September 26, 2025 • 59 mins
Daniel Cormier drops his DEBUT of The Daniel Cormier Show, where DC talks to UFC and MMA fighters and athletes in the sports world, and UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili is officially the FIRST GUEST on the show! DC talks to Merab about his upbringing in Georgia, his journey to the United States, and trying to make a living while not speaking ANY ENGLISH. Cormier and Dvalishvili also get into his two fights with Sean O'Malley, his upcoming fight against Cory Sandhagen, and his real beef with Umar Nurmagomedov. DC also asks Merab about his crazy antics outside the octagon, and why he consistently seems to be trolling Dana White and the UFC fans with his crazy stunts and injuries. Plus, DC gets introduced to Georgian food live on the show! #Volume
0:00 - Daniel Cormier Show debut2:00 - Merab's surprise for DC4:40 - Moving to the United States9:00 - Merab "The Machine" origin10:00 - Poor start to UFC career14:00 - Intense cardio fight style16:45 - Keeping the motivation18:15 - Not fighitng Aljamain Sterling21:00 - Aljo's influence23:00 - Petr Yan story26:00 - Umar Nurmagomedov spoiled?27:00 - Beef with Umar29:30 - Brother saving Merab's life32:30 - Jumping into frozen water story35:30 - Merab's foot injury36:55 - The eye cut and Dana White40:15 - Sean O'Malley fights43:45 - Cory Sandhagen title fight48:00 - Dating life51:00 - Was journey to USA worth it?
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What's up, guys, Welcome to a brand new episode of
The Daniel Cormier Show. Today, I am sitting down with
one of the most relentless fighters in all of mixed
martial arts, the UFC Bandamley champion Morob Duwallas.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Willy Morn story.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Starts all the way back in Georgia, where he grew
up with a big dream, but he.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Also had bigger challenges.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Baram came to the United States, didn't even speak the language,
had nothing, but was determined to make something of his life.
He obviously has done that. Inside the octagon, the Rob
is known for his pace and his unbelievable thirteen fight
win streak. What Morob has done in the octagon truly
is amazing. At UFC three twenty, he steps in the
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octagon against Corey Sanhagen trying to defend his belt. Another
time outside the cage, Morob is just as fearless, He's
just as explorative. Sometimes Morob can be a tad bit reckless.
Even Dana White takes offense to some of the things
that Morob does. Today, we're gonna talk about Morob's rise,
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We'll talk his hardships, We'll talk his loyalty to al
Jamaine Sterling, his wildside, and what Morob wants his legacy
to be. Guys, we are now joined by the UFC
Bandweight Champion, so Morob d Wallace Willie. Thanks, thank you
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Speaker 3 (03:00):
Rob.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Georgia, how did you How was life in Georgia as
a young kid.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
I was so happy, like very wild kid, you know,
you know because.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
I heard that.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Yeah, I'm born in a small village because Wani and
I was growing up there. Like we have farmers like
old people. Is that we all have animals, we'll have
like lands. Yeah and yeah, it was beautiful life. And
when I was nine I moved to Capital City then
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the same you know. I was happy and uh.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
A lot of brothers.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
I have two older brothers, no sisters. We don't have sisters,
but we have a lot of cousins and friends and
Georgia and we are we are more tight and yeah, clothes.
We always hang out together.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
And one thing I have learned since I met you
is that you always bring gifts.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
You brought some different rob what do you have here?
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Of course? Of course? Uh it's Georgian a.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Really hot a PORI.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Yeah, what is that?
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Mob?
Speaker 1 (04:12):
I show you how, I show you how to eat now.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Okay, you have a fight in a few weeks.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
It's okay, it snow cloud. See I have even big
piece for me. It's even big show. Showing the camera. Okay,
show in the camera. See how it looks like.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Yeah, thet it's a bread inside this cheese and bread,
cheese and more bread.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Am I supposed to break this off?
Speaker 1 (04:31):
No? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, just.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Break off the edge.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Yeah, and then go deep inside and and spin.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
It looks like there's eggs in there? Is there an
egg in there? Like egg? No, let's just try this.
Let's try this. How is it? It's very good?
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (04:54):
I really enjoyed it. There's an egg egg?
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Can you cook the Yeah? I can, Yeah I can. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
I once had a meal at your house. And it
was very good.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
I don't know if it was this good though, Rob
you uh, you gotta eat. You gotta fight a few weeks,
so be careful with thet.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Now they gotta they gonna, they say, I know they
would say, this is I'll think about nobody.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Nobody can it's just him your monible hot pory. Is
it good?
Speaker 2 (05:35):
I need to get Danny. Get him a water? Oh,
so get him a water. Dan, he's right there. How
about the finished this No, no, no, we'll finish it
at the end of the interview. There's no way by well,
you know you eat like that during the training camp
around far.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
It's just because you came here. You gotta bring me gifts.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Yeah, I don't need to usually like this. So but
I tried to eat.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
So there's a water champ.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Nice.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
Good take you No ially claim a discipline, of course,
of course, Morom.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
When you were a kid growing up in Georgia, you
moved to the capital city.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Give me, I'm done with that. Just give it to me.
I'm done with it.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Yeah, you moved to the capital city. It's a bigger city, right,
not a smaller village. But that's nothing like moving to
the United States. Once went into that decision for you
to come here, especially with nothing, you didn't speak English,
you didn't have any money, Like what prompted you to
move to the United States.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Yeah, I have a dream and goal to fight big
organization like uf cities. But when I decided to move
the United States, I do have this dream and goal
to fight in big organization like uf CIT's, but I
don't know how to get their way to training and
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which state is better. And of course I don't speak
English and I can't search. And then that was twenty twelve,
and it was like it's well, it wasn't like this
today because today you can follow your favorite fighters Instagram.
You know where they're training, what they do, stuff like this.
But that time, like most people, we don't even have smartphones.
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And also there was no information in like in Internet,
you know.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
So how do you end up at Sara Ango?
Speaker 1 (07:30):
So what happened was so I have a friend in
New York, Long Island, Georgia, and me and my other
fighter friend that we contact him and we tell him
to we have visign. We just wanted to move the
United States and training, and he said, oh yes. He
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was also interesting, like also to help us, but he said,
I actually know. The guy is a boxing coach. He
has a boxing gym close to my house. And I
talked to him and he said he will help. He
will bring there some graphlers and he will help us
to get in New yr C. And it was bullshit
because this boxing coach was bullshit guy. Really, Yeah, he
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has a small boxing gym.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
But that's what happens to people, especially for us when
they come to the United States.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
We will take advantage of them.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
And then, so what happened was I started training with
this guy boxing coach, and then every day I was
going gym two times a day. And then I was
hitting backs with ladies and kids. They were doing cardio training,
you know, come on, yeah cardio key boxing the bullshit bro.
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And then and then I'm like I was so depressing.
I'm like, I was this is training this United States.
I was training better in Georgia. Why am why I'm here?
You know what I'm doing? So and then I was
so depressed by this guy. Make me fight in boxing
four times? Yeah, I have, I'm four zero in a
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boxing matches, boxing matches three times in golden gloss until
until they am for I win three matches. I built
a lot of good guys and the semi final, I
can't wait. I go there. And then the commission kicked
me out. They said, oh you we check YouTube. You
have fights in Georgia. You have broken Yeah you're not. I'mateure,
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it should not be here. I'm like, I already have
three fights, and now I can't wait again. Today I'm
ready to fight. You know, usually in Golden Gloss you
make wait in two hours. Yeah yeah, And then they
kicked me out. And I have other fights also in boxing,
two key boxing fights. Until I realized this guy was bullshit.
And I was so tired of cutting weight and doing
bullshit because I'm not a boxer. Yes, but and then
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and then I was yeah, I and then I was
thinking to that first time when I was thinking to quit,
you know, but yeah, I quit this gym like I left,
you know. I'm like, I was not interesting to do
it this one anymore because I was so tired of
this cutting weight, hitting bag and then not going nowhere,
you know, And I was missing MMA, and I was
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missing wrestling and stuff, and I thank god. We a
couple of months later, we finally find the Ray Longo gym,
and then and then and then ray of course once
once I find the Seal Loongo team and I find
my hope again and I was happy again. And then
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even I find them, I was happy. I don't speak English,
and the technique I cannot understand, you know, like, and
it was a hard top challenging times.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
I don't know if.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
There's a guy that has a nickname that's more fitting
than yours. The machine, Rob the Machine, Where did that
come from?
Speaker 1 (10:58):
This nickname? Actually give my teammate met Prevola. Oh yeah, yeah,
Stein Rolla he give me in New York when we
were training and he called me, you trained like machine
and uh uh and then your nickname should be machined
And everybody liked it in the gym, and you know,
and Chris al jam I was staying ali A Quintain and
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all these guys and they started calling me nickname machine
and uh and then yeah, I keep it.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
So you finally get to the UFC. It didn't start
well right in your UFC career. Can you point to
a moment where you realize, okay, I'm ready right, like,
even when the beginning of the career isn't going as
you plan was there a moment in the room or
in a fight where you realize I'm ready to be.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
One of the best in the world.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
It wasn't like this because so when I decided to
move United States, I know I have a long road
and I was ready for hard work. And when I
moved it it was even more hard everything you know,
every oh, yes, so much because like I tell you,
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I don't even know the which gym I should. I
know I was looking for Jimmy to you know, I
tell you that the gym. It was challenging to find
the gym. And and then even I find the gym,
then I lost my professional official debut, and and I
and uh, and then I remember in the fight, I
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was fighting, and then I got reversed and then the
met c read along they screaminal me like the halbox cave,
like you know, create a space, get up right. But
I looked then and I cannot understand I left it
think yeah and me, oh, I was so embarsed, you know, like,
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and it was hard. And so I know I was tough.
I know I was a good fighter, but I was
not dream like. I was not dreaming. I was just realistic,
you know. And then it's hard even you believe yourself,
you work hard, you're winning streak, it's hard to dream
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about something like you to become UFC champion, you know.
But so but what I what I realized so first
when I lost my professional debut, and it was heartbroken.
But and then and then I take some break, and
then I said, you know what, I don't care even
if I lost, even if I don't make money from
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these professional fights.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
In the beginning, you don't make yeah, yeah, you don't
make any money.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
Yeah. And then I said, I love it even I
even and by law, as long as I show up
good fight, I still represent my country, I still represent
my family, and I love this. You know. I said,
I want to do now most because I don't want
to make excuse and even if I lost or win,
I still want to proad and I want to give all.
That's how mentality I came back after I lost, and
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then that's how I go UFC. But when I was
when I signed to UFC, of course I was so
happy to I can't have a fight in UFC. Yeah,
first to fight, I have some controversial losses. The first
fight I was sie, second fight, some bullshit decision and
and but you know, but I was positive and I
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was still happy to I was fighting in UFC. But
what I realized is after second fight fight, the fight
between me and Ricky Simon, it the fight of the night.
I was winning, I was doing good, but I still
lost this fight for some reason, right, And what I
realized is, I'm like, now I'm gonna focus for just
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win yeh, every fight, step by step, just when when
when when? And because I love fighting, I enjoy sometimes
I like crazy fight. But and after that it came
so smart and I was focusing each each fights and
that's how I get to the fight and an even title.
I wing like this smart. And after Omar fight not
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count it was some whatever I was telling, some other
injuries and stuff. But last fight I enjoyed. And now
then my next fight, I think against Krysen, I'm going
to enjoy it.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
It seems like you're having more fun than anyone I've
ever seen.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Going to lockdown, You're smiling, but when things went bad,
you went on a run like not many.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
People have matched.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
And you said that was just by locking in, by
saying I just want to win. But morale, it went
from just winning to now you're actually finishing fights. And
it's the pace, the pressure, the cardio was that present
from the very start of your career where you were
able to push at the level that you're pushing these guys.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Now, Uh yeah, I was always like I always like
to pressure and go hard and go go go. But
in the beginning of my career, I did make some
mistakes and I did too much pushes. After I was
so smart and now I'm now I'm showing my my real,
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my real fight skill.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
Is it because you're having so much fun? Though?
