Kiefer Crosbie | UFC 304 Manchester, Irish MMA Coverage & McGregor Vs Chandler | The Energized Show

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Kind: captions Language: en [Music] en sh up the Irish okay what's going on guys welcome to a brand new episode of ener brought to you by for D Stout and or King's competitions Ross are you intoxicated or something introduce the guest man the show was after getting a hell of a lot hmer today we are bringing you your favorite fighter it is BDK it is kefir Crosby kefir how are we feeling all good boys all good I saying nothing about the first one yeah we had a bit but it's all good back yeah you know what we what's called uh your teeth are sparkling they they're after breaking down the show that's what happened that's it is yeah all sparking baby ke for all Road lead to Manchester now the AO in a UFC 304 uh we were hoping to maybe get you on a UFC 303 um we're obviously obviously in Hite it worked out well but uh tell us how how did this fight come about yeah well obviously when I went to Toyland I was training to be on that Tri three card that was what H I was asking for do you know what I mean um I asked I G to me manager straight away and I said look at I'd look be an honor to share the card with connard and hopefully I'll open the prelims and he'd close out the show um because there were so many Irish going to it you know what I mean and uh in my head I kind of convinced myself I'm going to be on that card um so I was training up for that date you know the 28th of June and then obviously that didn't happen and um when I was in Thailand they just said look they want you on the Manchester card so like realistically I've been ready for that fight in June and then they just gave me an extra say four or five weeks to you know keep the the preparation going so it was almost like i' done a preamp and then another Camp Jour me so I've been ready a long time now so uh yeah here we are now three weeks out and ready to rock yeah absolutely and you said you were training Thailand it seems to be you know every fighter Under the Sun is out there these days uh what makes that banked house play so special H for me anyways it was just from me head you know I mean I had to go and just fall in love with martial arts again I could of got fed up you know I mean I went through a bad patch um with me me head mental health boys and I just kind of [ __ ] got fed up training and fed up with all the [ __ ] and me friend obviously James lives out there you know and he you know you know me and James are like brothers you know I mean and he's was he was just saying to me look just trust me come out here do a stint see how you feel you love it um it's you know the training obviously the lifestyle everything is great and it's just one of those places that when you go it's such a such a good place for the head and the people are so great the coaches are so great obviously the weather's great it's all positive and as soon as I was there I was there like a few days and I just I was like yeah this is where I need to be you know I mean I had no distractions I was literally like from you know waking up gym for two three hours home nap back to the gym for two hours back e sleep and I did that for like a month straight you know what I mean and it really brought me on levels obviously physically I was training really hard as you was all saying and then obviously really brought me on levels in my head to be like I fell in love with the game again really fell in love with it the people over there are great the coaches are just tops you I mean and everyone's just so welcoming and friendly and I really enjoyed it yeah and I just feel like I really kind of rejig me me mentality and uh just made me a better F you know me better person so it was great okay could I just ask like where did this sort of come come from the the way you said you sort of fell out in love with it because like you on such a high when you sign him with the UFC and I know you're coming off a loss but like where where did this where did this come from just life you know what I mean I'm [ __ ] I'm on human at the end of the day so it's not like it's not just I fell I love with just martial arts it was just like life in general you know I mean going through a bad stint of depression and just got fed about everything I look I'm doing this so long you know what I mean I'm I'm I'm doing martial arts 24 years and it's like when I was chasing this UFC for 18 years almost and then I finally get there and then I fell it was just such a kick in the teeth and I was like [ __ ] you know and then obviously just have a lot of [ __ ] going on and me own life not only martial arts stuff and it just it's you may not know but this is the hardest sport in the world and a lot of the time you feel that pressure of the sport and it breaks people down and that's why the if you look at the statistics of the the people that said are going to make it versus the people that actually make it you wouldn't believe the numbers the fallof numbers you know what I mean it's it'll probably be at 99% because most people don't make it most people don't make anything of this um you know life story and this sport so I'm obviously wanted the few and uh I just got to the point where I was like [ __ ] man this is such a difficult lifestyle to sustain you know and you know everything just got on top of me and just yeah just I got I got into that frame of mind you know and it's very for for this to happen with Fighters and any athlete I think that's St on any sport for so long you do get sick of it sick of training every day and sick of sparing and getting hit in the head and wrestling and getting [ __ ] trown on their head and dting for so long and it does get very hard you know and again it maybe took took that depression That Rock Bottom to kind of rebuild a new foundation and then get back to where I am now realistically it's like this fight is more than just you know obviously making money and this and that it's it's more so about me getting back to who I actually am as a person as a fighter you know I've overcome a lot of [ __ ] in the past 10 months um so that that's really what this foot is about it's more