Lerone Murphy makes his DEBUT on the Daniel Cormier's DC Check-In series, as he takes on Aaron Pico in the co-main event at UFC 319 in Chicago in a number-one contenders fight. Murphy talks about the hype surrounding Pico heading into his UFC debut, and why he's ready to silence those already placing Pico in a title fight against Alexander Volkanovski. Plus, Lerone gets into his undefeated record, and why after beating Pico the UFC will have to give him the title shot vs. Volk. And don't miss DC give Murphy a hard time about dodging him in FIFA!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The volume.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
All right, guys, I just finished checking in with Laron Murphy,
so that brings me to my role performance playbook. Guys,
these two guys are fighting in a very important fight
this weekend for Aaron Pico. He has got to find
ways to set traps and take Laron Murphy down. If
he doesn't take Laron Murphy down. For as good as
his boxing is, he is going to struggle because of
(00:26):
Loron's ability to create space and distance and control the
tempwater fight and four Laron Murphy. It's all about frustrating Pico,
forcing Pico into making bad decisions that ultimately cost him.
We have seen Laron do this multiple times. We've seen
him defind takedowns from great wrestlers before. I don't know
if he's ever seen anyone like this. So he's got
(00:47):
a defind takedown, control the space and the distance, and
his footwork has got to be on point better than
it's ever been in his entire career. These two guys
are fighting for what is potentially the number one contendership.
It's a massify for both. They need to follow my
role Performers playbook to get the job.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Done the longest.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Loron, You're still running. You are a Manchester man like
I do. Bro.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I've retired. I've retired from FIFA because I went so
much like I've not been played it for this is
such a lie.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
I went to Manchester. I could feel the footy around me.
You know, we call it footy. A soccer fans footy.
I love footy and I go to Manchester City beautiful stadium.
Are you united a city? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Right now it's rough.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
But I always wondered when I walk those grounds. Everyone
in there seemed as though, especially the ones from Manchester,
seemed as though that if there was an opportunity or
a challenge, they would step up to it. You're the
only man in Manchester that gets challenged to play FIFA
and will not step up to you. I've been begging you.
(02:01):
One day, I'm online, I see your name. We became friends.
I see your name online. I Sidney invite Loren. What's up?
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Dude?
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Doesn't? He goes me loroone? What's up? So you're telling
me I've never messaged orget one PlayStation network.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Not see no message Loron what's up?
Speaker 1 (02:18):
I called him out to a few times when I
was in my heyday, ready to play and you served it.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Let's bullshit, man, you can play anytime. I would smash you.
I'm thinking I beat you three to one.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
You gotta play NFL NFL games. Football's football is not
for the Americans.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
No, it is for me.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
It's no, it's not.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
It's not a ticky tacker all over the field, ticky tacker.
So you see, I'll forward to beat Okay, all right,
well you're here your Status hotel. Yes, we you need
to take your mind off it. I'll bring my PlayStation
up to your room. I'll come on your grounds and
I'll beat you.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Sweet deal.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
So all the hoodlums, the gangs that they have in
European soccer, I'm gonna go into his old down and
beat them, guys. I'm here with Lauren Murphy. Lauren, big
time spot for you, bro. Yes, you're a winner, right,
You're a winner. You're a guy that just knows how
(03:13):
to win. Yet it feels like you are like not
as valued as you probably should be. Can you feel
that in Mma? Like, are you feeling like this is
an opportunity for you to finally cement yourself as like
one of the guys.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Yeah, for sure, it's a big opportunity. Of Big Spot
UFC three nineteen, and there's gonna be a lot of
eyes on it, and I think it's a good, good
matchup to do you Aaron Pico comes to fight, It's aggressive,
light like you know, so I think it's it's going
to be a bomb ban on.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Michael Bisbe has long been singing your praises and telling
us how special you were. Do you notice that seeing
Mike like kind of always like singing. He's very biased
by the way him and Tom athnall for you and
tom asvenall, I've never seen somebody. So Mike bisban is crazy,
doesn't hide it.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Yeah, he represents represented and he knows though like do
you k guys don't.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Get unless you like part of him, you don't get
as much recognition as do the guys.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
So he's just packing these guys.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
And giving you guys an opportunity to kind of uplift
for sure.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
And it's good to see that the first UK champion
is behind all the fires.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
And so your last fight you beat who did you
fight like? Josh shemmont? Fought him in the same way
that you've done on so many different occasions. Right, you
control people? How do you control Aaron Pico like that,
And do you believe that when you get control you
(04:36):
can force him to make a mistake, Because you're right,
here's aggressive and he won't want to fight you. You're
a guy that fights, but only on your terms. You
make them fight your fight. Like, can you frustrate Aaron
Pico and make him make a mistake this weekend?
