1 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: We interrupt our program to bring you this important message. 2 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 2: Though. It's Remember the Show Slip with the flows where 3 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 2: a sparn can go Who's going beyond and never will know? 4 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 2: Guess it better. 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 3: Tune in because we love from Chicago. 6 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 2: Lah Muhammad, that's a Kenya the tweet Jason and looks 7 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:25,920 Speaker 2: like John sap his hands to his feet. Every Thursday, 8 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 2: We're gonna give you a treat. It's Remember the Show 9 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:35,480 Speaker 2: hit play in repeat and retreat and retreat, the retreat, 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 2: the retreat. It's Remember the Show, Hi, play in repeat time. 11 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 2: Oh I great to have everybody with us live on 12 00:00:56,120 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 2: the Anak and Florian podcast YouTube channel. A special edition 13 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 2: of Remember the Show Championship edition of Remember the Show starring. 14 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: Gone Yeah Baby, Yeah Baby. 15 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 2: So this is your show Remember the Show starring the 16 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 2: newly minted Undisputed UFC Welterweight Champion of the World Below 17 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 2: Muhammad and Jason Annik, John Anna, Kenny Florian, but along 18 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 2: for the ride today. But we are very privileged, of course, 19 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 2: of course, to be joined on his own show no 20 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 2: less by the new UFC Weltsweight Champion live in London. 21 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 2: Beautiful backdrop Belal Muhammad Undisputed champion of the world. It 22 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 2: sounds good, brother. We appreciate your time. How are we feeling? Man? 23 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 2: I love you guys that we gotta we got it 24 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 2: when you do to change that logo, we gotta put 25 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 2: like a belt around it. Yeah, we gotta start Attinguain. 26 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 2: We gotta change a lot of things now that you 27 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,279 Speaker 2: are the world champion. We got to change the logo. 28 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 2: We gotta change. Maybe the show open, but uh jay 29 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 2: I will let you get things going here. Obviously you 30 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 2: were acting on side as your brother Balah Muhammad turns 31 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 2: turns in a tremendous championship performance and becomes the new 32 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 2: Hunted at one hundred and seventy times. I feel like 33 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 2: I'm in fifth grade. How's your new life? 34 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 4: Bro? 35 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 2: Let's go back to the fight night when I walked 36 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 2: out and we gave we made the eye connection right 37 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 2: before the fight. 38 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 3: During the walk on, it was just like, Bro, Bro, 39 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 3: it was just so epic that you were there, epic 40 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 3: that my family was there, My people were there. 41 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 5: Bro. 42 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:42,519 Speaker 2: It's Tyron Woody like, mess with me. He's like, Bro, 43 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 2: did anything change or how does it feel? Does it 44 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 2: feel like what you thought it was gonna feel like? 45 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 2: And I was like, man, honestly, it doesn't really feel 46 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 2: like different, right. 47 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 3: It feels like a normal fight that you just won, 48 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 3: and every fight is you're considered your biggest fight. But 49 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 3: it just feels so good that my family, now my brothers, 50 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 3: my dad could sit there and you know, they could 51 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 3: all hold that belt, take a visit with that belt, 52 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 3: and you know, show off a little bit. 53 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 2: It's like, I don't know where to begin. I have 54 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 2: no voice. If anyone had a camera on me in 55 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,519 Speaker 2: my home, the joy that you've brought to so many people, 56 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:19,519 Speaker 2: so many people that know you would I'll just say 57 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 2: from my perspective, because it's going to be all about Balao. 58 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:23,959 Speaker 2: You know, it's like fight week, right, and being out 59 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 2: there and being in that house and all your brothers 60 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 2: and all your people. The one guy that was the 61 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 2: most relaxed was you the whole time. It's just unbelievable. 62 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 4: Man. 63 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 3: Why Honestly it felt if I felt like a little 64 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 3: bit like te relaxed to just and chill. Even in 65 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 3: the back, we're walking to the cage, they recording us, 66 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 3: and we're like me and Hirasio. 67 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 2: Max was just like joking around as we get to 68 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 2: the arena, and yeah, I just felt like, like I said, 69 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 2: I was talking about it, I was staying it the 70 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 2: whole time, and people thought I was just blowing smoke 71 00:03:56,640 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 2: when I said it. But I was the most confident 72 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 2: I ever felt the best I've felt, and I knew 73 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 2: what the result was before I even stuffed in the cage. 74 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 5: Well all you know, Uh it seemed that way and 75 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 5: you were dominant throughout that fight. How would you rate 76 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 5: your performance one to ten based on your expectations heading 77 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 5: into that? 78 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 2: Uh? Honestly, that based off of what I what I saw, 79 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 2: on how I how I wanted to do it. I 80 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 2: had it was like flawless compared to that. But then 81 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 2: I had stupid moments right the third round. Uh, he 82 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 2: I got went over the top a little bit too 83 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 2: much and I slipped and then he took my back. 84 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 2: But for me in that moment right there, that was 85 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 2: like that could have been a bad spot. So that's 86 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 2: why there's nothing ever perfect, and every fight you go 87 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 2: onto you want to fix it. Even in the last round. Uh, 88 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 2: I felt my head. 89 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 3: I was like, oh, he's breaking, he's breaking, he's breaking. 90 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,039 Speaker 3: And then another slip up at the end too. So 91 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 3: those little things tell me that I still got some 92 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 3: stuff to I still got a lot to fix, a 93 00:04:58,040 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 3: lot to work on. 94 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 2: So I'll give it like seven altogether. 95 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 5: You know, you probably saw it as a blessing before 96 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 5: you walked in there, But I guess, lookie back now, 97 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 5: how much was that first fight against Leon a blessing 98 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 5: in disguise? Man as far as like figuring out what 99 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 5: you needed to do would improve. And I know obviously 100 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 5: there weren't ideal circumstances, but that ball is completely different 101 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 5: than the ballall we saw on Saturday night. 