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Because now or have you been got have you become
so confident and comfortable in the outternon now that you're
able to now enjoy yourself while still achieving your ultimate
goal and that's winning. Yeah, I guess you can say
like that you're smiling the whole time.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Yeah, yeah, because I'm happy. Man. I'm happy to every
opportunity given in my life. I'm blessed, you know, because I,
like I tell you before, like it was what can
you see maybe here some what's he doing? No, it's
I don't want to get distracted.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
He looks he's in your view.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
He's good.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
But for this guy, you don't need to beat the
camera head. What did I tell you you don't need
a camera guy?
Speaker 1 (17:09):
Yeah, yeah, I was, which was so many tough moments
in my life, and I was like two times I
was thinking to quit. I've being done this with sport,
and I was thinking too, not do an mma anymore,
you know, And thank god I still stay. And then yeah,
of course, now I'm grateful. Man, I'm grateful for and
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I'm so happy how far I came. And then now
nothing's gonna stop me. I want to go even, like
I said the other day, I want to fight until
fifty years old.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Rob, you said in the beginning and fighting there's no money,
you don't make no money. But now you're making money.
Now you're a rich guy. You're a very wealthy guy.
I've been to your house. Well you have two houses
on the same street. You're a very wealthy guy.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:55):
How do you keep the motivation?
Speaker 2 (17:56):
You're on a long win streak like that, you're defending
the title, you're making money.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
So many guys struggle with that.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
When the bank of when the bank down is fat,
that's a different motivation because before it's like let's make
a living, let's make some cash.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
You got that I want to become world champ. You
got that. What if your goal is to be popular?
Speaker 2 (18:17):
You got that, meet women, you got that, Like you
got all of the things in the life that you
could have wanted. So how do you stay motivated to
show up every time with that? Because guess what if
the belt is gone, You're still going to be popular,
You're still going to be rich.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
Not much will change, But how do.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
You keep that motivation? I one hundred percent. So yeah,
like you said, like one years ago, I was not
even champion. And also, yeah, I don't make like life
changing money. But now, yes, like I came champion, I
different two times. Now I really have a good money.
Now I'm fighting for the big money again. I'm defending
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my h and of course, now, yeah, I'm not worried
about money. But but the thing is, I'm not fighting
for money and I'm enjoying, you know, And of course
with money, I'm gonna do good things and I'm working
on it, some good things. But but I want to
do most like I came, like I was doing before earlier,
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you know, I want to enjoy and longest I'm healthy
and I'm happy and I enjoy fights. I'm winning, I
want to do most and I want to give my
my all. I want to I want to give all
because I love this. I enjoy this. And what I
realized also with my fighting in UFC, I can represent
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my country, my people, and this is the best what
I can do for my people to make prod my country.
And so that's what makes me motivate and happy because
of course I'm part chief. I love my people, Georgian people,
and I wanna represent them and I want to represent
all their work people. And what I realized is with this,
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this is the best what I can do for my Yeah, you.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
Become the world champ, but that was a long time
where many felt you could have been the world champ,
but al Jermaine Sterling was the champion and so you
didn't challenge for the dolt. At some point, did you
ever consider weighing loyalty versus your aspirations and your goals
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are becoming world champion, because for a while there it
looked like he was going to be the champ forever.
Did you ever question, like, man, am I doing the
right thing? Or should I be fighting this guy to
try to become world champion?
Speaker 1 (20:43):
I was so happy form standing and I know him
a long time, and I see how he was dedicated,
how he was dreamed to community champion, and then how
how was how much it was meaning for him to
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win fight the title and then defending the legacy, you know,
you know the legacy for al Jamas telling was meaning everything.
And then I was so happy for him, and I
know for me, I was just happy to be in UFC.
I was just happy what I achieve already.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
When you went in a row robin, you haven't even
fought for the belt yet, you got to be like
whoa man?
Speaker 1 (21:28):
Yeah, but you know I like, yeah, Alja taught me
so many things. Is it was my main training for
like you you went calask you you cut so much weight,
you go dub different weight class too. You were the
first example to how to escape that problem and go
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different weight class. And actually I was thinking to the
same maybe if I had to, you know, to maybe
go down weight class because yeah, I was so happy
for my friend. And I never want to cross, you know,
and then and then never because also but me to
fight somebody, it's not my enemy, but I'll do He's different,
you know, when he fights somebody, he's lecked in you know,
(22:11):
he can't look like somebody as a friend.
Speaker 3 (22:14):
Yeah, he wants to kill.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
He wants to kill, and then you know, and after
could be weird. Even if I loss and then we
fight for the money he fights, you know, somebody's you know, Yeah,
it sucks.
Speaker 3 (22:27):
Yes, I I couldn't. I was not gonna be king.
That's why I was going down. He was gonna be
pick could I can't beat this day?
Speaker 2 (22:36):
Every day in practice he beats me, So I know
I'm not gonna fight this guy. How different does your
career look if you don't have al Jamaine Sterling? So
many people miss that right whereas they're like, well, you
couldn't become the champion because Kane was the champion. But
I don't know if I become the champion when he
isn't the champion, if I don't have him in my
career to build me into being a guy that can
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be a UFC champion. What does your career look like
if there is no Aljamaine Sterling and you don't get
to train with him daily like that?
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Oh, I don't know. I could be somewhere PF.
Speaker 3 (23:14):
He was that important to your career.
Speaker 1 (23:17):
He was that important of course, of course. You know,
first you know when you have a UFC fighter in
your gym, real UFC fighter, and you can look up
to him and then you see, oh this guy do it.
I can do it too. You see he's working hard.
You it's it's just an example.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
It was Kane winning the belt that showed us all
in a ka oh my goodness, we can actually be champion.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
From it exactly. You learn from it and then that's why,
you know, like I try to share my knowledge with
other young fighters and the show, and then I want
to they learn and take a Yeah, I'm just regular guy,
a guy like you. And then you you you do same.
You can work hard, you will be even better champion.
But it takes discipline, it takes hard work and then
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you have to take your time and no rush and
the aldos. Of course, it's like very important for me
because like I said, I look up to him the
second the trending like high level fighter he is. I
learned so much from him and I get better and
then I always try to give my best every time
I have an opportunity to spanning him. You know, I
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was always trying to give in good rounds, push rounds
and then we push each other and became main main
trained partners for each other. Even we we don't we
don't have same exactly start. But sometimes when he was
fighting against TJ deal Show, I was mimicking him, and
you can mimic TJ. I was doing my best.
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gambling problem it wants help, call one eight hundred and
nine with it. And if you have a gambling problem,
call one eight hundred gambler Morob.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
You are a guy that is always smiling.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
Even in the bill to the fight, you seem to
be having a good time, But you fought some guys
that generally don't have great relationships. Who's the person in
your career where you're like, I don't like him, I
want to smash him. I know at times it got
contentions between you and Umar. At times it got a
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little bit rough between you and Sean O'Malley, Like, when
you think about that in your career, who's that person
that stands out to you the most, says.
Speaker 3 (27:00):
I don't really like that, gentleman.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Yeah. The first it was Peterian.
Speaker 3 (27:04):
Oh, period, you didn't like.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
Period, I don't like Peterrian. Whoa, because let me tell
you a little quick story. So Peterrian was in UFC winning
some fights, and then I think we was in Arizona
or somewhere. And then I saw him in a hotel
and I don't think he even knows me, but I
was with al Jo and I look him out the
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side and he looking us like bully, you know, really
to kill us, like bro, who are you? What are you? Yeah?
And then and then after he was doing very well,
and then he's Russian, right, and then you know, it's
it's a politics. Russian. Russian has occupied my countries of
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twenty territory, twenty percent of territory. So Russia has occupied
my countries twenty percent of territory. And then so it's
a it's it's more it's personal for me when every
time we fight against Russians, you know, were always trying
to win. Because and so when he was doing good
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in UC and he was winning, oh, the guy was
giving me cheers. You know. I don't want to fight
the guy because Peter looks killer. He was good, Yeah,
he was good. And then I'm like, if I if
I have to fight him, I have two choice. Either
win against him or if I lost, I gotta kill myself.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
You know what saying you wanted to beat him that bad?
Speaker 2 (28:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (28:32):
Yeah, because and then also and then and Peter after
remember like story, you know, he was disrespecting my friend Alja,
my stelling and all my teams. Oh I know, and
now we have seven But now I don't hate him much.
But the time I have, I don't know. It's how
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everything everything came up, Like yeah, I have this beefit
against bitter on the time, and I wanted to I
wanted to pat the share of him. Now now I
give him a lot of respect. You know, he's as
a fighter as a family man. You know, he has
a beautiful family and there is a good fighter of course,
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And like he said another interview, he ended, he he
he did himself. You know, he don't have a cousin
like Habib. You know, so he said this other interview
and then makes sense, you know.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
So he kind of made his own way. I mean yeah, yeah, yeah,
but yeah, he was why do people think that Umar
is spoiled? Why do people believe that Umar because of
Kabe get sticks?
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Yeah, it's it's it's it's real.
Speaker 3 (29:38):
But he went, But Umar went.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
He's won a lot of fights right to get a
chance at an opportunity, or do you not believe he
deserves is spoiled?
Speaker 1 (29:46):
Because yeah, because uh he's a good fighter. But of
course he got our intention, everybody's intention even before he
signed to UFC. And of course he's his cousin and
it's it's we all know him because of Habib, right, great,
he has a great, great champion, legend of the sport, Habib.
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And then it's of course it was easy to UFC
signed him straight. So there's many good fighters there onside,
they have to go through like the cat in the serials,
so looking for a fight or utimate fighters or like.
Speaker 3 (30:26):
You went to looking for a fight, right I do.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
Yeah, I was defending my belt and then I came to,
uh watch my Ophons fight. Everybody was thinking that he
was supposed to be beat me because he was eighteen zero,
and uh yeah I beat him in in fifteen seconds. Yeah,
So and then that's how I got in UFC. So
and then he signed in UFC and then he of
course he was fighting good. But and then he was
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fighting not ranked guys and and after they give like
very high high ranked guy Corey sanhegan and then and
then he he was talking ship and then disrespectful to
me and some other fighters. So like he for example,
he was, I, I have a video actually what I
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was recording in r CPI he was talking you. He
told me you are old, Tamny Cruz old. He said
the call the gabrand old like he was like telling
us like Hendys and who the old face to my face? Yeah,
I can send you this video. You can, you can.
You can post it with this video too if you want.
Speaker 3 (31:31):
This is crazy, yeah, he was.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
We have a conversation and before before I was even
fight from I said, bro. And then he was telling
me to I want to fight you to you and
I said me, I want to fight, but I don't
want to go back not to fight you, like you know,
I don't want to down there. I don't want to
fight behind me backward. Yes, so and like yeah, you
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know that's you know his spoiled for sure, he still
is because he's after the fight.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
Well he's fighting next against uh.
Speaker 1 (32:06):
Bautista, Mario Bautista.
Speaker 2 (32:09):
Yes, do you think that if he wins, it'll be
he'll get another chance to fight you?
Speaker 5 (32:14):
Uh so.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
This is tough fight for him. Bautista is a good fighter,
but he's very good, very good there. He's like seven
fight doing trick. And so I don't I don't think
so you will desire to fight me because he has
to fight more, because I this is gonna be. Yeah,
I'm gonna fight. I'm gonna defend my belt again. And
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I mean, I don't know, he has to prove again.