so like you know what I'm saying the story will be told eventually I always keep my cards close to my chest I don't get too personal with stuff and what you see is what you see on Instagram that's not always real life you know what I mean but the story will be told and everything will be talked about eventually in in Du time but right now it's just obviously all the focus is on making that walk writing me wrongs and having an absolute master class performance hopefully and that's what I'm really training for and planning for and uh after I do that you know I'll speak about everything else you know what I mean yeah well look we're just glad to see you like you seem to be happy now and you have something to focus on now with this fight uh coming um at UFC 30 or4 H one thing that uh was probably not possible for the last fight is obviously it was a shorter notice fight I was on the other side of the world and obviously you're known for for you know being someone who sold a lot of tickets brought a big crowd room anywhere you fall do you feel uh this time out there'll be a lot of Irish Flags in the building there's a few or fighters on the card and do you feel like you're also somebody who like feeds off that c do you feel like that's gon to M play a massive Advantage for you in this fight yeah kind of look obviously man if you see my DMs the amount of people sending me their flights and tickets it's actually mad do you know what I mean I have a lot of family and a lot of friends obviously of me onone and then there's obviously a lot of people that I've never met obviously there's amount of Irish that tagging me and you know things and they're gone so uh I know the crowd is you know it's probably gonna be off my side to be honest you know what I mean I know he's English and all but I'm telling you it's gonna be a it's G to be probably a great morning n Jen but um yeah it does definitely it's it's humbling it's great it's it's I love the support I really do and I don't take any of my followers or people that support me for granted but at the same time look there's two people in that cage and the only person that really matters is him in front of me and he's my main focus I don't really don't really care that much about the outside of the cage thing until after then I'll embrace it all but I have a a job to do with j and that's go in and be Focus focused and get me hand raised and you know I'll Embrace that love after the fight definitely and I look forward to that you know what I mean and um but yeah it's going to be it's going to be something special and obviously I have I've had notied for this one so you're going to see a different version of me I'm in better shape today than I was on Fight Night the last time J so you'll see H you'll see a bit that verion on me in three weeks yeah yeah I think physically I think it's uh the best shape I've ever seen in like obviously from like an aesthetic point of view um and obviously you feel that um is that is that from working with John Conor a bit extra or is that is that down to everything it's down to everything but I definitely give a lot of credit to John Conor John Conor I've been with John Conor now almost 13 years this year I'm me SBG 1 years this year and John Connor he's more than just looking me coach in a way some people coach it and they you know they just get a training routine going he's he's educated me so much over the is that you know I feel like I have a master's degree in you know Sports Science and fitness and strength and conditioning training you know what I mean he's he's helped me so much mold as a as a better athlete and a better fighter to be able to perform in there and uh even from cutting all the way down to say lightweight to back to welterweight and transforming me body into you know I'm a solid welterweight now and what to eat how to train how to rest the man has done so much for me and I have to give him so much credit for that you know what I mean so obviously when you see the Nick of me you know it's not just me he's me he's me strength and conditioning coach so I mean you have to give him all that credit all them horrible Saturday morning Grill and work strong man suffering suffering strong man sessions man [ __ ] me they make they make men out you yeah they put hers in your chest you should you should have done this interview with the top off bro oh no also also as keep was saying as well like it's going to there's going to be a huge or contingency in the arena you see three or4 on the 27th of July also K KN ran he brings a massive fan base as well and so to sha AB Bannon so like this card for RM May fans is one not to be missed is it Russ no absolutely not like uh I think it's I think it's probably the biggest European card of the Year let's let's be honest uh across across the bases and then I I think the Irish are going to let themselves be heard and let themselves be known and uh I think I think the Irish looks like they're going to be on the first half of the card which for this is where you want to be you know what I mean you want to be on the first half of the card you'd only be there at 4 or five o'clock in the morning trying to get your fight in because PE people will eventually drop off it's just like human nature like it's unless you're staying up for the UFC every weekend it's very hard to be up at four or five o'clock in the morning be like alert you know what I mean as opposed to if you he keir's fighting at one you'll be like right gr I can say up till one and watch that but if if you hear keir's fighting at five it's like geez might have to record and watch the next day you know what I mean like that that's just that's just the way people are so uh I'm glad the Irish are on early because that that makes my life easier now look it's probably one of the ones that I will stay up and watch the entire card because it's a great card top to bottom and you're invested nearly in every single fighter in every fight but uh yeah I'm dely the orish run early anyway so if I do not off at any stage I'll have seen the orangish fights there'll be a massive party in town once H once the three of them win as well yeah absolutely absolutely yeah and uh Keir tell us this uh Sam