Brian Draper interview

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[Music] so I'm here with Brian Draper uh we're going to be talking about his upcoming fight on Clan Wars this weekend this Sunday in Dublin back in Dublin for uh for the show so how are you how you feeling with it being fight week what what kind of is going on with you right…

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[Music] so I'm here with Brian Draper uh we're going to be talking about his upcoming fight on Clan Wars this weekend this Sunday in Dublin back in Dublin for uh for the show so how are you how you feeling with it being fight week what what kind of is going on with you right now um feeling great thanks for asking um but so F week I still I still try I train this evening two sessions yesterday two sessions today had me last strength condition well not strength more conditioning session today and this afternoon and then doing a St in class Y and then tomorrow will probably be like the last hard push and then it's going to be just paper and right off then till Sunday so um I'm excited for like Friday Saturday when I start to feel like start to feel fresh you know what I mean get good get a good recovery realm in and and just just relax you know what I mean and obviously we're not weight a heavyweight so get to refuel the body and stuff like that CU even though like you still eat like a c like a good amount of food and stuff you're not eating enough calories to to I suppose to supplement what you're born in when you're training two Hard MMA sessions a day you know what I mean you're born in the serious amount of calories especially with the so was so your body is still breaking down you know what I mean so when I'm getting a bit of rest getting the good field in or a few spots few son as I'm going to feel good I'm going to be really excited then and is that when all the excitement kicks in you're just looking forward to and when you're that close to the fight and when like just say you get to the event and you just itching just to I want to get in there I want to get in there yeah that's what I was even saying today to me brother um I was saying today to me brother I was like oh I just I just wish it was I wish it was today Andy were talking Andy even yesterday morning Andy was talking to me he was like he was like are you you fing good now was like I was like I'm ready to go now I was like I'm ready to go right this second like I would love nothing more than to have to fight now you know what I mean it's just like the waiting is the worst part and you know what honestly it's a blessing that that that were point I'm pointing on Clan Wars this point because Clan Wars run that shows quite early they start at like 2 pm that is unbelievable man the worst part of our fighting is the waiting all day and especially me last two fights have been like up like me the when one part was call man I didn't walk to the cage I think like nine o'clock that night and then the last one against Johnny was like that was I don't think I was in the cage till nearing 10 o' man it's like it's it's the worst part just waiting around all day you're in your own head you know what I mean you're trying to reserve energy you know what I mean yeah you're just thinking about it you get me and like you can't anyone that tells you that they're not constantly thinking about with the lo you know I mean like it doesn't matter how experienced you are I'm very experienced not only in MMA May and martial art in general and like you're just constantly thinking about it it doesn't you can't not think about it do you get me yeah so that's the worst part but I'm excited yeah I'm ready to go not probably not right now you know what I mean only finish training and St like that but like like today every day I wake up like the last week or so it's been like oh I wish it was today i' I'd say that and like that like you were saying when you're out the back cuz you have to come early to get Medicals and stuff like that done so like it's not as if you arrive to the venue late and then you fight like you're literally there all I'm not I'm I'm a vet in this game but at this point yeah like even in competition in general screw that I don't have a l course I don't know the co screw all that man SW they can't get to the venue at 12 o'l 10 o'clock check in you're not get the boat man I'm point and you think I'm going to sit around there waiting all day at the end you show up you get like for example the last one they wanted us at the venue for Medicals at 4:00 telling us that we can wait around and stuff no problem o went to the venue for about qu to four made sure it was dirt early got me medical done medical was done with in 5 10 minutes I bounced back to the hotel didn't leave the hotel till probably like half seven cuz I was doing the cage at half n and uh just got their the half seven quart eight had a little chat to everybody you know what I mean all the all the qu team and all we did you recognize famili familiar faces and stuff St loud to everybody and then get the hands wrapped chill out for a half an hour you know what I mean and then you're then you're starting to get warm like that's the way I like to do so it won't be any different but this like I be showing up to get me met I know how that warehouse worked to Corner Lo Lads over over the last year C leges and Premier FC and all that so I know what