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episode 6 is a wrap and just like every fourth of July it ended with a bang coming up one after tough this Independence Day coach Michael Chandler joins us to talk about getting mushed in the face by the Irishman plus episode winner Kurt hollabaugh joins the show and we’re rolling out the red carpet for my co-host who is the queen of The Ultimate Fighter get ready because after tough starts right now thank you [Music] [Music] and welcome to after tough I’m Dean Thomas joined by tough royalty the former bantamweight champion season 30 coach and the very first woman to be named The Ultimate Fighter and she doesn’t notice one of my very favorite people in all of MMA Juliana Pena how are you it’s good to see you and thank you for coming out and and uh sharing this moment with me absolutely thank you so much for having me it’s a pleasure to be here well I just had to change my clothes because you know I have my little outfit on you know what I’m saying this Fourth of July and I wanted to be festive and celebrate this great nation you know so everything is good I loved your outfit it was beautiful I love Apollo creep hey stop but before we get into the show can we first just bow our heads in prayer for team McGregor they’re not doing so good they falling down so let’s take a look at the scorecard so far Conor got all that money and came by a win his team of prospects have lost all six of the fights this season so far team Chandler is pumpkin Connor for his lunch money week after week got me wondering if we’ll ever get a win in this year in this season will he get a win uh I don’t know what it’s like to lose on The Ultimate Fighter Dean maybe you can call Mandy I know you have her digits and you can ask her what she thinks about not being able to rack up a win on The Ultimate Fighter oh wait a minute come on now you don’t have to get you know what I’m saying you don’t have to get deep you have the stab me in the heart here that’s my friend all right sorry I don’t know what it’s like to lose the ultimate fighter oh no oh no well I’m telling you who’s losing right now uh Conor McGregor is not doing too good right now well let’s take a look at some bonus footage of Chandler and Kurt talking about confidence I’m like I’m not lying I feel I feel great dude his right boy you want to be baby feel good don’t get any better than that dude you look real quick and I know I’m gonna feel better once I rehydrate I mean who doesn’t you know if I could push that type of patient’s speed dude that’s one thing I’ve noticed the bike every time I watch your next dude you never ever slow down I slow down even whenever I say hey I’m trying to pity pack you thanks when I get the hit man I get the hit man they don’t say down dude that’s the thing you got to carry that confidence in your cardio going in there dude Yep they’re just just the way the way we’ve been trying to do to believe in the process trust trust in the process trust in yourself absolutely your instincts your abilities yep right where you need to be we know what we’re here to do yep amazing stuff from coach Chandler and Kurt Hollow about talking about confidence speaking of confidence I don’t know if there is a more confident fighter in MMA than yourself and you know you get props and respect for that now when you see Fighters that don’t have confidence especially if you’re going to fight them is that something that you try to exploit and go okay I see that there’s some the lack of confidence should I I have to attack that right away you know I have to say and just to be completely honest you don’t always feel confident 110 going into every single fight you know and anybody that does they’re lying to you um I definitely think though that confidence is a big part and if you don’t believe in yourself and if you don’t think you can get it done what makes you think that anybody should tune into your fight or put their money on you or even support you you know you want to be confident you want to be knowing especially in a fist fighting violent sport that you’re going to be able to go in there and get the job done and and win it in any and all costs and that’s just something that you have to know and if you don’t know that you’re in the wrong sport so what’s going through your mind as you’re walking out the tunnel and you see that crowd for the first time going into a big fight well my mom always tells me not to say that I feel like a serial kill because it’s like really like you know not that great but I do I feel like if I had a heart it would be pitch black because I am trying to go and put your lights out you know and it’s you versus me and it’s one of us is going to win one of us is going to lose I I like to eat food I’ll equate it to enchiladas I want the whole enchilada I don’t want half the enchilada I want the whole thing you know and so it’s one of those things where you are so focused and you’re so tunnel visioned into the task at hand that you just want to go in there and rip somebody’s head off and and that’s the feeling that I have I just I want to win and I’m going to do that at any and all costs and I know that that sounds morbid but it’s true I I have to win security I want some enchiladas [Music] the man who has more right now than the Tropicana coach iron Michael Chandler first off happy Fourth of July are you celebrating with the fam yes happy Independence Day absolutely I am uh the greatest the greatest day of the year today the Fourth of July so yes we are and uh things are looking good for Team Challenge there’s