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Speaker 1: The John Anick and Kenny Florian Podcast.

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Speaker 2: John Annick and Kenny Florian.

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Speaker 3: I love him. I can't get enough of him.

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Speaker 4: Big job, the Cooktopia crack Out.

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Speaker 3: There are a couple of absolutely self involved.

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Speaker 2: Here are your hosts, John Annick and Kenny Florian.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be with everybody live, presented by DraftKings, DraftKings.

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Speaker 1: The Crown is yours now with us as promised, only

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Speaker 1: one of the great this mixed martial arts Welterweight of

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Speaker 1: all time, former undisputed you have see welterweight Champion, Realist

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Speaker 1: of the Real, the Chosen One, the three one four Zone.

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Speaker 5: Timon Woodley T. Wood.

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Speaker 1: I know how excited you are to see Ken Flow.

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Speaker 1: We're very excited to see your face. Man, number one seed,

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Speaker 1: the number one overall pick. You'd have it no other way, Champ.

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Speaker 3: How we doing, man, I'm doing great. I'm happy to

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Speaker 3: see Ken Flow and John you know what I mean.

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Speaker 4: I'm just excited because you know, you guys are OG's

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Speaker 4: in the game. You guys are always been solid to me,

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Speaker 4: you know, and I just overall good human beings. I

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Speaker 4: do a great show. So I was glad when you

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Speaker 4: guys called me to be on. But I'm definitely excited.

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Speaker 4: I'm excited about the league. I didn't really let it

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Speaker 4: soak in until like yesterday, that this is the first

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Speaker 4: ever mm A draft. I've always said I believe MMA

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Speaker 4: needs to draft. If somebody down the street jumps out

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Speaker 4: of you know, at me with a dog, and you

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Speaker 4: know what I mean, I stepped in their grass, we

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Speaker 4: can technically go and fight a professional fight.

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Speaker 3: There's really been no filtration.

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Speaker 4: I feel like a long time ago all thes that

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Speaker 4: are maybe making a semi pro thing, where like where

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Speaker 4: we have now, anybody can fight pro right, and then

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Speaker 4: you can pick the top organizations can pick the top

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Speaker 4: talent right, and that becomes a drift.

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Speaker 3: So this is something that's been long overdue.

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Speaker 4: I'm excited out of all of the names, out of

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Speaker 4: all of the legends on the deal, that I went first. Overall,

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Speaker 4: I'm excited about that. Obviously excited about being on Team Dubai.

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Speaker 4: I spent a lot of time over there. My feats

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Speaker 4: are deep into sand in Dubai, So I'm excited all around.

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Speaker 3: Man, it's been a minute. You know, I took some

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Speaker 3: time away from mixed martial arts. I never retired.

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Speaker 4: I just let the internet talk because you know, they

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Speaker 4: know everything, so I let them know everything. And I

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Speaker 4: just was normal for you know, a couple of years

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Speaker 4: and just spending time with kids and building other businesses.

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Speaker 6: So when did you first hear about the GFL, man

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Speaker 6: and what made you say yes to it?

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Speaker 4: You know, I heard about the GNFL, I want to say,

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Speaker 4: maybe into October top of Novem, and.

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Speaker 3: Well made me say yes.

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Speaker 4: So it was really the revenue split, because when you

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Speaker 4: start looking at gates and you start looking at what

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Speaker 4: other organizations of bringing in. And I always knew the

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Speaker 4: numbers for the fighters. I always knew who made the most,

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Speaker 4: always knew that was kind of like my That was

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Speaker 4: I'm not making lesson this dude, that they ain't do that,

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Speaker 4: like you know what I mean.

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Speaker 3: So I was always on that. I was really on

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Speaker 4: And I can just do the math on what the

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Speaker 4: overall payout to fighters would be comparable to what they're

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Speaker 4: doing at the gate merchandising, beer, beverage, food, all the

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Speaker 4: different things they go with it and pay review and

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Speaker 4: then if you fight on a car where only one

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Speaker 4: guy's are returning champion. Only one person's eligible for pay

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Speaker 4: per view points, not even the person they're competing against,

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Speaker 3: So it was like a landslide. So when I saw that,

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Speaker 3: I'm like, you know what you're really saying you're about

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Speaker 3: to do? Right? He's like, yeah, I said, so if

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Speaker 3: we build up.

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Speaker 4: This brand and it takes off and and people come

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Speaker 4: and watch in their view and the revenue is very handsome,

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Speaker 4: that means we're going to get paid.

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Speaker 3: And he was like, you should, right. So I looked

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Speaker 4: But my goal is to try to do everything within

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Speaker 4: the seasonal aspect where you know, I'm from a wrestling background,

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Speaker 4: you will one tournament, You're a national champion, right, So

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Speaker 4: fighters may have had bad fights in their career, they

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Speaker 3: And your morale is everything. You know that, Kenny, like

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Speaker 3: when you're fighting.

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Speaker 4: Like how you feel, how you feel about the people

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Speaker 4: around you, how what's going on in your personal life.

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Speaker 3: People don't want to hear that, but it makes a

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Speaker 4: And I feel like the fighters that I was listening

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Speaker 4: were wiser for me personally, My body healed, whether I

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Speaker 3: But I was fighting every title fight injured.

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Speaker 4: I never fought one title fight not injured, and I

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Speaker 6: Yeah, five rounds are no joke, man, time and time again.