Patterson what you know about him he's he's a long gangly fell uh see seems to be good on good on the map but uh what are yours on him yeah I'm sick of [ __ ] trying with tall lanky bastards that's what I'm sick of yeah so after this fight I'm going to put in a request nobody over 6'4 anymore I sped Cher today and he's 6 for5 I'm just SI it yeah so um yeah know he's good he's he's he's long he's awkward he's experienc he's good you know um like what I think of any on you know it's just another fight at the end of the day and um I just have to focus on me you know he's yeah he's good you know what I mean see see can he uh see can he survive that's that's what I want to say I think he's very good and he's a great martial artist but let's see who can who can go to the trenches and survive there for longer that's what I want to say you know I mean I want to bring that out of him and uh drag him into deep Waters and see what the better swimmer is that's that's my mentality in this one because he is good and he I'm sure he's he's thinking he's gonna just play the game of picking me off and be on his bik and all but we'll see we'll see when he gets clipped and he gets hit and see who can go that extra extra mild you know what I mean and really when it comes to digging deep who can dig deeper that's what I want to say and um you know again there's all nothing but respect for him I don't know a lot to be honest I've seen him around I don't really you know this fight to me isn't about building that up or I don't give a [ __ ] it's just basically about just going out there and fighting uh my best F that I've ever fought before you know that's that's my mentality now so yeah seen trer either no I've actually I've checked out some of his interviews just in the build up to this and he seems very respectful to keeper he hasn't been in the DM saying no not that I've seen what's he been saying in the interview I don't watch no he just said he just he he says you're he knows you're a brawler and uh you come to like you're just going to go go and try and take his head head off and uh we were actually at his debut in the UFC and he actually got he got knocked out in that one as well didn't you Ross at the Edwards Usman three or two yeah three yeah yeah now yeah no look [ __ ] it look you know it is what it is we're all we're all risking Our Lives in Here For Your Entertainment so I mean at the end of the day it is what it is you know what I'm saying it could be his night it could be my night that's what we're tuning in to see but um you know it's it's in my head it's GNA be my night you know I'm sure in his head it's gonna be his night but that's why we all love this sport so much you know what I mean but I've been putting some mad work in and uh I just feel like I'm at a stage in me life now where it's still a do you know I mean I'm in here I mean I'm no I'm no tick I lost me debut I can't go losing the next one you know what I mean because it could be so I got to be smart with it and I got to be you know on on me game on me ball and make sure I go and get the handr and that's my that's my mentality you know so and are you looking for that that sweet revenge for your good friend Keen KY yeah and listen of course you know I mean I'm looking for a non-emotional Revenge you know I mean again like embracing the crowd after a fight that'll be nice after after I win but I'm not going in there with that mentality or not like that you know um that was a long time ago and again it's just this is just a sport you know I mean at the end of the day and I'm sure if ke fought him again it could be K's night you know I mean that's just the way to this mad sport goes you know what I mean it can be anyone's night anyone's night and um in three weeks it's gonna be my night baby you better believe it yeah with the win here as well kefir will you be expecting a brand new mural of yourself in the UFC gear a brand new what mural what's that oh mural yeah what like a [ __ ] spray painter joke yeah yeah yeah that'd be nice yeah oh yeah said on that a few years ago and it's funny they knocked the beding building down day actually walking there you know the goose Gary Roy that he has a mural down there as well I done some photos for a new uh brand I'm working and um the fellow was where's your M and I was like it was on that wall but he believe knocked the building down didn't they I'm that ugly they had to knock the whole building down they need two bulldozers get the job done yeah I the only M the far back then also quite famously Ian Gary just won recently a UC 303 and there wasn't actually one mention of himself in the Irish newspapers like uh Ross with three wins uh UFC 304 we'll be expecting three individual pages each per fourer yeah well I think like on the in Gary thing like I think obviously he's based out of Brazil and like with all with all due respect I think he would have got an article in the paper of Connor fall because I feel like there would have been hundreds about Connor and there would have been piece on in Gary somewhere in there as well but I think for UFC 304 obviously the Irish journalist there's going to be Irish journalists over in Manchester at the event he right for the paper and I'd be shocked if the Irish Fighters didn't get a column in the paper uh over this um look it's one of those things where you know you have to give someone a reason to write about it and I feel I feel like there's a lot of back and behind the likes of kefir the likes of shaa uh and kin as well like you know what I mean like they all have an interesting story of their own and I feel like I feel like uh you guys will probably get you probably probably feel the coverage building up quite a lot now in the next coming weeks um and I'm sure there will be articles written about you especially uh you know the dubler fighting out of doublin you know what I mean I think uh it's hard not to write about something like that yeah well [ __ ] the papers as well like who gives the bollocks you realistically who gives a bollocks you know I mean about the [ __ ] newsp who reads the bleeding news everybody is realistic SE that but it's like who gives a [ __ ] generally the people to buy chippers there you go that's