lots of things to celebrate a lot of things to celebrate but right now the biggest moment of the season so far Conor McGregor put them hands on you and mushed you in the face but we first let’s take a look at that before we talk about it not against me and not Michael yeah some of these kids are in the UFC before you’re in the UFC so let me start trying to say yeah this and that as long as you show up for them come on yeah what was the first thing that popped in your head when he mushed you well hey let’s let’s just let’s just look at it it went from zero to a hundred very quickly uh to be honest with you I didn’t expect it obviously be ready you’re ready to protect yourself at all times uh you know the first thing was holy cow okay he just put his hands on me what’s about to happen is he is he in my space but obviously he backed up I obviously got pushed back and we both kind of started walking towards the center of the cage and when he starts taking off his coat I’m like okay we’re gonna fight right here uh obviously you never quite know what’s gonna happen we’re in a reality show but it’s also two dudes who want to fight each other um so I was ready for anything and obviously I was ready to fight right there if we had to but you know let’s be honest we’re on a reality a reality show now Mike we want to get an expert’s opinion on the proper technique so can you tell us how we did take a look at this clip listen Dean I coach the ultimate fire I won the World Championship what am I going to do about it what are you gonna do that’s what I thought you’ll do nothing you’ll do nothing you’ll do nothing there’s my show my show my house Dean was still back there dancing you could you couldn’t put him down although Dean you did fall down I didn’t fall down I barely went back a couple steps uh but I was ready for anything that might have come but to be fair you got pushed by Connor and I got pushed by Juliana so that’s the reason why I fell I’m sorry exactly exactly now Conor basically bet his entire season on a prospect his very first pick Lee Hammond how do you feel how do you think he feels about that decision now yeah no I mean let’s be honest Lee Hammond did show and prove that he’s got a very bright future in the sport of mixed martial arts but it always goes back to experience and you know sometimes a little bit of just just because he was winning almost what two and a half two and three quarters of the of those rounds doesn’t mean that you’re not always in danger and that’s why we love this sport Kurt hollabaugh used his veteranship uh his his mat awareness to be able to cinch up that mounted Guillotine and then it was over as soon as he locked it up and started squeezing that’s a 36 year old man battle tested this is his third opportunity to get back in the UFC there was a lot riding on him squeezing Lee Hammond’s head but Lee Hammond showed up and proved that he deserved to be there so um tough tough situation for all all of Team McGregor especially Conor and I’d love to see that moment I’d love to see Connor actually distraught and dropping to his knees for the loss of one of his guys yeah that was a great Guillotine honestly I almost wrecked my car because I was like screaming so happy for Kurt but right now it’s time for a fan question this one is from Bambino gold and they asked just how difficult is it to make the transition from fighter to coach you know it was uh for me I knew this was just a it was a it was a coaching competition you know it was a four five six weeks whatever it was going to be in Vegas I knew what I was signing up for and I knew I was going to have the opportunity to pour into these guys for however many weeks it was going to be um I definitely don’t see myself being a long-term coach I don’t think I’m gonna coach after I’m done fighting but for those those four or five weeks those guys were my Fighters those guys were were my family uh and I really enjoyed the opportunity so I’m sure I’ll dabble a little bit um but really getting those guys to believe in themselves was the most important thing and then show them a couple little techniques it was a very short amount of time so you couldn’t really throw a bunch at them just tell just get their heart full have their ears open their eyes open when they’re out there and that’s all you can really do and go out there and let it fly Mike I do want to know because that fight it seemed to be going the other way it seemed to be going in favor of Lee Hammond was there any point in which you were sitting there watching this fight thinking uh oh our run stops now actually I will tell you a a little secret that wasn’t shown on the on the show and I I talked about it in my tough reaction show but I actually sent I had my coach and one of our striking coaches Jason strout sitting to my right I actually sent him back to go warm up Jason Knight who fights next and said hey it doesn’t look like Kurt’s getting off the bottom he can’t get out of this he can’t get out from underneath we’re about to lose a two-round decision just go warm up Jason make sure this is our first loss make sure you keep the morale high back there get these guys smiling get him in the right state of mind because we’re going to keep on moving forward after we lose this fight lo and behold Hail Mary hollabaugh goes up in there throws in the guillotine and finishes Lee Hammond and I had to admit to Kurt the next day hey just so you know they might cut it so that it shows that I basically gave up on us winning that fight but it looked I think everybody watching that fight knew at