you just said it yourself and still he
is still your UFC middleweight champion
Israel out of Sanya um normally the vibe
is very different backstage I just want
to know how you're feeling right now
it's perspective for real to me to be
honest because after the fight I was
really frustrated that my dance partner
didn't want to dance you look at a guy
like Kelvin Gastelum he brought the
fight Robert Whittaker
he brought the fight it takes two to
tango so if I'm trying to fight and
you're just standing there going come on
come on come on that's silly I mean I
took his best shot in the first round
that might be the only round I gave him
and you look he has a good poker face
he's playing like oh yeah I'm not hurt
we can the legs didn't laugh his legs up
I touched him up I cut him just lower
grades but yeah I'm never been in a
boring fight I don't I don't wanna say
it's boring but for me I was expecting
more of a fight from him even in the
forefront okay cool
he's coming desperate he's gonna come
desperate now he's gonna bring the fight
and I'm just like I'm waiting for the
surge of something but yeah it takes two
to tango but I was the only one willing
to dance what was the thought going
through your mind especially in the very
beginning of that first round where he
was just standing still it what it
wasn't that he didn't wanna fight I mean
he was genuinely just saying so for over
a minute what what were you thinking
it's hard to like I said it's hard to
try and play with someone who's just
playing hard to get and I'm not gonna
chase you you're gonna chase me you know
I'm the hot chicken Lee and at the bar
you know I'm the one with the belt so if
you want to if you're come get the belt
come get the belt I'm just standing like
wait for me to come to you are you
stupid I'm not stupid
you won the fight you kept your belt so
I want to talk about positive things
hear me what are you happy about in
terms of your performance my focus my
focus I caused this is how he catches a
lot of people they get bored cuz I could
have got bored in the I was starting to
get bored a little bit so they get bored
and then he explodes on you so for me it
was like my coaches said you need 25
minutes of absolute focus don't get
bored don't get lulled so for me I stay
focused the whole time and yeah he was
boring I mean I've never beaten a boring
fight come on like I said Kelvin brought
the fight you see how it is in the fifth
round so for me yeah that was odd
hitches
see I'm just like are you serious and at
the end of the fight as oh yeah
well I won the fight at the end of the
day I did my best but my worst and I
still be I beat the number three guy in
the world so that's a something for me
yeah absolutely
um were you surprised by the hostility
at the end of the fight I mean people in
the crowd they've been drinking since
like 4:00 p.m. this is Vegas I mean from
Yoel all from you all ah of course not
he's trying to get what's mine you know
saying he can think whatever he wants to
think you know well I think he's
punch-drunk so yeah whatever all right
you had an amazing walk out yet again
first off great song thank you
absolutely loved it when did that come
to you when did you know that was
something he wanted to do off every 10th
the day my cat got run over I use that
as a as a motivation yeah senator schatz
in the room I miss you and that kind of
like I mean after Kobe died I was aware
that sparring but I mean me and my cat
used to go for walks we used to like we
were cool I thought she was gonna be
around for the next 20 years so yeah I
know it's just the cat for most people
but for me what's different and I didn't
even deal with it this whole campus oh
yeah oh no pets are definitely family
that we we have them because they're
part of our family listen I gave me like
inspiration just to like make things
happen in life oh no man see I'm a Drake
type I keep crying every other fun time
in but yeah for me they gave me
inspiration and I had this metamorphosis
in my car for about three hours and
that's when that vision came to me
through listening to tracks on my old
phone and music has a way of evoking
different kind of emotions so listen to
old tracks that I hadn't heard in so
long and I had that on repeat and then
we got metamorphosis I kept on getting
these visions of what its gonna look
like
aesthetically for the for the viewers
and yeah that's one if every tenth is
when it came to me well it came across
really beautifully it was really fun to
watch moving on
obviously there's another name on the
list there's another person who wants to
challenge you for that title
Paulo Costa I mean how do you feel about
that matchup what do you think it will
bring and when could you see yourself
back in that octagon well I know one
thing he's gonna come you
gonna come and try and take the belt
that's what I'm expecting and that's
what I'm looking forward to someone
who's actually like I said Calvin
brought the fight you see what I can do
in those kind of fights Robert brought
the fight I was able to stay calm
but so on for the first minute and a
half stands and just looks at you and
admires you
I know I'm good looking but can you not
just yeah does a bad joke whatever but
still everyone off cameras laughing yeah
but still like I mean I know he's gonna
bring it I know he's gonna bring her so
I'm looking forward to that fight but
for now yeah I was a lot like I said my
cat passing away shots also my boy privy
mystery he's still fighting you know
huge huge ravine hey everyone say hi to
five even real quick we miss you brother
hey probably good to see you brother
happy watching and also we still we
still watched I back in the day like and
you the UFC's at his house all the time
and he's going through a battle right
now so you know this fight I'll
dedicated to him because he's a guy
that's still fighting and I ever had a
dream IG this week I had a dream that he
was jumping on the mats at jujitsu like
like even more than Oprah being like he
was young again yeah good yeah so keep
fighting keep fighting brother beautiful
message thank you so much as really
appreciate it