all it's good for yeah would you rather Keir keer would you rather would you rather a mural or write up in the paper a bleed Mur newspaper I couldn't [ __ ] I've never read a newspaper in my life better better get that that what's called extra white pain for the Del away lad don't be don't be thinking these are fake Yokes these are real yeah they are real uh yeah but I suppose like if it was me like I'd rather someone wrote like an online article about about me than the newspaper because yeah but you know what like the way it is like who cares as well because I mean at the end of the day I said this before like if you win you're the best if you lose you're sh like they're gonna write what they're gonna write one day you're going to be great and the other day you're going to be sh and it's like I can't keep up so I now don't really give a [ __ ] if anyone WR that I care if I'm ever in the blade newspaper I'm sure I'll be in the newspaper I've done something wrong so if I do something good don't put me in it I'm not going to be offended it's just like whatever I don't really care you know what I mean even the online thing it's like people put too much emphasis on the [ __ ] you know social media [ __ ] and it's like you can get caught up into that as well at the end of the day this is martial arts and this is a sport and the most important part about the sport is getting your hand raised and going home to your family healthy and okay do you know what I mean it's like if you want to bed article go ahead if you don't I don't give a [ __ ] I just don't care you know what I mean it's like I don't I don't I'd never ever ever focus on that yeah never you know I mean it's I understand what you mean from obviously journalist type of perspective you guys are probably thinking of it like that but for me personally I genuinely could not give two shits if any newspaper ever wrote anything about me you know what I mean I really couldn't so because that normally they just talk showing anyway you know what I mean plus you've seen it all before anyway you've had big write ups in the paper oh I've had I've had lot of spreads and fairness the first few times you know you get excited when you're young you're like oh [ __ ] I'm in the paper or something positive someone from the north in the cities in the P something positive this is great but at the same time it's like you know whatever a it you're right and who's coming over with you to Manchester Keever for this one H Jimmy Upton Ken cowy and Lee Hammond will be in the corner yeah as always yeah that that that's that's uh the solid Corner H question on that uh is there reason why John cavet doesn't do your corner or or is it that's just that's just the corner you have yeah he won't be doing the corner anymore okay fair enough uh look like uh those boys have wiches since day one anyway uh and like Jimmy's probably an underrated uh guy in the combat sports game as well Jimmy is the best striking coach that Ireland's ever had absolutely no doubt about it he's the man with so much experience he's a wacko world champion in kickboxing he's a boxing champion he's had over 200 fights the man is like you know he's a man of few wordss with very few people but the fighters he has that he has produced have become Elite world class Fighters and um the man is just a wealth of knowledge when it comes to uh to fighting you he's a real fighter you I mean he's been there he's done that he's won the titles you know and uh he's brought me on so much I have have to give him so much credit and you know so much praise I can't praise him enough to be honest I love Jimmy and he's done so much for me over the years AG go never really thank him enough or repay him you know um but yeah he's he's been brilliant and not even through like lockdown and stuff like that we even grew closer because like he he just kept me going the whole time and you know he had a gym he got me keys to his gym and we'd meet up and do pads and all the time and he really kept me sharp you know what I mean and uh yeah I have to thank him a lot for that you know what I mean so he'll be me Corner till the death please God he's probably sicking me now now Jimmy me the [ __ ] off after the next fight hopefully not yeah hopefully not ke obviously we don't want to look too far into the f but obviously yeah we we expected to get the hand raised uh come UFC 3 or four will you be then eying up that sort of October date that Connor's looking up uh to to get on that next Connor card because I feel like that's something that is inevitable I feel like something that like would have to happen I'd love to yeah like I I really really really want to stay busy you know I don't want to be taking time off um you know what I mean I really don't I know everyone says this but I really really do want to stay busy like and quick turnovers are always a great thing and love to do that yeah and obviously one of my main goals would be the sh of card of Conor would love to do that you me that'd be special and you know obviously all them Conor cards have been at the Conor cards I know it's like to be at a Conor event in the in the crowd I'd love to be at a Conor fight in the cat you know what I mean it be it be something else can feel the crowd that he brings with him too so um that would be an honor and it's a goal of my jemy to share a card with him and me goal really after this fight is to bring the UFC back to Dublin do you know what I mean that's me real goal that' be the first thing I on M out when I win this you know what I mean um they want to fight night in the tree Arena you know I fought in the tree Arena eight times and uh me me goal is to bring a back to the tree Arena and and you know be on that card and and get it done and if there ever was a time to do UFC Dublin it's now so let's see what happens you I have a job to do in a few weeks get this done and then H that' be the first thing out yeah we can't have K Crosby's last time the three Arena him knocking the head off Aron chamers we need it in those UFC gloves absolutely absolutely Keir we want to thank you very much for your time is there anything else you want to say to the people before they check out yourself fighting at you see