1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:00,400 Speaker 1: What's up? 2 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,199 Speaker 2: Guys, Welcome back to another episode of the Mets Stuff podcast. 3 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 2: Today we have a really awesome interview with UFC fighter 4 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 2: Matt the steamroll up for voll Up, huge Mets fan. 5 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 2: He's been out here with us at City Field all 6 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 2: day but doing the estimate. 7 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 1: It's been the judge. 8 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 2: It's been an eventful day, Matt. We're super excited to 9 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 2: have you here to talk about your career and talk 10 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 2: about being a lifelong Mets fan. I mean, you're rocking 11 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 2: the stuff orange and blue top to bottom. 12 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: Has a field to be at Citney Field right now. 13 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 3: Oh my god, this is awesome. You know, I love 14 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 3: sitting field of a lifelong Mets fan. I love the Mets, 15 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 3: and what's better than just spending the day at City 16 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 3: Field with you? Guys absolutely appreciate that. 17 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 2: We're definitely gonna get to your UFC career after this, 18 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 2: but first we want to start a Mets talk. We 19 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 2: know your lifelong Mets fan grow up on Long Island, 20 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 2: with your expectations of a team this year excited, Oh yeah. 21 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 3: I'm so pumped, and expectations that World Series. You know, 22 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 3: we got the lineup, we got the team, so I'm excited. 23 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 3: You know, I'm excited to start the season and get 24 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 3: a rolling. 25 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 2: You catch a many games. I know you're a local guy, 26 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 2: so how many times you come out the state field? 27 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: You think during the season, I come out as much 28 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: as possible. 29 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 3: So you know, right now I'm in fight camp. I 30 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 3: got this big fight coming, so I'm so dialed in. 31 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:12,559 Speaker 3: But uh, after I handle business. 32 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: May six, you know you're gonna see me in a 33 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: city field a lot. Well, all, what's your favorite era 34 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: of Mets baseball? Mark? And I grew up like kind 35 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: of those mid two thousands time. 36 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 2: But like when you think about like when you were 37 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 2: like your biggest Mets fan self, what was that win years? 38 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 3: It had to be, you know, right like beginning of 39 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 3: the two thousands, you know, end of the nineties and 40 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 3: me and my brother, I get a twin brother. We 41 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 3: grew up at Chase Stadium, you know, me and my dad, 42 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 3: my brother just we had seats right on first base 43 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 3: and we were at Chase Stadium all the time just 44 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 3: watching the Mets, cheering them on and and loving loving baseball. 45 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 2: Shout out to your brother Jimmy. He's been here as well, 46 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 2: helping out with us to. 47 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: Met child Jimmy ate it. 48 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 2: Who was your favorite Mets player of all time? I 49 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 2: know every Mets fan. I feel like depending on what age, 50 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 2: you kind of fall into a different player. Mine's Piazza, 51 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 2: that's right, James David Wright, who's yours? 52 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 3: You know, I love David Wright. But me growing up, 53 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 3: I was I was a third baseman and I loved 54 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 3: the Agardo Alfonso. Yeah, here was deep jag Phonsie. We 55 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:14,519 Speaker 3: met Fonsie hat an old timer's. 56 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 2: Day, good dude and he he just loves baceboys baseball 57 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,639 Speaker 2: guy as well. Yeah, do you have any great memories, 58 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 2: like what's like, maybe what the top memory of your 59 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 2: like best watching life being a city fielder Shae Stadium. 60 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 1: You know, it had to be say Stadium, you know. 61 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 3: Like I said, we had seats right behind first base 62 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 3: and there was one game, me and my brother, we 63 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 3: were we were little kids. We were cute little kids, 64 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,519 Speaker 3: and we got eight foul balls. 65 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: We had eight foul balls. 66 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 3: And I would say, after like the fifth foul ball, 67 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 3: the crowd started booing us and we just kept raking 68 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 3: in these foul balls, like after they would warm up, 69 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 3: they don't The first baseman would toss it out to us, 70 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 3: and then we just started having to throw out the 71 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 3: floul balls everybody else but we had We had the 72 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 3: record of eight foul ball so that was that was 73 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 3: That's awesome. 