Andreeas Binder

Summary

Andrea Binder joined me to talk about his upcoming fight on levels fight league, he speaks about the weight miss and how it mentally affected him. But he wanted to return as soon as possible, he returns at 170 looking to showcase the level he's improved since we last saw him

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Kind: captions Language: en [Music] I'm here with Mr Andre sp there we're just under two weeks out from him returning to the cage I'm very excited how are you feeling you must be buzzing to to finally be able to get back in there and and show us what you're all capable and thank you for your time today what's happened da yeah I'm I'm glad to be back on H it's been uh it's been a long time since we last spoke but uh yeah I'm I'm excited man I'm [ __ ] excited I've been in like I said since I think it was August last year and I couldn't get to showcast what I've learned in the last nearly six seven months so yeah it's it's going to be good to show the improvements and everything that I've been grafting these couple of months yeah and it's back on the promotion obviously you want to title it you're back up at 170 now as well so how are you feeling first of all because obviously we all know what happened with the two cuts um you w able to make it uh I've talked to you on a personal level and I know how hard it was for you uh mentally physically and emotionally um how are you feeling now dayt day being back up at 170 and not having to worry about that cup um like like I said it was a a bag of mixed emotions with with the whole well everything will happen like I said when I won the lfl belt a liwe that was on top of the world it was the highest of high and then uh I finally got the call up to pfl to make my debut then in December that didn't happen because I missed weight uh then the second time again it was um I came in lighter to fight Camp everything and just didn't react well the body didn't react well again with the cut um but it just came to that stage man that I wasn't really enjoying training and it was kind of like it was kind of like a a fat cam should I say you know what I mean it was kind of like okay what am I eating now what am I eating this like I wasn't enjoying training as much anymore I was so focused solely focused on losing weight losing weight losing weight and it just I I really didn't enjoy it like and now that I'm going back up to 170 I can actually enjoy training I'm enjoying the the time as well with the with the friends and family as well that have been with me like with all this [ __ ] [ __ ] going on obviously was really mentally drained and I I came to the stage I'm like why am I doing this to myself like why am I uh even fighting or all that stuff it's just like you know it was a dark place um definitely for the mental health anyway but I I could either just sit sit in the room and just cry about it or just get back in there like you know and at the end of the day I'm not doing this for anyone I'm doing this for myself so yeah I'm just glad I'm getting back in there and actually just showcast my skills and my talent like instead of just [ __ ] fading away like you know yeah no and I'm delighted you're back I'm sorry that you've been through that like I said we've we've kind of talked behind the scenes anyways because we we have a good relationship but if if you even hadn't made that way with how bad it was do you even reckon that we would have seen the best Andre been there because I don't believe so I think it would have taken effect on you uh maybe the first the first one in pfl Dublin definitely not like because I it was a very very very bad way um and like I said I don't want to be finding excuses and [ __ ] it's on me and that was it and that was my first time missing weight and then like I said the second time in pfl Paris on the eth of March the the camp was going smooth everything was going great managed to get down to like about 72 and a half I was like this is this is great and then my body just show off again so I'm like what the [ __ ] is going on like so I think that would have been a great fight um a great fight with Mark euan um but unfortunately didn't happen and that would have been a great version of myself because I had a point to prove you know I had not just I had the point to prove not just for myself but just to kind of sh up a lot of people about it but look it backfired on me and um it is what it is like but like I said no point sitting and crying about it and just getting back in there and I'm really really enjoying training again really enjoying training yeah that's the main thing a happy fighter is a dangerous fighter in my opinion when you're back in joint especially the day to day grind and like that wake UPS I've never had to go through one I've watched Maga you know Maga I've watched Maga go through one and I wish to never go through one in my life it does it doesn't it wasn't well he CAU 7kg in a in in a sauna overnight so um that that was rough but getting back to obviously you're going back to levels I was looking into the guy you're fighting this looks like it's going to be a potential War He's 33 fights most of his uh wins via knockout or TKO uh he's no submissions but he's got quite a few losses by submissions how do you see this fight going because it looks on on paper it looks like someone's getting getting the light shut out yeah like he's very experienced um I was surprised he took the fight as well because like it's it's a risk for him it's a risk for me as well like the way I see it he's going in there with a point to prove be like look he's eight and two he's a hot Prospect he's this he's the that and the other I want to take his Spotlight away from from uh from me but I'm going in there to you know like just to get back fighting I just want to fight that's you