Frans Mlambo | PFL Paris Countdown , SBG Ireland & World Title Ambitions | Energized Show

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What is up and welcome to The Energized Show! On this episode SBG Ireland's Frans Mlambo joins us to discuss his PFL Paris Fight, Training in SBG Ireland & More MMA craic. Like, Comment, Subscribe & Hit the notification bell for more Energized Shows! Youtube : Energized Show…

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foreign [Applause] okay what's going on guys and welcome to a brand new episode of energize brought to you by fortnite Stout Ross are you intoxicated or something introduce the guess Mark today we're bringing you pfl bantamweight Superstar it's a black mamba it's Franz malambo France how are you doing my friend folks I'm good I'm good how are you guys you're good yeah yeah it's been amazing thanks for coming on bud it was Ross's birthday last week absolute Madness Ross how many fours are stealth did you have uh too many too many I was bedridden for a day after it so uh drink responsibility kids belated happy belated my man thank you thank you so friend uh we're off to gay Pari next uh pfl Paris is coming up you're in the European series sorry yeah that's what it's called yeah is it yeah that's a thing like I'm not like actually never heard that no that's a thing like don't worry about it yeah yeah no no no that was not like homophobic thing it was just like that's no no no you sure man you failed friendship ordinary on your leaves airport Yeah Boy past the junior shirts I'll scream don't worry about it uh yeah pfl Paris during the European series at France this this is a something that's really taken off the storm and do you feel like you've got a lot more backing now since you moved into the pfl and you know you're getting a lot more Limelight I am from the media yeah 100 man and uh you know it's it's I don't appreciate the pfl realize there's something in me that the organization the other organizations simply didn't as much but um you know uh I'm planning on um you know putting in what's here well what's the term I'm looking for terms yeah for the people tuned in now make sure to check out Franz malambo on the 30th of September live in the zone he's going to be flying the flag and Ross it's going to be one hell of a night isn't it yeah it absolutely is um we saw you last time out in Berlin uh it was normally able fight um come on yeah look boys I know you used to be used to be like you know you speak as a mind to say that's an unbeliever it was very back it was it was like quite back and forth like obviously you were uh the land's very flashy strikes your man was trying to you know just grind on you to try and get the win I thought at times maybe and I was gonna get into this but once I get into it now I thought of times it looks like you're playing with your field a bit too much in there as opposed to actually putting it away but uh I really enjoyed the fight because I was like I was like we got to see some of the best elements of you and then we got to see a bit of adversaries adversity that you had to overcome so for me I was like I really enjoyed the fight I was like I was like right that was a good France blamo performance got the hand raised a few bits to learn from in there so for me like that that was great for you to watch for you because like we can see the developments in the future but uh how did you feel the last time you went out there because obviously he was a 12th customer not fair enough yeah good analysis in any way but yeah I've made in the fight itself I I kept I keep saying it like but in a fight itself I just did not fail myself come on I just the shots were flipping yeah I just wasn't able to do what I wanted to do and what I I knew I could do you know what I'm saying yeah um but when I went back then after the whole thing and I watched the fight and actually did not look as bad as I felt it was you know what I'm saying during I just did not feel good like I just felt like I was dealing real stupid things constantly I mean I wasn't able to shake myself out of it but um but with that being said like going back and watching the fight then is like I mean I noticed that obviously that wasn't my best um but as well if we can do that against you know in such a high level like fighter win I mean I I at a stage where I I'm just not feeling I mean I'm just not myself I'm the ring rust is there and all that and I can still get my hand raised that but that's a good thing well at the same time I do feel like I tend to um fight according like like the better you are the better I'm gonna fight something yeah like this guy was a bit he was a bit messy and he just I just kind of fell into that as well it was just it was all over the place but anyways this time it's gonna be it's gonna be different and we're gonna be way more Slicker and I'm gonna make myself proud of myself in this coming fight uh you know what I'm saying yeah yeah absolutely I think you're being absolutely harassing yourself obviously you mentioned the ring roast there but you were also meant to be taking on Dom warding for the second time which was a fight we were looking forward to would you are taking on Francisco newsy he was on the 9-point win streak and you're on a six-point win streak yourself but like the winner of this goes into the final to win 100 Grand can't wait to ask it for a loan after you win that ball like on this Saturday yeah yeah no it's um I I can't wait for a month and like I I I can I can only say this about France's new tea about it like he's my first one of my opponents where I actually sat and watch him fight you know what I'm saying that that's never happened to me before so I I think it's daily as well do you know what I mean boys a nice little Striker and but I just feel like I have him everywhere to get what I'm saying so that's that's why I'm so excited for this fight man we just