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Speaker 6: So I assume will see you at welterweight. And where

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Speaker 6: are you planning on doing your camps in preparation for

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Speaker 3: I'm still planning that out right now.

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Speaker 4: I do want to spend obviously the bulk of the

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Speaker 3: I feel like being on team to buy. I feel

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Speaker 4: I want to get the kids involved, you know what

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Speaker 4: I mean, where it's like, you know, kids that are

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Speaker 3: I think it's something to lift up the region there.

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Speaker 3: So I want to do that.

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Speaker 4: I want to do a cappins a place where it's hot,

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Speaker 3: It's freezing. As you see.

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Speaker 4: What I got on in Saint Louis is freezing. And

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Speaker 4: I just remember I always, for some reason, when I

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Speaker 3: When the joints don't feel it's good either, Oh my god,

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Speaker 4: And I was walking around two hundred and five pounds

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Speaker 4: To get down in the nineties, and I just I

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Speaker 3: What I mean, So I kind of want to just

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Speaker 1: Away Tyren Widy Withers here live on the anacmp Florian podcast.

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Speaker 1: I know you mentioned on that GFL draft broadcast that

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Speaker 1: you also like the seclusion and training that Dubai affords you,

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Speaker 1: and it really is gonna be interesting, just in terms

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Speaker 1: Dubai is gonna be massive, you know, whenever it happens.

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Speaker 1: I think a lot of fans, like me as a

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Speaker 1: Like I'm not trying to peel back the curtain too much,

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Speaker 4: Whatever not allow Hobby and Mendez in my corner, you

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Speaker 4: know what I mean. When I first started the sport,

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Speaker 4: Anybody I've been talking about American Top Team Team Quest.

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Speaker 4: and I was training Robbi Lawler at the time, which

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Speaker 3: Here in Saint Louis, man, I got to be on

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Speaker 3: that car. Man, who do I get in touch with

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Speaker 4: Think about how crazy that sounds now. At that time,

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Speaker 4: I thought that was clearly the thing to do. I

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Speaker 3: I got to be on this car, and I need

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Speaker 3: you to give me the He took out his phone

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Speaker 3: and he gave me Jabber Mendez's number. Wow.

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Speaker 4: Right, So I text Javier Mendez and I never told

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Speaker 4: I'm giving you guys some gems, right. So Robbie Lawler

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Speaker 4: Mendez's number the Jave as Mendez was promoting the undercard

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Speaker 4: to the Strike First card in Saint Louis. Right, So

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Speaker 4: I hit up Javier and Mendez and I was like,

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Speaker 4: you know what's up, Javier. My name's Tyren Woodley. I

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Speaker 4: got your information from Robbie Yawler. I'm an All American wrestler.

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Speaker 4: I don't have any profiles yet, but da da da da. Basically,

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Speaker 4: I need to fight on this card. So he and

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Speaker 4: so many words told me to go and fight a.

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Speaker 3: Couple of times.

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Speaker 4: So I found two fights fought real quick, back to

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Speaker 4: Zencin wanted to bring me out right him and Bob Cook.

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Speaker 4: Now I don't know that Javier Mendez owns the gym

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Speaker 4: of where Bob Cook and Dwayne Zincin is managing fighters.

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Speaker 3: And there was two separate conversations. I didn't know they

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Speaker 4: So when Robbie gave me the number, I called Hovey.

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Speaker 4: Hovey told me to call a guy named Jesse Finnie.

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Speaker 4: Jesse Finny was a local promoter here. Now at that time,

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Speaker 3: So we we were. They knew I was about the action.

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Speaker 3: I don't know where I would have got some growth.

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Speaker 4: So now I get on the strikeforcet Car because I

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Speaker 3: Need to talk to about a six fight deal with you? Right?

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Speaker 4: And I'm like, shit, my lawyer right here, my manager

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Speaker 4: So Bob Cook Scott Koker came up to me and

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Speaker 4: I said, let's do it right now. So we stayed

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Speaker 4: tell you something, Doug, all these things that lined up,

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Speaker 4: this is God's will for me to be in his organization.

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Speaker 4: None of this is by coincidence. I'm not Faedo Amilienko.

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Speaker 3: I need to get in this league.

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Speaker 4: Trust me, brother, trust me. I'm gonna go on here

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Speaker 4: and do the work. I signed the contract very corrections.

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Speaker 4: The next day, they said, we never do this, but

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Speaker 4: It's a treatment that we got right. So we're gonna

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Speaker 4: You can look it on YouTube. It's called Tyrone Willie

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Speaker 4: And I just recently started training again when my coach

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Speaker 3: Right, I'm not. I'm too busy up here to crack

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 4: You need to be back in the training camp. You

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Speaker 4: Now you got the knowledge. I've watched the sport from

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Speaker 3: But now my knowledge of.

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Speaker 3: So I'm excited.

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Speaker 4: I'm excited to address all the all the all the negativity,

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Speaker 3: I know me being lazy in.

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Speaker 3: There.

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Speaker 1: So when you're competing in combat sports, Tea Wood, we're watching, man.

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Speaker 1: I mean, there's no doubt about it. Like I do

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Speaker 1: They probably have a specific opponent in mind. Maybe not right,

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Speaker 4: And it's only a few free agents that then't get

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Speaker 3: I would if it's my choice. I asked George Saint

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Speaker 4: I had a nice, handsome seven figure person for him

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Speaker 3: He said, Tyrant, I appreciate it.