way it's set up I know where the Medics is I'll be I'll be gone there for like if I'm on the cage at like 4 5:00 I'll be gone there at about 2:00 half two I'm not sitting around waiting that's not my gig I don't like that it's it's it's at the end of the day un pointed you know what I mean like I don't have to sit around and wait all day like that's just personal that's not me being a d that's just because I don't like it J I don't like sitting there it's the worst part about it it's sitting waiting you know what I mean like it's not nice yeah and especially with other Fighters around you like said you can get into your own own head where you go back to 100% the energy is all over the place you people there that are nervous people there that are exra people that winning losing it's it's all over the you know what I mean it just no under under for me I'm there I'll show up when I show up I'm not going to play not show up you get me like at the telling is that I'm going to be there I'm GNA be there like don't be worrying you know what I mean yeah and it's it's actually a close it's a it's a close commute for you this time it's your first time fighting back in dubl since your debut back in 2017 how does it feel was the someone you fought fought on I want to say twice twice at least maybe three times um how does it feel that can have come to duban because usually obviously they're in Belfast and how does it feel yeah it's great it's great no Belfast isn't too bad Belfast is like as I said clam Wars is good because they start the show early so even when we like when I fought Dennis was my last one on was my last one on Clan Wars so like we left the we left dubling at about nine o' we got there for about half time 11 checked in went for a bit of field like Got Back sure we were getting a medical St at like half one we think we were fighting me and Dennis for like the six or seven fight you were point in about three o' did you get me three half three so that's not bad you're up you're there you're busy you're you're s of down everything and then you're out you know what I mean where're like as I said the other shows that are got not start at 600 and 7 p.m. you can't really do with that you s nearly have to like you nearly have to stay the night before because you need somewhere to relax throughout the day you don't want to be even sitting in the car too much before the fight you know what I mean like you don't be leaving du at 2:00 in the afternoon you're driving for three four hours then you're fting two hours after that that's not good either you know what I mean so pointing and D this is going to be great I'm making the joke the whole Camp up and saying like straight to Nando after this you I mean like Nando like every fight man but like since even even battles down in Dublin like that that went on till all hours we didn't get out there till probably 10 11:00 nowhere's open to go over a no F like you know I mean like so after this going to be probably out the venue over about 7:00 straight theand up straight St straight straight home it's be only say me was only stand me the other day I was like H I was in DCA and I was in the I was in the ring like Craig cley like Adam Derby you know what I mean like uh David like David mlin Donald all these ho level St you're in the ring with them and col there around just like training like we do the morning session there and I I I had to get back to the house like me I had to bring me man somewhere and I I literally left at the last second and I left the gym at 11 o'clock and I was back in the house and all for like 12 minutes past 11 and I was still in me sweaty girl and all and I was just like this is bad I was like I'm been in a rain fighting and now I'm standing and like me man I'm like two different realities I'm like that's what it's going to be like I'm going to be like in the cage down the and then I'm G to be back in the Gap like an hour after on the this is mad so don't know there that's that's that's be mad to me it's don't really get it's like people probably think no what you talk about but like you only get it if you get it it's like it's just two it's got two two extremes two different ends of the spum mental yeah it is obviously in aspects of life and then also you've got a factor in most fights that you've gone for like there's maybe the hour or two or three hours before you even get home to house but to be a to transition straight from your fight to back home within about an hour is going to be like said it's so surreal because you usually have a journey you might St up the night of a fight or something like but to be back one to the other so quickly is good but um how does it feel obviously just to fight in Dublin alone not even for that because it's much easier for people to come and see you then oh 100% 100% that's but uh G to have some good supporter you I mean on the place the place is gonna be on wheeles and anyway because they have a lot of good ticket sellers on the show at Gary R and stuff like that I mean like so the place have got to be packed like like regardless and because it's such a small venue don't know you've probably been there have you been to any shows in the world I haven't been to the warehouse I was there when it was when they had the big top I hav I've heard it's quite compact it's like the color type of O to it it's like it's real like it's very it's like they fit a lot