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Yeah, that's the plan. That's the plan. And he's aggressive,
He's gonna come to me in it. So yeah, let's see.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
What do you expect from him? Because the guys have
not done well coming over here. I mean, Patchy Mix
had so much expectation. God Beat, Patricio Pittbull, god Beat.
I think Michael Chandler is like two and five or
two and six in the in the UFC, Like, what
do you expect from him? Do you think that this
moment will be too much for him?
Speaker 1 (05:17):
No, He's built to compete. His wrestled from a young age,
and I think he's in his prime. Some of them
guys you've mentioned wasn't in the prime and they should
have come over a lot, so you know, And so
I'm expecting the best version of Aaron Pico, and I
think he's been dreaming of this day for a long time.
Many fires do. This is the dream UFC.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Lauren, when did you get when did you hear of this?
Like the main co main event UFC three nineteen, Like,
what was your initial thought?
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Right?
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Because he was gonna fight a lawyer? Two wrestling guys.
You're a striker, right, Like, what was your thought when
they said, hey, we want you to fight Aaron Pico
at UFC three nineteen outside of just giving me more money, right,
because most people want more money to fight, like, of
course get paid, but like, what was your original thought?
Speaker 3 (06:00):
For me?
Speaker 1 (06:00):
I just need a big breakthrough in it. I need
I need a chance. I need an opportunity to get
where I need to get, and that's the title fight.
So for me, it's like it's the opportunity I couldn't
pass up. A lot of people would say sit out
and wait for a better fight, But for me, this
is a massive card and a massive spot called mein event.
Couldn't pass it up.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
So when you look at this fight, like what does
it do for Laurent Murphy Because you're undefeated, You're the
guy that has a long win streak in the UFC.
You're the guy that would seem to be getting very
close to a championship opportunity, Like, what's the win in
this for you? Outside of being on the big card.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
The win is supposed to be the number one content
to fight before like you said it's supposed to fight
Mothsa Danea come out and said that that's the number
one contented spot. So I've been shifted into that place
now in my eyes. So with a win over r
and p coom next in line.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Oh, you want a title, you should have a title
shot for sure?
Speaker 1 (06:55):
For sure, who's who's more deserving than me? Massa was
pull He's pulled out a fight, So I believe I'm
nan out if I win.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
And if you win, that one obviously lead to a
championship opportunity to hop against Alexander Volkanowski. Like yeah, when
you do, you lie? You something to think of that, Like, man,
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Speaker 1 (08:46):
Yeah for sure, Carlo past this weekend. It's a big
weekend and obviously in my mind for for a long time,
this has been in the UFC four of Fire and
Alex Wolkonowski. He's been the guy at the top for
a while in it. So, yeah, I've gotta get through
R and P Cole first and then hopefully that's next.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
In it, you said in it, he's been the guy
at the top in it, In it, in it like
I N N I T.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Yeah, yes, so like is it? Is it?
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Like is it?
Speaker 1 (09:13):
He?
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Same things in it in it we say in it
in Manchester we say in it as in yeah right.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
So, Vokanowski has been a man at the top of
the division for a long time. In it.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Yes, I see. I'm trying to get you to agree
with me, Like, what do you think in it?
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Okay, in it?
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Yeah? That was I never Yeah, how would you say
that dandy in your culture? I understand, but what would
you say is it?
Speaker 3 (09:45):
He Yeah, that's proper English.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
But but you're English.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
Just's quick, like we speak quick.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Okay, he speak quick. That's good. So he is the
champion in the way class. But you gotta get through Aaron.