Manchester 304 Ross we cannot wait yeah just thanks very much to everybody for all the support and just yes just staying with me and supporting me and yeah just thanks very much you know I mean I'm I'm looking forward to going in there showing showing a new level of myself and uh getting the job done yeah let's go wait K thanks mail board we'll let you get on with the rest of your day ener sh up the Irish so Ross that was Kei for Cosby where did he get them teeth man he says they're real we have to put a pole there were they real T if he tells me they're real I'm going to believe they're real like sure who always doubt them you know to White I need that toothpaste any how come like influencers these days aren't pushing toothpaste anymore or white te I don't know actually I haven't seen uh ever since uh was a ho smile is that the one oh no remember Connor and dor won them one time then like I just saw that one forever like forever and ever but uh I think it's just like so many people are going to Turkey to get their teeth done so it's just like yeah don't your just get new ones instead okay uh de look for people tuning in thanks and M because like we do bring the show every week and it look it's great to have keeper back in the show every time every time we have him on I always ask him about that mural he always says it's been knocked down but like with a win at UC 304 like the mural has to come back doesn't it yeah but like why not I think like he should have one like sha Bannon should get one in tal like you know I think kayin and tyan should have one together up north like why not like you know me what about Reese Reese there's one of Reese in Pat McCallister's house yeah uh Paul use needs to get one in der like why not like these Lads are like modern day Gladiators going in here putting all on the Lin so like let's make it happen if if we had to get a mural where would we get it to skill I don't even know if what the name Dro skill but it's what own skill oh my God oh my God if you are new to the show make sure to like subscribe because we are here every [Music] weekely speak with ke right he's at the moment projected on Wikipedia to be on early prelims which will be on UC fo pass and presume that First Media Player will be showing the fights as well also on the PRS be Sha abana Sha abannan sorry excuse me against Ravina Olivier Ross what just want to make it this for as well yeah well I I think it's two girls similar records uh going at it I think uh realistically uh again like obviously noce for the fighters that they're going to fight early uh look obviously I'm going to say I think Sha's going to win like she she's what five and one against Ravina who's seven and two and H rina's last fight was actually at 140 pounds so like she's actually come down like two a glasses uh for this fight so that's going to be very interesting to see so uh the way cook could be very harsher which could go in Sha's H favor now the only other thing is that maybe she might have a bit of size wise even though the same height but like you know yourself height doesn't actually really mean no a lot in terms of mass so uh it'll be interesting to see but uh look I'm looking forward to shaa going in there and uh getting her hand raised this time I think I think she has all the talent of the world and I think as a martial artist she's still growing like you know I mean she's only what six Pro fights into her career H A lot of people wouldn't be touching the UFC at that stage but uh look she's a special talent so I can't wait to see her back out there yeah do you think she'll have to do as much media this time as well because last time out uh the London card when she fought on it she was getting like absolutely blasted everywhere I I think coming off the loss I think naturally you do less media if it if you've uh lost your last fight um you know we I remember speaking to kayin lran after he lost his last fight uh well not his last fight his first fight he was like yeah he was like I'm a loser and yeah like he was uh obviously he's he wasn't like he's not a loser but that was his mentality and he said I think he said himself like people are less D to talk to you after loss so um I think ree said that as well when we spoke to him so um the media are fickle as they they would say so she probably have to do less which I think will go in her favor I think she should like she maybe should do slightly less and like fully concentrate on this and like have her mind focused and ready to go go for this one and she's she's flying the flag for Irish women um so hopefully she goes in there and gives the best account for themselves that's that's what you really want for the fighters to go in and give the best account for themselves whether they win lose or draw and that's not I'm not saying that about CH whether they win lose or draw as long as you feel like they went out there and gave a good account with themselves like that's all they can really do in their power if they get beaten by someone who's better on the night so be it but you want someone to go out there and give a go account themselves yeah exactly yeah and um also you mentioned Ken loock ran he's gonna be fighting ramont tarez that'll be on the prelim card as well according to Wikipedia and like Kay's obviously lost his debut and then won a second fights so I mean like the the way like Shauna and keer both L their debuts they can see that K's there come back one and then move on I know there's multiple Fighters that have done that but like this card has just got three orang fighters on and uh hopefully they can all get the win like that' be a my buz that this is like the closest thing to UC Dublin we're gonna have for a while yeah exactly and I feel like no one's really be given a a a gimme fight either like like to me there's no real gimme fights on this entire card like this card is so well matched from top to bottom you know I mean like I'm really really looking forward to for me like this is a this is like the Europe Europe's version of UFC 300 really and like this is this is what UFC fans in the UK and Ireland want to see like the likes of your Oban Elliott uh the the likes of Molly McAn Patty pimpleton Ward Arnold Allen