Following UFC Vegas 79, tune in to the Post-Fight Press Conference to hear the athletes take questions from the media.
congratulations on an absolutely fantastic performance could that have gone any better [Music] um because [Music] um what happened was what we wanted of course there’s a lot of planning that goes into we always plan for things with MMA and the Brazilian version of it’s like a box of chocolates you never know what you’re gonna get and we came in with the plan of damaging going for the Finish always hurting her and I do feel that the ref could have like maybe stopped it before on the first round it didn’t but you just it everything that we planned for ended up happening um speaking of for example Brazilian this and you know the stars that in the media week we talked about you know you mentioned star power and moving up in your career and we compared it to Connor that was like the notorious Marina the way you finished uh your opponent in the second round like he did with Eddie Alvarez how happy were you or pleased with with your boxing your ability to just connect pretty much at will yeah along with US foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] um I mean I am me he gives him of course the comparisons are just as a joke uh that is Marina that is this athlete that wants to always push forward always go for the Finish always want to be a champion since the day I started here to continue on to be aggressive to go push forward to actually uh going out go out there and look for that title to climb the ladder and get to that big fight but when you were talking post fight the name Suarez was brought up that’s definitely a fight that would interest you you would like to make is that the next name or you know getting too ahead of ourselves already foreign [Music] French Central Colorado foreign I’ve always told my team about this well first of all I said what I said so if I said it it’s you can you can you can trust my word on it uh in this latest concept of UFC I just feel that I have some shots to shoot I need to shoot a couple of shots because I need to hit Bullseye I really need to uh get some fights and try to get some fights that will actually position me to go in towards in the in putting me in rerouting it back towards a championship um I think that that name means a lot to me because I had um some some bumps on the road in my career but I never stopped fighting um and I was always into it and now she is undefeated stop fighting for a while comes back still undefeated so I do feel that um I deserve that fight and I think that that that should happen out sign me up congratulations on a phenomenal performance and can’t wait to see you again in the cage thank you hi guys let me tell you so just if you could give some thoughts on the way you won I know you know I know it’s a win and that’s good but uh does it take away from it given that it was an injury situation nobody know what what’s happened in the cage but two two things first things win his win like we are Sportsmen but another one is sometimes if you have Camp you prepare attack you prepare kicks you prepare punch but also I prepare my defense this kicks because I know that Rafa will be kick a lot he his punch is really strong and my Camp I prepare my really good defense and maybe this was these things and he he got injury you know nobody know but how did you feel after the first run he won the first run in all three cards but it was a very competitive first round did you feel good when you walked back to the corner about what you had accomplished in the first five minutes I will not be be careful because Rapha is dangerous Striker I I know that one punch can finish fight and I want to be slow slowly be careful and look what’s what’s he prepared to myself and I won’t accelerate another round I wanna accelerate I want another one and my goal this fight was round number three four five was pushed forward and and finish and finish him and make him tired you also seem to throw quite a few kicks right did you feel like he was Ronaldo uh to kicks as well as to your wrestling uh one more piece did you feel he was vulnerable to kicks because you threw some kicks at him um you know if you are in the cage some things sometimes you think what you can do after fight use the same thing you think you can do something small you can do something strange um when I look back this fight I think maybe I can make maybe I can more punch faster punch maybe I can do more wrestling you know but like I say first round was like I wanna look what Rafa prepared myself and how how is dangerous and what’s happened and the next round I wanna accelerate and push forward three I just wanted to see what’s next for you given you know that had to be a little unsatisfying to win that but you’re probably number six at least right now after after beating physique so where do you go from here my goal uh because everybody told that I am a wrestler I am Striker I really believe myself and I want many tournaments I was two times I I won two times trials trials idcc and and in the next one I would like test myself against Charles Oliveira because he is the most dangerous guy in the ground in the in the ground my previous opponent every time stand up stand up like the the grant is hot for everybody but the next one I would like to change myself in the ground you know I wanna show my release good skills in Jiu Jitsu I want to show how good I am in the ground and I think this guy will be first guy in my career who want to fight with me in the ground you know and I know he has fight soon in the next month with uh with uh champ my prediction is will be result will be the same like last time that the Islam defends his belt and I can wait to Charles Olivera to to next year and doesn’t matter maybe Mars may be happy maybe my I will be ready for him and I wanna fight with him were there any surprises in there or was that round at that first round exactly how you expected it to go maybe I expect that I can more more do action you know because I don’t know you know he he is dangerous in the in the in the Striking but if I step in the octagon and I fight with first round I’m feeling really good he has good kick he has good punch but but not like before his fight you know that I don’t know what I can say you know when I I would to be honest I went into another round you know because first hand was was like we’ll see what’s happened second round I a little bit push push more my wrestling but I I prepared a really good surprise for him in the ground and to be honest I want to make him try it the next round the next round and then I looking for the opportunity