he knew I was coming for him the
final question is it safe to say you’re
not gonna be looking for a wrestler
anytime soon and I mean if you guys want
more fights like that give me a striker
baby give me a striker so of course you
know I’m always looking for the title
and that’s always at the top of the list
but why not have some fun fights on the
way
what happened in the third round it
looked like the referee kind of stopped
the fight and then changed his mind and
put the fight back on did you know what
was happening there was it a low blow
what was going on
I think
I don’t know if it was I was in close I
think I had him up against the cage and
I threw it either a knee or a punch and
I think I might have clipped his cup or
got him in the groin and which is why
which is why they stopped it
um I think that’s what you mean yeah to
the outside perspective it looked like
they had to actually stop the fight and
then oh really okay yeah I did I don’t I
don’t remember any of that it’s funny I
had to go back and watch it because I
don’t remember a dang thing but I do
remember having to stop because of a low
blow not sure if I actually hit him
there but
um he got to take a break
do you know when you may have hurt his
hand because it sort of seems apparent
the end of the third and fourth round
that he was not throwing it anymore but
could you feel a moment where he seemed
to wince or anything like that every
time I throw my left leg right to his
right arm I knew he had a tough he had a
really strong right hand and me and my
coaches uh pops and divinian and Carlos
um Machado knew that if I threw that
back leg to that right arm it would slow
it down a lot so I kept trying to fire
that my back left my left leg roundhouse
to his back arm over and over and over
again to try to slow it down so that
might had something to do with it you
landed left straight over and over again
were you surprised at any point like man
this guy could take a punch well he’s so
long and I have to start throwing my
left hand at all longer range so right
at the very end it didn’t have as much
power as I wanted on it because I had to
really close the gap and he was very
long so he just faded back and kind of
evaded a lot of the power but he was
tough man I think that’s what surprised
me the most he could take some shots and
keep on coming two more quick ones
obviously you you sort of said a couple
of things that were exchanging there but
what other stuff was he being was being
said in there and anyones that stand out
to you uh whenever we head butt at each
other he was like oh man I’m sorry I’m
like oh no it’s okay keep fighting keep
fighting we had some fun conversations
in there at the very end he started to
shoot I was like hey I thought you
weren’t going to shoot man he’s like I
gotta do what I got to do
uh and last one can you please expand on
getting arrested for skinny dipping
this is coming up why did I open my
mouth it was years ago
and some girls were involved and we went
that’s always the way I know I know we
went skinny dipping and we got caught so
uh but I got all that expunged I got to
train some police officers for like like
several weeks and uh it was good gotta
expunged man that’s wrong did they catch
you because they knew you were coming oh
do they catch because they knew they
said did they set up like a way to catch
him oh so what happened was like a week
before somebody had vandalized their
pool I’ve never been to that pool before
in my life and we just got this is the
wrong time they had put up cameras and
stuff so me and a few others are naked
bods were up on the front pool
Hall board for the longest with
everything blacked out so yeah uh it was
uh parents weren’t happy about that but
you know you live in you live and you
learn man
any other questions Kevin’s management
tweeted that right in the front they
tweeted that he broke his hand in the
first round probably on my head
definitely on my knock and I felt that
one uh but like I said you know that’s
what he that’s what he gets for punching
me in the head you know what I mean uh
no I got a hard head and I did feel that
I had to weather the storm
um he threw a lot of elbows as well that
kind of staggered me a little bit but um
I had to keep moving and um like I said
uh I got a hard head and
um weather the storm and and you know
got the w
good over here Stephen
I noticed uh like in the fourth he was
kind of like a wounded animal you know
he had the the hand and uh it was some
points where he would kind of like say
something and you would just go right in
did you feel like he was kind of delayed
a little bit just by the hand and just
thinking about it too much well I
stacked him a little bit I could tell I
hit him with a few spin hook kicks to
the head round house kicks to the Head
some left hands and I was like um how is
this guy still up I definitely broke my
left hand on his Noggin as well he broke
his right I broke my left so he was just
tough man it wasn’t giving up so I just
kept Focus focused on I saw him shake
his hand so I just kept focused on that
right hand just kept going for it with
my left leg roundhouse yeah and the body
kicks were just yes pops called it he
said go for the body nobody taxes his
body so I kept digging the body with the
left leg and it paid off and then the
lead leg kicks were killing him two and
in the fourth that was just yeah man
there’s like I knew he was long and I
was watching I went back and watched the
uh the Brazilian Cowboy fight and he
kept throwing low calf kicks on cabinet
and Kevin wasn’t too happy about it so I
just kept throwing those left uh outside
left calf kicks on the outside so I
worked both sides but the plan because I
can work both sides to stay away from
like I said his right hand I kept my
right side forward pretty much the
entire time I try to throw him off a
little bit switching every now and then
but that dude’s tough man golly yeah
you’ve seen but you seem like just a
step ahead just with the speed and and
the technicality of the Striking so I
feel like that’s what kind of threw him
off after a while because the first
round was a banger oh the second round
was a banger and then you know you were
kind of pulling away towards the end I
kind of fell after he told me he was
like Hey man slow down I was like oh
this dude’s getting tired he told me to
slow down I was like nah I said yeah but
I was like nah in my head so I I knew if
I just kept it kept in his face the
entire time he would start to slow down
and um I knew I was going to be faster
than him
um I’m getting faster every day I mean
I’ll be 40 in February I’m still still
out there getting it man so um I the
only thing I can do is go back and watch
this fight me and my coaches next week
we’ll probably go back and watch and see
what we can fix and get better and uh
we’ll ready for next time yeah man
beautiful performance man thank you
brother I appreciate you
all right
thanks guys