least they thought in their mind that Lee was going to be on top finish the round boom Kurt just throws up the Hail Mary catches him gets his hand raised and Man team Chandler 6-0 nice yeah I agree that was a Hail Mary and like I said I almost crashed my car I was so happy for uh for Hail Mary hollabaugh uh Mike you said that you wouldn’t coach uh after you’re done fighting why is that you know I uh I don’t want to make it it’s a very selfish answer I can be honest with you and say hey I am very selfish I love my wife I love my two boys if we have more children and add to the Chandler family um right now when I leave my family it’s because I gotta go do a job and I gotta go provide for my family I gotta put food on the table for them um I just don’t think me spending every day in the gym two three times a day plus pouring into these other people’s careers like I have poured into which will be about 15 20 years by the time I retire I don’t think that’s in the cards for me so it’s not because I don’t love pouring into people I’ll still be a mentor I’ll still be in gyms training with people I own a gym in Nashville called Nashville MMA I’ll pour into those guys I’ll still train with my team at the big gym down in Florida um but for the most part I don’t see myself pouring that in myself into a career as a coach um but I’ll always be around the sport I love the sport um it’s just not going to be my next profession well we are blessed to have you as a part of the sport Mike thanks again for coming on the show and joining us weekly can’t wait to see what happens next week man I hope you don’t put his hands on you again but like we’ll have to see next week I hope he does I hope he does all right my man have a good one and that was iron Michael Chandler coach for the team now you coached your season then you went on to face a man what was that like coaching and having to be in those interactions with Amanda on the daily basis you know for me it was fine I was expecting there to be more drama and then I realized that if there was going to be drama I was going to have to start it so I had something lined up to to get you know the the viewership up I had a little prank pulled with Johnny Knoxville and Stevo they were going to help me out and they had it all lined up with Dana and everything and then they axed it literally like a day before we were supposed to get it done and it was really uh disheartening but you know there wasn’t too much drama so for me it was fine it was like I really didn’t you know make that big of a deal about her being in my area or you know having to see her on a daily basis it didn’t bother me at all well what bothered me the most probably was just you know seeing them outside of our practices like in the van watching us and and watching all of our practices and I just want to be like Just Do Your Own Thing dude like quit trying to like copy what we’re doing over here but aside from that it was uh it wasn’t that bad but we know that you spicy uh well Latina heat over here I feel I feel you so the relationship you had with some of your athletes some of the fighters do you still have that strong bond with them today after spending so much time with them you know there’s some that I stay in contact with others not as much you know um kind of like what Mike was saying I’m trying to pour everything that I have into myself and into my career and I think that that was probably the hardest part of coaching The Ultimate Fighter was like because I had to sit there and care about you know these eight new little babies and all I’m thinking about is fighting Amanda and having to figure out like what I’m going to be doing to focus on myself it was like I had to focus on these eight guys but all I really truly wanted to do is just be like okay everybody out of my way it’s about me you know because when you’re inside the octagon it’s a selfish Sport and it’s a one-on-one thing and you’re the only one that can get locked in there and and do the dang thing and so for me it was like yes I enjoyed coaching and and I do enjoy coaching but at the end of the day I’m trying to pour everything and all my energy and time into making my career a success and so you know there’s times that I speak with some of those uh contestants that were on the ultimate fighter that were on my team and um some others kind of unfortunately you know and honestly have have not stayed in as close of contact with well I tell you what I don’t blame you for being selfish in this situation because you are looking at a title soon hopefully so you got to do your thing you got to do your thing so I don’t blame you for that yes thank you I appreciate that and uh it’s true you know some of them actually came for my my last camp and a lot of the girls came and they stayed with me and they were you know um helping me train uh for the second fight but uh kind of mums the word uh after after the second but I haven’t really uh been keeping in too much contact with the rest of them so let’s welcome in the winner of episode six a man with a brand new nickname from coach Chandler Kurt Hail Mary hollable Kurt what is going on brother oh man not too much you know just uh enjoyed this show and and happy to be on with you guys well I’m happy that you’re on with us uh Brandon Allen told me he’s a UFC middleweight he told me to use to beat him up every day and he called you a bully why are you such a bully oh man I don’t think I’m a bully but yeah Brandon was uh training with me when he was like 12 years old and that was the only advantage that I had on him since he