>> You know, Texas loves them some Texas
whenever the pool is shaped like Texas.
Gotta love it, baby.
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>> I arrived like two, three o'clock,
something like that and
it's kind of funny because the COVID testing is really fast.
I've been through like 85 of them.
And we just did our first little session,
little sweat session.
But it's never really little with Michael.
It's always hard, so it was good.
>> We were just talking because
Canelo just fought last week and
we watched Canelo, he just throws boom, boom,
two shot combinations, three shot combinations
as hard as he possibly can, perfectly balanced.
Extremely hard.
[grunting]
A lot of the same stuff that we do.
You know like it's just the philosophy of just basic, hard.
And then obviously the cardio's there
and then the IQ is there to be able
to make the reads, set traps, smoke screens and...
get that KO, baby.
That's what we're looking for.
If not we'll be there hard for 25 minutes.
Either way we're ready.
Shout out to my man Hap.
Daddy's coming home with the belt.
>> I'm too ugly to be on the poster
so they keep me off of it.
Until they had no choice.
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>> I record Benny so that he can watch himself
and then kind of see if he's improving.
And then he also sends them to his head coach
Master Rafael, and then he'll send feedback.
What's good, what's bad, what they need to work on.
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>> Benny as a fighter
is just a straight savage.
I see Benny overwhelming Tony.
I think technically in all aspects of the game
he's much better.
Now factor that in with constant pressure.
It's going to be a long night for Tony.
>> Ooh.
[velcro ripping]
>> Ah.
The best, man.
New gloves.
The best part is putting these on.
Guys switched up the leather, huh.
No, they're not the same.
>> Exactly, exactly.
>> I can tell by the grain that they use.
This is heavier grain leather.
>> The company's supposed to be the same glove
but I know you're an expert, so.
>> There's no striation.
This is a different grain.
>> Tell me about the changes in preparation
you made with this amount of team.
>> Brought in one of my college coaches,
brought in some guys from Wildcard Boxing
and some 10th Planet Jiu-jitsu dudes,
and it's an Olympic mentality.
I've adopted it.
I've emphasized it.
And I had to go back to a different kinda mentality,
Making the grade to play.
And I'll see it now.
I wasn't growing for a long time
because I was making sure other people were growing.
I was taking care of the whole entire world
and I forgot to take care of myself
for the longest time.
>> Great to see you.
>> That's when I had to detoxify my life
and get rid of people that weren't making me grow.
>> Alright, fight stance, please.
And just a tiny bit of motion you got going
is just enough, yup.
Just like that, it's perfect.
>> I asked coach Brock, I asked coach Marty
and I was like, I finally get
what you're talking about.
And that was the difference between chicken [bleep]
and chicken salad.
>> Fists up.
>> And not a lot of people understand it,
because I'm a country boy and Brock's a country boy.
And that's how I can correlate with that.
>> And hands on your waist.
>> That being said, I'm excited.
I feel completely different this camp.
>> Yep. And then just twist your body just a little bit.
Yep, perfect right there.
>> There's no special type things over here.
You got to be ready at all [bleep] times.
You're taking fights.
It's a dangerous [bleep] fight job, man.
I'm gonna be real.
But if you're ready, like I am right now,
the fight goes easy.
UFC 262, Beneil Dariush is gonna have his hands full.
[beeping]
>> My goal is to be calculated, for sure,
but that's my most natural nature is to just fight.
The difference between them and I
is they were bred for this,
while I was born for it.
I never realized I had so much chest hair, so.
I'm constantly staring at it.
It's definitely weird.
Scribble anyway, it's not a big deal.
>> This week, I'm supporting my sister.
Antonina's fighting Andrea Lee,
and yeah, I think it's gonna be good fight
but Antonina is way better in everywhere.
She's better in the striking,
in the wrestling, and everthing.
It's going to be another success for Shevchenko sisters.
>> Brett Okamoto reporting from Houston UFC 262.
And I'm joined by half
of the lightweight championship fight.
Michael Chandler.
You are days away from a UFC title fight.
How you feeling?
>> I feel great.
You know, when you get an opportunity like this,
you kind of reflect.
You know, I dedicated my life to athletics,
hand to hand combat, and wrestling since 13 years old.
And now this is the epitome.
This is the opportunity that I've always wanted.
I never quite knew if it was going to happen,
many times.
Thank God it did.
And now here we are.
>> You've been respectful of Charles,
but you've also said that you've seen him break.
So when you have a guy like that,
is there an opportunity to kind of win the fight
before the fight starts,
and get in his head a little bit.
>> You can't teach quit
and you can't teach not quit.
It's part of your DNA.
You can you can get better at it.
But that breaking point is still in there.
>> Can I get a picture with you?
>> And at some point, there's gonna be a moment
where he gets to choose do I keep moving forward?
Or do I just say fighting for the title was enough for me?
I don't need to be champion.
For me that that moment will never come.
I'm on a mission and it's gonna be a lot of fun
and a lot of entertainment.
We had 13 years
to get my face on a poster like this.
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