102 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, honestly, I was saying people for me the first fight, 103 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 2: the thing that I took from it is the mentality 104 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 2: of how he made me feel right, the anger that 105 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 2: he gave me, the motivation that he gave you. For 106 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 2: the people that are telling me I didn't belong, the 107 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 2: people that told me that I wasn't good enough, the 108 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 2: people that told me that, oh he's better than you, 109 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 2: he's better than you, he's better than you. 110 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 3: And I already go into all my fights, all my 111 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 3: camps with like a chip on my shoulder, But for 112 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 3: this one, I'm like, I cannot give them the opportunity 113 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 3: to taunt that trash afterward, for Dyan to go out 114 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 3: there and say I told you so, for the fans 115 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:54,679 Speaker 3: to go out there and say we told you didn't belong. 116 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:56,720 Speaker 2: He should never got the title shot. He should have 117 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 2: never did this. 118 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 3: And like like you said, John, I wasn't gonna get 119 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 3: the title shot if I lost that fight. There was 120 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 3: no there was no way it was gonna happen. So 121 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 3: for me, that was my super Bowl, that was my 122 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 3: all in moment. 123 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, and. 124 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 2: I went out there and I showed that I could 125 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 2: perform on the biggest stage in front of the enemy 126 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 2: territory and show that I had that champion blood in me. 127 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 2: I'm gonna let John do an interview, but like I 128 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 2: can't even sit here right now. I feel like my 129 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 2: chairs about to explore. I can't do like an MMA talk. Yeah, 130 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 2: I have a lot of questions about the fight, but 131 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 2: I can't. Like It's like I can't be in the 132 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 2: same room with Balau right now. Let's go strap him up, 133 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 2: Strap my boy the fuck up. Let's go Bully well 134 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 2: toweight champion the world, undisputed, he'll defend it when he 135 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 2: defends it. Let's go. I mean, I run your show. 136 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 2: I can pot your mic down easily. Uh YOUFC waltsweight 137 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 2: champion Baalah Muhammad with us on his own show, Remember 138 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 2: the show live on the Anak and Florian podcast YouTube channel. 139 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 2: In terms of your boxing, right, Harascio Guti Eras fought 140 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 2: in the UFC. He's not trying to sound hyperbolic when 141 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 2: he talks about your boxing or draws comparisons to Canelo Alvarez. Obviously, 142 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 2: you guys had some confidence in your jab, in your boxing, 143 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 2: and you outstruck Leon Edwards. So what do you have 144 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 2: for us on the striking component to this championship fight? 145 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 4: Bro? 146 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 3: I just want to be like I told you so 147 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 3: right to all the people out there that will sit 148 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 3: there and all these like so called. 149 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 2: Experts, even these fighters. 150 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 3: You have Demetris Johnson thinking that he's this a great analyst. 151 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 3: He sucks, ousman, sucks analyzing stuff. All these guys, they 152 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 3: don't know what they're talking about. When you get into 153 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 3: the cage with me, it's different. When you get into 154 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 3: the cage of me, you think it's slow. Then you 155 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 3: get punched in the face and you realize it's fast. 156 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 3: You get into the cage to me, you think, oh man, 157 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 3: he doesn't hit hard, then you get hit in the. 158 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 2: Mouth and then back down. 159 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, if Leon Edwards wasn't getting hurt, he would have 160 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 3: stepp forward the whole time. 161 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 2: He would have planted his feet. But he getn't punched 162 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 2: in the mouth. He's not hurt, and he's backing up 163 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 2: to the cage like a coward, and he was breaking 164 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 2: and he was folding because he didn't like what he 165 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 2: was feeling. And his coach, his team, him and Arijane 166 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 2: Wanta have their little last before the fight. He was 167 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 2: laughing with DC talking about, oh he can't box. He 168 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 2: you think he's gonna box me. He's the sniper. You 169 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 2: can't snipe anything when you're getting pusch in the mouth. 170 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 2: And that was my biggest thing. I knew that I 171 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 2: would be in. 172 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 3: I had the mentality of stepping up in this face, 173 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 3: not being afraid of anything he throws at me, and then. 174 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 4: Just hitting us. 175 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 2: My jab was like perfectly. The thing about Horassio and 176 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 2: these guys in my team is that we go like, 177 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 2: we do the tedious work. We do the stuff that 178 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 2: people don't want to do. The shadow boxing. 179 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 3: All right, we're gonna shadow box for five rounds. We're 180 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 3: gonna this whole run of shadow boxing. We're just gonna 181 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 3: jab this whole round of shadow boxing. 182 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 2: All we're gonna do is the hook. And he doesn't 183 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 2: fight anymore. 184 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 3: So everything I do with him now is him perfecting 185 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 3: my technique, him getting my stuff sharp as I can be. 186 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 3: And there's a lot of fighters that don't have that 187 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 3: type of coaches that do that for you. Right, we 188 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 3: have like a boxing camp where the whole camp is 189 00:08:58,320 --> 00:08:58,680 Speaker 3: for me. 190 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 2: The whole camp is to me. 191 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 3: And like I said, I'm training with the best striker 192 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 3: in the UFC and Agnazi Obam Monday. So I'm having 193 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 3: him to strike at me, throw at me, and I'm 194 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,319 Speaker 3: looking at what Leons throwing and it's weak, it's slow, 195 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:12,439 Speaker 3: it's not as fast as his, it's not as dynamic 196 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 3: as his. So I'm not afraid of anything Leon thrown 197 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 3: at me. So that's why I was standing in front 198 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 3: of him, like, bro. 199 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 2: What do you got like? Show me something? And he 200 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 2: didn't show me anything. I hope people will listen to 201 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 2: that answer, Kenny, and maybe write a story on fucking 202 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 2: that for a change, right, because I see you, Ken Flow, 203 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 2: a guy who fought for the belt three times, nodding 204 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 2: your head in affirmation. We sit here four or five 205 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 2: days removed from the title fight, and yeah, people are 206 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 2: talking about the takedowns and bellows wrestling and his pressure 207 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 2: in his pace. But I don't know, I don't feel 208 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 2: like you know, I'm sure astute minds like Luke Thomas 209 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 2: and others are talking about the boxing, but Kenny, I 210 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:47,719 Speaker 2: feel like not enough people are talking about the job 211 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 2: in the boxing and everything you just heard from the 212 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 2: new champ. 