1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,280 Speaker 1: Hi, Ike Boris and this is straight talk. Hey guys, 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: we're a dear Circuit Crown Sydney. What a place, what 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: a joint, how gatful, how good? And welcome Premier. Thanks, 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: I'm welcome, Dana, thank you, thanks for coming to our town. 5 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 2: Oh it's good to be here. 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: Thanks for bringing UFC to our town again. 7 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 3: I love it. Love this town, beautiful, love it. Crowd 8 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 3: here is great. Tons of fans been cruising around last 9 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 3: couple of days. Lots of lots of UFC fans here 10 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 3: in Sydney. 11 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, well the mental for it, and I think to 12 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:31,639 Speaker 1: some extent we've got to thank the premiere for the 13 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: and destination of New South Wales for doing the partnership 14 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 1: with UFC. In relation to so, thank you Premier. So 15 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 1: what's behind that? 16 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 4: Yeah, we love it. 17 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 5: I love the UFC for years and years, and when 18 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 5: we were in opposition not in government, we were huge 19 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 5: fans of it. For some reason, the previous government didn't 20 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 5: try and grab UFC pitch it into Sydney. But it's 21 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 5: been fantastic for crowds, great for the economy, and I 22 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 5: also think there's a lot of young fighters that have 23 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 5: come through as a result of the big promotions that 24 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 5: have that have already taken place, so hopefully we can 25 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 5: get it for for a few more years. 26 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 3: He's been a champ for us, he's been he's been, 27 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 3: you know, one of our biggest supporters. And yeah, I 28 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 3: was just saying before we started this thing, it's incredible 29 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 3: how fast it's exploded here and not just as far 30 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 3: as fans go, and and you know, people flying in 31 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 3: from all over the world for the events, but the 32 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 3: talent here. You know, we started first started, you know, 33 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 3: coming into Australia, there were like two guys Elvis Senisik 34 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 3: was one of them. And now there's multiple world champions, uh, 35 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,759 Speaker 3: top ten contenders. It's just it's blown up out here. 36 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 3: It's it's insane. 37 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,839 Speaker 1: I want to ask you, Chris some or should refuge 38 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: his premier. I just I just want to ask you, 39 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: what is it you like about the UFC, What do 40 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 1: you like about mixed martial arts and what has the 41 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: UFC brought say that you think is really able to 42 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: be amplified in here in Sydney, for example. 43 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 4: I always love boxing. 44 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 5: I'm like you, I always loved it, thought it was fantastic, 45 00:01:56,200 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 5: but you never get the matchups the absolute bouts that 46 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 5: everyone wanted to see. It to be two or three 47 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 5: years late, and then the UFC came through and the 48 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 5: best in each division would be fighting twice a year, 49 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 5: three times a year, and no one was able to 50 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 5: duck a fight. 51 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 4: And I saw what Dana was doing. 52 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 5: I mean I probably jumped on during the Mendez McGregor era, 53 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 5: saw it on television, thought it was awesome. I just 54 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 5: got hooked from there. It was amazing. 55 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: So Dana and Chris just mentioned something like Connor McGregor 56 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: so importantly, how important is it for you, as the 57 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: CEO of the UFC and the founder of the UFC 58 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: to have characters like him from an point of view, 59 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 1: like he's a great, he's a great at his craft 60 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 1: and then't me wrong, but I'm just talking about the 61 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: character of the individual. 62 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 3: Well, the business is star driven, you know, when you 63 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 3: have somebody, you know, we had George Aperr from Canada 64 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 3: who ignited that entire country, Brandon Moreno down in Mexico, 65 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 3: Wiley Jiang who's fighting here this weekend in China, Volkanovski 66 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 3: and Izzy from this area. It's very star driven. So 67 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 3: when you Econo McGregor, when you have like econom McGregor 68 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 3: around a Rousey who are globally, you know, big superstars. 69 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,959 Speaker 3: That's that's what grows the sport, that's what makes people 70 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 3: jump on board that might not have followed the UFC. 71 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 2: It's very star driven. 72 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: So but I think UFC is not just the fight game. 73 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: It's sort of a brilliant game. And what I mean 74 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: by that is that the way it's evolved from when 75 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: you first started it, the way you use digital media, 76 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: social media, the way you promote authenticity. You know, you're 77 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: like the real deal, Like it takes something like Showy. 78 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: Two of us are like, he's a legend here in Sydney. Tie. 79 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: But the way you allow them to express themselves. You're 80 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: not sort of sitting on people and not all the same. 81 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: They're all different and that seems to drag fans and 82 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: people love that stuff. 