can't wait to get back to uh we just can't wait to get to Paris and to get the job done then you know what I'm saying yeah that helps me Dylan took on the card and John Mitchell yes and let's not forget as well um what you call the Valentina uh Daniel she trained with us and she she's going to be on there as well so and that was that was sorry that was just a short notice announcement wasn't it that was I don't know how I don't know if it was short notice but I know that that's a fight that's on there as well so she she's going to be you know Irish Fighters I guess this this is actually like one of those almost like underrated European cars when you really look through like obviously Cedric Doom but he's doing a bit of training in SPG Ireland as well like this uh he he's obviously class uh Simone Pell or polite heavyweight is someone who everyone's looking at uh Dakota did shaver is like taking a pfl by storm the Women's Division and then uh Chanel Doris voting on the card as well so like there's loads of like if you're familiar with the European scene some open comers who who are there who are trying to make waves and stuff so this is like going to be an absolute Whopper car from pfl I can't wait to see it obviously we have the the interest uh in the Irish uh what was it like obviously being in Berlin with their Dylan and John because obviously used three were sort of uh hanging out together uh obviously uh probably torture chalk and cheese with John and Dylan as well [Music] you know yeah not like it's all good between them boy you know the way Dylan is like you know what I mean he's always trolling shots and yeah I just hadn't seen him in ages so I just kind of stuck with him like um but him and Mitchell just couldn't be um couldn't be around each other for too long you know what I mean it was yeah they don't stay on the road yeah so and we will have to keep that separate so I have to keep moving between the two but um now it was great spent like obviously came up with it with the Duke and I hadn't seen him in ages so it was great catching up for him and I'm hanging around with him for ages like you know what I'm saying and but yeah like obviously John is savages well I met him and Abu Dhabi initially yeah and uh we clicked straight away like and so when we were in Berlin it was the same type thing but like I said I was more you were playing referee that was this actually obviously you knew Dylan from a very young age uh obviously Dylan's uh an absolute character but uh he seems to really found a place for himself over in higher level obviously he had some issues here the the moves to Scotland seems to be in the best move for him uh what chains have you seen in Dylan since they're moving over there total 360. it was actually shocking of how of how grown he is in itself you know what I mean he's just more mature just a different he's still crazy don't get that Twisted at all but at the same time he's still you use control now he's way more mature and he's just he's just better man and he's in a good place and you do you just you can't but just feel proud and happy for him man that's exactly what I am man and so I I can't wait to see his progression um so um I could say loads more in Dylan Boyer man he's doing very good yeah but to make it away that's that's been lined up for a dinner take on John Mitchell in Dublin for the finale for 100 grand that I've prepared he's going to be Brilliance isn't it Madness like that's the thing but it's so inevitable since um you know it's inevitable for them to me if obviously they both win this next one in Dublin but um yeah that's good it's going to be crazy man that's that I will blow the roof off the place for sure yeah written Kelly worlds will be on that card as well that's that's looking like it's good yes yes as well when I heard other things to be honest there could be another few folks that'll be on that card all right we can't say out and about right now transbreaking News man yeah this is it this isn't a Payday apparents [Laughter] I think uh I think we might I might I think we might see uh potentially a certain joke on the card I think uh I think that's equivalent of fruition you might see well sorry ajudoka on the card all right yeah yeah who knows who knows it's uh it's gonna be a it's gonna be a tasty card one way or the other reason I'm looking forward to seeing it like like obviously Bellator was on over the weekend Bellator Dublin and like they're meant to be selling on to pfl so I would be surprised to see a few more SPG photos on that pfl card um just even the way pfl are treating their foilers and the way they're promoting them we were talking off here and uh like I'm sure a load of Irish fighters in the whole country be would love a bit some of that attention from pfl France like like the attention as you said like you must be enjoying of what people are doing for you no it's Stanley and as well like I feel like like that's why I felt like that's what Bellator that should have been down as well you know you know like yeah that's what I mean I'm I'm just I'm loving it myself I'm loving it you know I mean like I said like only a few months ago I was in the in the depths of like and there was nothing I had no perspective nothing going on and now all of a sudden like you're saying to promote me real good we're all over the bleeding place and we have flipping fights lined up man so yeah it's Island up big up to pfl for sure like like get in contact with us as well yeah Legends Legends um yeah foreign pfl definitely has a different vibe to it it feels like it's his own product do you think one of the main things with their tournament format is you see the development of the fighters constantly you know where they're going next you're not questioning like certain matchmaking or match matchups or whatever you're like if he wins he fights him that makes sense there you have it and also like Angie you know the