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attendance was 18 168 total sellout bonuses the night fight of the night went to uh cap and and Dos Santos uh uh performance of the night went to taffa and Strickland and one thing that I really want to point out and somebody that I really want to thank is uh the premier who uh who got us back down here and uh good to be back in Sydney thanks to him for all his hard work and uh love of the sport how crazy is this game how crazy is this game it’s one of those ones where you just sit here for like the next week going what the happened there you know 23 years when I’m looking at the internet and reading all the and all these people that think they know about fighting and I’m not sitting here acting like this is what I thought was going to happen here tonight but what do I always say never judge a fight until it happens you never know what the hell is going to happen in this batshit nutty sport would you say this is one of the biggest upsets in the history yeah I mean if you think about Australia the two biggest upsets ever in the men’s and women’s division has happened in Australia what did you think pressure very well of Israel Israel looked like he was in slow motion he looked like he couldn’t get off he looked like he was really stiff tonight um he looked very slow do you think that could be you know we always talk about his activity but maybe there’s something to be said that he may be over trained at this point and maybe need some time off or do you think it’s just hey sometimes you have a bad night only Israel knows what’s going on I’m very curious to see what he says at this press conference tonight um you know there are a million things that could go wrong uh some days you wake up and it’s just not there man you just don’t it’s it’s not there he looked bone dry when he came out tonight standing up really tall um looked very slow looked like you couldn’t get off at all um even in the fifth round when when everybody knew he needed a knockout to win the fight there was no sense of urgency to try to finish the fight so I don’t know if he’s hurt if he’s uh or just you know tonight’s that night yeah did you speak to him in the cage at all what’s that did you speak yeah I said you okay he said I’ll talk to you later then go to Sean Strickland you know he did what he’s had to do right he came here he beat the champion four rounds to one came into hostile territory the whole world talking about him the whole world saying he couldn’t do it a seven to one Underdog came in almost finished him in the first round and won the championship won the world title man so everything that we’re talking about right now about how crazy this sport is when opportunities arise you jump on them and you take them and uh you know you should never turn down fights when you get the call especially if it’s for a world title yeah Sean’s an interesting character right to have it yeah you think yeah uh you know I’m sure it’s going to get crazy in here uh in a little while yeah just you know just this week we had the thing with the fan and I know that he was kind of exaggerating as he does but do you need to say like look if you’re going to be our promotions Champion can you cut some of that out or do you just think well let’s just see what happens you know the answer to this question listen we put this guy in this in a spot and uh you know there was no holy we didn’t know this was going to happen going into this you know who the hell knows what’s going to happen in here in 15 20 30 minutes whenever he gets in here so it is what it is this is the fight business boys and girls yeah and he is one of the nuttiest in the sport yeah uh outside of that the Manila cap fight um against the newcomer who looks amazing too into Santos you know you gave it five for the night but what did you think of that great flyweight flying matchup yeah fight of the night and uh you know wow how durable and tough that kid is um I love kids again a kid that got an opportunity and he came in he didn’t come here to just show up and get paid he came here to win tonight uh I I think that that kid has a really bright future uh I know what the answer is usually to this but uh manila’s post fight speech used to having public words yeah I was flying around a little bit tonight I think these guys get uh you know um get a little excited um and you know you make bad mistakes uh Radke did the same thing you know and and you know me we didn’t run over to him and say you better apologize and you better he did that on his own you know when he got back stage he was embarrassed and you know got caught up in the moment and uh did you guys talk to him tonight no so he felt like he was treated like and you know all that stuff and you know got emotional and and uh whatever reason we make mistakes um I am not holier than thou either so we’ve all been in positions where we’ve made mistakes and uh like I always say it’s how you recover from it and how you uh carry yourself after you make the mistake and he came out and apologized on his own free will we didn’t tell him to do anything and uh the fact that he did that means he means it you know I don’t make anybody apologize for anything you do what you want you’re grown men and women uh uh you know you’re able to say whatever you want he did it he came back he was embarrassed and he apologized so um I’m sure some people who accept this apology and some people won’t uh lost one for me just going back to The Madness of the main event you know traditionally we see dominant Champions get an immediate rematch right but Israel just had one of those with Pereira fights so do you kind of I know this is a Tuesday question but do you sort of think well let’s just book it again because Israel looks so off or do you just sort of see how the division plays out and leave Israel on the side for a moment no I think you do the rematch absolutely I mean the rematch is is interesting um that could be the thing too you know when you think about you’re going into the Pereira fight such a big fight you know and you’ve been in there with this guy so many times and then you overlook Strickland and and you come in and and you know I don’t know I don’t know the answers to these questions but uh Israel does and I’m looking forward to hearing it thank you since there’s a any medical update on Jack Jenkins who’s one of the arms his arms snapped in half in there yo yeah I know uh yeah I I think I don’t have any uh updates here medically but uh I think his elbow got dislocated um oh it just says right elbow here but it doesn’t say uh I think