like mccoya versus um man Manel Cape like those fellas uh fought in the UFC po before like went at it so like just bad blow that one so like you know come the press conference that one could be one to watch out for obviously Tom aspal is looking for Redemption after uh his his lost to Curtis blades when he h did his knee and then you know Leon Edwards H rematched against balal Muhammad which the first end no contest du no poke poke it's gonna be interesting to see how Bal Muhammad is received because you know I think H it's almost ironic that his uh nickname is remembered the name because uh people keep on saying how forgettable is and you know if if he won like it would be an absolute disaster for the UFC because he's you know not a very marketable Fighter um it'll be very very interesting to see how that goes down obviously he's a massive supporter of palestin as well so uh it'll be interesting see is there much talk about that um at the time as well uh not that like I love the fight to get overly political just it's an interesting Factor so look UFC 304 has lots of interesting like Side Stories from Top to bottom um also interesting to see on the UFC website that they just have Tom ason listed as Champion they don't have on the card they don't have like a little eye beside it so uh that's that is very very interesting yeah I just realized as well with the Euros being on this is like the closest team AR have to celebrate like for the Euros yeah exactly you know so oh my God it is it is what it is but look oh I'm really looking forward to you c24 I think for me it's one of the biggest cards of the year I can't wait to see it yeah I know I brought up the question to kefir about the newspapers writing about the fls now this only because PT Carl put it out and uh he was saying you couldn't believe Ian didn't have one single WR up do you think like it's actually important for the fighters to have be mentioned in the ARs newspapers or do you think PT just more brought that up because it was in and he didn't get it WR up I I think there's a few different factors to it like obviously PT used to write for newspaper so like he's obviously going to be more prone to read newspapers I'd be someone who'd read an online article um about it um it's definitely interesting to note that not many flagged them especially considering he has the longest uh winning streak of any Irish fighter of all time um in the UFC yeah in the UFC uh so like look obviously strange you didn't get it mention in any of the newspapers I would say like even like a little side piece article uh but again like I don't work in the newspaper so I don't know whether there certain people who cover Combat Sports are like they on holidays and then other people like don't pick up their slack you like you don't know the ins and outs of it really um and like that's just me like spitballing ideas of why there was an article written but again also like Ian lives in Brazil uh Connor coming off the card probably took you know they probably had the the there was probably ideas to send journalists over to Vegas and then Connor pulled out the the journalists got pulled and then once the journalist got pulled obviously they probably less chance them reporting on Ian so uh I think he was he was a victim of circumstance uh by not getting any write ups not necessarily of what he did and then uh I suppose maybe if you got like a mad knockout he would have got a got a right up but um the decision win was um like for me like I'm gonna say decisive as like I definitely thought it was two one to e watching the fight but I wasn't like blown away like bar the r oke at the start of the fight I don't think he was close to getting the Finish yeah I think also in like the media industry as you like cover it more cover the sport more it's more like say if you're a musician if you don't go around to all these radio stations and give them um what what's that thing I call it not a hook sort of like a a on liner being like tune in to xXx for the best Tunes in the world something like that if you don't go in shake hands and meet the people they're not really going to push your music I think sort of in the MMA scene as well if like you don't come on people's shows they're not going to promote you as much well that's that's like like some people we promote don't follow us back and in the RM may see but like we're still going to promote them because like I feel like it's our duty um to like let the people know that like MMA especially RH MMA which Fighters are fighting that week yeah we we let people know who and when are going to fight you know um that's what we do and I think at times like I said there's a bit of give and take and if there's no give well then you know I mean you can't can't come and take so look in Gary's he definitely definitely I feel like gain a lot of people's respect um after calling out the L of shavat I think like people are very much aware he's he's not running he's not hiding you know know what I mean so he he wants the best of the best so I'm definitely here for it um strangely enough he didn't actually move in the rankings he's still at number seven so you reckon that upset him a little bit I think his performance uh upset himself a bit um I actually tuned in to watch do you know the MMA Guru yeah I tuned in to watch him break down Ian post fo interview with the press and he sort of he was sort of saying stuff that he rocked MVP the second round and that didn't really happen and saying he's the second best Cal kicker in the UFC after him and Pereira sorry him and Alex per are the two best C kickers in the game in the UFC I don't know I think I think he's like I think he's just full on the in Machado Gary Road and like this is H like he's he wants to sort of Royal people up and like if that's what's getting him attention I mean like you live by the sword you die by a sword uh Ros you also brought up the key for there right what he want to get on Conor McGregor's card in October why are he saying that is that for the the fight and the sphere because I have more of a feeling Connor might end up fighting at the end of the year well I think Miche Chandler put out the Tweet saying that he could fight makev in