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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, folks, we are back on the way concept
presented it by The Ring magazine, and today I am
taking a look at the face to face that went
down almost a week ago.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Now.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
I don't know how I didn't see this, but I
definitely missed it between Salt Poppy and Tony Ferguson for Misfits,
Uh twenty two? What are they call? I forgot what
it's called.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
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Speaker 1 (00:23):
I'm sorry I should have known that. But Ring of
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Luke Rockhold in the main event. We're gonna take a
look at the face off for the co main event
between Tony Ferguson Salt Poppy. It also has Dylan Danis
versus Warren the Mechanic Spencer and Misfits first Fourier into MMA. Today,
(00:46):
I want to get into the face to face that
happened between Super Salt Poppy and Tony fergus because, listen,
this fight is interesting for multiple reasons. I want to
see if there's any mental games being played or whatever
else we can take away from Tony Ferguson's mindset. Really,
I just want to see where Tony's mind is because
I think I know where Salt Poppy is. I know
what he's gonna bring to this fight when he's super dangerous.
(01:08):
But I want to see what does Tony Ferguson have.
What is he thinking is going to be different this
time around in boxing versus you know what's going on
with him in MMA and the age experience, wear and
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(03:01):
back into the face to face face. Let's see what happened,
all right, So let's check this out. Tony Ferguson saw
Poppy face to face with our guy Bil running the show.
Let's see what happened.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
This dude made that walk. I'm making the walk for
my first time. You have a fights and I have zero.
Everybody's underwriting me. They're they're saying he gonna knock me
out and everything. Ninety percent, Tony, you're fighting a fucking influt.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
If we're gonna get to Tony Ferguson math again, ninety percent. Also,
they were supposed to they're supposed to be using these
subtitles to say what he actually said. Tony keeps saying
people are underwriting him. I think he means to say
that people are underestimating him for this fight. I'm not
sure who's Tony's underwriter, but I don't I don't know
that he understands what that word means.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
Everybody's underwriting me.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
They even said underestimated they got you, Tony, those cap
should saved.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
You mean they're saying he gonna knock me out and everything.
Ninety percent, Tony, you're fighting a fucking influence. So there
goes the other twenty percent, but all fucking negative.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
He did it again, not even into the video, it's
just a preview and Tony he is saying that ninety
twenty again. Someone needs to get with Tony Ferguson and
let him know that ninety percent plus twenty percent is
not one hundred percent, it's one hundred and ten. Maybe
he just thinks one hundred and ten percent is how
his life is, right, one hundred and ten percent effort,
one hundred and ten percent of fans, one hundred and
(04:17):
ten percent of profit. I don't know he Tony has
got his own way of doing things, so maybe it's just,
you know, his inner working's coming out.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
Any person has got the fucking balls to walk through
the door and to stay there is a fucking fighter, bro.
I'm gonna walk through an August thirty. Then I'm gonna
handle everything that I need to go and get that Bigtory.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
Have you watched any of its fights? What do you
make of him? Dangerous?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
I'm dangerous, So you know this is your biggest smile.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
I'm gonna say we're thirty two seconds in. I don't
know is this like a preview because Salt has said nothing,
which again I don't expect him to say anything, but
like Tony is carrying right now. Also, Tony's pants look
like like football pants with like thigh pads of them.
I love it.
Speaker 5 (05:00):
So it's a pleasure to see you both. To be honest,
I'm so surprised I'm seeing this face off right now when.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
I'm not gonna lie. I don't even know Saul Poppy's
actual name. That's crazy. I've known him for like five
years now and I don't know his name. I'm the
asshole in this situation. But just hearing Tony so I
don't know his name.
Speaker 5 (05:16):
It's got announced. I had to double check, I had
to refresh. I think the whole world of refreshing because
they didn't believe this was gonna happen. So so I'm
actually gonna come to you first. When you got that
phone call from Mam Taylor to say you were fighting
this man that you will fight a former UFC interim champion.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
What was your reaction to that?
Speaker 6 (05:33):
I mean, I were shock, Like I really can't believe
because and obviously not a lot of people get this
type of opportunity. And so I'm like, I'm so grateful
for Misfit Boxing for giving me this fight, big fights
back to back, and yeah, when when I heard that
I was gonna fight Tony Ferguson, There's there's something I
(05:55):
couldn't say. Now I'm gonna be sharing that with a
legend legendary fighter, and yeah, I can wait. That's it.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
I'm Tony, I ask you the same question when you've
got the crew.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Misfits does clearly think of Salt Poppy as like a superstar.
