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Jack welcome thank you are you feeling in uh this fight week yeah I’m feeling good it’s good to be back in Vegas I feel acclimatized at the time and yeah I’m looking forward to a good showing on Saturday night yeah in common event right that’s uh that’s nice uh how do you feel about getting that that slot yeah I’m excited you know like it’s nice to get that slot on like a uh event with the crowd having fought a T-Mobile so I look forward to it it’s gonna be a cool experience yeah and this is a bit of a quick turnaround right we can say yeah pretty quick I was planning on fighting in Sydney but it just didn’t work out but yeah I was planning on turning around pretty quickly after the last fight so it worked out and in the end you feel like you’re kind of trying to make up for some lost time given some of the things that happened earlier in the year um no I’m just sort of I’ve always wanted to fight consistently so I’m just going to try and keep up a consistent routine and schedule and keep going yeah and how was it to see you know fellow Australians and people from the Oceania region fight at UFC 293 and you’re not getting the chance was it tough no not really you know I was I was lucky enough to fight in Australia at the start of the year but it obviously would have been nice to save a bit of travel but yeah I feel like it was a pretty good event and all the fighters put on good fights it was entertaining and yeah it definitely got me pumped up for this weekend yeah and uh what do you make of uh Kevin Holland and also is this somebody that you had in your radar did you feel like a fight with him was coming sooner rather than later yeah I did I thought possibly by the end of the year I might fired him before the last fight just from how everything was playing out and so I think that’s a good fight I think he’s a good fighter he’s got unpredictable style it’s pretty exciting I’m looking forward to it have you ran into him at all um this five week I know it just started but he seems to sometimes engage with his opponents I don’t know if you have no I haven’t yet yeah not yet do you what are you expecting from him because he he can sometimes you know get a a little bit of a rivalry going he can be very cool he’s a bit of a wild box let’s say yeah you know I don’t know what to expect I don’t really care you know I’m coming to fight so whatever happens leading up to it happens but there’s definitely going to be the time for fighting so if just waiting for that yeah and uh this is not sure what if you say celebrating the Mexican Independence Day on September 16th obviously you’re you’re not Mexican but you do have some sort of a connection obviously you’re you’re a great boxer and not giving Mexico’s uh history with boxing wondering if you have any appreciation for um Mexican culture and and being on this card as well yeah I’m a fan of Mexican boxers there’s been some legendary ones and yeah I plan on getting into the inside and fighting a Mexican style yeah thank you Jack over here when you look at the welterweight landscape there hasn’t been a title fight officially booked yet and some of the top ring guys haven’t fought in a while do you see this as a bigger opportunity for someone like yourself to go out there Saturday night make a statement and catapult yourself in the rankings and ultimately get you closer to the top I think so I think a good win over Kevin Owen will get me into a nice Spotify one of the top contenders and uh you mentioned there are your thoughts on Kevin Hahn but did you catch that fight against kiesa and if so what’d you make of it I think it was easy I don’t think by the looks if I don’t think yes it really showed up in my opinion and uh you also said that you’re excited to finally fight at T-Mobile what’s that like are you going to be walking out to AC DC now that’s back in an arena yeah I’ve got some cranking AC DC to get me pumped up to fight and what would you say was your biggest takeaway from that Bastille hafez fight back in July that’ll help you get that win Saturday night just there was some small D I think I made some mistakes during the fight which is I think it’s important to make the right decisions in the fight to get the win so but it was nice to just like get three rounds in push the pace a bit know that I felt like I was down in the fun I had to sort of Step It Up the last few rounds so it was good to overcome that and uh what’s your message for all the fans from back home they’re gonna be tuning in to your fight yeah I just hope yeah I’m excited I’m excited to perform for the fans it’s what it’s about at the end of the day and yeah just put on a good performance a good fight that they can remember for a long time thank you thank you hey Jack um is it safe to say you’re you’re the Australian Canelo yep that’s it um I guess how did you have a lot of the toxic MMA fans in your mentions talking about that battle half his fight what was the question sir did you have a lot of toxic MMA fans in your comments in your in your mentions dming you about your last fight yeah of course you know there’s I think it’s fair play you know this is the sport for the fans and I think they all have the right to their opinion so didn’t really bother me and I felt like I wasn’t a good performance so fair play is it going to be nice to shut them up this this weekend it’s hard to shut them up you know I feel like they’re always going to be talking so but I don’t really mind doesn’t really bother me I think it’s just the way the sport is and then finally uh obviously the Daniel Weiss container series is back right now you got your contract off for that just how important was that show to you yeah it was very important that was a pretty cool experience definitely one of my favorite parts that I’ve had it’s just a it’s a good introduction into the UFC and since that I’ve always yeah always tuned in and watch the contender series as a fan did you see Kevin you say uh call you out after his win uh last week no I didn’t I didn’t say that but yeah I would definitely run it back with Kevin any day anyway awesome thanks man hey Jack right here to your left I just want to ask real quick you got you mentioned Sydney what what uh why did it fall through was it on your end or is it just the card was too booked or what happened no no I was ready to go just I think like a lot of the fighters didn’t want to travel all the way to Sydney to get whooped so fair enough there you go thank you I know the focus is fully on Kevin Holland but when you look at those welterweight rankings is there a specific name that raises your eyebrow a little bit that you’d like to fight with in the future to be honest all of them I always I look at all of them I think yeah they all raise my eyebrows I think yeah look at all of them as potential future matchups so really any one of them if I’ve got uh given them to fight I’d be very happy and excited have you entertained any talks with Joaquin Buckley I know a difference division all that but like he’s or now he’s back at world trade but he’s been you know tagging you a lot of stuff I’m not sure if you saw that yeah you know obviously I’m trying to fight people in front of me but one day hopefully he can get into the top 15 and I’ll definitely fight him one day if he if it all works out well and I think