was 12. now I don’t have an advantage so uh I had to get him while he was small man I hear you now Kim Kardashian she got famous from a a leaked tape now you had a tape that was leak and now you’re following in the footsteps of Kim Kardashian what’s it feel like to now have a video leaked about you man you know it was kind of strange it was like why is everybody leaking my video or my fight I didn’t really understand it but I mean it’s cool it is what it is um just a few people got to see see that result a little bit early hey Kurt how does it feel beating one of uh Conor McGregor’s uh best fighters on the season do you guys feel kind of bad because at this point you’re 6-0 for team Chandler and it’s not looking too good for team McGregor no we definitely don’t feel bad I mean that was our goal to come in and you know win every fight possible but uh you know and it feels great to be able to beat you know you know Connor’s number one pick for one and then not only number one pick you know one of his uh great training Partners has been training with him inside of his camps for you know six six ten years now something like that um you know it definitely felt good now coach John Kavanaugh he favored you to win the whole show he obviously held you in high regards and assumed you’d be seated number one you ended up being seated number four now I think that they probably thought that you were going to be number one so they made a mistake I think they made a mistake do you think they made a mistake in seating and facing you and picking you in this in this matchup no not really um because like I’ve been telling everybody I was expecting to be the number four seed I just feel like uh you know all the other guys on the team had more wins inside the UFC than I had so I think there was a question you know can I get get the job done inside the Octagon so uh you know for that reason I expect it to be our number four seed um but at the same time you know I didn’t know if I expected Lee Hammond to be the number one on their side you know I wasn’t really sure who or how they were going to see themselves Mr Kirk did you know that you were the recipient of our highest honor of gift of the week for our very first episode of after tough well let’s remind the folks at home Rashad has your mama ever caught you doing something and you know damn well you shouldn’t have been doing it look at him he like a puppy that don’t they knew he did something wrong yeah my man is man terrified oh man look at him man oh man look at him he already lost yeah uh already lost dog you was piercing through his soul with your eyes what did that feel like did you know he was kind of afraid of you at that point or how did that feel for you no I really had no idea that was the first time getting getting close to him I haven’t talked to him any before that and um no man that’s just what I do anytime I mean we’re not fighting right then and there so I just like to stare into their eyes and just try to see what they’re really all about all right my man now not only do you have five kids which is I commend you for that but you have like 30 animals including a jackass now we’re gonna put you on the spot here can you name first can you name all your kids I wouldn’t be able to name all five but can you name all of your kids and can you name all of your animals uh yeah I think I definitely can name all of my kids um and I can definitely name all the animals too man it’s just now you gotta do it you got to do it you can’t say you can do it but yeah I can do it we want to hear it stop the horses all right so we’re gonna go Lauren Zayden Aubry Braden Braden that’s all of my kids um so now we’re gonna start with some horses we got um Leo no we don’t have it we got Leo Mac honey Kokomo um cotton ball Electra um we got Jackie the jackass is what I call I call her Jackie um Dakota that’s that’s our I said seven that’s eight horses that we have um now dogs we got Oakley Riley um Brutus Sadie Tito and uh Yoshi and then we got a pig named Rick cat name church and I don’t know if they named the chicken so I can’t go there all right uh first man listen hats off to you you got them all right now you got to name two of your 12 chickens and you can’t say Popeyes and KFC oh I’m lost there I have no idea I’m just waiting on the chickens to earn their keeping lady some eggs all right Kurt we appreciate you coming on the show today you had a tremendous fight very enjoyable to watch hope you had a good Fourth of July and we can’t wait to see what happens in the rest of the season thank you guys uh appreciate you having me on all right let’s take a look at the move of the fight this is the ending sequence in which Kurt hollabaugh threw up the Hail Mary and was able to get to finish here now keep in mind he had been losing the entire fight but he’s an opportunistic Grappler he found an opportunity to find a submission and here’s how it was and I am going to have Juliana walk me through it all right you guys we got Dean in uh half guard on Mount he’s got that Guillotine locked up total vet move he’s almost gets rolled by Lee here and Dean is able to or I should say is able to maintain his Mount position he gets this Guillotine he locks up his hands grabs his own wrist and hips in and it’s enough to make Lee tap it’s a good one and that’s how it works that’s how the Jiu Jitsu Works speaking of Jiu Jitsu we have a bonus clip of Connor doing some groundwork with his team oh you’re sorry let’s see what we’re making the space like if I’m here I just feel like region I don’t know put my foot right