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[Applause] and then the middleweight division is in the spotlight in a battle that is sure to get the crowd on their feet first to the stage a South African finishing machine looking for his sixth consecutive win here is tricus Du plessis he thinks is an absolute crowd favorite from Liverpool and a former Welterweight Title Challenger one of the most popular stars in European mixed martial arts this is Darren the gorilla till [Applause] next is a battle between two of the toughest fighters on the UFC roster first to the stage the always game and always ready Texas who answered the call ready to step up against one of the division’s best riding a four-fight win streak and showing the best form of his UFC career career please welcome Alex the great white morono his opponent a staple of the welterweight division for over nine years a pioneer of Argentina mixed martial arts with signature wins over Neil magni Gunner Nelson and Sean Strickland this is Santiago hunza nibio now it’s time for our coming event a classic tale of the Old Guard versus the new he’s a veteran of over 20 professional fights and as crafty as they come please welcome Sharon Flash Gordon and his opponent is never short on word since taking the MMA World by storm with three straight finishes in three jaw-dropping UFC appearances here is everyone’s favorite scouser Patty the Patty kimblet [Applause] finally the two men on the Marquee ready to throw down for the vacated UFC light heavyweight championship of the world first to the stage a dagestani wrecking ball riding a nine fight win streak please welcome the number three UFC light heavyweight contender in the world and last up It’s the Return of Polish power owner of some of the heaviest hands on the roster with wins over the sports Elite including Alexander rakich and Israel onasanya ready to reclaim his title this is the former UFC light heavyweight chat yeah Wahoo what’s up everybody thanks for coming out today we really appreciate it we’ve got the first question start with the odd please John obviously as a former Champion I mean you’ve been through all this before right the pressure everything about a championship fight so what advantages do you think that that gives you going against somebody like Mega Med pressure is always the same you know I like this kind of tradition I hope to change this for fuel to fight you know I was in his place I’m in the completely different place right now you know I was the champion I wanted this title back you know because I know how good it feels so I won it twice more than before legendary polish power and yeah just a follow-up I know obviously Saturday night is what’s most important right now but what is your goal what’s most important for you in second run as Champion should you win what goals do you want to accomplish right now I’m Focus about Saturday only and my goal is take belt again to Poland [Applause] hey I’m just curious where are yawn ranks among those nine straight wins you have is he the toughest that you face or is there something that he does that you haven’t seen before so at least [Music] foreign [Music] foreign I fought lots of top opponents before he’s just the next guy I mean this is just a regular fight for me this is my way this is my path I need to come out there Champion so on Saturday you will see everything that I worked for and everything that that I deserve hey can you put into words what this moment means to you and obviously it’s been a long journey to get here what would it mean for you to be UFC champion um [Music] no I must tell I’m sure to get here I fought everyone lot I’ve done everything I need to do to become a champ and on Saturday you will see what I deserve [Music] [Applause] this is the the current plan right now the winner of this with face Clover to share the Glover is the number one Contender at the moment yeah obviously it depends on how long Yuri’s going to be out and I don’t want to put any uh pressure on him that there’s a time frame for him whenever he’s right he’s got the worst shoulder injury in the history of the company so I want him to take his time do everything the right way and yeah we could probably get two fights in before he gets back so yes and just just to kind of follow up on that Dana no pressure on you but do you have any health updates yet on on where he does stand or how you know it’s recovering now no I mean it’s it’s a I had half the surgery that he had and it was brutal so I can imagine what he’s got to go through and the physical therapy alone uh and then to try to get back in and start sparring again I just listen I don’t I don’t want to put any pressure on him he was devastated that he had to vacate the title and um I just want him to take care of himself so time time limit shouldn’t matter for him you should just worry about his health and that he’s 100 before he tries to come back so however long that’s going to be we’ll see [Music] [Applause] [Music] on a big pay-per-view here to end the year you’re facing Jared Gordon a man who’s faced some of the best in this division including the former Champion Charles Oliveira so what do you have that Jared has not faced in the octagon I’m just different you know what I mean I just say what um he’s for Charles and Charles finished them in the first so I aspire to be Champion Monday so I need to do the same thing otherwise I’ll be disappointed but you can’t prepare to find me a lot you can’t get a