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Almeida in old Bergen Brown they all won fifty thousand dollars congratulations to them obviously there’s a couple other guys on the card that we’re going to take care of but all those guys won fifty thousand dollars the gate tonight was uh 2.09 million the attendance was 18 712 sell out highest attended Fight Night in domestic history so the biggest one in the United States ever um what’s up what’s up I just wanted to be clear on the bonuses Brian battle you’re going to take care of him a little bit yeah exactly morono yeah cool battle yeah nice Almeida great performance again took Rosen strike down tapped him out I mean this guy looks like a real killer in that heavyweight division 100 I mean we’re looking um to make a main event for this card you know that’s why we picked these two we knew it was going to be you know this guy looks like he’s going to be a star of the heavyweight division yeah and it’s been a while since we’ve seen someone who comes into the heavy eight division that with that wrestling game and the ability to just take anyone down choke him out it’s almost like a b but big you know yeah yeah his his double leg is insane um and when he gets that top position he doesn’t screw around he goes in there and tries to finish and I have a lot of high hopes for this for this kid I think he’s going to be uh something special and that’s the difference right with the Grapplers that we see you know sometimes people go in there and they just hold top control and they don’t advance and look for the finish this guy goes in there and he tries to tap you out 100 I mean this this guy goes in there and and tries to finish I mean tonight was a when you think about tonight whenever we get the opportunity to do prelims on ESPN main card on ABC and I’m old school so ABC’s Wide World of Sports was a big deal to me growing up so it’s it’s kind of special for me when we do these fights you look at guys like uh Walker didn’t really didn’t really uh wow anybody tonight but he won um you know he he was put on the the co-main event to kind of shine tonight um he got a w so so I guess that’s good but Almeida uh you know did what was designed to do uh Ian did what he was designed to do oldberg you know what I mean and any of the way those fights went whether it’s all kids that have a ton of potential and you know like I said we’re the bells and whistles we we get we we solve a you know lob up the softballs and let these kids hit home runs and you know when you get the opportunity to fight on an ABC or an ESPN you’ll want to go out there and deliver and most of the car did yeah is that what you look at these cars right right because it’s such an opportunity for such a big audience do you think these cards are best used for younger guys who can get a head kick finish like Ian Gary and then suddenly millions of people know that’s what they’re designed for they’re designed to I mean before the first fight even happened we were trending number three in the United States and then a couple fights into the into the uh the prelims we were number one in the United States and we were number my man we’re number nine globally you know what I mean so yeah it’s a big deal I mean when you when you get the opportunity to fight on these kind of cards you got to come in and bring it and and show what you got right so Jody Walker you know he got the win right right after that first round both of their outputs kind of dropped a lot he was Landing cough kicks but he didn’t really go for the finish on quite on obviously I agree I feel like uh you know obviously he’s in there with a a very durable tough guy and a dangerous guy in Smith but Smith got dropped and was hurt in the first round then his leg was gone and Johnny never went you know for the Finish never tried to finish a fight just tried to fight safe and get the win yeah what do you think about instinct’s performance you know we know that guy’s tough as nails but you know he looks a little bit slower in there and for a moment it looked like he was taking his gloves off and we didn’t know if he was maybe looking at retirement I don’t know if he has what I think he has but what did you think of his performance yeah I agree um you’re talking about Anthony yeah Anthony I thought he was going to retire too um I think after the fight he had said to some people in the back he wants to think about it uh uh but I don’t know yeah I mean he always comes to fight yeah he got busted up he got hurt and uh you know he did what he did what he does he toughs it out and you know looked like that fight was a couple leg kicks away from being over you know and if Johnny Walker were to put the pressure on him he probably could have got the Finish yeah and we’d be having a completely different now uh lost one for me you pay tribute to Shady lip at the beginning of the the evening um a sad story but I wanted to give you the opportunity to sort of tell people who don’t know about it to pay tribute to her yeah I know that girl hurt me bad it it messed me up for a few days and uh you know tragic things happen every day um that one just that one that one got me so she was a 21 year old uh MMA fighter she just got back from Thailand training for a fight that she was supposed to fight on May 20th and um she was involved in a car accident she was the passenger everybody else in the accident lived except for her and uh her mom went through her uh found her journal and was reading her journal at the end of every entry she said Dana White will know my name at the end of every entry so um Nick got a call and called me and said hey I just wanted to tell you the story and it was just like I I uh yeah so I posted about her and I’ve talked to her mom a couple times I’m going to leave her mom