Emmet Corr interview

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Emmet Corr is a professional MMA fighter with a 1-0 record finishing his first opponent and is hunting for his second finish on gladiateire in December. We discussed his professional debut losing his opponent on fight week and getting a late notice replacement to his brother…

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My absolute pleasure to have Mr. EMTT Core here with me again. Thank you very much for your time. He's going to be competing at Gladiator Air as well. Uh he's going to be making his second professional fight. So, how are you? How you feeling? Still a good bit away from the fight, but how you feeling in terms of the the fight and the opponent coming up because it's a very good opponent that you have to face. So, have you been looking into him? >> Yeah. Um I know Alex is like a like a veteran. He's been he's fought everybody kind of thing. Um you know we had a few losses at amateur but he fought all the best guys. So um definitely not overlooking him. That's all. I think it's a good test for my second fight. Um especially after all the drama the first one. Um I'm looking forward to going out here against a good tough opponent and putting on a a serious performance like >> Yeah. So talk to us about the first one your your your pro debut because we were actually supposed to speak that week but because everything was up in the air the fight was on then it was off then it was you you were searching for opponent and you just said look we don't know what's going on so we so we left it and obviously Ash came in on very late notice h you got the win but what was that like for you after waiting so long for the pro obviously on your home show and stuff like that as well. What was the talk to us through your mindset that week because it must have been so many ups and downs and and you didn't know what was going on but you can explain it better. Yeah. Um it was a it was a mad process and I know I know how hard um everyone behind the scenes at the show like my dad, Jared, and everybody else uh on trying to make it happen. Um I just kept the head down, kept training. I did it was hard at times because I did definitely lose heart in terms of like this isn't going to happen for me this time around, you know what I mean? Um especially because my last amateur fight fell through. I was out for a while, but I was just training towards pro. Um, and there's [clears throat] a few guys mess me around big time. Like we had we had a solid Italian guy like agreed. Um, you know, he signed the contract, agreed the money and all this stuff. Um, and he just started he just started going proper ghost mode uh on the show and then I was like I was melting Jared's head cuz I was like what's going on here? I was like there's like I was like what's going on? And uh and he just made he just said he was injured like the week of the fight. Um and he just sent like a picture like he ghosted for weeks. The fight was agreed. He ghosted and then about the week of the fight he popped up with a looked like he wrapped his leg in something and said I've got a cast on. Certainly wasn't a cast. Um but then the fight was off and obviously Ash stepped in like super late notice. And all respect to Ash um for doing that. Um, personally, I didn't want to fight Ash because, uh, obviously he's, you know, what he what he's there for and opinions on him and stuff like that. Um, but it was either that or no fight at the time. And I know people will say, "Oh, you could have fought somewhere somebody else." But the the fight that was agreed fell through really late notice, and that's what people don't see. Um, and it was either a or no fight. and I was I put way too much work in to not get out there and just showcase my skills um and just move on to the next one. So >> yeah, it was it was a lot of up and downs. And the one thing I will say about Ash Williams, he comes to fight. He doesn't come to roll over as well and like that sometimes. Is it better or worse? Like was there was there more pressure? Did you feel more pressure on you because of it? Uh because obviously >> so it was like you because one you had a different opponent so all of a sudden you're doing one thing and then you're doing another thing >> like an opponent you've got one >> there was uh there was there was 100% um pressure um for sure uh cuz in my head it was a must it was a must win for me, do you know? Um, and the the thoughts run through your head in a fight when you have to win that fight are completely different to when you're in a fight that everybody on the outside thinks is a tough hard match up, even match up for you. So, um, I had to go out there and and it wasn't even must win. I was like, this needs to be over instantly. Like, I need to get this guy out of here pretty ace up. So that was my mindset going into the fight which is a lot of added pressure but um I kind of knew I kind of knew fight week once that fight got agreed the kind of pressure that was going to come with that. Um so I was kind of used to it when I got there like I was like okay expected this to I expected to feel this way. Um but yeah as you say he definitely does come to fight. Um there's a few times I said I had him on the ground and he wasn't he was trying to get out of things and I was like you're not [ __ ] going over very easier than I as easy as I thought you were going to. So um no he definitely comes to fight and again all respect to I just don't want to trash talk the guy. >> Yeah. No, and that's we're not talking cuz like I said he came he he comes to fight I think his his record