74 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 2: Could be like Double Trouble too, like both dayed like Paskey, 75 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 2: you can kind of move around like play your game. 76 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, except John Olerude never threw his wish we 77 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:15,119 Speaker 3: need the balls that day. You know, even a lot 78 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 3: of guys man todd Ze todd z E was always 79 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:19,839 Speaker 3: throwing shout out to shout out to have you gotten 80 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 3: a foul ball a game since, because I mean, seems 81 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 3: like you're a little bit of a wall magnet. 82 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 1: No, man, I haven't. 83 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 3: I think it was just when I was a cute, 84 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 3: little chubby kid, I used to just rake them in. 85 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: But I'm not as cute anymore. 86 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 2: I guess I can't even believe that there was ever 87 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 2: a time he was ubby nuts. 88 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: Did you get any games last year? Yeah? 89 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 3: You know, I got to go to the game and 90 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 3: they actually gave us a field pass. It was the 91 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 3: first time I was on the field and that's when 92 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 3: I actually met Alex Cohen and uh I really had 93 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 3: a great conversation with her, and then they invited us 94 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 3: up to watch the game in their suite and the 95 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 3: Cohen Sweet and it was it was an experience like 96 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 3: I'll never forgets as soon as I walk up there, 97 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 3: like I see Ralph Machio, the Karate Kids just chilling, 98 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 3: you know, I get to I just finished The Karate 99 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 3: Kids season three, So I walk up there, I'm just like, hey, Daniel, sad. 100 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: And just hanging out, you know, with. 101 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 3: With Alex, with Steve, with Ralph, and uh, you know, 102 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 3: I have my brother with me, have my dad with me. 103 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 3: It was it was unreal being able to watch a 104 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 3: game up there with the Collens and and you know, 105 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 3: the Colins have done such a great job with the 106 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 3: Mets in the organization. I cannot wait for this year 107 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 3: and for the future too. 108 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: We're so excited. 109 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 2: We're happy that they're here too, because it's been it's 110 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 2: been a great time to be a Mets fan just 111 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 2: in general, with how good the team's been, the success, 112 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 2: the players that they're bringing in. Is there anybody you're 113 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 2: particularly excited to see play this year that's you know, 114 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 2: new to the team. Yeah, you know, I'm really excited 115 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 2: to see Senga, Yeah, you know, to see how he 116 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 2: had just you. 117 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 3: Know, coming from Japan. I think I've heard like something 118 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 3: like the mound is like is like shorter Japan. And 119 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 3: then if you know, we've heard about this, uh this 120 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,159 Speaker 3: like ghost forkball. 121 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: Yep, you know I cannot. 122 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:11,559 Speaker 3: Wait to see uh Coda singa slinging the ball this year, Seko. 123 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 1: That's gonna be your favorite new player. Excited to watch. 124 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: But who is your favorite player in the team right now? 125 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm a I love Alonzo, I love I love dude. 126 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 1: He's the man. You know, you can't not love him. 127 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: Which guy you think of the team could be the 128 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 1: best UFC fighter? Which lest best UFC fighter? 129 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 3: Man? You know, I think it's got to be Big Volgie, 130 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 3: big bubble back, bubble Back, definitely cut. I know that 131 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,799 Speaker 3: he you know, he's he packs a punch and uh 132 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 3: you know, I think people are sleeping on his speed 133 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 3: after that. 134 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: Why so I know he's gonna be stealing some bass, 135 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 1: gonna steal one. Finally, he's got the power, he's got 136 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 1: the speed. You know, I think I think he could 137 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: knock a couple of people out. 138 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 2: And we we asked a lot of the players during 139 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 2: spring training. It's like random TikTok stops the post if 140 00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 2: there was a zombie apocalypse, a teammate you want to 141 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 2: fight with, and Vogi was the second most popular. 142 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: Answer behind Pete. For sure, there you go, We'll pack 143 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 1: the punch. 144 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 2: But now that's a great way to transition into talking 145 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,280 Speaker 2: about some UFC stuff you mentioned before the fight at 146 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 2: the Prudential Center May six, correct, May six, May six. 147 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: Were fighting. 148 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 3: I'm fighting Drew Dover and this is a big fight. 