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>> That one's cool.
Man, today I had a good morning.
I woke up.
I went to go on a run, then I did mix.
Then I had an hour-long interview.
Then came to grab groceries.
It's been nonstop since I woke up,
but I mean, that's what fight week is,
it's work.
It's alright, I'm the king of New York this week.
>> What's up, brother.
I have brought these guys, fighter brother.
>> 16, 20.
>> Khabib! Khabib! Khabib!
>> How is everything, how you feel?
How's your shape? You good?
>> I'm good, man. I'm ready. I'm ready.
>> It's not how is he shaped.
With Kelvin, you ask how is his hair.
If his hair is good, everything is good.
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>> I gotta look good doing it.
Thank you, brother.
Thank you, my man.
>> This is very interesting match, brother.
Very interesting.
>> It'll be good, man.
I'm excited.
>> Knock him out.
>> I'm gonna smash him, baby. Yeah.
>> Smash his face.
>> Kelvin: That's it, brother.
>> Khabib: See you soon.
>> Kelvin: Alright.
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>> Corey: Feel good, read to go.
It's my adopted town.
You know, I train right down the road at Renzo Gracie.
Second time fighting in New York.
Time to do it right this time.
>> So, I just had a couple questions to go over.
This is the fight week program we have for you.
On the left column, we have the meals you've been getting.
You just need to follow along, so meal one, meal two.
Thorne is our supplement partner
and really that relationship was geared around
providing a safe third party-tested supplement,
providing the athletes
with the right supplement at the right time
rather than just a random spread of proprietary blends, etc.
So, it's a much more prescriptive approach
to supplementation.
What we have here is that probiotic,
FloraSport.
Take one pill in the morning.
Because it's prescriptive,
we have an individualized approach to how we supplement,
especially over fight week
when we're really pulling back on a lot of the calories.
It's necessary for us to provide
some of the micronutrients that they would be missing.
Okay, perfect.
And that's where the supplement
helps mitigate some of the damage
that our athletes have to go through over fight week.
>> To the right?
Oh, man, feeling good.
Ready to do this.
Ready to rock and roll.
Ready to get back out there.
Of course, this is like a home away from home for me, so.
We're at home.
Camp was awesome, man.
Spent a week up with Chris Weidman.
Get some good work with those guys and Matt Serra.
So, it's been fun, man, to be honest with you.
Real easy, no injuries.
Um.
I'm just ready to step back in there, man.
Ready to step back in the octagon.
Have some fun, put on a show for the fans.
>> Three, two.
Kelvin Gastelum, welcome.
UFC 244: Fight Week.
What's your take, honestly, on this particular matchup.
This is his first crack at middleweight.
>> Yeah, yeah.
But look, I mean, he's coming up to middleweight,
eliminating that aspect of cutting weight,
and it did wonders for me.
You know, my career has blossomed pretty well
at middleweight
and I feel like it could end up being the same for Darren,
but his problem is he's got me standing in front of him
and, uh, I mean, I'm just hungry, right.
After that loss,
I just don't see how anybody's gonna beat me right now.
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>> Jorge: New York, New York, big city of dreams.
What's up, man? >> How you doing, brother.
>> Good, my brother. >> Good to see you.
>> We're coming to support, like we said.
We'd be there on Saturday to represent.
How are you? We got your back, bro.
Can't wait to go to Miami to celebrate.
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>> Quiet in the studio! Hold the word, guys!
>> Mike: Jorge Masvidal is back ahead of this weekend.
The huge fight: UFC 244 vs Nate Diaz.
What can we expect to see Saturday night.
>> Pure violence.
A baptism.
Somebody's going to sleep for awhile.
I just-- I know what I have to do.
I know my part, my role in this world,
and that's just to provide
pure entertainment via violence, so that's it.
If that's your cup of tea, tune in November 2nd, you know.
>> Mike: What kind of mentality will you be in
when you're actually stepping in that time?
>> Take everything from him.
Give him nothing.
That's one of my mottos that I have in my mind.
Everything he has, I want it.
I'm taking it all.
He's a kingdom.
And I'm with my kingdom behind me.
I'm knocking at the gates
and he's gonna give me everything he's got, you know.
>> Well done.
[laughing]
Go get it, my man.
>> Yes, sir. >> Go get it, good luck.
>> Holy smoke.
>> Five, four, three-- here we go, guys.
>> Molly: You guys are both heavy-volume strikers.
What kind of fight are you expecting.
>> You got two animals.
Two of the wildest dudes in the planet
getting locked up in a cage and just going at it.
We're gonna find out who's a little wilder,
who's a little bit less domesticated, you know?
>> Max: Looking at your whole look,
your demeanor, your background,
the dude who you remind me most of,
Roberto Duran.
Can you tell me something about any influence
he may have had on you?
>> That's the most humbling thing anybody's ever told me.
No, my look is just me.
This is how God made me, you know.
But the fighting style, definite.
A lot of my inside fighting, a lot of my tactics,
and how he likes to break guys down
and just beat them up and torture them,
I love that, man.
And I definitely draw a lot of inspiration from Mr. Duran.
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>> So, what is it about Jorge Masvidal that you've seen,
that you thought to yourself,
"I'm gonna get myself back in here and--"
>> Well, even before that, uh--
when the UFC was talking to me about people,
everybody was stagnant, boring.
The champions were analysts.
What am I gonna do? I don't fight analysts.
I'm not into that.
So, I'm like, what I'm gonna do,
I', gonna jump in
and just fight this guy who's really good
but no one giving him any credit for.
So, as soon as they-- they had him at 9th still,
they were trying to give the other guy credit.
And then when he went out there and how he did it,
I was like, "See, that's what I'm talking about."
Now everybody is like, "Now, he's the guy."
Like, alright, now we got a fight on our hands.
Ah!
G-Unit.
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>> Nate: This is a way better picture than my last fight.
>> Jeff: All good, alright.
Any questions or anything you wanna talk about
or we're all good?
>> No, all good. >> All good.
>> If we're all good, we're all good.
>> We're all good, we're all good.
Alright, man, have a good week, man.
Was wondering when someone was gonna ask me
why I wear my hat like that.
You see pictures of me when I'm 16 or 17,
I got my hat on the same way.
244.
I remember UFC 100 of doing the signing.
In Vegas-- was it in Vegas?
>> 100?
>> For 100. >> Yeah.
It seemed like, "Damn, we're at UFC 100."
>> Doesn't matter--
>> Reporter: Tell me your favorite memory
when you were trick or treating as a kid.
>> Nate: I remember one time we went to this house
and they gave us bananas and we felt so played.
We were just real little though and we felt so played,
so we had-- we had to throw the bananas back at the house.
We were just little kids though.
We smashed the car with bananas too.
Ah! We don't eat these [bleep]!
Give me a banana!
What the [bleep], this is Halloween!
How dare you play me.
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