213 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 5: Yeah, I well, I mean Ballall was outstriking for the 214 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 5: for every single round. I mean, the job was a 215 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 5: huge component to that. And anytime there was traffic in 216 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 5: front of Leon, you know, he didn't have the ability 217 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,839 Speaker 5: to counter because of the pressure, because of the threat 218 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 5: of the takedown. It was the full package in front 219 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 5: of him that Leon just was not prepared for. And 220 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 5: I also think the big thing was obviously the Weaponi's 221 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 5: conditioning of of of Ballall, and the fact that Leon 222 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 5: likes to fight at a very comfortable pace and Ballall 223 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 5: was not making it comfortable for him at all. And 224 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 5: and again, as far as you know, execution a game plan, 225 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 5: Blall like you. 226 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 4: Did it again, dude, again, just amazing. I'm not gonna 227 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 4: you know again, I ended up picking Leon. 228 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 5: I told you I thought it was the edge, but 229 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 5: I thought that people were really sleeping on your ability 230 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 5: to go out there and win that fight. 231 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 4: And uh, you proved a lot of people wrong. Man. 232 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 4: Just amazing. 233 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 5: And again with all the pressure of you knowing this 234 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 5: was your one shot, how good does that feel? 235 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,959 Speaker 3: It feels more good for my to know that my 236 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 3: coaches were right right when I say we're the best 237 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 3: team at strategizing, the best team at looking up an opponent, 238 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 3: figuring out what their weakest at and going out there 239 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 3: and taking them there. Like before this fight, I went 240 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 3: with Gilbert Burns and Sean Brady. I didn't shoot one takedown, 241 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 3: and then people were coming into this fight thinking, all 242 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 3: the only way from my path the victory is to 243 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 3: take him down and hold him down. I was killing 244 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 3: him on the feet. I was all striking him on 245 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 3: the feet, and then once I had him thinking it 246 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 3: was on the it was gonna stay. 247 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:24,839 Speaker 2: On the feet, then I took him down. He didn't 248 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 2: know what to do. 249 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 3: And that's what separates me from the Oosman and the Kobe's. 250 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 2: Is they don't know how to put it together as 251 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 2: well as I do. 252 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 3: And I think I'm the best person at it and 253 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:36,319 Speaker 3: the best person at reading stuff. In the middle of 254 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 3: around when you see when he started going into that 255 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 3: shell and I started switching up to the operata or 256 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 3: switching it up to the body, and in between rounds, 257 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 3: my coach is telling him, like. 258 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:45,559 Speaker 2: Bro, that pressure is beautiful. That's what we're doing. Keep 259 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 2: pick to the pressure. 260 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 3: We're calming there, We're not freaking. I don't have to 261 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 3: curse at my coach or get angry in there. And 262 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 3: that was the best part about it, right, It's coachy 263 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 3: was trying to give him that speech that I said 264 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 3: was gonna happen. 265 00:11:56,640 --> 00:12:00,319 Speaker 2: Come and tells him shut the fudge up like I was. 266 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 3: That was the best part about the whole fight. It 267 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 3: got that because I told you it was gonna happen. 268 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 3: I said it was gonna happen. I was gonna wait 269 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:08,080 Speaker 3: for that moment for his coach to give that piece. 270 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 3: But it didn't work. You weren't gonna get that moment happened. 271 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 3: And again, did you watch it back? Yeah, I'll watched 272 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 3: it back multiple times. 273 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 2: I love it me too. I really enjoyed it every 274 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 2: fudging time I watched it. Go ahead, John, So just 275 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 2: a self belief in the work that you guys have done, 276 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:28,599 Speaker 2: and then to verbalize that to the masses, had a 277 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:30,719 Speaker 2: lot of people sort of scoffing at what you were 278 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 2: saying right now, if Kamara Ousman or Kolbe Covington spoke 279 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 2: about themselves in a confident way, you know, maybe a 280 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 2: larger percentage of the fan base would have, you know, 281 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 2: fallen step by step in line. So now after the fact, 282 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:49,079 Speaker 2: not only to the victor go the spoils, right, but 283 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 2: it's just proof in the recipe as you begin your 284 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 2: championship reign. And so, yeah, it feels good. I got 285 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 2: to spend time with your dad, all of the family 286 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 2: stuff feels great. But in terms of the mixed martial arts, right, 287 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 2: and pardon my language, it's a big fuck you to 288 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:09,319 Speaker 2: any of your contemporaries that doubted you. Cry right, cry 289 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:12,959 Speaker 2: you guys were hating all these guys wanted to come 290 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:15,199 Speaker 2: out Bulckanoski man. Yeah, I think Bla was a good 291 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 2: matchup for me. If I fight him, Shut up, bro, 292 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 2: I'll smack that out of you. All these guys, right, 293 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 2: you go, There's nobody in the UFC that'll beat me. 294 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 2: There's nobody in the UFC that I can't look at 295 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 2: it and tell you where my path to victory. 296 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 3: I look at all these guys, all these opponents. You 297 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 3: keep putting me as the underdog, and I'm gonna keep 298 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 3: going out there and dominating him. This wasn't a hard fight. 299 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:34,839 Speaker 2: It was an easy fight. And I said it was 300 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 2: gonna be easy. And people thought I was wrong, and 301 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 2: they were like, man, maybe Leon was just way off. No, 302 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 2: he was way off because I made him way off. 303 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 2: He was way off because I'm punching him in his 304 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 2: mouth and breaking him. I said he was gonna fold. 305 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 2: I told you he had a weak mentality. I told 306 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 2: you he was a breakable mentality. So I had nothing 307 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 2: to do with the time change, the climate change. If 308 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 2: he had a bad breakfast or a bad dinner. 309 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 3: He didn't have a bad bag like you could come 310 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 3: up with all these yeah in the buck. 311 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 2: But he just had a freaking he had a bad 312 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:03,560 Speaker 2: man in front of him that broke him. That's what 313 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 2: he had in front of him. So all these fans, 314 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 2: all these people, they're looking for that next excuse. 315 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:08,719 Speaker 3: Right now, the next guy's gonna kill him. Now that 316 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 3: the guys kill him, right we have a game plan. 317 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:11,680 Speaker 2: We have a. 318 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 3: Book for every single one of these guys. You're gonna 319 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:16,960 Speaker 3: put in front of me and break it every single 320 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 3: one of these guys down easily. 