You look at his social numbers, they're ridiculous, Like he
does have a high level of social interaction, he's got charisma,
he's got swagger, he can fight. So they look at
him as someone that can take over the mantle potentially,
you know, to some degree with I think it's gonna
be more than one person that's gonna have to fill
(06:25):
the void of KSI when he stops fighting.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
But so Poppy.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
They look at as one of those guys, even after
the Slim loss, even after the Anthony Taylor loss, they
look at him as a guy to lead whatever they're
going toward in the next two three years. So yeah,
I mean he keeps getting these massive opportunities because he
does deliver, even in losses. He delivers fun fights, so
they clearly see him as a star, which is why
he's gotten this opportunity.
Speaker 5 (06:47):
And he said, you're fighting Salt Poppy. Did you even
know who Salt Poppy was?
Speaker 4 (06:51):
Daniel, right, Nathan, Nathan, Nathan and Tony.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Nathan Okay, I forgot, Yes, he's he's told me his
name before. He said Daniel, Me and Tony bo. But
look at the respect from Tony years. I didn't know
when it goes in Nathan. Okay, all right, we do it.
Salt Poppy is a good stage.
Speaker 4 (07:10):
Name right to the YouTube and it goes into influencers
and TikTok. I don't have anything against it. I'm gonna
be real. I wasn't competing when everybody was doing everything.
I was saved it for when it really mattered, like now,
which is pretty cool. So I mean nothing against you,
I really don't know, but I know you have what
a fights, a fight style, you have a fights, and
I have zero. This is my pro debut. I was
(07:32):
never allowed to box, so it's different. And MMA it's different.
We have no shoes in MMA and we have to
worry about takedowns, so now it's different. It's not opportunity
for me to be able to go in there play
another sport, come from multi sport background when it comes
to that way. So it's awesome as soon as I
got the phone call to be able to box. Nothing
against GFL. That's still there, but I don't need to
(07:54):
stay busy. I like I like the fight.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
I like to come.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
I don't know if anybody needs to let Tony know,
but GFL is I'm not still there.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
I'm sorry, don like you know.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
I know that Tony was supposed to be one of
the big signees at GFL, and I think he was
even supposed to fight Dylan Danis. I'm not sure, but
someone has to let Tony know that shit is not happening.
That ship has not only sailed, it set sail and
crashed immediate. Nobody's protecting their neck at GFL. It's not happening.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
Dude, and this dude went from a lot of big
heavyweight all the way down to where he's at. And
I don't think a lot of people give social media
influencers a lot of credit because the athletes.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Now, sorry, I gotta stop again. What did Dylan say
in my interview about what Salt Poppy was? Because Tony's
talking about, you know, Salt Poppy losing weight and he
started at heavyweight. Now he's come down to I think
they're fighting at like one sixty one seventy. I'm not sure.
But when I asked Dylan White wasn't fighting Tony? He said, Tony,
Tony's fighting someone that started fat to skinny. Don't even
(08:52):
know what Tony's doing. Let's find someone that started fat
to skinny. Dylan's the man. I know y'all hate him,
but he's a goat.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
Dude in my opinion, and we're gonna go in there.
He's gonna try to hit me. I'm gonna try to
hit him, So it's gonna.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Go out there.
Speaker 5 (09:03):
Have you watched any of its fights? Of course, what
do you make of them? Shapa dangerous?
Speaker 2 (09:10):
I'm dangerous.
Speaker 5 (09:12):
Can he cause you any issues? Not unless I want
him to how about you. You've seen him, seeing his fight.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Yeah, I'm not gonna lie. So Poppy can cause Tony
some issues, regardless if he wants him to or not.
I don't think Tony has taken him lightly. I don't
really know what the last thing you want to do,
especially when you come over as an MMA guy to boxing.
We've talked about it in NASA. To take these guys
lightly because they haven't trained as long in martial arts,
or they're not as committed to the sports as some
(09:39):
of these high level.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
Veterans were or are is a mistake.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Again, I'm not saying Tony's doing this, but Saul Poppy
has power, the speed, the timing to cause Tony some
real problem.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
And yeah, Tony can can be dangerous for sure.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
You know. Uh, whatever he's got left, I don't know.
We'll see, but out of the two of them in
a boxing ring, I am leaning to it, not even leaning.
I I'm fully thinking that Salt is more dangerous.
Speaker 6 (10:03):
I've seen a lot of his fights, Like you know, Yes,
it's a big step up for me, It's a big
challenge for me. But yeah, this will prove that I'm
ready for the big challenge. Like Tony.