alone I think I’ve been annoying her mom since I uh since I found out but um you know I I did the best that I could do over the last several days to kind of uh um huh yeah I’m not good with this kind of stuff but yeah affordable story yeah but fair play for the tribute yeah well I’ll change it uh subject over to Ian Gary I’m hoping you can talk to me about what you thought of his performance it’s um not often you see that kind of performance against someone of his you know his opponent’s calibers 100 yeah no he looked awesome tonight um you know obviously fought a guy who’s very durable dangerous and and you know uh uh you know a prospect in his own right I mean that’s why we build these type of cars especially the main events and uh you know he looked awesome tonight he looked awesome he’s super confident and that kid’s ready to take over the world came back and talked to him tonight and he’s down for whatever whenever wherever so he’s fun do you plan on putting him kind of on a fast track towards a title shot I know it’s really early to talk like that but with performances like that it’s hard to know think about it I don’t know about about Fast Track um you know what he said to us tonight he said I want to be I want to beat I want to beat all the top guys in the uh in the top ten I want to beat all the guys in the top five I want to make sure that there’s no doubt or no question that when I fight for the title that people people know I deserve it so that’s a fun guy that you know he’s fun so we we have the the Irish guy blueprint around here so we’ll probably take him to Boston or MSG or and then and then eventually Ireland if he keeps doing what he’s doing speaking of that um Irish blueprint I’m wondering if you have an update on when we might see McGregor and Chandler I don’t know yeah I don’t know that’s that’s the most asked question I’m getting right now obviously the uh the season of The Ultimate Fighter air soon and then during that season we will be working very hard to put that fight together and on the third fight of the night there was some interesting issues with the referee taking points after the fight was over I’m wondering if you could comment on that if you saw that um first of all this Arena has been incredible he said he’s been credible it’s a fun place you know but you have to understand when we come to to uh uh smaller markets like this there aren’t a lot of fights here and you know these guys don’t have a lot of the experience that Vegas and some of these other places have so but yes I agree with you and but it happens sometimes you know probably not the answer you’re looking for but that’s that’s all I got thank you yep thanks hey buddy hey Dana um I just wanted you to comment on Matt Brown tonight obviously he ties the record for the most knockouts it’s a guy we’ve seen since about season seven of the ultimate fighter and there’s an old quote or an old saying out there and I don’t want to age him too badly but the quote is fear an old man in a profession or a sport where most men Die Young what do you think the key to his longevity’s been power you know what I mean the guy has the power to end the fight at any moment uh you know that’s the game changer if you can go out and uh get into the pocket and start trading with another guy and you have the kind of power that Matt Brown has um and the chin you know so it’s cool to see two ogs go out there and and uh and do it like they did it both great guys and uh I’m happy for Matt and then as far as him being in the game as long as he has been what do you think the up and coming Fighters could take from a guy like that that’s been able to last for so long well you got him you got Jim Miller I mean there’s still a few guys that that are out there that are and everybody’s different like when you say um how does Matt you know powers that the thing for Matt Jim Miller is stamina durability you know uh his submission game so every guy has their their own thing and and for younger guys coming up whatever your thing is and you know but but the the most important thing in this sport is durability are you durable can you can you um you know not get injured not get a career you know a lot of these guys keep getting injuries injuries and finally get to a point I had shoulder surgery like four years ago I don’t ever want to have shoulder surgery again I I like I don’t even lift heavy weights this is how heavy I lift now this type of stuff for for reps so for these guys I have so much respect for these guys who want to stay in the game so bad they keep going through surgery after surgery after surgery it’s just how mentally tough you have to be to stay in the sport and keep going through different surgeries and and all this stuff it’s just it depends on the person there’s so many more things to go into longevity than just it’s just not just one simple answer you mentioned the crowd earlier 18 000 people uh Brian battle second fight of the night local guy will you just comment on his performance tonight yeah I I mean the the crowd behind them comes in um gets The Knockout you know it’s you know it’s ridiculous we got uh I’m gonna give him fifty thousand dollars too you just you ought to come find you and hug you after this press conference he deserves 50 Grand yeah I’m giving him 50 000 too so put him down too so now we’re doing five tonight yeah I didn’t answer your question but you just got him another 50 Grand so congrats and thanks I’ll thank I’ll thank you for him anybody else uh Dana uh 10 years ago you were at a different building smaller capacity five years ago uh with the Nelson strove a cup about 10 years ago five years ago Brunson jockery tonight A sellout in in this building a great card uh was the biggest biggest attended fight in Fight Night history in the