and take it um is a rematch something that you think you’re gonna have to face at some point with him um just based off the way that the fight ended obviously not anytime soon because he’s probably gonna be out for a bit but would a rematch be something you’d be open to we’ll see you of course uh Rafa is good guy I like him of course uh we have good relationship I wish him quick recovery I hope so his injury is not so not so big we’ll see but this is not my decision uh decision this the reason is for for the boss UFC uh but my goal is is gold I want to clamp to the top I wanna beat every every guy I wanna get uh opponents to higher than me in the ranking and we’ll see what what future show me but if you as if UFC told me that rematch will be okay I I say yes but maybe not now not next fight I want a guy from top 10 and I want to show my really good performance and I want to finish guy in the octagon Dave you’re in the cage right after did you exchange any words with who with your opponent no no no I didn’t see my opponent uh uh no I didn’t see him um how is it fighting Lasik uh now that you you know you fought two rounds with um now that you have LASIK surgery how did it feel I feeling good I’m feeling good I I don’t feel pain anywhere was I am not super happy you know because this was unfortunately situation I I want to finish finish my opponents in the Octagon I train really hard every day I really try I really heart train in wrestling Jiu Jitsu striking and I all the time I wanna show my really good shape in in the octagon but we are Sportsmen you know sometimes it’s bad situation and when you swing I I want to go forward and I don’t know I don’t want to look look bad you know of course now he’s his situation from today like I say I wish him quick quick like a very fast recovery and that’s it right now I wanna back home rest a little bit time spend time with my with my family back to training bishop and keep going to the top obviously um in your division there’s plenty of American top team fighters in in your division how do you feel about fighting teammates with who just like teammates like Marcano or Grant Dawson or Dustin Poirier or you know oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah we have in the lightweight division is many superstars of course from American top team of also is very good guys like you say Granderson mocano Dustin I love train with these guys American top team is the best gym in the world great spanic Martyrs great coaches this is my second home I feel great this with this company but I hope so we will never meet together you know because if we if we trained together in the mat it’s bad situation when we gonna fight together in the cage maybe only one thinks when we can meet together this is only to Gold you know only title fight this is normal situation because everybody want to get the title and I think maybe this this gonna be this will be on a only situation when we can meet together and finally UFC hasn’t been been to Poland since 2017 do you think it’s time to go back to Poland for a fight night yeah of course of course I I invite UFC to Poland we have great great Fighters great uh great country Poland love uh UFC we have a lot of fans I I am I I know that if you have seek back to Poland it’s gonna be great show and yeah for sure invite cheers speaking about American top team your teammate Johnny eblin got a big win today in the main event I know you didn’t want to win your fight the way you did but how does it feel to for your gym to score two big wins today I am I am super happy that Johnny defends his belt this is great great guy he is Middle middleweight guy division but I love training with him in the mud to be honest very often we train together in the mud uh and this was like this was situation that the same time we have fight like three four or four times that jonified and I fight the same the same week this is great situation I am super happy that he won and congratulations for for Johnny he’s beast and I am I know that if he maybe someday come to UFC he will be champion UFC for sure if you were to come here who would you like to see him face first one more if if you were to come to the UFC like you just mentioned is there someone you’d like to see him face first if if Johnny come here UFC or who if Johnny come here he should get the title fight he’s he’s undefeated he’s a Bellator champ I didn’t see I didn’t see a different opponent like the only champion and I saw you mentioned pulling there do you have a message for all the Polish fans I watch from home today um the first thing I love my my fans from Poland that I know he really believe myself that I will be the next Champion to Poland I am I really appreciate that because I I feel that every day I get message from many many guys and many things that he he support me and believe myself I can say thank you so much that that four of things because me and fans is one team you know because I go to octagon and I I fight but fans wake right now is is night in Poland you know but I know maybe half country wake up and look my fight and I am I am really appreciate and and I thank you because I know that we everybody go to the top [Music] and excited that you work with the Polish national team were you able to implement some of that in tonight’s fight I know it was only two rounds but with what you guys worked on and the strategy and your work with the with the Polish team were able to use any of that tonight in the cage I hope when I back to Poland I come another time to Polish national team and I gonna try and train more because when I was this Camp after him after this I feeling really good and I improve my skills a little bit I showed to tonight this these things because I exchange punch with with Rafa but like I say before fight enduring to fight you feeling uh that you can do this you can do this after fight you feel ah I can’t do something small I can do maybe more action I can do maybe this I did this uh but one thing is is for sure that I know that right now I fight with the most dangerous guy in the future Raphael Physio and I exchange with him punch this was not this was good for me good experience for sure I know that another fight when I step the Octagon I can’t believe my striking I I can believe my my boxing and for sure next time I can show a lot of more that tonight but I’m happy because I win this fight I go go go go the next one but if I can say how how percent I show my skills tonight this was maybe 30 percent 35 you know this was not like my the best shape in the octagon who can’t wait to see the next the other 60. congrats on the win thank you sir thank you