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what’s up everybody thanks for coming out today we really appreciate it who’s got the first question start with yawn please John obviously as a former Champion I mean you’ve been through all this before right the pressure everything about a championship fight so what advantages do you think that that gives you going against somebody like Mega Med 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 a champion I wanted this title back you know because I know how good this feel so I want it twice more than before legendary polish power foreign [Applause] obviously Saturday night is what’s most important right now but what is your goal what’s most important for you in your second run as Champion should you win what goals do you want to accomplish right now I’m Focus about Saturday only and my goal is take belt again to Poland no for magnet as well impressive wins you had to get here I’m just curious where yon ranks among those nine straight wins you have is he the toughest that you face or is there something that he does that you haven’t seen before yeah foreign 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 hey can you put in the words what this moment means to you and obviously it’s been a long journey to get here what would it mean for you to be UFC champion um [Music] no I must deal I’m sure it’s been a really long way for me to get here I thought everyone in the top nine victories in a row have done a lot I’ve done everything I need to do to become a champ and on Saturday you will see what I deserve and Dana just quickly for you obviously things can change but is the the current plan right now the winner of this with face Clover to share the Glover is the number one Contender at the moment yeah obviously it depends on how long Yuri is going to be out and I don’t want to put any uh pressure on him that there’s a time frame for him whenever he’s right he’s got the worst shoulder injury in the history of the company so I want him to take his time do everything the right way and yeah we could probably get two fights in before he gets back so yes and just just to kind of no pressure on you but do you have any health updates yet on on where he does stand or how you know he’s recovering now no I mean it’s it’s a I had half the surgery that he had and it was brutal so I can imagine what he’s got to go through and the physical therapy alone uh and then to try to get back in and start sparring again I just listen I don’t I don’t want to put any pressure on him he was devastated that he had to vacate the title and um I just want him to take care of himself so time time limit shouldn’t matter for him he should just worry about his health and that he’s 100 before he tries to come back so however long that’s going to be we’ll see a question for Patty pimlet actually uh you have your first co-main event on a big pay-per-view here to end the year you’re facing Jared Gordon a man who’s faced some of the best in this division including the former Champion Charles Oliveira so what do you have that Jared has not faced in the octagon I’m just different you know what I mean I just say but um he’s 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 fight me Lord you can’t get a spot on partner walking come in and Spa like me I’ve got weird stake and weird wrestling and weird Jujitsu I’m a little weirdo so you know and you mentioned you the Charles beat him in the first round and you want to do that too so is your prediction first round stoppage yeah as always on a million if you don’t believe in yourself no one else is going to believe in your Nadi the Quest for Jared follow-up Patty obviously refers to himself as a weirdo in there so when you’re watching tape on him is he a weirdo is there a method to his Madness when he’s fighting I want to call him a weirdo but I mean he’s unpredictable you know he brings uh his own style to the cage and that’s what intrigues me you know it’s just another fight and you think that you’re going to prepare for something in in certain fights while I’m getting ready for this I’m getting ready for that and and then it never happens in the fight and you’re like oh well I did all that for nothing and that’s how a lot of my fights have been so fight’s a fight man this is MMA you know so we’ll see I know what’s going to happen so what’s going to happen I’m gonna drown him oh and I want to just clear something up I I called you a quitter I should rephrase that you never quit in your fight you just faded and I’m not gonna sit here and say that you just gave up and rolled up he just quit when you see me coming [Applause] [Music] back I couldn’t hear you what did what did this item say you know and what did he says could that behind you I I could have such a little a Spanish sausage oh his life out back in your mouth please loudly loudly shut up man what did you say Janet anyway that little bums are relevant Long Beach you didn’t quit you just