83 00:03:58,400 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 2: Yeah. 84 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 3: Thanks, we're actually just talking about that. You know, we 85 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 3: don't stop them from being whoever they are. Sometimes it's good, 86 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 3: sometimes it's not so good, but it is what it is. 87 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 3: This is these are all grown men and women who 88 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 3: have their own opinions and their own style of whatever 89 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 3: it may be. The women make just as much money 90 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 3: as the men do. You know, when you look at 91 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 3: the UFC, it's it's it's very real and. 92 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:29,119 Speaker 2: Very fair. 93 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 3: And you know when they talk about like the w 94 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 3: n B A and in the United States right now, tennis, golf, 95 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 3: all these other things. When Ronda Rowsey was here, Ronda 96 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 3: Rowsey made more money than everybody until Connor McGregor hit 97 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 3: the scene. She was the highest paid athlete in the 98 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 3: company because she brought in the most money. So, yeah, 99 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 3: the UFC is uh, I don't know. I don't know 100 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 3: exactly how to explain it, but yeah. 101 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 2: We don't. 102 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 3: We don't tell anybody what to say, what not to say, 103 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 3: what to do. They all have their own personalities. Whoever 104 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 3: you are, that's what I'm selling. Wherever you come from, 105 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 3: that's what I'm selling. 106 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: So when you go to put people into the UFC, 107 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: you've got your contendency or is he looking for individuals 108 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,600 Speaker 1: who are happy to express themselves like you know as 109 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 1: part or. 110 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 3: Just the skill skills you can you can be a 111 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 3: deaf mute if you're a badass, That's what I'm interested in. 112 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 3: I'm interested in how good are you at fighting? If 113 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 3: you have a personality like Connor and Rhonda and these 114 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 3: others that's just you know, it's good for you. It's 115 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 3: a home run. Yeah, it doesn't suck. 116 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: I think, and I don't know if you've been told 117 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:46,160 Speaker 1: this before, but some like you is. You are a 118 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 1: great icon for people who are aspirational. And I think 119 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: that's one of the reason why you've seen is successful 120 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 1: at least in this country because Australians, a lot of 121 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 1: Australians are aspirational, particularly the people I see come to 122 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: the fights UFC fights and I've been to a number 123 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: of them. Do you see that as something that drives 124 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: you in your own life because you know, you, you know, 125 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,039 Speaker 1: you didn't start off as a multimillionaire or anything like that. 126 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: You you work through the process and you've got you know, 127 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 1: you had some good like your sold the UFC and 128 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: you're now working in the UFC, et cetera. But your 129 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: aspirational journey. Do you see how important that is relative 130 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: to the UFC brand and do you live it? 131 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 2: Hmm? Interesting? 132 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 3: I I I love everything about this business. I love 133 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 3: taking people that you see that you think have talent 134 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 3: and finding out if they can become world champions. I 135 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 3: love letting people be whoever they are. I love the 136 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 3: fact that we can find the toughest people from every 137 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 3: little place on Earth and they all get to come 138 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 3: in and compete on the world stage. I love everything 139 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 3: about this business. And yeah, I think that the UFC 140 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 3: and it's at Fleets are very inspirational. And uh oh, 141 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 3: these people that come from poverty and and all these 142 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 3: different walks of life. And you know, like I said, 143 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 3: it's not like we're in the United States or regionally. 144 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 3: The whole world gets to compete. And when you, like 145 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 3: he was saying earlier, when you become world champion here, 146 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 3: there's no question you went. You ran through the gauntlet 147 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 3: of the toughest people in the world, and there's no 148 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 3: debating that you are the absolute best. 149 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 2: I don't know. 150 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, the UFC is I love what we have here, 151 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 3: and I think it's very inspirational. 152 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: And I think what the Premier is referring to is 153 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:44,239 Speaker 1: sometimes boxes can be managed. And you have a boxing background, 154 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: so you know, it looks going to be many worst 155 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 1: You're can just manage them through to a point and 156 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: at some point they're going to have to fight up. 157 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 3: But there's five or six different champions. None of them 158 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 3: want to fight each other, you know, you know, the 159 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 3: rankings are always more about money than they are about 160 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 3: who is truly the best. 161 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 2: We don't do that here. 162 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: So you're talking a as the audience here, and probably 163 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 1: you're talking to a global audience as well. But what 164 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: makes Aussie fighters so good? What's your experience? 