of people in it but it's very Compact and like it's just like it's mental like you put 50 people in there with a good scrap on and it sounds like there's a thousand people in there you know what I mean so if they F 500 600 people in there on Sunday it's gon to be it's G to be mental so yeah it's good it's going to be very very fun yeah it's going to it's going to be it's exciting man I don't BL buzzing you have me going here now I'm going to be up all night now um yeah and like I think it was uh who was it was it Jess said it to me uh the cutwoman she reckons that this is gonna be one of the venues that for years will like the atmosphere and will just grow and grow something like the devonish as well you know that sort of a VI yeah he says it's going to be it's one of her kind of favorite places to go at the minute because of that oh yeah that's that's that's that's actually that's a good uh that's a good analogy there or not not analogy whatever it's a good comparison of the devonish yeah the devonish is a good El spot that that's a mad place when when the F beond like it's just like that's it's like places like that sound like a r is you mean like it's nuts like especially when you're watching the fights back like and you hear the crowds and just it's like you think that you think that there was thousands of people in the place but there's only a couple not a couple hundred probably 500 people in the place only you know what I mean so yeah it's it's good for the for the atmosphere because there's nothing better than than that and look anyone that's watched any my fights my I'm never in the board fight you me go this be and Sh but now like I don't I'm not in the habit of having B when I lose you know I mean like they're always very very entertaining fights and that's why I'm excited as well about this venue because it's going to be a it is it's going to be it's going to be electric tournament it's going to be nuts like and especially with the people looking down going to be so intimate people are going to be right on top of us like they're going to get they're going to hear the smacks they're going to you know what I mean going to be good yeah know it's it's going to be a fantastic show and And in regards to the actual fight your opponent is coming in what I like about this fight is you're both kind of you're both very well rounded um have you looked into it much yourself or do you just kind of focus on your game or what you want to do um no I I do try definitely to focus on my game but I'm also the Spectrum I say a little bit regarding as in I I I obsess about things like I want to know every single way he Twitches so I want to see what way he moves I want to know what he does when he moves off to his left I want to know what he does when he does off to his I want to know where his hands go when he's moving back after TR a combination and like I've watched and he's he's actually had quite quick fights to be honest with you like he has had quick fights and so there's not an awful lot of footage out there of him but I've studied it like been watching for months now I actually haven't watched this for probably in the last couple of weeks because I've done all that I get probably I'm getting into this like under the Zone but like I'm my body knows my brain knows now I don't give a [ __ ] now anymore where before like see how people tell to get nervous like the day of the fight to get nervous the week of the fight look I get nervous more far out from the fight when like I'm not in full shape like and I'm not like ready to go but as I start to approach the end of training camp or getting closer to the fight when I'm getting I know I'm fit I know I'm in I'm in the position I need to be in that's when my nerves like start to fade away and I'm like I'm just I'm ready to go now do you know what I mean so it honestly I know I I don't know what he's gonna do because honestly I believe that Johnny Last Time Is Gonna Come Out And wrestle with me I honestly thought he was gonna come out and Sho for his life I did not expect him to come out and and and and stand Jour the way he did um so I'm not going to say I know what he's going to do but I guarantee he's not going to bull rush me the way he's been bull rushing The Lads anyways because that' be very silly thing for him to do and I think is and I I think it's t know that as well you know because I'm I'll be very friendly with the sead they all sound lad like I'm sure R's a sound BL as well J me just but he if he comes out and B rushes me the way he's been TR that's silly you know what I mean yeah I'm pretty sure they know what they can and can't do with you I say they probably studied you yourself exactly exactly H and like that you said you're very friendly with you've been around the scene for quite a while and and that's one of the things that for me is you don't really see many heavyweights go to rounds you're able to go the distance at a very hard Pace uh at heavyweight that's a testament to Tam Roo yeah just just the rounds you doing roo you know crash no I actually I actually I was just about done yeah so like basically like that's a lot of you've lost you've lost me now I can't remember I no yeah so you saying that you saying that can go go har not heavy to go har three rounds yeah what yeah so basically what is it that you're doing well as I said I'm a bit of an obsessive person and sometimes like like