I don't know. Whatever you sing me, I will fight.
I don't caay no mob.
Speaker 2 (32:47):
People know Morob the fire fighter, relentless pace, pressure, mostly
say a bit crazy. But that's not just limited to
the Outgunrob. You're crazy. Some of the stuff I see
to me is insane. I saw you standing on the
side of a building one time. It looked like if
you slipped, you would a plunge to your death. I
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read up on you, and I found out that when
you were a kid, you about drowned in a river.
You almost drowned in a river at six years old,
and your brother had to save your life.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
Yeah, that's true story. What happened was my brother was
swimming in the river and I jumped river and jump
in the river, and I make fun of him and
I can't do same, and and I was swimming small
like a river, but.
Speaker 3 (33:35):
The water wasn't above your head.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
And then the water take me to deep water. Oh
it was fast.
Speaker 3 (33:41):
Oh, so the current got you.
Speaker 1 (33:43):
And then the river just told me and I was
I can't I I was under the water. Shut up.
And then my other brother saw me and scream, hell no,
I can't scream, you know. I know what happened was
I grabbed one of the big rocky.
Speaker 3 (34:00):
Because it was going to just keep taking you out.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
And then I was under the water, just hugging the
So how did he see you? I guess there's so
many He was running to the like he left the
river and they ran to the side, and then he
jumped the same and then I pulled me up. But
after after, soon after, I learned how to swim too.
Speaker 3 (34:25):
So you jumped in that river not knowing how to swim.
Speaker 1 (34:27):
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (34:28):
Why would you do that?
Speaker 1 (34:30):
I was crazy, and I was crazy. I did I
did many, many, many crazy things. You know, like what else?
Speaker 2 (34:37):
Oh, you had horses?
Speaker 1 (34:42):
Have horses actually, and then my other brother bring you know, horses,
you you get the put the shoes on the nail, yes, yes, yes,
and then the nail. He bring a nail from the
shopping and then he said, oh I got nice good
good neils. This is really quality now and if you
put it like this and can you merrow? Can you
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step on it? And he was just joking. And then
what I did? I jump? And I yeah, and he's
like he cannot do this, and I am like, I screamed,
what did it cut you? Of course in your because
I jumped, like I was crazy?
Speaker 2 (35:20):
What did your parents do? Your parents wants to beat
your brother? Did they whip you?
Speaker 1 (35:25):
I don't remember. I don't remember what happened after, but
you pass out? Not?
Speaker 3 (35:30):
I was like, you.
Speaker 1 (35:31):
Know, I was screaming. I was paying for the first
I remember at that moment. Yeah, uh yeah, but uh yeah,
I don't know. And what thing is I like challenges?
You know, like challenges somebody else aren't safe now I'm smart.
If somebody somebody even asked me in the meet and
grades to kick me, I don't cake, I don't So
you don't kick them anymore. I don't do it.
Speaker 2 (35:51):
Why, well, you got money on the lose, they can
see you.
Speaker 1 (35:55):
No, not because I'm professional fight. I don't have nothing
to prove with these crazy people.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
You know, but you almost drowned the river at six
years old, and then you decide to jump into a
frozen river.
Speaker 1 (36:08):
That was an accident?
Speaker 3 (36:09):
What even it was an accident?
Speaker 1 (36:10):
You don't head first, Yeah, but I don't realize it
was a frozen I told you, I just regular they
knocked you out none, I cut me off, like when
I grabbed my head, like, I'm like, I'm so stupid.
Why water? Why I don't check it? It was prison?
Speaker 3 (36:29):
And then but what were you planning to do?
Speaker 1 (36:31):
It? Was?
Speaker 3 (36:32):
It was? It was? It was obviously cold outside.
Speaker 1 (36:34):
The gym was close, and they text us, don't come
in the gym road this freeze and they don't risk
And I was running outside to park and there is
the lake there, and then I decided to take an
ice bad after hard running SLT and I was hot
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and and uh and when I decided to jump in
the cold water, I'm like, oh, let me set up phone.
I want to take a ten second video to post
it my story. And I turned around the comet and
I take my clothes off, and you fell.
Speaker 3 (37:14):
So you didn't jump, you fell.
Speaker 1 (37:16):
No, I jump with your head first. Okay, okay, okay,
let me explain this. So I know the water was
like this deep right, and it was no problem to
me diving. But it was freezing and cold, right what
I was cold, And I don't want to check water temperature.
Speaker 3 (37:36):
If it's cold, it's.
Speaker 1 (37:38):
Yes, I want to just dive in. Just jump in,
jump in with your feet, you know, it's not fun,
and I can dive in what I know. So this
this this wa water looked like I guess it was
ice on top, and then some snow and then snow
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was a little bit looks like melted you know, on top.
I guess it was ice, and then its snow came
and then snow melted on top. Little bit looks like
they don't melted snow on top, But it was. And
if I checked, like with PingER, if I check the temperature,
or if I touch or I will see that it
was freezed by eyes and I will of course not
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die with my head by though it was just water.
Speaker 3 (38:24):
But why were you why are you standing on the
side of that building.
Speaker 1 (38:28):
I enjoyed those moments.
Speaker 3 (38:29):
Sorry, just you like your heart rate? Like the heart
rate like like the thrill I can control.
Speaker 1 (38:34):
I have a balance. What if you slip, I'm not
gonna sleep if I sleep there. Listen, every one day
we all die.
Speaker 3 (38:42):
You don't think you should limit the opportunities for it
to happen.
Speaker 1 (38:46):
I mean, if somebody don't push me, I'm not gonna
You know.
Speaker 3 (38:52):
More?
Speaker 2 (38:52):
You you you posted that photo of your foot, even
the broken toe, going into a fight.
Speaker 1 (38:57):
You posted the photo of the broken toe.
Speaker 2 (39:00):
You are like and you are literally the most open
person in all the fighting.
Speaker 3 (39:03):
You don't hide anything.
Speaker 2 (39:05):
People love you. You're to me a bit reckless at times.
But he posted the photo? Why why did you post it?
Because even Dana White was like, what is guy's an idiot?
Why would he post that?
Speaker 1 (39:19):
Because if it's something serious injury, I would never never
posted it. But I broke my toe is black and blue,
fucked up.
Speaker 2 (39:30):
But did you see Connor McGregor's toe why he put
out of it at one fight?
Speaker 1 (39:34):
Hey, I cannot.
Speaker 2 (39:35):
Did you see Connor McGregor's toe when he pulled out
of that fight?
Speaker 1 (39:38):
I did, But who knows maybe he was big pain whatever.
And then I don't know his case, you know, but
I know my case. I was with this broken toe.
I was, I just finished the sparting and I look
my broken toe and then I'm like, I'm still doing this.
No problem, It's not gonna affect me to fight. So
I decide to just make funny story. And then it's like, oh,
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I have a program stop by broken top. But it's
no problem and no excuse, no problem. And that's why
I posted because I know it wasn't not effect affect
my fight. Even when I cut my eye before my title, Yes, okay,
well happened was this is another another another story? So yeah,
I got my cut eye and I got cut in
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my eye, and yeah, I go for those stitches. And
then when the doctor doing the stitches, I pull up
my phone and I wanted to look first like how
she's doing right? And I look in the camera. I'm like, oh,
let me take a bite. Oh actually, let me make
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a from Instagram story and I'm like, oh, let me.
It looks fun. It's I like the process, you know.
I'm like, let me go live. And I go like,
but you had a fight coming up, very yes, but
the same reason. I know this is.
Speaker 2 (41:00):
Not gonna stock affected me, but you don't think that
that kind of gives the opponent like oh my god,
he's cut, he's got a broken toe.
Speaker 3 (41:06):
I can try to use that against him.
Speaker 1 (41:08):
Okay, let them try. Let them try.
Speaker 3 (41:11):
You know, the UFC loves you because you're active.
Speaker 2 (41:15):
But when you hear Dana saying stuff like when he
gets a little bit upset at how reckless you can be,
are risky in the post and how you got a
big personality right, and he at times he can be
a little critical of that, like when you see that,
like does that kind of like that kind of sucks,
like because I'm just being me.
Speaker 1 (41:34):
Yeah, yeah, it was hard for Shure, like you know,
but now I realize listen, I am who I am,
you know, and I you know, I'm I'm doing what
I know, what I love and what makes me happy
and what makes me a special fighter because everybody, even
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even all just trainings differ and he lives in different
like he's very smart, revery, he makes plans. You know me,
I'm always late.
Speaker 2 (42:06):
I just say, well, man, hey, I guess I was
supposed to tell you twenty minutes prior to the time
that I needed you. Yes, because I mean your manager
Danny Ruberstein goes you needed them here at three thirty.
Speaker 3 (42:16):
You should have said three fifteen. Yeah, why why are you?
You're the champion. We should wait for you.
Speaker 1 (42:22):
I'm busy. No, I do this, I do this, you know,
I do this. But it's okay. But you know, yeah,
of course it was. It was when then I was talking.
You know, he was mad about me, and of course
you don't want to make mediar both, especially like you
know what, you know what, I like this but who
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I am, And yeah, I'm gonna do the same.
Speaker 4 (42:45):
You know.
Speaker 2 (42:45):
That's why people love you so much, because it feels
like when we watch you, we're getting like you.
Speaker 3 (42:51):
It's not some facade.
Speaker 2 (42:52):
It's not some fake thing like you go home and
you're somebody completely different. It feels like you're Morob Dawallas
really all the time. This is the guy that you are.
Speaker 1 (43:02):
Thank you. Yeah, the thing is yeah, I like having fun.
I like having posity too. I like have a smile.
But you know, like when you train two times a day,
most after training you go sleep. No, I don't sleep,
but I'm tired sometimes sometimes someplaces I should stay stay,
see me shopping and Walmart? And oh you look very chill, guy, bro,
(43:25):
I wal What are you gonna do?
Speaker 3 (43:27):
Yeah? I love Walmart. It's my favorite store. I love Walmart.
I don't care how much money I'll make. I'm going
to Walmart. I love Walmart.
Speaker 2 (43:38):
Here we are, though, right for all those things, here
we are another title defense. This time you have see
three twenty against Corey Sanagan mob. You just definished your
belt again against Sean O'Malley. I got two questions on that.
One did Sean ol Maalley deserve a rematch?
Speaker 3 (43:55):
And two? Were you surprised at how easily you won that?
I can fight?
Speaker 1 (44:03):
First question, don't deserve the rematch? He didn't deserve the rematch,
not now much as I wouldn't.
Speaker 2 (44:10):
Saying when he entered the second fight, did he deserve
the second time?
Speaker 3 (44:15):
Of course he beat it over. He beat so that
time it was no clear number one contend.
Speaker 1 (44:21):
Number okay, because I just beatma and.
Speaker 3 (44:23):
So you wanted the biggest name.
Speaker 1 (44:25):
Yeah, of course, and the UFC wanted to give him Shens.
I think it was also uh UFC like this fight
because because they want to give him sheens. If really
is good and if it really can beat me. He
was super star like for UFC. Right, he was the biggest,
biggest name in our division. Right, And then I think
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UFC wants to give him another opportunity, like everybody, not
only you see, like a lot of people were saying,
oh he was he wasn't himself and he was he
he was all for something, you know, like he also
himself make mistakes. Excuse. Remember he was making excuse and then.
Speaker 3 (45:07):
Remember like the Spear was like, I was like.
Speaker 1 (45:10):
Dude, he say my hip something. You know, he was
fighting with hips, the same hips with all his life,
you know. But so and I said, okay, but in
my head, okay, he should be seventy percent better like
he was saying. He said he's quit smoking with his quit.
