Fabian Edwards | Starting MMA, Overcoming Adversity & Hunting Bellator Gold | Energized Show

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What is up and welcome to the latest Energized Show! On this episode we have Fabian "The Assassin" Edwards on the show to discuss Starting MMA, What motivates him & Hunting Bellator Gold. Check it out, enjoy, subscribe for more and as always Stay Energized! Follow us on…

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okay what's going on guys and welcome back to a brand new episode of energized today we have a very special guest on the show we have the undefeated middleweight sensation that is mr. tasty shots Fabian the assassin Edwards Fabian how are you doing I'm doing good boys I'm doing good great great man nice here on the bay we did a bit of a roller what what realtor I looked inside a box in the lobby I'm running as well you know I'm in a Fiat staying faithful to C equal to C anyway you know I mean um to be honest with me I've been using this lockdown to focus on in like in normal life and also in my training in Islam I want to practice a few like spinning kicks in crazy so game of course I good solid cool I'm trying to work on my core I'm just like just roadworks I'm like I mean like get used to running 10 miles and stuff and first you were scheduled for face cost low in May in London and he's off very good striker so you mean you have to you have to be sharp when you're on the feet against him wouldn't have been a striking match on his side I mean I felt like he would have tried to take me down once the shot spire to connect yeah well against mr. tasty shots you know Dahl try go for the take downs and all of that it was just party game eh yeah Fabian first of all it's great to have you back on the show man and for people that haven't haven't heard how did you actually start MMA I'm like a lot people know my bourbon Edwards number force in the world and it can optimize towards the sport so for a for getting there you go you know I'm I'm your the onion I knew I had a decent lifetime because growing up I'm a few streets and it turned out that I was actually good right so Stoke I went Eleanor the amateur now I know the pro did you did you for you're pretty much when you're grown up now I'm not really not really not really no I'm obviously the other one put hands on council be a big fight no more tender for against firmly and Woodley see it's a one fight everyone put your brother named people actually saw in the contracts on across and do you think his next boy will be Woodley or wait and see Leon fight next um Dana Dana have said that you know I mean they we don't really know until he signed you know I mean boy I feel Ashley but that's the fight that's the fight to make um Woodley seem he just don't get a big fight for the sake of the money under popularity internal like fight the top top guys no I mean nothing to find someone that having a massive name I should be the fight to make you know I mean but we'll have to see what Dana decide today yeah obviously you and you brother of okay class at the moment I'm there like your winning streaks about unbelievable it must be worried what are you being fed in the Edwards household we fed that good you making food that dumpling now I don't know it just like a mentality you know I mean we're locally to get blessed with a mentality blessed way under the I mean a natural natural gift that we've got you know but just very hungry came from yeah and is what's called say what is it like what's going on in the bombs with him in Birmingham as well they kid there must be seems to be blowing up as well because also when you're training partners as well is the lightweight champion also a middleweight champion in caterers yeah yeah I mean we got joy as well he was okay to enjoy as well so yeah and he just got fined as well yeah names to mention you know I'm like I say again I feel like everyone just feed enough then you know I mean like you know I'm you're helpful no one did not ego did not eat oh yeah I mean he's got ego down a gym you get called out on it it no like you know once in a whole bathroom and stop you from like growing you know certain gym to go there and talk it's really key and I mean there's too many little cliques our gym we all just like family you know and we all just like feed off each others energy yeah like I think people can see is well the way you and your brother and look approach things like you just seem very determined unlike you just go over yeah that's why it is you know like you have to stay focused in life no any guy yeah your head set on something you have to just like you know gonna be hard times and all of that [ __ ] you have to stay focused like time black deeds I know I'll ask why it was kind of like chillin no I mean where I'm grafted I'm trying to come back about version of myself yeah so even like obviously last time we had you on the show you were talking about for in my shipment like that that is a net full of come full circle and then your were scheduled to fight in it was next one to in London and yeah like now since you you're about to go ten it like if you win your next where you go ten and oh well hope for a wage you can go from a world title shot first of all when I win that next fight I like to fight a big name next time like a legend like Masaccio or me there will somebody someone be a big name you know I feel like that would push me towards my water shop and that's exactly what you're gonna get after you smokin estimate avian yeah I mean there's only bought the the big names left in the division I suppose you have to just put it this way your big man yourself I mean people we you know call me your name you'll put a target on your back but another way now that's the thing like I'm Costello we ask maybe Mike Shipman he didn't want to fight me I mean he thought he was above me you know and then obviously he went on and lost I went on a win and my eyebrows continued I'm like that's when he started calling me out I mean that's what he started calling me I was called obviously he sees it as a ticket to get back up there so like these guys they can say whyever but they know that I'm starting to become a big name now yeah well the gloves in your nickname is the assassin as well and like you've the three tails three submissions 50 cals decisions also a free decision sir like you're cold on the feet and on the ground as well yeah yeah that's the thing you know like obviously I don't show my ground game a lot but by the end of the day I trained it just as much other I did my striking so when it's time to get on the ground and mix