Aaron presents some unique problems because he's been he's been
boxing since he was a little boy. He's been wrestling
she was a little boy. What have you done specifically
to make sure that you can handle the wrestling, because
that's one thing. I mean, Josh Emmont was a good wrestler, right,
(10:13):
you fought many good wrestlers. What have you done specifically
to make sure that Aaron piccle doesn't try to use
that wrestling and just ground you? Because if I'm fighting
Laurel Murphy, you're if it's a fifteen minute fight, my
intention is to have you on your back for twelve
of them. Yes, taking you down in the first minute
of every round, because then that gives me an opportunity
to slow you down, your footwork and everything is what
really does frustrate people and make it hard to fight.
(10:36):
What have you done to make sure that isn't the
case comes Saturday Night?
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Well, I know that.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
I know that's most people's game plans. So I've been
working on the life, my lifetime really in MMA. So
I think I've had opponents who've got me ready for that.
Donny Gay good wrestler as well, Josh Emmats same and
so Cookoff as well. So I feel like I've come
on leaps and bounds over and fights, got the experience.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Laura, what's growing up in Manchester? Like? What's growing up
in Manchester that leads to you in this career? Like?
When did you know that you wanted to be a fighter?
I mean, I know that there's like it's tough in Manchester, right,
but when did you recognize, Hey, I want to be
a fighter in my life.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
Do you know what it was?
Speaker 1 (11:20):
It? I just walked into a gym and just started training,
and after that first session, I just thought, this is
what I love doing this, I love how it makes
me feel. And then I just kept going back for more,
for more. It's like it's like a drug in it.
How old were you twenty two? You started doing that.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
At twenty two years old. So what did you do
before fighting?
Speaker 1 (11:38):
I played football when as a young star, and then
from fifteen to twenty two everything else is like, yeah, school, college,
a little bit, a little bit, two years of college,
and then got lost in the wilderness.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
Lost no wilderness, chasing women and shit.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
Yeah, that's all the bad stuff with better just life
and it just getting up just mischief like young young
boy in it just just went astray a bit, I
would say, and then MMA put me back on the
right plat path.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
That's the story for a lot of people, right, Like
you find something that gives your purpose, right, that's it. Yeah,
you find something that gives you purpose and it kind
of heads you back where you want to go. So
walking into that gym, what prompted that for you?
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Well? I used to watch the UFC a lot, used
to be into all the combat sports and stuff like that.
But my cousin, My cousin just said, come train, and
I was thinking at the time, I was thinking, like
it was scary.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
Do you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
It's like it's a new it's a new place. I'm
just like, okay, sweet. So I ended up going and
I just loved it, and yeah, I was there every
session possible. And then after that it was just yeah,
it was literally just fell in love with it, got obsessed.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Yeah, an obsession that fear. Does it ever leave you? Though?
Because I remember sitting behind the curtain, everything gonna fight,
just the butterflies. But the butterflies let me know that
I was ready, Yes, and I was on the verge
of something great, Like does that fear ever leave you?
Or do you have like a healthy fear for that competition?
Speaker 3 (13:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
I was speaking to my friend Jordan here about just
about the roller coast of emotions, and it's just about
understanding that where you're at and and yeah, you never
get used to it. You never get used to it
because every fight seems to be bigger, every every fight
seems to be bigger.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
It's more riding on it every time.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
So it's like, what if he's going to fight the
same person every time in the same marina.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
You might you might get used to it.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
You might get used to it, but there's always new problems,
new new new challenges.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
Yeah. Yeah, and how's your family? Uh? You take to
mixed martial arts. Mom, dad, everybody.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
So my mom is obviously happening. Now I'm doing something
positive with my life, and she she loves it.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
But she will never watch my fight.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
She doesn't watch you fight.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
No, no, no, no, she can't even watch it back.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
She doesn't watch the fight after, even if she knows
you never lose.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
No, no, no, she can't. I been watching, She can't,
She says, she can't watch me getting punched.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
You want to watch your dad?
Speaker 1 (14:04):
My dad loves it into me. Yeah, he's always messaging me.
He's he's saying, he's. He sent me a text before saying,
I've done my research on peicle and what what.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Who are we doing here? What are we doing here?
My dad? My mom would watch what she kind of
would watch like in the I made her come because
I was always a mama's boy, so she had no
choice but to come my parents for they went. My
dad sometimes would tell me stuff. But it always felt
good to go to my dad and like as a winner, right,
(14:38):
because it feels good to win. But like for your
dad to say my kids a champion. That that gives
a son like a little bit of pride that of
course that. Uh, it's hard to match.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
Of course.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
Of course you always want to meet your parents proud
in it and that that's that's a number motivation for me.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
It works in many in it in, it works in
many h It worksn't many different places in the sentence,
it does it. It's a word.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
It works.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
I know.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Yeah, yes, that's it. That's it.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
Yeah, Okay, it works. It works. It works in a
lot of places. I like it. I'm gonna start using it.