165 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 3: I was just telling him again, but you know that 166 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 3: this our image of Australia and in America was like 167 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 3: crocodile Dundee type, you know, rough tough people here. Everything 168 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 3: that exists that can kill you is here in the 169 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 3: water or on land, from jellyfish to shark, snakes, spiders 170 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 3: that they're all here. And Australia has looked at as 171 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 3: this as this really tough place with tough people. 172 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: It was, and then as a fight fan. I then 173 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: look at the Dakistani's and some of these people from 174 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: hestern Europe and I think, to my, so, my, oh 175 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: my god, they're tough people too, Like seriously tough people. 176 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:49,439 Speaker 1: I mean, do you find that you have to find 177 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: different characters from different regions to satisfy all your different 178 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: customer basis, call it your audience. 179 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 2: No. 180 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 3: I think one of the things that's fascinating about this 181 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 3: business is I'll give you an example, I just did 182 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,679 Speaker 3: a fight a couple of weeks ago in Los Angeles 183 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 3: right with an Armenian and the main event was an 184 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 3: Armenian and and and ah Dagistani Russian. Right now, Back 185 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:14,439 Speaker 3: in the day in boxing, you'd have had to have 186 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 3: a Mexican in Los Angeles to to pull a crowd. 187 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 3: And we were sold out and and and we set 188 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 3: the record for that new arena. I can go to 189 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 3: Arizona with a Brazilian and a and a Canadian. I 190 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 3: can go to you know, anywhere in the world, even here. 191 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 3: You know, we have an American versus the South African 192 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 3: in the main event in Australia and it's sold out 193 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 3: and and it's you know, it's fascinating because people just 194 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:44,839 Speaker 3: care about who the best in the world is that 195 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 3: they don't have to be from Australia or from uh 196 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,959 Speaker 3: Los Angeles or whatever. It's it's uh, it's one of 197 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 3: the cool things about this sport. 198 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: And I think that that and I think that's a 199 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 1: really good point because your point is that the way 200 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:00,959 Speaker 1: you structure the fights and said at a moment ago too, 201 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,200 Speaker 1: is you're going to be watching the best matched up 202 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: against the best there's no bullshit around this place. 203 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's it's actually weird because when we go 204 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 3: into places and if if I had the card too 205 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 3: full of Australians, Australia doesn't love Australia wants to see 206 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 3: the people they watch on pay per view that they 207 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 3: don't get the opportunity to see all the time. And 208 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 3: it's like that when we go to Brazil, it's like that, 209 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 3: when we go to Mexico, it's like that when we 210 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:29,200 Speaker 3: go to Canada. This is a very unique sport. 211 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 5: But like but like boxing, you guys could have just 212 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 5: stayed in Las Vegas and not moved. 213 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 4: Was obviously a decision to say we're going around the world. 214 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:38,079 Speaker 2: The no brainers. 215 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 3: Back in the day when we started this thing, it 216 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 3: was you would do Las Vegas, Atlantic City, New York 217 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 3: and La sometimes that that was what Boxing had done, 218 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 3: but mostly Vegas and Atlantic City because you know they 219 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 3: were paying for the events. But this that we we 220 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 3: we felt differently. We took this thing everywhere all over 221 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 3: the world. Even when we go to White Knights, we 222 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 3: go to small towns and our live event is so good. 223 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 3: For those of you that are watching this, if you've 224 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 3: never been to a UFC live event. I guarantee you this. 225 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 3: It is the most exciting live sporting event you will 226 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 3: ever see. Nobody ever walks out of a live UFC 227 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 3: event and goes, yeah, I don't ever want to come 228 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 3: see one of these again. It's the exact opposite. We 229 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 3: traveled this thing all over the world because we knew. 230 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 3: Like you told me, your brother in law got you 231 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,319 Speaker 3: into the UFC. That's how it works. Somebody gets into 232 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 3: it and then they turned three, four or five more 233 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 3: people onto it, and once you go to the live event, 234 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 3: it's over. 235 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 2: We got you. 236 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: Can we look at next this? Can we look at 237 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:42,319 Speaker 1: this Sunday and the main cards, Due Places and Strickland 238 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 1: And there's been a lot said about it. I mean 239 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: obvious seen Strickland jump over three or four people and 240 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 1: get stuck into Due Places, and I interview Due Places 241 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: last week and he's saying that he's confident that he's 242 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 1: going to take it to the next level. He's saying 243 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:59,559 Speaker 1: that he's evolved, and Sewan has not evolved. As a fight, 244 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 1: I'm talking that what are you expecting? Fly works? 