September or Connor in October um he could fight makev for the title or you could fight Connor in October now look I think it probably will be later in October but that's that I'm just based on what Mike Chandler said um and look I think Connor when he was speaking Andy Stevenson said August September so therefore like October doesn't seem unfeasible but like let's see how it rolls out like like I'm not I was just giving a like sort of a a guesstimated month um but again like I wouldn't be surprised um if it was November December realistic November it's going to be MSG and I think that's looking like it's going to be stpe versus Jones so probably won't be that hard so maybe it's a December sort of no I think the normally do sort of 12th 13th whatever that sort of second week is Vegas as the last card of the year in terms of pay-per-view so it could be there who knows but like again like I'd love to see when Conor does return I'd love to see all the ERS signed to the UFC on that card I think I think they they all deserve that Rob you know could they do like AR versus oh sorry for which card sorry whenever Conor returns I'd like to see the all all on that card sorry I thought you meant that to sere because that's meant to be what Mexican Independence Day is that is that it I think so well I don't know if that's even like 100% confirmed or not so we'll see not Libre or something is not not movie know it could be now maybe I actually watch your is terrible apologies if I offend anyone from Mex just guessing what I thought that's everyone from Mexico unliking this video um Ross there was also a a press conference for U 305 Israel lisan is going to be taking on D's dupes for the middleway total um I presume you checked it out H I did see clips of it now I didn't watch the whole thing um yeah but like how happy are you to see this way going down this is GNA be gone in per yeah it's again it's one of those ones where it's probably not the best sporting matchup as in like I he lost his last fight uh to Strickland and they he's getting totle shot off the back of that and I think like if I was to rank them I would say Strickland by like earning it in the cage is probably one Contender then Robert wher then is he but if you want to sell tickets and you want to put on you know the most majestical fight you can it's easy versus tricket dupc like these guys have bad BL um they're effectively like fighting for for like the right to claim the king of Africa in Australia like that's that's what the that's what's going down here and obviously dck Ste see says I live in Africa I train in Africa I'm the rifle African Champion he's walking in with the belt and then obviously is he's uh has that Nigerian Heritage and he he obviously likes to lean into that which he obviously has every right to to do but uh Trier says you don't live in Africa so you can't be the only African champion and then I feel I do feel like izy was like oh you're disowning myself Francis and kamaru and I feel like I he always throws the other two in as well but uh again drick is the only one of those who actually trains in Africa uh and has the belt and that's sort of what he's saying and I feel like there is a bit of race baiting in this as well that like people are trying to bring race into it even though drias never actually brings the race card into it but I feel like other people are like insinuating uh the race card into it and I just think there's a bit of blad blood here and I think that that TR into I feel I feel like people are waiting for drias to make like a minute mistake and throw the racist card at him I feel like that's what people are waiting for who do you think's actually more light dcus or Israel I would say Israel is more liked and more liked yeah I feel like Israel has more fans but he also has more haters so I'd say probably both but again I do think if UFC did a show in South Africa it could be a game changer for drus because I feel like if he got to like fight in from his own home crowd like that's what made Connor so special when they brought him over to Dublin and he F him front the Dublin fans Dan White was like Blown Away of how they Reed them and obviously he had the skills to pay the bills obviously dri d is the middleway champion of the world so he already has the skill to pay the bills but if you could put him in front of the South African home crowd people would see was a star and people see you're a star in your home country you get treated like a star everywhere you go and that's the way it happens what about people need to see you to be a star to treat you like a star you got be told someone's a star and then treat them like a star that's that's it what about what about if trus wins and they fight to do a UFC in South Africa like who would be the best person to fight probably izy again but like again H but I don't think that works I think H as much as I love Robert Whitaker I think like Sean strick's a better dance partner for the South Africa card uh I feel like Robert Whitaker is too nice for his own good that he doesn't say the wrong as in like he doesn't like he's not the best ticket seller out the four of them I would say in terms of like obviously in Australia he sells a lot of tickets obviously massive fan of him and his abilities but he he doesn't like draw a massive interest I don't think compared to the others yeah trickers could be running out of potential opponents as well though yeah yeah but I think I think like those four could fight amongst each other know two or three times and people be fine about it um I think in terms of the middleweight division there's those four and then there's obviously like imav and caner and I I know at the time when we watch the fight you were like you think they should do a rematch but like I think they almost should do a rematch because at the end of day you want trickers to fight one of those for you don't want someone to actually like almost earn their way in out of those two because like they're not going to sell tickets for you yeah and like if we're staying up this late we want like big fights to stay up for and that that is the disappoint thing about this Manchester card like yes I think it's a very good card