here and then I’m here let’s resend themselves like if you’re if you’re here and you make this space if I get here but they’re still isn’t there still you can still do that here yeah you can still do that from that yeah like that grip it’s in the center drop the knee in between yeah that’s called a few times we’re in that position we’re either getting stalled on oh I’m making an error reaching Hoy and it’s just going a little bad from worse and then winning that kind of hat almost mental type of position it’s just more effort so just doil that in down below Head Strong back strong or swimming under the armpit and under the leg and taking them over for that leg lock position sometimes we give people yeah we’ll give them back to get here you know the middle game her mom was enjoying that’s a huge for the guy on top music try and get that knee in the middle and once he has that grip of even a trolley he Scoops back it’s you know it’s very very hard to stop what is Conor talking about some grappling stuff with his team I got to tell you I think Connor has an underrated grappling game no I absolutely agree I definitely think that he can grapple better than people give him credit for I mean when you think about his fight I mean he goes all the way back to his max Holloway fight when he fought Max Holloway he was he was taking Max Holloway down repeatedly with a torn knee and he out grappled Max Holloway and this was you know when guys couldn’t take backs all the way down Connor was able to do that I think you know he trains with Coach John Kavanaugh who’s a tremendous Jujitsu player I think Connor has a lot of gems a lot of wisdom and a great grappling game I I would love to see him use it a little bit more in fights even in that fight that he had with uh Habib nurmenoff I mean he was doing great he knew that the only thing he had to do is stuff the takedowns and in the beginning of the fight he was doing that impeccably like uh like you said I think his Jujitsu game is very underrated and he definitely doesn’t give enough or get enough credit for his Jiu Jitsu game he definitely doesn’t get enough credit for his Jiu Jitsu game people count him out and speaking of counting people out people seem to count you out everybody counts you I mean I ain’t even gonna lie okay we face to face if you I counted you out but let’s take a look at the flashback of Juliana get counted out I can’t even think of what they would tell her any stay standing I’ll still beat her up clean shop with her I’ll still beat her up take her to the ground I’ll still beat her up I’ve been doing this for over a decade and she’s not the one guys she’s not the one to put the stamp at the end of that I think that Juliana is a little more green than her and uh yeah I’m not even the least bit worried about her we were totally sure that she’s been walking and handle it I know what kind of a fighter Shayna is and Juliana’s in for it Shayna looks awesome Shane is absolutely gonna obliterate Giuliana I would be shocked if it went past two minutes into the first round [Music] Spades the death card so I gave her a little queen of spades card for what’s to come Shayna was already in her head and you know I think doing something like that just makes it even more so and I don’t think that Juliana really realizes with what intensity Shayna is coming you first [Applause] [Music] [Applause] it doesn’t matter if you wear lip gloss or if you get all dressed up and look like a girl once that cage door closes I’m an animal and I’m a gamer and I’m coming at you all right so watching that like when you’re in the house you don’t get to see all that but did you know that they were talking about you like that did you know that they were disrespecting you and just kind of discounting your abilities I did I did know that because Raquel would like come up and ask me like certain things like hey how you feeling hey what do you think hey what do you think about Shayna and then I would tell her and then I’d see her sneak down inside to the room with Shayna and tell Shayna everything that I said and then she’s like oh she’s a mental head case and I was like you’re supposed to be on my team you’re supposed to have my back but you know I did know that they were talking bad about me and at one point I got confronted and they said well why don’t you hang out with us at night time and why everyone in the whole house is hanging out and you are all by yourself in your room I’m like why would I hang out with people that I know were talking crap about me like it’s crazy and one other thing that I have to say I used to cook food I made enchiladas I made all sorts of stuff and I’d put it in the refrigerator and I would have it for the leftovers you know and I knew that they all hated me and that they were talking crap about me but when I’d go open up the fridge all my food was gone and I was thinking I would never eat food cooked by somebody that I’d talk so much crap about that I did not like so you know no shame in those guys that they could eat my food and and talk all that crap about so not only did they talk crap about you but they ate all your food what so I’m a good cook so that’s why but I mean but the reality is like that drove you that that had to be some fuel to the fire that drove you how did it make you feel like of the response that you felt like a visceral response that you felt you know I think that the most important thing is that I got people on my left and on my right that are trying to take my head off my shoulders you know it’s like we’re not in this house to make friends