245 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 3: Well, I ran listen Sean Strickland for all of his 246 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 3: you know, talking that he does when he gets into 247 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 3: the the octagon. You know, he's got a very very 248 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 3: good style. Nice jab always stays composed. I ranted the 249 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 3: duplexity and the elevator at the hotel and his coach, 250 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 3: and they were telling me, I mean, these guys do 251 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 3: everything right, that they're actually really smart in how they 252 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 3: approach everything. He got here. I'll give you an example. 253 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 3: He got here over two weeks ago. To acclimate to 254 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 3: the time and all the other things. I think that's 255 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 3: one of the things that boxing has over us because 256 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 3: we had such humble beginnings and we're only like thirty 257 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 3: years old as a sport. These guys don't do the 258 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 3: things that boxers do. Like when you were a boxer 259 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 3: at that level making that kind of money and you 260 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 3: were the main event, the camp was all built around you. 261 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 3: You had your own camp, your own training partners. You 262 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 3: would get into a place early. You know, like I said, 263 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 3: to acclimate, whether it's to altitude or time differences, or 264 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:09,680 Speaker 3: temperature or humidity, all these different things play a factor 265 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:12,680 Speaker 3: in the fight. And I think Dupless's camp did a 266 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 3: great job of getting here early. Ronda Rousey when she 267 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 3: flew over here to Australia and lost to Holly Home. 268 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 3: She came straight from filming a movie, got here three 269 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,319 Speaker 3: days before the fight. I had a hard time making 270 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:27,839 Speaker 3: weight because of it and obviously the time difference, and 271 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:33,319 Speaker 3: you saw how that fight ended for Ronda. Dupless's really 272 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 3: him and his team and his coach is brilliant, have 273 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 3: a great game plan coming into this fight. 274 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 4: I remember you saying that Australia is the home of 275 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 4: the upset too. 276 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 2: It's truely, it really is that. That is true. 277 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 3: And I think all of the things that I just 278 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:49,679 Speaker 3: mentioned are part of the reason. They're all factors in it. 279 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 3: And Dupless's camp knows that, and and have really looked 280 00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 3: at this thing like professional boxing does, and and and 281 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:03,079 Speaker 3: how they set up their whole camp and their strategy 282 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:04,839 Speaker 3: to come into Australia. 283 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 1: And you just it's interesting to mention that Chris the 284 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:10,199 Speaker 1: Austraight as the home of the upset. Last weekend, I 285 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: was tuning into Easy's fight is well it's fight and 286 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 1: there was an upset for me anyway, he got knocked 287 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 1: out and t k O in the second round. I 288 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 1: think it was is he yeah, yeah? And would surprise 289 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: you because I saw an interview later and you said 290 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 1: you didn't expect it. 291 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, listen, is he looked incredible in the first round, 292 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 3: absolutely pecking them apart, chopping the calf, kick the whole round. 293 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 2: Uh. 294 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 3: At the at the end of that first round his 295 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 3: face was all busted up, his leg was busted up. 296 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 3: And is he got caught in the second round. Anybody 297 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 3: can get caught with a big punch. But yeah, what's 298 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 3: what's the question you're asking? No, anybody can get caught. 299 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:00,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's sort of the point. Anybody can you 300 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 1: get caught? And that's a that's sort of the point 301 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: about dupless it because Strickland is a dangerous, a dangerous fighter, 302 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: and he's a good defensive fighter, but he can get dangerous. 303 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 3: One now he's going to get in there and mix 304 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 3: it up with him and you know, yeah, it's going 305 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 3: to be a great fight. 306 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 2: Yeah. 307 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: So Australians love toe to toe and we are we 308 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: are sort of I would say aggressive, but at least 309 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 1: the fight fans are we like to see it rip in. 310 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 1: We like to see guys rip in. And I said 311 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: to du PLESSI would you stand to to tone to him? 312 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: He said absolutely. And you know what's something very interesting. 313 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 4: He said to me. 314 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: I said to him, are you prepared to die in 315 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 1: the ring? He said, I'm prepared to die? And he said, 316 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: I'm prepared. I know that I have to be prepared 317 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 1: to kill someone who said that Dricas and I and 318 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: I said, and he looked me straight in the eye 319 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: and with that south that really strong South African look 320 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 1: that he has, and I actually believed him. 321 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 3: And uh and uh, all of these guys, I mean, 322 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 3: if you go in and you're you're you're going to 323 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 3: stand toe to toe for five rounds and remember you 324 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 3: can punch me elbow, take a shin to the head. 325 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 3: I mean, these people are wired differently than the rest 326 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 3: of us. That that's what makes professional fighters and especially 327 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 3: in MMA so different as far as humans go. There's 328 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 3: this many of them right here that become world champions 329 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 3: and have that type of mindset. They're not wired like 330 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 3: you and I. They're different. They're special human beings. And yeah, 331 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 3: I mean I think that's that's all of their mindset 332 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 3: when they go in and fight. 