it was just a dislocation and I’m just curious how do you come up with a list for bonuses tonight because like obviously volkov became the third fighter ever to get a Ezekiel choke Tyson Pedro had a big performance uh to kick off this main card so how do you narrow down just two three names on them yeah I mean Pedro deserves something too there’s guys that these these guys we felt won the 50 000 and other guys that did really well tonight will get kick some money too and so this just kind of going off this is just me being curious have you ever thought of just doing a uh like a stoppage bonus rather than a performance bonus like a finish bonus for just anyone who gets a finish rather than selecting two or three this kind of works uh the last one for me you guys announced the UFC game uh fedor’s in it uh did you have to fly to an island to get his permission we did not no yeah he’s in he’s in the game how’d you pull that one off uh I don’t know I guess he wants to be in the game we paid him an obscene amount of money I don’t know one of the other hey Dan just a quick quote on Sydney I mean uh it was pretty remarkable cckb with six fights and one card what’s your reaction to sort of what the Gym’s been able to do in the region and just the card overall yeah it’s incredible it’s incredible what that team has done and uh you know if you saw some of the footage leading up to the fight you know how many people are in that Gym training at one time and they treat Izzy just like they treat everybody else and um and Vulcan it’s it’s impressive it’s impressive what they built here for rematch like uh Strickland and understand if that it does happen do you do this in this region yet again because the fan base because of the support potentially maybe of New Zealand or is that something that you think happens overseas now I don’t even know it you know when you start looking at uh the rest of the year and laying out the card uh and then getting it we’re already into like uh we’re into like March of next year so as far as fights go so we I don’t know I don’t know how that’ll play out but it depends on how fast uh these guys want us to come back here thank you yep Dana you mentioned uh fights booked up to March is UFC 300 going to be in April is that what it’s looking like I don’t know off the top of my head yeah have you started thinking about that one at all no because we had like volcanovsky back here he said if him and Islam both win their next fights he would love to headline as you said earlier in the week he wants to be on that card people haven’t started coming to you yet there’s a lot of stuff that’s going to happen between uh now and then yeah um Laura sanco joined the commentary booth for pay-per-view debut tonight uh did you get to listen to much and what did you think yeah yeah the commentary team tonight was awesome they killed it yeah I do think she’ll get more opportunities on pay-per-view for sure yeah she’s listen she’s a rock star man she’s very good at what she does yeah and uh earlier this week uh Tyson Fury and Francis inganio did a press conference ahead of their fight and Tyson was saying after this one he wants to revisit the Jon Jones fight potentially that you guys were working on is that something that would appeal to you at all depending on how that goes I don’t know we’ll see how it plays out what do you think of Francis that he was able to get that fight we haven’t heard you really speak on that no good for him thank you yeah Dana just over here yep um the last time the UFC came back to Brisbane um was 2016 and I know you have the deal with Sydney for the next couple years but does the UFC have any plans to come back to Brisbane at all plans to go back to where Brisbane yeah yeah yes listen we’re gonna go everywhere now that uh hopefully the world is back and heading in the right direction again uh hope that stays that way and yeah we’re going to be traveling everywhere again still so many places that we haven’t been since covid uh the beginning of covet so still a lot of traveling to do um and just another one Tom Nolan is um just up the road from me so I thought I’d ask a question of do you have any timeline of when we can see him debut Tom Nolan The Dana orange Contender series what about him if you have any timeline of when he’ll be debuting no um and then just lastly the Eternal featherweight Champion Justin van heeden made weight on Saturday as a backup I’m just just curious if you happen to know him at all and if so what are your thoughts no hey Dana just over here I was wondering did this card surpass your expectations because we had a ton of finishes a ton of great fights and then obviously you know an absolutely amazing title fight in the middleweight division how did this card match up to your expectations no uh I I I I that this card absolutely met my expectation obviously I expected a completely different uh you know Main Event um whether whether Izzy one or Strickland one I expected I didn’t you know nobody saw that coming that that Izzy would come in flat and slow and you know whatever’s going on with him um I don’t think anybody expected to see that but no the card lived up to my expectations and uh speaking on Thai to avasa obviously a tough loss tonight but I think Tai really falls into that category of fan favorite Fighters whose stock never drops too much with the loss do you kind of see Thai fitting into that category as well as a fan favorite fighter that we’re always going to tune in to see yeah and to be honest with you when you talk about it exceeding expectations that fight did I mean when you look at the monster he’s fighting the reach Advantage the power that guy has that you know the size difference everything Thai fought a hell of a fight tonight and last one for me uh Gabriel Miranda had a very very dominant submission victory over Shane Young tonight I was just wondering where you sort of see the ceiling for him and what’s next for Shane Young listen when you get these opportunities to come in and and take these fights and and uh you know it’s like when we talk about the contender series on Tuesday nights when you get these these opportunities you come in and you shine like you did in the Big Show yeah it’s it’s a big deal it’s it’s a it’s a very very good thing hey Dana uh there’s been a lot of questions this week to the fighters about if they’d be interested in fighting on an Auckland card and Dan hooker admitted this week that the rumors were made up by him are there any truth to the rumors are you potentially coming back to Auckland in the next six months well I don’t know we’ll