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Speaker 4: I appreciate the way you regard me, because, no matter

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Speaker 4: I am the greatest welter weight of all time. Nobody

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Speaker 3: I mentored Kamara Usman. I'll show you the text message.

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Speaker 4: Approve it, lu K Wish. All these people that I

438
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Speaker 4: lost to, I was not in my right state of mind.

439
00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:34,760
Speaker 4: I was living life like a rock star. I was

440
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Speaker 4: playing bad seats in the ground. When I was a champion.

441
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Speaker 4: It's a season of so on in reefing. I wasn't

442
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Speaker 4: winning those titles because of what I did those eight

443
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Speaker 4: weeks of training camp.

444
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Speaker 3: I was winning those titles what I did the seven

445
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Speaker 3: years leading up to that point.

446
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Speaker 4: When I was on fire, when I was pushing, when

447
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Speaker 4: I was dedicating myself to God, when I was living right.

448
00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:55,200
Speaker 4: When I've got the bell, I thought that, oh I'm

449
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Speaker 4: still winning. I can go out here and be a

450
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Speaker 4: terrible husband. I can go out here and just be

451
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Speaker 4: in the clubs that ken He will tell you when

452
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Speaker 4: It was when when Fox was over, when we got

453
00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:07,200
Speaker 4: done filming on TV, everybody was hitting me up to

454
00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:09,960
Speaker 4: where to go out to party, right, because I was

455
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Speaker 4: a person that always got VIP access. I was always

456
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Speaker 4: in the top parties, right. I lived the lifestyle where

457
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Speaker 4: I had to basically pay the piper, and you saw

458
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Speaker 4: me pay the piper.

459
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Speaker 3: It was an uncharacteristic version of me. It was people

460
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Speaker 3: that should not even even fought me.

461
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Speaker 4: Right, And now I'm in a position where I recognize

462
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Speaker 4: that at that time, So as I'm harvesting thorns, right,

463
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Speaker 4: I'm planning good seats in the ground, I'm planning spiritual

464
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Speaker 4: seats in the ground. I remember how I got there

465
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Speaker 4: in the beginning, and I went back to that that

466
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Speaker 4: season of harvest is coming, right. They don't have a choice,

467
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Speaker 4: It's coming. So I'm excited about it. I'm excited about

468
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Speaker 4: pushing myself. I'm excited about addressing the areas where I

469
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Speaker 4: know I have lack in and really just going out

470
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Speaker 4: there and just doing it for me, Like you guys

471
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Speaker 4: will benefit from watching it. But I know what I'm

472
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Speaker 4: capable of, and it's only been one time you guys

473
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Speaker 4: have saw that, and that's what I thought guarantee.

474
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Speaker 5: Well, we're excited to watch you perform.

475
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Speaker 1: To be sure you can follow this man on Instagram

476
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Speaker 1: if you're not doing so already at the realists, we're

477
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Speaker 1: hoping to see Mama would on television.

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Speaker 5: If that's really Thank my man.

479
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Speaker 1: We appreciate the extended time and h only one man

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Speaker 1: could be the number one overall, pick the chosen one,

481
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Speaker 1: Tyron Woodley. I look forward to seeing you in the future.

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Speaker 1: We'll be watching Love my man whenever that GFL debut happens. Brother,

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Speaker 1: Thank you to you would love fellas appreciate you.

484
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Speaker 5: There.

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Speaker 1: He is the former on disputed UFC Welterweight Champion of

486
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Speaker 1: the World. Tyron Woodley with us here on the Anakin

487
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Speaker 1: Flooring podcast, and it's interesting when he talks about the

488
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Speaker 1: seven years of work leading up to some of those

489
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Speaker 1: UFC fights because Hanato Mooi Kano just said after getting

490
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Speaker 1: dusted in a second by Islami Kashev, Right, no, no,

491
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Speaker 1: this was not one day's notice. Right, Yes, I'd been

492
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Speaker 1: working my whole life to this and that's why it

493
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Speaker 1: was so deflating. All right, last thing I'll say it

494
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Speaker 1: is going to be interesting in terms of television revenue

495
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Speaker 1: and gate revenue how this league can do because t

496
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Speaker 1: Wood's got a pretty good guarantee, or so it appears,

497
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Speaker 1: but I think for a lot of these fighters, they're

498
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Speaker 1: hoping that the gate can be robust and the television

499
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Speaker 1: package can be pretty significant, and we don't have those

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Speaker 1: details yet, so we will see what comes of it.

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Speaker 5: But congrats to t.

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Speaker 1: Would on being the number one overall pick, and thanks

503
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Speaker 1: to the former champ for joining us here live today.

504
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Speaker 1: Jeremy Stevens with us live here on the Anak and

505
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Speaker 1: Flooring podcast. You can follow him on Instagram at Little

506
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Speaker 1: Heathen MMA. To see you get this shine, I know,

507
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Speaker 1: you know, in part you're saying out of one side

508
00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:36,960
Speaker 1: of your mouth like fuck everybody, and I get it right,

509
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Speaker 1: But it's nice to see you get this appreciation after

510
00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:45,159
Speaker 1: so many MMA and combat sports miles. So you know,

511
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Speaker 1: I don't know what your relative disposition is today, but

512
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Speaker 1: I hope you're enjoying this Monday afternoon.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

514
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Speaker 2: I've endured a lot, you know.

515
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Speaker 3: I think.