Speaker 5 (10:13):
Have you seen the online reaction to this as well.
I mean it's been going all over Twitter.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
This is really you said he's gonna knock me out.
Speaker 6 (10:19):
Yes, I just like, I just can't believe what defense
is saying, because look at you, sick thirty eight forty six,
Tony is only forty one. It's gonna be strong as hell,
and I'm gonna have to like you and I'm gonna
be struggling. Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Yeah, that comparison don't work many pakyaw at forty six,
that was an anomaly that was insane to see. By
the way, a lot about how good Manny was as
a boxer eight division world champion, not an MMA fighter
that's forty one, that's already declining in his own sport
and declined in his own sport to then come over
(10:57):
and start boxing. You're talking about Manny pak Yao, who
even at the end of his career was still fighting,
you know, losing some fights, but fighting at around the
top level, and then came back and fought Mario Barrios
is probably one of the worst champions in boxing, but
still I thought won the fight. He was sick at
thirty eight again, been boxing all his life. Is a
world class probably one of the best boxers we've ever seen.
(11:19):
So to act like, oh yeah, I can't believe the
fans were saying Tony's gonna get slept when Tony has
never boxed and he's forty one and he's on like
a seven fight losing streak in MMA. That's insane. I
want Salt to address though, and Tony's like, yeah, you
said you're gonna knock me out.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Say it to him.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Salt loves to talk like talk in the ring. He
will talk his shit in the ring, but this one
he even said he's gonna knock Tony out. I want
to see him you know, Yeah, I am gonna knock
you out. Yeah, yeah, here's why. But he's not he's
not addressing that. I want to see him address though.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
He says that knock me out. So I got fuel
for the fire to be able to train for the
last four years in MMA, Like when KOBEEB and Connor
never wanted to fight because those fucking guys are pussies.
You stepped them forward in the line and you're a yeah, yeah.
A lot of people they just don't do it, like
a lot of the fights didn't interest me. And this
is a new sport. It's a new avenue for me
to be able to go if I want to go
play pro baseball later on. Whatever I'm talking to my agent,
(12:09):
this is another avenue for me.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
Tony Ferguson just say he wants to go play pro
baseball later on. I love Tony, I do, and I
love his childlike aspiration to do all the things he
never got to do as a youngster as a child.
But you are not playing professional baseball at forty two
three whenever later on is no in no world and
no fantasy is that happen. I love him, and I
(12:32):
hope he tries. I really do not even like I'm not.
I'm not trying to see her and laugh at Tony.
That's not the thing. I just love the fact that
he doesn't ever give up. Honestly, I love it. It
bewilders me. It's nonsensical. It will not happen him playing
at a professional level unless it's like a you know,
a farm league team that kind of gives him the
Michael Jordan treatment, like all right, try it. But I
just love that he's like, OK, I still gonna do
(12:54):
these things. My age doesn't matter, Like I love that,
it's just that will not happen.
Speaker 4 (12:57):
And like I said, I'm not gonna bullshit in the morning,
can't so I can't standbag anymore.
Speaker 6 (13:01):
Man.
Speaker 5 (13:02):
So Tony said that you said you were gonna knock
him out. Now he's in front of you. Do you
still believe that?
Speaker 1 (13:07):
Good question.
Speaker 6 (13:07):
I don't have a lucky one punch knockout, and that's
all I can do. Really. If it happens, it happens.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Oh Salt's playing like, oh yeah, I just got the
lucky one punch.
Speaker 3 (13:19):
Why is he doing that?
Speaker 1 (13:21):
We all know that you're better than a lucky one
punch knockout. And if it happens, it happens. Just just
be about it, you know what I'm saying. Talk to
your stuff. This isn't like a you trying to disrespect
Tony thing. And I know Salt likes to be respectful
and not talk, but he's kind of playing like, oh
I am just the influencer da type of thing. I
wish he would kind of stand on business with it
and be like, yeah, you know, listen, I think he
(13:42):
I think I could touch him on the chain. You know,
he's agreed he's a legend in the UFC, and you know,
I appreciate him for that or whatever. But he's coming
into my realm and I'm gonna show him why this
game is different. That wouldn't be him disrespecting Tony. That
would just be stating, matter of factly what he wants
to do. I want to see that because I know
he's confident in what he's gonna do. I just don't
know why I won't.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Say it, Tony.
Speaker 5 (14:01):
You fought people like Polpo's, Pettis Gate, Cheep, the top
of the food chain.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
Why now Salt Poppy?