Speaker 3 (45:31):
Masturbation. No more masturbation, no more poor nothing. You know.
It's crazy about that.
Speaker 2 (45:38):
His career, he went nineteen fights when he masturbation and
smoked weed.
Speaker 3 (45:42):
He lost one fight. Oh never won to fight without it.
So maybe he should go back to doing it.
Speaker 1 (45:47):
I don't know, Listen, maybe maybe I'm sure he helped
to him, you know, but yeah, no more video games
or social ladia and stuff, and uh yeah, my head, Okay,
this guy, this would be even better, and then now
I have to be even better. And that's how mentality came.
And also I was first fight. I just want to
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win this belt because I know so many good guys
they was challenged for the belt, they never win the belt.
They missed them opportunity. I don't want to miss that.
I want to just win the belt one time and
after I can be free and before ever leave champion.
Speaker 3 (46:23):
Was it was it easier than you thought that rematch?
You submitted them with like a north south show.
Speaker 1 (46:29):
Yeah, this is like I do this, I don't know
what the name is, the neck lucking and this almost.
Speaker 3 (46:38):
Like a dars showcat. And then just from the north
south position. Were you surprised at it apped?
Speaker 1 (46:44):
No, I was not surprised because I trained against high
level judices to guys and I do these kind of techniques.
Speaker 3 (46:53):
You're fighting Corey san Hagen.
Speaker 2 (46:54):
Now, Ory san Hagen is a very very talented striker.
What do you think about him in the stylecome UFC
three twenty or it's san Hagen and him being primarily
a striker, just another guy that's gonna struggle with the
pace in the pressure of Rob Dalla.
Speaker 1 (47:11):
No, the's gonna be war uh Corsheigan is a really
good fighter. You know. He is footwork very good, his
cardio good. Even if you take him down. He attacks
leg locks. He broke teachers knee and he broke Pigera
(47:31):
does knee and Pigado has to create in the fight
because of the knee injury. And you know, we all
see how he knocked out Frankie Edgar another wrestler. You
know so and this guy is dangerous. He has a
lot of experience. It's gonna be scrubby. Never tops, never
give up it, never give give up. You know, you
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know it's gonna be good fight, good challenge. It's a
new fight and then always new fight. It's always new
challenge for me. And yeah, I'm ready and I have
to be even better version.
Speaker 2 (48:04):
Is that exciting for you to get a different person,
a new challenge and a guy like kory Sen?
Speaker 1 (48:09):
Absolutely? Yeah, this is new fight, like I said, and
new challenge. And then it makes me to motivated, me
make me even work hard, training hard and be pocused more.
Speaker 2 (48:22):
Can you can you take anything from watching him and
Umar because or I was able to hold him and
take him down like, yeah, are you able to take
something from that film and apply it to Corey Senne?
Speaker 1 (48:34):
Yeah a little bit. Uhh Yeah, I actually watched this
fight when I was driving from the gym to the home.
I watched in the fun two days ago, and then
I I think I got some idea as to how
I can beat this guy.
Speaker 2 (48:55):
Morob do you think Corey Shagen made a million dollars
showing his balls on only five?
Speaker 3 (49:01):
Do you believe that? Did you? Did you not see
the story?
Speaker 1 (49:04):
I did see the story first. I believe, like, this
guy really do that, And I'm like, no, I will
never show my.
Speaker 3 (49:12):
You won't show you ball but for a million dollars
fully showing a million dollars.
Speaker 1 (49:20):
But I don't believe he did. I think laterly he's
showing his jokes and his fun personality, and I think
this was part of showing and he even he was
actually did you see that he was looking for sparking
partners for me? Like you? Yeah, you should check his
YouTube or Instagram. He has like a uh what's the
(49:43):
call when you interviews? He was interviewing sparting partners? Can
you can you wrestling? Like? Can you can you dance?
Like a Georgian, like he say, looks like very Horney.
Speaker 3 (49:59):
Look like horn you guys, because all the girls. You're
always with the girls. The girls love Moron.
Speaker 1 (50:05):
I'm looking for wife.
Speaker 3 (50:06):
You want wife?
Speaker 1 (50:07):
Now? I want wife Georgian or like a Meritan, priority
would be Georgian.
Speaker 3 (50:12):
You need a big.
Speaker 2 (50:13):
Wife because you're kind of short to be like a
very tall wife. So you got big kids and strong kids.
You want wrestlers, right of course, so you need like
a big wife. What are you doing to try to
find a wife? Dating sites? My name is Morob the
UFC champion. What are you on dating sites?
Speaker 1 (50:31):
Everything site is not good for wives. But you know
you get all the horse you.
Speaker 2 (50:35):
Know that.
Speaker 1 (50:42):
America. But you know I live here a very happy
I'm grateful for the woman's but like now it's now
for you know, it's it's now. It's time to find
a good quality wife and have a beautiful family and
then you know, so I got a sacrifice with that.
I know I have a lot of choice, but I
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want to choose one respectful woman.
Speaker 3 (51:06):
You know, where do you find a good Georgian woman?
They don't live in Vegas.
Speaker 2 (51:11):
In Vegas maybe like New York City has a big
population in Georgian.
Speaker 1 (51:15):
In America, even even Georgian's great people ta come America.
Most people are change you.
Speaker 2 (51:20):
Know, really you want a traditional wife, You want a
wife that's more to the same values that you saw.
Speaker 1 (51:26):
Going hell because I you know, listen, I don't know.
It's it's exactly the people we talk about this one serious.
It's it's hard. It's hard, you know, because now I'm
chasing my career if she I don't want to fight
the girl. No wrestler, no fighter, no popular girl, no
Instagram model girl.
Speaker 3 (51:45):
You know that's all for fun. Now it's time to
marry someone that matters.
Speaker 1 (51:50):
Yeah, of course, like who wants family, who wants kids,
who wants to like you know, I.
Speaker 3 (51:55):
Never thought I would hear that from you.
Speaker 2 (51:57):
Yeah, I mean the legend of Morob, how much the
women love him, is like you Now you settled down guy?
Speaker 3 (52:04):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (52:05):
Man, because this is crazy, but I guess crazy.
Speaker 2 (52:10):
So you carry a flag so proudly of Georgia, your country,
world champion now, illiot, world champion. How much does it
mean to you to be able to carry that flag
represent your country as the best in the world.
Speaker 1 (52:25):
This is my biggest motivation and that's why I start
sport to I want to. I want to be one
of Georgian guy too who represents my country outside of UFC.
And now I'm doing this and this makes me happy.
And yeah, so like let me ask you. I have
(52:45):
a question for you to see when you start wrestling
when he was young, what's the what was the main
reason why you start wrestling?
Speaker 3 (52:53):
It was like sport.
Speaker 2 (52:55):
It was sport and it was something that I my
coach encouraged me to do.
Speaker 3 (53:00):
They wanted to get me out of the streets. I
was bad. I was a bad little boy.
Speaker 2 (53:03):
Fight you know, steal, Yeah, like trouble stuff, right, so
they got me in the rest.
Speaker 1 (53:08):
Of It's crazy that like I was like this crazy
kid too, but in a sport. Once I start sport,
nor more fighting, no save me.
Speaker 3 (53:17):
Yes, saves your life.
Speaker 1 (53:19):
It takes you this crazy energy or something you don't
want to take because when you have this energy and
like this you want to you don't know what to do.
You're doing bad stuff. But if you do sport, you
will do the good stuff.
Speaker 2 (53:34):
It does give you an ability to do great stuff
in your life.
Speaker 3 (53:39):
Well, I gotta ask you a question.
Speaker 2 (53:41):
You came here as a young man, twenty years of
work to become a world champ and get to where
you are today, Marob, was it all worth it?
Speaker 1 (53:51):
Like?
Speaker 3 (53:52):
Was it all worth it?
Speaker 2 (53:53):
All the hard work, the sacrifice, move into America?
Speaker 3 (53:56):
Was it all worth it?
Speaker 1 (53:57):
Absolutely? It was worth it? And I won't change nothing again.
Speaker 2 (54:02):
So you're telling me the bad boxing gym, the experiences
they are, losing the first.
Speaker 3 (54:07):
Fight in your career, losing your first UF fight.
Speaker 1 (54:10):
You wouldn't change. I will not regret, you know. I
will do the same, because it even makes even sweeter.
Even I'm even more happier now. And you know, yeah, this,
I even I think gives me a lot of motivation.
All this, you know, all these challenges and all this,
(54:31):
you know because because that's why I love this sport now.
And then that's why now I have no problems. Now
I'm like I'm champing on top of the world. And
now that's why I'm so motivated, so pumped too. I
know that what's bad, like what the challenges, was what
people are going through. But now I'm here now it's
(54:53):
so much easy to be Just keep going. Now, now
I'm gonna start.
Speaker 2 (54:57):
Now.
Speaker 1 (54:57):
I have name, I have value, and I can keep
fight if I won all my life. And then you know,
it was the moment when I lost two in a
row in u C. I was I was thinking, oh,
maybe you can cut me now. I hope they give
me another chance. And then and then I win my
Terri fight in UFC. So after two loss, I win
(55:17):
this next fight. And then I had one one fight
left under contract fort fight and then you see message
us they give me undefeated Brett Katona. He was training
with Connor McGregor in Ireland and then the fight was
in Canada, and I'm like, this is good. Of course
(55:40):
I'm fighting UFC another fight. But and then I tell
my manager, maybe please can you ask you see if
this is my last fight, I may lost this fight,
you know, but I will fight him, no problem. But
maybe can we make this fight in New York November
because they can be maybe my last fight, but I
want to fight in front of my people, because most
(56:02):
Georgian people live in New York. And I'm like, if
it's my last fight, I want to fight in front
of my people. And and then this manager takes your
chevy like this, and and chevy was very made. If
you want to fight, fight, if not that I so
many guys would love to fight there. Yeah, and then
it's not to fight you want, Yeah, if you plan
(56:24):
to funk up. And I said no, no, no, sorry, we
will fight with and I go back. I read and
I was so happy that I got new contract.
Speaker 2 (56:31):
And ye since that, yeah, morom before I let you
go financial freedom.
Speaker 3 (56:37):
When you think as a kid, you get a million.
Speaker 2 (56:39):
Dollars, all these great ideas, when you first made money,
what was the first thing you bought? I know that
you got that big nice watch there, but like, what
was the first thing you bought when you made money?
Not like thirty and thirty, I'm talking five hundred thousand seven.
What was the first thing you bought when you got
a big lump sum of money like that?
Speaker 4 (56:58):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (56:59):
Buy house? Yeah American and I have Yeah, like you said,
I have a two houses in the same black.
Speaker 3 (57:07):
The American dream, American dream.
Speaker 1 (57:10):
Yeah. I wanna. I wanna build the gym in my
peckyard here in Vegas for for like, for for friends,
for us, for training, to my friends or my teammates.
We can training nighttime and stuff. And I also I'm
working on to build the gym in Georgia and just
(57:34):
to charity gym, you know, to help the young generations.
And I wanna my I have my own ideas and
how it has to be and coaching and training schedules
and like this, and I'm working on it. And now
since I've been the belt, I'm working on this project.
And now I'm finally like getting closer to making making realities.
Speaker 2 (58:00):
You've done some amazing things in your career. Man, that
young kid that came in America, if he wouldn't know
what his life would have become, he would never have
believed it. Because today you're the world champion, one of
the best bound fighters in the world.
Speaker 1 (58:13):
Yeah, I agree. It was yeah, like even one years
ago before I came champion, I was not. It was
hard to even believe that I can even even come
champion and then hold the belt to fend this belt
and fighting and yeah man even yeah man, I'm grateful
for all the opportunities what I given.
Speaker 2 (58:35):
Yah.