the lad and Ry always War me up in all gour but like I do work hard like there's not I don't believe there's many heavy weights I have the tank have and actually it was only rolling yesterday with a few big Lads they come down was an open m yesterday and r and like I'm so used to going with like to James shean Graham shean Adam Derby you know what I mean like those boys like welterweights middleweights like I'm so used to going with them Lads that when I go a heavyweight man it's like it's a different completely different ball game it's like what the like I almost forget how fit and how good I am from because I'm constantly going with these Lads that like think about like like a shack I'm a heavyweight I'm 100 OD kilos these boys are 90 OD K I'm 110 they're like 90 91 keeping with their Pace but doing off quicker than they're doing off so always like oh here pushing himself harder harder harder harder I'm doing more running I'm doing more Sprints I'm I'm I'm doing extra cardio because I'm like I want to get to their level but I then for get that they're completely different weight class to me so then as I said yesterday I was like rolling a couple of heavyweight Lads couple of Po Lads coming down to the gym and it's like Jesus after a minute like that blading that braiding out a ho that's nothing against them it's just I'm like it reminds me it's like what the what the heck like I you can push this boys and I don't even be mean with it J me it's like and that's what they all say they're like so great fit like I'm like I don't know it's just cuz I'm so used to going with the light like the the fit L the l l I'm so used to going with like gr and James and them boys are just cardio Machines man like genuinely like they would break it like they break it and they smell that you're even slowing down a tiny bit in training and now only a h not man so it's like we had a session there last thday I was doubting me out I was Sting the G for half an hour after Stu being like sing in the space being like what are I doing what am I doing like I'm gonna get killed next week like that's what you're thinking I'm not fit at all hell what [ __ ] am I gonna do but then it's like like them sessions you're meant to be T in you what I mean you're meant to be get you're meant to feel like that do you get me so yeah I don't know but yeah a lot of rounds accumulated up like I think they out like nearly 10 foots three rounds most of them like that's 20 odd rounds and then they talking probably well over 10K one foot couple of stoppages in there but again my style is designed to break people you get me that's why a lot of people I've been h on younger that Pro will suit me so well the same way Solomon Simon St off is he chips away at people do you know what I mean he had a lot of decision win amateur as well but he he long with him he's never lost to ground really and then you see him Pro about halfway through the second round now he's just killing people people people can't deal with him that's what I feel it's like for me it's um I put a like I put around like the seven eight minute Mark of a fight I really start taking over you're watching that last fight with Johnny like that I watched that fight probably 30 40 times that four round he comes out blazing hot and it's like from like this the the end of the Forest right to the end of the to on just building on them like a wave man Ian just run out time that's Nate the famous Nate isn't it I never L just ran out time that's I like that I like that but like you Solomon this is someone I actually spoke about before I think especially with Ron who I do M death with because he trained with Solomon years ago and he said Solomon just needs to turn pro because he's just going to start killing people at Pro he's it's is too suited also you've got the bigger cage as well and the time because because Solomon's very good at position and where he wants to get and it's hard to do that in three minute rounds but obviously it's good you notice that and then you heavy elbows heavy knees imagine what You' be doing with them that's what I'm saying like like car especially I'm like short for the heavy not like I'm six six2 I'm list at six3 but I'm I've I've learned to let it go you know what I mean I'm 62 in bare feet you get me I'm not gonna not going to keep claiming six tree so like I'm I'm sure hard on the heavier way especially against Rory like so I think like the lik the elbows and stuff that's going to play big into my game at professional because when I'm holding goes against defense because I'm very wide of a w very wi back you know I mean like like you're pressing people into that head right and I'm very fast bounce off you know what I mean like it's I just I feel like yeah Pro will suit me so much and I'm very Bounty for a big BL a good [ __ ] box jump man I can box jump bling 25 inches no problem me like I spring up them flying me if you watch I when I won me uh Heavyweight World title for K1 i c a remember flying into the mushroom halfway across the ring man it was just an hour I stung I slipped and stung him with a right hand and he wobbled back and I just fllying knee so I can't wait to be a to start fllying knees and and spinning elbows and all that [ __ ] in the C that that's that's fun you I mean that that makes it real for you doesn't it yeah it does I just love how excited you are just speaking about it because I know when