Flyweight Amir Albazi took questions from members of the press at the official UFC Vegas 74 media day ahead of his main event …
good morning good morning good morning well here it is uh UFC Main Event former title Challenger I mean this seems like a big moment in your career but does it feel that way to you just feels like another fight to me its main event so I get two extra rounds to finish Kai even better for me nice how much has that affected the way you approach training knowing that you do have those two extra rounds training of course gets different we just train for five rounds instead of three but it’s just another day day in the office so nothing I haven’t been through before I know you’ve had a lot of big fights lined up and they didn’t happen were you worried at all like is something gonna happen this time or did you feel like this fight is going to happen the way it’s scheduled man I just do my training and pull outs can always happen injuries always happen I know how hard training camp is so if it happens it happens but I’m just focusing on myself focusing on my own training and I just take it as it comes uh what do you think about Kai as an opponent to how challenging has it been to prepare for him he’s a good opponent of course he’s number three but I’m I’m here I’m the next next Champion for the title so whoever they want to put in front of me I’ll be ready you know the critics right they say you haven’t fought anybody yet how can he fight for a title yet how do you address those people that say you haven’t fought the names yet it’s a lot of people that say that they see at my like track record in the UFC and they see names here and there they’re like how can he jump to kaikara front straightaway I’ve been trying to fight these guys after every fight I’ve been trying to get uh ranked opponent I’ve been calling these guys out I was booked against AliExpress he didn’t make it of course and then I was booked at Brandon royville he got injured too so I’ve been trying to fight these top guys so when I got Kai now I’m happy we’re all finally here during fight week and I’m gonna show people why I’m the next champion you win here is the idea that you wait and see what happens I mean you make the call out right away hey I should be next is that kind of the plan I don’t need to do a call after this fight they’re gonna know I’m next I know I’m next I want to fight in Abu Dhabi for the title I’m gonna finish guy this Saturday night and then I’m gonna see how it plays out with Pantoja Moreno either one may the best man win and I’m next in Abu Dhabi I love it you got to play in there last thing for me you kind of said it finish them I mean do you feel it’s important some people might say it’d be good to get five rounds experience to know what it feels like but do you feel like no it’s got to be a finish this week to be honest even if I try to do five rounds I’m a finisher I know I’m a finisher and my track record speaks for itself I finished almost all my opponents so even if I tried to keep it for five rounds I’m gonna finish the fight Amir um who are some of your main training Partners this camp I’ve been training with the JP buys a lot of different training Partners at extreme Couture Javed ferret I have my coaches Dewey Cooper I also have my coach back home Professor X so I have everything I need I don’t need anything more I’m ready to go can you talk about um I guess what it means to headline a card especially like the Flyway division because sometimes the DLC doesn’t showcase the Flyway division but there’s there that they’re showcasing it this weekend and just what does that mean to you it feels good the Flyway division is back you know we’re back with a bang I know it kind of died off a little bit but now we’re all putting on like Great Performances great fights and I hope flightway division is going to be the next hot thing thanks man thank you