got tired I should rephrase that and I I stand corrected together question for Ilia in the back has it been difficult being around Patty has has have you had to stay away from him backstage what you said has it been difficult being around Patty backstage I haven’t seen him I’m seeing him all week the UFC of kept us apart when you see me when I saw him last time we gotta unsanitize a bottle bounced off his foot I own it I don’t understand you or anything back at the flouty mountains [ __ ] you okay [Applause] you’re known as hand sanitizer bush [Applause] hey English yeah hey speak English you want to talk to me like the man to man 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 see you talk in English of course I speak English for the people or Spanish like you’re from I’m talking talking in English and [ __ ] you in English foreign [Applause] puta [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [ __ ] [ __ ] every little chorizo your [ __ ] Spanish sausage [ __ ] [Applause] all right uh I don’t know what the hell just happened here but one final question for Chris Mitchell in the back do you think it’s a it’s illy’s making a mistake focusing on Patty when he has his youth standing across him in the octagon I don’t care what he focuses on brother I really don’t all I know is I’m showing up to whoop ass place yes question for Darren Darren first of all is it weird being the second loudest mouth Englishman on stage yeah it is a little bit weird that I’m not beefing I’m usually the heartbeat whatever I’ve calmed out of it when you look at Drake it’s what exactly are you expecting from him on Saturday night are you expecting a guy who’s going to come forward and get into a Brule are you expecting a guy who’s going to try and out technical you yeah I think he’s gonna try and yeah I think he’s going to use a strength against me it’s quite fit powerfully strong but you know I feel like I’m gonna just be too quick and fast for him so you know we’ll see do you think this is a case where the UFC have put him against you to see how good he is and you’re going to prove there’s still levels to this I don’t know how he said something the other day like when I’m on me ping I’m the best in the world and when I’m not I’m the shittest so I don’t know if it was a complimental so you know I’m just ready for Saturday and it’s just it’s nice not to be beefing for once say there’s no beef but drink is yesterday Darren said that he doesn’t believe South Africans use profanity I’m curious who do you think are tougher Englishman or South Africans I 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 did mean it it was 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 that’s South Africa African so I’m not even going to be for him he’s a nice kid we’ll see Saturday night I’m not so nice you know of course and in the fight you’re a nasty guy but yeah you’re a nice guy you’re a nice South African guy so I love you a lot I might just start some [ __ ] beefy selfie just kick it off Darren come on puppy let’s start talking oh stop it who’s got the next question Santiago ahead sir uh Santiago right here um we have seen like Fighters uh like Gilbert Burns or Michelle Pereira complaining about fighting opponents and you were in this situation before so why do we think it’s happening in your way division I don’t know I don’t know why they they don’t find fights 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 opponent I’m happy to find somebody for me send [ __ ] I’m ready to punch somebody take the money and back to home Alex Alex uh four victories in a row if you win against Saturday um after a short notice fight against this tough guy do you think you’re going to be in the talks for the rankings big stays even bigger challenge finally getting the respect you deserve uh yeah out maybe I never really cared much about the rankings I do know there’s a fight card in San Antonio in March that I’d like to get on it’s in Texas always love fighting in Texas but uh but no 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 travel 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 go ahead question for Dana um she’s not on stage at the moment but 18 year old Ral roses Jr is going to make his USA debut on Saturday uh just your thoughts on him he wants to be a champion when he’s 20. do you think he can do it yeah it’s going to be interesting obviously this is the biggest test of his career he’s super confident but uh you know what he’s going to have to battle I don’t care who you are how good you are when you come in here for the first time big pay-per-view crowd he’s gonna feel it so he’s going to have to get through some uh some Jitters and you know shake out those first time bugs we’ll see how he does it’s a big test for him a one for Jared um Jared I believe you rolled with Paddy in 2018 I think he submitted you in twice to five minutes someone not mistaken do you get one back on him or not we never rolled ever and the first