you do turn this this stuff is going to be coming and and obviously we're not gonna be looking past your opponent but I want to ask you what's your plans sorry sorry what's your plans for the year like are you looking to go pro this year are you looking to have a couple more amateur about or what's the plan for the 2024 honestly like I'm look I'm I'm a quite an honest person I'm not gonna like I'm not gonna [ __ ] yeah like if I don't go here like January like I if I if I don't do what I know I need need to do in this fight we'll see you get me it's like I'm not going to kill myself at the end of the day I need to be able to unleash where I have so like I can unleash it but I need to be able to do from to get go I have to stop I have to stop going out there and I think honestly a big part of it is is is not being threatened enough James she said it I remember we were joking saying that I messed with James saying oh fighting cers and Jes about time and I was like well wasn't I expecting what you to say look thought G to go what what are you doing like what you thinking of BR for he's like no I think you should he was like I think you'd step up he was like I think the higher level your opponent the better you are like and that's what I'm excited about this point because I know how good Rory is Rory's naturally good Rory's not one of these guys that you look at him and you're gonna go oh he's really flashing he's really slick striking and he's really nice takedowns and Rory is like a winner do you get me he's one of them type of BLS like he know he he he he's just athletic and and and he and he has that will to win same with look of Dennis per Dennis per isn't the most flashy bloke in the world man he's not like the best at anything but he's really good at winning he's good at they same with Jordan on it another block like a SP Jordan recently another block that's just that good at winning man you know what I mean and like I need to be fighting guys like that I like I can't fight guys that in my mind in the back of my mind I'm gone then now we're near My Level you know what I mean I need to fight guys where I'm like oh he can sleep me he can knock me clean out he can he he can break me I need that because that makes me do in I'm like I'm I I need to be extra focused you get me so that's what like remember James Shane was saying that he was like I think you should go probably because you're GNA Step Up same with Adam der he was saying that it's gonna make you step up you know what I mean you will Ro to that occasion um so yeah talk about the fight last last year against Park was very very disappointed that because it was just like I know I should have knocked him clean out no Park is the soundest block ever but like I'm talking pure skill sets here like I should have slept him like that should have been nowhere near that wasn't close at all didn't land one Glo me but I should have been able to finish that fight off and I didn't and that's what I want to do on this fight I want a finish man I want to go out there not for anyone else I don't care if any nobody sees it I just want for myself to go that's what I need I need verification in my mind that I can put these guys away that I know I can you know what I mean I have all the skills in the world man like genuinely I've been doing this [ __ ] since I'm a kid like Lally since I'm before I could barely walk like I I I just need I need to go out there and put it on people and and that's why I'm just so excited I put so much work into me strength condition they got no excuse with the cardio never really they have issues cardio anyways like but I me cardio is off the chance for this fight I know how fit I am so I'll make sure you just go out there and Sprint for is cuz that's where as well amateur is a Sprint man Pro is more of a marathan journey man where like you can Chip Away Chip Away chip away for them 15 minutes but the nine minutes is like genu in this camp like I've been Spar even last Last Friday I Spar mat Ro you know match Rook I do I sping mat and uh it was mad like we were sparing you done three rounds and I remember like the first round was over and I felt like it was about a minute and I actually was like that wasn't the clock was and he was like yeah was I was like hell like you get me like that's how fit I am and like the clock is like going like that you know what I mean it's like the rounds don't feel like three minutes like so that's what in my I'm like on I'm gone for this this the pedal to the metal if we claps in that cage so B I don't give a Bullocks you know what I mean at least I can say I didn't no one can say he didn't TR you get me I don't care about collaps from exhaustion I'm not what taking backward steps in this weight you know what I mean because that's what killed me in the last week was the cage was Tiny which really paid dividends against me because I I need that space to me I'm going forward no no going back in this fight there there's no need for it's such a long going like Ry you can't have him keeping at the end of them long shots because you're you just won't get on off you know he make he'll make you look [ __ ] yeah no 100% I get that and with the small cage like said that kind of nullifies your style as well that's why yeah yeah interested in Premier later in the year Year back in that big cage and back in that outdoor Arena that they have for June 29th I would have