149 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,600 Speaker 3: You know, he's ranked number fourteen in the world, and 150 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 3: this is you know, this fight gets me to where 151 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 3: I want to be, you know, my whole ever since 152 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 3: I started this. 153 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:26,239 Speaker 1: I want to be a world champ. 154 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 3: I want to fight the best guys in the world, 155 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 3: test myself, test my skills against the best guys. 156 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 1: In the world. 157 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 3: And I'm coming off of a two fight winning streak, 158 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 3: two first round knockouts over undefeated opponents. And I told 159 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 3: the UFC I wanted a big fight, and we got 160 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 3: the big fight. 161 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, no, we remember. 162 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 2: That's actually how we like found out about you. Where 163 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 2: we were watching your fight at Massive Square Garden. You 164 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 2: came out to Narcos. We're like, they're talking about how 165 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 2: big of a met fan you were. On the broadcast 166 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 2: hit a ved Or producer. I was like, we gotta 167 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,479 Speaker 2: get this guy on, like this dude's bleed orange and blue. 168 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: And watching your fight, I mean, like you. 169 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 2: Said, first round knockout, absolutely dominated the guy. 170 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: It was crazy. 171 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 2: How do you even get into the world of being 172 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 2: a UFC or an MMA fighter? 173 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I like to say, you know, I 174 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 3: didn't choose the fight life. 175 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: The fight life. It shows me, you know, I was. 176 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: I was always an athlete growing up. 177 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 3: Like I said, you know, I got a twin brother, 178 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 3: played baseball all growing up, played football all growing up. 179 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 3: And then I wrestled in high school. And I wasn't 180 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 3: even you know, a phenomenal wrestler. I was always like 181 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 3: a good wrestler, not a great wrestler. But and then 182 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 3: I found Matt Sarah, I found Ray Longo, I started 183 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 3: doing jiu jitsu, I started training, and you know, started 184 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 3: taking amateur fights, winning went pro, you know, started winning 185 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 3: pro fights, and you know, the dream was always to 186 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 3: get to the UFC. And now we're here. 187 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: We saw you train and just mention them. 188 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 2: Matt Sarah, the Sarah Alongo gym so Chris Widman also 189 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 2: traded there. What's it like training was just a former 190 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 2: world champion like Legends of the UFC. 191 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 3: Oh Man Swiman's the man, and he's hilarious. He's like 192 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 3: so much of a ball buster, like he's always a 193 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 3: Long Island guy, and uh, you know watching him, watching 194 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 3: his watching Matt Sarah, you know, take out GSP when 195 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 3: GSP was was the greatest of all time, you know, 196 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 3: and then watching Chris Wyman take out Anderson Silva when 197 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:24,559 Speaker 3: Anderson Silva was the best. And then these two guys 198 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 3: are Long Island guys. You know, it's it's inspiring. And 199 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 3: now now watching al Jamine Sterling, the UFC bantamwaite, you know, 200 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 3: a champion of the world, and these guys are all 201 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 3: you know, grew up for where where I'm from. 202 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: You know, if they can do it, why not me. 203 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:40,239 Speaker 1: It's inspiring. 204 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 2: Were there any UFC fighters or I guess like maybe 205 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 2: when you were a little bit younger, guys that you 206 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 2: looked up to, maybe got to meet him, any experience 207 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 2: like that. 208 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know those three guys there, you know, Matt Sarah, 209 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 3: Chris Wibman, Aljamaine Sterling, you know, just because they're from 210 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:59,239 Speaker 3: Long Island and because now I could call them friends, teammates, mentors. 211 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 1: But also you know, I was a big BJ Penn 212 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: guy back in the day. 213 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 3: BJ Pen's a Hawaii guy, you know, he's he's Yeah, 214 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:08,560 Speaker 3: he was always just just scrap. You know. 215 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: I love that just scrap. And that's kind of what 216 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 1: I do. I just scrap. 