Speaker 4 (14:08):
Because Nathan's cool man, Like, he's enough to be able
to want to go out there and put his record
on the line.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
And he was like, yeah, Daniel's pretty cool guy. He's like,
oh shit, Nathan.
Speaker 4 (14:17):
To anybody else that doesn't understand the complexity of walking
through a fucking boxing jindor how hard it is, it's
easier to stay there, it's harder to walk through there.
Get that first initial walk through there. This dude made
that walk. I'm making the walk for my first time.
My nervous, Yeah, I was a little nervous. This is boxing.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
But if I.
Speaker 4 (14:34):
Didn't have that nervous energy. Doesn't matter if I had
him or anybody else in front of it, I'm not
gonna fucking do it. I wasn't even feel enough for
end the Man anymore. And it was just fucking boring
a shit to me. It's just like I was just
doing it just to fucking do it so people can
see me compete until we both parted ways in a
good not cut both ways. If I got my shit
and I wanted my stuff and I go back, yeah,
maybe I got other things to accomplish, And I'm gonna
go out there in August thirtieth and I'm gonna handle
(14:56):
everything that I need to go and get that victory.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
What's this fired up?
Speaker 4 (14:59):
Man?
Speaker 1 (15:00):
He's fired up? Yeah, listen, Tony left the UFC. Maybe
you know the way they I don't know. I don't
know how it was done. But it was the right
decision for the UFC obviously to not have Tony in
any more fights because he was losing consistently, taking tons
of damage consistently, you know, and Tony, it just didn't
whether he wasn't into it or not anymore, he was
(15:21):
going to continue losing fight. The competition level in the
game had just passed him by, and that's really simply
all it was. Whether they cut him, whether he left,
doesn't really matter. It was a good decision. So I'm
glad he's If he's going to compete in combat sports,
I'm glad he's doing this versus doing that, if that
makes sense, probably making a shit ton more money over here.
I mean again, the danger when you step into combat
sports is there regardless. So the people that are upset
(15:44):
about him continuing to fight, this would have happened in
the UFC, It would have happened in any other boxing match.
It would have happened to kickboxing, So I get it.
But at the same time, if he wants to compete,
this is probably the best option for.
Speaker 5 (15:54):
Him transition being like from MMA to boxing, because you
mentioned multiple times now that it's a completely different sport.
How are you gonna transition in this time against someone
that's already had eight flights and still have a chance.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
I've been wanting to box since I was little. I
was never allowed to. I grew up in Michigan. My
pop's raising me military in the country, and I was
able to have heavy bags unless I bought five bottom
and speed bags. I hitting the seed bags since I
was about fourteen, thirteen fifteen something like that, and I
would always break my bags and stuff. But I was
my pop tells me, he's like, I'm not paying for
your school. You're gonna go to college. He's like, in
(16:26):
my roof, you're gonna go to college. He's like, you're
gonna play sports in order to get yourself a scholarship.
And I did pick my choice, and I did that.
Now all of my stuff kind of like went down
and I collected every single side quest. You play video games,
you understand side quests, you understand all this kind of shit.
I did everything from Knockout of the Night, Submission KNIGHTE,
Fight of the Year, Ultimate Fighter, Troll Feet, the UFC Bell. Like, dude,
(16:48):
I've gone all of this shit. I don't really care
because I'd love that stuff, but I want to collect more.
I got a bunch of medals for wrest and I
got national championship state championship football ring for wrestling, and like, like.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
Does Tony wear his high school football state championship ring around? Hell? Yeah, dude,
I actually kind of with that because I know, I mean,
my little brother, what a state title?
Speaker 2 (17:11):
And I don't.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
I don't even think he knows where his ring is,
Like you could tell he I don't know that Tony
wanted to be a mixed martial artists. I don't know
that he like the way he talks about other sports
he wants to do. Maybe he just wanted to play
a ton of different sports. He wants to be an athlete.
He talks about football, he talks about wrestling, talks about baseball,
talks about boxing. This is him again, being a big kid,
getting to live out his dream of doing the other
sports he never got to do as a as a
(17:33):
as a kid. I think that's a cool storyline.
Speaker 4 (17:35):
I like collecting shit and I don't like collecting losses.
I had to demonstrate to everybody what humility was so
that way everybody could understand I Nobo's perfect, and if
they took it with the grain of salt, maybe they
learned something.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
So when you hear with these accolades, I.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Don't know what that meant from Tony, he said he
had to demonstrate humility so everybody can understand how to
take a loss. Is he like is he acting like, Oh,
I had to lose so I could show people how
to lose. I don't think he wanted to lose those fights.