see I mean I was just at a press conference on Tuesday and they were talking about you know oh we heard you’re doing a fight in Minnesota and oh nothing is done until we announce it there’s lots of uh you know when we get together on Tuesdays for matchmaking you know we kick a lot of ideas around possible matchups possible places but until we announce it it’s never true I know yeah the other day uh Sean Strickland during the open workouts uh Sean stricken during the open workouts brought a fan on stage and had a had a bit of a boxing sparring session with that fan um what goes through your mind when some a situation like that happens and we noticed that fan was sitting with the Fighters next to Justin gaichi tonight funny enough so just wondering what your thoughts around that I don’t know what I think of that um you know he’s he’s definitely different he’s very different and uh yeah I don’t know he’s a different guy he got me on that one I don’t even know how to answer that question yeah you guys good yes sir um Dan hookah said a q a on Friday night that vulcanovsky’s next flight was planned to be around February next year can you confirm that not till we confirm it fair enough and uh just final question do you see uh Alex paheda potentially finding his way back into this middleweight title picture if he doesn’t succeed at light heavyweight I don’t think so I think he’ll stay at light heavyweight you know um it’ll be I don’t know but I don’t think so I don’t I don’t see him cutting back down again it’s a lot of weight to cut the guy’s a monster thank you thank you have a great night you guys thank you uh pause I had a different plan for this but again life those curveballs at you thank you um win or lose I wasn’t going to say much anyway but right now I lost tonight to the better man on the night and I just want to go with people be with people who care about me my team and they’re waiting for me so I’m gonna do that but I will leave you in the capable hands of a man who is much smarter than me I’ll admit this on worldwide national media I’ll leave it with Eugene bearman he’ll handle this for the first time I want to go chill have some breakfast build my family and yeah until next time yeah uh definitely not protocol but um uh we wanna that’s uh this is our team this is how we do it he wants to go he wants to be predicted and it’s our job to protect them so if this is what he wants this is what he gets this is this is his time right now this he’s in a time of need right now so if I have to sit up here in front of you guys then I have to sit up here in front of you guys for him if you have any questions yeah uh huge I think most people would agree that was not the Israel out of Tanya we’re used to seeing in there tonight He looks slow he looked off um kind of fatigued early can you tell us anything about his performance and maybe why that was the reason what was the reason uh um look the universe does things and I feel I I you know without I I think Sean’s a great fighter and I never once thought that Sean wasn’t capable of beating Israel I but I thought if Israel performed uh to the fullest of his capabilities it would be very hard fight for Sean there was an alternate kind of universe where if Israel performs his poorest or poorly where Sean could win and I’m sitting in that Universe right now so uh he had it off night training camp was great I’m not going to make any excuses in regard to that leading up to the fight fight week was great Partners everything all the technical little things to do at the camp they were all perfect so there’s no excuses there he came in he had an off night he couldn’t see the same things that we were seeing we couldn’t make a good connection in the corner it was just a frustrating night yeah and um and but why was why was it a frustrating night well it was a frustrating night because of the opponent don’t take nothing away from the opponent Dana has already been in here and said well let’s see a rematch do you drastically change things ahead of that or do you think well we think we got it right Israel just had enough night and hope that that doesn’t happen again uh uh in my career I’ve been and I’ve been involved in a few rematch camps and they’re very very difficult why are they so difficult why is a rematch Camp so difficult as you’re trying to find other stones to leave unturned but you’ve already you already haven’t left the stone unturned so it’s like it’s almost an impossible task you’re trying to find another level above the level that you’ve already achieved but it’s not achievable so it’s very very difficult when you go into these rematch camps and at this level I’ve done a few the Pereira one just recently is very very difficult to do a rematch camp but like I said I don’t think we have to change too much but we will find something because we have the benefit of time so we will get down to our usual business as coach as a coaching team and we’ll find something to add to this to add to this camp and um we’ll win the rematch would you like that rematch as soon as possible or do you think maybe some time off could be beneficial for Israel well I asked Mike if we could have the rematch next weekend okay so whether whether he granted I’m not sure but I’m just very confident that we can change the outcome of this fight with uh very minor adjustments what I’m saying is we couldn’t get Israel to enact our plan we there was a lot of there wasn’t much cohesion in the corner you have nights like this and I think we can do the rematch tomorrow and I think we can have a good night thanks man yeah I’m just curious in that first round when Sean landed that below that did drop Israel was there any moment that like like that was the moment maybe Israel didn’t recover or just caught him off guard or did that just set the tone for the rest of the fight um that look what Sean did and again give massive credit to Sean okay but that right hand it I wouldn’t say like it was it was our job to pull him out of Ezra’s hesitancy what Sean did was he made Israel very hesitant and again it’s all credit to him how did he make Israel hesitant he bit down and threw every time Israel threw he counted no matter what so was there going to be a counter when Israel came in 50 of the time 65 of the time 100 of the time Sean was going to bite down encounter and when you’re faced with that proposition there’s there’s very very difficult there’s a mental block that’s put up and you have to find a way to get around that mental block and he and that’s what I struggled with that all all night and we struggled with it as well were you