321 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, I got an idea. Let's try to turn Bala 322 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 2: Muhammed around as quickly as possible so his nose can't heal. 323 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 2: They'll have no training camp, right, Let's see if we 324 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 2: can secretly upend his itinerary. Right, he's on vacation in Greece. 325 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 2: Let's fucking get him back to Chicago anyway. By the way, 326 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 2: you can let us go at any point in time. 327 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 2: And I don't want to spin it forward just yet. 328 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 2: I want to talk about the fight if I could. 329 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 2: Your mentality after round three? So Leon Edwards certainly deserves 330 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 2: credit right for his response in round three. You go 331 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 2: back to the stool, and then you have a hugely 332 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 2: dominant round four. So what can you tell us about 333 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 2: between rounds three and four? Yeah, my mentality, Like. 334 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 3: During that round, it was, uh, obviously he has a 335 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 3: really good body trying, but I was hearing him breathing hard, 336 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 3: and then I remembered back to the usban second fight 337 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 3: where his legs were dead even more when he had 338 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 3: that body trying go on the first round, so I said, 339 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 3: I know he's squeezing super hard right here, So I'm like, 340 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 3: just be safe, don't let him. 341 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 2: Get a rearneckad choke, don't let him get. 342 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 3: Any hard shots off in the back. Get out of 343 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 3: this round safely. And then the next round, I was like, 344 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 3: I got to get it back. I was like, I 345 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 3: just lost that round, Dominantly. I can't him, can't give 346 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 3: him momentum to start getting back, can't give him confidence 347 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 3: start getting back. 348 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 2: So I got to go right back into his face. 349 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 3: So like, even when Beltron's telling us, telling me to 350 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 3: get back, I'm like, no, I'm walking forward right when 351 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 3: he says go, I want to be right in front 352 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 3: of Beltron's face to where Leon can't even think, or 353 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 3: can't even adjust, or can't even get. 354 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 2: Into his mode of a rhythm. Because he's a rhythm fighter. 355 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 2: He likes to be comfortable and he likes to manage 356 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 2: his distance. 357 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 3: And that's what he did his last two fights with 358 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 3: Kobe and Usban, where he was getting in that kicking distance. 359 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 2: But I made him uncomfortable with the whole fight. 360 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 3: And my plan was to make him uncomfortable whole fight. 361 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 3: So I didn't want to give him that range at all. 362 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 3: So he came out of that third round definitely. This 363 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 3: coach probably sounds like, Yeah, this is where we break him. 364 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 3: This is the championship browns. The thing is, I'm the champion. 365 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 3: I went in there with that mindset on a champion, 366 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 3: So the championship browns are my rounds. So that fourth round, 367 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 3: I was like, I got to get him right back 368 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 3: to where he had me. So when I took him 369 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 3: down and headed back again, I was like, he's broken. 370 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 2: That's it. Once I got him. 371 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 3: Down to that fifth round, I didn't even have to 372 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 3: do anything in that fifth round sick and down. 373 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 2: I literally just pulled them from his hip and he 374 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 2: fell down. I was like, Oh that was easy. 375 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 4: Love it. 376 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 2: Hey, John talk John, talk about just your the excitement 377 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 2: of that fight, of that five rounds for you, right, 378 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 2: because a lot of people, Yeah, Kenny and I spent 379 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 2: a lot of time on this on the Anteicmploring podcast 380 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 2: on Monday, so well, now, just the relative entertainment value 381 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 2: of this championship fight. Kenny and I felt like it 382 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 2: had it all, and I think a lot of it 383 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 2: comes back to just people turning a blind eye to 384 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 2: your striking and how much damage you actually did in 385 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 2: this fight. But as far as ken Fall and I 386 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 2: were concerned, you know, on a night upon which they 387 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 2: didn't give out a fight of the night, it had 388 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 2: tremendous back and forth. It had high level MMA wrestling, right, 389 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 2: It had Ken Flow comparing you to fucking George Saint Pierre, 390 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:09,199 Speaker 2: and it also had Leon rallying to cut you in 391 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 2: round five. So I don't know, we felt like we 392 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 2: saw a great fight, and I think history will reflect 393 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 2: fondly upon this as a world championship fight. 394 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,879 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it just comes out to just people 395 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 3: just want to hate on me no matter what. People 396 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:26,439 Speaker 3: just want to put that out there, that narrative out 397 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 3: there that I'm boring, or this and that, Like even 398 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 3: this plight where they were like, oh, He's just gonna 399 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 3: lay and prey on him, and I'm like, bro, I 400 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 3: didn't shoot on Gilbert or Sean. 401 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 2: Brady at all my last two fights. What are you 402 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 2: guys talking about? 403 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:38,400 Speaker 3: And I've outstruck all of them guys, and then now 404 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 3: I was struck your so called best striker in the division. 405 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 3: But people are gonna hate right, But it doesn't really 406 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 3: matter because now I got the gold, so it doesn't. 407 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 2: So they're whispers. They're like crickets to me now, so 408 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 2: I'm just stopping on. 409 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 4: All of them. 410 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 5: I watched it at a sports bar in Nashville, and 411 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 5: people were jumping up and down, going nuts, ooing and on. 412 00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:59,679 Speaker 5: So yeah, it was just it wasn't just me, it 413 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,119 Speaker 5: was like everybody in that place. So it was pretty 414 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 5: damn cool to watch a witness. So I don't know 415 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 5: what people are talking about, but man, like, I guess 416 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 5: I'm church to see how he felt in some of 417 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:12,159 Speaker 5: those grappling transitions. 418 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 4: You know, whether he. 419 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 5: Felt strong or technical relative to your expectations. 420 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 3: Honestly, when I when I took him down, it was 421 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 3: like the easiest takedown and I was like, oh, bro. 422 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 2: This is gonna be too easy. 423 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 3: I got in there, I got my hands on his 424 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 3: I like, bro, did he like train for this fight? 