Speaker 3 (58:36):
Always cheer was the toast on this one.
Speaker 1 (58:39):
Uh toast is cheers for you. You are great champion,
great great man, great family man. And now I want
to be like you. You I already champion. Now I
want to have a family like you. Haven't, and I
want to set my kids in Georgia for wrestling and
then forget, forget God.
Speaker 3 (59:02):
You are the man Champion. Thank you so much, Man
Rob D.
Speaker 2 (59:05):
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What's up, guys, Welcome to a brand new episode of
The Daniel Cormier Show. Today, I am sitting down with
one of the most relentless fighters in all of mixed
martial arts, the UFC Bandamley champion Morob Duwallas.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Willy Morn story.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Starts all the way back in Georgia, where he grew
up with a big dream, but he.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Also had bigger challenges.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Baram came to the United States, didn't even speak the language,
had nothing, but was determined to make something of his life.
He obviously has done that. Inside the octagon, the Rob
is known for his pace and his unbelievable thirteen fight
win streak. What Morob has done in the octagon truly
is amazing. At UFC three twenty, he steps in the
(02:13):
octagon against Corey Sanhagen trying to defend his belt. Another
time outside the cage, Morob is just as fearless, He's
just as explorative. Sometimes Morob can be a tad bit reckless.
Even Dana White takes offense to some of the things
that Morob does. Today, we're gonna talk about Morob's rise,
(02:34):
We'll talk his hardships, We'll talk his loyalty to al
Jamaine Sterling, his wildside, and what Morob wants his legacy
to be. Guys, we are now joined by the UFC
Bandweight Champion, so Morob d Wallace Willie. Thanks, thank you
so much, Rob. Guys, Today's episode of The Daniel Cormier
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Speaker 3 (03:00):
Rob.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Georgia, how did you How was life in Georgia as
a young kid.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
I was so happy, like very wild kid, you know,
you know because.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
I heard that.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Yeah, I'm born in a small village because Wani and
I was growing up there. Like we have farmers like
old people. Is that we all have animals, we'll have
like lands. Yeah and yeah, it was beautiful life. And
when I was nine I moved to Capital City then
(03:37):
the same you know. I was happy and uh.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
A lot of brothers.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
I have two older brothers, no sisters. We don't have sisters,
but we have a lot of cousins and friends and
Georgia and we are we are more tight and yeah, clothes.
We always hang out together.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
And one thing I have learned since I met you
is that you always bring gifts.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
You brought some different rob what do you have here?
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Of course? Of course? Uh it's Georgian a.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Really hot a PORI.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Yeah, what is that?
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Mob?
Speaker 1 (04:12):
I show you how, I show you how to eat now.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Okay, you have a fight in a few weeks.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
It's okay, it snow cloud. See I have even big
piece for me. It's even big show. Showing the camera. Okay,
show in the camera. See how it looks like.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Yeah, thet it's a bread inside this cheese and bread,
cheese and more bread.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Am I supposed to break this off?
Speaker 1 (04:31):
No? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, just.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Break off the edge.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Yeah, and then go deep inside and and spin.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
It looks like there's eggs in there? Is there an
egg in there? Like egg? No, let's just try this.
Let's try this. How is it? It's very good?
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (04:54):
I really enjoyed it. There's an egg egg?
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Can you cook the Yeah? I can, Yeah I can. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
I once had a meal at your house. And it
was very good.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
I don't know if it was this good though, Rob
you uh, you gotta eat. You gotta fight a few weeks,
so be careful with thet.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Now they gotta they gonna, they say, I know they
would say, this is I'll think about nobody.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Nobody can it's just him your monible hot pory. Is
it good?
Speaker 2 (05:35):
I need to get Danny. Get him a water? Oh,
so get him a water. Dan, he's right there. How
about the finished this No, no, no, we'll finish it
at the end of the interview. There's no way by well,
you know you eat like that during the training camp
around far.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
It's just because you came here. You gotta bring me gifts.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Yeah, I don't need to usually like this. So but
I tried to eat.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
So there's a water champ.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Nice.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
Good take you No ially claim a discipline, of course,
of course, Morom.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
When you were a kid growing up in Georgia, you
moved to the capital city.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Give me, I'm done with that. Just give it to me.
I'm done with it.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Yeah, you moved to the capital city. It's a bigger city, right,
not a smaller village. But that's nothing like moving to
the United States. Once went into that decision for you
to come here, especially with nothing, you didn't speak English,
you didn't have any money, Like what prompted you to
move to the United States.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
Yeah, I have a dream and goal to fight big
organization like uf cities. But when I decided to move
the United States, I do have this dream and goal
to fight in big organization like uf CIT's, but I
don't know how to get their way to training and
(07:00):
which state is better. And of course I don't speak
English and I can't search. And then that was twenty twelve,
and it was like it's well, it wasn't like this
today because today you can follow your favorite fighters Instagram.
You know where they're training, what they do, stuff like this.
But that time, like most people, we don't even have smartphones.
(07:22):
And also there was no information in like in Internet,
you know.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
So how do you end up at Sara Ango?
Speaker 1 (07:30):
So what happened was so I have a friend in
New York, Long Island, Georgia, and me and my other
fighter friend that we contact him and we tell him
to we have visign. We just wanted to move the
United States and training, and he said, oh yes. He
(07:54):
was also interesting, like also to help us, but he said,
I actually know. The guy is a boxing coach. He
has a boxing gym close to my house. And I
talked to him and he said he will help. He
will bring there some graphlers and he will help us
to get in New yr C. And it was bullshit
because this boxing coach was bullshit guy. Really, Yeah, he
(08:17):
has a small boxing gym.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
But that's what happens to people, especially for us when
they come to the United States.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
We will take advantage of them.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
And then, so what happened was I started training with
this guy boxing coach, and then every day I was
going gym two times a day. And then I was
hitting backs with ladies and kids. They were doing cardio training,
you know, come on, yeah cardio key boxing the bullshit bro.
(08:46):
And then and then I'm like I was so depressing.
I'm like, I was this is training this United States.
I was training better in Georgia. Why am why I'm here?
You know what I'm doing? So and then I was
so depressed by this guy. Make me fight in boxing
four times? Yeah, I have, I'm four zero in a
(09:07):
boxing matches, boxing matches three times in golden gloss until
until they am for I win three matches. I built
a lot of good guys and the semi final, I
can't wait. I go there. And then the commission kicked
me out. They said, oh you we check YouTube. You
have fights in Georgia. You have broken Yeah you're not. I'mateure,
(09:29):
it should not be here. I'm like, I already have
three fights, and now I can't wait again. Today I'm
ready to fight. You know, usually in Golden Gloss you
make wait in two hours. Yeah yeah, And then they
kicked me out. And I have other fights also in boxing,
two key boxing fights. Until I realized this guy was bullshit.
And I was so tired of cutting weight and doing
bullshit because I'm not a boxer. Yes, but and then
(09:53):
and then I was yeah, I and then I was
thinking to that first time when I was thinking to quit,
you know, but yeah, I quit this gym like I left,
you know. I'm like, I was not interesting to do
it this one anymore because I was so tired of
this cutting weight, hitting bag and then not going nowhere,
you know, And I was missing MMA, and I was
(10:14):
missing wrestling and stuff, and I thank god. We a
couple of months later, we finally find the Ray Longo gym,
and then and then and then ray of course once
once I find the Seal Loongo team and I find
my hope again and I was happy again. And then
(10:37):
even I find them, I was happy. I don't speak English,
and the technique I cannot understand, you know, like, and
it was a hard top challenging times.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
I don't know if.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
There's a guy that has a nickname that's more fitting
than yours. The machine, Rob the Machine, Where did that
come from?
Speaker 1 (10:58):
This nickname? Actually give my teammate met Prevola. Oh yeah, yeah,
Stein Rolla he give me in New York when we
were training and he called me, you trained like machine
and uh uh and then your nickname should be machined
And everybody liked it in the gym, and you know,
and Chris al jam I was staying ali A Quintain and
(11:20):
all these guys and they started calling me nickname machine
and uh and then yeah, I keep it.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
So you finally get to the UFC. It didn't start
well right in your UFC career. Can you point to
a moment where you realize, okay, I'm ready right, like,
even when the beginning of the career isn't going as
you plan was there a moment in the room or
in a fight where you realize I'm ready to be.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
One of the best in the world.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
It wasn't like this because so when I decided to
move United States, I know I have a long road
and I was ready for hard work. And when I
moved it it was even more hard everything you know,
every oh, yes, so much because like I tell you,
(12:14):
I don't even know the which gym I should. I
know I was looking for Jimmy to you know, I
tell you that the gym. It was challenging to find
the gym. And and then even I find the gym,
then I lost my professional official debut, and and I
and uh, and then I remember in the fight, I
(12:36):
was fighting, and then I got reversed and then the
met c read along they screaminal me like the halbox cave,
like you know, create a space, get up right. But
I looked then and I cannot understand I left it
think yeah and me, oh, I was so embarsed, you know, like,
(13:01):
and it was hard. And so I know I was tough.
I know I was a good fighter, but I was
not dream like. I was not dreaming. I was just realistic,
you know. And then it's hard even you believe yourself,
you work hard, you're winning streak, it's hard to dream
(13:25):
about something like you to become UFC champion, you know.
But so but what I what I realized so first
when I lost my professional debut, and it was heartbroken.
But and then and then I take some break, and
then I said, you know what, I don't care even
if I lost, even if I don't make money from
(13:46):
these professional fights.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
In the beginning, you don't make yeah, yeah, you don't
make any money.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
Yeah. And then I said, I love it even I
even and by law, as long as I show up
good fight, I still represent my country, I still represent
my family, and I love this. You know. I said,
I want to do now most because I don't want
to make excuse and even if I lost or win,
I still want to proad and I want to give all.
That's how mentality I came back after I lost, and
(14:14):
then that's how I go UFC. But when I was
when I signed to UFC, of course I was so
happy to I can't have a fight in UFC. Yeah,
first to fight, I have some controversial losses. The first
fight I was sie, second fight, some bullshit decision and
and but you know, but I was positive and I
(14:37):
was still happy to I was fighting in UFC. But
what I realized is after second fight fight, the fight
between me and Ricky Simon, it the fight of the night.
I was winning, I was doing good, but I still
lost this fight for some reason, right, And what I
realized is, I'm like, now I'm gonna focus for just
(14:58):
win yeh, every fight, step by step, just when when
when when? And because I love fighting, I enjoy sometimes
I like crazy fight. But and after that it came
so smart and I was focusing each each fights and
that's how I get to the fight and an even title.
I wing like this smart. And after Omar fight not
(15:21):
count it was some whatever I was telling, some other
injuries and stuff. But last fight I enjoyed. And now
then my next fight, I think against Krysen, I'm going
to enjoy it.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
It seems like you're having more fun than anyone I've
ever seen.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Going to lockdown, You're smiling, but when things went bad,
you went on a run like not many.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
People have matched.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
And you said that was just by locking in, by
saying I just want to win. But morale, it went
from just winning to now you're actually finishing fights. And
it's the pace, the pressure, the cardio was that present
from the very start of your career where you were
able to push at the level that you're pushing these guys.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Now, Uh yeah, I was always like I always like
to pressure and go hard and go go go. But
in the beginning of my career, I did make some
mistakes and I did too much pushes. After I was
so smart and now I'm now I'm showing my my real,
(16:21):
my real fight skill.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
Is it because you're having so much fun? Though?
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Because now or have you been got have you become
so confident and comfortable in the outternon now that you're
able to now enjoy yourself while still achieving your ultimate
goal and that's winning. Yeah, I guess you can say
like that you're smiling the whole time.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Yeah, yeah, because I'm happy. Man. I'm happy to every
opportunity given in my life. I'm blessed, you know, because I,
like I tell you before, like it was what can
you see maybe here some what's he doing? No, it's
I don't want to get distracted.