surprised at all that Sean didn’t try to maybe grapple more in there then maybe that though Israel off his game uh not necessarily we we were prepared for both we were preferred we were prepared for um Sean to stand because he’s shown that in the past that he doesn’t necessarily have to wrestle to win a fight um and and we were especially prepared for Sean if his awkward style was giving Israel difficulty we were prepared for Sean to um keep keep stick to that stay the course which he did and we tried to find the adjustments and we just couldn’t tonight and finally from you just about yourself a lot was made you had six fighters on this card so I guess at the end of this whole fight like obviously Shane and blood and Israel didn’t have the night didn’t go their way but you had other Fighters that were successful too so just after this fight how was the whole night for you with all of your Fighters so active uh we just I just got to give it with my team and I said I told them all I said look at the end of the day we had six guys fighting we had three guys lose but we had three guys one and that’s something to be celebrated and this achievement getting ourselves to this level to this point and those three guys winning that’s why Ezra has taken off he’s gone to get to the after party and he’s gone to celebrate those three guys wins and our achievement so that’s how we feel just a little bit on those three guys I just want to shine some light in the three guys that did win give us your thoughts on some of them big moments from tonight in the big victories and some of your favorite moments from that um look Carlos I he was his right leg was incapacitated during the week he could not walk on it I don’t know if any of you noticed him limping but he did not once uh think to himself that he’s going to pull out of that fight he went out there it was hard he was very hard on his right leg but he went out there and won and he showed heart Tyson showed what he’s been working on for all this time at City kickboxing um crisp accurate striking straight down the middle good positioning and um Kevin just showed that he belongs at this level so that’s what I’m going that’s what man is you’re celebrating tonight thank you guys thank you hello oh Alice congratulations on the victory I don’t know if you know but I think you’re one of the third or fourth UFC fighters to ever pull off an Ezekiel choke in there so uh what are your emotions after a win like that yeah first of all I don’t know why I don’t have any bonuses to that so probably like all the fans in comments I saw the the sayings is that I have to it was like my very first uh submission until you see it was a very good performance with the Striking with a really uh dangerous Striker and uh uh all uh studying was supporting him so I don’t know why I don’t have any bonuses so uh it’s like question to to I don’t know who yeah but yeah I’ve been great with this so physical short works very good I know uh during cadizes tonight I remember everything because you said really like like uh teach me in the past when I was really young and I drive with him so yeah it was awesome so that’s not a submission you practice regularly uh not really I I just know how to do this yeah I try to do some submissions to us uh first like but doesn’t work he was a little bit like a slippery and he was like a radio for the submission uh and uh I see how easy kill a joke uh like it will work with him and I just did it you were in there and you were getting the better of him on the feed too it looked like at the end of the first round he was very bloody so I’m curious how did the fight play out in Camp as compared to how it played out in the actual fight yeah I plan the uh if I have to go on uh I have a in my Camp a lot of like a similar style guys yeah but I was really surprised it was said to us so he’s a really tough fighter he’ll so much punches from me I did I throw some of them really hard and I feel like how hard it was for him but he keeps stayed on his legs and then fight with me and I feel he he was like a real real dangerous or all the way all the fight so uh for me it was like a really good challenge but uh it goes really good for me I I work hard and I I I I fight I like easy the final one for me what would you like the rest of your year to look like would you like to get one more fight in before the end of the year and if so do you have names at this point uh of course I want to fight I wrote the fight is as much as possible to to to get back and titles uh and title uh total race so yeah I’m ready to to fight in the end of the year or maybe like in the beginning of the next year so I I will keep going training I’m going to Camp I’m just enjoying my camps enjoying enjoying practice enjoying uh learning new things so I have a lot of files as you know like almost like 50 but uh I will keep uh like learning new things and I’m really motivated and I’m feeling like I have everything to be a champion future Alex uh just want to quickly get your thoughts on uh Ty’s walkout music Missy Higgins can I say that Alex walkovers and Missy Higgins fan after tonight uh I you know I I didn’t hear this song before so for me it was a little bit like weird to hear it was another like fight music something but but it was nice it was cool so I was like you know in uh I understand uh offense who support him Beyond his homeland so I was just I was just a really good mood today and it was really nice is there a showy in your plans tonight to celebrate is uh is no uh I I didn’t plan the really uh you know like uh for uh I will drink some beer but for foreign like a regular way or maybe like us but no problem sure sorry Alex yeah it same like in the build up to this fight you and Ty were very friendly and there wasn’t much trash talking as compared to the other fights do you feel like they gave you an advantage coming into this fight um it is uh you know it’s really normal uh yeah I know for friends it’s it’s much better and much interesting if uh Fighters like hate each other but we are both like I am uh have a lot of experience in the sport I I was a lot of battles and I met a lot of different uh Fighters and I understand how it works you know it’s like uh or all the guys who are angry each other after fights they became a friends so it’s just maybe for fans but uh I I just I’m I’m trying to be a professional in my sport I’m I’m don’t put a lot of energy on trash talking on like all these things I just I try to keep going like straight uh and to be like a professional and and show a really good fight in in octagon not like outside but