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>> Chris "The Magician" Weidman.
>> He's just gonna get a mild workout.
Keep his head in the game.
Get rid of some stress.
Get some weight off.
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You gotta be [bleep] kidding me.
>> Last time I got cut on my toe.
>> Nothing crazy.
Just things that he wants to do in the fight.
Just reiterate them in his head.
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>> We're cutting weight now.
So we just gotta listen to the body on how we feel
while we do it.
You know, I feel great.
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I think just as you get older,
you mature and you want to be in the moment
and enjoy your career as much as possible,
every every moment of it.
I don't feel like I've worked day in my life, so
I'm really just enjoying the hell out of it.
I'm just loving life.
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>> Come on, are you kidding?
Look at this.
[grunts]
[Rose playing piano]
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>> Okay, I'm good.
I can't remember the whole song.
[chatter]
>> Really good, yeah.
Pretty intense.
[unintelligible]
>> Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Trevor trains Kamaru, yeah.
So what are y'all doing out?
>> Getting ready for conference, nothing else.
Just waiting and cutting weight.
>> Yeah, yeah cool.
I'll see you guys.
>> Kamaru Usman defends the welterweight title
against this man
on Saturday night at UFC 261.
We now welcome in UFC star Jorge Masvidal
to the show.
How're you feeling now compared to
how you felt when you fought him 9 months ago
last July on 6 days notice?
>> There he is.
Guy's getting slicker and slicker.
>> Looking good, bro.
Good luck.
[chatter]
>> When we were on your show discussing it
right before the fight, I was 20 pounds off.
Right now I'm on your show and I'm 7 pounds off.
So all that extra energy that I would have spent
sweating, running, doing all these things--
>> A fighter stance.
>> I'm putting everything that I have in my mind,
body, and soul, all of my essence
to do one thing and one thing alone.
Bring a beautiful violent ending
to this guy's face, career, and his streak.
> Turn to the side a little bit for me.
There you go.
And then just let it fall off your shoulders a bit.
>> In the first fight, is there anything that
you could've said Kamaru Usman is better at this
than I expected him to be in that area
and I need to maybe improve and work more
in this specific spot to make sure I win next time.
>> When I think about a fight,
I think about a guy holding me up against the cage
and rubbing feet with me,
I don't consider that action.
I don't consider that like a fight, you know.
If he takes a fight on 6 days notice,
the only thing I'm trying to do is finish this guy.
It's like disrespect if you walk out of there
with 20 pounds to go and going 6 days notice
and I don't even finish you.
You don't even stretch your--
I take that as like man I didn't do my job.
I have to fix something, you know.
And more than anything, he relies
on the same tendencies and patterns
that he always does so.
It's just-- we have to take advantage of
and exploit them.
>> Oh, hi there, didn't even see you guys there.
That's what we're going for.
A little business cas.
Got to accessorize now.
In case I gotta put hands in my man face.
You know I ain't really with the rah rah but
if they wanna get gangsta, we can get gangsta.
I ain't got no problem with getting it gangsta.
[chatter]
>> Hey, guys, yeah.
How you doing?
Good to see you.
>> You got 7 pounds to go?
>> 7 pounds to go.
I'll sweat it out in my sleep.
>> When is the actual weigh-in, the day before?
>> Yes.
>> So you will lose 7 pounds just overnight,
you know how to do that?
>> Easy.
For all of us, that's very--
Yeah, it sounds like a lot for random people.
>> Give me a couple pointers.
>> It's just water weight, so it comes right back on.
It's just sweating, you know.
Like, two workouts, that goes away.
>> Alright, thanks for coming.
We appreciate you.
>> Thank you. >> Yes, sir.
>> Welcome to the UFC 261 press conference
from the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
in anticipation of the spectacular
pay per view fight card.
>> Oh, this is huge.
I mean, this goes back to a year ago,
and Dana reached out to the city of Jacksonville.
Wanted to do an event here, UFC 249.
He promised he would come back
to full capacity crowds--
>> Hi, how're you?
>> --with a great lineup of fights
and Dana's delivered.
So I welcome to Jacksonville UFC fight fans.
We're glad you're here.
We're looking forward to it.
>> I told Dana, I'm like, "We want to host
the first one with full capacity."
So whenever you're ready, you let us know.
We'll do it.
And then here it is.
On Saturday night, this'll be
the first full capacity indoor sporting event--
>> --in over a year in this country,
and so we're glad that it's being done in Florida.
>> Ooh, feels good to be back in the stadium!
>> Nearly eight years undefeated.
This is Kamaru "The Nigerian Nightmare" Usman.
[cheering and booing]
>> Alright, who has the first question?
John Morgan.
>> All fighters say, "Hey, once we get in the cage,
it's just the octagon or the cage,
but fans back in the building, Florida.
You seem to thrive under the brightest lights.
I mean, is the crowd gonna bring you
to a different kind of energy on fight night?
>> I mean, you can hear it yourself.
You see it yourself.
These guys want--
[cheering]
>> These guys want violence and let me tell you,
they don't cheer for me because I'm so good looking
or the food that I eat or nothing.
That's not why they cheer for me.
They cheer for me because I give everybody
their hard earned money.
I come in here to perform and that's the only reason
why I got all these fans behind me
>> But the fans can't fight for you.
>> I'm gonna whoop your ass all by myself.
I don't need nobody.
>> Alright, alright.
Let's just be honest here.
Let's be honest.
You got 14 losses in your career,
7 in the UFC.
You're 3-3 in your last 6.
You are sitting there today because I chose you.
I'm coming around the track
and you are the first guy I'm about to lap, period.
>> I'ma bust your face up,
break more bones than last time.
>> Word. >> Remember this face.
>> Word? >> Word, my brother.
>> A question for Masvidal.
I see the BMF belt is on the table.
I was wondering is that on the line in this fight?
You got to be a BMF to compete for that one,
and this dude ain't it, so.
Usman, any thoughts?
>> There's 3 belts here.
3 shiny belts here.
This is what's important.
>> I want yours.
[bleep]
>> You're right, man, and I want your belt.
>> A question for Jessica.
Valentina is obviously one
of the more dominant champions in the UFC.
What do you think her previous opponents have done wrong
that you know you can do inside the octagon?
>>
>> Last question for Weili, the champ.
Do you anticipate a tougher matchup
than your fight of the year matchup with Joanna?
>>
>> Listen, thank you, everybody.
We're gonna get this stuff out of here
and square these guys off for photo ops.
[cheering]
>> Face forward, ladies.
>> Thank you.
[cheering]
>> [bleep] yeah.
Good luck, you two.
>> He'll need it.
He needs it.
[cheering]
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