Top ten lightweight, Mateusz Gamrot, took questions from the press ahead of his main event matchup against Rafael Fiziev on …
hey guys welcome back uh another headliner a main event for you does it does it add anything for it for it to you for when you’re in a main event yeah exactly I am super excited that this is my second mind event to UFC I feel uh that UFC appreciate my my names I also appreciate my MMA skills and that this time I want to prove that I am reality real deal in UFC and I prove that I deserve that do you feel like that you still kind of have to prove your name right now that maybe that you haven’t gotten the recognition you deserve in the UFC um always you can improve your yours yourself you know every fight you can show better your skills and performance and it’s gonna be like this time very nice another exciting fighter on the other side of the cage and Raphael what did you think of the matchup when they put this together of course of course right now my opponent is Rafa physiev he’s really dangerous opponent high level uh world-class Striker um but I believe in I believe I am better or render fighter and to be honest I don’t care because of course I have much respect to to Rafa but my wrestling wrestling skills kill every Striker I was gonna say I mean obviously it’s a mixed martial arts fight but at its core it does seem like Striker versus Grappler is that kind of the way you see it yeah yeah yeah but before before this fight I did I did Camp Polish national team when I improving my skills I don’t afraid exchange punch and kicks with with Rafa uh but I think the key the winning this fight will be stamina conditioning of course MMA skills and mental strength and I believe I have an advantage out of this yeah is it difficult to keep that mindset like sometimes I feel like Fighters you know you know you’re probably the better Grappler but maybe I want to prove I can strike with that guy I want to show the world I can outstrike him well maybe that’s not the smartest way to to approach the fight is that hard for you to deal with this is always 50 50 you know and is dangerous but like I say I don’t afraid exchange punch but if I see opportunity take him down and finish his grout of course I take it nice you win here I mean there’s not a lot of names up above him at the top of the division I know you’re a respectful guy but is it time to start calling out the names and do you have an idea of who you should be facing next with a big win here of course like you said in the lightweight division is too many Superstar and top 10 is really dangerous but right now my focus is fight to to Rafa uh this is big fight to me he’s number six I am number seven the winner this fight advance to top five and everybody know top five is tighter run and I climbing to the top nice last thing for me given you know kind of the importance of this fight is just a win here enough or does it have to be something spectacular do you feel like you have to kind of make a statement uh I wanna I won’t make statement this lightweight division of course I am I am professionals fighter and for me the most important is win this fight but I wanna I wanna show my my shape and good performance and I wanna finish him how does it feel uh not having glasses on I saw that she got LASIK surgery and how how does it feel uh feeling great I’m super excited that I did this become because this thing helped me a lot in my life like every day you know because when I trained I took my glasses and I feeling good you know sometimes I feel like Jean-Claude I didn’t see nothing but I touched and doing but but this I think this was great ideas and maybe the best in my life obviously it’s gonna help you outside the cage but Inside the Cage will help as well like you don’t have to worry about contacts or not being able to see um we’ll see because this is gonna be my first fight when I when I did surgery and after this fight I can I can tell you when was better gotcha and I saw Joanna around you um how’s it feel having her around you during fight week and um you know having a teammate a country woman is it awesome yeah this is awesome uh Joanna helped me a lot she’s big support for me and she helped me all the time in my life in in my Sport and in my career I really appreciate that and I am happy that she is here I I feel that she give me a lot of energy good energy also during on the fight that’s it’s American top team versus kill Cliff FC yeah do you do you see it like that or or do you not even think about that I don’t I don’t I don’t care this do you know because I when I I am in ITT I feel that I am great company I have great coaches great spirit Partners every time when I come to ATT uh my skills is improving my brown is the best coaches in the world every time he show me new things new techniques and there’s gonna be this time I’m in my Arsenal is a lot better than the last time I have new things not only Grand and and the same in in Striking and then and I want to show this in the Saturday night and finally uh Islam and Charles referee next month I just want your thoughts on that fight does Islam beat Charles again or do we see an upset um like like I say I don’t I don’t I don’t care because my wrestling skills always beat a striker and I am only interested one guy this lightweight division he’s he’s