know I've been training for so long and I just couldn't show what I've been learning the last couple of months um someone will go to sleep someone will go to sleep 100% because I'm going in there with a point to proof again remind people that I haven't gone away or filed away like I'm still you know obviously now I can I can lift weights again instead of just doing cardio every [ __ ] day uh so yeah I'm I'm excited man I'm really excited to go in there and showcast all around MMA like you know um I came from a grappling background just people tend to forget that because my resume it's mostly Knockouts five Knockouts out of the eight fights so yeah whatever the fight goes like if it's a grappling stange if it's striking what ever it is I'll be ready more than ready so and I'm sure he's going to go in there he's a HomeTown boy and going in his backyard uh but nothing phasing me at this stage like you know what I mean I'm going to go in there Cool C collected and just take his chain apart yeah it does sound like a good fight and like that you said you put yourself in all different positions in different countries you've been to levels quite a few times before so you've had all these experiences which will stand sh and also I want to say fair play as well uh on uh with the wers you you took all responsibility didn't hide from it as well and that's why I'm glad to talk to you today but with going to levels and going fighting again um going forward after that obviously you're not looking past your opponent are you looking to stay active and how much have you improved since you last fought like because like you said you haven't got to show it like is the Andre spin that we seeing this time going to be leaves some bounds better than he was the last time we seen him yeah so I'm not looking past my opponent um like you said I'm My Level has improved because when I won the lfl world title um I won that in July I took about a week and a half off uh and I was back in training again because I knew I'd be fine around August August or September so that didn't happen and then I was like right I'll just keep on training get better and better and better and better obviously I was enjoying training I was top of the world you know after winning such a big fight um but this is going to be the best version of myself physically mentally and I'm just you know when a lot of Fighters say oh I'm hungry to fight well this is beyond hunger like this is completely different because I haven't fought I have itch I have that itch to get back in there and just in feel that you know feel that crowd Vibe feel that energy of everyone and just smash his head in like I cannot wait I cannot wait I like the way you're sounding now H you sound enthusiastic you sound like you want to get it sounds like you're chomping at the bit and like as soon as it like this fight was announced as here this is good this is good you're getting back in the game so you talked about being obviously in dark place mentally are you feeling much better mentally now like that you've gone through that because I think this is going to be something that will stand you going forward obviously having to go through it and it's not the first time there's been ups and downs in your careers either this but how do you feel now mentally going into this uh mentally I feel very strong now uh do you know I I had to take two weeks away from all this social media negativity and all that stuff because you're always going to get hate you're always going to get like you know the the smart asses and [ __ ] like that so I want to push away from all that and just focus on my family and friends that you know that went through all this with me and yeah it's just you know like I said social media is a very toxic Place uh regard to like messages that you get for missing weight and this and but I'm not going to go into that too much but um mentally I'm just ready for everything right now you know what I mean I think I've I've went through all this and now it's kind of like the rise again so I'm just going to start reminding people again I Welter with what I can do and that that's my career that's what I started at and that's where I'm going to finish it out I wter with yeah know I'm glad I'm glad that you're uh on the far side of it now and social media is quite toxic it can be a very good place and it can be very very bad place um and it's usually like when whatever had happened between yourself and the missing weight that's between you your opponent and the promotion and no one else yes maybe people can have their say or an opinion on it but when people want to get nasty and make threats and stuff like that that's when it kind of like you've gone you've gone you've gone kind of too far but um I'm looking forward to seeing you back at this one and I want to talk about you mentioned your family there that went through with you I mean you spoke about them how essential are they to you because they're your day ones they're your they're your circle how much do they mean to you and how much did they help you get through this period man it's it they've been my rock since day one do you know what I mean I remember we had a interview in my house on MMA in debt and I said it to you and I quote by quote I said it to you I was like when you're winning your phone will always be oh your best of look and this that you're always going to be on top of the like on the hype train should I say when you lose a fight or when something happens like this you're not going to get a single message you know what I mean or no one's like like I said the people that are there with us since day one that's you should cherish the most and it'll kind of like open your eyes a little bit like you know um and everyone will get on the bound wagon when you're really at the top and when you're winning and when