Jack Corr Gladiateire interview

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Jack Corr will fight for his first professional title this weekend at Gladiateire, he has a 3-0 record looking to go 4-0 with a nice new belt We speak about his professional career to date, what it's like in ZJK

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Perfect. So once again, I have the pleasure of talking to Mr. Jack Core. He's going to be fighting this weekend. He's got a very good opponent ahead of him. Three and three. There's no easy fights for Jack and that's how Danny wants it. So how you feeling is fight week, another show, another Gladiator, another another main event for Sev. How is Jack feeling on on this Monday going into the fight week? >> Yeah. Um super excited. Uh I feel like each training camp I've had a professional has just kept going up a level. You know, my first one was a short notice pro fight. It was meant to originally be amateur and it sort of like most hours for my pro debut weren't even about the opponent at all. It was all like just the transition to pro. So like five minutes, the smaller gloves, the knees, the elbows, and like I felt like that fight if I were to fight the same opponent now, I would finish them much quicker. Like I was just so conscious of like not making any silly mistakes. And then as soon as I like landed knees, it was good. And then my next fight versus Mikey McCoy felt a natural step up in competition and like good good TKO there. And then my last opponent again step up Brazilian opponent really freaking massive. Like when I seen him walk out I was like how is this guy a head taller than me? Um and now obviously my next opponent um from England has double the pro fights I've had and it's for a belt. So I feel like I'm naturally progressing through the opponents at a good level and my own training camp and my own past performances are giving me a lot more confidence going in each time. So you know three fight win streak for a belt on a home show like I'm super excited. >> It's kind of like it's one of the little goals you have in it that people would have to their ultimate goal to sort way. It's one of these little milestones and I like the fact that you've had the three fights. the belt wasn't rushed like for the first show or for the first fight and I like the way that you've had to kind of prove your worth even though it is a home show. >> It's been done properly and that's that's what I like and >> especially with Mikey as well. Mikey was a potential banana skin cuz he'd been out for so long. Didn't know >> you didn't know how. What was it? 200 It was a good few years. 2019. No. >> Yeah, I think it was. I think I think it might have been I think it might have been two two or three years maybe he hadn't fought. But I knew like stylistically he was a tricky matchup. You know, he was the same size as me. So like striking wise I knew it would be a tough fight. you know, someone who's rangy, like he was a boxer training at a top gym with Patty Hulahan. And you know, I had a number of opponents who it was hard, it was hard getting a confirmation for that fight after my pro debut, but Mikey actually likes it was one of the first people who put his name forward. Um, so I was like, he's confident and like you can't really watch much on him because he hasn't fought in a while. So that was a tough fight. But I remember like saying to my dad like even though it was his own show, I was like it would have been easy for him after my pro debut like I was one and0 when when they started the show. It would have been easy for him to just do pro pro title fight, but I didn't want I literally said to him I'd won a title fight. Um until this was the one I was like 3 and 0. I was like I'm approaching the time where I could be on a bigger show. I was like, if I do go on a bigger show, like how long how many more fights would I have to wait realistically to get a title fight? You know, it would be it would be way longer. So, I was like four um title fight would be perfect. And I was like in my head before I turned pro, I had in my head I would like to get four or five fights before I sign. Maybe do like a big promotion. So, I'm right where like I want to be. >> Yeah. No, 100%. 100%. And I like that. I like the fact that it's taken slow and stuff like that. And me and you were talking just slightly before we came on. You're going 100 miles an hour up until last week. >> Yeah. >> Now you have to take your foot on the off the gas. And I know you've been around a while. Is it still frustrating? Is it still hard to manage? >> Uh yeah. Like I know what I have to do. So I'm better at it. But like you ask my dad there or anyone in the gym like I'm always I like just anytime we have like a set session I'll always like after the session be like I'm going for a run here or going out the back do some weights or like the assault bike something extra. I always like like to do something extra especially like cuz in our gym like we will have a number of boys going pro next year which is obviously good for me as well but like right now I'm like one of the only active pros in the gym. So like when we do a session, I'm like, I'm professional. I have to do something else, you know, on top of what we've done. So >> this week, like I've been I've been doing like I'll just do light stuff like short saas, um pad work with my dad, just like the same length of the fight, like three, five minute rounds or something. Um and then I'll I'll do stuff like get my steps in, light jogging, light bike work, stuff with a sweatuit, skipping, you know, just stuff to keep the weight down and keep yourself ticking over until the fight. And obviously your calories are way lower fight week. So um I'm more like I feel like I'm more mentally strong. Like obviously from when I was like a young amateur like you're you're obviously like when you're coming up to a fight you have the normal nerves but I feel like the more experience and more wins you get more cage time. You get more confident in yourself and you know like it takes confidence. I've heard some fight it might have been Vulcanoski or something. I heard someone say it takes confidence to take a rest day and you know I've been trying to