425 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 3: Like what was his mindset? But I knew that right 426 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 3: the first fight we thought it was one round and 427 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 3: I didn't shoot one takedown on him, But there was 428 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 3: moments there we had double underhooks and I reversed him 429 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 3: super easily, and I'm like, oh, he was weak, so 430 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:44,880 Speaker 3: I didn't know if I like, maybe I just misunderstood 431 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 3: it or not that day because it was three years ago. 432 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,360 Speaker 3: But now feeling him, he is weak and I'm way 433 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 3: stronger than him. I think people look at me and 434 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 3: they underestimate my strength and my speed, and I think 435 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 3: that my takedown timing is better than anybody in the UFC, 436 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 3: and I'd do it differently than all these guys like 437 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 3: Tomorrow and Kobe. 438 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 2: They shoot in, they go to your body, and they 439 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 2: give you that time to like you get a chance 440 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:09,719 Speaker 2: to pull his elbows up or pull his wrist up 441 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 2: to defend the take down. I don't give you that 442 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:11,719 Speaker 2: chance at all. 443 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 3: I go and pick you up, slam you, pull you 444 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 3: off the cage, so there's no break time in between. 445 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 2: And I think that's what made it so difficult for him, 446 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 2: because there's not. 447 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 3: A lot of guys that shoot like me. There's not 448 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 3: a lot of guys that have takedowns like me, And 449 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,640 Speaker 3: I think I just have way more speed than all 450 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 3: these guys give me credit for us. 451 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 5: Well, yeah, I was gonna say, I was gonna say 452 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 5: it seemed like like, I don't know, your speed seemed 453 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 5: way different in this fight too, dude, Like you seemed 454 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 5: way faster than you've shown in the past. 455 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 4: In my opinion, you seemed way more comfortable, and. 456 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,159 Speaker 5: I guess I want to know maybe what the reason 457 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 5: is for that, or maybe we just weren't seeing it right. 458 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 5: And then I also wanted you to kind of expand 459 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:58,119 Speaker 5: a little bit on the shooting part because that was 460 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 5: really fascinating to me on whether that and I'm sure 461 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 5: part of it's you as well in your training, but 462 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 5: also how much maybe Kulbee contributed to that methodology and 463 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 5: that I guess approach. 464 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 3: I think my confidence and the way I felt this 465 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 3: week was just because like it was finally here, right, 466 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 3: This was with the moment I've been working for in 467 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 3: my whole life, and there was like nothing else to fear. 468 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 2: Like before this fight, it was always like a fear. 469 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:28,199 Speaker 3: Of like, man, I had this long streak, I'm never 470 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 3: gonna get this title shot if I lose this fight, 471 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 3: the Gilbert Burns man. I risked this three week notice, 472 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 3: eight fight, nine fight win streak for this on a 473 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 3: three notice, and now I may never lose get my 474 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 3: shot right, and I may never had this chance. I'll 475 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 3: be another you know, Benil Darrusche or one of those 476 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:46,119 Speaker 3: other guys that got so close but never got a 477 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:49,120 Speaker 3: shot at the title, the real title, And that was 478 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 3: my fear. But you fought for the title, but I 479 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:54,639 Speaker 3: never went never fought for the title. And then this 480 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 3: one was just like, Bro, we're here now my coach lose, 481 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 3: Just like, this is the moment we've been working for. 482 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 3: There's nothing else to fear, there's nothing else to hold back. 483 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 3: Let's just go out there and have fun. Don't put 484 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 3: the pressure on yourself. So I think that was the 485 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 3: best part of my team. In the back, we're just chilling, 486 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,120 Speaker 3: we're just talking. Yeah, Honestly, one of the biggest things 487 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 3: I like, what I love about Habib is like how 488 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 3: he just posted the other You can say Habib's naming anything, 489 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 3: and then people are gonna give him the credit for 490 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:20,639 Speaker 3: every a little thing that happens, But he said, you know, 491 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:22,439 Speaker 3: I helped him. I gave him a small part in 492 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:23,920 Speaker 3: this camp, his coaches, his team. 493 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 2: He gave my coaches the respect they deserves. But like 494 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:28,719 Speaker 2: every reporter wants to just be like, oh, Abib did this, 495 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 2: Abif gave him this camp his mindset. 496 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 3: Obviously he messed me in the morning, and he was 497 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,640 Speaker 3: just like he messed me in the morning. And one 498 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 3: of his biggest best things he told me was like, 499 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 3: the work is put in now. If God wants you 500 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 3: to win, God's gonna let you win. Don't stress about anything, 501 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 3: put it in God's hands. And that's what I took 502 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 3: from him more. Also, the biggest thing is I like 503 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:52,119 Speaker 3: to watch fights fight week. So all fight week, all 504 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 3: I was watching was Habib against Barbosa. 505 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:56,879 Speaker 2: That was my fight to watch. And now my mindset. 506 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 2: I take that mindset from watching a fight. 507 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 3: I never like to watch my post fight week, but 508 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 3: I'll watch guys and ways I want to fight them. 509 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 3: So I watched Kebbe against Barbosa probably like seventy five times. 510 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 4: Wow, brilliant love it. 511 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:11,920 Speaker 2: Just quickly, I want to say, you know, Bilao spent 512 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 2: some time in Newark, New Jersey with the Kabib camp, right, 513 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:17,320 Speaker 2: and you can be sure Blao could have done his 514 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 2: whole camp with Kabib, but the loyal Bla Muhammad wanted 515 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,159 Speaker 2: to do champ camp with his boys in Chicago, his 516 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 2: team in Chicago, and you can be sure that team 517 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,440 Speaker 2: was more than good enough. Strap him up. Go ahead, 518 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,439 Speaker 2: John we got about five to ten more minutes here 519 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 2: with the newly minted UFC Weltsway champion, Blab Muhammed live 520 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 2: on the Anakin Flooring Podcast YouTube channel, and Kenny, really 521 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 2: the answer to your question about the speed and everything 522 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 2: else to quote the great Floyd Mayweather, hard work, dedication, 523 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 2: clear intention to become the world champion, commitment to the cause. 