Speaker 3 (17:02):
He looks he's in your view.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
He's good.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
But for this guy, you don't need to beat the
camera head. What did I tell you you don't need
a camera guy?
Speaker 1 (17:09):
Yeah, yeah, I was, which was so many tough moments
in my life, and I was like two times I
was thinking to quit. I've being done this with sport,
and I was thinking too, not do an mma anymore,
you know, And thank god I still stay. And then yeah,
of course, now I'm grateful. Man, I'm grateful for and
(17:31):
I'm so happy how far I came. And then now
nothing's gonna stop me. I want to go even, like
I said the other day, I want to fight until
fifty years old.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Rob, you said in the beginning and fighting there's no money,
you don't make no money. But now you're making money.
Now you're a rich guy. You're a very wealthy guy.
I've been to your house. Well you have two houses
on the same street. You're a very wealthy guy.
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (17:55):
How do you keep the motivation?
Speaker 2 (17:56):
You're on a long win streak like that, you're defending
the title, you're making money.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
So many guys struggle with that.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
When the bank of when the bank down is fat,
that's a different motivation because before it's like let's make
a living, let's make some cash.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
You got that I want to become world champ. You
got that. What if your goal is to be popular?
Speaker 2 (18:17):
You got that, meet women, you got that, Like you
got all of the things in the life that you
could have wanted. So how do you stay motivated to
show up every time with that? Because guess what if
the belt is gone, You're still going to be popular,
You're still going to be rich.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
Not much will change, But how do.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
You keep that motivation? I one hundred percent. So yeah,
like you said, like one years ago, I was not
even champion. And also, yeah, I don't make like life
changing money. But now, yes, like I came champion, I
different two times. Now I really have a good money.
Now I'm fighting for the big money again. I'm defending
(18:54):
my h and of course, now, yeah, I'm not worried
about money. But but the thing is, I'm not fighting
for money and I'm enjoying, you know, And of course
with money, I'm gonna do good things and I'm working
on it, some good things. But but I want to
do most like I came, like I was doing before earlier,
(19:19):
you know, I want to enjoy and longest I'm healthy
and I'm happy and I enjoy fights. I'm winning, I
want to do most and I want to give my
my all. I want to I want to give all
because I love this. I enjoy this. And what I
realized also with my fighting in UFC, I can represent
(19:41):
my country, my people, and this is the best what
I can do for my people to make prod my country.
And so that's what makes me motivate and happy because
of course I'm part chief. I love my people, Georgian people,
and I wanna represent them and I want to represent
all their work people. And what I realized is with this,
(20:07):
this is the best what I can do for my Yeah, you.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
Become the world champ, but that was a long time
where many felt you could have been the world champ,
but al Jermaine Sterling was the champion and so you
didn't challenge for the dolt. At some point, did you
ever consider weighing loyalty versus your aspirations and your goals
(20:31):
are becoming world champion, because for a while there it
looked like he was going to be the champ forever.
Did you ever question, like, man, am I doing the
right thing? Or should I be fighting this guy to
try to become world champion?
Speaker 1 (20:43):
I was so happy form standing and I know him
a long time, and I see how he was dedicated,
how he was dreamed to community champion, and then how
how was how much it was meaning for him to
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win fight the title and then defending the legacy, you know,
you know the legacy for al Jamas telling was meaning everything.
And then I was so happy for him, and I
know for me, I was just happy to be in UFC.
I was just happy what I achieve already.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
When you went in a row robin, you haven't even
fought for the belt yet, you got to be like
whoa man?
Speaker 1 (21:28):
Yeah, but you know I like, yeah, Alja taught me
so many things. Is it was my main training for
like you you went calask you you cut so much weight,
you go dub different weight class too. You were the
first example to how to escape that problem and go
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different weight class. And actually I was thinking to the
same maybe if I had to, you know, to maybe
go down weight class because yeah, I was so happy
for my friend. And I never want to cross, you know,
and then and then never because also but me to
fight somebody, it's not my enemy, but I'll do He's different,
you know, when he fights somebody, he's lecked in you know,
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he can't look like somebody as a friend.
Speaker 3 (22:14):
Yeah, he wants to kill.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
He wants to kill, and then you know, and after
could be weird. Even if I loss and then we
fight for the money he fights, you know, somebody's you know, Yeah,
it sucks.
Speaker 3 (22:27):
Yes, I I couldn't. I was not gonna be king.
That's why I was going down. He was gonna be
pick could I can't beat this day?
Speaker 2 (22:36):
Every day in practice he beats me, So I know
I'm not gonna fight this guy. How different does your
career look if you don't have al Jamaine Sterling? So
many people miss that right whereas they're like, well, you
couldn't become the champion because Kane was the champion. But
I don't know if I become the champion when he
isn't the champion, if I don't have him in my
career to build me into being a guy that can
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be a UFC champion. What does your career look like
if there is no Aljamaine Sterling and you don't get
to train with him daily like that?
Speaker 1 (23:06):
Oh, I don't know. I could be somewhere PF.
Speaker 3 (23:14):
He was that important to your career.
Speaker 1 (23:17):
He was that important of course, of course. You know,
first you know when you have a UFC fighter in
your gym, real UFC fighter, and you can look up
to him and then you see, oh this guy do it.
I can do it too. You see he's working hard.
You it's it's just an example.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
It was Kane winning the belt that showed us all
in a ka oh my goodness, we can actually be champion.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
From it exactly. You learn from it and then that's why,
you know, like I try to share my knowledge with
other young fighters and the show, and then I want
to they learn and take a Yeah, I'm just regular guy,
a guy like you. And then you you you do same.
You can work hard, you will be even better champion.
But it takes discipline, it takes hard work and then
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you have to take your time and no rush and
the aldos. Of course, it's like very important for me
because like I said, I look up to him the
second the trending like high level fighter he is. I
learned so much from him and I get better and
then I always try to give my best every time
I have an opportunity to spanning him. You know, I
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was always trying to give in good rounds, push rounds
and then we push each other and became main main
trained partners for each other. Even we we don't we
don't have same exactly start. But sometimes when he was
fighting against TJ deal Show, I was mimicking him, and
you can mimic TJ. I was doing my best.
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Speaker 3 (26:28):
You are a guy that is always smiling.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
Even in the bill to the fight, you seem to
be having a good time, But you fought some guys
that generally don't have great relationships. Who's the person in
your career where you're like, I don't like him, I
want to smash him. I know at times it got
contentions between you and Umar. At times it got a
(26:51):
little bit rough between you and Sean O'Malley, Like, when
you think about that in your career, who's that person
that stands out to you the most, says.
Speaker 3 (27:00):
I don't really like that, gentleman.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Yeah. The first it was Peterian.
Speaker 3 (27:04):
Oh, period, you didn't like.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
Period, I don't like Peterrian. Whoa, because let me tell
you a little quick story. So Peterrian was in UFC winning
some fights, and then I think we was in Arizona
or somewhere. And then I saw him in a hotel
and I don't think he even knows me, but I
was with al Jo and I look him out the
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side and he looking us like bully, you know, really
to kill us, like bro, who are you? What are you? Yeah?
And then and then after he was doing very well,
and then he's Russian, right, and then you know, it's
it's a politics. Russian. Russian has occupied my countries of
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twenty territory, twenty percent of territory. So Russia has occupied
my countries twenty percent of territory. And then so it's
a it's it's more it's personal for me when every
time we fight against Russians, you know, were always trying
to win. Because and so when he was doing good
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in UC and he was winning, oh, the guy was
giving me cheers. You know. I don't want to fight
the guy because Peter looks killer. He was good, Yeah,
he was good. And then I'm like, if I if
I have to fight him, I have two choice. Either
win against him or if I lost, I gotta kill myself.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
You know what saying you wanted to beat him that bad?
Speaker 2 (28:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (28:32):
Yeah, because and then also and then and Peter after
remember like story, you know, he was disrespecting my friend Alja,
my stelling and all my teams. Oh I know, and
now we have seven But now I don't hate him much.
But the time I have, I don't know. It's how
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everything everything came up, Like yeah, I have this beefit
against bitter on the time, and I wanted to I
wanted to pat the share of him. Now now I
give him a lot of respect. You know, he's as
a fighter as a family man. You know, he has
a beautiful family and there is a good fighter of course,
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And like he said another interview, he ended, he he
he did himself. You know, he don't have a cousin
like Habib. You know, so he said this other interview
and then makes sense, you know.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
So he kind of made his own way. I mean yeah, yeah, yeah,
but yeah, he was why do people think that Umar
is spoiled? Why do people believe that Umar because of
Kabe get sticks?
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Yeah, it's it's it's it's real.
Speaker 3 (29:38):
But he went, But Umar went.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
He's won a lot of fights right to get a
chance at an opportunity, or do you not believe he
deserves is spoiled?
Speaker 1 (29:46):
Because yeah, because uh he's a good fighter. But of
course he got our intention, everybody's intention even before he
signed to UFC. And of course he's his cousin and
it's it's we all know him because of Habib, right, great,
he has a great, great champion, legend of the sport, Habib.
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And then it's of course it was easy to UFC
signed him straight. So there's many good fighters there onside,
they have to go through like the cat in the serials,
so looking for a fight or utimate fighters or like.
Speaker 3 (30:26):
You went to looking for a fight, right I do.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
Yeah, I was defending my belt and then I came to,
uh watch my Ophons fight. Everybody was thinking that he
was supposed to be beat me because he was eighteen zero,
and uh yeah I beat him in in fifteen seconds. Yeah,
So and then that's how I got in UFC. So
and then he signed in UFC and then he of
course he was fighting good. But and then he was
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fighting not ranked guys and and after they give like
very high high ranked guy Corey sanhegan and then and
then he he was talking ship and then disrespectful to
me and some other fighters. So like he for example,
he was, I, I have a video actually what I
(31:12):
was recording in r CPI he was talking you. He
told me you are old, Tamny Cruz old. He said
the call the gabrand old like he was like telling
us like Hendys and who the old face to my face? Yeah,
I can send you this video. You can, you can.
You can post it with this video too if you want.
Speaker 3 (31:31):
This is crazy, yeah, he was.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
We have a conversation and before before I was even
fight from I said, bro. And then he was telling
me to I want to fight you to you and
I said me, I want to fight, but I don't
want to go back not to fight you, like you know,
I don't want to down there. I don't want to
fight behind me backward. Yes, so and like yeah, you
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know that's you know his spoiled for sure, he still
is because he's after the fight.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
Well he's fighting next against uh.
Speaker 1 (32:06):
Bautista, Mario Bautista.
Speaker 2 (32:09):
Yes, do you think that if he wins, it'll be
he'll get another chance to fight you?
Speaker 5 (32:14):
Uh so.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
This is tough fight for him. Bautista is a good fighter,
but he's very good, very good there. He's like seven
fight doing trick. And so I don't I don't think
so you will desire to fight me because he has
to fight more, because I this is gonna be. Yeah,
I'm gonna fight. I'm gonna defend my belt again. And
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I mean, I don't know, he has to prove again.
I don't know. Whatever you sing me, I will fight.
I don't caay no mob.
Speaker 2 (32:47):
People know Morob the fire fighter, relentless pace, pressure, mostly
say a bit crazy. But that's not just limited to
the Outgunrob. You're crazy. Some of the stuff I see
to me is insane. I saw you standing on the
side of a building one time. It looked like if
you slipped, you would a plunge to your death. I
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read up on you, and I found out that when
you were a kid, you about drowned in a river.
