Check out some of the highlights from Thursday’s UFC 282 pre-fight press conference. The UFC 282 main card kicks off at 10pm …
pressure is always the same you know I like this kind of pressure and how to change this for fuel to fight you know I was in his place I’m in the completely different place right now you know I was the champion I wanted this title back you know because I know how good it feels so I won it twice more than before legendary polish power no um yeah builds a store for me lamina foreign I fought lots of top opponents before he’s just the next guy I mean this is just a regular fight for me this is my way this is my path I need to come out there Champion so on Saturday you will see everything that I worked for and everything that that I deserve I’m just different you know what I mean as you say what um is for Charles and Charles finished them in the first so I aspire to be Champion Monday so I need to do the same thing otherwise I’ll be disappointed but you can’t prepare to find me a lot you can’t get a spot on partner walking come in and Spa like me I’ve got weird strike and we invest in a weird Jujitsu I’m a little weird though so you know I’m gonna drown him oh and I want to just clear something up I called you a quitter I should rephrase that you never quit in your fight you just faded yeah this is the first time with all the talk that you’re gonna bring that up all of a sudden we roll twice no we did we built one place no we wrote once and you shot me twice yeah these are bold-faced lies and we could see it on your face I haven’t got a lie about on no no I was a fox at the time I was like 88 kilo I was fighting at four like two weeks before well 22 is when I saw you it was before I moved to a Rufus Square which was in Milwaukee and that was yeah yeah it was years ago so I saw you in New York when I was living in Milwaukee in 2018 yeah but that was the year before it wasn’t that the only time I went to Hanzo since 2018. I’ve never come online I’ve only got the first time I went to America with each other until I hugged you on Tuesday at the first time I went to henzo’s was 2018. uh-huh I’ve never been apart from that I’m always ready to fight I’m always looking for a fight in my perfect world I wish to fight September December they give me D5 for December I’m happy to change the oil for him I’m happy to find somebody for me say I’m ready to punch somebody take the money and back to home like a lot of other Fighters lately I just really enjoy the fun fights and uh I just have a theory on like Championship you know pedestal mindsets that can be really hard to conquer and uh and I think just kind of traveling around the world fighting these guys in the Octagon for fun is is a fun goal and uh and the fights are always exciting I’m really happy to get this match up uh I was uh really you know happy to replace ruthless Robbie law that was cool and I was uh really thankful for ponzanibio to accept this fight on a catch weight making welterweight would have been a nightmare so it’s gonna be a lot of fun I think he’s gonna turn out yeah I think he’s going to use the strength against me it’s quite fit powerfully Strongbow now I feel like I’m gonna just be too quick and fast for them so you know we’ll see well I’ll guess we’ll see about that on Saturday night when it comes to the tough game I mean you haven’t seen me give up in a fight I wish we could say the same about him you know all the respect in the world today until but at the end of the day listen I did say it and I didn’t mean it it’s seen the best in the world in there and so and we’ve seen the worst of him and I do believe there until has everything that it takes to be a champion but not at middleweight as I said South Africans are nice guys so I’m not even going to be for them he’s a nice kid we’ll see Saturday night I’m not so nice you know oh of course in the in the fight you’re a nasty guy but yeah you’re a nice guy you’re a nice South African guy so I’ve already proven nearly a wrong Ilya said I’m a coward there’s a coward show up prepared to die no I’m no coward I’ve already proved him wrong and I’ll prove them wrong again on Saturday has it been difficult being around Patty backstage I haven’t seen him I’m seeing them all week I did the UFC have kept us apart when you see me because you know when I saw him last time he got to unsanitize a bottle bounced off his foot I admit I don’t understand you or anything back in the Cloudy mountains [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] foreign you said something about me I went to your country I slap your face I get at the racing win I like I walk like a king and you talk in English yeah of course I speak English for the people or Spanish like you’re from I’m talking about talking in English and you’re in English [Applause] whoop his ass [Applause] [Applause] oh goodness [Applause] [Music] foreign [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] hey guys [Applause] [Applause]