is really not like cuz one of the the things I have with him is when I look at tapology when you look when he took the fights you look at his post he takes so many fights on late nois and stuff like that and I think we were talking about pro careers and how to manage them I think obviously if he could manage to just get them early but anyways that's enough about him this upcoming fight again it's going to be Gladiator era how does it feel for you obviously you're going to have a host of your own kind of teammates with you at the show. How does it feel for you to be competing on that show while you can? Cuz obviously Jack's gone going to be going to Kors and then these nights might not come around so often after the next two or three fights. So are you saving these moments as they happen? >> No, 100%. Um love seeing like inspired by the way Jack's going. um you know he done it well and he took he did he wasn't taking easy fights on the home show like all them guys were tough opponents um and he done it absolutely done it the right way um and I kind of feel like I'm just in that position now where he's moved on um and I'm there now um you know I'm planning on going 2 and 0 2 and 0 25 I think I have it all ahead of me do you know um and yeah I I'm just taking it all in as you say um cuz I don't plan on being here for forever um on the regional scene. So, and I think them shows are I think our own show is a really really good show. Goes under the radar for being one of the best ones. It's um so I just have to take that stride and again I think it's a it's a really good platform for preparing you for these burger shows because you seen the atmosphere and stuff like that one um amazing like so just really looking forward to this next one now. No, I'd say yeah. And that's obviously I I don't know if you've seen M Jack. I think he manages like that. You're managing careers very well and they're not easy fights as well. There way like Alex is a tough fight. Um and cuz a lot of people do you think a lot of people jump the gun because you were saying like 25 2 and 0. A lot of people are looking to try and go straight into pro and one of the things I had was KS were taking people for debuts as well which I think is >> it can be good if you win it but if you lose two in a row >> how do you get back there? know, do you know the sort of way and you might be tossed into it really like you want to get better have better opponents every time and and I'm not saying that you wouldn't get that going back to the regional scene but >> it'd be hard to get back there. Do you think people try to rush uh because there's so many people like in the early like late teens early 20s going pro. Do you think people are trying to rush it now rather than your time? >> 100 100%. Um like I feel like the time is only right now. Like I only I went pro when I did and I think that was more than enough time. Um I was amateur for about 6 years. Uh obviously had co and stuff time off in between there so it wasn't just flat out. Um but like it's hard because speaking from my own experience like you need to like there's so many learning curves that come with that amateur and I just don't think if you go pro so early that you're going to get them. Do you know? um like I've like in terms of ability and skills and like I know I have everything you need to make it all the way to the top of the sport but there's times at amateur where I massively underperformed knowing that myself like there was amateur fights even the we go back to the shield fight um obviously shield is amazing great fighter but I just I know that's just wasn't me the way I could have performed um seeing I had really good performances as well but like I learned so much from all them losses I took just in terms of you know mindset um output going into the fight what way to approach it what way to feel you know I've learned what way I need to be going into a fight now like it's sometimes I can be a bit too calm and then that causes me to start slow and get caught and that happened at amateur and you know I feel like if you go pro too early you're you're you're only going to experience that when you turn pro then and it's going to be too late and you're going to start taking them lessons is a pro, but like I've I've seen everything that can go wrong for me and I've seen everything that can go right and like I just think now is the right time to put it all together. You see with Jack as well, he had ups and downs at amateur, plenty of them. Um, but now he's [ __ ] like just even training with him, I know how good he is. Like for being a weight class below me, too. He's an absolute animal. So, I just think that's the way to do it. You need to take your time at amateur for sure. like there's no rush. If you're good once you go pro, it'll not take you long to get to the the pinnacle, do you know? Cuz you will just prove that you're that good that good. Um so going pro too early in my opinion is not it's not the best idea. >> Yeah. you know, and like you said, certain you can have the skills and that, but it's experiences like, you know, for your like, you know, there's in-house competitions where you might fight, but then your first time going to especially if you go to a cage conflict and you're you're you're not the hometown fighter, >> having to deal with that is is something in itself. It's not just about fighting. There's the mental side when you warm up, how long is when should you start? Like, there's all these little things. Traveling abroad, I think, when you're amateur is good, which which you've done. Like, I think you need to get all these things. And like