524 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 2: I spent forty five minutes writing that Instagram post yesterday, 525 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 2: and yeah, I'm having fun with the fans a little 526 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 2: bit like cry. But ultimately, if you read my message, 527 00:22:56,840 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 2: this championship is rooted in Mike Valley, Lou Taylor, Mike Canneon, Ignacioba, Mundees, 528 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 2: Harassio Gutierrez, Balao Muhammet, his sister who wanted so badly 529 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:12,440 Speaker 2: for him to maximize this opportunity and to achieve this 530 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 2: world championship. Right, It's one thing to get to the 531 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 2: title fight, but man, it'd really be nice if my 532 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 2: brother could actually do it. And you know what, he's 533 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 2: got the gold and the nature of time, Jay, I 534 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:24,680 Speaker 2: need to spend this thing forward. So if I'm Shavcott Rochmanov, 535 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 2: I'm listening to everything you have to say. Even if 536 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:30,640 Speaker 2: I can't necessarily replicate you in the gym. All indications 537 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:34,360 Speaker 2: are that he is going to be next. But how 538 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,879 Speaker 2: excited are you and you did say this before you 539 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 2: beat Leon for the world title, but how excited are 540 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,159 Speaker 2: you to be, you know, a champion for Dana White 541 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 2: and the UFC and to uh, you know, to take 542 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 2: on some of these guys that maybe other champions might 543 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 2: avoid it. 544 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,400 Speaker 3: I'm super excited, right because now it's my moment. It's 545 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 3: my moment now to just like add to my legacy. 546 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 3: I want to keep that under the dog mentality. 547 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 2: That's one of the the biggest things that you know, 548 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 2: some guys that other champions that I used to talk 549 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,880 Speaker 2: to Anthony Pettis would leave, like keep that underdog mentality, 550 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 2: keep that mindset out you're chasing the title, uh, because 551 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 2: you don't want to get too comfortable. People are probably 552 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 2: ready telling me that Shotgut's gonna kill me. That's probably 553 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 2: like the first tweet that probably came out from my haters, right, Oh, 554 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 2: he won't do that. Shot shop guy will kill him. 555 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 2: I love that. 556 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:26,159 Speaker 3: I love that because I'm gonna do the same thing 557 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 3: to him. I'm gonna go out there, I'm gonna break him. 558 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 3: I'm gonna break him, and then they're gonna say the 559 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:30,919 Speaker 3: next guy is gonna do it. 560 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 2: He got lucky that day, he didn't. He got sick. 561 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:35,359 Speaker 2: So they're gonna keep coming with us. 562 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 3: But I'm telling you, by the end of my career, 563 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 3: I'm gonna be the best weltzer rate to ever do it. 564 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 2: And that's the way to do it is to walk 565 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 2: through all these next guys. Shot guts next, who's the 566 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 2: next one after that? Okay, you got JDM, you got 567 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 2: Ian Gary, He's gonna be one of them too. All 568 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 2: these Now, I'm gonna start taking these guys. Oh's I 569 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 2: already took Sean Brady's. Oh shotcuts next? Oh yeah, and 570 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 2: don't you talk about number six pound for pound to 571 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 2: below Muhammed he's not interested in number six. Should have 572 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 2: been on the list before this fight. But that's a 573 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 2: second point. But he all he cares about that number one. Baby. 574 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 4: Well, latter he's done. 575 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 5: I was gonna say, after he's done, I think, Blaw, 576 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:09,879 Speaker 5: you need to be like a motivational speaker or something. 577 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 4: Dude, I'm ready to run through a wallers. 578 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 2: I mean, it's unbelievable, but you know I will say, though, 579 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 2: and again, respect is what it is, right because now 580 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:20,880 Speaker 2: you're the world champion, and even when you retire, you're 581 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,679 Speaker 2: gonna be not the former interim UFC welterweight champion, You're 582 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 2: gonna be the former undisputed UFC welterweight champion. But you 583 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 2: put a double digit winning streak on paper in perhaps 584 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 2: the UFC's toughest division, and you can't get a sniff 585 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 2: when it comes to the pound for pound list until 586 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,640 Speaker 2: you fight for the title. And now you're the world champion. 587 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 2: This is also a good result, by the way, for 588 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 2: Sean Brady, I will say in terms of that loss 589 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 2: to bellow Muhammad and anybody who has lost to balaal Uh, 590 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 2: now he's the world champion real quickly, if I could so. 591 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 2: Abu Dhabi is twelve weeks away. I mean, I know 592 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 2: I speak for a lot of Team Muhammad when I 593 00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 2: say they'd love to see you defend the belt in 594 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 2: Abu Dhabi, but that would seem to be unrealistic at 595 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:03,440 Speaker 2: this point in time. You got a couple of staples 596 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 2: in your nose. Is Madison Square Garden realistic? Are we 597 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,640 Speaker 2: looking at the December pay per view? I know I'm 598 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:12,679 Speaker 2: getting ahead of myself a little bit. But since we 599 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 2: seem to know it's gonna be shot caught rock monob 600 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:16,919 Speaker 2: when do you think you are going to first defend 601 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 2: the welterweight title? 602 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:22,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, bro, I got like, I got like fifteen stitches 603 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 3: in my nose. 604 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:25,560 Speaker 2: Saw I, Bro, I think your nose is still bleeding. 605 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 2: They had to like put more in there. 606 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 3: So yeah, I mean, obviously what's called would have been 607 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 3: beautiful Abba Dabi, but I think that's gonna be way 608 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 3: too soon, man, Madiscurit Garden. Like the fight there would 609 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 3: be amazing to rewrite that history, right because the first 610 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 3: time I thought that I was knocked out there, Yep, 611 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 3: that's one of those arena's historical arenas where you always 612 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,679 Speaker 3: have a dream of fighting there and winning there. So 613 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,159 Speaker 3: that would be amazing. December, it definitely would be perfect. 614 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 3: But we're going to Abu Dhabi this week. I still 615 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,239 Speaker 3: gotta go see my mouth put the belt on her 616 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 3: shoulder and for her to see it and you know, 617 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 3: make sure that I'm okay. So we got a couple 618 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,200 Speaker 3: of weeks to just take it off. I got Nacho 619 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 3: at this sphere in September. Yeah, so I got to 620 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,199 Speaker 3: be out there for him, and uh yeah, I think 621 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,440 Speaker 3: November or December we will be obviously the most ideal thing. 622 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 3: But I want to get one in before that this 623 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 3: year for sure, because you know, I gotta start adding 624 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 3: more names on my list. I'm not gonna be that 625 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,120 Speaker 3: Lea Edwards where I need to take a year off 626 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:26,440 Speaker 3: and let me see. 627 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 2: Honestly, I think Kobe's the best bet for me right now. 628 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 3: I think I want to make the most sense or maybe, uh, 629 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,920 Speaker 3: what's that other guy's name, Michael Chandler or Dustin Pori 630 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 3: or one of those guys. Right now, I'm gonna be 631 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:39,400 Speaker 3: the champion that fights the next best guy in line. 632 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 2: I'm gonna be the champion. 