you're successful and stuff you know because you're releasing that dopamine and that's a dopamine dopamine for them as well so it's just it's been so I like I'm blessed to have the people around me the team around me um my sponsors around me like they've all been like you know very very acknowledgeable of what I'm doing and uh just support me in whatever way they can you know yeah know that's good and I think I remember cuz you'd said that to me but I've done it before is whenever there was a local show I would always text whoever lost that night rather than the winners because like cuz I think you had said it to me before as well and I like that I actually got back messages off all them saying thank you you're only like the second person to text me one would have been there maybe immediate family and and it's a it's a very fickle sport isn't it it's kind of what have you done for me lately and and you're only as good as your last fight which is for me is wrong because it's not just that last fight it's the last decade you've put into this more do you know the sort of way only your family really really understand that um you said you enjoy you're back enjoying training talk to us about uh Charles toown uh you've got like so many kids coming up you've got Sarah you've got Aiden you've got Alex who just won a title um you've got so many good people in there obviously I keep forgetting about Max and Sh sound you've got Max as well um but like what's what's the vibe like in there now because everybody's like the amateurs have really risen to the top of the amateur ranks there of Ado and Alex and Sarah um and obviously Max the St poker what's the vibe like now because you can just see the seeds that have been planted years ago really beginning to Blossom now man it's like when I first joined this Jame there about two and a half years ago um I remember like everyone just growing as a team like we're not just a team we're like a big family like you know what I mean whenever like whenever someone has a fight it's like we're all in Camp because we're all we're all fine roughly the same time so we're constantly like pushing each other and evolving and getting better and better each day but I just look at it now like we had the young kids like Cameron uh we had Luke we had a few of the young kids like you know that fought at the the Europeans over in in Croatia and they all got like gold medals and Silvers and stuff and I'm like right you look at them now imagine them in a couple of years like they're going to be absolute Killers like you know and then you have then you have the young amateurs uh like Leon you have Curtis and all these boys like growing up and now then you have the next Pro crop of of Fighters you know you have your max you have Ado you have Alex we're just building on so we're getting ready you know we're getting ready for the pros we're getting ready to just dominate this year man so yeah look Max has some big fight news coming up as well a f off for the belt on C conflict as a comain event so that's going to be a banger as well Alex will be back in in in there again um he has a big fight lined up so yeah everyone's just getting ready for fights man May June July they were all going to be just busy busy busy you know yeah that's good and especially when they're so close together everyone's everyone's pushing but I was talking to someone from your gym and what they were saying was even when their fight's over they don't like they might take the day but they they come back and they make sure you're ready Alex is ready Ado's ready ready there's no like oh my fight fight's over I'm taking my foot off the gas now everyone comes back in and ready to prepare everyone like that must be just a special kind of family feeling to to have that because a lot in in some gyms people might just be like my fight's over let's leave it at that not that they won't back in but they won't be pushing you so it must be a special place but uh going forward uh like you said you're not looking past your opponent how active you look to be this year because you were previously quite active um so are you looking to stay active this year yeah 100% I want to stay as active as possible like you know i' I've missed out on seven eight months of of of my career at this stage with all these fights what what was happening and stuff so I want to get in there now I want to get in there May June whenever you know what I mean I I want to try and stay as active as possible I see uh June uh 8 of June on pfl in Newcastle that's happening so and I know they're looking uh um for another person in the welterweight tournament so if I please God I put a good performance on this and everything goes to plan and everything I can get back in there or I don't know what's going to happen you know I just want to stay as busy as possible wherever whoever I just want to fight but I'm back I'm back to enjoying training I'm back a wter way where I can actually just showcast what I can do like you know yeah no that's good and that's good so so pfl have obviously let you you take this fight outside um to that they don't I don't know I don't think they do that too often um but they've obviously let you because you really wanted to get back in so are you looking at the tournament then at 170 because obviously we spoke 155 isn't going to be where you're going to be H so with like that potential knockout performance are you looking to to jump into that tournament then yeah if the if the doors open for me and I can you know go back there and just all this [ __ ] was was happening and repay them back you know what I mean I'll take it in heartbeat but like I said it's not up to me it's it's up to to them it's up to my managers up to my coaches and stuff so whoever they put in front of me I'll fight you know what I mean I never shy away from