I understand that it’s more interesting for for friends to to make some trash talk uh I don’t know English maybe a little bit better and I will I will start to try doing two um you managed to keep the distance pretty well between tying yourself you’re using your reach really well but Ty was getting you with some really good lower calf kicks did they start to affect you towards the uh middle part of the second round before you took him down uh it has some effect you know it’s like uh how to say uh it will be not uh so good for him if he like uh I it’s just uh you just uh this damage I have from the file judges from his uh kill kicks uh I mean I I’m expecting this like before before the fight but my life was really ready for this is just bruises uh you know I’m originally from Karate we have a lot of these kicks or low kicks and killed kicks like in our sport so I really used to this it was a not a really big deal for me so and you know especially in the real in the real like last year’s hello kick uh uh I tried I tried to give him uh the work because I feel like when he kicks this he heard his leg yourself so so feeling this and just I just I keep going going forward and give him this leg he tried to to make the skill adjust kitchen uh this movement and stroke him down so I just yeah expect this it wasn’t not so bad but it just bruises and you also have it in a fight like it’s okay and finally for me does someone like Tom aspinal uh interest you for your next fight uh uh yeah why not yeah I already followed this game but uh in London maybe we can follow him in another place and he he come to maybe U.S because he too much food in his uh Homeland and uh and and not so much in different countries so maybe uh uh we’ll do this uh in another place thank you congratulations on the week thank you she’s never here oh you know New Zealand Fighters you’ve got not as bad as a reception as some of the other ones what were your thoughts fighting in front of the Aussie crowd Ed would give me boys no uh I I I I I feel really good here in Australia like uh offense was really welcome to me like outside outside the uh um uh outside of Arena so I I met a lot of people in Europe all these five weeks uh in stone trees like everywhere and they make picture with me so offense here really amazing I know like like and and there were people from a different uh Society like level from different job and different age they all know about MMA like it was really like a surprise me here and all of them want to make some picture and it was really nice for me so I feel great I understand uh that this is his homeland and everybody will support him so it’s okay when I understand that like for friends uh one of us uh it could be good one I have to be bad today I was like a bad fighter but after fight everybody will like uh I love me so it’s okay it’s just part of the sport and I feel I’m feeling good today it was absolutely like a good feeling there’s one for me was Ty better on the ground than you thought he was going to be as early on in the Jiu Jitsu exchanges he seemed to be said to have some improved defense on the ground was his defensive Jiu Jitsu a little bit better than you thought it was going to be yeah absolutely uh I I feel uh that he like was a little bit expected some some Jiu-Jitsu movement and wrestling move into this fight so he can train and working on this a lot so I I I I saw this it was so I expected um that my ground game is here will be a little bit easy for me but he was really good a really good good prepared to this fight in in Judith game uh I tried to to deal some like jokes in the first round and then an earlier like middle or second but I can’t do this he was a little bit slippery and big or really strong and strong enough to to defend yeah and it was good so it was good because it makes some sure for fans and make a fight a little bit longer so yeah I like it yeah thanks so much to eat you know congratulations on the win the bonus and a great fight thank you so much how are you feeling about your performance and your opponent I feel good I think I did a good performance I did what I have to do about my opponent I I knew it was a tough kid like I say before he’s a tough kid he’s a debut you don’t have nothing to lose they come he surprised me with his range I have a long arms uh so I have to make a couple actions during the fight but all good we we win and it’s all a matter was he tougher than you thought or was it about what you were expecting no I I always expect the the fighters be tough because this is what we do uh they train to be tough to be to be to be good like he was good so nothing surprised to me you know uh the kid was really tough I dropped him many times he didn’t he didn’t break so congratulations to him too after the fight you made it clear that you would like to fight kaikara France um you also use the word uh about his teammates that perhaps was a little bit regretful pardon do you uh you use the homophobic slur in your post fight uh interview Dana White said you were sorry for this I wanted to confirm that you are apologetic yeah I’m sorry for that he’s emotional you know during the fight during the interview we are all emotions we say things that uh we don’t want to say but um for who feel uh we’ll feel bad about that I apologize why is the fight with Kai karafran something you want so bad and what is it about him that you seem to dislike so much uh was that moment was a the fight what I want I I really train it hard for for fighting friends and um that’s the the fight that put me in a good spot in the division and that a win in this and in this night was supposed to be to fight to the next for the title and um like I say I just believe that they are a little bit hypocrisy because they team say that they have to go in through injuries you know they have to fight um there was talk about the Draco about Israel design and he didn’t fight because the injuries and what happened to kakara we didn’t know really what happened you know so this is my question to him you know how do you think that fight goes let’s go very well you know uh we see his he was not 100 sure to find me because I have an injury a lot of injury in this fight camp even two one week ago one week ago in my cut wait I have a big big injury I have a big injury I didn’t pull out to the fight just so you guys know I have a big injury I didn’t pull up I just stopped three days to relax and I keep going is the injury something you’ll have to have surgery on or is it just recovery uh I have to check because I have to do um a racist if something broke I’m not gonna