333 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:35,239 Speaker 1: So the octagon is is really is a true battlefield, 334 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 1: like it's a true then I think that's part of 335 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: its appeal. Could actually this and I'll ask you too, premium, 336 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 1: really unbelievably great fighters. Who is the number one? Is 337 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: it John Jones? Who are we talking about? Who do 338 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 1: you think? 339 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,479 Speaker 3: You know the answer to this question, it's it's absolutely 340 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 3: positively John Jones. John Jones is the best ever. You know, 341 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 3: it's become this running oak almost now. But listen, nobody 342 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 3: can debate it. Nobody can debate that John Jones is 343 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 3: the greatest to ever live. He is, uh he And 344 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 3: I don't just say this in UFC, in MMA ever 345 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:18,159 Speaker 3: in the history. You know, if you look at his 346 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:21,119 Speaker 3: skill set and what he's able to do compared to 347 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 3: boxers or anybody else that's ever fought, John Jones beats everybody. 348 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: I've actually seen him wristle or do jiu jitsu with 349 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: Gordon right, and he's even with someone like him on 350 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 1: the floor. He's unbelievable. Yeah, he's quite incredible. 351 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 2: John Jones the best ever. 352 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 1: So he's only got a couple more years, I guess. 353 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 1: But how do you do how do you find the 354 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 1: next person who will be the great the greatest ever? 355 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 3: Well, what you do is you keep going out and 356 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 3: one of the things here's what I do for a living, 357 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:53,879 Speaker 3: every day when I go to work. When you have 358 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 3: a brand like the UFC, there's all these ancillary businesses 359 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 3: that come off of it, from merchandise to video games, 360 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 3: to gyms, et cetera, et cetera. All that stuff is 361 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 3: whatever it is. When I go to work every day, 362 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 3: I focus on the core of this business, and the 363 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 3: core is finding up and coming talent, putting on the 364 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 3: best fights that we could possibly put on, making sure 365 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 3: the live event is absolutely perfect, and making sure that 366 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 3: what you see on television is the best that we 367 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 3: could possibly do. As long as I focus on that 368 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 3: every day, you can't mess this business up, it just 369 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 3: continues to get bigger and better. 370 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 5: And because you don't protect the thought is because everybody 371 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 5: has to protect their belts. You do have to make 372 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 5: sure that you've got a pool system or a farm 373 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,360 Speaker 5: system of people coming through all the time. 374 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, that's what you know. One of the big 375 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:47,440 Speaker 3: things that I that I work on, whether from the 376 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 3: Ultimate Fighter to the Contender series, the show I'm Looking 377 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:54,360 Speaker 3: for a Fight exactly, all of those things are designed 378 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 3: to not only go out and find the young, up 379 00:18:57,280 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 3: and coming talent, but how do we how do. 380 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 2: We make them big? 381 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 4: Right? 382 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:06,360 Speaker 3: Outside, right right out the gate. How do you think 383 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,640 Speaker 3: about this? The Contender series, millions of people see these 384 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 3: people fight before they even step foot in the UFC. Yeah, 385 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,119 Speaker 3: So it's all about finding talent and making sure that 386 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 3: the live product that we present is the best that 387 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 3: it can possibly be. 388 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:21,359 Speaker 1: I think a lot a lot of people, in particular strainers, 389 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:22,879 Speaker 1: And because people talk to me all the time about it, 390 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 1: they see you as as Daniel Waters, somebody's made a 391 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 1: lot of money some some years ago, and he's you know, 392 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 1: he's running the running the show these days. And they 393 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,080 Speaker 1: asked the question, what gets him up in the morning, 394 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:37,719 Speaker 1: Why does he go to work? Why the hell does 395 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 1: he do it? I mean, I have my own views 396 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:42,680 Speaker 1: on those things, but I'd love to know what drives you? 397 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 1: What is it? What's the deal I have this? 398 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 3: It's like people always ask me, do you ever look 399 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,719 Speaker 3: around and say, oh you did, you know, look at 400 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:54,240 Speaker 3: what we've done. 401 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 2: I don't. 402 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:58,120 Speaker 3: I'm always looking to I think that every day when 403 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 3: you get out of bed, you should try to be 404 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 3: better than you were yesterday, whether it's physically, professionally, mentally, 405 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 3: every day when you get up, try to be better 406 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 3: than you were yesterday. And the same thing about the business. 