Kenny Florian spends time with Olivier Aubin-Mercier in Montreal as they discuss getting through the PFL regular season, his …
everybody said that but the name choose
you you don’t choose a name you know
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it’s her life choose me
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he’s got to be kidding me look at this
thing a one wheel yeah man Kenny how are
you good man how are you good to see you
this is literally how oam rolls very
cool are you gonna try it can I try it
yeah yeah a natural oh oh my God I
jumped off I’m safe I’m safe I’m safe
you’ve been in top organizations you’ve
experienced a lot at this point in your
career how difficult is it to get
through a pfl season that’s the hardest
thing I ever did excellent back and
forth battle a very close fight the
hardest thing by far is stuff mentally
stuff physically oh that was a big kick
to the body by oh yeah my goodness
everything about this is stuff oh Big
Shots there by Olivier this is a
smothering effort from oam the Olivia
Albert massier booked himself a spot in
the lightweight Championship there was a
point in your mixed martial arts career
where you switch from just being uh
Olivier to being the Canadian gangster
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gangster do whatever you want so I don’t
care I want them to hate me that’s it
doesn’t get anything in their way why
did you take on that moniker everybody
said that but the name choose you you
don’t choose a name you know the
gangster like choose me
it’s just a big joke about how people
they take themselves a little bit more
too seriously it fits well with me like
you said I like humor this was a perfect
fit for me George Napier who’s from
Montreal one of the greatest mixed
martial artists of all time has inspired
you and has helped you in your career
how has he done that that’s the reason
why I started watching anime it’s
because I’ve been two years after I
started MMA I met him and he became a
friend he became a hero and became a
mentor I always been friend with
oliviera since the beginning I witnessed
him early on in his career when I was
looking at him I knew that it was very
gifted I saw that he had all the quality
to become a one day A Champion hey so
you have the opportunity to be the first
Canadian to be a pfl world champion does
that cross your mind at all yeah it does
I mean it’s amazing make history you
make history exactly
I want him to impose his will
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I think that’s what’s going on in the
fights he’s dictating where the fight
goes and he’s dictating the pace the
strikes positions and he’s getting the
victories
you have Stevie Ray in the final how
would you compare your game to Stevie’s
game right now well I I think Stevie is
a duck you know he’s a loose cannon he’s
a really dangerous
but I do think I’m better than him
everywhere I think I’m quicker on the
feet I think I’m a better wrestler and
I’m gonna dominate
you’re not
technically
as well
he’s fighting the fight of his life this
is a hundred percent the most important
fight of his entire career
is all about the accomplishment you know
to make it happen for myself I don’t
feel pressured from outside I do it for
me and I do it for the story and the
kind of guy that’s like to have a good
story
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and more keeper for this for 20 years
and nobody’s gonna take it from me
I’m gonna take what I deserve