[ambient traffic]
[birds chirping]
>> Cormier: This is my favorite mask because it has
the picture after I fought in Madison Square Garden
with my family, my wife and my kids who can't be here,
and then my mom and dad are on the picture.
My dad passed away last summer.
So that was the last event he ever went to.
And it'll be the last event my mom ever went to
because, you know, as she's gotten older,
and she lost her soulmate, it's been difficult for her.
So, I get to wear this mask and it kinda keeps them close
to me as much as they can be, but.
It's a great one.
>> They're setting up a the press conference later,
so they moved my location too.
>> Miocic: No worries.
I've never been in here.
It's my first time.
My first time being here.
Thank you.
>> Here's the octagon. >> Oh, that's cool.
>> It's a smaller one.
>> That's alright, I train in one all the time.
It looks so different on TV.
>> Well, you know, we got the camera angles.
>> Miocic: It just looks different.
>> Take off those spectacles, sir.
Stipe, what size gloves are you?
>> Miocic: XL, I can sneak into an XL.
♪ I'm a rich girl ♪
Bobby, can you sing it for me?
Come on, let's go.
>> Kaleal: ♪ You're a rich girl and you've gone too far ♪
♪ And you know it don't matter anyway ♪
>> He's got the shoulder shake, Stipe, you see that?
It's the magnum look.
Blue steel.
[clicking]
>> Perfect.
Thank you very much.
>> There you go.
[horn blowing]
>> I always wanted to do that.
[horn blowing]
It was them! It was them!
I promise it wasn't me.
>> White: What's up, everybody, how are you.
Thanks for coming today.
We appreciate it.
Who has the first question?
>> Reporter: For Daniel, you said you're not
overthinking this fight.
If you were to simplify it,
would it be taking Stipe down and keeping him there?
>> The easiest path for me is to try to take him down
and hold him down.
But I don't wanna just take him down.
I wanna fight him.
Like, I like punching him in the face.
It's fun.
I enjoy it.
His head kinda just stays there.
So, I like punching him.
So, I'm gonna punch him.
I'm gonna wrestle, I'm gonna do everything.
>> Reporter: And Stipe, with the success you had
going to Daniel's body in the last fight,
how quickly do you look to return to that,
or do you anticipate he's anticipating that?
>> I don't know, we'll see.
I mean, one thing I'm gonna do is move my head.
He says it stays in the same place, so.
>> He's gonna go back to the body.
I mean, you'd be an idiot not to.
You can tell he always smirks
when he tries to say he's not gonna do it.
Look at him, he can't help himself.
I know you well.
>> You're like my wife.
>> He smirks right away
as soon as you talk about the body shots?
But why wouldn't he?
Of course, until I stop him from doing it.
>> Reporter #2: Stipe, has it become a personal rivalry
or is it just competitive?
>> I mean, it's always personal in the way we fight
because, you know, they're trying to do something--
they're trying to beat you.
You know, they're trying, you know,
take something away from you.
I've got no ill will towards the man.
You know, but now we're on official business, so.
>> And for Daniel, if you win on Saturday
and walk away as the world heavyweight champion,
is that the greatest exit we've seen
in mixed martial arts to date?
>> In mixed martial arts, yes.
But I think it puts you right alongside
the greatest sports athletes of all time.
Michael Jordan won with the Bulls when they beat the Jazz.
Unfortunately he came back.
I won't come back.
Peyton Manning won a Super Bowl in his last season.
It would put me in that type of sphere,
with some of the greatest athletes
that have ever competed across any sports.
So, when I win on Saturday, I will retire in that way.
>> dos Santos: ♪ I see trees of green ♪
♪ Red roses too ♪
♪ I see them blue ♪
♪ For me and you ♪
♪ And I think to myself ♪
♪ What a wonderful world ♪
[grunting]
You know, life is good
and this is a great opportunity that we are having here.
You know, to be here, it's already a big victory.
So, for me it's very important for me to be facing
all the good guys and Jairzinho is a very tough guy,
you know, that I respect a lot.
But the way I show my respect is training very hard
and getting very prepared, you know, for the fight.
See on the floor.
>> Carneiro: He's ready, guys. He's ready.
I'm not gonna be surprised at all
when a brand new Junior dos Santos
come into the octagon on Saturday.
Just keep it there.
Keep the happiness.
Keep good energy.
[growling]
[laughing]
[grunting]
>> dos Santos: We know Rozenstruik will be
very important for me, you know.
If everything goes the way I-- I believe it's gonna go,
you know, very soon I'll be fighting for the title again.
[bell ringing]
Man, it's-- I love to do this thing, you know.
I love to fight.
I was born to do this.
What's up, O'Malley!
What up, bro!
[chatter]
>> O'Malley: Gonna sweat, burn some calories,
and move around.
Cut some weight.
Wake up in the morning and cut the rest.
So, pretty simple.
>> Welch: Weigh-ins are 12 hours away.
The diet's went perfect so far.
Everything's right on track and so literally
all we're doing is trying to get that water load off.
>> I look jacked now.
[chatter]
>> Welch: Suga cares a lot about his body,
his health between fight camps,
and he knows that's his time to improve, eat healthy,
recover really good, treat his body good between fight camps
have made it not hard to make the weight cut.
[radio playing]
♪♪
>> Alright, good morning, everybody.
Welcome to the weigh-ins.
We'll get started with the first to the scale.
Marlon "Chito" Vera.
>> 136!
>> Official weight: 136 for Marlon Vera.
Next to the scale: Sean O'Malley.
>> 136.
>> 136, the official weight for Sean O'Malley.
Next to the scale, one half of our main event: Stipe Miocic.
>> How're you doing, sir?
>> Good luck tomorrow.
>> 233.
>> Official weight: 233 for Stipe Miocic.
>> DC! >> What's up, baby.
>> What's up, my brother.
>> Next to the scale, the other half of our main event:
Daniel Cormier.
>> 236.
>> 236, the official weight for Daniel Cormier.
[chatter]
>> Alright, everybody, who else but Dana White
to stare these guys down.
Up next, top ten heavyweights,
the former champion Junior dos Santos takes on
6th-ranked Jairzinho "Bigi Boy" Rozenstruik.
>> What's up, brother.
[cross talk]
>> Good luck tomorrow, you two.
>> Our co-main event is at bantamweight.
Suga Sean O'Malley takes on
Marlon "Chito" Vera.
>> What's up, man.
Whoa hey hey hey.
>> It's okay.
Come on, Sean.
We're going to see each other tomorrow.
You wanna touch, touch in the octagon.
Get a taste.
That's what I'm expecting, say nothing, [bleep].
>> That's-- if that was me, I'd be pissed.
>> And our main event: in the heavyweight division,
5 rounds with the UFC
heavyweight championship on the line
between the champion Stipe Miocic taking on
the former two-division champion Daniel Cormier.
[dramatic theme music]
♪♪