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>> About my suit?
No, we're going to the press conference.
You know, something different.
Not all the time in the sportswear.
Sometimes I need to change clothes.
>> How you doing, buddy? >> Good, you?
>> Good.
>> Ribs. Ribs, fries, or mashed potatoes.
Fries, yeah fries.
Good sauce on it.
Barbecue sauce.
When Tupac was released from the prison,
first thing that he do, I hear that.
I don't know if it true.
Go to El Pollo Loco and eat chicken.
>> Pretty good chicken.
>> Yeah.
>> What's up, everybody.
Thanks for coming today.
We appreciate it.
Who's got the first question?
>> Israel, if we can start with you, please.
At any point along the way of prepping here,
did you sit back and say,
"We've bitten off more than we can chew on this one?
>> Never.
Yeah, I got a big mouth so I can eat a lot.
For me, this is exactly like you said,
what I've always predicted to do in this game is
change the game, change history.
And I came in here just over three years ago,
and look what I've done so far.
And I got a long way to go.
>> Jan, I wanna ask you, are you concerned that
he could KO you, or do you feel like maybe the size
is more of a factor than he's acknowledging?
>> You know, I try to knock him out.
You know, defend myself the best I can.
But, you know, he's really good striker.
So I have to be-- watch for everything.
Because also he can knock me out.
>> For Megan as well, obviously, Amanda's legacy
in this sport is well known at this point.
What do you bring to the table
that she hasn't seen before?
>> I feel like I'm the true first featherweight
that she's fought that brings a lot of power.
But everyone's invincible until they're not.
>> What kind of relationship you have with Sterling?
Do you have a conflict or it just promote the fight?
>> Translator: I don't have any conflict with him.
I just wanna beat his curly head.
[laughing]
>> Thank you. >> Thank you.
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>> Come on, let's go.
>> To you, it might look like a nap.
For me it's deeper than that, you know.
Wake up like a sleeper agent and I go to work.
[pads thumping]
Visualization is the most, if not one of,
the most powerful weapons or tools
you have in your arsenal
and a lot of people fail to use that
because they lack an imagination.
>> This is the ultimate of visualizations.
It's at the UFC Institute.
It's literally across the road
from where we're gonna fight.
You're not gonna get as close the environment
to the fight arena as we have now.
>> Usually the cutting weight is very simple.
Like always we not gonna have any problems with that.
But right now he is in very good mood.
It's an easy job to do.
He's a professional.
>> Now half hour, maybe 40 minute of sacrifice
and then just fun pleasure.
Cherry on the top of the cake.
Fight.
[knocking] [phone ringing]
>> Keep it down.
[knocking]
You don't know how to do it, do ya?
[knocking]
You have to be like the cops.
[laughing]
>> Yo. >> It's the cops!
>> Wake up. >> [bleep] no.
>> We got about an hour and ten.
[chatter]
>> Jon: Championship triple headers are rare.
I'm a little bit anxious.
It's not as though I was cutting weight last night,
but I couldn't sleep.
It's not as though I'm fighting on Saturday.
And yet somehow I have a lot of those emotions
but 30 fighters.
Obviously six competing in a championship setting.
So we're raring and ready to go.
It just doesn't get a whole lot bigger than that.
Alright, thank you all for being here
for the official weigh-ins
for UFC 259: Blachowicz vs Adesanya.
We will begin with the UFC women's
featherweight championship fight.
Seventh title defense overall
and second at 145 pounds
for the two division champion: Amanda Nunes.
>> 145 even!
>> 145, the official weight for Amanda Nunes.
Alright, next fighter to the scale.
He is the number one ranked bantamweight contender
getting his first UFC championship opportunity
tomorrow night: Aljamain Sterling.
>> 134.5!
>> 134.5, the official weight for Aljamain Sterling.
>> Let's go!
Lights out, baby!
>> Alright, next fighter to the scale
will be the last of 30 fighters to make
the walk here tomorrow night at UFC 259.
The undisputed UFC Light Heavyweight champion:
Jan Blachowicz.
>> 205 even.
>> 205, the official weight for the champion:
Jan Blachowicz.
Alright, next fighter to the scale is one of the men
around whom this fight card was built.
The undisputed UFC middleweight champion,
moving up to challenge for light heavyweight gold.
He is Israel Adesanya.
>> 200.5!
>> 200.5 pounds, the official weight
for the Last Stylebender, Israel Adesanya.
Your championship main event is official.
Alright, next fighter to the scale is the undisputed
UFC bantamweight champion of the world
set to make the first defense of his title
here tomorrow night: Petr Yan.
>> 135 even!
>> 135, the official weight
for the champion Petr Yan.
Alright, next fighter to the scale
part of the comain event
for the UFC women's featherweight championship.
Her first title shot,
live on pay per view tomorrow night.
Megan Anderson.
>> 144.5!
>> 144.5, the official weight for Megan Anderson.
The women's featherweight championship fight
is official.
[chatter]
[buzzing]
>> Does that help after the weigh-ins?
>> Yeah.
Because I lose the water.
So, my muscle sometimes get a little bit tight.
These help to lose it.
>> Perfect; perfect.
>> I love this thing.
Every time after training,
the first thing that I do when I get home,
is like I use this thing on my legs and my back.
So get it all my muscles loose
and then get me ready for the next training.
So it's amazing.
>> Jon: Alright now we get to the first of three
UFC title fights coming your way tomorrow night.
First up for the undisputed
UFC bantamweight championship.
The champion Petr "No Mercy" Yan
in his first defense against the number one
contender Aljamain "Funkmaster" Sterling.
>> I'm gonna [bleep] you up.
>> I'm ready for you. >> You ready?
>> Bring the heat. Bring the heat.
Just don't back up.
Shaking what?
What?
Are you crazy? >> I'm crazy.
>> You crazy. You crazy now.
Okay.
We will see.
Just don't back up.
Because when you hit that cage,
I'm going to take you down
and I'm going to drown you.
Drown you.
>> This is easy for me. >> Easy?
Okay, we'll see.
>> You can't touch what you can't see.
Magic.
Magic, baby.
>> Yeah, go that way.
[laughing]
>> Jon: And with that backdrop,
we get you the coheadliner
for the UFC women's featherweight championship.
Amanda Nunes, making her second defense
at 145 pounds against the challenger
Megan Anderson.
>> [bleep] awesome, you two.
Good luck, alright.
>> Jon: And finally, our main event.
Champion versus champion for
the UFC's undisputed Light Heavyweight title.
Jan Blachowicz in his first defense
against the UFC middleweight king:
Israel Adesanya.
>> [bleep] awesome, you two. Good luck.
>> Jon: Jan Blachowicz vs Israel Adesanya.
Your main event tomorrow night at UFC 259.
15 fights, folks. Buckle up.
We'll see ya tomorrow night.
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