I don't know. Can I'm just I don't know. Sometimes
Tony be saying stuff, I'm like, maybe it's got over
my head. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
And you see what it's achieved.
Speaker 5 (18:05):
How do you maintain the confidence and the calmness that
you have right now?
Speaker 6 (18:08):
I'll cook, he said, yeah, And yeah I do have
a chance because I do have one punch knockout power.
And yeah, we'll just see what happened in August thirty
eight and I'll be ready for the best. Tony Ferguson, is.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
That how you win the fight? It's through a knockout punch.
Speaker 6 (18:26):
I can. I can try a win like you know,
by points, but I always want to go for the
knockout because of the knackle bonus.
Speaker 4 (18:35):
A knockout bonus. Yes, you know, I was broken when
I was in the Open Fighter. I was broken the
Open Fighter. I went there like my wife has helping
me pay my rent and my ship, and I go
in there. Ramsey Nigel said this, he's like five k baby,
because he went in there and you finished somebody.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
It's I think.
Speaker 4 (18:52):
I was like, yeah, we'll go make a rent.
Speaker 6 (18:56):
Now there's some fighter of the night as well, fight
off not.
Speaker 4 (18:59):
Yeah, two chances fifty k, it's a big deal. Maybe
we can make them double it went across some of
the bucks. That tells you that they can't.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Yeah, I mean listen. That's a cooler answer from saut
Poppy like yeah, I maybe could win, even though he's
still trying to play coy like ah, you know, I
just got the one knockout punts. That's really all I got. Bullshit,
but saying like yeah, listen, I want to finish the fight.
I want to get that knockout bonus. And then Tony
being like, let's double it. Maam's open your pocket books,
I open up the whiallet got the check.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
They can knock you out. What's your reaction to that?
Speaker 4 (19:30):
Nothing I've played. I've been wrestling for a long time,
in freestyle wrestling where you had to stand next to
your opponent, right, So I've had people mean mug me,
try to be my best friend, hate me, fucking not
say shit doing all this stuff. And I've got thousands
of wrestling matches with shoes on him. Different.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
So he has a good point, Like when Salt says
he wants to knock Tony out. Tony's like I've heard
it all, Like it doesn't bother me. I've had people
try to be nice, be me, not say anything me
and Muggy. But then he adds the with the shoes
on part. I know he's fighting in shoes and it
is different than fighting not with shoes on. But I
don't know what the if he thinks the ultimate difference
(20:10):
between MMA and boxing is I get to wear shoes.
I mean, that's not it. But he keeps focusing on
the shoes. Maybe he just has some sick boxing shoes
he wants to wear. He's like, Yo, I'm showed up
at Jordan's Amanda Serado style. What's up, dude? Finally I've
been trying to wear Jordan all my fights.
Speaker 5 (20:26):
No, this is your biggest moment on this stage when
it comes to misfits boxing. Yeah, how are you gonna
deal with that pressure, the anxiety, the nuts.
Speaker 4 (20:34):
I can't draw a line on this ship and everything
like that. Any person has got the fucking balls to
walk through the door and to stay there is a
fucking fighter, bro, Like, I'm not even playing anymore. I
don't give a shit, And that's the hardest part is
getting off your fucking couch, getting off your ass and
getting into a fucking gym. I went to the boxing
gym over here. It was twelve three or some fucking gym.
The guy didn't know who the fuck I was. For one,
I didn't give a shit. I'm just there. I was
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asking if I could hit the boxing. He's like, and
he brusting out his laptop and see if he could
make a schedule. Called this guy. I'm like, I just
fucking walked over to the bag and kind of hit it,
and I was like, no, this isn't where I want
to be. You kind of understand where like, well, people
they kind of think like that, that's not who I
want to be, who they can fuck off. And I
can understand you've probably been in the same way because
everybody's underwriting me. They're they're saying he gonna knock me
out and everything.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
I'm I'm so.
Speaker 3 (21:16):
The question was asked to Salt Poppy. He didn't even answer.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
Tony starts talking about how he walked into a gym
in the UK and the guy didn't know him, so
he was trying to figure out if he could let
him in. Tony touched the bag and got a bad vibe,
and it's like, I don't want to be here.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
They can go I have no.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Idea, what the fuck's going on? What the hell's happening here?