516
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Speaker 2: You know, sometimes when people become champions in the UFC,

517
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Speaker 2: you kind of like see him snap out, go crazy,

518
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Speaker 2: and then they have like that breakdown where they're like

519
00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,800
Speaker 2: crying and it's all became reality and I'll get real

520
00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:07,280
Speaker 2: vulnerable with you guys. That really hit me this morning.

521
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Speaker 2: I was just talking to my wife and I was

522
00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:13,359
Speaker 2: just in tears of the stuff I've had to endure.

523
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Speaker 2: And then just over that fight week of Philly, my

524
00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:21,119
Speaker 2: promoter going against me, Connor there just trashing me. Philly

525
00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,920
Speaker 2: fans just trashing me. The BKFC were like, are you okay?

526
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Speaker 2: You know, and I knew what I was in for,

527
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Speaker 2: you know, I don't take it personal, and they were

528
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Speaker 2: just bashing me, and it just it was my whole life.

529
00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:38,040
Speaker 2: I've had to suffer and endure humiliation and losses and

530
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Speaker 2: take pay cuts and you know, lose out on decisions

531
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Speaker 2: like the Beat and Frankie and they're just so close,

532
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Speaker 2: you know, And I've always had like the back end

533
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Speaker 2: of the stick where people were just trashing me, you know,

534
00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:51,200
Speaker 2: and like I'm like some fucking bomb and I'm a loser,

535
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Speaker 2: And you know, it really hit me this morning, man.

536
00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:58,920
Speaker 2: I broke down in tears of everything in my life

537
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Speaker 2: that I've had to endure. Man, it really just kind

538
00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:03,720
Speaker 2: of finally caught up with me and I shed some

539
00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,280
Speaker 2: futures with my wife, and it felt good, you know,

540
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Speaker 2: to have her support, because I think most women, some

541
00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,720
Speaker 2: women you know that ain't really loyal right here for

542
00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:14,880
Speaker 2: the long run. This is a this is a hard game,

543
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:17,560
Speaker 2: and she was there and it just it felt good

544
00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:21,200
Speaker 2: to you know, cry in her arms and just share

545
00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:24,920
Speaker 2: this moment and just super grateful, living in gratitude. I mean, look,

546
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Speaker 2: I'm back in San Diego. The weather's nice. Yeah, and

547
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:30,320
Speaker 2: congrats on the Eagles for women. Man, you know they

548
00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:32,760
Speaker 2: probably have committed suicide if they didn't.

549
00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:33,040
Speaker 5: Win that one.

550
00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:35,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you just couldn't afford to have the other guy.

551
00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,400
Speaker 1: The underground can come through. Jeremy Stevens with us live

552
00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,840
Speaker 1: here on the Anakin Flooring Podcast. You can follow him

553
00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,680
Speaker 1: on Instagram at Little Heathen Mma. Now, one line that

554
00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:45,840
Speaker 1: I've trotted out there over the years, and I try,

555
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Speaker 1: as a commentator and a broadcaster in the public eye

556
00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:52,800
Speaker 1: to not need the appreciation, but I forget which philosopher

557
00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:56,080
Speaker 1: said the most basic human need is to feel appreciated, right,

558
00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,680
Speaker 1: And I think for your body of work, right to

559
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Speaker 1: your points of beaten for Edgar, some of these close

560
00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,280
Speaker 1: fights and your commitment to featherweight and all the sacrifice.

561
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Speaker 1: How do you sort of compartmentalize this win compared to

562
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Speaker 1: the Josh Emmitt knockout or some of the other big

563
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Speaker 1: triumphs in your combat sports career.

564
00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:16,800
Speaker 2: This one was the hugest, hugest win.

565
00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:17,080
Speaker 3: You know.

566
00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,840
Speaker 2: It's it's always the next one, you know, So this

567
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:23,520
Speaker 2: one today was was probably the biggest win of my career.

568
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Speaker 6: I think like their.

569
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Speaker 2: Gratitude and everybody's really kind of seeing it full circle.

570
00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:29,879
Speaker 2: The fact that USC two oh five, when when I

571
00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:33,760
Speaker 2: got humiliated by McGregor, he fought Eddie Alvarez that night,

572
00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,800
Speaker 2: and then here we are full circle, like we're just

573
00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:41,320
Speaker 2: binded till death US three And to go in there

574
00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:44,399
Speaker 2: and get that type of resolve like Adasamia said, and

575
00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:47,080
Speaker 2: I said, it best to fill that and just just

576
00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:51,479
Speaker 2: come back and get the appreciation. It definitely hits all man.

577
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,479
Speaker 2: It's it's it's deeper than what it works. Big night.

578
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Speaker 6: You guys went face to face. And by you guys,

579
00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:01,280
Speaker 6: I mean you and Connor. What are the chances that

580
00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:02,760
Speaker 6: this fight actually gets put together?

581
00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:03,000
Speaker 1: Man?

582
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Speaker 5: Go gang got her bro bro, I don't.

583
00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,280
Speaker 2: I don't see him fighting, you know. It's it's good promotion,

584
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,359
Speaker 2: like I said that, dude's wilding out one hell of

585
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:17,000
Speaker 2: a promoter. Just wild dude, right, But I don't. I

586
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,040
Speaker 2: don't see it happening. But you know, if if he

587
00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,600
Speaker 2: was to come over to Bare Knuckle, that'd be awesome.