Speaker 3 (15:17):
He's gonna say on commentary.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
Yeah, I will, I will Lrold Murphy and Aaron Piccle
going at it. Is it did Joe Rogue. It's gonna
be like, wow, what.
Speaker 3 (15:28):
The roll before?
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Lets you go, my guy? What does Saturday night look
like to you?
Speaker 3 (15:32):
Like?
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Have you allowed yourself to envision the walk, the fight,
the the the feel of after getting a victory.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
Yeah, try and visualize it as much as I can.
I think visualization is the best thing for fires, just
to calm everything down and to kind of feel like
you've been there before.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
You get what I'm saying, So you get on said, Yeah,
I visualized it all the time. I think. I hope,
I hope the five goes.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
How and I envision it and not getting a finish
and looking gray out there.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
You think you need a finish. You think if you
get a finish, you could like it would accelerate you
a little bit, because while you are winning a lot
of times, it is you just really because even Josh Emmitt, right,
he looks almost lost against you, but you're not putting
him away.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
Yes, I think it depends on it. For the casuals,
they want to see the finishes. I think everybody wants
to see finishes, but that's not the end all.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
And be all.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
I think if you go out there and put on
a cool performance, it's a performance based company and dollars
due to drug Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Lauren Murphy fights Aaron Picco this weekend at UFC three nineteen,
and the co main evet. This guy wins, he knows
how to win, has not lost before and intends to
keep it going this weekend. Lauren, thank you so much.
Stop running man, make your people problem play me before.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
That's good. That's good.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
I'm gonna kick his ass and I'm gonna put a
video at the tail end of this video once I
finished whipping his ass. Till next time, guys, go check
out everything Laurrel's doing, follow all of his socials, and
make sure you watch UFC three nineteen this weekend. Until
next time, Like and subscribe and tell your friends. DC's
got a YouTube channel and I'm checking in with guys
like Lauren Murphy. Until next time, Peace the Volume
The volume.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
All right, guys, I just finished checking in with Laron Murphy,
so that brings me to my role performance playbook. Guys,
these two guys are fighting in a very important fight
this weekend for Aaron Pico. He has got to find
ways to set traps and take Laron Murphy down. If
he doesn't take Laron Murphy down. For as good as
his boxing is, he is going to struggle because of
(00:26):
Loron's ability to create space and distance and control the
tempwater fight and four Laron Murphy. It's all about frustrating Pico,
forcing Pico into making bad decisions that ultimately cost him.
We have seen Laron do this multiple times. We've seen
him defind takedowns from great wrestlers before. I don't know
if he's ever seen anyone like this. So he's got
(00:47):
a defind takedown, control the space and the distance, and
his footwork has got to be on point better than
it's ever been in his entire career. These two guys
are fighting for what is potentially the number one contendership.
It's a massify for both. They need to follow my
role Performers playbook to get the job.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
Done the longest.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Loron, You're still running. You are a Manchester man like
I do. Bro.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I've retired. I've retired from FIFA because I went so
much like I've not been played it for this is
such a lie.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
I went to Manchester. I could feel the footy around me.
You know, we call it footy. A soccer fans footy.
I love footy and I go to Manchester City beautiful stadium.
Are you united a city? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Right now it's rough.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
But I always wondered when I walk those grounds. Everyone
in there seemed as though, especially the ones from Manchester,
seemed as though that if there was an opportunity or
a challenge, they would step up to it. You're the
only man in Manchester that gets challenged to play FIFA
and will not step up to you. I've been begging you.
(02:01):
One day, I'm online, I see your name. We became friends.
I see your name online. I Sidney invite Loren. What's up?
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Dude?
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Doesn't? He goes me loroone? What's up? So you're telling
me I've never messaged orget one PlayStation network.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Not see no message Loron what's up?
Speaker 1 (02:18):
I called him out to a few times when I
was in my heyday, ready to play and you served it.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Let's bullshit, man, you can play anytime. I would smash you.