407 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:15,399 Speaker 3: The business is it's not Look how big this event 408 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 3: was that we did yesterday. What can we do tomorrow 409 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 3: that's bigger than this. I'm just always trying to take 410 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 3: everything to another level. 411 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: Where do you get the drive from? 412 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:24,159 Speaker 3: Though? 413 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 1: So, but you were some little kid growing up thinking 414 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: to myself, I want to be this dude? Or is 415 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,399 Speaker 1: it just the vitality you get from it? 416 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 3: Like he has no idea. I have no idea how 417 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 3: or why or any of that, just what I love 418 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 3: to do. It's like, you know, I started power slap. 419 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 3: I saw slapping on on Instagram in twenty seventeen and 420 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 3: this guy dumpling out of Siberia, Russia. And what I 421 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 3: saw was is that what I noticed, I wanted to 422 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 3: see who won. I stayed around long enough to who 423 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 3: won it. As I started to take a deeper dive 424 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:04,879 Speaker 3: into it, I said, I think I'm gonna do this. 425 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 3: And you know, obviously it wasn't very popular idea with 426 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 3: a lot of people, and a lot of people didn't 427 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 3: love it. But it's the fastest most successful thing that 428 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 3: I've ever been a part of. We just did one 429 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,159 Speaker 3: in Saudi Arabia. It was our first one there. The 430 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:22,800 Speaker 3: next day when I went to meat Shake Turkey, he 431 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 3: was going crazy over it. It killed it. It did four point 432 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:29,719 Speaker 3: two million viewers. It was the biggest first of all. 433 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:32,320 Speaker 3: This thing is a juggernaut on social media. It was 434 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:34,679 Speaker 3: the biggest one we'd ever done on social media. And 435 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:37,120 Speaker 3: he just signed up for five more. He ordered five 436 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 3: more events in Saudi four this year and one in America. 437 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,360 Speaker 3: Why am I doing that? I don't need to do that. 438 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,879 Speaker 3: Why am I doing this? I could have retired in sixteen, 439 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 3: you know what I mean? I don't know. This is 440 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 3: just what I love to do. I love to build brands. 441 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 3: I love to do things that people say can't be done, 442 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 3: and I'd like to just I don't even think we've 443 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 3: scraped it's the surface on how big the UFC is 444 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:04,919 Speaker 3: going to be in the next ten years. We got 445 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 3: a new rights deal coming up. There's a ton of 446 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 3: places that we haven't been in a long time, and 447 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 3: there's some places we've never been, like South Africa, like Spain. 448 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, I just I love to build. 449 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:22,919 Speaker 1: It's if I look at what you built, like it 450 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: is a jugging what it really is? How How big 451 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 1: are we talking about? Like how many employees would you 452 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:28,120 Speaker 1: have across the globe? 453 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:35,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean god, including you know, uh employees and 454 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:38,679 Speaker 3: uh people that we contract. I mean. 455 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 2: Thousands, Yeah, thousands of people. 456 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 1: So you are sort of to some extent, you are 457 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: helping economies. So I'm going to get back to you, 458 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: Chris Well. 459 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 3: The economic impact we have when we come into cities 460 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 3: all over the world is massive. 461 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 1: And that's what I want to find out, Like, is 462 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:55,199 Speaker 1: is that the reason? Why? Is that one of the 463 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: reasons Chris, why you do a partnership with UFC, whether 464 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 1: you said thought I was government does a bunch of UFC. 465 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 5: Impact It is in part I mean we get a 466 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:06,919 Speaker 5: big economic multiplier from the UFC coming here. People come in, 467 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,479 Speaker 5: they spend money, tourists, they have a good time. They 468 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 5: don't just go to the fights. They make a weekend 469 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 5: of it, which is fantastic for the city. But also, 470 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 5: I don't have a problem with this, but we spend 471 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 5: a lot of money on opera and classical music and 472 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 5: a ballet company. But the truth is there's millions of 473 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 5: people in Sydney and New South Wales that don't aren't 474 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:34,480 Speaker 5: particularly into that, but love MMA and love the UFC 475 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 5: and Ultimately, we want to bring events that they can 476 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:41,360 Speaker 5: go to, that they can feel part of, and so 477 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 5: I think it's got to be equitable. I'm very democratic 478 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 5: about these things. 479 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:48,920 Speaker 1: That's for interesting. You actually have a view on making 480 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: things equitable in terms of entertainment. Basically, yes, absolutely. 