United States that that goes in this is broadcast television ABC national network television you were just talking about I remember those Wide World of Sports days too brother Jim McKay expanding the globe yeah can Charlie get a pay-per-view next um listen this is a great market for us we love this place it’s a great town um the answer is yes the the problem is when are we coming back you know what I mean we have so many different um cities that we still have to hit especially um you know because we haven’t been to a lot of places because of the pandemic so but yes the answer is yes we could get a pay-per-view here this is a great Market thank you is the uh figuerado fight still on for UFC 2. you know what that’s a great question no I thought it was yesterday yeah so yes then he tells some guy no then I hear again yesterday yes and now he just tells me he’s moving up in weight who the hell knows man who the hell knows This Is the Nutty we deal with on a daily basis around here any other questions I’m flying home Happy Mother’s Day everybody you guys can we see uncomfortable being while doing the planet pretty sweet how are we Ian you didn’t just beat him with the head kick you predicted it before time no I I look I’m I I classed myself as ridiculously intelligent in this game and I don’t mean that to like big myself up it’s more just I have the eyes and I have the awareness and I have the understanding of skill sets and times and people people’s ability I I can read people’s minds very well and I knew what he was going to try to do and the body kick was to try stop his left hand and keep his left hand in a box which is exactly what I did he didn’t throw it because he was afraid to get caught and then I put it in his body again I put it on his body again I went okay he reached on that third and I’m gonna go higher with the next one and it was something I’ve been working if you look at my Instagram I’ve posted two photos this week one was me working the Buddy kick and the other was saying practice makes permanent and that head kick landed tonight and it was perfect did you know you were going to get him in the first round I I was saying to my wife I was saying to my team like I just didn’t see this week I just you almost convinced yourself that like I might not be there for a friend I might not and I was like I just genuinely do not see how he makes it out of the first when I do what I know I can to him and it worked out exactly the way God intended to yeah I mean he’s a very tough guy so to be able to do that because obviously yeah quite a mark for yourself but d-rod’s never been knocked out right I’m pretty sure that’s that’s the first time he’s been knocked out so yeah so there you go there you go and then you called out Neil magni what is it about Neil that you want to fight Neil magni is a phenomenal Talent who’s been around the the game for Jesus God knows how long he’s been on the top 10 top 15 since I was an amateur um and when you look at the opponents that he’s fought the people he’s fought his last opponents were Gilbert Burns shav cat rachmanov you know Danny Rodriguez they’re the elite guys that I want to face someone who’s faced that talent I want to see what he brings I know he’s long he’s tall he’s ranges awk awkward I know he likes to mix it up get dirty get dirty get in and I want to prove to everyone that I’m so good everywhere it’s not just all the bells and whistle on the feet it’s it’s everywhere and in between that I’m looking forward to proving it and that I believe Neil magnet is number 11 in the world I said I want two in the top 15 and I believe that Neil magni is the perfect opponent for me to go out there and smoke and show the world how good I am and it’s that elevation that growth that learning that I can still that can still occur in that in the meantime and yeah go out and show the world that I’m better than him too well let’s get that prediction early how do you get it how do you get him out of there well um see that’s a that’s a that’s a good one because I believe I could SOB them um very simply because I believe he’s gonna want to stop the Striking even though he is a lot like longer than me he’s got like an alien treat which was ridiculous I don’t believe he’s going to want to strike me on the feet I’m too fast he’s not he’s nowhere near as fast or as accurate as I am on the feet so he’ll want to get in close who want to make it maybe take me down put me on my back I look forward to it so I will um I’ll I’d recommend I’d probably say it’ll be a submission and I want that I want him to take me down I want to show the world what I’ve got I’m going to Brazil in two weeks I have a one-way ticket I don’t know when I’m coming back but don’t you think that my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is going to improve when I’m in the heart of Brazil learning learning Portuguese learning the descriptive ways that they are going to explain it to me there’s nobody’s gonna be able to stop me when I’m done I promise you thank you got it happy days if that’s it sure anyone else is good appreciate appreciate appreciate you that’s my boy he looks after me C.E Shane do take care guys Johnny congratulations on the victory a hard Fort fight how do you feel about your performance now you’ve had a few minutes to digest very good great was that how you thought the fight was going to go 100 uh after I finished my training camp after the last two training comes I knew I was doing everything proper this time no and then I was happy already before the fight happened I accept the result because whatever it takes I couldn’t do better if this guy beat me because he’s better than me you know so I came here to accept the results of the fight I got to do my best anyway so whatever wins is the best and I accept