it's just the way I think the first fight of the night probably starts at like half1 yeah p.m for for people in Ireland obviously um r a couple of other things I want to bring up as well um yeah next week let me get this correct um next week okay um it will be cage Warriors cage Warriors is is is return cage Warriors 174 London yeah irand will have five fighters on the card representing teams from rhyo Team KF Fai and compound martial arts so far okay so representing team KF will be royan Chile and James Webb representing team Ryo with J Harris representing Fai will be Matthew Elliott um representing compound martial artarts is EMR Dary um also shout out to schne new who will be fighting the day after on Sunday the 21st and then the we the Thursday afterwards cage Wars will be back again cage Warriors 175 in Manchester Adam shell from tkf will be fighting on that card that is also the same fight week as as we said UFC Manchester 304 and cage Legacy Dublin Ross cage Legacy Dublin Dey is promoting that card already I saw people sign in autographs and everything yeah absolutely do you have a question on them or you just tell me no I'm just letting the people know because like I see but this weekend there is thec is back we did have a quiet weekend just gone there bar Nate Diaz fighting massal who are you up for in that fight Ross I think Nate Diaz but like if Mazel won I I wouldn't have really cared I have no real interest in watching two ma people box to be honest cuz I'm like I feel like you're doing a water down version of the sport I love so therefore like not mad about it apparently n Diaz won like eight rounds to two I didn't I didn't even really watch it um fair fair play to Nate Diaz um I know we called out Leon Edward and someone else I'd like to see if Nate Diaz gonna come back I'd like to see him fighting MMA um and I'd like to see him fight the likes of uh George mazala I want to see him thrown in there against you know Islam makev put it that way you know I want to see him in there against people of a similar age to himself and look i' be interested like Nick Diaz is coming back against vente luk there H soon and like I feel like that's like no one speaking about it so look I'm never going to say no to watching Diaz bro H fighting MMA in terms of watching box after watching Jak box Jake Paul I was this is an exciting boxing to watch what about well Darren Hill got the win over the weekend as well on that social Globes knockout thing um do you not think him against Nate Diaz could be interesting yeah I think like again like I think those things and same with ma Al vers Diaz the buildup is actually more interesting than the actual fight itself watching the press conferences seeing them have a few barbs back and forth that's interesting the actual fight itself they tend to be Laos surf if you're being honest which one yeah like that D Hill was an absolute [ __ ] showell but this weekend Rose nunz is taking on Tracy Cortez in the main event of UC Foo in the ball arena in Denver Colorado hi alud well look this is a this is a HomeTown f for Rose Nam unas um I expect her go out there and get the win she's a former champion and I think if she does get a win I wouldn't be surprised to see her sort of going towards that that that title fight as well um I feel like she's only ever one or two wins away from being pushed into a title fight um that's just that's just who who rosam Eunice is like she's a big name in women's MMA she's one of the best to ever do I think no doubts about it um and look I know she lost man on F in last one but like look if she went back down to 115 do you think people would be against her fighting for the belt again I don't think so um look that's just tog rows yeah on the poll right now 43% are for team Rose nunz and 57% are for Tracy Cortez Ross Tracy Cortez ranked number 11 sh look she's a she's a tough cookie you know what I mean so she look put it this way she doesn't finish the fights Tracy Cortez like one win by knockout one win by sub uh submission and she lost she's one of those people who lost her first fight and won the next 11 since so it'll be interesting to see I think it's a bit of a you know an old line versus a young line in this one in terms of uh experience and where they've been throughout their career but look my money is going to be on Ros Nam unas yeah I go for Rose as well H Santiago ponb is taking on Muslim salikov Gabrielle Bonine is taking on Ana and Julian Rosa is taking on Christian Rodriguez um yeah Ross we'll obviously be back next week with a few more people lined up that we want to get on the show um and the people that are tuning in now we want to thank you for tuning in H Ross before we go who is going to win the Euros this week um I think Spain I think Spain have been the best team I've watched so far um like what it Spain versus France Netherlands versus England yeah you know I almost feel bad say Spain is best team watch I I I think this has been like one of the lowest quality of football Euros I've seen in a long time yeah it's you get that yeah it's been crap I'm gonna say I'm going to say Holland just because that their fans are the best fans like jumping around the place yeah I like to say if you ain't T you ain't much exactly Ross an else to say before we rting up no guys um if you have any feedback for the show that's abely phenomenal um the feedback since we come back is unbelievable um we are going to try and start working with some of the local shows and see if we can make some things work there as well and also shout out to or Kings and for St for keeping the lights on for the lads much appreciated and be knuckle FC is back on Friday as well by the way Conor McGregor's birthday and my M's birthday birthday Ross you but you knew that already I'm my dad's birthday tomorrow unbelievable stuff thanks million guys thanks you can't believe you forgot my dad's birthday so harsh so harsh oh unbelievable but guys thanks for milion and as always stayed energized sh up the Irish been suting you guys a couple of times I've seen a couple of Clips I think you done some interviews with Dylan [ __ ] and that but I I saw so keep going keep up the 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