say what is the part but I just gonna tell you I have a big big injury and like you guys see normal I move a lot in fights I didn’t move a lot I was more concerned about my injury and not to get exposed so uh a buyer go into injury this is the mentality of the champion you know I’m not going to waste the time of anyone and I’m not going to waste my time staying with with Kai uh he fought the original title not too long ago and he headlines his last card do you think given the heat between you and Kai that you could make this a main event of a fight night and you two would fight for five rounds instead of three definitely not to fight night definitely not pay-per-view and then the last one for me on this fight specifically uh is that is this the type of fight that you enjoy like Felipe seems I know you were injured but he was in there he was throwing a lot of exciting Dynamic strikes he was throwing spinning back elbows he was going for submissions and everything is this the type of fight that you enjoy in there uh I’ve been have a easy fighting UFC you know all my fight was like easily I feel I didn’t feel like I’m going to I was in War I didn’t feel hurt I didn’t feel anything you know when I say that the rankings just a number it’s just a number this kid just proved that he was more tough than anyone I fighted here in UFC you know and I feel more in trouble with this kid than any other Fighters that I fight you know so uh I love the kind of fight I like to feel that I’m hurt I’m going home I’m going to take care of myself you know so I really enjoy actually one more for me uh you and Israel obviously had that exchange on stage at the press conference I’m curious did you watch his fight against Sean Strickland and what did you think of it you know karma is a 032 00:40:08,820 –> 00:40:14,160 you know because he told last time in last press conference to Strickland if we pay attention on Alex Alexander you know I told him hey pay attention on your guy you know your business is against strickler and he was so focused on me then focus on struggling look what happened like I say karma is a congratulations to strickler we go home with two victories thank you oh I bet you guys want this picture in this workout you guys uh three out of five pictures either it’s the UFC’s worst nightmare oh man you know Nino Hunter and Dana were like this Sean first of all congratulations on being the world champion um did that fight play out how you thought it was going to was the game plan just put him on the back foot pressure impression concussion but I feel relatively fine other than a few you know bumps and bruises yeah I know I’m in the game plan well the game plan was a wrestle you guys we did all camp we wrestled all camp but you know when you’re a little artistic you just kind of do what you do lots of people saying that Israel himself looks kind of off tonight do you think he was awful do you think you made him look off by your style you know I think I’m one of the best trackers in the world anytime anytime you’re doing the man dance you know you’re one punch away from being knocked out but I could spar with any world champion boxer and get the better room so I don’t know man I just think I think I’m one of the best strikers in the world you uh you didn’t had him out of there yeah well let me just say this like you know I watch him fight Kelvin and he was like oh you don’t you don’t have a chin like Kelvin you might have his cardio but I’m like chin like Kelvin like last time I sparred Kelvin the coach jumped in and made a stop like like you have no idea like like I’ve seen the guys you be and you should see me Spar the guys you beat like no idea so I was just kind of like I just think sometimes I run my mouth so much that people forget they’re not a fight is that something you’re gonna change no no you guys no have fun got dick dick ring over there man like never stopping man never stopping did uh did you think the referee was gonna stop it when you have to you’re taking off on him no you know like whenever he came to there was a moment where I thought he was going to but once he stood up and he came to wasn’t ready you know here’s the thing guys I don’t hit that hard you know we all know that I don’t hit that hard so if I’m gonna knock somebody out you know they gotta they gotta be ready you uh Dana says that they’d like to do the rematch um is that something you’re open to I mean there’s the thing you guys well I’ve learned anything about the UFC since when do you have a choice of who you fight the UFC never comes up here says hey Sean would you like to fight this guy would you like to fight this guy the UFC says hey you’re fighting this guy fight this guy so today I’m the Champion so line them up I’ll knock them down or get knocked down uh how do you rate your own performance right do you think because look the game plan was to wrestle you didn’t you had that in the back pocket that you could have gone to if you wanted to so that means in the rematch do you think you just do the same thing again or is it you’re going to prove that actually I could beat Israel in any way I mean I would like to wrestle one fight just so people know I can wrestle because I keep telling these guys I can wrestle but I never do it so maybe one fight I’ll wrestle just so people like oh yeah Sean can wrestle he does know what a takedown is so maybe one day how does it feel to be the world champion I mean you said yourself in the cage that you hadn’t having doubts when you’re on your way out there and I’m sure there are probably times in your career you never thought this was going to happen right so yeah and be sitting up there with that belt tell me about it I mean I’m pretty much over it now guys it was exciting for like a you know a month I mean everyone knows in the day guys here’s the thing guys say say mean as you fight again and say say say the China man Clips me and then is he sitting here and he’s saying how does it feel to be a world champion you know as his acrylic nil so like a lot of this is I like to fight I like the fans I love my job but a lot of this is 161 00:44:54,179 –> 00:44:56,578 so you’re not going to be wearing that out to the club or anything no no I’m gonna go probably get some room service and wait to get the home congratulations hey by the way bro we’ve been riding this boy what is your name I don’t know Oscar Oscar I mean Oscar’s been with me since day one bro at the Apex always in every minute let’s go Oscar thanks buddy congrats thank you for the love ah Victory guy my Twitter dimensions are just lovely right now after that media