Damien Dibbell spoke with members of the media following the conclusion of Power Slap 2 on Wednesday. Watch Power Slap …
um okay Corey so I got slap news Damien how you feeling right now uh my face hurts a lot and I got a lot of money so I’m I’m chilling honestly win Wednesday scenario have you ever been hit as hard as Wolverine hit you no he was not lying when he said he’s going to hit me harder than I’ve been hit before in the sport and that man hits like a truck I’ll give him that you know we talked previously in your pre-fight interview about this potentially Going the Distance did it go how you how you thought it would intend to uh I honestly it went how I expected it to go not how I wanted it to go I would have liked to get it you know a knockout or a TKO in the earlier to Mid rounds but you know a wins a win you know a couple of your early strikes were you know connected very very well were you surprised that Ron remained on his feet I I honestly was surprised I knew he had a chin but I wasn’t expecting it to be at you know to that degree but you know it just got Whittle him down when you actually did knock him down did you think it was over uh honestly it’s with Ron I knew he had the spirit to get back up so I didn’t think it was over but I definitely knew the judge’s scorecards would reflect what that I mean on the defensive side getting struck by Iran how did that actually feel I know you said you have some injuries to your face right now but was it what you expected or was it even harder it was probably the hardest I’ve been hit so far in the sport I’m I definitely had a concussion was confused a little bit in the back but you know it’s a part of the sport that’s what you signed up for yeah I know you felt disrespected going into the Dwayne Crespo fight and power slap number one coming into this the Vegas line you were the favorite um did did you play into that whatsoever or did they get into your psyche no not not at all I don’t I don’t focus on the betting I focus on myself and my opponent and that’s all I really try to focus on how great of a story would it be that you slap your way to a law degree that’s exactly what I plan to do so until I get paid that off you’re gonna see me coming in every event I can slap the hell out of people who do you want next uh honestly whoever could claw their way up to me I’ll take I’ll take anybody do you feel like this is the natural weight category for you you want to remain here at heavyweight definitely I definitely think this is this is where I’m comfortable this is where I belong you know when it went to the judge’s decision how confident were you that you were going to be the new title holder I was hoping for it I don’t know about how you know confidence but you know it’s you just gotta believe in yourself you just gotta know that you put in everything that you could and just hope for the best how do you think this Victory is going to change your life uh probably going to change it for the better you know it’s going to put me on a nice trajectory to actually be able to pay for what I need to pay for and do what I need to do in my life yeah I mean you’re still young um you know in in the sport um you know can’t where where do you think the natural progression is for you to go from here and how long do you plan to keep on you know continuing slap fighting uh honestly from here is just going to be defending my belt maybe dropping weight or gaining weight to try out another division see if I could take a shot at someone else’s belt but for right now it’s just going to be holding my belt until I could pay for law school get myself a really nice car maybe a house and then you know once I do what I need to do and submit myself at the top maybe I’ll retire then thank you appreciate it yes sir I’m just curious what kind of car you want a Mustang GT oh you had that right on you knew right away exactly yeah Mustang GT blacked out with uh green highlights wow so how long do you think it will take to get that oh I’m getting it Friday I’ve been saving up for that car for a long time so I just have one other question um when Dana was back here he he spoke really highly of you and I’m just curious how it feels to to know that you have someone so important that’s backing you like that is I see a credible feeling you know having someone like Dana White you know speak highly of you and show you the respect you you know you’ve earned and it’s amazing feeling to you know be at this stage now and do what I’ve been doing since the beginning yeah Damien um Darius the Destroyer has lost two straight I just wanted to you want one of your thoughts on that it’s honestly not I didn’t expect it that came out of nowhere to me I honestly I knew it was going to be a close match but it wasn’t as close as I expected there was a lot of penalties I didn’t expect Darius to pull so you know it’s it happens but you know we’ll see how he continues in the future were you fully expecting to face Darius next if you were to win I wasn’t fully expecting it I was like between Dorian and Darius I was expecting Dorian to be pulling more penalties just because of his last match before that I did not expect Darius to pull like all the penalties he was it was it was kind of out of the blue for him and out of character I didn’t unexpected any plans to go to super heavyweight uh as of right now no I’m already like in the middle of heavyweight yeah I’m like 240s area right now so after I gained weight because I’m going to get my uh PRK surgery so I’m gonna take some time off game muscle and try to be a nice 260 to combat congrats thank you hey Damian Domino powerslap news at the press conference I predicted you would end up going five rounds what were those Championship rounds like probably the hardest five rounds I’ve gone through is going against Ron was no joke that man hissed like a truck and he could take smack when they announced your name as Champion what was running through your head what was that feeling like honestly it’s just it’s hard to explain in words like just all the hard work and starting from watching him to going against him and then winning against him at this kind of scale is it was just incredible I’m just cloud nine right now I know you got a big support system back home when you head back home what’s that welcome gonna be like oh it’s going to be amazing co-workers friends family everybody was excited to watch me come out here and to actually be able to take home the belts to all of them that have been supporting me I appreciate it you know thank you to my co-workers at College Hunks appreciate all y’all is there anyone else that you would like to fight or you just opened for anyone who’s next for the belt honestly just anyone that can make their way up to me anyone that they put in front of me I’ll go against it doesn’t matter congratulations thank you so much thank you champ congrats on the win once you got the you know soak it in or you’re still doing that I know um who got the first call when you were in the back just kind of you know hanging out with your new belt honestly I haven’t even called nobody I texted my wife I’ve just really been kind of you know trying to recuperate you know sort my own feelings out because it I’m just ecstatic I’m just I’m bouncing all over the place you know so I’m just trying to calm down and really you know take it as it is and absorb what I’ve just done excellent and last for me speaking of all over the place with these the emotions you see your foe hit that you know that that canvas you’re like okay this is it I got him but then he rises how do you reset and think okay it’s not over just yet still got to put them away honestly I always expect to go the full rounds earlier you know before the match I was joking about you know I’m gonna knock them out round one and you know that’s just me and him joking around but honestly I expected to go four rounds I expected him to bounce back and get up every single slap because that’s the type of dude he is mad respect for him excellent thank you sir congrats on the win thank you okay [Applause]