dates you know when you're next up and they're not on top of that like you have that um that prize money at the end and then you have like you know I think the winner of this will then get a spot in the bantamweight Grand Prix in the world scene next you know I mean like do you feel like the development is just so much more evident there in pfl like everyone's on the journey if you win you'll get there and like it's all basically 100 based on skills but obviously they develop the characters as well yeah no exactly you like I don't know what more I could add to that you you said it you know what I mean because that's exactly what it is laughs because it's it's it's like it's something else you know like I'm sitting here like I have a fight coming up and I already know that I have the next fight is ready to go you know what I mean that's that's an unbelievable type of assurance to have and that's literally just the way they do things that's literally so um what's amazing for me man I I just it just I just kind of really wish that this I would have been at this stage a few years back you know what I mean but at the same time it is what it is and uh it took to me now to to make sure I I make it to that million dollar tournament and win it obviously that's the goal like I'm looking way past this whole 100 Grand thing like yeah I was about to I was about to say Obviously like 100 000 is a lot of money like it can be life-changing for a lot of people you know I mean it's it's not to be sniffed up but like realistically like you obviously want to go out and become the pfl champion and with that would hopefully call a million dollars in the bank as well like don't even be a better after party yeah how much how much does that motivate to knowing like that that amount of money is actually achievable for you and like very much so achievable well like that's the thing like because of it because of what because because of my times I just had bro I don't need any more motivation like you know I mean I I'm just I'm just motivated I just have like there's no I don't need to be motivated it's just it's flipping it just needs to be done type of thing I just have no other option you know what I'm saying done to do this to get me like the 100 Grand isn't gonna set me at all do you know what I'm saying that that's just that's just a warm-up so what I actually really need is that million to to to to get my life sorted like there's no type of extra motivation I need to to make that happen like you know what I'm saying it's just something that I need to do because if I don't do that I could like okay I have horse blinders on I'm that's the goal and um that's what we're aiming for basically yeah so it's like you look very happy with that anyways it must be a good feeling uh France just looking at the the way the company promotes itself right at the moment I think that the European team is actually better than the American scene but like what are they sort of doing in the background because like I know they have Dan Hardy there uh like I know like Jay Paul's part of it as well like this but can I pause you there for a second what you mean why did you think they're American scene the Europeans grabbing the American scene I don't know I think the fighters in Europe have like a bit of a core audience that are supporting them like they're like Brilliance there Dakotas Dom base like it yourself I think I think I actually think it seems like football culture as in like soccer or whatever you call it that like you get behind someone from your own country I find the Yanks don't actually get it behind their own if that makes sense like you know I mean like you might hear the odd USA chant or something like that but like one another's person does something and does something successful like we don't care if we're playing tiddlywinks we're gonna share about you from the rooftops you know what I mean okay behind you like there's no tomorrow you know what I mean and like you can feel that wave and I feel like the two ones with the with the in the states like they don't have those as ruptuous crowds as we have over the us or that they have in the US yeah yeah but I think that's what I think that's what you're getting about yeah well that's what that is what I'm saying so the European wounds I think are actually better than the American ones but like what is actually being thrown in the background with Dan Hardy and like as like do you think Jake Paul has anything got to deal with like being like promoting it or is it just that it's just fresh and it feels like so like people actually love the brand and they want they want to push it yeah it just has a certain that's just build it like it's a new thing but everybody just just holds the pfl to search High esteem you know what I mean I'm writing solo because they're doing everything right um but yeah that's that yeah there is something else about the pfl that just kind of tantalizes people a tiny bit you know what I'm saying I don't know what it is whatever it is they need to keep doing it because it's all good yeah well that's why a lot of people will be tuning in this Saturday to see exactly what's going on behind the scenes because uh some people are going to be looking for new places to fight I love it yeah absolutely absolutely um yeah because I think Derek Ellie and Karen Clark they're around us last week both had the rail contract now so uh who knows crazy yes bad talking for Bellator to have people out of contract good time for a pfl and Dan Hardy to have people over the contract because uh he seems to be the main scale over here um also I think also I know we've said his name a few times but I think we need to watch on someone and you have like Dan Hardy has like achieved Talent scale if Dan Hardy picks up the phone and Rings you and goes are you interested in pfl I think it's almost like you know a top manager and football ring you've been