481 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 5: I mean the second part of this, as we talked 482 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 5: about earlier, is that we find it hard to get through, 483 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 5: particularly to young men, about dropping their devices, their electronic devices, 484 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 5: getting off the sofa, getting out of the house, and 485 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:08,400 Speaker 5: as I said a lot to the media in New 486 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 5: South Wales and Australia, they don't a lot of people 487 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 5: don't understand the life that you have to live to 488 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:17,680 Speaker 5: be an MMA fighter. You have to be incredibly scrupulous 489 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,920 Speaker 5: with your diet, the fitness. It's all encompassing and it's 490 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:26,399 Speaker 5: ultimately a very clean, living, outward ambitious life. And I 491 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 5: think that they're good values, genuinely good values for a 492 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 5: lot of young people to have and frankly, mark a 493 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 5: government advertising campaign on me putting out a media release 494 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 5: is not going to cut it. I mean, if these 495 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 5: fighters can get through to young people about living the 496 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 5: kind of life that's positive, it's a fantastic thing for 497 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:44,160 Speaker 5: the state. 498 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 1: That's actually that has to be call a really good 499 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: call too, especially for New South Wales. Dana talking about health, 500 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: I see that I was looking at something where you 501 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: did a fast You're into your health and you did 502 00:24:58,200 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 1: something with Gary Brecker. 503 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 2: Yeah you look. 504 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: I couldn't believe it like you. I saw you with 505 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:06,119 Speaker 1: the show off. Unbelievable before and after. How important is 506 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 1: health to you in order to do your job? 507 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:10,400 Speaker 2: It's everything. 508 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 3: Honestly, before I met Gary Breca, I was having a 509 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 3: lot of problems. I couldn't do what I'm doing right now. 510 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 3: I've been on the road now for two weeks. I 511 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 3: couldn't have done this three years ago before I met Gary. Yeah, 512 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 3: it's fascinating. I'm into fasting. I literally there's two. I 513 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,200 Speaker 3: went to a couple of saunas here. You know, I'm 514 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,119 Speaker 3: into the sauna now. You do like one hundred and 515 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,159 Speaker 3: eighty five degrees for twenty minutes. You guys got some 516 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 3: saunas here that are no joke like these old school. 517 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,680 Speaker 3: I was in Chinatown last night in the sauna that 518 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 3: the last five minutes of doing twenty minutes of a 519 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:48,679 Speaker 3: sauna let you know who you are and who you 520 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,720 Speaker 3: are not, I'll tell you that right now. But yeah, 521 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,400 Speaker 3: ever since I got into this whole health kick, I've 522 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 3: never felt better. I feel like I'm thirty years old again, 523 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 3: and I can do I can do things that I 524 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:00,080 Speaker 3: couldn't do three years ago. 525 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: And do you get any inspiration from watching fighters live 526 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 1: their lives? Because they're in a cold baster and as 527 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 1: on as they're into health, they're into the right food, 528 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 1: they have dietitians, et cetera, et cetera. Do you get 529 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,399 Speaker 1: inspired by them to take control of your own health? 530 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:17,679 Speaker 3: I get inspired by anybody who has the discipline. You know, 531 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 3: It's all about discipline and consistency and getting in shape 532 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 3: and taking care of yourself. And yeah, I love I 533 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:30,239 Speaker 3: love doing things that challenge me mentally and physically and 534 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 3: to push myself. Coal plunge. I got the coal plunge 535 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 3: set up in the room here in the hotel. It's 536 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 3: thirty nine degrees. You get into thirty nine degree water 537 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:41,199 Speaker 3: for three minutes, you know, one hundred and eighty five 538 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 3: one hundred and ninety degrees sauna and staying there for 539 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:48,640 Speaker 3: twenty minutes. And when that's how you start your day, 540 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 3: there isn't too many things that you're going to run 541 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,439 Speaker 3: into the rest of the day that can challenge you, 542 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 3: like something like that. And I love doing stuff that 543 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 3: has the potential to mentally break you. I love that stuff. 544 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 1: And they say that that type of behavior, that sort 545 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:06,119 Speaker 1: of activity actually develops a certain part of your brain, 546 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,360 Speaker 1: which for people who do these things like wim Hof 547 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:12,199 Speaker 1: et cetera, their brain has a certain part of their 548 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: brain is actually larger than the rest of the normal people. 549 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:19,200 Speaker 1: Because doing something you don't want to do actually creates 550 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 1: a certain sense of sense of achievement for the day, 551 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: no doubt, everything else seems easy after it, no. 552 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:25,199 Speaker 2: Doubt about it. 553 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 3: You're living your life like that one hundred percent every day, 554 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:29,920 Speaker 3: literally every day, even when I'm on the road. We're 555 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:31,880 Speaker 3: just in Saudi for a week. I had the whole 556 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 3: setup out there in Saudi. I'm here for a week. 557 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 3: I got the whole set up here. We're running around 558 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:39,160 Speaker 3: town looking for the best saunas to get into. 559 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 2: Yeah. 560 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 3: I love doing these things that are physically good for 561 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 3: you, you know, and but but that have the potential to 562 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 3: mentally break you. I love trying to mentally break myself. 