do that this week. [laughter] >> No, it's it's good cuz I can imagine going 100 miles an hour then having to stop. But like that you've good people behind you obviously your father, you've got your your brother uh and everyone in the gym as well. But coming up to this week obviously you've got the opponent like I said he's got double fights yours. He's got experience as well. So it's that it's like cuz I seen I remember I think it was when Brian fought someone I think your man was six and 10. I think Brian was one and0 and two and0 and someone said oh Brian should be fighting better people. >> I think that was a last minute replacement but then Brian was saying at the end of the day this guy had 16 pro fights hadn't been knocked out >> like >> his opponent pulled out today what you want me to do and I think cage time is a big factor. >> Um >> yeah [snorts] >> what's what's your kind of approach to the like to the kind of research? Do you let your dad do that and other coaches or or do you like to get stuck in as well? >> I don't overly analyze. So I when I get offered the opponent, I'll look them up, watch I'll I'll rarely watch a full fight to be honest. I'll watch maybe around at most the first round. I like seeing how the fighter comes out. Do you know what I mean? Do they initially start? Because I feel like you watch the first round, that's them at their peak. Do you know what I mean? like the second round, the third round, they're going to be if they're a real aggressive starter. Second and third round, it's going to be probably less versions of that. So, I'll watch how they like initially start the fight because I don't go in with I'll have like techniques which I'll work on for a specific fight, like certain techniques I'm going to try and implement, but I won't have a point by point game plan, if you know what I mean. Like, cuz that can go out the window real I won't be like going to start off with a job then go for this, go for that. I'll be like whatever like I think's going to be the best way to victory, I'll do that. But I'll like sort of break down as I'm fighting what this guy's doing and like it does help to know if they come out super aggressive, do you know or if they like lay off a bit, you know, at the start. So I'll watch that. But then my dad like I see the TV in our living room like the YouTube history search is just like every opponent who is in our is fighting someone from our gym. My dad is just sitting watching him like so he'll watch he'll watch a lot more than we do but and he'll use that obviously like when he's taking us for the pods or like we're doing sparring telling the sparring partners what to do like what to try and do against us and all. So I'll watch a wee bit just so I have an idea and then I'll let just my training camp like I'll trust in that like that'll that'll like bring me perfectly to the fight. >> Yeah. And I like that because I think a point by-point game plan and it depends on the person. But if it doesn't go point by point, some people will get lost. They'll get like what do I do now? Whereas obviously you're that you're like you said, you're looking at what he does in the first round. You're going to download the information when you're in there as well. See how it feels. You know what he's going to do and and like that fight IQ is is a is a massive thing. Do you think have you felt that getting better and better as you fought every fight at pro that you're able to do or was is it something that you've always had and it's just come naturally? felt like because because I've been involved in martial arts from I was a baby basically like I've always felt like I have a good understanding of a fight when it's happening but it's definitely definitely like improved so much like there's been fights I've looked at amateur where um I was like I definitely like if I had done something different than that I definitely could have snatched that like that win was there for the taken you know what I mean like just had a bit more belief in yourself like when I was a young amateur especially MS um cuz I was quite rangy and lighter like I've put on a lot of like muscle mass like just naturally getting older so I have more belief in like my strength and power but when I was like 18 19 fighting in the eye mass I literally like thought in my head I couldn't finish any of these adults. So my head I was always like I'm just going to try and jab ahead of them for three rounds cuz I'm not going to knock them out and like and like keep away from them. Do you know what I mean? But I'm more confident now like in all aspects of my game. Like I've took my strength and conditioning way more seriously. Um I feel like strong for the weight. Um like I haven't felt a fight in a while where I've felt over strength and I feel like I could strike with anyone basically. So, and the grappling, I've been a lot more confident in my grappling and like that was my first submission when my last fight, but my submission defense has always been pretty good. So, you know, even the last fight like the guy I've fought all ranges of fighters as well now. So, I'm I'm really confident like obviously I you fight people from all over the world, different styles and and that's a good like base I felt that that really helped me turning pro. You know, I started off in IMAFS and then my two, sorry, my three amateur fights in Ireland were Adrian Barrow and then two against Kieran Brady. Like that's two top level fighters from here. And then obviously going pro and fighting different body types like Arie Broen was a small stocky fighter Mikey McCoy, long and rangy boxer. And then the Brazilian guy who was seven foot headcase, a big swinging big massive. I actually seen a video he knocked some boy out with a head kick and I was like glad I didn't like after our fight. I'm like glad I didn't see that before before I fought him. I would have like put a little bit more doubt in my head like but and then this guy another different type of fighter but like I'm confident everywhere um it goes that I can do I can do whatever it takes to win. >> Yeah. And I like that that that you've been matched up and obviously that's a strategic thing as well I'd say by your father going forward. You