633 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,679 Speaker 3: When I pointed out my career, I'm be like, there 634 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 3: was not a guy that I shot away from. There's 635 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 3: not a guy that I looked at it and I 636 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,920 Speaker 3: hesitated towards. I'm never gonna hegitate to fight anybody. 637 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, this is the type of champion you want, right 638 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:58,160 Speaker 2: Bad result for Kobe Covington, good result for Shop gott Rock, 639 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 2: moan Off, Jack Della, Matt Atlanta Ian Shadow, Gary and 640 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:06,119 Speaker 2: everybody else. Billow Remember the name Muhammad the welterweight champion. 641 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 2: Before we let you go. Uh, you have also broken 642 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 2: through for your Palestinian people, for Palestinian Americans, for all 643 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:18,640 Speaker 2: of those Palestinians and Muslims in Manchester, England that came 644 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 2: out and drove to support you. Any final word in 645 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 2: terms of you know, just giving a voice to the 646 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 2: voiceless and and and maximizing this one opportunity to come 647 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,199 Speaker 2: through for your people who you know are are just 648 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 2: victims every minute of every day right now. 649 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 3: Honestly, it was the best feeling in video I got 650 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 3: was from like Jude, My mom said, a video of 651 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 3: him just like seeing me and cheering and. 652 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 2: Call me uncle on the TV. 653 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 3: And even before the fight, I posted a video of 654 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 3: him just saying good luck. I'mo and Uh, that's that's 655 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 3: what I want to be for these guys, right I 656 00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 3: want to be a symbol of hope, a symbol of 657 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 3: victory for them. And now, like I said, even at 658 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 3: this moment, for them what they're going through, if it 659 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 3: took their mindset off of what they're the pain they're feeling, 660 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,479 Speaker 3: the suffering they're going through, for one minute, one second, 661 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 3: it was enough. 662 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:16,520 Speaker 2: I'm getting so many videos so. 663 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 3: Many messages from people calling me their hero and just 664 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 3: seeing the flag raised with the gold that will never 665 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,120 Speaker 3: be a race from history, that will never be a 666 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 3: race from memory, from my family, from. 667 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,280 Speaker 2: My mother, for my father. Yeah, and it's just it's 668 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 2: just priceless. 669 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 3: And I'm just hoping that I can continue to use 670 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 3: this platform and continue to use my name to bring 671 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 3: name and bring voices to palest time and bring eyes 672 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 3: to Palestine and anything that could help them one day 673 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 3: be free would be the best thing ever. And also, Bro, 674 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 3: the fans, the people here, huge shout out. Tokire in 675 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 3: Manchester hooked me up like literally we had the best 676 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 3: week ever. Took care of my team, uh like family, 677 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 3: like brothers and just their whole team and was amazing 678 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 3: class events. Thank you to them. Broke gonna stop with everything, man, 679 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 3: Literally it felt like a second home. 680 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,320 Speaker 2: You did it, Bro. Congratulations to the new UFC weltsaway 681 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 2: champion Blow Remember the name Muhammad, Enjoy the rest of 682 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 2: your vacation. Safe trip to Chicago and uh hey man 683 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:26,240 Speaker 2: path to UFC Welterweight golden glory goes through Chicago, Illinois, USA. 684 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,520 Speaker 2: Let that sink in, brother, we will We'll talk to 685 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,120 Speaker 2: you in a couple of days. My men, bro, we 686 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,040 Speaker 2: gotta get Dana to come to United Center. That's where 687 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:35,520 Speaker 2: we gotta fight at finally, hopefully that's your job now 688 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:41,320 Speaker 2: text the man ha like no number? Who is Hey? 689 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:50,440 Speaker 2: Congrats brother, enjoy the France. Well you bro, And there 690 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 2: he is. Blao Muhammad, undisputed UFC welterweight champion, didn't go 691 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 2: to John Annack dot com right now and buy his 692 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 2: championship T shirt. Proceeds to gas Kenny going into the 693 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 2: Gilbert Burns fight on one leg about fifteen months ago, 694 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:07,719 Speaker 2: Blah Muhammad said to us over the phone during our 695 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:11,880 Speaker 2: fighter meeting, I've worked fifteen years for this Gilbert Burns fight. 696 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:13,480 Speaker 2: I got no choice but to take it. 697 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:13,720 Speaker 4: Now. 698 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,040 Speaker 2: We didn't know that he was on one wheel when 699 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 2: he uttered as much, right, But he had to take 700 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 2: that Gilbert Burns fight because he had worked fifteen years 701 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 2: for it. 702 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 4: And he could have. 703 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 2: Been on one leg, fightingly on edwards in any hour, 704 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:28,640 Speaker 2: in any country, during any Ramadan, and he had no 705 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:30,200 Speaker 2: choice but to deliver on that one night. 706 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 4: And he did. 707 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 2: And there's a new world order at one hundred and 708 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 2: seventy pounds, and anyone who doesn't like it is just 709 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,040 Speaker 2: gonna have to fucking deal with it. 710 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:41,040 Speaker 5: Well, he's always had a champion mindset, right, and Ray 711 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 5: said it best. Even after that first round, or the 712 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 5: beginning of that first round, You're like, this dude's a 713 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:49,160 Speaker 5: champion in his heart, the way that he approaches everything. 714 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:54,720 Speaker 5: Now he actually has the belt as validation and for everybody, 715 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,640 Speaker 5: and the fact that he was able to do that 716 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 5: under a lot of not so great circumstances. It's just 717 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,680 Speaker 5: the cherry on top man. That's what champions do, even 718 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,840 Speaker 5: when things are not ideal, they find a way to 719 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,840 Speaker 5: get it done. 720 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 4: But that performance against leon. 721 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 5: Uh was one of the best performances that I've seen 722 00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 5: by any non champion, and with that kind with those 723 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 5: kind of stakes, it was just brilliant all the way around. 724 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 2: You know, I could come up with a list of 725 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:31,080 Speaker 2: ten topics twelve topics on this, whether it's talking about 726 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:35,560 Speaker 2: him closing down the streets of Manchester in his parade. 