spot on partner walking come in and Spa like me I’ve got weird strike and weird wrestling and weird Jujitsu I’m a little weirdo so you know and you mentioned the Charles beat him in the first round and you want to do that too so is your prediction first round stoppage yeah as always on a million if you don’t believe in yourself no one else is going to believe in your Audi a quest for Jared follow-up [Music] Patty obviously refers to himself as a weirdo in there so when you’re watching tape on him is he a weirdo is there a method to his Madness when he’s fighting I want to call him a weirdo but I mean he’s unpredictable you know he brings uh his own style to the cage and that’s what intrigues me you know it’s just another fight and you think that you’re going to prepare for something in in certain fights while I’m getting ready for this I’m getting ready for that and then it never happens in the fight and you’re like oh well I did all that for nothing and that’s how a lot of my fights have been so flight’s a fight man this is MMA you know so we’ll see I know what’s going to happen so what’s gonna happen I’m gonna drown him oh and I want to just clear something up I I called you a quitter I should rephrase that you never quit in your fight you just faded and I’m not going to sit here and say that you just gave up and rolled away you just quit when you see me coming [Music] [Applause] I couldn’t hear you what did what did this item say you know and what did he says could that behind you I I couldn’t a Spanish sausage oh he’s so different your boy over there see me coming here go to the back doors he’s obsessed with me he hasn’t stopped tweeting about me are we glad he needs to sort his life out [Applause] shut up man what did you say Janet anyway that little bums are relevant age you didn’t quit you just got tired yeah yeah I should rephrase that and I I stand corrected [Applause] [Music] question for Ilya in the back has it been difficult being around Patty has has have you had to stay away from him backstage what you said has it been difficult being around Patty backstage I haven’t seen him I’m seeing him all week the UFC have kept us apart when you see me because you know when I saw him last time you got to unsanitize a bottle bounced off his foot I own it I don’t understand you or anything back in the Cloudy mouthy cloudy and sanitizer boy you okay [Music] [Applause] you’re known as hand sanitizer bush [Applause] foreign you said something about me I went to your country I slap your face I get that the racing win I’d like I walk like a king and you see you talk in English yeah of course I speak English for the people or Spanish like you’re from I’m talking about talking in English and you in English yeah espanol because you’re Spanish yeah it’s pretending to be Georgia shut up if not I’m gonna stand up and I’m gonna crash your face right here [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you little 90 00:14:01,919 –> 00:14:05,179 [Applause] every little chorizo your Spanish sausage all right uh I don’t know what the hell just happened here but one final question for Chris Mitchell in the back do you think it’s a illy’s making a mistake focusing on Patty when he has his youth standing across him in the octagon I don’t care what he focuses on brother I really don’t all I know is I’m showing up to whoop ass question for Darren Darren first of all is it weird being the second loudest mouth Englishman on stage yeah there’s a little bit weird that I’m not beefing I’m usually the heartbeat whatever I’ve calmed all of it when you look at Drake it’s what exactly are you expecting from him on Saturday night are you expecting a guy who’s going to come forward and get into a Brule are you expecting a guy who’s going to try and out technical you yeah I think he’s gonna try and yeah I think he’s going to use a strength against me it’s quite fit powerfully strong but now I feel like I’m gonna just be too quick and fast for him so you know we’ll see do you think this is a case where the UFC have put him against you to see how good he is and you’re going to prove there’s still levels to this I don’t know how he said something the other day like when I’m on me ping I’m the best in the world and when I’m not I’m the shittest so I don’t know if it was a compliment or an awful just it’s nice not to be beefing for once say there’s no beef but drink it’s yesterday Darren said that he doesn’t believe South Africans use profanity I’m curious who do you think are tougher Englishman or South Africans I guess we’ll see about that on Saturday night when it comes to the tough game I mean you haven’t seen me give up in a fight I wish we could say the same about him you know all the respect in the world today until but at the end of the day listen I did say it and I did mean it I’ve seen the best in the world in there and so and we’ve seen the worst of him and I do believe there until has everything that it takes to be a champion but not at middleweight as I said South Africans on this guy so I’m not even going to be for them he’s a nice kid we’ll see Saturday night I’m not so nice you know of course and in the fight you’re a nasty guy but yeah you’re a nice guy you’re a nice South African guy so I love you a lot I might just start some beefy selfie let’s kick it off Darren come on puppy let’s start talking oh stop it who’s got the next question uh Santiago right here uh we have seen like Fighters uh like Gilbert Burns or Michelle Pereira