You almost drowned in a river at six years old,
and your brother had to save your life.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
Yeah, that's true story. What happened was my brother was
swimming in the river and I jumped river and jump
in the river, and I make fun of him and
I can't do same, and and I was swimming small
like a river, but.
Speaker 3 (33:35):
The water wasn't above your head.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
And then the water take me to deep water. Oh
it was fast.
Speaker 3 (33:41):
Oh, so the current got you.
Speaker 1 (33:43):
And then the river just told me and I was
I can't I I was under the water. Shut up.
And then my other brother saw me and scream, hell no,
I can't scream, you know. I know what happened was
I grabbed one of the big rocky.
Speaker 3 (34:00):
Because it was going to just keep taking you out.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
And then I was under the water, just hugging the
So how did he see you? I guess there's so
many He was running to the like he left the
river and they ran to the side, and then he
jumped the same and then I pulled me up. But
after after, soon after, I learned how to swim too.
Speaker 3 (34:25):
So you jumped in that river not knowing how to swim.
Speaker 1 (34:27):
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (34:28):
Why would you do that?
Speaker 1 (34:30):
I was crazy, and I was crazy. I did I
did many, many, many crazy things. You know, like what else?
Speaker 2 (34:37):
Oh, you had horses?
Speaker 1 (34:42):
Have horses actually, and then my other brother bring you know, horses,
you you get the put the shoes on the nail, yes, yes, yes,
and then the nail. He bring a nail from the
shopping and then he said, oh I got nice good
good neils. This is really quality now and if you
put it like this and can you merrow? Can you
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step on it? And he was just joking. And then
what I did? I jump? And I yeah, and he's
like he cannot do this, and I am like, I screamed,
what did it cut you? Of course in your because
I jumped, like I was crazy?
Speaker 2 (35:20):
What did your parents do? Your parents wants to beat
your brother? Did they whip you?
Speaker 1 (35:25):
I don't remember. I don't remember what happened after, but
you pass out? Not?
Speaker 3 (35:30):
I was like, you.
Speaker 1 (35:31):
Know, I was screaming. I was paying for the first
I remember at that moment. Yeah, uh yeah, but uh yeah,
I don't know. And what thing is I like challenges?
You know, like challenges somebody else aren't safe now I'm smart.
If somebody somebody even asked me in the meet and
grades to kick me, I don't cake, I don't So
you don't kick them anymore. I don't do it.
Speaker 2 (35:51):
Why, well, you got money on the lose, they can
see you.
Speaker 1 (35:55):
No, not because I'm professional fight. I don't have nothing
to prove with these crazy people.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
You know, but you almost drowned the river at six
years old, and then you decide to jump into a
frozen river.
Speaker 1 (36:08):
That was an accident?
Speaker 3 (36:09):
What even it was an accident?
Speaker 1 (36:10):
You don't head first, Yeah, but I don't realize it
was a frozen I told you, I just regular they
knocked you out none, I cut me off, like when
I grabbed my head, like, I'm like, I'm so stupid.
Why water? Why I don't check it? It was prison?
Speaker 3 (36:29):
And then but what were you planning to do?
Speaker 1 (36:31):
It? Was?
Speaker 3 (36:32):
It was? It was? It was obviously cold outside.
Speaker 1 (36:34):
The gym was close, and they text us, don't come
in the gym road this freeze and they don't risk
And I was running outside to park and there is
the lake there, and then I decided to take an
ice bad after hard running SLT and I was hot
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and and uh and when I decided to jump in
the cold water, I'm like, oh, let me set up phone.
I want to take a ten second video to post
it my story. And I turned around the comet and
I take my clothes off, and you fell.
Speaker 3 (37:14):
So you didn't jump, you fell.
Speaker 1 (37:16):
No, I jump with your head first. Okay, okay, okay,
let me explain this. So I know the water was
like this deep right, and it was no problem to
me diving. But it was freezing and cold, right what
I was cold, And I don't want to check water temperature.
Speaker 3 (37:36):
If it's cold, it's.
Speaker 1 (37:38):
Yes, I want to just dive in. Just jump in,
jump in with your feet, you know, it's not fun,
and I can dive in what I know. So this
this this wa water looked like I guess it was
ice on top, and then some snow and then snow
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was a little bit looks like melted you know, on top.
I guess it was ice, and then its snow came
and then snow melted on top. Little bit looks like
they don't melted snow on top, But it was. And
if I checked, like with PingER, if I check the temperature,
or if I touch or I will see that it
was freezed by eyes and I will of course not
(38:21):
die with my head by though it was just water.
Speaker 3 (38:24):
But why were you why are you standing on the
side of that building.
Speaker 1 (38:28):
I enjoyed those moments.
Speaker 3 (38:29):
Sorry, just you like your heart rate? Like the heart
rate like like the thrill I can control.
Speaker 1 (38:34):
I have a balance. What if you slip, I'm not
gonna sleep if I sleep there. Listen, every one day
we all die.
Speaker 3 (38:42):
You don't think you should limit the opportunities for it
to happen.
Speaker 1 (38:46):
I mean, if somebody don't push me, I'm not gonna
You know.
Speaker 3 (38:52):
More?
Speaker 2 (38:52):
You you you posted that photo of your foot, even
the broken toe, going into a fight.
Speaker 1 (38:57):
You posted the photo of the broken toe.
Speaker 2 (39:00):
You are like and you are literally the most open
person in all the fighting.
Speaker 3 (39:03):
You don't hide anything.
Speaker 2 (39:05):
People love you. You're to me a bit reckless at times.
But he posted the photo? Why why did you post it?
Because even Dana White was like, what is guy's an idiot?
Why would he post that?
Speaker 1 (39:19):
Because if it's something serious injury, I would never never
posted it. But I broke my toe is black and blue,
fucked up.
Speaker 2 (39:30):
But did you see Connor McGregor's toe why he put
out of it at one fight?
Speaker 1 (39:34):
Hey, I cannot.
Speaker 2 (39:35):
Did you see Connor McGregor's toe when he pulled out
of that fight?
Speaker 1 (39:38):
I did, But who knows maybe he was big pain whatever.
And then I don't know his case, you know, but
I know my case. I was with this broken toe.
I was, I just finished the sparting and I look
my broken toe and then I'm like, I'm still doing this.
No problem, It's not gonna affect me to fight. So
I decide to just make funny story. And then it's like, oh,
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I have a program stop by broken top. But it's
no problem and no excuse, no problem. And that's why
I posted because I know it wasn't not effect affect
my fight. Even when I cut my eye before my title, Yes, okay,
well happened was this is another another another story? So yeah,
I got my cut eye and I got cut in
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my eye, and yeah, I go for those stitches. And
then when the doctor doing the stitches, I pull up
my phone and I wanted to look first like how
she's doing right? And I look in the camera. I'm like, oh,
let me take a bite. Oh actually, let me make
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a from Instagram story and I'm like, oh, let me.
It looks fun. It's I like the process, you know.
I'm like, let me go live. And I go like,
but you had a fight coming up, very yes, but
the same reason. I know this is.
Speaker 2 (41:00):
Not gonna stock affected me, but you don't think that
that kind of gives the opponent like oh my god,
he's cut, he's got a broken toe.
Speaker 3 (41:06):
I can try to use that against him.
Speaker 1 (41:08):
Okay, let them try. Let them try.
Speaker 3 (41:11):
You know, the UFC loves you because you're active.
Speaker 2 (41:15):
But when you hear Dana saying stuff like when he
gets a little bit upset at how reckless you can be,
are risky in the post and how you got a
big personality right, and he at times he can be
a little critical of that, like when you see that,
like does that kind of like that kind of sucks,
like because I'm just being me.
Speaker 1 (41:34):
Yeah, yeah, it was hard for Shure, like you know,
but now I realize listen, I am who I am,
you know, and I you know, I'm I'm doing what
I know, what I love and what makes me happy
and what makes me a special fighter because everybody, even
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even all just trainings differ and he lives in different
like he's very smart, revery, he makes plans. You know me,
I'm always late.
Speaker 2 (42:06):
I just say, well, man, hey, I guess I was
supposed to tell you twenty minutes prior to the time
that I needed you. Yes, because I mean your manager
Danny Ruberstein goes you needed them here at three thirty.
Speaker 3 (42:16):
You should have said three fifteen. Yeah, why why are you?
You're the champion. We should wait for you.
Speaker 1 (42:22):
I'm busy. No, I do this, I do this, you know,
I do this. But it's okay. But you know, yeah,
of course it was. It was when then I was talking.
You know, he was mad about me, and of course
you don't want to make mediar both, especially like you
know what, you know what, I like this but who
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I am, And yeah, I'm gonna do the same.
Speaker 4 (42:45):
You know.
Speaker 2 (42:45):
That's why people love you so much, because it feels
like when we watch you, we're getting like you.
Speaker 3 (42:51):
It's not some facade.
Speaker 2 (42:52):
It's not some fake thing like you go home and
you're somebody completely different. It feels like you're Morob Dawallas
really all the time. This is the guy that you are.
Speaker 1 (43:02):
Thank you. Yeah, the thing is yeah, I like having fun.
I like having posity too. I like have a smile.
But you know, like when you train two times a day,
most after training you go sleep. No, I don't sleep,
but I'm tired sometimes sometimes someplaces I should stay stay,
see me shopping and Walmart? And oh you look very chill, guy, bro,
(43:25):
I wal What are you gonna do?
Speaker 3 (43:27):
Yeah? I love Walmart. It's my favorite store. I love Walmart.
I don't care how much money I'll make. I'm going
to Walmart. I love Walmart.
Speaker 2 (43:38):
Here we are, though, right for all those things, here
we are another title defense. This time you have see
three twenty against Corey Sanagan mob. You just definished your
belt again against Sean O'Malley. I got two questions on that.
One did Sean ol Maalley deserve a rematch?
Speaker 3 (43:55):
And two? Were you surprised at how easily you won that?
I can fight?
Speaker 1 (44:03):
First question, don't deserve the rematch? He didn't deserve the rematch,
not now much as I wouldn't.
Speaker 2 (44:10):
Saying when he entered the second fight, did he deserve
the second time?
Speaker 3 (44:15):
Of course he beat it over. He beat so that
time it was no clear number one contend.
Speaker 1 (44:21):
Number okay, because I just beatma and.
Speaker 3 (44:23):
So you wanted the biggest name.
Speaker 1 (44:25):
Yeah, of course, and the UFC wanted to give him Shens.
I think it was also uh UFC like this fight
because because they want to give him sheens. If really
is good and if it really can beat me. He
was super star like for UFC. Right, he was the biggest,
biggest name in our division. Right, And then I think
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UFC wants to give him another opportunity, like everybody, not
only you see, like a lot of people were saying,
oh he was he wasn't himself and he was he
he was all for something, you know, like he also
himself make mistakes. Excuse. Remember he was making excuse and then.
Speaker 3 (45:07):
Remember like the Spear was like, I was like.
Speaker 1 (45:10):
Dude, he say my hip something. You know, he was
fighting with hips, the same hips with all his life,
you know. But so and I said, okay, but in
my head, okay, he should be seventy percent better like
he was saying. He said he's quit smoking with his quit.
Speaker 3 (45:31):
Masturbation. No more masturbation, no more poor nothing. You know.
It's crazy about that.
Speaker 2 (45:38):
His career, he went nineteen fights when he masturbation and
smoked weed.
Speaker 3 (45:42):
He lost one fight. Oh never won to fight without it.
So maybe he should go back to doing it.
Speaker 1 (45:47):
I don't know, Listen, maybe maybe I'm sure he helped
to him, you know, but yeah, no more video games
or social ladia and stuff, and uh yeah, my head, Okay,
this guy, this would be even better, and then now
I have to be even better. And that's how mentality came.