588
00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 1: You know.

589
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,120
Speaker 2: Listen, I'm still pretty cool with Dana White, and if

590
00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,159
Speaker 2: we did some type of contract, you know, I go

591
00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,680
Speaker 2: over there, we fight. That's that's still a huge draw,

592
00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:31,840
Speaker 2: you know, and I feel like I've earned that, regardless

593
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,800
Speaker 2: I've been outside of UFC for a while. I would

594
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Speaker 2: do something like that. We do one over in m

595
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Speaker 2: m A and we do one over in Bare Knuckle.

596
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Speaker 2: I don't I don't see that happen at all. I'm

597
00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:43,760
Speaker 2: thinking more of the King of Violence, you know. I've

598
00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,119
Speaker 2: been screaming it from the beginning of Bare Knuckle, the

599
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,679
Speaker 2: new King of Violence. I think that's a lot more

600
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Speaker 2: likely to happen.

601
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Speaker 6: And Jeremy Stevens, Yeah, I was gonna say, dude, you've

602
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Speaker 6: been fighting since you were a teenager. Dude, it's unbelievable

603
00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,000
Speaker 6: how long you've been in combat sports.

604
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Speaker 3: How much longer do you want to do? You want

605
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:01,600
Speaker 3: to keep doing this?

606
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Speaker 2: You know what's funny, Kiddy is you know, I was

607
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,480
Speaker 2: looking at I just was looking through some old photos

608
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:09,960
Speaker 2: trying to find a photo of my buddy. It's his

609
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:12,560
Speaker 2: birthday to day. And I saw the picture where I

610
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:14,480
Speaker 2: did away in and it was when you let me

611
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:15,200
Speaker 2: borrow a shirt?

612
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:16,120
Speaker 5: Oh really?

613
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Speaker 3: Yeah?

614
00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:18,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, I swear to God that just popped up today.

615
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,760
Speaker 2: You know, maybe tomorrow I wake up and I don't

616
00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,080
Speaker 2: want to do it no more, you know, But I

617
00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:25,880
Speaker 2: still feel like I have a few years left. I've

618
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,080
Speaker 2: really taken care of my body over the years. A

619
00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:31,080
Speaker 2: lot of people don't know that, but I'm really big

620
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,359
Speaker 2: into you know, my value system, God, air, water, food,

621
00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:38,080
Speaker 2: health and health. You know, because without that, I'm not

622
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:39,760
Speaker 2: able to take care of my family. I'm not able

623
00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:41,640
Speaker 2: to do what I love to do. But I feel

624
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,000
Speaker 2: like I have at least two more years. Is when

625
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,480
Speaker 2: I would like to hang it up, but I have

626
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:48,400
Speaker 2: I have some time. Then I'm doing well.

627
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,960
Speaker 1: So, Bro, when you drop a cocaine connor on a

628
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:57,000
Speaker 1: hot microphone, I'm dying. Bro.

629
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Speaker 5: I texted my producer. I was like, I need this

630
00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 5: dude on the air like next week.

631
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:02,879
Speaker 1: And then you go out and do what you did

632
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,400
Speaker 1: against Eddie Alvarez that has realized a lot of success

633
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,159
Speaker 1: in this medium, and I think a lot of us

634
00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:12,000
Speaker 1: when we saw you cross over to BKFC, We're thinking, man,

635
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,680
Speaker 1: Jeremy Stevens gonna be really fucking hard to beat, right,

636
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,840
Speaker 1: I was just thinking, because you're like top five savage

637
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:21,560
Speaker 1: of all time, never mind your skills, right, just like, so,

638
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,720
Speaker 1: how excited are you to see just how good you

639
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,280
Speaker 1: can be and potentially how unbeatable you can be in

640
00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:29,720
Speaker 1: this setting, because so so far pretty fucking good.

641
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:34,200
Speaker 2: Well at the press conference, the very first one, you know,

642
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,280
Speaker 2: I told him I go my hands, break jaws, and

643
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,320
Speaker 2: I kept true to my promise. I broke his jaws.

644
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,840
Speaker 2: Jaw's wired shut. The thing is is and hear me out,

645
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,760
Speaker 2: I have to These guys are forced to deal with

646
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,320
Speaker 2: the pain that I've had to deal with, the suffering,

647
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:53,440
Speaker 2: the loss, the humiliation, the paycheck cuts, the fucking just

648
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:56,600
Speaker 2: the no one's time to endure what I've had to endure.

649
00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,320
Speaker 2: And I get a chance to bring that into Bare Knuckle.

650
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:01,880
Speaker 2: And if you noticed, all three of those fights, I've

651
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,600
Speaker 2: dropped them, I've broken them, and I've beaten the freaking

652
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,440
Speaker 2: soul out of these guys, like they're forced to deal

653
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Speaker 2: with this pain and stand and bang with me. You know,

654
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,000
Speaker 2: you can't take me down. Even though Jimmy Rivera and

655
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,960
Speaker 2: Eddie both shooting double legs and I get in there,

656
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 2: they're forced to deal with this pain. So I get

657
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,120
Speaker 2: to take all this shit and I've endured. And all

658
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 2: their their boys, even his kids, were out like this

659
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:29,800
Speaker 2: outside the arena, you know, flashing Eddie shirts and everybody's

660
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:34,120
Speaker 2: like rooting against me, and I was just stoically like, Okay,

661
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:36,720
Speaker 2: we'll see fight night when we get in there, because

662
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:38,160
Speaker 2: you're gonna have to be forced to stand with me

663
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,040
Speaker 2: this mindset. And the second press conference is the smow.