complaining about fighting opponents and you were in this situation before so why do you think it’s happening in your way division I don’t know why they you know fan fights I’m always ready to fight I’m always looking for a fight in my perfect world I wish to fight September December they give me D5 for December I’m happy to change the opponent I’m happy to find somebody for me send I’m ready to punch somebody take the money and back to home Alex uh four Victors in a row if you win against Saturday um after a short notice fight against this tough guy do you think you’re going to be in the talks for the rankings big stays even bigger challenge finally getting the respect you deserve uh yeah yeah maybe I never really cared much about the rankings I do know there’s a fight card in San Antonio in March that I’d like to get on it’s in Texas always love fighting in Texas but uh but no like a lot of other Fighters lately I just really enjoy the fun fights and uh I just have a theory on like Championship you know pedestal mindsets that can be really hard to conquer and uh and I think just kind of travel around the world fighting these guys in the Octagon for fun is is a fun goal and uh and the fights are always exciting I’m really happy to get this match up uh I was uh really you know happy to replace ruthless Robbie law that was cool and I was uh really thankful for ponzanibio to accept this fight on a catch weight making welterweight would have been a nightmare so it’s gonna be a lot of fun foreign is going to make his USA debut on Saturday uh just your thoughts on him he wants to be a champion when he’s 20. do you think he can do it yeah it’s going to be interesting obviously this is the biggest test of his career he’s super confident but um you know what he’s going to have to battle I don’t care who you are how good you are when you come in here for the first time big pay-per-view crowd he’s gonna feel it so he’s going to have to get through some uh some Jitters and you know shake out those first-time bugs we’ll see how he does it’s a big test for him the one for Jared um Jared I believe you rolled with Paddy in 2018 I think he submitted you in twice to five minutes I’m not mistaken do you get one back on him or not we never rolled ever and the first talking about physical contact this past week no it wasn’t enough I strictly remember walking into Enzo’s going to the locker room seeing you on the mat recognizing you yeah it was chill BFF and then you looked at the mat and that was the last time I saw you in person until this week not only that this is the first time you’re gonna bring that up all the talk leading up to this fight this year this is the first time with all the talk that you’re gonna bring that up all of a sudden we rolled twice no we did we built one place no we roll one rolled once and you shot me twice yeah these are bold-faced lies and we could see it on your face I haven’t got a lie about on no no I was a fat bastard at the time I was like 88 kilo I was fighting at four like two weeks before what’s funny too is when I saw you was before I moved to a Rufus Square which was in Milwaukee and that was yeah yeah it was years ago so I saw you in New York when I was living in Milwaukee in 2018 yeah but that was the year before it wasn’t that the only time I went to Hanzo since 2018. but I’ve never come on love you I’ve only got the first time I went to America with each other until I hugged you on Tuesday at the first time I went to henzo’s was 2018. uh-huh I’ve never been apart from now okay I have no reason to talk about this anymore I see Saturday night I could obviously Bryce is in front of you right now but do you would you want to fight Paddy in the future or not [Applause] I don’t think he gets the balls to face me and close himself in the octagonal with me so him [Applause] guys you see guys he didn’t think give me a response why because he’s scared of me glad you’re irrelevant to my life why would I be scared of you you’re a with little man syndrome you know what I mean you’re tiny why would they be scared of you serious come on exactly that’s what you’re known as hand sanitizer boy little go ahead sir my question for Darren he’s human my questions for Darren uh your last two fights you did not walk out to Sweet Caroline is it safe to say you’re walking out to Sweet Caroline this way this weekend I don’t know I don’t know do you want me too yes uh it’s real safe I think it was just because of the whole Culvert thing I just wanted to get in get business done no fans that so I don’t know we’ll see [Applause] there’s questions for draco’s too busy because again Cameron Simon Fox I’m up here the UFC card in Las Vegas let’s say here the prestasy from CIT and specific fan you and Cameron Simon fighting on the same card in Las Vegas what does that say about the growth of CRT and particularly your coach morning officer yeah um but dysportunities what I say to the eyes is uh it means the world for us South Africans to be here myself Cameron Simon you know it’s not a country that’s considered fighting uh in in the UFC at all uh I’m gonna I’m on the Main Court on a massive Pay-Per-View event uh it means the world to me and I promise the every single person in South Africa I’m bringing that one home on Saturday night service camera and Simon I’m sorry Darren but I’m not your fight back to the winning column what do you like about Darren as a fighter and how are you going to finish him on Saturday yeah you know as a