I'm thinking I beat you three to one.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
You gotta play NFL NFL games. Football's football is not
for the Americans.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
No, it is for me.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
It's no, it's not.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
It's not a ticky tacker all over the field, ticky tacker.
So you see, I'll forward to beat Okay, all right,
well you're here your Status hotel. Yes, we you need
to take your mind off it. I'll bring my PlayStation
up to your room. I'll come on your grounds and
I'll beat you.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Sweet deal.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
So all the hoodlums, the gangs that they have in
European soccer, I'm gonna go into his old down and
beat them, guys. I'm here with Lauren Murphy. Lauren, big
time spot for you, bro. Yes, you're a winner, right,
You're a winner. You're a guy that just knows how
(03:13):
to win. Yet it feels like you are like not
as valued as you probably should be. Can you feel
that in Mma? Like, are you feeling like this is
an opportunity for you to finally cement yourself as like
one of the guys.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Yeah, for sure, it's a big opportunity. Of Big Spot
UFC three nineteen, and there's gonna be a lot of
eyes on it, and I think it's a good, good
matchup to do you Aaron Pico comes to fight, It's aggressive,
light like you know, so I think it's it's going
to be a bomb ban on.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Michael Bisbe has long been singing your praises and telling
us how special you were. Do you notice that seeing
Mike like kind of always like singing. He's very biased
by the way him and Tom athnall for you and
tom asvenall, I've never seen somebody. So Mike bisban is crazy,
doesn't hide it.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Yeah, he represents represented and he knows though like do
you k guys don't.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Get unless you like part of him, you don't get
as much recognition as do the guys.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
So he's just packing these guys.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
And giving you guys an opportunity to kind of uplift
for sure.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
And it's good to see that the first UK champion
is behind all the fires.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
And so your last fight you beat who did you
fight like? Josh shemmont? Fought him in the same way
that you've done on so many different occasions. Right, you
control people? How do you control Aaron Pico like that,
And do you believe that when you get control you
(04:36):
can force him to make a mistake, Because you're right,
here's aggressive and he won't want to fight you. You're
a guy that fights, but only on your terms. You
make them fight your fight. Like, can you frustrate Aaron
Pico and make him make a mistake this weekend?
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Yeah, that's the plan. That's the plan. And he's aggressive,
He's gonna come to me in it. So yeah, let's see.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
What do you expect from him? Because the guys have
not done well coming over here. I mean, Patchy Mix
had so much expectation. God Beat, Patricio Pittbull, god Beat.
I think Michael Chandler is like two and five or
two and six in the in the UFC, Like, what
do you expect from him? Do you think that this
moment will be too much for him?
Speaker 1 (05:17):
No, He's built to compete. His wrestled from a young age,
and I think he's in his prime. Some of them
guys you've mentioned wasn't in the prime and they should
have come over a lot, so you know, And so
I'm expecting the best version of Aaron Pico, and I
think he's been dreaming of this day for a long time.
Many fires do. This is the dream UFC.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Lauren, when did you get when did you hear of this?
Like the main co main event UFC three nineteen, Like,
what was your initial thought?
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Right?
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Because he was gonna fight a lawyer? Two wrestling guys.
You're a striker, right, Like, what was your thought when
they said, hey, we want you to fight Aaron Pico
at UFC three nineteen outside of just giving me more money, right,
because most people want more money to fight, like, of
course get paid, but like, what was your original thought?
Speaker 3 (06:00):
For me?
Speaker 1 (06:00):
I just need a big breakthrough in it. I need
I need a chance. I need an opportunity to get
where I need to get, and that's the title fight.
So for me, it's like it's the opportunity I couldn't
pass up. A lot of people would say sit out
and wait for a better fight, But for me, this
is a massive card and a massive spot called mein event.
Couldn't pass it up.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
So when you look at this fight, like what does
it do for Laurent Murphy Because you're undefeated, You're the
guy that has a long win streak in the UFC.
You're the guy that would seem to be getting very
close to a championship opportunity, Like, what's the win in
this for you? Outside of being on the big card.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
The win is supposed to be the number one content
to fight before like you said it's supposed to fight
Mothsa Danea come out and said that that's the number
one contented spot. So I've been shifted into that place
now in my eyes. So with a win over r
and p coom next in line.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Oh, you want a title, you should have a title
shot for sure?
