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Anthony Hernandez joins the UFC Post Show following his submission win over Roman Dolidze in the main event of #UFCVegas109.
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Listen, we we knew you came in on a
sevenight win streak. We knew you were
confident, but the term we've used over
and over tonight is big brother because
that's what you did. You controlled him.
You destroyed him and then you finished
him. Did you know it was going to go
down and you that you were going to make
it look this easy?
Yeah, I knew he only had grappling and
then my coaches did all their homework,
man. Like I don't have to do no
guessing. It's if it comes to
kickboxing, I keep telling everyone I'm
a [ __ ] kickboxer. I'm not a grappler.
I've been learning how to grapple, but I
mean I understand this game so [ __ ]
well now that I'm just ready for my
belt, man.
I How did you get so good?
Training, fighting a lot,
like the wrestling aspect. You have the
most most takedowns there are in the
history of the middleweight division. I
mean, I had to kill myself. I had 30
surgeries, you know, wrestling division
one, training like a med. How did you
end up learning MMA wrestling so well
where you could just go out there and
dominate like this and get all these
takeout? my [ __ ] coaches and my
friends and we just like we put in so
much work. They made me like slow it
down cuz like I was a a hotthead and I
just want to [ __ ] throw bombs
sometimes.
You see what he did to me?
He's running.
You know what? I don't mind you ahead of
me because you got you got a long
career. It's going to be a while.
Nine takedowns tonight.
Hell yeah. Dope.
Oh my gosh. I drop another shirt then.
That's sick as [ __ ] Uh no, it's
exciting, man. like my team and me who
put in the work and they've been like
just helping me clean up all my holes
and like they know my holes but it's
going to take a lot of [ __ ]
trying to test me to figure it out.
You know was super impressive because
when I watch you fight I'm blown away. I
love your style. It's like it's like a
Kane Velasquez. It's like a rob besides
you got the submission game on top of
it. You're super dangerous on top which
mo you those guys don't have. So you
bring in a different element. But what
was super impressive tonight was that I
know you could throw your punches and
get to your takedowns and you're going
to grind on them. look for your
submissions, mount, you know, you know,
half guard pressure, passing and just
like all up on top of him. But the fact
that you had the wherewithal and the
fight IQ to know, okay, these are some
dangerous situations with the Liz and
let him let him back up to his feet,
kind of go away from what you naturally
do was very impressive.
Thank you. I appreciate it. Like, I
mean, like I said, I'm a kickboxer and
with him, he's super dangerous on the
floor. That's the one place that I
thought maybe he could have got me. You
know what I mean?
And he's caught some good guys. So, it
was like, well, if I can keep it
kickboxing, then I'm going to beat the
[ __ ] out of him cuz he's too stiff and
too slow. And I mean, I think I showed
that tonight.
You did.
Anthony, you you just said a while ago,
I know my holes. And your coaches know
them, too. I didn't see any holes in
your game tonight, but are you confident
enough to share what something you think
are your holes in your game?
I mean, hell no. Hell no. It's going to
take
He looks so good.
This is why your guys's job is to find
your guys.
He doesn't think he's the man. Like he's
still learning. He wants to be 100%
better each day. Right. Exactly.
I want to kind of piggy back off of
something Chris said. Um they said
something in the broadcast that I love
that you're kind of changing the game. A
lot of guys, they get in the back
position, it's it's automatic. Hook,
hook. That's what we're taught, right?
Backp back position, hook, hook. You
don't put those hooks in. And and we're
kind of seeing an evolution. Sometimes
we see the sport change. Did you see the
calf kicks go from the leg to the calf?
We see the elbows, things like that. Do
you think guys are starting to look at
this and say, you know what, it's hard
to finish guys on the back. But if you
have the confidence and the ability that
you do to retake guys down and exhaust
them, is that something that you kind of
been working on and you see people
starting to follow?
I I don't watch fights, man. I couldn't
tell you that. But uh I just kind of do
this [ __ ] man. Like
that's why he has no respect for the
game. He has no respect for I like that.