it up if I have to mix it but I'll do that with no problem yeah and one thing we use here afternoon was after boy in foil Island and first question is do you think Leone will go fight on the island and then second question is a belt or get a Floyd Island will you go for it on the Ford Island and fine like I mean where do I sign you be stickin to happen it seems like you're being well looked after in Bellator as well and how many more voice you have left in your contract to be honest yeah I just found a new deal yeah that's a great so I've got about five now five fights in total and I mean so oh yeah yeah fine well like I'd in a day I'm trying to get four fights fire fights in a year so I'm if God bless me good health I get to fight done within a year could say a thousand I suppose you only get paid when you would do that walk so lucky I mean and if you're if you come in with foil in scale you always think why not sometimes you see folders take long leaves after you know ready once k4o think just get straight back in there get another payday yeah that's the thing and also as well like when it's all said and done this this is not a sport for like old people you know I mean like you hungry you gap you go in there you kill the game and then you leave you know I mean I'm I don't be fight when I might for something game bash my [ __ ] load 20 euros you know I'm Jonah I'm trying to get I'm fit and I'm my life all IDs train and fight so I once appoint me sitting down getting fat you know I mean maybe you might actually a look at the middleweight rap for Leon gets the wealth waste rock music hey do to one more win for you with any good soil and then Leon's phone is so hard do you have that rosary of who's gonna get the bell first nah nah demise is world champions both becoming a world champion I mean if he gets sick I'll just I'll be just as happy as I so there's no you know competition I mean it's just hoping that we both get it another question is like a lot of you a lot of people like always like associate anime with you see do people ever ask you that question they're like they ask what even is better to work like obviously we know about aureus board what is that your people ask me like are when you go into do you see I was the popularity wise that's all that the casual will know you no touch with me yeah that's one that's all they look at you know so that's what she done with me Bella's birthday me bigger than somebody's top 15 fires again in year see I mean they're looking after me I'm happy with my my decision at the moment and yeah see we have had our first Naseem previously but be correct there before before before Bellator obviously we're looking at option and they said like two more fights I mean and I'm I didn't have two more fights unlike a UK promotion I'm a writer I go to the biggest show so I decided some damn but I I know I'm vessel is it's not really the case of a can get to that promotions in this case I'm happy to promotion I'm wait a moment the thing is you're also being looked after well there and like if you're sort of looking at your brother's career do you think you made the right decision as well because it seems like they're just like let them go and go and go what okay that's all the shot you know where y'all see deserves it are you there for deserve it you know it's it's they look I as like people get a big people get more bigger opportunity depending on like this quality on it yeah me I mean we're some promotion they look is okay then if you're winning all these fights we'll give you your shot so that's the only difference you know maybe feud over in Bellator won a big champion by now just you know I mean from just like it's hard work the UFC it's a bit more at those bows with it that that's why I got me to fight all these guys yeah it's also been said preparing the shower before that like all the all the best fighters are actually in do you see when you hear stuff like that what does that make you feel I'm not here saying that mommy mommy so why have a promotion I I go into a be our top dye so like talking nonsense in fair so I do you think AB you see my house so I be strong we're strength adept as in if you go I'm asked the 20th TOC go against the 28 belt or boy I'd say the you see boy win put a few takes Bellator top five in nearly any division they need to completely royal UFC is like you look at like door just lemur if you looked at my fanpage or if you look at Fabian Edwards Gengar Mousasi lyoto machida um you know being like you can go open up the division sword down and a little visions like those guys are like absolute household names oh yeah that's the thing you know people don't understand um if you throw through the top guys in with the top guys in the fc-1 be like are some total mismatch I mean that one that won't be the case you know but the guy's not thinking that only Bella toys only for this beat classifiers nonsense cause I know that I'm supposed to be some be level fire I know I'm a world-class fire so he ever stays that that's just that's his bollocks yeah Eddie Alvarez he was like Bellator and May and he went over from Tokyo see about full circle my way as well he was here see champion came over to Bellator hasn't been able to get up belt look you know I mean come to Vegas smash poison Bellator so that's this how people view how people want to view it at the end of the day if you didn't they indicate to me or any other guys they would have their hand for greater and it's one thing that Royals you and your brother that could potentially happen is your moon there in the middle you take Bellator belts and your brother with your seat belt and then you got that photo and put that over the over there at the fireplace that's on the Troisi all right now therefore that's why I'm kind of pissed obviously what's going on is happen because that should have been a prediction for the end of the year now obviously might have to be like next year or whenever this is up for motivation you know like don't make history down in history you know I'm no better than I've ever done that yeah so we're not happy not be history if you never you can never remove that yeah it's because we even in the build-up to using older okay obviously put over to unload the press and then like you discussed like your family situation will happen with your dad in store for now that's driven use on so much and again it may be like more maybe like you more and be like we're with these lads of like overcome adversity under like reread confer and whereas both views of preview said that like you could went down the wrong route you put it like you put it like not