like do you want to come play for us there's a bit more of a yeah actually yeah I will about 100 because you know what I had an interview what's here with them what was it a podcast yeah I fell into a podcast there and with them a few days ago and I was just sitting here I'm like I'm sitting in my garage talking to Dan howdy I'm like seven years ago France would have been like that's flipping Madness you know what I'm saying yeah like yeah dude like you're dead right and the fact that they have someone like that just in the Forefront that's another thing as well like you know what I'm saying yeah easy the way you can break everything down and the way you understand the entire sport the whole way around yeah incredible so like he's he's a mass Master for them to have so it's the passion as well yeah the passion you know and like it's great I think pfl from Top even like you know having the likes of like Kenny flowering and uh channel uh on there on Combs and like Sean O'Connell went and won the million dollars hurt as well you know what I mean so like they they have like the perfect combination of people in there I think it's a great product it's on ESPN in the states as well which obviously gives that push over Stateside as well so like it just gives people that opportunity to go out there and do their thing I just think it's a great product I really think it is the lock name be without that exactly yeah and that's the other thing they create their own homegrown Stars brand Loch nine Kayla Harrison like these scores are pfl stars I mean they're they're not they were something somewhere else and now they fight here you know I mean like these are their own Stars which is what you want to see and like I think by the time in France you end up in the main tournament and go go and do the business and uh ride off in the sunset with the Millie check like people like France Lambo pfl Legend you know what I mean that's that's the way it will be same with same with the likes of Nathan Kelly at the moment like he's a pfl star John Mitchell yeah they're all pfl stars you know what I mean like that's that's the way people are viewing it and like I think especially Hugo has been the first wave pfl Stars about it's brilliant because like when pfat rolls around there's always people on the card you guys are getting most of the attention and because now there won't be so few of you for long but because of yourself nearly any time pfl is mentioned all four of your names are going to be called out you know what I mean which is great yeah they probably should be they probably should be they probably should probably get a pfl deal next yeah yeah well I've come up with new glasses for uh pflw will make us the home for uh interviews before Dublin anyway I think Don Hardy said he was coming on before December as well so that should be an interesting one Russell friends before we do we go tell us this um come this Saturday over in Paris how do you get the job done yeah we love it but it'll be uh the final strike from the Black Mamba that's it that's it right down the pipe what round are we going with huh what round are we going with I'm not even on a bottle with the who knows I'm gonna crack them I'm gonna crack a meal fall who knows what round because you know what you know what I hate being a flipping shirt bag yeah and I hate saying [ __ ] that doesn't come true and when I say something and I don't do it I hate that it it kills me like before my last fight I was like I'm gonna smoke everyone because that's how we felt that's how I really wanted to do so I'm not I'm not going to be doing the bleeding all that [ __ ] now because it just hurts me you know what I'm saying yeah so I'm gonna go out there and I'm gonna try I'm not two to three rounds you know you know what you can blame you can blame Conor for any time anyone asks you how would you think it's gonna finish it it's his fault that you know what the last time I actually was explaining this to someone I said it I goes unless you're Connor or something yeah was only able to do that like one one crazy but at the same time you can't flip and predict it's too it's too much of a there's too many variables in the sport you know what I'm saying and one more for the bad guy and uh France does this uh before we let you go who who's gone over to Paris Witcher uh John like the the only this is the only negative thing so far the pfl they only give me one condom maybe when you well I was gonna say maybe before you for the for for for the tournament finale but I'm sure you can have your Three Corner man and Dublin oh yeah yeah because they'll all be there in done over as well um but um yeah yeah because because of what I like and to have a key for a will or king or something there as well because them three boys has been there with me from the get-go and especially keen on there and Kiefer you know what I mean especially Kiefer yeah but um yeah yeah yeah so shout out to them boys actually but uh obviously unfortunately you're not gonna be in my corner this time but I'll make sure we make it to Dublin yeah but you know what to say they might not be there in person but you know I mean you've been putting on the graph with them and of course two legends a lot of time for the two Lads yeah sure sure big time but uh bars anything to say before we wrap things up no I just want to say make sure to tune in watch France compete this Saturday like uh pfl are doing great things and like France is flying the flag along with Dylan and John Mitchell and there's going to be plenty more oryers faces pfl Dublin later on this year as well France and say for rafting support boys appreciate the interview it's been great again all right grant well let's go Fran thanks man for those watching home make sure to like share subscribe and as always [Applause] a couple of times I've seen a couple of Clips on show me the views I saw so keep going keep up the good workers