Speaker 1 (06:55):
For sure, who's who's more deserving than me? Massa was
pull He's pulled out a fight, So I believe I'm
nan out if I win.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
And if you win, that one obviously lead to a
championship opportunity to hop against Alexander Volkanowski. Like yeah, when
you do, you lie? You something to think of that, Like, man,
I've been doing this for so long. I could be
on the verge of fighting for a UFC championship and
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Speaker 1 (08:46):
Yeah for sure, Carlo past this weekend. It's a big
weekend and obviously in my mind for for a long time,
this has been in the UFC four of Fire and
Alex Wolkonowski. He's been the guy at the top for
a while in it. So, yeah, I've gotta get through
R and P Cole first and then hopefully that's next.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
In it, you said in it, he's been the guy
at the top in it, In it, in it like
I N N I T.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
Yeah, yes, so like is it? Is it?
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Like is it?
Speaker 1 (09:13):
He?
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Same things in it in it we say in it
in Manchester we say in it as in yeah right.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
So, Vokanowski has been a man at the top of
the division for a long time. In it.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Yes, I see. I'm trying to get you to agree
with me, Like, what do you think in it?
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Okay, in it?
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Yeah? That was I never Yeah, how would you say
that dandy in your culture? I understand, but what would
you say is it?
Speaker 3 (09:45):
He Yeah, that's proper English.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
But but you're English.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
Just's quick, like we speak quick.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Okay, he speak quick. That's good. So he is the
champion in the way class. But you gotta get through Aaron.
Aaron presents some unique problems because he's been he's been
boxing since he was a little boy. He's been wrestling
she was a little boy. What have you done specifically
to make sure that you can handle the wrestling, because
that's one thing. I mean, Josh Emmont was a good wrestler, right,
(10:13):
you fought many good wrestlers. What have you done specifically
to make sure that Aaron piccle doesn't try to use
that wrestling and just ground you? Because if I'm fighting
Laurel Murphy, you're if it's a fifteen minute fight, my
intention is to have you on your back for twelve
of them. Yes, taking you down in the first minute
of every round, because then that gives me an opportunity
to slow you down, your footwork and everything is what
really does frustrate people and make it hard to fight.
(10:36):
What have you done to make sure that isn't the
case comes Saturday Night?
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Well, I know that.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
I know that's most people's game plans. So I've been
working on the life, my lifetime really in MMA. So
I think I've had opponents who've got me ready for that.
Donny Gay good wrestler as well, Josh Emmats same and
so Cookoff as well. So I feel like I've come
on leaps and bounds over and fights, got the experience.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
Laura, what's growing up in Manchester? Like? What's growing up
in Manchester that leads to you in this career? Like?
When did you know that you wanted to be a fighter?
I mean, I know that there's like it's tough in Manchester, right,
but when did you recognize, Hey, I want to be
a fighter in my life.
Speaker 3 (11:19):
Do you know what it was?
Speaker 1 (11:20):
It? I just walked into a gym and just started training,
and after that first session, I just thought, this is
what I love doing this, I love how it makes
me feel. And then I just kept going back for more,
for more. It's like it's like a drug in it.
How old were you twenty two? You started doing that.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
At twenty two years old. So what did you do
before fighting?
Speaker 1 (11:38):
I played football when as a young star, and then
from fifteen to twenty two everything else is like, yeah, school, college,
a little bit, a little bit, two years of college,
and then got lost in the wilderness.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
Lost no wilderness, chasing women and shit.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
Yeah, that's all the bad stuff with better just life
and it just getting up just mischief like young young
boy in it just just went astray a bit, I
would say, and then MMA put me back on the
right plat path.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
That's the story for a lot of people, right, Like
you find something that gives your purpose, right, that's it. Yeah,
you find something that gives you purpose and it kind
of heads you back where you want to go. So
walking into that gym, what prompted that for you?
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Well? I used to watch the UFC a lot, used
to be into all the combat sports and stuff like that.
But my cousin, My cousin just said, come train, and
I was thinking at the time, I was thinking, like
it was scary.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
Do you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
It's like it's a new it's a new place. I'm
just like, okay, sweet. So I ended up going and
I just loved it, and yeah, I was there every
session possible. And then after that it was just yeah,
it was literally just fell in love with it, got obsessed.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Yeah, an obsession that fear. Does it ever leave you? Though?