727 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 2: You know, I could talk about this group of Muslims 728 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,080 Speaker 2: that John and I were hanging out a little bit 729 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 2: in the hotel. Maybe eight of these guys, right, all 730 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:46,280 Speaker 2: of them would be rooting for Leon Edwards except if 731 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,520 Speaker 2: he was facing Bala Muhammad. One of these eight guys 732 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,760 Speaker 2: was rooting for Leon. They're all Leon fans, They're all 733 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:54,200 Speaker 2: rooting for Blal. Just unbelievable. John, You the last thing 734 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,920 Speaker 2: I'll say is you alluded to his sister. Okay, and 735 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 2: Blow's older sister. When I spoke with her at this 736 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,920 Speaker 2: mansion he had rented, right the laws, sister and his 737 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,400 Speaker 2: wife were sort of over there. Everybody else was crowded around. 738 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 2: I went over to them and I was like, how 739 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:09,480 Speaker 2: you guys do it right? She was so focused on 740 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,240 Speaker 2: the result of this fight, meaning this he could not 741 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 2: lose this fight, and if he lost this fight, that 742 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:17,160 Speaker 2: would be a big problem. And I was over there 743 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,239 Speaker 2: almost like, man, I'm just so happy that he got here, 744 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 2: his journey there, and not even I had confidence that 745 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 2: he was going to win the fight. But for her, 746 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 2: the result meant everything, and that hit me hard. He 747 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 2: got the right result, I mean, and motherfucker, nude, let's go. 748 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:37,680 Speaker 2: I mean, I can go for days, so happy for him. 749 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:41,960 Speaker 2: Go ahead, John, No, we congratulate Bala Muhammad, and really 750 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,240 Speaker 2: interesting to hear him talk about the boxing and some 751 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 2: of the things that went on in that fight and 752 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,640 Speaker 2: I will sit here of the same opinion that I 753 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 2: was several weeks ago that Leon Edwards and not necessarily 754 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:56,440 Speaker 2: shavcot Rockmanov, is the toughest matchup for Balah Muhammed at 755 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 2: one hundred and seventy pounds Leon Edwards, even if he 756 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:02,200 Speaker 2: is not some law reigning champion, I think in a 757 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:05,840 Speaker 2: division that wasn't ripe with undefeated top contender types, he 758 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,719 Speaker 2: would have gotten an immediate rematch here in the trilogy fight. 759 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:11,439 Speaker 2: And when Leon suggests that he will get this back 760 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:15,799 Speaker 2: in Blood, I think you're going to get a refocused, rechanneled, 761 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:20,040 Speaker 2: really badass Leon Edwards. And I still think he's the 762 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,520 Speaker 2: toughest matchup for Blau. But Kenny, it is going to 763 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:26,920 Speaker 2: be shavctt Rockmanov, And again, Blow's going to be the 764 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,799 Speaker 2: underdog when he defends this championship. So it's exciting to 765 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,239 Speaker 2: think about what's next. But for now, I guess we 766 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:33,880 Speaker 2: celebrate the champ a little bit, right. 767 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:36,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, and for everyone in the division. 768 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:40,120 Speaker 5: It just injects new blood for everybody involved. It's a 769 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:44,360 Speaker 5: complete reset of the welcome waiting division, you know, And 770 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 5: I think that's what makes it exciting. And I am 771 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,480 Speaker 5: really interested to see how this reign is going to 772 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:53,560 Speaker 5: go for Bilal and I know he's excited to take 773 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:56,680 Speaker 5: on all challengers and if he's able to do it 774 00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:59,720 Speaker 5: and do it you know the way that he sees 775 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:03,640 Speaker 5: it again, we could have another guy that could be 776 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:04,920 Speaker 5: one of the goats in that division. 777 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:07,000 Speaker 2: And the best part of this, I think for the 778 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:09,640 Speaker 2: UFC is that you have a champion who is ready, 779 00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:13,759 Speaker 2: willing and able and has been durable and who has 780 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:16,920 Speaker 2: been healthy and who is ready to take on these guys. 781 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:20,000 Speaker 2: He's not going to strategize and try to fight Jack 782 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,720 Speaker 2: Dela Mattelena over Ian Maschado, Gary or somebody over shav 783 00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:26,960 Speaker 2: Got Rock Monof. He wants all these scalps. He wants 784 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,480 Speaker 2: to fight these guys. He wants to chase George Saint Pierre. 785 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 2: So that's very exciting. I just would submit to the 786 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:36,160 Speaker 2: fan base, uh that it's not gonna be Abu Dhabi 787 00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:39,200 Speaker 2: in late October, and yeah, the USC can trot him 788 00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,480 Speaker 2: out in Saudi Arabia on pay per view next year 789 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:44,440 Speaker 2: in Abu Dhabi next year, whether he's the champion or 790 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:47,160 Speaker 2: not one year from now. But you got to give 791 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:49,560 Speaker 2: the man time to heal, which they will in November 792 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:51,760 Speaker 2: or December. You'll see that first title defense day. Anything 793 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:53,640 Speaker 2: else before you talking about all the tough matchups in 794 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:55,600 Speaker 2: the division. The tough matchup in the division is the 795 00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:59,160 Speaker 2: fucking champion. B La Mohamet He's the fucking problem. Jack 796 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:01,799 Speaker 2: Dela Matdelena Study Blamaha, Like that's the guy. 797 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:02,000 Speaker 4: Right. 798 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:03,960 Speaker 2: We had this basketball game we played last year when 799 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,959 Speaker 2: Jamal Hill hurt himself. Right, I met Mike Malott fellow 800 00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,600 Speaker 2: wel trade. I was like, hey, go go feel Balamahammad, 801 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:12,000 Speaker 2: go deep, Balamahamed, go feel what that feels like in 802 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:15,680 Speaker 2: the cake. Let them all feel my boy. Belah Mohammed champion, 803 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,160 Speaker 2: don't matter who's next. You know, that's the sound. I 804 00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:21,359 Speaker 2: think Vegas will give him some respect, right, you say, oh, 805 00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:24,319 Speaker 2: shop cup be favored. Let's see, Let's see. Let's see, 806 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,719 Speaker 2: because I sho will be favored. And well some of 807 00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:28,600 Speaker 2: them sharp is going to be going to the window 808 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:30,879 Speaker 2: for Balal Muhammad. 809 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:32,000 Speaker 4: Go find out. 810 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:33,759 Speaker 2: Put your money where your mouth fits, you know. And 811 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:37,359 Speaker 2: the SoundBite is let them martial high boy. Yeah, let 812 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:41,719 Speaker 2: me let them feel my boy. So you know, we 813 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:43,480 Speaker 2: gotta get on out of here. Are you doing a 814 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:46,319 Speaker 2: watch party this weekend? Are you doing anything this weekend? Jay? 815 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,200 Speaker 2: For this TJ DeSantis and I UFC Fight Pass, we'll 816 00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:51,120 Speaker 2: be talking about some fights. I don't know if they 817 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:52,880 Speaker 2: want me. I might just be talking about Bellal the 818 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,359 Speaker 2: whole time, but no, all right. You can catch Jay 819 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,680 Speaker 2: UFC Fight Pass this weekend for San Haagen and Nirmago 820 00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:00,600 Speaker 2: Medoff Ken Flow and I will be back to recap 821 00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:03,400 Speaker 2: the f out of that live event coming up Monday 822 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,040 Speaker 2: on the anaicin Floring Podcast. Thanks to everybody for joining 823 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:11,320 Speaker 2: us for this exclusive with the new undisputed UFC welterweight Champion. 824 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,240 Speaker 2: We'll talk to you guys Monday. Until then, you'll fucking 825 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:18,560 Speaker 2: later