thing about physical contact I strictly remember walking into henzo’s going to the locker room seeing you on the mat recognizing you yeah it was chilly eye contact and then you looked at the mat and that was the last time I saw you in person until this week not only that we rolled no we we never we haven’t mentioned that a lot of just got Austin and like we wrote so this is the first time you’re going to bring that up all the talk leading up to this fight this year this is the first time with all the talk that you’re gonna bring that up all of a sudden we rolled twice no we did we rolled one place no we rolled one you shot me twice yeah these are bold-faced lies and we could see it on your face [Applause] I haven’t got a lie about on no no I was a fat bastard 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 though yeah but that was the year before it wasn’t the only time I went to Hanzo since 2018. I’ve never come on love you I’ve only got the first time I went to America it was too fast each other until I hugged you on Tuesday about the first time I went to henzo’s was 2018. uh-huh I’ve never been apart from that okay I have no reason to talk about this anymore I see Saturday night exactly obviously Bryce is in front of you right now but do you would you want to fight Paddy in the future or not [Music] [Applause] I don’t I I don’t think he gets the balls to face me and close himself into octagonal with me so [ __ ] him [Applause] I’ve had go ahead you see guys he didn’t think give me a response why because he’s scared of me glad you’re irrelevant to my life why would I be scared of you you’re a [ __ ] with little man syndrome you know what I mean you’re tiny why would they be scared of you serious come on exactly that’s what you’re known as hand sanitizer boy little [ __ ] go ahead sir my question is for Darren he’s human my question’s for Darren uh your your last two fights you did not walk out to Sweet Caroline is it safe to say you’re walking out to Sweet Caroline the Swiss weekend I don’t know I don’t know do you want me to yes uh so we’ll see I think it was just because of the whole Culvert thing I just wanted to get in get business done no fans that [ __ ] so I don’t know we’ll see [Music] go ahead sir ask questions for trick is too busy because again Cameron Simon Fox I’m up here the UFC Court in Las Vegas let’s say here the prestasy from CIT and specific fan you and Cameron Simon fighting on the same card in Las Vegas what does that say about the growth of CRT and particularly your coach money officer yeah um but this sport doing cake in Spanish what I said is is it means the world for us South Africans to be here myself Cameron Simon you know it’s not a country that’s considered fighting uh in in the UFC at all uh I’m gonna I’m on the Main Court on a massive Pay-Per-View event uh it means the world to me and I promise the every single person in South Africa I’m bringing that one home on Saturday night so is Cameron Simon I’m sorry Darren but I’m not your fight back to the winning Golem what do you like about Darren as a fighter and how are you going to finish him on Saturday yeah you know as a fighter I mean I’ve I’ve been watching this guy I’m not only a firearm also a fan of the sport I know every single fighter especially in my weight division inside out now Darren till he was great at Walter Wayne he wasn’t great at middleweight not even once he impressed me but I do like the way he fights I like him as a fighter he’s done amazing things he always puts up an incredible fight and if you look at my advice there’s never been a boring one so I mean that’s what I like is they’re giving me the opportunity to put up a bang over fight I need to take the fans and that’s ultimately what we’re here for so let’s do it thank you we got one more question who is it yeah there you go one more couple more for Bryce uh you and Illy are both undefeated so outside of getting the W on Saturday is being the first man or potentially the first man to hand him a loss does that mean anything to you no I really don’t brother I don’t really care about his record or him that much and I don’t consider myself undefeated you know I’ve been I’ve had my ass beat quite a bit in the gym and you know my neighbors kicked my ass when I was little I don’t see myself as undefeated so you know I see myself as a dude who can take an ass whooping and who ain’t afraid of nobody oh God at media day yesterday Ilya said that he wasn’t overly concerned with your grappling because that is what he came from grappling so how do you see this fight playing out and what is your prediction Saturday predict I’m going to win 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 him wrong again on Saturday all right guys I’m gonna uh rip this I’m not gonna rip this stuff out of here we’ll rip the stuff out of here we’re going to square them off and uh we’ll show you guys a quick video of what’s coming up next year thanks for coming out everybody