217 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 2: Who would you say, just talking about USC history is 218 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 2: on your Malt Rushmore of UFC fighters all time. 219 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I. 220 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 3: I think I have a bias hitting out in Mount Rushmore, 221 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 3: you know, because I'm a I'm a local guy. So 222 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 3: I'm gonna throw our three Long Island champions on there, 223 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 3: you know, Matt Sarah, Chris Widman, I'm throwing algae on. 224 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 1: They go, this is the man, and then we get 225 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 1: one more, one more, and more, one more man, one more. 226 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:46,839 Speaker 3: I think, you know, I'm an old school guy. He 227 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:51,359 Speaker 3: might not be in UFC, he's not UFC, but he's 228 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 3: he's an all time MMA goat, and I love his style, fatal. 229 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: Or million Aco. 230 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 3: You know, I just loved his like he had a 231 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 3: own faced. He showed no emotion and he was just 232 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 3: in there to scrap and fight. And I've just I 233 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 3: just loved the no emotion about him. Yeah, you know, 234 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 3: he was right down of business. 235 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 2: You're talking about scrap and you were talking about like 236 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 2: preparing for your upcoming fight. We love to ask the 237 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 2: major league players about like their grind through the minor 238 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 2: leagues because it's just a lot of hard work for 239 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 2: not really like any payoff necessarily just yet. What's it 240 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 2: like to train getting ready for a UFC fight? I 241 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 2: gotta imagine it's unbelievably tough, man. 242 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: You know, it's tough because I'm naturally a big guy. Yeah, 243 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 1: you know, naturally I'm like one. 244 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:38,839 Speaker 3: Hundred and eighty five, one hundred and ninety pounds like that, 245 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:41,599 Speaker 3: and I got it. I fight at one hundred and 246 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 3: fifty five pounds, So you know, it takes, it takes time, 247 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 3: it takes discipline, and you know, there's been many times 248 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 3: I've I've come to a city field and I wasn't 249 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,959 Speaker 3: able to eat the steak freedoms, you. 250 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 1: Know, and no sausage of pepper. 251 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 3: Is tough, tough, tough, but like I, you know, I say, 252 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 3: no sacrifice, no glory. 253 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: You know, I make the sacrifice. I put in the work. 254 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 3: I always have, you know, an eight to ten week 255 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 3: fight camp where I'm completely focused completely dedicated. I'm training 256 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 3: twice a day, sometimes three times a day. I'm sparring 257 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 3: twice a week. I'm doing jiu jitsu three to four 258 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 3: times a week. I'm boxing twice a week. I'm hitting 259 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:27,439 Speaker 3: midst you know, three times a week. I'm doing strike 260 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,319 Speaker 3: conditioning three times a week. You know, it's a it's 261 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 3: a full time gig. And then you got to add 262 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,680 Speaker 3: in the nutrition because I gotta lose weight, but I 263 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 3: also have to eat enough food to be able to 264 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 3: fuel my training. And then you know, there's always hiccups. 265 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 3: You know, there's always little injuries, there's always. 266 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 1: I gotta take care of my body. 267 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 3: You know, I broke this hand four times before, you know, 268 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 3: But that's why we developed a life to fill with eleven. 269 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 3: So you know, it's a grind, and but you know, 270 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 3: what else would I to be doing. You know, sometimes 271 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 3: I wish and I was better at baseball at baseball 272 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 3: that I wasn't fighting, But you know, it is what 273 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 3: it is. I gotta say, sitting here this close to 274 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 3: you and watching you like top that. 275 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 2: Face, Yeah, wow, easy a little bit. You're six week 276 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 2: out from the fight right now. You talked about like 277 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 2: the rigors of the physical training. How does the mental 278 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 2: aspect of the training change between being like fifteen, twelve, 279 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:28,959 Speaker 2: ten and six weeks out? Like when is your moment 280 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 2: to get psyched up? When do you start getting mad? 281 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 2: When do you have to be like serene? Like how 282 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:34,679 Speaker 2: do you just judge the mental aspect of it? 283 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, fighting is honestly just as much mental as it 284 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 3: is physical. You know, you couldn't have one of the 285 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 3: best fight camps in your life and then you could 286 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 3: step into that cage and kind of shit the bed. 287 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: You know. 288 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 3: It's but through my hard work, through my fight camp. 289 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 3: You know, that's what builds my confidence. I wouldn't have 290 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 3: the confidence to step into a cage and fight the 291 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 3: best guys in the world if I didn't put in 292 00:12:59,360 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 3: the work. 293 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: You know, I have the confidence to do that because. 