And also I was first fight. I just want to
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win this belt because I know so many good guys
they was challenged for the belt, they never win the belt.
They missed them opportunity. I don't want to miss that.
I want to just win the belt one time and
after I can be free and before ever leave champion.
Speaker 3 (46:23):
Was it was it easier than you thought that rematch?
You submitted them with like a north south show.
Speaker 1 (46:29):
Yeah, this is like I do this, I don't know
what the name is, the neck lucking and this almost.
Speaker 3 (46:38):
Like a dars showcat. And then just from the north
south position. Were you surprised at it apped?
Speaker 1 (46:44):
No, I was not surprised because I trained against high
level judices to guys and I do these kind of techniques.
Speaker 3 (46:53):
You're fighting Corey san Hagen.
Speaker 2 (46:54):
Now, Ory san Hagen is a very very talented striker.
What do you think about him in the stylecome UFC
three twenty or it's san Hagen and him being primarily
a striker, just another guy that's gonna struggle with the
pace in the pressure of Rob Dalla.
Speaker 1 (47:11):
No, the's gonna be war uh Corsheigan is a really
good fighter. You know. He is footwork very good, his
cardio good. Even if you take him down. He attacks
leg locks. He broke teachers knee and he broke Pigera
(47:31):
does knee and Pigado has to create in the fight
because of the knee injury. And you know, we all
see how he knocked out Frankie Edgar another wrestler. You
know so and this guy is dangerous. He has a
lot of experience. It's gonna be scrubby. Never tops, never
give up it, never give give up. You know, you
(47:52):
know it's gonna be good fight, good challenge. It's a
new fight and then always new fight. It's always new
challenge for me. And yeah, I'm ready and I have
to be even better version.
Speaker 2 (48:04):
Is that exciting for you to get a different person,
a new challenge and a guy like kory Sen?
Speaker 1 (48:09):
Absolutely? Yeah, this is new fight, like I said, and
new challenge. And then it makes me to motivated, me
make me even work hard, training hard and be pocused more.
Speaker 2 (48:22):
Can you can you take anything from watching him and
Umar because or I was able to hold him and
take him down like, yeah, are you able to take
something from that film and apply it to Corey Senne?
Speaker 1 (48:34):
Yeah a little bit. Uhh Yeah, I actually watched this
fight when I was driving from the gym to the home.
I watched in the fun two days ago, and then
I I think I got some idea as to how
I can beat this guy.
Speaker 2 (48:55):
Morob do you think Corey Shagen made a million dollars
showing his balls on only five?
Speaker 3 (49:01):
Do you believe that? Did you? Did you not see
the story?
Speaker 1 (49:04):
I did see the story first. I believe, like, this
guy really do that, And I'm like, no, I will
never show my.
Speaker 3 (49:12):
You won't show you ball but for a million dollars
fully showing a million dollars.
Speaker 1 (49:20):
But I don't believe he did. I think laterly he's
showing his jokes and his fun personality, and I think
this was part of showing and he even he was
actually did you see that he was looking for sparking
partners for me? Like you? Yeah, you should check his
YouTube or Instagram. He has like a uh what's the
(49:43):
call when you interviews? He was interviewing sparting partners? Can
you can you wrestling? Like? Can you can you dance?
Like a Georgian, like he say, looks like very Horney.
Speaker 3 (49:59):
Look like horn you guys, because all the girls. You're
always with the girls. The girls love Moron.
Speaker 1 (50:05):
I'm looking for wife.
Speaker 3 (50:06):
You want wife?
Speaker 1 (50:07):
Now? I want wife Georgian or like a Meritan, priority
would be Georgian.
Speaker 3 (50:12):
You need a big.
Speaker 2 (50:13):
Wife because you're kind of short to be like a
very tall wife. So you got big kids and strong kids.
You want wrestlers, right of course, so you need like
a big wife. What are you doing to try to
find a wife? Dating sites? My name is Morob the
UFC champion. What are you on dating sites?
Speaker 1 (50:31):
Everything site is not good for wives. But you know
you get all the horse you.
Speaker 2 (50:35):
Know that.
Speaker 1 (50:42):
America. But you know I live here a very happy
I'm grateful for the woman's but like now it's now
for you know, it's it's now. It's time to find
a good quality wife and have a beautiful family and
then you know, so I got a sacrifice with that.
I know I have a lot of choice, but I
(51:02):
want to choose one respectful woman.
Speaker 3 (51:06):
You know, where do you find a good Georgian woman?
They don't live in Vegas.
Speaker 2 (51:11):
In Vegas maybe like New York City has a big
population in Georgian.
Speaker 1 (51:15):
In America, even even Georgian's great people ta come America.
Most people are change you.
Speaker 2 (51:20):
Know, really you want a traditional wife, You want a
wife that's more to the same values that you saw.
Speaker 1 (51:26):
Going hell because I you know, listen, I don't know.
It's it's exactly the people we talk about this one serious.
It's it's hard. It's hard, you know, because now I'm
chasing my career if she I don't want to fight
the girl. No wrestler, no fighter, no popular girl, no
Instagram model girl.
Speaker 3 (51:45):
You know that's all for fun. Now it's time to
marry someone that matters.
Speaker 1 (51:50):
Yeah, of course, like who wants family, who wants kids,
who wants to like you know, I.
Speaker 3 (51:55):
Never thought I would hear that from you.
Speaker 2 (51:57):
Yeah, I mean the legend of Morob, how much the
women love him, is like you Now you settled down guy?
Speaker 3 (52:04):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (52:05):
Man, because this is crazy, but I guess crazy.
Speaker 2 (52:10):
So you carry a flag so proudly of Georgia, your country,
world champion now, illiot, world champion. How much does it
mean to you to be able to carry that flag
represent your country as the best in the world.
Speaker 1 (52:25):
This is my biggest motivation and that's why I start
sport to I want to. I want to be one
of Georgian guy too who represents my country outside of UFC.
And now I'm doing this and this makes me happy.
And yeah, so like let me ask you. I have
(52:45):
a question for you to see when you start wrestling
when he was young, what's the what was the main
reason why you start wrestling?
Speaker 3 (52:53):
It was like sport.
Speaker 2 (52:55):
It was sport and it was something that I my
coach encouraged me to do.
Speaker 3 (53:00):
They wanted to get me out of the streets. I
was bad. I was a bad little boy.
Speaker 2 (53:03):
Fight you know, steal, Yeah, like trouble stuff, right, so
they got me in the rest.
Speaker 1 (53:08):
Of It's crazy that like I was like this crazy
kid too, but in a sport. Once I start sport,
nor more fighting, no save me.
Speaker 3 (53:17):
Yes, saves your life.
Speaker 1 (53:19):
It takes you this crazy energy or something you don't
want to take because when you have this energy and
like this you want to you don't know what to do.
You're doing bad stuff. But if you do sport, you
will do the good stuff.
Speaker 2 (53:34):
It does give you an ability to do great stuff
in your life.
Speaker 3 (53:39):
Well, I gotta ask you a question.
Speaker 2 (53:41):
You came here as a young man, twenty years of
work to become a world champ and get to where
you are today, Marob, was it all worth it?
Speaker 1 (53:51):
Like?
Speaker 3 (53:52):
Was it all worth it?
Speaker 2 (53:53):
All the hard work, the sacrifice, move into America?
Speaker 3 (53:56):
Was it all worth it?
Speaker 1 (53:57):
Absolutely? It was worth it? And I won't change nothing again.
Speaker 2 (54:02):
So you're telling me the bad boxing gym, the experiences
they are, losing the first.
Speaker 3 (54:07):
Fight in your career, losing your first UF fight.
Speaker 1 (54:10):
You wouldn't change. I will not regret, you know. I
will do the same, because it even makes even sweeter.
Even I'm even more happier now. And you know, yeah, this,
I even I think gives me a lot of motivation.
All this, you know, all these challenges and all this,
(54:31):
you know because because that's why I love this sport now.
And then that's why now I have no problems. Now
I'm like I'm champing on top of the world. And
now that's why I'm so motivated, so pumped too. I
know that what's bad, like what the challenges, was what
people are going through. But now I'm here now it's
(54:53):
so much easy to be Just keep going. Now, now
I'm gonna start.
Speaker 2 (54:57):
Now.
Speaker 1 (54:57):
I have name, I have value, and I can keep
fight if I won all my life. And then you know,
it was the moment when I lost two in a
row in u C. I was I was thinking, oh,
maybe you can cut me now. I hope they give
me another chance. And then and then I win my
Terri fight in UFC. So after two loss, I win
(55:17):
this next fight. And then I had one one fight
left under contract fort fight and then you see message
us they give me undefeated Brett Katona. He was training
with Connor McGregor in Ireland and then the fight was
in Canada, and I'm like, this is good. Of course
(55:40):
I'm fighting UFC another fight. But and then I tell
my manager, maybe please can you ask you see if
this is my last fight, I may lost this fight,
you know, but I will fight him, no problem. But
maybe can we make this fight in New York November
because they can be maybe my last fight, but I
want to fight in front of my people, because most
(56:02):
Georgian people live in New York. And I'm like, if
it's my last fight, I want to fight in front
of my people. And and then this manager takes your
chevy like this, and and chevy was very made. If
you want to fight, fight, if not that I so
many guys would love to fight there. Yeah, and then
it's not to fight you want, Yeah, if you plan
(56:24):
to funk up. And I said no, no, no, sorry, we
will fight with and I go back. I read and
I was so happy that I got new contract.
Speaker 2 (56:31):
And ye since that, yeah, morom before I let you
go financial freedom.
Speaker 3 (56:37):
When you think as a kid, you get a million.
Speaker 2 (56:39):
Dollars, all these great ideas, when you first made money,
what was the first thing you bought? I know that
you got that big nice watch there, but like, what
was the first thing you bought when you made money?
Not like thirty and thirty, I'm talking five hundred thousand seven.
What was the first thing you bought when you got
a big lump sum of money like that?
Speaker 4 (56:58):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (56:59):
Buy house? Yeah American and I have Yeah, like you said,
I have a two houses in the same black.
Speaker 3 (57:07):
The American dream, American dream.
Speaker 1 (57:10):
Yeah. I wanna. I wanna build the gym in my
peckyard here in Vegas for for like, for for friends,
for us, for training, to my friends or my teammates.
We can training nighttime and stuff. And I also I'm
working on to build the gym in Georgia and just
(57:34):
to charity gym, you know, to help the young generations.
And I wanna my I have my own ideas and
how it has to be and coaching and training schedules
and like this, and I'm working on it. And now
since I've been the belt, I'm working on this project.
And now I'm finally like getting closer to making making realities.
Speaker 2 (58:00):
You've done some amazing things in your career. Man, that
young kid that came in America, if he wouldn't know
what his life would have become, he would never have
believed it. Because today you're the world champion, one of
the best bound fighters in the world.
Speaker 1 (58:13):
Yeah, I agree. It was yeah, like even one years
ago before I came champion, I was not. It was
hard to even believe that I can even even come
champion and then hold the belt to fend this belt
and fighting and yeah man even yeah man, I'm grateful
for all the opportunities what I given.
Speaker 2 (58:35):
Yah.
Speaker 3 (58:36):
Always cheer was the toast on this one.
Speaker 1 (58:39):
Uh toast is cheers for you. You are great champion,
great great man, great family man. And now I want
to be like you. You I already champion. Now I
want to have a family like you. Haven't, and I
want to set my kids in Georgia for wrestling and
then forget, forget God.
Speaker 3 (59:02):
You are the man Champion. Thank you so much, Man
Rob D.
Speaker 2 (59:05):
Wallace really defensive Championship this weekend against Corus Sanhagen UFC
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Speaker 3 (59:26):
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