we’re not in this house to braid each other’s hair it’s last woman standing and so I had uh my big brothers Sam Cecilia and Michael kiessa and they were able to guide me and tell me you know keep to yourself and you know if you have something to say write it down on a journal and just really try to focus on making sure that you’re the last woman standing and making sure that you’re not letting all these people get into your head and anything like that so I’m lucky I’m lucky that I had my guys from Spokane to help keep me on the straight and arrow as far as what I needed to do because they were on the season before me but with that being said I knew that it was you know last woman standing and and um you know it’s like mother nature it’s the the weakest link must go and so my job was to put my blinders on and be as focused and and stay as focused as possible and and that’s what I did yeah but six weeks is a long time to be in the house without any friends did you have any friends in the house it was actually longer back then it was like be pre-covered so it was actually longer than six weeks um I thought that I had friends in the house actually I’m still friends with Chris Holdsworth and I’m still friends with Roxanne modifery and those two were probably the only ones that I still keep in contact with them they were the only ones that were you know decent towards me well I don’t know how anybody would not want to be your friend it’s just been fantastic but next Dean tell them good person here good person here but now let’s go to a bonus club we have some bonus clip of the best Trash Talk of the week you are going to love this hey don’t start talking now can you lose it get the jet fired up you’re headed home it’s time to go great coaching I gotta tell you I mean that’s that’s pretty Savage I mean they dug in on Connor at one point like these guys probably looked up to Conor but at this point they just taking shots oh I know and I felt so bad for him because you know oz of somebody who coached the ultimate fighter as well it’s really frustrating when you feel like your fighter won that round or could have stole that round and then the judges say oh we’re only going two rounds and we’re not going to go to the third and you you feel like your fighter got robbed of going to that third round and so I really felt for Conor in that sense because I’m like these guys keep getting their fights called after two rounds and I feel like you could have made an argument for three rounds not only that but when you get to the big stage in the UFC you’re not just gonna fight two rounds you’re going three rounds so let the guys fight you know and and I didn’t like that they kept robbing him of going to the third round I thought that that was a bit unfair so I I felt for Conor in that sense all right no speaking of Conor so you know obviously Conor’s the coach but it’s the other team the players on the other team that are kind of giving giving him a hard time did when you you were coaching did the other team did they give you a hard time no they were hanging out with us and they were trying to be a part of our team they were trying to get on team Pena but I think it’s easy for people to do that you know and I like I said I get some of that too it’s like when you have spoken out and have gotten people to pay attention to you it’s easy for other people to to give the hate to you because you’re the one that’s in the spotlight you know what I mean so of course everybody is happy that they’re winning on team Chandler and I’m happy for them that they’re winning too but I think that you know them poking the bear and you know you know trying to piss Conor off even more is is it’s cool I get it I understand it’s easy for them to throw that hate but uh it just sucks to to be Connor especially because he’s always got to be on all the time everywhere he goes you know he’s like a monkey in the circus dance monkey dance you know so it’s like I feel bad I feel bad for him I do well I don’t feel bad for him but you know what one thing about you that I love and I’m glad that you’re here is you have one of the best mindsets for fighting I mean you really do have a strong mindset for going out there and doing combat but before we get into that we do have some bonus footage of Connor and Lee Hammond talking about the mindset of fighting [Music] you know exactly what it is attention span how long can you be attentive for you know what I’m saying that’s that’s that’s another that’s another one and all those type of drills with the tennis ball and all that health maybe we’ll see it as it gets closer and the week comes down and we start doing a bit of that gym you know little foot walks off and visual stuff I can’t understand that I’m catching the ball as it’s coming across and I left everything you’re good for you and there’s no way it’s no effort to lose an easy on the body it’s more that what I said last night was for the Philippines that that’s that’s that placement I’m calling it the exact placement method that’s what I’m calling it because it’s more brain work than Bodywork you’re using your brain mode in your body and if you catch something like that like that it’s very beneficial like rocking bro we’re rocking and you’re looking you’re looking amazing some brilliant stuff from Connor but what really struck me was he was talking about attention span which is kind of ironic because Lee Hammond lost because he lost his attention right like he lost focus in that fight and got caught in that choke right yeah no it was definitely a veteran move from Kurt