664
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 2: He's talking about mm A and I'm like, bro, those

665
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,080
Speaker 2: guys squeaked out. Loss of the Beat ran like he

666
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,120
Speaker 2: was a fucking bro. He never even competed again. He

667
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:52,400
Speaker 2: ran and ran out and ran off Frankie. He literally

668
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 2: had to wrestle his ass off to pull off a

669
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 2: hairline decision like in this game, you're forced to stand

670
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,320
Speaker 2: and bang with me. There's you know, there's no way out.

671
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,680
Speaker 2: You have to deal with that pain, and I can

672
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:08,240
Speaker 2: transfer that pain into purpose in getting paid. And That's

673
00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:10,160
Speaker 2: what I'm doing. I'm breaking these guys in there. I've

674
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,360
Speaker 2: broken three men in there already in a very short

675
00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:14,880
Speaker 2: amount of time, and no one's doing it like me,

676
00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:17,520
Speaker 2: not even not even Mike Carry, who was a bigger guy,

677
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 2: did that to Eddie Alvaretz, and I was able to

678
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Speaker 2: do that.

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Speaker 5: Dude, I agree with that.

680
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 2: Now everybody's seeing it, you know. Now everybody's like, you know,

681
00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,719
Speaker 2: now everybody's on board. Now everybody's seeing it. Now everybody

682
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:32,240
Speaker 2: wants to show me love, So you know, I know

683
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Speaker 2: who's really there.

684
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Speaker 1: And yeah, I believe in I just remember having conversations

685
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:38,640
Speaker 1: with Domina Cruz about you back in the day some

686
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:40,360
Speaker 1: of what you were there for. And I'm not sitting

687
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,280
Speaker 1: here saying I told you so, But I've always felt

688
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:45,400
Speaker 1: like you're underrated, right, Josh Emmittt is ubiquitously regarded as

689
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 1: the most powerful featherweight, and you knocked him out right, Like,

690
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Speaker 1: I do believe that in terms of your skill and

691
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:55,000
Speaker 1: your commitment and your ability to just break faces, like

692
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Speaker 1: you haven't necessarily gotten the credit for everything that you've done.

693
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Speaker 1: So to see you be sort of on top of

694
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:04,360
Speaker 1: the conversation after a fight weekend and have the UFC

695
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 1: be dark so you can get all the shine that

696
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,160
Speaker 1: I think comes with that. I think is uh is

697
00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,080
Speaker 1: really great. I think the Connor McGregor fight could happen now,

698
00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,560
Speaker 1: the Logan Paul thing. You can understand why the UFC

699
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,440
Speaker 1: would be so dismissive of that as they try to

700
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:20,360
Speaker 1: get him back in the octagon. But don't you feel

701
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 1: like Connor's appetite right now in terms of whatever training

702
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:27,000
Speaker 1: camp would be more for like a BKFC fight against

703
00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:28,960
Speaker 1: you than for a mixed martial arts contest.

704
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:31,960
Speaker 2: We have way more of a storyline and I'm way

705
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,320
Speaker 2: more of a fighter than Logan Paul. Like granted, like

706
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:38,240
Speaker 2: he's making money, but dude, man, that guy couldn't carry

707
00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:43,280
Speaker 2: my jockstrap. Bro, Like seriously, like soft ass dude. I've

708
00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,720
Speaker 2: broken people with calvkicks, and you know Connor was taken

709
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 2: out by Dustin Pourrier with cavkikes. He was taken out

710
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:49,640
Speaker 2: with boxing.

711
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Speaker 3: I have all that.

712
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:52,480
Speaker 2: I have a lot of layers of skill before you

713
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:54,560
Speaker 2: even get to my will. And people used to look

714
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,200
Speaker 2: at me all kind of crazy, like you think you

715
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,680
Speaker 2: can beat Connor? I was like, bro, I believe I

716
00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:00,960
Speaker 2: can beat Connor, just like I told people, I'm certain

717
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,520
Speaker 2: I'm gonna beat your boy up in Eddie Alvarez, and

718
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,400
Speaker 2: people think like a crowd's gonna scare me. They forget

719
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 2: you know. I was up in Montreal Belsoner in front

720
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Speaker 2: of sixty five thousand people fighting Sam Stout, like the

721
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:13,880
Speaker 2: whole week. They were just Sam Stout like he's on TV.

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Speaker 2: When I'm in my hotel room, like I've been here,

723
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,080
Speaker 2: I've done that. You know, a lot of people just

724
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 2: I think they're blinded by my power and things on

725
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,320
Speaker 2: the outside. They don't really see the full journey. And

726
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:26,480
Speaker 2: you know it's coming full circle. It's truly my.

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Speaker 1: Time, Jeremy Stevens with us your live on the Anakin

728
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Speaker 1: Florn podcast. I just have two more questions. I very

729
00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:34,720
Speaker 1: much appreciate your time. I know you're busy, especially today,

730
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:39,280
Speaker 1: so as you're competing or around the same time, do

731
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 1: you get drafted by the GFL.