anyone and I'm always there to put on a performance so wherever whatever promotion it is I'll be ready look there's lfl title as well at the main event Melvin is I'll be keeping my eye on that if PF doesn't work out so we'll see what happens yeah there is plenty of options now what you think of the scene right now obviously we're just we're the Monday if whenever this is released I just let people know this is the Monday after cage warries just happened uh when you've seen that show on 12 out of 14 wins for Irish you see all the Irish on the likes of pfl H big will flurry's gone to octagon you've got Dennis and Armand over there Aaron McDonald uh you've got people kind of everywhere now at at the minute like what you make of the level of the Irish scene and the amount of options that are available to upcoming Fighters because usually there was just the one route cage Warriors and then kind of go UFC but you've got all these other ones uh pfl obviously Bellator have merged you've got the like the levels and these European ones I think one it was a Fight Night series you I can't remember the name of it that you fought on cage fight Series yeah cage fight series all these ones are kind of grown and they're all on Fight Pass as well what do you think of one the L that we have at the minute and two the options that are available to Fighters it just shows man like every every year um the I scene of MMA fighters is grown like the talent is grown um whether it St like I said starting from the amateurs going up to Pros like you look at the amateur rankings right now uh at the Europeans nearly everyone medled between the the youths the Juniors the seniors everyone medled because we're such a small uh like Island that we just all you do is you either play football or you fight so look between martial arts and boxing like Ireland is flying it like so the options are there uh you just need to grab those opportunities and look the world's at your feet yeah no it is like you said you've got a couple from your gy I think Ireland came second in the cadets which is just especially with the numbers so I I talked to Danny McCormack the day she's doing an absolutely fantastic job there as well and and Jordan Scully and uh Fufu fairs won Gold as well so it's just getting bigger and bigger but it's going to be an exciting yeah I think for in my opinion 2024 is probably going to be the most is the most exciting year since maybe the rise of Conor McGregor what part do you want to play in 2004 for Irish MMA I just want to go back in there and [ __ ] fight man I just want to fight so I'll just take him one fight at a time H try and get three four fights under the belt by the end of this year and yeah I just cement my name back up there like you know as as a hot prospect that I that I was consider last here so look fingers crossed no injuries no other stuff happening and we'll get there yeah no I'm I'm predicting a a knockout of the night maybe again it wouldn't it wouldn't be like you to go abroad go to someone's Hometown and absolutely St someone that's the kind of impact I presume you're looking to have because you don't like going to decisions can be dodgy sometimes um yeah yeah but you haven't been there many times in your career and I doubt you're one going to go to to one this time um especially like you said You' have a point to prove uh for me personally I still think you're you're one of the best up there um obviously the opportunity came and whatever happened happened and you I believe you're going to redeem yourself in this upcoming fight so I got to let you go but I want to say thank you very much for your time it's an absolute pleasure thank you for being very open and answering all the questions as well uh because a lot of people might have asked us not put that in and you said just ask me anything uh don't even ask me beforehand just ask me anything and we'll go for it h is there anything you want to say before you go or anyone want you shout out and thank you for your time um no thank you Dave for having me back on it's been a very long time since we had a chat uh and we kind of just pushed the back all the time but uh no look I'm back to I'm I'm glad to be back in there now in just over two weeks uh sorry just under two weeks and yeah I'm excited man I'm excited just to get back in there uh showcast my my talent and my skill that I'm I'm possessing and what I've learned on big shout out to all the boys in the gym my coaches my my sponsors uh my friends and family and uh yeah just tune in there 21st of April H it's going to be a spectacular to show again on levels um grateful for for pfl to just let me fight again on levels and grateful to uh Donovan and Andrew just for getting me back in there ASAP and I'm excited man really really excited just to get in there and scrap yeah I'd say they were like they seem very high on your level so I say they were delighted to be able to get you back on and I was talking to Raz either other day I believe Raz and Nikki are thinking about going over as well uh I'm not going to say that for definite because they might see this and go what did you say that for not like but I nearly sure Raz and Nikki have a good relationship I see Nikki put up about going up to the day as well so and you always bring a crowd with you as well so like you br yeah it's G to be it's going to be mad man it's going to be mad I have a lot of uh Lads H going over so it's gonna be sick and yeah the you just can't beat the Irish you know it's G to be it's GNA be great it's GNA be great and I'm definitely going to get that performance of theight again you will see just tune in on Vol play and yeah it's going to be a great night perfect thank you so much and I will talk to you very soon I'll be talking to you before the fight anyways and I appreciate your time today thank you Dave perfect