day oh man well hey man I didn’t I didn’t shove the needle through your dick um kind of going off the Apex thing could you ever go back to fighting in front of no one now after what we experienced out here with all these fans you guys I just like the fight man you guys understand I don’t fight because I fight because it allows me to train so this is all this does is finance my hobby so this is the only reason why I fight is because I have a hobby of training and this allows me to do it and you’ve obviously been one of if not the most active middleweights over the last several years but as Champion you might have to kind of pull back from the amount of fights you have in a short amount of time I’m gonna be making more money now you guys I’m my Hyundai Accent I’m gonna put some Spinners on that I’m gonna have a 16 000 Hyundai Accent with like a twenty thousand dollar spinning rims I’m gonna lift that money that’s gonna be great great well kind of going off of that what in your life is going to change now as like in your regular life nothing man you know I don’t have a GED you guys come on man like I could barely write you know you give me a pen and paper tell me to write some and I can’t even come on I’m not I’m not an man like here’s what here’s what they do they put a camera in our faces they make us feel like a pretty little and then make us feel special but like I’m a fighter bro I take my money off and I try to kill a man for 25 minutes like come on the final one for me Israel came over and was saying some stuff to you right after they wrapped the belt around you do you remember what he said it was strange you guys it was strange it was like talk I think he was mad that I made from his dog I’m not even joking is that what it was he was mad that I made from his dog I’m like what the is going on here man like are we like are we having this conversation like yeah it truly was mad yeah I don’t know Izzy I’m sorry I made fun of your dog I’m sure he’s a great fella I think it was this dog that’s passed away that’s tattooed on his neck oh is that what it is in an interview he was gonna go John Wick on you oh man you know I have killed the dog once all right yeah yeah yeah yeah do you want to clarify anything about that because I think oh man no yeah like I have a weird passion guys weird past when I think about it it seemed like in the first round uh you checked a kick that seemed to really get to him I think he did a good job uh having a good poker face but did you notice that at all it seemed like you checked a kick really well and that seemed to bother him for no man I wasn’t even thinking about it we’re just going in there fighting doing the thing man yeah you know like here’s the thing for 25 minutes you just gotta tell yourself I’m ready to die in this 255 00:47:48,179 –> 00:47:51,480 you know I’m ready to die and smoke and like if you start looking at a guy’s face when he’s hurt when he’s not hurt like I don’t give a about that yeah um was the defending the light kicks though a big part of the strategy something that you knew you’d have to do a lot in there because he was kicking a lot you know I’m gonna clarify that statement because I’m gonna get my Instagram flooded I was hiking once I was hiking once I had a bunch of dogs off a leash with all my my little my little Rascals running around and there was like these stray dogs you would like vicious pit bulls and they came running out my dog I had a gun boom plugged one so you know the clarify it was self-defense but anyways yeah but then there’s a dog is he calm the down dude oh no easy I’m sorry I’m sure your dog’s a great fellow this is how it starts you guys you you do this to me Canada calm the down yeah you didn’t even dress up dude cockbrooms wearing a suit and you’re and you’re looking like you just woke up the similar shirt that we did in the interview the other day I thought it was good luck for you yeah guys I’m tired man I’m sorry guys I’m gonna go bad I’m tired a lot of energy today yeah yeah what do you think Israel will say going into the next fight because he came in here but he didn’t talk anything about it he just said my coach is gonna do my post fight interview for me and he left in Eugene okay answered all the questions I don’t know like you win some you lose some just man the up you know you win some you lose some man the up like you know there’s a chance I fight somebody else and I’m in the back room bloody up you just it’s fighting you guys like any given Sunday man we’re throwing four rounds gloves really hard um if it is someone else and for some reason the timing doesn’t work out for it Izzy or something like that do you think it should be Jared or dracus I don’t care man don’t give a whoever the UC wants congrats man uh Sean just over here okay no more dog questions you guys it’s getting awkward in here I’ll mentioned to you on the uh at the press conference um on Thursday about you know the whole UFC card number being 93 and you know 193 Holly home shocking the world and here we are sitting with you at UFC 293 after you shocking the world I just want to get your thoughts and sort of what goes through your mind knowing that you proved a lot of people wrong tonight oh I think I might proved myself wrong you know you man you watch Izzy going everybody up and you walk through them pretty easily it’s kind of weird it’s kind of weird yeah just weird day guys weird day weird day here we are just uh one more is you know you spoke a lot about the Australian fans um this week you know sort of cheering you on how much of a an impact did that have for you during the fight itself oh yeah man walking out all the love you know even the fourth round fifth round cheering but then day man Izzy made it easy easily he walked out with Chinese shorts on like how the like how the I know he’s not Australian but like how the does that happen like I mean I’m asking you guys like why did he have Chinese shorts on I’m asking you guys like in a day man this is the problem in this world all he is he had to do all these he had to do I said hey you guys Australia New Zealand I’m sure I’m sure Izzy spent a lot of time in Australia where is Izzy live does he live in New Zealand or Australia all is he had to do you know guys I am an immigrant to New Zealand I’m an immigrant to this part of the world and you guys welcome me as one of your own and you guys gave me a great life and I want to thank everybody for that and give me this opportunity but he didn’t he didn’t he said I am Chinese like I don’t know guys I mean what does one say to this what does one say to this I mean you guys