732
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, And here's the funny thing. And I'm

733
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:48,920
Speaker 2: gonna let you guys in on this because GFL wants

734
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 2: me right and I like, okay, they offered some decent

735
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,200
Speaker 2: amount of money. It's probably one of the bigger paydays,

736
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 2: even more than I got paid. Now I have not

737
00:32:56,880 --> 00:33:00,480
Speaker 2: signed the contract because I knew that that this fight

738
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 2: was going to propel me to a different level of stardom.

739
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:05,280
Speaker 2: It was going to propel me to a different level

740
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 2: of like the recognition I'm the only one and hearing

741
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:11,400
Speaker 2: my wife, she knows it, like I believed in myself.

742
00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:15,160
Speaker 2: You know, I was stretched out a year and you know,

743
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 2: I took a risk, you know, and not a lot

744
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:19,040
Speaker 2: of people would do that. They would probably just sign

745
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 2: like Ooh, I'm gonna get this money in April, Like oh,

746
00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:24,200
Speaker 2: I have not signed the contract because I want them

747
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:26,920
Speaker 2: to renegotiate the contract if they want me on the team.

748
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 2: And I bet on myself. I took a huge risk

749
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,240
Speaker 2: and that's kind of behind the scenes. People don't know

750
00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:34,719
Speaker 2: about it. And yeah, they drafted me. I would love

751
00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 2: to fight for them. And now you know, before I

752
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 2: signed that contract, I need a different offer and bigger payday.

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Speaker 5: That is amazing.

754
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,880
Speaker 1: I love that you'veated that leverage for yourself, no doubt

755
00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 1: about it. And that's Jeremy Stevens true to form. And

756
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 1: I do believe Connor McGregor Jeremy Stevens fight under the

757
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,959
Speaker 1: UFC banner would be of great appetite to Connor right now.

758
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:55,400
Speaker 5: So we'll just see how it all plays out.

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00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:57,240
Speaker 1: But you got a great promoter, and I just hope

760
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Speaker 1: financially and otherwise you have this promote or behind you

761
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,240
Speaker 1: because he seems like a really good guy and uh, just.

762
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Speaker 5: Great to see you on top of the world. I'll

763
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,440
Speaker 5: leave you with this and you can answer quickly.

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00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:10,359
Speaker 1: So your daughter brings home a boyfriend and says, I'd

765
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,200
Speaker 1: like you to show me one of your fights. I

766
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,839
Speaker 1: don't really know about mixed martial arts or boxing. Which

767
00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:18,799
Speaker 1: fight are you are you putting on for this individual?

768
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:22,200
Speaker 2: Well, he's you know, in this game, you got to

769
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:23,799
Speaker 2: put a pound of flesh. And so I'm not going

770
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:25,600
Speaker 2: to show him the highlight tape. I'm just gonna take

771
00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:29,600
Speaker 2: him out back show him life. Because you know, you

772
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,359
Speaker 2: can tell people great advice, you can tell them you know, hey,

773
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:36,000
Speaker 2: this about your life, but you have to actually do it.

774
00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:39,000
Speaker 2: You have to actually be involved. You have to put

775
00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 2: a pound of flesh the game.

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Speaker 4: Baby.

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Speaker 2: So I'd make him come out back and put some

778
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:45,520
Speaker 2: skin in the game. You know, I would and beat

779
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:47,640
Speaker 2: him up, but I'd definitely rough him up and teach

780
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:50,560
Speaker 2: him a good lesson. So then then he would really truly.

781
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Speaker 5: Know what all have you ever done? Commentary?

782
00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:59,719
Speaker 2: No, I would love to, Man, I A lot of

783
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:02,479
Speaker 2: people don't realize I have really good intellect. I would

784
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:06,120
Speaker 2: love to do that, especially uh life after fighting. You know, Kenny,

785
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 2: you know I've seen you just have an incredible career.

786
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:12,840
Speaker 2: What you're doing even shooting guns now and everything about discipline,

787
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,080
Speaker 2: like I believe in that, like I believe in Jordan Peterson.

788
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,359
Speaker 2: You should be a very dangerous dude and know how

789
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:21,000
Speaker 2: to control that. Uh gsp once said it. You know,

790
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:23,799
Speaker 2: I'm a martial artist who learned fighting, And I kind

791
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 2: of looked at that and I was like, man, that's

792
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,440
Speaker 2: not really my life. The authentic me is, I'm actually

793
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:30,960
Speaker 2: a fighter first who learned martial arts and how to

794
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:32,720
Speaker 2: channel that. And here was a gift.

795
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:35,400
Speaker 5: Well, dude, Like, I'm not just blowing you up.

796
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,000
Speaker 1: Honestly, as far as the broadcasting is concerned, I obviously

797
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:41,239
Speaker 1: you can tap into a wealth of combat sports experience.

798
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:43,600
Speaker 1: But do you hear this man's fucking pipes can flow?

799
00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:45,800
Speaker 1: I don't know if you sound like Jason Kelcey, the

800
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:49,319
Speaker 1: former Philadelphia Eagle. You got a great horse for broadcasting, right,

801
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,640
Speaker 1: You're not long winded. Right, you're concise. I'm serious man,

802
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,279
Speaker 1: like you know, you got a lot to offer, and uh,

803
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,160
Speaker 1: we're really happy for you. Whatever is next, whomever it

804
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,279
Speaker 1: is against, Uh, we will be watching. And if you

805
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:03,000
Speaker 1: want to follow this man's journey on Instagram at Little

806
00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:07,239
Speaker 1: Heathen Mma, Iowa Zone. Jeremy Stevens made his UFC debut

807
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:09,840
Speaker 1: at UFC seventy six back in two thousand and seven.