hollabaugh but I he had everything he had literally one round one handedly one round two-handedly like it looked like he was going to run away with it and get the first win for team McGregor and then like you said in that last second he lost his focus and and I guarantee you that that’s going to just eat at him for for a while because he had that fight in the bag well I mean so look at you like you for engines you know when you fought Amanda the second time there was no point in that fight where she could relax because you were attentive right and you were always on it like what how does that where does that come from how do you develop that you know it’s just that that grit that you know some people have and some people don’t have it it’s like when the going gets tough are you going to turn your face away and turn away from the punches and and and quit or are you going to never give up and continue to work hard up until the last bell I mean it’s just something that has been born and bred in me uh you know probably instilled in me from a kid from my parents and it’s just my mentality of I you you might beat me you absolutely might beat me but you’re not going to kill me and I’m not going to quit so you’re going to literally have to kill me in order to get me to stop because I’m not going to stop and that’s just you know the mentality that you have to have never give up I hey I got a kid you know what I mean you want me to be teaching her you know to give up and anytime the going gets tough you can just stop no that’s not the way I was raised you know never give up well I love it and if nothing else we are giving you your flowers because we appreciate you being here and we have a montage the best of Juliana Pena [Music] Juliana won her fight today and she would not stop talking about this butter fat milkshake that she wanted so bad [Music] so I had to bring her her Victory milkshake that I promised I like Chris a lot I think he’s a totally nice guy he’s not a follower like the rest of the guys I feel like you know she’s always been nice to me since day one it’s a lonely time he’s uh six weeks and you know I might need a little company and uh you know I like flirting with girls and I like flirting with Juliana I like yeah friends with benefits all about it [Music] it seems every morning that I’m sleeping all I hear is Giuliana blow drying her hair and working on her makeup her zippers on her bags being open like crazy sitting there playing with vitamin bottles just shaking them all crazy it’s been frustrating you’re like what pill do I need today hold on I need another one hold on I need this one hold on oh hold on let me put some back oh hold on I need one more you come to the bathroom instead of just gently close I don’t mean to you go like this I’m sorry you went to bed late and that you are dragging ass in the morning and I’m taking my vitamins and that we live in the same room you know I don’t know what they expect me to do we got kind of bored in the house and Juliana is kind of a little princess that likes to make us all her little princesses come on this can’t be the first time you’ve ever put heels on that’s good yeah and what I’m talking too I got a calf crab you gotta shake that booty out and and the runway and back yeah come on you girls look like freaking linebackers that is hilarious I did not know that but before I get into that I I gotta ask you when so when Chris Holdsworth is like all right you know um I like friends with benefits were you at that moment like security so I mean what is it what did you think about that no I felt bad because the way that they edit it and the way that it looks on TV looks like I’m like trying to like come on to Chris Holdsworth and like you know start something but like I was just saying yeah I’m all about friends that didn’t necessarily mean I want like friends with benefits with you but I’m just like yeah I’m cool with Friends with Benefits I have no problem with anybody doing anything whatever they want to do do it so how about the girls when how do you rate their technique and has it has it improved since the house like you’ve been around Raquel and them since the house like yeah how’s their their walk in their structure improves I’ll say this I haven’t seen them in heel sense oh no yeah no I don’t think that I mean I don’t think I’ve ever seen Raquel on a pair of heels and I definitely don’t think that I’ve seen Sarah Morris in a pair of heels either so needless to say I didn’t do a very good job on the princesses well listen if anything changes at least you can do my makeup and then maybe get me his meals and we can uh Mosey on down the road that was awesome thank you so much for that that gives me all the feels watching The Ultimate Fighter stuff at 2013 that was so long ago Jesus hey no we’re getting old and now my favorite part of the show let’s get to the memes of the week in this very first one Michael Chandler’s foot after seeing Tony Ferguson’s face open to be kicked you know Michael Chandler told me that he had never thrown that kick before that’s why he’s so excited Nick next me watching my friend get a root canal from a blind dentist come here now come here come on come on give me that give me that look at his face look at Ryan Bader’s face looks a little creepy what do we have next we have Mark Zuckerberg when he heard GSP was training Elon Musk oh no do you think the fight’s gonna happen I don’t think it’s gonna happen I wouldn’t want the fight to happen if I knew George Saint Pierre was going to be the opposing coach no way well I’ma throw my hat in