Speaker 4 (21:37):
Can understand you've probably been the same way because everybody's
underwriting me. They're saying he gonna knock me out and
everything ninety percent, but everybody's saying Tony, you're fighting a
fucking influencer. So there goes the other twenty percent, but
all fucking negative, like come on.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
Yeah, that's how Poppy said. Yeah, like, I don't know
what the fuck just say to that over A message
from Tony is like, yeah, I'm pissed that people think
this influencer is gonna knock me out, and then something
about the fact that you know, ninety percent think that
I can't even fight anyway, but the other twenty even
(22:12):
though it should be ten, think that the influencer is
gonna knock me out because he's better than me in
boxing too. So he's frustrated. I get it, but he's
not articulating it very well. It's all Pobby's confused.
Speaker 6 (22:23):
W I can just do my best, man, I'm gonna
do my best. That's it.
Speaker 4 (22:28):
Get me. Heated, I'm supposed to get mad at him,
but I'm not. Like, look when it goes into an athlete,
we're gonna both prepare and we're gonna do our ship
and we're gonna go out there and you guys are
gonna have a fucking amazing show. So you guys need
to fucking buy that ship. Don't stream like fucking whenever
I fight, I know you guys are buying the ship.
I just fucking know him because you guys have that
much respect for me. I'm that OG when it comes
(22:49):
to this original genius kind of shit. So by the
pay per view, yeah, pay per views, man, like seriously,
like a lot of people fuck him whatever they gotta
think and shit like that. You've got a couple fighters
that are on this car. They're gonna out there, they're
gonna give him the shit. Not because I'm just fighting,
but this is a fucking dope ass car man.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
So the bags, dude, And Tony is right like he
has a lot of OG fans. Original genius is not
what I've heard for for OG original Gegster'll say, but
he's kind of boden. He's a gangster, always has been,
an MMA and he does have a loyal fan base,
and I do think that that fan base will come
over and watch Tony because they've watched him in the UFC.
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They watched him, you know, ascend to the highest of highs,
and then obviously they watched the losing streak there at
the end, so they've always stood by his side. I
think that the Misfits did a great job getting him
on this card if he wanted to fight, which it
seems like he does. I personally don't think Tony should
be fighting anymore. But if he's gonna fight, he's gonna
do it somewhere, and he's probably gonna make the most
money doing it here at Misfits, So fair play, and
(23:46):
I do I think he commands a great audience.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
No gree more. So.
Speaker 5 (23:48):
I've just got a couple more questions before we wrap
things off. I'm gonna start off with you, Tony, were
only matter a few weeks away. Now, what's your prediction
for this fight? When that bell rings? How does fight
go for you?
Speaker 4 (24:01):
M You're gonna have to tune in. I don't like
to talk too much about like other ship like that.
You guys gonna have to tune in when it goes
into it. You guys gonna be in for a good fight.
It's gonna be amazing. Camp camp has been coolready, it's awesome.
Look at my new hairline too, Thank you, Bosley.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Honestly, how do you not love him? Look at my
new hairline? Thanks? Did you say? Thanks? Bosley? That's awesome?
Awesome put a little hair dye in there too. You
could tell he went a little just for being a
touch of gray, right, silver Fox, Tody, I like it?
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Good question. How does this fight out for you?
Speaker 6 (24:38):
I just do whatever it takes to win and hope
and get lucky.
Speaker 5 (24:42):
Don't bite me, just kidding.
Speaker 4 (24:48):
I'm gonna hit him. He's gonna try to hit me,
and that's how it's gonna go from mine.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
Well, this is gonna be one of the final times.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
I hate that Salt Poppy keeps saying like, oh, I'm
just gonna try to get lucky. Bro, just be about it, dude.
We all know your confidence. Set yourself up, call your shot.
If he was just being humble, like, that's not even
being him being humble, right, that's just him being like,
oh you know, I'm just the influencer. It's like playing
a character. I get it, but I want him to, like,
you know, stand on that ship. We've seen it.
Speaker 3 (25:15):
You can't hide it from us anymore, you know.
Speaker 5 (25:17):
Face off before we get into fight weeks. So can
I get some final words from you both?
Speaker 6 (25:20):
So first made the best memory, sir about it?
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Do you have anny final words for salt puppy? I
see the thirtieth, the thirtieth handshake. It's been an absolute place.
Speaker 6 (25:34):
Thank youha and like you, I don't know why as much.
Speaker 4 (25:37):
Put your hand up.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
Against again answer bigger than Brocks. Tony's so awesome, dude,
He's all put your hand up here, see got big hands.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
I appreciate both your time.
Speaker 5 (25:56):
Thank you so much being an absolute honor doing this
face off and make sure you're getting your ticket and
going and watching it live on his own August thirtieth,
Manchester A Arena's cool.