808
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:13,400
Speaker 1: Wish a motherfucker would hey, enjoy the day, have a

809
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 1: great week, and we appreciate your time since here.

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00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:17,640
Speaker 2: Hey, you guys are two of my favorite people. Man,

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00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:19,560
Speaker 2: Thank you man and God bless you guys. I'll see

812
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:22,400
Speaker 2: you soon. Good Grass, Dominic and Seattle. I hope to

813
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 2: see you guys there. I'm gonna go up there for

814
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:27,120
Speaker 2: his last banger. Man, tell Uncle Dame that hit me back.

815
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 2: I need some tickets.

816
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:30,680
Speaker 1: I will be there so I'll see what I can do.

817
00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:33,959
Speaker 1: I'm going out there as a fan for Dom Swanson as.

818
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:35,000
Speaker 5: Well, so awesome.

819
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,080
Speaker 2: I have to catch up brother, I'll see you soon. There.

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Speaker 1: He is Jeremy the Great Jeremy Stevens with a lot

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Speaker 1: on the Anakin Floring podcast. I know we did have

822
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:45,799
Speaker 1: a fan question about Jeremy Stevens versus Platinum Mike Perry,

823
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 1: But I wanted to be respectful of that man's time,

824
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:52,800
Speaker 1: and Kenny, I can be hyperbolic, yes, right, Like I

825
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,040
Speaker 1: think I might have been the one who suggested Israel

826
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,920
Speaker 1: Dessaanya is the greatest middleweight champion of all time, and

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00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:00,799
Speaker 1: then I may be backtracked and suggested that Danerson Silva

828
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,080
Speaker 1: should maintain that spot, right.

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Speaker 5: But I've always believed Jeremy Stevens was.

830
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:10,719
Speaker 1: Underrated, and there are other lightweights I feel that were

831
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,279
Speaker 1: underrated that if you, you know, got Paul Felder in

832
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,719
Speaker 1: the right setting against Dustin Pourier or Justin Gatchee, maybe

833
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 1: he could be competitive, but he can never get the

834
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 1: big fight.

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Speaker 5: I don't know.

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00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:22,680
Speaker 1: I'm just really happy for Jeremy, a guy absolutely from

837
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,320
Speaker 1: your era, hopefully.

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00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,560
Speaker 5: Realizing some financial gains here. You know, twenty years later.

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Speaker 6: Some people are built for that specific thing, right, or

840
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:38,000
Speaker 6: built for a specific thing. Jeremy Stevens is built for fighting.

841
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 6: I'll never forget. In twenty eleven, he fought a buddy

842
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,680
Speaker 6: of mine, former training partner of mine, Marcus Davis, who

843
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:47,600
Speaker 6: was a pro boxer, A good pro boxer, and he

844
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:49,800
Speaker 6: hit him with a shot and I thought he killed

845
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:52,520
Speaker 6: my friend. I mean, that's how hard he hit him.

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00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:55,400
Speaker 6: I mean I remember just looking at that level of

847
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:57,919
Speaker 6: power and I was like, if I face that guy,

848
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:00,719
Speaker 6: I gotta make sure my defense his on point. But

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Speaker 6: Jeremy's just always been to that dude since he was

850
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:07,120
Speaker 6: a teenager. This kid has lived for fighting. And to

851
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,440
Speaker 6: see him again, just like you said, harness this violence

852
00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:13,400
Speaker 6: into a guy who speaks with a lot of wisdom

853
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:15,759
Speaker 6: and a lot of confidence, has seen that he is

854
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:18,880
Speaker 6: specifically in this place because of all that adversity that

855
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:21,520
Speaker 6: he's experienced. So it's great to see him at this point.

856
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:24,359
Speaker 6: He's matured so much over the years. To see him

857
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,040
Speaker 6: do this well, man, it's really cool.

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00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:30,080
Speaker 1: Futures bright and if his management is listening, I really

859
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:32,759
Speaker 1: think that I'd like to hear that voice on a

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00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,640
Speaker 1: hot microphone on an m and a broadcast.

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Speaker 5: All right.

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Speaker 1: Thanks to Jeremy Stevens, Thanks to his manager Sarah and

863
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:41,200
Speaker 1: everybody else for helping us get that together, and thanks

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Speaker 1: to everybody indulging us over the last several hours or

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Speaker 1: this half hour live on the Attic and Floring podcast

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Speaker 1: Big Things Next Week, wheels up to Sydney, Australia. KEMPFO,

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Speaker 1: We're going West Palm Beach to Houston to Sydney, so

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Speaker 1: it's a different route. We got like eighteen and a

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Speaker 1: half on that one leg from Hill a long one,

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Speaker 1: yes me, but we will be there. Before we get there.

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Speaker 1: We will have our complete preview with predictions next week

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Speaker 1: from Ken Flow on UFC three twelve, and we also

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Speaker 1: will rewatch Streak Asu plus Ce versus Israel outa Sonya

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Speaker 1: for UFC Fight Pass as part of the Anakin Florida

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Speaker 1: rewind Thanks to Jeremy Stevens, thanks to our producer Cody Merrow,

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Speaker 1: and thanks to all of you watching live and after

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Speaker 1: the fact.

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Speaker 5: For kem Flum John Edik, we will talk to you

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Speaker 5: next Monday. Until then, you'll fucking later.