[traffic]
>> Because I'm going to time
of the fight on Saturday,
so this is gonna help me to pass this jet lag.
I hope.
No, no, yes.
[grunting]
[bell ringing]
>> This time we'll try to do
a sort of scenario of the fight.
Ooh.
Ooh la la.
We try to figure out all the scenario possible
of that fight and make that happen.
[bell ringing]
>> Ciryl is a very clever man, very smart.
He can understand a position.
You just have to show him one time.
He improve very fast.
He know how to keep the position,
anticipate the next position.
[grunting]
It's very impressive.
>> Oh.
>> So if we can get this W,
especially if you knock him out
You're the all-time knockout king period.
There's no more tie.
if we can win this and unify
which is hopefully a few months,
I think those interviews will be really [bleep] crazy.
>> It's gonna be really nice,
start putting respect on my name.
That's cool.
>> I was doing an interview the other day,
and they're like MMA doesn't work on Derrick.
And I'm like, [bleep].
I don't even know what that means, bro, like.
It means like, you beat black belts on the ground,
you knocked out technical strikers.
Like, I don't know what more they want.
Yeah, definitely need some respect on your [bleep] name.
[pads thumping]
We're just gonna sweat a little bit.
Get some light pads, maybe some bag work.
Back to pummel, nice and light, 1 minute.
Pummel a bit, move with his partner.
You know, like I said, it's just gonna be sweating today.
At this point, all the physical preparation
has been done.
But right now it's all mental.
>> I knew it was coming.
>> You'll notice as you follow him through the week,
there's less Derrick Lewis
and more of the Black Beast starts coming out.
So he's going to get a lot more withdrawn, more quiet.
That's the way it always is.
Right before we walk out Saturday night,
that's when he really hits that switch.
[chatter]
>> The stuff that we went through
is basically what we're going to expect from him.
We know he's going to try to attack the legs,
do a lot of kicks and stuff like that.
I'm just going out there
and get the win any means necessary.
[grunting]
[music playing on radio]
>> Yeah, today's gonna be his really like
tough workout as far as cardio goes.
We're really just gonna try to keep that pace,
you know, five, five minute rounds
is hard for a heavyweight.
So we're going to try to make that fight
as easy as we can.
And just really kind of getting his cardio up
to be able to go just as hard the fifth round
as he was the first one.
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So just doing really specific movements
that he's gonna see in the fight, you know,
with Curtis and some of the other guys
that were wrestlers,
we had to really focus on sprawling
and working from the ground.
But since Ciryl's a stand up guy,
we've been able to do a lot more footwork,
more speed and agility.
Just really make him super tired
so he can rest tomorrow.
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>> So me and Derrick walked into the gym together
11 years ago,
and I saw Derrick train one month before his first fight.
He had one month of training before he jumped into a fight.
Most guys train for years
and they don't even feel prepared.
Derrick is just born a fighter.
He's been fighting in life just to make it.
Like literally fighting.
Like he's literally fought himself
to the best possible life for him and his family.
And me seeing him from coming in
and not even knowing how to throw a punch
to become the UFC Heavyweight Champion of the world.
It's so incredible.
Honestly, Ciryl hasn't been tested yet,
so he really hasn't been in those tough positions
in MMA, in those tough fights.
Derrick's been tested over and over and over again
since the beginning,
even before he got in the UFC.
So that experience is going to come into play
Derrick's heart is going to come into play,
the mental and the physical have met with Derrick,
so he's unstoppable at this moment.
There's a reason why Francis Ngannou
doesn't wanna fight him.
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[airport chatter]
>> Yeah, huge fight, man, big for the division.
It's great to be out here in Houston
and it's always cool when you get to go fight somewhere new.
And I get to fight with fans.
Old Faithful made it.
She's seen some stuff.
That's my lucky bag.
That thing's been stolen from me in Brazil.
All things, man.
She's seen some better days,
but fight camp wouldn't be the same.
Old Nelly.
Old Faithful.
I'll take this humidity over smoke back home.
Man, I been missing the fans.
I haven't got to attend an event
with a full capacity crowd, you know,
since 2020, when I fought Rafael dos Anjos, so
I'm excited to get back out there and compete.
Got a great dance partner in Vicente Luque.
He's as tough as they come.
We're gonna get out there and scrap
and I'm just excited to be here.
Excited to be in Texas.
[beeping]
>> Oh, you got--
>> Oh, this'll work.
>> This is what you want.
Hey! Hey!
Is that what you want on Embedded?
I'm no Paige VanZant,
but I know how to jump on a damn bed.
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