are Australian what the or New Zealand hey Sean um you got very animated there in the last minute of the fight what were you um saying to Izzy in the ring I just I think I call him the China man I said come on China man let’s fight you know that’s what he is right the China man and here’s the thing guys Izzy’s a Legend and I don’t like to make fun of him because he is a Legend but I mean he came out with like the Chinese colors dude the Chinese colors man like you like what the are you thinking I mean no man I’m asking you guys like I’m asking you guys what is the logic coming out like to the CCP communist party bro like does he want to go like is he like even now talking about I can’t even wrap my head around that spineless Sean just also wanted to get your thoughts on sharing the moment with Eric and the team he was talking about how much work went into this Camp obviously and extreme Couture I just want to shine some light on what that meant for you to share that moment just before with them yeah I know I mean Eric is the leader man you know he he always motivates me between rounds he’s always pushing me in the gym he’s always I’m always working my ass off he’s always giving me the hardest rounds like I have a great team I have a great team and I would not be here without my team even Alex zarati man I’ve been with him since I was 14 years old you know so yeah I just have a solid team everybody extreme is amazing and Sean just went over here you said that one of the first times you were truly happy in your life was when you won your first fight does this moment now winning the belt rank is one of the happiest in your life I mean it was pretty good I’m kind of over it now I mean in a day like what do we do you know the past is the past move the on right what now I’m gonna go back back to training everyone’s gonna graduate me I’ll say thank you guys and then we just move the on I mean this doesn’t make me happy I actually don’t know what does make me happy at times Sean just down here uh I know just I did like watching the blood splatter from his face so that was kind of nice that kind of made me a little happy you say just then you know you move on and the next day may not be that different but there was no hiding it throughout the the hype up for this fight clips of you talking about kind of what growing up for you was like and your your life was kind of put a little bit on on show to go from everything you’ve been through to now holding that belt that says you’re the baddest man at middleweight on the planet but what do you think about that yeah thank God for child abuse right yeah let’s go childhood traumas or repress memories you you you really you got me to where I needed to be man like dad you’re awesome man all of the years of abuse you really you really made me the man I had to be today I don’t know you guys I’m just happy that this world has a place for us you know if it wasn’t for this man I’m sure I would have committed some random act of violence and been locked up for killing somebody so Hazard UFC man thank you for saving someone’s life including my own is that kind of what the belt represents maybe you don’t care about it but that’s you know if you’re looking at that statement that seems to be something pretty deep yeah man it’s just kind of weird dude like here like whenever you talk to normal people and I know we’re not all normal but whenever you talk to normal people who have like a a conscience you know it’s like you guys are strange man I can’t even relate to most people so like it’s amazing that you just every day I get to go in the gym and try to murder my friends and all the demons just vanish away for a day so I love this sport Tuesday you guys extreme get ready I’m gonna be my Dr Phil again you said earlier as well as you know earlier before the fight you talked about you talk a lot and people forget that you can fight and you yeah you mentioned feeling maybe a little bit underestimated do you think Israel underestimated you tonight yeah I mean apparently so man God damn dude I feel like the guy didn’t even try there’s moments where he’s throwing punches around like am I fighting an amateur right now what the is going on but uh yeah you know I think I run my mouth a lot of people forget I could fight but here we are you guys you have to talk to me for a little bit longer sorry about that has John back right yeah um yeah you’re a clean-cut looking man let’s go thank you I appreciate it I do I just like that you take your job serious man thank you you take your job way more serious and I take my job I appreciate that thank you very much and congratulations on thanks man uh your name is gonna go down you should be drinking Coke though that’s bad for you man what are you talking about bro you guys are Australia way skinny here dude your name will go down in the sports history after you put up one of the greatest assets right how did this ever get a belt who the let this happen Man Hunter and Dana are probably like this how the did we let this retarget a belt we up why did we agree to this so many other options we let Sean Strickland fight is he no hey sorry guys man uh yeah so your name will go down along some of the greatest upsets how does that make you feel you know long after your Curry is done that you your name will always be brought up when people talk about the greatest upsets in UFC history oh man I don’t know dude I don’t really give a about the sport like do I get to keep this do I get to keep a belt they give me a belt what are these sell for these days how does that work well does anybody know I’m gonna lift my Hyundai just uh what was there a certain point in the fire maybe towards the fourth of the fifth round where it it hit you that you you’ve won the fight and the only way you could lose from there was being knocked out or was it at the end there that final 20 seconds dog here I’m I sure is he wasn’t here he’s gonna come he said okay shoot me now Sean insulted my dog my best friend like what the dude ah stay on point I’m sorry bro I literally guys I have some brain damage yeah yeah come teach me how to speak yeah I know man guys it was good man it was good he’s a good guy good fight you know I gave 110 gave 110 went hard in the first second round I felt good like the do you guys want for me man uh just finally we switched it up every year UFC replica belt goes for about Seventeen hundred dollars oh that’s it oh down dude I’m gonna keep that well congratulations on the win anyway 1700 bucks well a man that doesn’t make you feel like a cheap nothing will have a good one guys it’s been great oh