Speaker 3 (26:06):
That was awesome. Tony is a pleasure to listen to.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
Even if it is a bit confusing, if he is
all over the place, He's still Tony Ferguson, And the
reason you love him as a fighter is because of that.
His personality is erratic sometimes doesn't make any sense, but
you know he's passionate about what he's doing right. He's
not doing something he doesn't care about. He's always been
that way with the UFC, he's doing that now with
the crossover boxing space.
Speaker 3 (26:31):
I want to see him stay safe.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
I know that's not maybe even possible because he's fighting
and it is combat sports. But obviously, in my opinion,
I'm still sticking with Salt Poppy winning this fight. I
say obviously, and it's only it's not a disrespect to Tony,
it's just because of the situation and where we're at
right Tony's career, his age, mileage, the wear and tear,
the lack of experience specifically just boxing. I mean, he
(26:54):
alluded to it, so Bob, he's got eight fights, He's
got none. Jake made a career off this when he
first started boxing. Is bringing guys in that had never boxed,
that were high level MMA fighters and exploiting the difference
between high level MMA and you know, entree level boxing.
There are completely different sports. You guys just watched me
get rag dogged by Dylan Danis after having a decent
(27:15):
enough showing in my first ever little boxing match. It's
it's not even close. And this is why you don't
see boxers go to MMA because they're not the same
sport and they would get ragdolled and destroyed. So I
expect the same formula. I mean, if it ain't broke,
don't fix it. Time and time again, we've seen it.
I expect Saulpoppy to win this, but I could be wrong,
and fight Week is almost here now or a couple
of weeks away. I'm gonna be traveling all over the country,
(27:37):
so it's the last time you guys will see me
in the setup room for a while. But the next
time you see me on a broadcast will be in Florida.
I'm gonna be doing some stuff with MVP their Prospects
card coming up on the twenty second. Then I will
be in Manchester at the Al Arena for Misfits twenty two,
Fun Fights, Fun Week, Fun month Ahead. As far as
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what happens with Tony Ferguson Saw Poppy, I think I know,
But on August thirtieth, I guess we'll find out.
All right, folks, we are back on the way concept
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Now.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
I don't know how I didn't see this, but I
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Uh twenty two? What are they call? I forgot what
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Speaker 3 (00:20):
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I'm sorry I should have known that. But Ring of
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between Tony Ferguson Salt Poppy. It also has Dylan Danis
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I want to get into the face to face that
happened between Super Salt Poppy and Tony fergus because, listen,
this fight is interesting for multiple reasons. I want to
see if there's any mental games being played or whatever
else we can take away from Tony Ferguson's mindset. Really,
I just want to see where Tony's mind is because
I think I know where Salt Poppy is. I know
what he's gonna bring to this fight when he's super dangerous.
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But I want to see what does Tony Ferguson have.
What is he thinking is going to be different this
time around in boxing versus you know what's going on
with him in MMA and the age experience, wear and
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back into the face to face face. Let's see what happened,
all right, So let's check this out. Tony Ferguson saw
Poppy face to face with our guy Bil running the show.
Let's see what happened.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
This dude made that walk. I'm making the walk for
my first time. You have a fights and I have zero.
Everybody's underwriting me. They're they're saying he gonna knock me
out and everything. Ninety percent, Tony, you're fighting a fucking influt.
Speaker 1 (03:21):
If we're gonna get to Tony Ferguson math again, ninety percent. Also,
they were supposed to they're supposed to be using these
subtitles to say what he actually said. Tony keeps saying
people are underwriting him. I think he means to say
that people are underestimating him for this fight. I'm not
sure who's Tony's underwriter, but I don't I don't know
that he understands what that word means.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
Everybody's underwriting me.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
They even said underestimated they got you, Tony, those cap
should saved.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
You mean they're saying he gonna knock me out and everything.
Ninety percent, Tony, you're fighting a fucking influence. So there
goes the other twenty percent, but all fucking negative.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
He did it again, not even into the video, it's
just a preview and Tony he is saying that ninety
twenty again. Someone needs to get with Tony Ferguson and
let him know that ninety percent plus twenty percent is
not one hundred percent, it's one hundred and ten. Maybe
he just thinks one hundred and ten percent is how
his life is, right, one hundred and ten percent effort,
one hundred and ten percent of fans, one hundred and
(04:17):
ten percent of profit. I don't know he Tony has
got his own way of doing things, so maybe it's just,
you know, his inner working's coming out.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
Any person has got the fucking balls to walk through
the door and to stay there is a fucking fighter, bro.