put your life into the amazing it's another kid that came from the area make another kids crude life the way I just never managed to do anything useful you know I mean so I've been on the run fast I've turned my life around same people don't really know that because we don't really we're not really the type to jump on social media use that quite quiet yeah yeah and I mean like yeah I'm on social media in a post when I'm fine an opponent I'm not really the types jumper searching me down like just give my life to people I'm like ah yeah I feel that or I won't like me and I'm not really types to like share my personal life to people because the other day I realized this game you share she person on people you try to I sure can see the same either way it's a weird it's a weird thing but fans want to connect by the same time they try give them a bit of a bi you they like judge you for this or that you know I mean but like some things will come out but yeah yeah I think a lot of people resonate which is well just being a dad and just like doing for your family you stole from sure Ross will understand as well like ever since we've had your first in the show and we've watched your progression we've been like this cuz we've seen your career Quan so much parole man you know boy and embalmer I think the first one we saw you dismantle County I remember I remember we were sitting in media row uh breaking the car at Mo's like that's like saving everyone's to go and then like we tell your brother walk pointing up wonder that Leon Edwards brother is poison and then definitely his brother I never saw yeah like you have to steamroll people from then onwards yeah yeah yeah yeah okay like you know myself so I mean I'm seeing looks look strong yeah if winds I would consider same well I will the thing - one beforehand a little one more fight like a to fight Whitney Street I'd say that fight doesn't even for fans here and openly I mean we're here I'm Plus as well like obviously like he was undefeated that as an amateur I would undefeated um talks of us are fighting the bin talks of us are fighting for a few years now so it's one of those one where it'd be good to put to bed and I mean like no more like what if did be good to put on to bed but we'll see summit or decide to make that a contract for you no never I want to find my ace a lot of time some fights that like short happen with Bellator they never make and I can just sort of that people down you know oh yeah but like um like me personally being good actually Shipman the game is Shipman that's for vansteenis the game events Tina so this this time to do what where some guys you're going with the flow did enough getting up bonus that the one I mean I'm saying that now one these guys so decide to like this far to give me these guys and there won't be no turning back now parasol actually hate went four years ago for you anyone Oh Mort rather you say all avoid that good because it makes it so much more interesting for you cuz you're like right he wants to fight him as opposed that just like soil against whoever is just like ah there's no Holly point at them especially when when both guys wanting to fight it just it just makes for a good fight I should make you a good fight you know I mean so yeah I like this let people know I was gonna fire anyone well I want people to know I want that one you know I mean like I want that that person I won't turn no one down and this I don't see I've been beneficial for me if I'm fine I gotta fight you know right now I'm not doing it make sense a been in the last war how was their survey the great British and they fans every day been treating you and your border because and like I think we said we said before that like they don't make the fans don't always back around they have more other no more give me more support or what's the situation um when I go to shows in the UK [ __ ] um even I'm walking around like Berlin sometime in the city centre I wanna see people um but at the same time MMA will be over OVA in Burma massive when I like it a lot bigger in Ireland and people support their own a lot more I mean so it's broken it's definitely going out I think it's gonna take by my beverage allow me to get a world title for people start opening a parade in Birmingham a better pray in Jamaica yeah what's worse being won the World title Great Britain sporting that's the thing sometimes it's neither and you need a little you need that one person to make people were gonna blow oh ok then let's start you know I mean like obviously for you guy that was that was Connor he really liked life form ions that made everyone feel old [ __ ] I need that doctor wish and he became like the biggest thing I've ever seen yeah the legend obviously across the question means home country so yeah that's how I would like to like to achieve over here as well cinema like I'm not really like I'm over to US soil is that something like there um obviously a visa he's been going on for about [ __ ] a year now I mean obviously like I say obviously I've been a pastor now you know I mean having a past obvious tough game away from life life in years and years ago between our so that's something I'm having to to work for and hopefully don't know when but it's been it's been in the pipeline for a while now so I'm just hoping she's got proof and when Leon ports in the states can you get over there no no show but I'm sure like you you're definitely like from elf respond to your family and your background and where you are today on the feeder cake an ass mister tasty shots one would say well there have you got a message to anyone that's watching this now that's like just there's a fan or as a new fan and what you would encourage him to do just from your background for my background I'll always say like people always wonder when when the right time to start you know i mean i'm get never a right time to start you know I started this book when I was on I was 22 and obviously I'm like five years now in and I'm achieving great things so just believe in yourself you know I mean never really never really allow anyone to deter you from your dream I mean on and also be like being realistic it's gonna be a hard journey I'm not a semifinalist like way back in Facel if you set out to achieve some things gonna be hard we have to like be be like open minded that things will happen you have to stay focused I mean Eddie inspirational words Ross thanks me and F comin on and send your best regards to the entire firm stay safe keep Birmingham and Jamaica and if you are watching this video make sure to like share subscribe and as always stay energized lovely