you said, look at how Jack started like all like and look, I think Jack is probably one of the I don't want to say he's underrated, but I think he gets overlooked a lot cuz he's very stoic, very quiet. Um, but I I think like that experience as much as you can answer because the only person who's going to know your answer record is you and me more than likely. Do you know when you go pro? >> Yeah. Like >> no, like 100%. Like I uh even watching Jack's interview, he g like said some things about like no about nobody caring and it is definitely true. Like again you nobody cares as much as you do when you win and same about when you lose like that that's the perfect way to put it like amateur I think now for sure amateur is there's way too much pressure on people to you know have this perfect record and and not lose. Um, and I'm not saying, you know, go out and try and lose a fight, like no, you never want to lose, but again, if you're if you're if you're an amateur for a long enough period where I feel like you're going to lose or you're going to under you're going to something's going to go wrong for you, do you know? So, I don't think you're going to find that out if you go, you know, three or four and 0 quickly and then just go pro. Um, you know, so >> yeah. No. So, yeah, that's what I think as well. You look at there's so many people Solomon Simon had maybe 50/50 career. He went 5-0, got cage wise. Unfortunately, he has lost the last two, but like you just seen how to start his career rent, but we're not looking past Alex, but like what what's your plans for next year or do you have any plans or are you just focusing solely on what's ahead? >> Um, no, I definitely have plans like um I know Alex is tough fight um and he's going to come and bring it, but if where I see myself going, I like I'm not giving them a chance. like um I truly do believe I'm going to put him away um again and and move on. Um again, there's no rush. Like Jack's done it right for the big show. There's no rush. Um I want to go in there. I want to feel I want to feel if like I'm open to the not finishing them straight away. I'm open if it goes three rounds, no bother. Um I wouldn't mind getting extra time, learning learning the rounds, like learning how to use my energy in them five minute rounds um in a fight. It's different in the gym um because you've done the fight simulators in the gym. Like you've done 35 fives, but it's again different sport when you're in there um for a fight. So again, no rush, but I definitely plan on following Jack and and moving on to them bigger shows. Again, if it's Cage Warriors, Happy Days, they do eat up a pair of brothers like so, um I think there's a good opportunity there for that to happen somewhere down the line, too. >> Yeah. A and there's actually a really good division. H there's some really good fights at featherweight in that division for you. And then like you said, if if you take it like Jack, you'll have maybe one or two more before you go there. There'll be more in it as well. Uh but like you said, you're just taking the here and now in terms of we would have talked when you were amateur about looking at fighters and stuff and you said >> like a lot of people don't take too much heat at amateur. Do you look more into them now or do you leave that to the likes of your father and your coaches within the gym and you just work on you or do you look more into them now? >> Yeah. >> Um like I've not watched loads of Alex to be honest. I've seen we bits and bobs. Um it's actually funny cuz I remember like bumping into Alex like uh at the weigh-ins for my very first time off tournament. I was 18 and he was like he was a vet at that point like you know so uh I remember both making weight and like it was just a we small encounter and I was like that's that guy I'm fighting now you know. So it is funny again that's to say that's how long he's been about um and how much experience he's got. He has he had he had a load of wins and a load of losses at amateur. Um but again he never fought anyone that was a free one. Do you know what I mean? He never fought a gimme fight. Um, so he's definitely coming to win and I he definitely probably believes he's going to win, but um, no, I'm um, I don't I don't look hugely into him. I see what to do and then I work around what my dad is. Like he does a lot of research. Um, and when we're doing pads and all, it's very specific to, you know, maybe the range or the way they enter. Um, so I've seen I've certainly seen the way saying things he likes to do and what way I plan on taking him out that way. Yeah, you know, like you said, if if if he if he he's obviously coming because he thinks he's going to win. If he didn't think he was going to win, he'd never take the fight, you know, the sort of way. So, I'm really looking forward to this fight. I'm looking forward to seeing how it pans out. Um, one of the things you said there was about getting more time in the cage. Uh, Joe, if you get the the three fives, obviously, you know, your gas tank is good and stuff like that. Explain to me why it's because obviously you said you could do a shark tank of 10 fives in the gym, but what's different when you get there? Is it because there's so much more on the line? There's a crowd there. There's an atmosphere. >> Talk to us what your kind of emotions are and why you feel so much like >> Yeah. Like um the shark tanks in the gym, I would say, are 100% the closest thing to it. Like the closest thing to a fight. Like you get really tired um because it's a fresh person um every minute or whatever. So that does mimic it pretty well. Um, and when you perform