294 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 3: I know that I put in the work. I left 295 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 3: no stone unturned. You know, I always say there's no 296 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 3: easy way out, there's. 297 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: No shortcut homes. I put in the work, and then 298 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: I have the confidence. 299 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 3: I know that I'm ready. I know that I'm ready, 300 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 3: and I go in there and I'm prepared for fifteen 301 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 3: minutes of fury, fifteen minutes of war. I'm always prepared 302 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 3: for that, so I'm ready to go. 303 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 2: I've always wanted to know what is it like to 304 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 2: get punched in the face. 305 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 1: I've never done it, and I don't want you to 306 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: do it to you. 307 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:35,680 Speaker 2: I'm not asking, but like, how do you even like 308 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:37,959 Speaker 2: do you practice getting punched in the face? 309 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:39,719 Speaker 1: How does that work? Is it? I mean? 310 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 3: I sparred twice a week and I'm gonna say I 311 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 3: get punched in the face every sparring session. 312 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 1: And if you've never been punched in the face, you 313 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:49,839 Speaker 1: should get punched in the face. I don't know about that, 314 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 1: because there's itself. 315 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 3: I'm telling you to punch my bay once you once 316 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:57,679 Speaker 3: you start training, once you get punched in the face 317 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 3: and you realize that you're not made of glass, yes 318 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 3: you know, it just opens up a whole new world. 319 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 3: You know. You got your chin down, you got your 320 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,079 Speaker 3: eyes up, you got your hands up, you could take 321 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 3: a hit you get you get knocked out by the 322 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 3: punch you don't see coming. And that's why through sparring, 323 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:17,840 Speaker 3: you you learn to see everything. You know. 324 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: You you work your awareness. Uh. Coach Longo Ray long 325 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: Go is big on awareness. That's why he wants me 326 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: to box a lot. 327 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 3: He wants me to spar a lot because he wants 328 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 3: me to build up that awareness so I can see. 329 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: I know that this guy in front of me has 330 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: two arms and two legs just like me. 331 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 3: He's that he's gonna throw nothing that I haven't seen before, 332 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 3: because I've sparred so many rounds. 333 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: I got rounds in the bank. I got my chin down, 334 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: I got my hands up, and I got my eyes up. 335 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 3: I see everything. You trust your eyes and then sometimes 336 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 3: you get hit. But as long as you got that 337 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 3: chinned down, you could take a shot, Bro, You could 338 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 3: take a shot. 339 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 2: Did you have like a moment, whether it be like 340 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 2: a fight in UFC, a fight before in training, where 341 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 2: it like became very very clear, like how good you 342 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 2: can be and what you needed to do? Like, is 343 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 2: there something that really sticks out to you, something that 344 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 2: was said, something shot you took and got back up from. 345 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: Yeah. 346 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 3: Well, you know, I'll say when I was an amateur, 347 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 3: I was an amateur fighter, and the first thing, you know, 348 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 3: I ever really got out of fighting. 349 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: When you're an amateur and you're fighting for free. 350 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 3: You know, there's been many fights where I've been fighting 351 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 3: in you know, Florida, strip club parking lot where they 352 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 3: just set up a cage in the parking lot of 353 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 3: a strip club. 354 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: Many of those which were all fun. 355 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 3: But my fourth amateur fight, I got the opportunity to 356 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 3: go to Costa Rica and I fought for the Costa 357 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 3: Rican amateur title against their like nine to oh hometown 358 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 3: hero who led like nine knockouts, you know, and they 359 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 3: flew me down to Costa Rica. And I've never been 360 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 3: paid for a fight nothing. I was like, yo, I 361 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 3: get a free fight to Costa Rica. Hell yeah, They're like, 362 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 3: oh yeah, you got to fight this nine to oh 363 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 3: nine knockouts Costa Rican hometown hero. 364 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: And it was in a bull fighting arena at all. 365 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: My hippo Beach of Kastrica was like still during the 366 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 1: ground Oh yeah there was. But they set up a ring. 367 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 3: It was in a ring