it too like all the other thirsty Fighters I’ll train one of you too all right the next one when the Bloods and the crypts are beefing in Idaho check them out west side look at you look at your boys look at your boys Bloods and Crips there now look at them check them out look at them getting it on all right we got another one where the coffee shop says they only use paper straws nothing irks me more when they use paper straws like what is a paper straw I feel like the paper straws are just the paper that they used to wrap the plastic in what gotta save the turtles you guys global warming is a real thing I get it let’s save the turtles let’s teach turtles stop using straws don’t stick a straw up your nose if you’re a turtle and lastly how I clean mop feels when you put it in dirty mop water listen what is this I know I’ve seen some ice bath before but why why spell look like a cocktail it looks like it’s a feeding water for a trough for a trough for some cows or some some horses or something disgusting all right well let’s get to some fan questions before we go we have some fan questions for you Juliana and skeezers wants to know and this is a good one what is a common misconception that people have about you oh golly probably that like I’m really this like uh cringy person I mean maybe I am crazy if I’m cringing you know maybe I am a little bit I I annoy myself sometimes but I really truly think that I have a heart of gold I’m I’m like I’ll take my my shirt off my back to to help somebody in need and I feel like I’m I’m actually a really I think I’m a big sweetheart deep down I think you are it’s just like people got to get to know you right they got to get to know they got to be in your circle right A lot of people always say that I have like you know um like a look that like looks really like aggressive you know what I mean in my resting B face is like oh she looks scary you know what I mean but I’m like just talk to me because I’m actually really nice okay so we have another one and this one is from combat kiwi they want to know when are you getting your belt back um sometime in the fall hopefully we got to set that date but uh looking to get back in the fall time maybe Madison Square Garden perhaps uh T-mobile arena in December I don’t know I’m not sure exactly but definitely in the later part of 2023. and we have one more from B Nike zick they want to know would you be down to fight Holly Holm for the belt uh yeah I’ll fight anybody any of these girls can come get it um but doesn’t she have a fight lined up I thought I don’t know I think she does okay okay well Juliana it has been a pleasure it has been a lot of fun I want to thank you for coming out pounds go around I’m glad we could put the swords down I mean you could be friends for this you know hour or so for a small segment but the only thing is is I want to know what happened to you this morning what happened this morning I cut my hair with fingernail clippers I thought you were a professional I know but that’s what I thought too that’s why my hair looked like that this morning it was absolutely Madness we’re gonna start calling you patches well well we appreciate you uh embarrassing me that way thank you again for coming out Juliana you are absolutely fantastic please come back and share with us again anytime anytime it’s such a pleasure to be here Dean thank you so much for having me on the show all right now make sure you check out the next episode of The Ultimate Fighter Team McGregor versus Team Chandler Tuesday at 10 pm Eastern on ESPN and ESPN plus then stick around for after test after something of UFC Hall of Famer and tough season 4 winner you guys are gonna love this Matt Sarah is going to be with us to break down episode seven on ESPN plus YouTube Facebook and Twitter and here’s what’s coming up on episode seven on the next episode of The Ultimate Fighter um I don’t know it’s me adrenaline or something I just I need to settle myself almost you know what I mean with tensions now at a boiling point quarter-final fights remain team McGregor turns to knockout specialist Landon Quinones Landon is a true fighter and he’s here to fight hoping to secure their first win standing in his way is team Chandler’s veteran brawler Jason Knight my opponent Landon I don’t think that he’s prepared for what’s coming his way I’m dangerous in this fight because I have nothing else to lose we right here with you baby let’s go when the cage door closes the switch is flipped the referee will have to pull me off Jason who will move one step closer to becoming the next Ultimate Fighter [Music] all right y’all things are heating up on this season of tough Conor brought his first seed that wasn’t even enough it’s not like Lee Hammond was getting beaten up cause that wind was creeping up but he ain’t believe it enough that’s the thing with confidence it’s deceiving too ain’t no one gonna believe in you if you don’t believe in you check out Kurt Hollow ball he still went for it but dudes that eat crawfish yeah they built different they play in the mud and got animals on the lot too and when they thought for Hail Mary god’d be like I got you not a vet’s whipping the prospects like it’s not right team Chandler shining like Dana’s head under the spotlight got Connor showing up high class like a school day but down changed the fact he taking L’s like Cool J now I’m mad the beef is fast the merchant gave Mike a face lift like a plastic surgeon but that’s what happens when push come to shove I’m not here to give you a problem I’m just here to give you some tough love [Music]