fighter I mean I’ve I’ve been watching this guy I’m not only a firearm also a fan of the sport I know every single fighter especially in my weight division inside out now Darren till he was great at Walter Wayne he wasn’t great at another way not even once impressed me but I do like the way he fights I like him as a fighter he’s done amazing things he always puts up an incredible fight and if you look at my advice there’s never been a boring one so I mean that’s what I like is they’re giving me the opportunity to put up a bang over fight and entertain the fans and that’s ultimately what we’re here for so let’s do it we got one more question who is it yeah there you go one more couple more for Bryce uh you and Illy are both undefeated so outside of getting the W on Saturday is being the first man or potentially the first man to hand him a loss does that mean anything to you no I really don’t brother I don’t really care about his record or him that much and I don’t consider myself undefeated you know I’ve been I’ve had Mass beat quite a bit in the gym and you know my neighbors kicked my ass when I was little I don’t see myself as undefeated so you know I see myself as a dude who can take an ass whooping and who ain’t afraid of nobody at media day yesterday Ilya said that he wasn’t overly concerned with your grappling because that is what he came from grappling so how do you see this fight playing out and what is your prediction Saturday predict I’m going to win I’ve already proven nearly a wrong Ilya said I’m a coward there’s a coward show up prepared to die no I’m no coward I’ve already proved him wrong and I’ll prove him wrong again on Saturday foreign guys I’m gonna uh rip this I’m not gonna rip this stuff out of here we’ll rip the stuff out of here we’re going to square them off and uh we’ll show you guys a quick video of what’s coming up next year thanks for coming out everybody [Applause] [Music] action in this in this building is undescribable the anticipation is absolutely off the charts what’s coming up for the UFC in 2023. buckle your seat belts we are about to go on a ride [Applause] this right here is a UFC Mecca of the highest order this is the moment it goes down yeah this is the battle to show now the Epic Saga that is Brandon Moreno and Davidson figuerado this is the fight that settles it off the UFC hit the Australian soil for UFC 284 [Music] Champions Collide in a true super fight the lightweight on the line count for pound number one on the line let’s do it same night in Perth yeah Rodriguez versus Josh Abbott interim featherweight Championship that is a fantastic fight yair is a wild man and Josh is a Powerhouse you are watching the road to UFC at the end of this road there is a UFC contract on the line the biggest opportunity of their fighting careers [Music] [Music] [Applause] together [Music] it does not get much bigger or better than this this has been missing in my life one way or another more UFC history will be made so many big fights I can’t wait [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] all right whoop his ass [Applause] [Applause] [Music] I believe [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] girl [Music] [Applause] whoa [Applause] [Music] [Applause] all right [Applause] [Music] [Applause] now [Applause] hey Google [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you [Applause] [Music] it’s impossible to say how I feel when I become a champion for me it was just the dream come true you know I do this whole my life finally I was on the top of this mountain yeah I know light heavyweight champion of the world after the loss of the belt I need to change something and do something more I do this mental training concentration visualization in my last fight I was curious how I’m gonna feel his story in the UFC is about persistence John wants that title back we went out there formed amazingly everything was on point he looked like a champion this fight gave me this answer to what I want I think the same like fight with hadesanya and Dominic Reyes I’m ready to be the champion again I know how this tastes so I will do everything to get this button Uncle live is a beast I mean he’s not just good everywhere he’s phenomenal everywhere 18 and one overall nine consecutive wins in the octagon oh yeah I wish I don’t know yeah it was a little until summer this man is absolutely terrifying a lot of people think it’s just a matter of time until this man calls himself a UFC champion he doesn’t make mistakes he doesn’t get overextended and those are the most dangerous guys in the world man uncleaya makes you pay oh big crowd strikes that’ll do it nine in a row for the oncoming magamed unclelay and that he’s good fighter very tough young he is you know hungry in the future he can be Champion but now I have to stop him because he want to take something what I want to have it oh Anderson’s down [Music] yeah [Music] oh unconscious tonight let me tell you something which is not someone to overlook when you have done what has done coming from where he came from to reach this level there is no fear in this man he believes that he’s going to win this fight in brutal fashion there’s a reason why this man was a champion and there’s a reason why this fight is going to be ridiculous foreign [Music] rainmakers UFC the DraftKings fantasy where you collect fighter carts and enter them in contests to win massive prizes compete for one hundred thousand 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