and it was outside and uh, 368 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 3: I remember, uh, this guy came out and uh and 369 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 3: he rocked me like right off the bat and he like. 370 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: Hid me good. 371 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 3: And then it actually started raining on us while we 372 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 3: were fit and this guy was a stand up guy 373 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 3: and back then, you know, it was I was more 374 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 3: of a wrestler back then, and since it started raining, 375 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 3: like we got like slippery. So I took him down 376 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 3: so easily. I was like the fight God's like had 377 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 3: my map for that fight. And uh, you know, I 378 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 3: ended up winning that fight, giving that guy his first loss, 379 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 3: and I won my first amateur title. And I remember 380 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 3: that night being like, you know, I can do this. 381 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 3: You know I could go pro. I can I can 382 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 3: make this my life. And I really started believing in myself. 383 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 3: You know, before that it was a hobby I was. 384 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 3: I was a tough guy kid, you know, having fun 385 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 3: with it. But after that fight, I was I started 386 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 3: I started to believe. 387 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 2: You gotta believe, you gotta believe, you gotta believe, you 388 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 2: gotta believe. You talked about getting like flowing out the 389 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 2: Coasta Rica as the first for our like paid experience. 390 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 1: We saw that you are on the McGregor card. You 391 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:11,640 Speaker 1: got to go to fight. 392 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:16,159 Speaker 2: Island out in Abu Dhabi, right helps that experience. They 393 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 2: saw on Instagram at the picture with McGregor being around 394 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:20,719 Speaker 2: someone like him and just being in that atmosphere. 395 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 1: How different was it that it was so cool man? 396 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:27,160 Speaker 3: Especially it was during COVID, you know, the world's shut down, 397 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:30,879 Speaker 3: and Dana White decides to buy an Island and not 398 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,919 Speaker 3: be dabby and pump out UFC fights throughout the pandemic, 399 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 3: you know. And and I I saw it as like 400 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 3: my mortal combat. I was like, I'm like, all right, 401 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,879 Speaker 3: we're going to We're going to fight Island. And you know, 402 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 3: I was it was a huge opportunity. 403 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: I was, so I was so pumped to be able 404 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:50,680 Speaker 1: to get that fight. 405 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,360 Speaker 3: And then you know, I'm out there and uh, We're 406 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 3: in the hotel and there was like a main pool 407 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 3: and then there was like a private pool where like not. 408 00:17:57,960 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 1: A lot of people went at and I. 409 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,959 Speaker 3: Went to the to the like private pool because I 410 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,120 Speaker 3: was like one of the swim some laps. And as 411 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 3: soon as I get there, I see, like Connor McGregor 412 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 3: is just like chilling. So I was able to go 413 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,679 Speaker 3: up and talk to him a little bit and uh 414 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 3: kind of you know, just he was actually very humble. 415 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,640 Speaker 3: You know, he had he had a very thick Irish 416 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,399 Speaker 3: accent that I almost like couldn't understand what he was saying, 417 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 3: but you know, you see the persona that he puts on, 418 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:29,439 Speaker 3: but uh, talking to him a fighter to fighter, he 419 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 3: was very humble and he was very cool. 420 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:33,159 Speaker 1: So you know, I'm definitely a. 421 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,919 Speaker 2: McGregor fan fighting Abudabe that's as far away from home 422 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,160 Speaker 2: as he almost could possibly be. You want to fight 423 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 2: mask Gurgarden very recently fight at home? 424 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,640 Speaker 1: What was it like? That was your second fight MSG? 425 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 1: What the pressure is like? Fight at home? Like knowing 426 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,440 Speaker 1: you got you got people out there righty to watch you. 427 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 3: You know, a fight a fight to me, it doesn't 428 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 3: matter if it's Abu Dhabi, if it's in my backyard, 429 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 3: if it's at MSG. 430 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 1: You know, I'm standing in that cage. 431 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 3: I got my opponent across from me, and I got 432 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 3: a reft who's gonna pull me off of his limp body. 433 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:07,199 Speaker 3: It fights a fight, And like I said before, you know, 434 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:08,400 Speaker 3: I'll put in the work. 435 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 1: I know, I'm ready. 436 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:12,640 Speaker 3: I'm prepared for a fifteen minute war if it has 437 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:17,119 Speaker 3: to be, and when loser draw, I'm drinking a beer afterwards. 