Because I remember sitting behind the curtain, everything gonna fight,
just the butterflies. But the butterflies let me know that
I was ready, Yes, and I was on the verge
of something great, Like does that fear ever leave you?
Or do you have like a healthy fear for that competition?
Speaker 3 (13:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
I was speaking to my friend Jordan here about just
about the roller coast of emotions, and it's just about
understanding that where you're at and and yeah, you never
get used to it. You never get used to it
because every fight seems to be bigger, every every fight
seems to be bigger.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
It's more riding on it every time.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
So it's like, what if he's going to fight the
same person every time in the same marina.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
You might you might get used to it.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
You might get used to it, but there's always new problems,
new new new challenges.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
Yeah. Yeah, and how's your family? Uh? You take to
mixed martial arts. Mom, dad, everybody.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
So my mom is obviously happening. Now I'm doing something
positive with my life, and she she loves it.
Speaker 3 (13:51):
But she will never watch my fight.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
She doesn't watch you fight.
Speaker 3 (13:54):
No, no, no, no, she can't even watch it back.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
She doesn't watch the fight after, even if she knows
you never lose.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
No, no, no, she can't. I been watching, She can't,
She says, she can't watch me getting punched.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
You want to watch your dad?
Speaker 1 (14:04):
My dad loves it into me. Yeah, he's always messaging me.
He's he's saying, he's. He sent me a text before saying,
I've done my research on peicle and what what.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Who are we doing here? What are we doing here?
My dad? My mom would watch what she kind of
would watch like in the I made her come because
I was always a mama's boy, so she had no
choice but to come my parents for they went. My
dad sometimes would tell me stuff. But it always felt
good to go to my dad and like as a winner, right,
(14:38):
because it feels good to win. But like for your
dad to say my kids a champion. That that gives
a son like a little bit of pride that of
course that. Uh, it's hard to match.
Speaker 3 (14:49):
Of course.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
Of course you always want to meet your parents proud
in it and that that's that's a number motivation for me.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
It works in many in it in, it works in
many h It worksn't many different places in the sentence,
it does it. It's a word.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
It works.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
I know.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
Yeah, yes, that's it. That's it.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
Yeah, Okay, it works. It works. It works in a
lot of places. I like it. I'm gonna start using it.
Speaker 3 (15:17):
He's gonna say on commentary.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
Yeah, I will, I will Lrold Murphy and Aaron Piccle
going at it. Is it did Joe Rogue. It's gonna
be like, wow, what.
Speaker 3 (15:28):
The roll before?
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Lets you go, my guy? What does Saturday night look
like to you?
Speaker 3 (15:32):
Like?
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Have you allowed yourself to envision the walk, the fight,
the the the feel of after getting a victory.
Speaker 1 (15:41):
Yeah, try and visualize it as much as I can.
I think visualization is the best thing for fires, just
to calm everything down and to kind of feel like
you've been there before.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
You get what I'm saying, So you get on said, Yeah,
I visualized it all the time. I think. I hope,
I hope the five goes.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
How and I envision it and not getting a finish
and looking gray out there.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
You think you need a finish. You think if you
get a finish, you could like it would accelerate you
a little bit, because while you are winning a lot
of times, it is you just really because even Josh Emmitt, right,
he looks almost lost against you, but you're not putting
him away.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
Yes, I think it depends on it. For the casuals,
they want to see the finishes. I think everybody wants
to see finishes, but that's not the end all.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
And be all.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
I think if you go out there and put on
a cool performance, it's a performance based company and dollars
due to drug Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Lauren Murphy fights Aaron Picco this weekend at UFC three nineteen,
and the co main evet. This guy wins, he knows
how to win, has not lost before and intends to
keep it going this weekend. Lauren, thank you so much.
Stop running man, make your people problem play me before.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
That's good. That's good.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
I'm gonna kick his ass and I'm gonna put a
video at the tail end of this video once I
finished whipping his ass. Till next time, guys, go check
out everything Laurrel's doing, follow all of his socials, and
make sure you watch UFC three nineteen this weekend. Until
next time, Like and subscribe and tell your friends. DC's
got a YouTube channel and I'm checking in with guys
like Lauren Murphy. Until next time, Peace the Volume
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