563 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:53,119 Speaker 3: And when you overcome that first thing. 564 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 2: In the morning. 565 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,399 Speaker 3: Yeah, Like I said, there's not much that's going to 566 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 3: hit you the rest of the day that you can't 567 00:27:57,840 --> 00:27:58,199 Speaker 3: deal with. 568 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 1: I can give you something that could mentally and you 569 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: can swop places with the premier. Early this week he's 570 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 1: been in positions. I mean, that's be doing something you 571 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 1: probably wouldn't want to have had to do in terms of 572 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: the in terms of Sunday, for the for the for 573 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 1: the fights. We have the girls as well, and we 574 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,640 Speaker 1: just want to look about them with the co main event, 575 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 1: and we have some under some other people on the 576 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: card to who are you looking forward to seeing? Who 577 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 1: you're looking forward to showing their craft. 578 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 3: The fight that hasn't been talked about enough is the 579 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 3: co main event. You know, Tatiana Swaz and Whaley jang Uh. 580 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:43,920 Speaker 3: Tatiana is and has been one of the hottest prospects 581 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 3: you know in the sport now for a while, but 582 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 3: has had tons of injuries that she's had to overcome. 583 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 3: And Wally Jang is one of the baddest women of 584 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 3: all time. She's so exciting and fun to watch. I'm 585 00:28:56,440 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 3: very excited to see how that fight turns out. Yeah, 586 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 3: I think it's a fight that hasn't been talked about enough. 587 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 3: It's an incredible fight. 588 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:09,800 Speaker 1: Cole main event, Chris, have you been following the cod Yeah? 589 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 5: I mean I think the main one Dudels is Strickland. 590 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 5: Strickland just keeps coming and he shocked Australia last time around, 591 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 5: and as we spoke about earlier, it's the land of upset. 592 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,080 Speaker 5: So I can't wait to see that about. I think 593 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 5: it'd be awesome. 594 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 1: And I got to ask you this, Dana, what about Volk? 595 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: Is he a chance coming back? 596 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 4: We love Volk. 597 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 3: Volk's a legend. I mean, if you look at what 598 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 3: that guy has done in this sport and in that division, 599 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 3: he's an absolute legend. I get to this place where 600 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 3: what more does he have to accomplish and achieve? He's 601 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 3: done it all. I don't know personally. I haven't talked 602 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 3: to him about where his head is and you know 603 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,920 Speaker 3: what he's thinking about the future. But when you talk 604 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:55,400 Speaker 3: about a guy like Volk, he's done it all. He's 605 00:29:55,440 --> 00:30:01,200 Speaker 3: an absolute legend, not just here in Australia but worldwide. 606 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 3: And when we talk about inspirational figures, he's one of them. 607 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 5: Man. 608 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 3: If you look at his journey and his story, and 609 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 3: what he's accomplished in his life. I don't know, it's 610 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 3: just it's up to him. Whatever that guy wants to do. 611 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 3: He's the guy that you know, there's been any situations 612 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 3: where we picked up the phone and said we need 613 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:23,080 Speaker 3: you and he's he's inn absolute stud, absolute legend. And 614 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:25,880 Speaker 3: whatever he wants to do next, I'm in. 615 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 1: Well, Chrisy. He's involved being Alex, being a boy from 616 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,600 Speaker 1: win Dang and Wollongong. You know your territory, not not 617 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 1: not not where you live or not certainly not your elector. 618 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 1: But he's a good working class kid. 619 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:39,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, he's a legendar Alex. 620 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 1: He's killed it and he's Would you like to see 621 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:43,960 Speaker 1: him back in the Octoglond. 622 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 5: Yeah, I'd love to see him back, but on his 623 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 5: own time. I mean he takes fights at a short notice. 624 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 5: But I'd love to see him have a big, long camp, 625 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,160 Speaker 5: get ready for a big fight, hopefully have it here 626 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 5: in Sydney and flatten whoever Dana puts him up against. 627 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 5: But I think because he's just we've had to fight 628 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:05,480 Speaker 5: and take it on so quickly and he's enthusiastic. Sometimes 629 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:08,880 Speaker 5: that's sort of cut against him. But he's an amazing 630 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 5: guy and he's an inspirational fellow too. I mean he's 631 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 5: been fantastic for young people south of Sydney and the 632 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 5: Wollongong area. Daya just not about one hundred k's from 633 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,880 Speaker 5: us here. He works a lot with the pc YS, 634 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 5: as does the UFC in local communities, a lot of 635 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,200 Speaker 5: disadvantaged young people. The UFC has been fantastic partnering with 636 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 5: these organizations. 637 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:27,800 Speaker 4: It's really worked. 638 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 2: Thanks. 639 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, And on that note, I'd like to thank 640 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:31,760 Speaker 1: you Premier for coming in today. I don't thank you 641 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 1: very much for Dana 642 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 3: Thanks for having me, good luck to thank you