Honestly, I
But that's where you feel more
confident. No, not without hooks. My
whole goal is just to take your soul in
there and give you [ __ ] hell to make
you hate your life. Like the the rest
will iron itself out. I feel pretty
[ __ ] confident everywhere. So, I just
run it. And
I've got one I've got one more. I mean,
you're already headlining events here at
the Apex and I feel like the bigger
shows are coming. Um, are you ever going
to clean up your vocabulary when you get
on ESPN? Is the fbombs ever going to
his coaches are all shaking?
No, they're all saying no. Is it ever
going to turn into a fun? We're going to
find a new word for
I try. My kids even tell me like, "Dad,
your bad words. We're working on it."
I'm like, "Fuck, bro. I'm trying." Like,
I don't know.
Your kids are yelling at me.
It's hard. You know what I mean? Like,
I'm sorry. I grew up [ __ ] fighting.
It's the I I didn't go to college. I
didn't do all this [ __ ] Like,
violence is my life. You know what I
mean? Like, this is all I know is
violence, man. If it's going to be one
person trying to pace me, I'm going to
break them every time. I promise that.
Well, let's take a look at the effing
rankings right now. watch the uh you I
know you talked about taking on RDR,
maybe another BMF uh title fight there,
but anybody else here is there anybody
maybe you don't like a little bit. You
want to just you want to do to them what
you did tonight?
I want [ __ ] I want the belt, man.
Like the belt is what's going to change
my kids' life. You know what I mean?
That's what's going to give them like
better opportunity in life. Like just
chasing these [ __ ] guys one fight at
a time. That's not There's no money in
that [ __ ] You know what I mean? Like
do you know these guys? Do you know
these guys' names?
Uh, no. I mean, I know who some of I
know Caner actually.
Some of them are so close.
But no, like I don't know. I don't
really care, man. If you put one guy in
front of me, I will [ __ ] catch fade
with anyone.
And can I just get your thoughts on one
guy? Have you watched Ryan the Ritter
fight before? Have you?
Yeah. No, he's good. He's good. He He
like had a press win over um
Whitaker just um but like Bo Nickel, I'm
sorry. That's He's got like he's got
holes in his game. He's got a long way
to go.
We're impressed by that. No. Um
Ry Ditter
that uh next guy Whitaker. He's like
all like I got nothing but respect for
the guy, but he's one of the last guys
that's onedimensional
uh in the game that I see. I think that
the new evolution Ditter is like the new
where they can mix it up very well and
fluid. Um so I mean I seen that fight
coming like he was going to win. Um
there's a lot of new blood coming in.
I'm part of that and I think that it's
going to make for some great [ __ ]
fights, man. Can I just Can I just throw
one name out there because there would
be more fbombs leading up to this fight.
Double S, right?
Sean Strickland.
What do you think about a match up with
Sean Strickland who's ranked number two
right now?
I don't care. I'd fight him.
I don't know if that could be at the
White House though
between those two guys. From
my understanding, he's suspended though,
right? So,
and are you trying to fight pretty quick
here?
I Man, whenever the [ __ ] belt's
available, call me. You know what I
mean? Like, I'm healthy. Nothing's wrong
with me. Are you got little stitches?
Belt or bust right now? Is that kind of
the position that you're in? Are you
like if they threw you a number five?
If I got to beat every [ __ ] all
the way to get to the belt, then so be
it. But I I don't know. I'm I'm like I
said, I'm built for violence. I I'll
You made the statement of the year. You
should have seen us before you got out
here. We were so high on that
performance. We've never seen anything
like that as long as I can remember here
at the Apex. That was
Well, thank you. I appreciate that.
You might not know us, but we know you.
No, I know who you are. You're a champ.
You're a champ. I know the champ.
Fluffy, thanks man. And thanks for
coming out here. I know you had to go
get stitched up or something.
You look good, man. You look good. Hey,
enjoy the win. It's eight straight.
You've earned all of it, man.
Thank you so much. I really appreciate
it.
All of it.
A blessing to be here talking to you
guys, bro. Honestly, I'm blown away by
We all are blown away. I'm like,
you're my favorite. You are my favorite
app. Coming from a chant, that means
even before this fight, I was saying
like if anybody in the top 10, which I
thought was a bad matchup, was Del only
because he's so dangerous off his back
and it's so different. Like, who else is
good like that? Nobody. But you were
your fight IQ just blew me away.
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