you heard it very bad in the first round looked like you nearly got him out of there until he got the takedown did you know the calf kicks were going to be able to set up more attacks and did you know they would hurt him over the course of the fight of course 100 are like I didn’t push so much on the on the calf kicks because I don’t want to make the fight bar you know and then after I feel that I damaged his Mobility then I start trying to set up all the other skills yeah you guys were talking to each other in there um curious what you were saying to each other uh you’re gonna never know my friend you have to be there I actually could hear it on the TV he said something about his family and you were confused by that yeah I have no idea I don’t understand then after I understand a little bit is everything okay between you two 100 cool um he tweeted congratulations to you I’m not sure if you saw that um what what do you make of that uh considering there was a little bit of tension before the fight uh I think it was never attention I hate nobody you know it’s just my job did you see the Tweet not yet but thank you very much I’m glad that uh and I’m very grateful that I fought him he’s a great fighter like he’s in the top 10 top five for a long time you know and he gave me a real good experience so I’m I’m happy that he give important to fight him so that I’m ready for the The Next Step I just buy him at all in there surprise for what were you surprised by him at all was there anything that surprised you about him the way he fought you uh not really I I was watching all of his fights I’ve been following him a long time so I knew what she’s gonna try the way that he fight I was ready for everything where would you rank this performance amongst all of your other wins say it again where would you rank this performance where would you list it on your list of um okay wins uh I think it’s the best right I never fought somebody in the top five so it’s my best performance from two now I know I can do better so this is why I come back to the gym this week and keep trying to keep improving because next time I want to fight better than this time and what’s your game plan for the return uh how soon do you want to get back in there uh I have to check if I have any injury you know you have to load your body a little bit as well because when you start your computer in your body repetition of punishing and kicks and you know you damage up a little bit not just on the fight but on the company train as well so this is why you need to take maybe one week two weeks off whatever so you heal up then you can beat your butt again so I have to check if you’re having significance injuries and then I’ll back train just reach away and I’ll be ready anytime soon I noticed you had some ice is there anything that you’re worried about particularly an injury no it’s just bruise um I have to confirm no like I’m gonna do some tests but I think just Bruce I blocked some kicks so my my machine is swollen but I swallow my my body so it’s it’s better it’s all on my abundance solo get lost my Mobility like I was kicking him on his muscle he needed his muscle Mobility if he block his kick I want to stop kicking you know or I have to set up better punch before the kick so if you don’t block the kick you’re gonna allow some Mobility so I don’t lost my Mobility he lost and it looked like for a moment that he was gonna retire at the end of the fight I don’t know if you noticed that or how you would feel if um you sent someone into retirement what would that feel like uh I feel sad right it’s a career but I think he have a good opportunity he fought for the belt he make his sister his legacy already so let me try to do my now do you feel like it’s time for him to retire or do you feel like he still has enough in him that he can continue I still have something you know he can keep fighting a little bit more maybe until 36 or something you know thank you that’s it thank you how you doing I’m good thank you there you go ready congratulations on a great win and a great performance um people thought you might be able to do that but to be able to go out there and prove them right how good does that feel better [Music] Davida thank you so much uh very great for the to actually have this opportunity it’s been like 11 years of my life being dedicated to this so whenever I step into that stage I feel that um having the opportunity to do that so it’s pretty amazing so if it was a dream come true your performers have people online predicting big things for you you know future Champions being thrown around I’m curious for you how far do you think your ceiling is foreign foreign steps and I just I’m very happy to be looking into the top 10 right now um and by the end of the year make it to seventh or sixth uh and then next year um maybe go and shoot for that title we all dream of very nice well it sounds like you’ve got it kind of planned out but give us some names and give us some dates who and when would you like to fight foreign um of course UFC Abu Dhabi or maybe FC Brazil or in October so Batman either he comes to Brazil feel the energy down there um or perhaps go to Abu Dhabi where I heard that he actually does his Camp so um don’t worry we’ll we’ll do that we’ll make that effort and go to him last one for me do you know that you’ve been struck twice in your first five fights in the UFC uh foreign actually find out through social media pretty much people tell me that I have to tell you I get be way more during training than during the fights but as we like to say in Brazil you know if it’s a fight training he’s training you have to be ready for things and continue to do this and perhaps get hit a couple of times none and continue on my way thank you man thanks lucky oh Gloria Oh Glory