438 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,160 Speaker 1: And then that one. I mean, just like being able 439 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 1: to hear your. 440 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 2: Mindset behind everything, even like you talking about getting punched 441 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,160 Speaker 2: in the face is like a mental thing. I think 442 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 2: maybe for the outside looking in don't realize like yeah, 443 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 2: of course physically, like if they talented all that stuff, 444 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 2: Like the mental side of actually being a professional fighter 445 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 2: like that. 446 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 1: It's just so different. Yeah. 447 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 3: You know, like I said before, it's just as much 448 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:44,399 Speaker 3: mental as it is physical. And you know, you have 449 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:49,360 Speaker 3: to prepare both, and I do preparing or even sparring. 450 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 3: Sometimes I'll put on Narcos, you know, I'll put on 451 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 3: the trumpets and walk out. You know, I'm always wearing 452 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 3: my UFC fight shirts. I take my shirt off. I 453 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 3: make sure my sparring partner takes his shirt off. You know, 454 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 3: we have a whole crowd at the gym for Saturday 455 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 3: sparring and and and everybody's watching, you know, all eyes 456 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 3: and uh. 457 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 1: It really gives you that fight field. 458 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 3: And that's also training your mental as as you're training 459 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 3: your physical. You know, after every sparing session, after every fight, 460 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 3: I have, I throw my hands up in victory. You know, 461 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:26,400 Speaker 3: I point to the sky, thank God for the victory, 462 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 3: for being here, and uh, you know, I'm I'm It's 463 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 3: my routine. 464 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 2: You mentioned before how when you started out you're much 465 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:36,640 Speaker 2: more of a wrestler, get the jiu jitsu background. Now 466 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 2: you're training trying to become more aware a little more boxing. 467 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 2: How would you describe your style as someone is maybe 468 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:45,120 Speaker 2: not as familiar with the UFC. You know, my style 469 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 2: is they call me the steamroller for a reason. 470 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 1: You know, I'm coming. I'm coming in there for the finish. 471 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:53,439 Speaker 1: I'm coming. 472 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:57,360 Speaker 3: I'll choke someone's head off, I'll knock somebody out, I'll 473 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 3: break somebody's arm. I love jiu jitsu, I love resting, 474 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:03,120 Speaker 3: I love boxing, I love muaye thaie, and I love 475 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 3: mixed martial arts. I love how you take each aspect, 476 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 3: each martial arts and form it to make your own style. 477 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:15,160 Speaker 3: You know, you form it to to beat a specific opponent. 478 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:18,159 Speaker 3: And uh, that's what makes it so interesting. You know, 479 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 3: one guy can be a stand up guy and the 480 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 3: other guy's a wrestler, you know. Or one guy's a wrestler, 481 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 3: one guy's a jiu jitsu fighter. You know, one guy's 482 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 3: a kickboxer, he's a boxer. And uh, it's just it's 483 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:34,440 Speaker 3: they say styles make fights, and my style you're never 484 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 3: gonna see. 485 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: A warning fight, No, and you can vouche that. 486 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 4: But we watched from like, oh, this is the select, 487 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:40,919 Speaker 4: this is the one the guy we watch on the 488 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,639 Speaker 4: podcast to talk to us about beat a UFC fighter 489 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 4: being a METS vent local guys well, we'll wrap it 490 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 4: up here with the last question. 491 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 2: New York guy, y'all know, where's like the best pizza, 492 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 2: best bagel? 493 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:51,640 Speaker 1: Where are you going? 494 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 3: Oh man, I love pizza, and there's no better spot 495 00:21:55,920 --> 00:22:01,400 Speaker 3: than Cinelli's Pizza. Cinelli's Pizza and Garden City. They make 496 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 3: me a pie. 497 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: A nice uh a nice Grandma pie. 498 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 3: And after every fight and uh, let's I'm already looking 499 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 3: for you know, I'm six weeks out, no more pizza 500 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 3: for six weeks. But that's something that puts my mind 501 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 3: at ease as well, you know, because I know win, 502 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 3: losers draw. 503 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 1: I'm having some Cinelli's pizza. So and then it's the 504 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 1: little things they keep us going there. 505 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 2: Everybody, Matt the steamroller for Vola May sixth, the Prudential Center. 506 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 2: Get ready, pay per view, go out, support the Mets fan, 507 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:33,639 Speaker 2: support the. 508 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:37,360 Speaker 1: New York guy. That's the interview. Let's go Mets, Let's 509 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:38,719 Speaker 1: go Mets. You gotta believe