wrestler he is Islam and I believe he will win with Charles Oliveira and I hope so we meet in the future maybe next year or two to two years so you feel your wrestling is good enough to negate his his uh his wrestling basically you’re wrestling is is better than his wrestling one more please do you think your wrestling is better than Islam’s wrestling I think so we’ll see I have to meet him in the octagon and fight with him and then we get the answer who is better uh wrestler but in myself in my opinion I am the best wrestler in the lightweight Division I take him down everybody and this is no problem for me and this will be the same time in in Saturday night thank you thank you last summer you took a short notice fight against Geralyn Turner you had to dig deep there but you got the Gnar at the end what are some important things you learned about yourself in that fight oh man my last fight was treble because this was short notice I have a lot of bad things before this fight with Visa Travel and no Camp no preparation no nothing but this fight showed me that when I when I don’t have camp and don’t have preparation I can beat the the dangerous fighter like Jalen tournament and my will to win push me forward this fight and I get to win so right now I have full Camp through preparation conditioning to 10 runs and right now really guys I am a lot different fighter like last time and the former opponent of yours Armin sarikin has been pretty vocal about wanting to fight another former opponent of yours benildarius if those two were to get matched up how do you see that fight going uh it’s interesting matchup I don’t I don’t predict who who gonna win I will be watch this fight for sure I am only interested in how will be performance to to to Darius because when he fought with me his performance was super good his conditioning was super good Ben uh but when I saw his fight with Charles Oliveira his conditioning was was bad because when he stand up to first run I’ve I I think he he was super tired and and because he he he lost so we’ll see really interesting matchup and I will be watched for sure what you mentioned about the Lasik um congratulations on that so are we gonna see like a new mythical fighter full vision materials camera this weekend please one more time because we’re gonna see a new mythical fighter a fully uh crack Vision Mateos camera this weekend yeah I wanna prove that I’m real deal and I will be UFC champs soon yeah I want to show my really good performance what I what I learned from my last uh last couple months and really I can’t wait to step in the octagon thank you thank you just thank you for taking the time talk to medium you mentioned earlier uh Polish national team yes what was that like what did you guys do what did you work on just that experience of working with such top level guys to just make you better yeah uh for sure this was great experience for me because when I got offered to Rafa I looking for like the best parting partners and guide from from striking and coaches from Polish national team invite me to to the camp I trained with the best guys to to to Poland these guys is European and World Championship I really good experience from this I think my striking skills is a lot better than last time and like I say I will be done afraid exchange punch with with Rafa is it something that you could maybe incorporate into your camps and do going forward or it was like a one-time invitation right now this was only three weeks because I don’t have time but because then after this Camp I I moved to Florida and and then did came to ATT but this was great time and in the future if I get another opportunity to go to Polish national Kim for sure I come because really after this time I feeling like a big growing big grow and I before this Camp I was good after this game I was really super good excellent congrats on the growth and last for me that moved to Florida how beneficial was it uh did you feel like you know I should have done this sooner or it was just a great idea uh the decision to move you said to go to Florida as far as like improving your your Camp your career your fight IQ but move to all the time or what because I don’t understand when you went to Florida right now yes how has that been for you your Camp your career just everything as a whole is the game right brand uh maybe I don’t understand the question but all just to move the image in the in being in Florida just how it’s been for him as a fighter his career just no yeah yeah okay right right now all the time when I I am in ATT this is great time for me because always I I get new techniques new skills improving my skills this is great company for me I’m feeling great atmosphere here coaches Park Martyrs helped me a lot show me a lot of things and I love back to Florida and but in Poland I have family I have kids you know and this is difficult time for me I really miss for my kids and and my family but the same this is like more motivation for me because when I I am in ATT this is just focus no distraction I spend time only small room trying two three times in the day did nap concentration and that’s it this is like the perfect time to to did camp and after this go go to go to show to UFC okay thank you sir great uh can’t wait to see it all together on Saturday good luck thank you so much