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>> Who was in-- I haven't been following,
to be honest.
>> He messaged me.
He actually got tickets--
>> Got tickets, yeah.
And then he messaged me today saying he was sorry
he's open a new club, he's not gonna be able to make it.
He thought he had more time.
He had the tickets.
>> Right now you can take that hot one away
and just get a few towels, and wrap it in ice.
>> That's it, that's it.
Stack them up.
What do you think of the--
what's this called a barber gown or something?
>> A Cape. >> Cape.
What do you think of the cape-- me barber cape.
A lot of quality, that's it.
You know what I mean, we got our time in.
Same exact thing with the titles for.
This, you know, I live on this stuff.
I live the whiskey hour.
Or I live on this title in camp.
This is the best land, the best area, the best--
the best set up and it's just blossomed.
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>> What's up Stephen?
How're you?
>> This is the first time--
this is the first time I'm doing an interview
with somebody and they dress better than me.
I didn't know that, my brother.
How you doing, my man.
How's everything going, man.
Pleasure to meet you, man.
I'm just saying I pride myself in dressing pretty sharp.
You know, I'm covering the NBA finals
and I came here. They told me it was 110 degrees.
I said to hell with that.
I don't need to get dressed up.
I thought you was gonna be--
I should've known.
That's my slip-up. >> I'm excited.
Nice to meet you, man.
>> Pleasure to meet you as well.
As we sit here right now just days removed
from your trilogy with Dustin Poirier,
is it possible that no matter what you say
that you're sitting back knowing
that everything's gonna be all right no matter what.
That's the fire that people is questioning
whether or not that's still there
with Conor McGregor because of that.
>> Yeah. >> What do you say to that?
>> Well, look, I mean I'm coming in to kill this man.
I'm coming in with vicious intent here.
Mortar shots.
So I'm going to whip out all the weapons here
and I'm aware of what you know that panic shot,
the panic in his body.
It's-- I saw it written all over him.
I saw it in the first fight when I sparked him.
You know, it even started in the second fight.
>> But you didn't follow up.
Why not?
>> Because-- here's another thing.
I was trying to get rounds.
I wanted to get rounds in but then I realized
I'm not paid by the [bleep] hour here.
There's none of that going on this time.
Trust me on that.
I sent electric bolts through his entire body.
From his head to his toes.
You can see him rattled in the octagon.
In the fourth round and in the second round
he was out on his feet.
So he knows it as well as I know it
and that's it's gonna be a butchering'.
>> Last question: win by KO?
Or just to win Saturday night?
>> KO, out on a stretcher this man is going.
Steven, good to meet you, my man, good stuff.
They'll be worth a lot of money, those.
Those are with everyones.
Me and the Champ Champ, Jr.
Yeah.
Here for work.
Here for business, you know what I mean.
Vicious business.
Fist clenched, ready to break a face.
>> So, the fight's here in Vegas.
Do you feel like it's almost a home game for you?
>> Oh, it's brilliant.
So good to be back here in Las Vegas.
I'm honored to be back here
and to perform for the fans
and to boost this great city again.
>> What're your expectations for yourself
and your own performance in this main event?
>> Let's go.
>> You know, I believe--
>> Right fist down, there you go.
Okay, hold that.
>> As does everyone else,
that my performance to win the second world title
was the single greatest performance
in UFC history.
>> Hands raised slightly.
Yeah, right there.
Perfect.
>> I'm going to top that on Saturday night.
>> Looks great.
Beautiful.
>> It feels great man.
I'm feeling ready to go.
I'm feeling locked in.
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This is just the start for me.
This is like the ticket to the plane
to get up to the mountain, man.
We haven't even started to climb yet.
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After this is where I go to build my legacy,
and the guy that has so much hype behind him,
and if I can get that done,
I'm one step closer to that.
I'm just ready to go out there and be hungry
and show the world how I fight.
I think the first round is gonna be a tough round,
the longer the fight goes,
I think it tells in my favor.
But we're gonna have to wait 'til Saturday night
to see how that plays out.
You know what I mean?
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>> It's Wednesday, two days before weigh in.
Mindset for training today
is just to get a good sweat,
get a good sweat, get the blood flowing.
Yeah, usually Wednesdays, he's not near as explosive
and doesn't have near as much power.
He's kind of hurt from the weight cut already.
But [bleep] he wanted to keep working
but I just have to slow him down.
>> Back up.
>> He's ready to [bleep] go.
>> I feel-- I mean, I feel pretty good.
I just know how good I'm going to feel
once I carb up and get those calories in my body.
So, I'm kind of comparing myself
to how I'm going to feel.
Yeah, it's another fight.
Just because not a lot of people know who he is.
Doesn't mean it's gonna be an easy fight.
He has absolutely nothing to lose.
He goes in there, loses to me,
that's supposed to happen.
He has nothing to lose.
I just look at it as another fight.
Just another name, another face
to add to my collection of highlight reel knockouts.
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>> You know, today we just wanted
to tax the gas tank.
Go through three rounds, Output, be productive, use my brain.
See what I'm doing, understand what I'm doing.
So in the fight, it just comes naturally.
Nothing but respect for the guy.
Called him out because I wanted to hurt him.
And I felt like he was the kind of guy
that would try to hurt me back.
I think it's gonna be a gentleman's battle.
I'm under the bright lights.
I'm on the big stage
and it's time to perform, you know?
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>> Well, what's what's different
is that we're faster, we're stronger.
We're better, we're more in control.
We have a lot more patience.
He understands and he catches on.
And whatever people think of him, that's fine.
They can think whatever they want
and we'll continue each time to send a message.
Because it is a Conor McGregor fight,
this is an opportunity for us
to send a message to the world.
Time, beautiful.
And so come all takers, you know,
cuz we're outside.
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