need different types because when you get to the the higher level as well, you're going to get at least you've felt these styles, felt these bodies at pro kind of on the way up, I know obviously you'll be up levels as you go further, but you've kind of you you've got the kind of grips of it. You know what it kind of feels like, but obviously if if you win this and you go 4 and I know obviously you're not looking past your opponent, but like what's the plan next year? Would you be hoping to get onto cage wires? I'm surprised they haven't come calling or or maybe they have. You keep that quiet. if they have any, you turn them down. But >> um or would you be competing on the next Gladiator in February? >> Um I I won't I won't be fighting on the one in February. Um it's been a long training camp for this one to be honest. Uh and like I know that Cage Wars 200 200 is in February. Um but like that might be a bit too soon for me. Like if I'm going to enjoy Christmas here to be honest, like I'd have to probably immediately start ding after this fight. So I like if there I would love to fight on I was like thinking of a timeline in my head like in my head I was like 5 and0 and then before I turned pro five and0 and I could get on like a big promotion. Um but like four and0 on a belt is like that's right there as well. So I was like I'd like to fight in like April time would be a perfect time for me to fight I reckon. um you know have a good Christmas after this fight and then like January hits start fully um licking the gym walls again and and like anytime in April I reckon it would be a good time. So say if there was like a cage wars in April or like I'm not I'm not um what do you call set in stone like I have to fight in cage wars unless there's loads of big promotions across Europe and I' I'd love to fight on like any of those ones like I've seen Cristiano Ronaldo butchers and wow did you see that in Spain? >> Yeah Tapora has one as well doesn't he? Yeah, that would be that would be they actually offered me a fight ages ago when I was one and0 but I was on holiday at the time like it was a short notice one but I was like hit me up and like fighting fighting in Spain blast like wouldn't it especially like I've seen those stadiums like a show like that would be unbelievable. Um but like April time and like obviously like having my own family show um uh club show it's a good backup if I don't get anything. Do you know what I mean? Like there's always that there's always that fall back you know if I don't get anything or like a good fight or whatever in between now and when I want to fight like I know that show in June um Gladiator era are doing again. So, it's a nice fallback, you know, to have like I always have something in the back there if I don't get something. Do you know what I mean? >> Yeah. There there's loads of the like I was about to ask you, how do you feel with all the different promotions that are there? Do you understand? So, where you've got Octagon, um >> PFL, there's loads like you've got LFL, which is in uh Amsterdam, you've got um like you said, WOW was another one cuz I know someone who was supposed to fight on that. They did that their opponent pulled out and they still gave them tickets and because they had already booked the flights and they were able to go to >> but how do you feel that that that there is the options because a lot of people were like cage warriors UFC but now there's so many different routes. How does that make you feel to have those options? >> Yeah. Great. Like like K is unbelievable show like and it would be amazing to fight on that as well but I feel no pressure like that I have to fight on that. You know what I mean? Like obviously I would I would love to fight on any big promotion. So the and like traveling abroad like that's what I did at amateur in the world you know I was I fought in Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Bahin. So I'm used to the traveling for fighting you know a pro like you want as much good experience as you can get like um especially like at at like my level pro the pay is not class like so you know what are you doing it for? you're doing for like to build your career, build experiences and stuff like that. So yeah, I'll say like I'm not I'm not under any pressure to fight on a certain show. I'm like open to any show to be honest like but I want to like take the right steps. >> Yeah. And like that you can see from how the start of your career has gone, you're taking the right steps. I know you you're very levelheaded. I know your father obviously uh he loves the game and he's just like he's so particular. He's a great mind to to have a talk with and have a speak with and they're going to like you've done everything right to this stage. Like I said, you don't have to keep yourself open to just one promotion. Whatever comes comes. But look, it's going to be a really good fight this weekend. I won't be there unfortunately. I got to let you go. Is there anything you want to say before you go or anyone you want to shout out? >> Um, yep. Just all I have loads of sponsors. I won't um list them all because I'll definitely forget someone. Uh, but all my sponsors um been great help through this camp. Um, all my training partners, they've really pushed me. You know, we have so many good bodies on the mat right now. And especially with I think we have 12 or 13 boys fighting, including myself at the weekend here. So, you know, the levels of training, everyone pushing to the same goal. It's it's been unbelievable. So, all my coaches and all my training partners and you said if I get a finish, you'll buy me a Christmas present as well, didn't you? >> Yeah, I will. You heard it here. I got to buy something that I sent to him. H we won't discuss what it is. So, if you do win by a finish, that'll be the big reveal once it's there. But you've heard it here. It's on record. It's on It's on It's been recorded. I will get you something if you get that finish. Um, but yeah, no, thank you very much. I want to wish you the best skill going forward. I won't be there, but I will be watching as always. Um, thank you very much for your time and I can't wait to see how the fight turns out. No worries. >> Cheers, Dave. Thank you.