[chatter]
[revving]
>> To be honest, I'm thinking about
getting completely off Instagram today.
Yeah.
Because I don't really-- you know.
Good or bad it's still not--
They're still not opinions
that should count that much, you know.
Even the good.
>> Yeah.
It's just people.
[thumping]
>> It's been a great one, you know.
Like, he's-- he loves fighting.
If I want him to add something to his arsenal,
he'll pick it up, you know.
How Triple G cuts the ring off.
How Terence Crawford is in position to counter.
And I know it's different than boxing.
I know like punch distance is a little different
from kick distance but understanding range
is understanding range, you know.
Just in MMA, you have more tools.
[bell ringing]
>> Helped me so much, man,
through all this, this last year.
I think this is the fourth fight together.
We're on a winning streak.
We never lost together, and I'm also
proud to be his first MMA athlete, you know.
He has so much knowledge
on the art of fighting in general, you know.
I think he's gonna go down as a genius of the game.
I improved so much the last year it's unbelievable,
so I feel great man, the best I've ever felt.
Can't wait to just show it, you know,
to just let it all out
and become the first Italian UFC champion.
[chatter]
>> Hey.
How you doing?
Eh, eh, eh.
>> It's hot as [bleep].
I tried to film with my iPhone,
and I got a temperature warning.
It's that hot.
So I had to stop.
But now we cooling down.
My weight is on point.
I'll hit 145 with ease.
[laughing]
Get outta here, man.
>> Oh, wow.
This is the life.
I'm not [bleep] leaving.
Look at this.
[bleep] me.
Ah, what a life.
What a life.
Me and Matteo, we've been together for, like,
probably 7, 8 years now we've been working together.
Him being a nutritionist,
then starting to cook and he actually love cooking.
And then you know whenever we can we hang around
together and like.
Tonight he just cook for all of us.
And it's just a nice atmosphere
and it's good, you know. It reminds you of home.
>> I noticed that here everyone calls himself a chef.
I don't like that because in my home country,
in Italy, the level to be a chef is very, very high.
So I'm just a cook, you know, an amateur cook.
I'm a scientist that likes to cook.
>> And what I'm putting together tonight
is a Mediterranean dinner
that includes a lot of fish.
>> In a way that we can kind of remember
about our home country,
even though we are 10,000 kilometers from there.
So that's what we're doing tonight.
>> [speaking Portuguese]
>> Deiveson Figueiredo have a personal problem
with Brandon Moreno.
Because the last fight Brandon Moreno,
tell to the press, Deiveson not was hurt.
>> He not was sick.
>> Brandon Moreno called the champ a liar.
He want to destroy Brandon Moreno in the first round.
He not the Assassin Baby.
He's the crybaby.
He gonna make Brandon Moreno cry.
>> What's up. >> What's up, brother.
>> Oh, yeah, for sure.
Nice seeing you.
No excuse, but I see the face, the fight week face.
He's changed, he's changed.
He's not the same as last week, you know?
>> Man, I'm very excited for this opportunity
for Marvin because I see how hard he's worked for.
It's not easy to be an immigrant
in another country, to leave your hometown
and then you know, try to find the best training,
the best way to get to your goal.
And then this guy, he worked extremely hard.
He's an example of all of us here
of, like, hard work and dedication.
He believe, he believe 100%.
It's a very important thing to do it.
You have to see yourself as a champion.
We get a position that, you here.
>> Yeah, it's a Monday of the fight.
And I came all the way here
just because it's way more than worth it.
Guys like an encyclopedia of jiu-jitsu,
in general of grappling,
and one little thing he shows
saves you like 100 problems.
So you know, I'll do the drive every single day
if I have to.
>> It was almost exactly 3 years ago
in the same arena, in the same spot.
And it's destiny.
This is destiny, it's a juggernaut.
It can't be stopped, and I'm gonna do it.
>> Thank you, brother. >> See you Thursday.
>> Thursday, Thursday. >> See you.
>> Let's go.
>> I'll see you next, you get the belt.
>> Let's go. >> Let's go.
>> Can you bring back-- hey!
Can you bring back Alex,
that way he can put it on top.
>> The Yan fight.
For me, it was just another stepping stone
in my journey, that's all it was.
Um, like I said after the fight,
there to be great, you know.
I'm three years in this company,
and I'm already like, going for
double champ status and all that [bleep],
you know.
That most people aren't doing so,
yeah, it was just a little side mission
in this game, and now I'm coming back
to focus on the main mission.
And there'll be another side mission along the way.
[music on radio]
[grunting]
>> It's a great matchup, but you know,
stand up is Brad's game.
That's his bread and butter.
But not only that, Brad can also grapple
and wrestle with some of the best guys, so
either way, I'm very excited for this fight.
And Brad always brings the noise.
I'm pretty sure Drew Dober.
He likes a good scrap as well.
So we should be in for a treat.
>> One of the great things about this camp
is we have Brad in camp,
and Brad's a [bleep] savage.
When you talk about different personalities
working together, you know,
Brad's intensity and focus and fire and preparation
is a great linchpin for Izzy to have in camp,
and obviously Israel's, you know, relaxation,
slightly different style and his vision.
So they can feed off each other.
[grunting]
>> And, you know, I think there's a lack of people
talking about a guy who just said, hey, yeah,
I'm gonna go up to light heavy and challenge,
but comes back down and within three months
is defending his title here
against another dangerous opponent,
a completely different one, and a southpaw,
and one who presents a good wrestling challenge.
You know, he's not hiding from anything.
He's actually taking up the challenge.
He's taking up the gauntlet.
You know, he's a fighter's fighter.
[gym chatter]
>> I forgot.
[laughing]
>> You like that one. >> Yeah.
>> Don't do what I did at the end, okay?
One second.
Are you ready?
Flex more. Flex like that.
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