well on them, it does give you a good boost um, leading into the fights. But don't know, like, as I say, like just nothing's ever going to be exactly the same as having a real fight, you know, half naked in a crowd and the adrenaline's pumping and everyone's screaming and it's not it's just nothing's ever going to replicate that. So, I think once you get in there and you start getting a little bit comfortable in that scenario, like I really noticed that with Jack. um just you know as he got you know four fights deep he just seemed like nothing really like I seen seen him fight an amateur and maybe things could take over and he wouldn't perform to his best for me certainly like I would let things overtake me and I just wouldn't perform what everybody knows I can do or same for him so I really seen that evolve from him and at pro and I I I want to do that want to go down that same path as well like he's learned to feel what it feels like um in the cage for four pro fights now. So again, that's what I mean by that. I just I invite anything that makes me better. Obviously, I don't invite losing at a pro, but I invite taking him taking this guy out, but you know, if it if it means I have to adapt in there and and do different things or change my game plan or I don't take him out straight away and adapt and win a decision, no problem. That's I invite all that. >> What's it What's it like actually? I I would always wonder cuz obviously having a brother cuz you're I know he's got four fights and you've got one but you're kind of you've always been kind of similar in kind of terms of experience. What's it like having a brother with similar experience as you to be able to to for him to learn off you and you to learn off him? I say that's must be really really good because obviously two are going to ground each other a lot. Do you find you talk about fighting and stuff a lot at home together when you're out of the gym, but what's it like having him to lean on and then him in turn to lean on you for advice and stuff like that and things that work and don't work? What's that like? >> Yeah, it's it's it's classic. I I not might not even personally ask him, you know, something, but I'll just see he does something or he'll just speak about something and I'll be like, "Yeah, I feel that way." Or, um, you know, he's went through these things that I've went through. Um, it's definitely good because he, as you say, he's always just like slightly ahead of where I want to be going. So, I can always just take what's right wrong for him and try not to do it myself. Uh [laughter] but no, it's class. Uh our whole house is uh fighting family. Um so uh we it's all it's all MMA in this household. So um my mom's learned plenty about it, too. She's always watching the fights as well. So uh it's class. Um as you say, me and Jack have always been very close um in terms of our careers. Like it's not like it's not like he's 10 years old that mate, you know? So >> yeah. Um again in training and stuff we really help each other out. Um we had the year like the years of us like beating the absolute tribe out of each other of kind of I've kind of edged out. We actually more help each other now. Like it's also because we know each other so well. So we could have a five minute round and it could be so intense because somebody hasn't punched each other yet because they're trying to land on. But uh his own experiences and stuff are amazing for me cuz he's he's been about every bar and you know I went international and stuff the same as he did. He always done he done it a we bit more than I did. Um so anything anything that I think that I'm not doing right I can just go to him and he knows like I just take what I just take what he says and take it as gospel out. So >> yeah know I say it's pretty good. Then obviously, like I said, I didn't even get around to your father. I could spend about an hour talking about your father. So, we'll leave that for an actual time where I'm going to have a conversation with him. But look, I'm really looking forward to your fight. It's a tough fight. Um, do you want to let anyone know where they can get tickets, where it's on, and when it's on, just in case. And I'm sure the pay link will go up closer to the date. We can I can share that then. But do you want to let everyone know where the fight is, when it is, and where you can get tickets from? Because I don't know if you've got physical tickets yet yourself. >> Yeah. Um, so the fight is on the 13th of December in uh Gwood Complex, Gwood Sports Complex. Um, I don't have physical tickets yet. I will soon. Um, so you'll be able to get them off me directly. Um, uh, I'm easy to find, always in the gym or just send me a message. Um, but yeah, as you say, massive fight. Um, I'm really happy to be in this position. Um, it's going to be a massive card. Uh, there's loads of stacked fights on it, so I'm really happy to be on it. Um, and again, thank you to all my sponsors as well. Um, there's too many to list off, so let me see if I can get it right. So, I've got uh Dean Samuels, the barbers, um, Kinetic Sports, Bobby Shepard, um, Reese Mallister, new sponsor came on board. Um, we also got got signs with Flur, uh, the B the Bandit podcast. Shout out to the two the two boys. Um, I think that's us. Uh, but yeah, h expect nothing less than a a massive performance from me. I know Alex is a vet and he's coming to win, but I'm coming to put him away. >> Perfect. I can't wait to see the fight. Is a fantastic fight. Thank you so much for your time and best of the skill going into the fight and I will see you then. >> Thank you very much, David. See you then.