[bell ringing]
[gym chatter]
[music on radio]
[grunting]
>> We're just out here at Pro Edge, in Phoenix, Arizona.
Taking in this Arizona air, desert air.
Because it's not something you're used to.
You need to get here and get used to that sting,
if you know what I mean.
If you know, you know.
[grunting]
>> I'm here with Brad and Izzy,
and so we just do a little work,
keep sharp and finely tuned,
as we get into fight week, next week.
[grunting]
>> I consider myself a dangerous spot
for any ranked opponent, so.
I saw that Drew hadn't fought for a little bit.
He wants to fight
and he doesn't mind who he fights.
So that's always dangerous.
It's like the most dangerous tool you can have.
He obviously has that so.
I'm pumped to fight Drew.
It's gonna be very cool.
[grunting]
>> I think this rematch, they both were young.
But I think that's a long time and a lot of fights
for Izzy to put a lot of knowledge in the bank,
you know, stuff like that.
So I know he's progressively gotten better
and better and better and better.
And I think he's kind of separated himself a bit
from this division.
Last time, it was a split decision,
but I think this time around,
I don't think he'll have an answer for what Izzy has.
>> It's funny how life works, you know.
They fought in this same place last time,
now they're gonna run it back again
in the same exact spot.
And I think it's gonna be a rough day at the office
for Marvin Vettori.
[grunting]
>> Good to have Frank on mine.
I like the way he works.
and he put it on me and just made me more sure
that I'm ready for the fight,
especially in this heat.
You ain't feeling [bleep], trust me.
When you get here, you feel this [bleep],
then you'll know.
And then you might understand
what kind of level I'm at.
You probably won't.
[gym chatter]
>> It's the occasion of a lifetime.
Everything I've been doing,
everything I've been working for,
is gonna come together June 12, you know.
I love the fact that, you know, I'm getting
the recognition that I wanted for a long time
and can represent Italy to the fullest, you know.
I represent the fighting spirit of Italy
and I'm gonna do it for everybody.
For my friends, they always supported me,
For my mom.
You know, I couldn't be more motivated than that, you know.
Everything that I always wanted
is there to take.
Just gonna put it together June 12.
And then do what I do best: fighting and winning.
That's it.
First Italian UFC champion.
This room is a dream come true,
because my other house in Tijuana,
my room was very small.
And I don't have the opportunity
to buy and collect more Legos or Funkos
because I don't have more space.
But here I have the in-office space
to put everything in order.
I start collect Lego with this one.
This was my first Lego I started to build.
This was my first Funko Pop.
Freddie Mercury.
I need to change my clothes
and start training, okay.
[radio on radio]
♪♪
>> Rght now will start to put less work,
you know, in the stress conditioning stuff.
>> But it's still like hard, because
I start to lose weight.
I start to tie my diet.
So the energy is a little bit less.
But, man.
That's it.
I don't need nothing more.
♪♪
My plan in the future is go back to Tijuana,
you know, because I love my city.
I love Tijuana.
I love, you know, the traditions.
But right now it was a professional decision
to move here, you know.
I am part of the broadcast of the UFC in Spanish.
The UFC PI is here.
Just was a professional decision.
But I mean was a really good decision to me.
♪♪
[gym chatter]
>> Looks good.
Yesterday was last hard spar.
We're six days out, so.
Everything's really good.
Perfect.
You know, he's been in camp for almost two years.
With all the fights we've had,
pulled out and rescheduled.
He's been in camp for so long,
that he just stayed in really good shape.
A lot of respect for Nate,
because he can fight anybody he wants to fight.
And he chose Leon,
which is one of the hardest fights in the division.
So respect for Nate for taking it,
but Leon is just at a real peak of his ability right now.
And it's going to be an exciting fight.
>> This fight put me in the spot
where I need to be, you know,
to show the world and the fans
that I am the truth.
I've been saying it a long time.
This will be my 9th win in a row
after I go out there and defeat Nate Diaz.
All on my brain right now is going out there
and then putting him away
and showing the world I am next in line
for the title shot.
Nate's a legend in the game.
Has been around a long time but
I am the new breed and I'll prove it on Saturday night.
>> Time.
[yelling]
>> Man, we Nigerian!
Yeah!
I was saying, like yesterday, like yeah!
[cross chatter]
No, no, no, no.
I gotta see you, we make video.
>> Let me take it.
No worries, no worries, ready.
>> Yeah, we cool, we cool.
Yeah!
[yelling]
Nigeria, we're on top!
[squeaking]
>> Oh, look, both of these guys have improved a lot
since the first fight.
Seen Vettori get some really good results
and so, in no way do we underestimate him.
All the way.
Let's go!
I think Vettori's hung up
on the fact it was a split decision.
At the end of the day, the result was clearly us
so he may have a point to prove,
but I think we've got even more of a point to prove.
Israel is at his most effective
when he feels he's got a point to prove
and he certainly has a--
That's it!
[grunting]
Alright.
>> ♪ Who running ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Who running ♪
♪ Who ♪
We do.
♪♪
Real water champ.
[airplane engine buzzing]
[music on radio]
[bus idling]
>> Okay, hold on a second, guys. I'm sorry.
I ain't stupid.
>> Thought you was rolling up on me, dog.
>> Okay, go ahead, let it go.
>> The cool thing is the mountain
where we can go hike and run.
>> You have a master bedroom.
>> Nah, that's you.
>> I believe so.
>> Thanks, man. This is the [bleep].
>> Did you get a room?
>> I don't know. No.
I got the one downstairs though.
[cross talk]
>> Gonna run.
We ain't gotta run.
I felt the change here, like 20, 30.
>> Yeah.
>> Least I ain't cooped up in a hotel with everybody, you know.
[unintelligble]
>> I like the one on Arizona, too.
Houston would've been cool, but,
that was closer to home and I've been there 3 times.
The heights around here and we can run and go do that.
♪♪
I didn't see the gym.
Is there a gym in here?
>> Right next to the room downstairs.
>> My room?
[splash]
[dramatic theme music]
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