loved to be on that card man I would that got announced just after we being accepted the I was a that cage man that I love that cage genu like I gen like I'm not whatever like I don't think anyone touches me in the C that you don't you don't get near me you don't like you see you were do at that fight with with with party yeah like all respect the world the park you got a good win there in the weekend as well Del light from him and his wife too lovely people talking after the fight lovely lovely people great BL but you saying that you man he every punch missed he couldn't land it's on too fast for him on on not even never mind skill level the speed level I'm too I'm too quick for them me reactions are too quick or me feet are too fast you what I mean like and and that's not me even trying that was me actually trying to stay in the pocket with him but it was just I just couldn't find a shot you know what I mean I think I found a shot at the start of f in like the first 40 seconds I dropped him and I think after that he was like he didn't want to stay at that distance he was like he was just marching towards me trying to grab me you know what I mean the strength to him he was unhuman strength mental he's he's he's a big big guy I was talking to him there because man that guy's 45 years of age and he's he's out there chasing down the beating the young Lads still at 45 it's great isn't it I I was like you're is like you are and then there was another guy who was 40 at that show fighting as well I was like this like just shows the age if you want to do it you can do it 100% it's all it's all about your life style man it's all about your lifesty it's what you're putting into your body that's the big part of it and J TR as well he had good genetics his hands man yeah B yeah I remember remember he come and in F you always remember like little snip like little excuse me little small Kinks or remember this I make can remember still to this moment before he Clos again remember it the first job he drew I was in out in he show me heavy jab and I remember his glob him here it just stopped at the front of me no I just pulled back and I could he away of it and I just I remember think I said don't get hit by that that's don't get hit by that or that's gonna wobble you it was like the weight of the hands like and then I remember after we having a chat his hands man they were like double my big KN hands man they were double the thickness of M his fingers were double the length of M it was like what the mental yeah yeah crazy yeah no it was it was a good fight but like that it's all about this weekend I'm Gonna Let You Go I want to thank you so much for coming on I can't wait to see your fight in person I'm not g I'm not gonna say 100% I hope we not going to be there but um is there anything you want to say before you go or anyone you want to shout out before you go I me te me Tim Ro um obviously DCA as well K M Craig K them boys been walking down there since for the last four years now on me striking like there there like when I when I finished my kickboxing career like me me K1 career I was like I was obviously focused fully on MMA and then and then I found found them boys and I just Jo a lockdown in 2020 and remember just it just H it was mad it was just it was exactly what I needed J like they it this like they were even though I never trained with them before that was my style almost like I made up that style myself nearly but like they have like a mastered version of that style and that like it falls in It just fits perfectly and I just want to thank thank Tim Royo thank Andy thank Army teammates thank colly M Craig H everyone um Alan Dawn he's me physio unbelievable better better I I broke me shoulder during 2022 to four was went to F Park and uh doctors and surgeons telling me that I was going to be waiting three months for surgery because it was such a detailed surgery and I was going to be um obviously it's so expensive as well and they I saying that was going to be at least a nine month Rehabilitation before they even get back there being able to do any sort of training Allan had be back in the cage in seven months man do you know what I mean like so like just unbelievable um and then he looks after me strength and conditioning as well because he's a strength conditioning coach so yeah just thank call then yeah yeah no that's thank you thank you for doing the large walk looking after us all getting us all on no thank thank you all for coming on and giving me the the platform I have to to give back to you but yeah Alan that story's mad you were gonna be out that long with the doctors and he got you back man I probably want to come back to MMA was M I was done I was done I was like ah I was like I think I was already like me more this like the world was kind mad just have the lockdown everyone watching few conspiracy the to going to BL end next while I break the shoulder and I was like that's it that's the sign I'm done you know what I mean seven months later like a yeah September yeah right April like not even seven months probably like St down back in the cage like wow and one you I mean looked looked good as well like like that's that's metal that the it's just the hospital gives that opinion and he can do that for you in seven months but anyways on that note I'm going to let you go 10 than you so much and I will see you hopefully this Sunday and hopefully