I'm gonna walk through an August thirty. Then I'm gonna
handle everything that I need to go and get that Bigtory.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
Have you watched any of its fights? What do you
make of him? Dangerous?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
I'm dangerous, So you know this is your biggest smile.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
I'm gonna say we're thirty two seconds in. I don't
know is this like a preview because Salt has said nothing,
which again I don't expect him to say anything, but
like Tony is carrying right now. Also, Tony's pants look
like like football pants with like thigh pads of them.
I love it.
Speaker 5 (05:00):
So it's a pleasure to see you both. To be honest,
I'm so surprised I'm seeing this face off right now when.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
I'm not gonna lie. I don't even know Saul Poppy's
actual name. That's crazy. I've known him for like five
years now and I don't know his name. I'm the
asshole in this situation. But just hearing Tony so I
don't know his name.
Speaker 5 (05:16):
It's got announced. I had to double check, I had
to refresh. I think the whole world of refreshing because
they didn't believe this was gonna happen. So so I'm
actually gonna come to you first. When you got that
phone call from Mam Taylor to say you were fighting
this man that you will fight a former UFC interim champion.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
What was your reaction to that?
Speaker 6 (05:33):
I mean, I were shock, Like I really can't believe
because and obviously not a lot of people get this
type of opportunity. And so I'm like, I'm so grateful
for Misfit Boxing for giving me this fight, big fights
back to back, and yeah, when when I heard that
I was gonna fight Tony Ferguson, There's there's something I
(05:55):
couldn't say. Now I'm gonna be sharing that with a
legend legendary fighter, and yeah, I can wait. That's it.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
I'm Tony, I ask you the same question when you've
got the crew.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Misfits does clearly think of Salt Poppy as like a superstar.
You look at his social numbers, they're ridiculous, Like he
does have a high level of social interaction, he's got charisma,
he's got swagger, he can fight. So they look at
him as someone that can take over the mantle potentially,
you know, to some degree with I think it's gonna
be more than one person that's gonna have to fill
(06:25):
the void of KSI when he stops fighting.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
But so Poppy.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
They look at as one of those guys, even after
the Slim loss, even after the Anthony Taylor loss, they
look at him as a guy to lead whatever they're
going toward in the next two three years. So yeah,
I mean he keeps getting these massive opportunities because he
does deliver, even in losses. He delivers fun fights, so
they clearly see him as a star, which is why
he's gotten this opportunity.
Speaker 5 (06:47):
And he said, you're fighting Salt Poppy. Did you even
know who Salt Poppy was?
Speaker 4 (06:51):
Daniel, right, Nathan, Nathan, Nathan and Tony.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Nathan Okay, I forgot, Yes, he's he's told me his
name before. He said Daniel, Me and Tony bo. But
look at the respect from Tony years. I didn't know
when it goes in Nathan. Okay, all right, we do it.
Salt Poppy is a good stage.
Speaker 4 (07:10):
Name right to the YouTube and it goes into influencers
and TikTok. I don't have anything against it. I'm gonna
be real. I wasn't competing when everybody was doing everything.
I was saved it for when it really mattered, like now,
which is pretty cool. So I mean nothing against you,
I really don't know, but I know you have what
a fights, a fight style, you have a fights, and
I have zero. This is my pro debut. I was
(07:32):
never allowed to box, so it's different. And MMA it's different.
We have no shoes in MMA and we have to
worry about takedowns, so now it's different. It's not opportunity
for me to be able to go in there play
another sport, come from multi sport background when it comes
to that way. So it's awesome as soon as I
got the phone call to be able to box. Nothing
against GFL. That's still there, but I don't need to
(07:54):
stay busy. I like I like the fight.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
I like to come.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
I don't know if anybody needs to let Tony know,
but GFL is I'm not still there.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
I'm sorry, don like you know.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
I know that Tony was supposed to be one of
the big signees at GFL, and I think he was
even supposed to fight Dylan Danis. I'm not sure, but
someone has to let Tony know that shit is not happening.
That ship has not only sailed, it set sail and
crashed immediate. Nobody's protecting their neck at GFL. It's not happening.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
Dude, and this dude went from a lot of big
heavyweight all the way down to where he's at. And
I don't think a lot of people give social media
influencers a lot of credit because the athletes.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Now, sorry, I gotta stop again. What did Dylan say
in my interview about what Salt Poppy was? Because Tony's
talking about, you know, Salt Poppy losing weight and he
started at heavyweight. Now he's come down to I think
they're fighting at like one sixty one seventy. I'm not sure.
But when I asked Dylan White wasn't fighting Tony? He said, Tony,
Tony's fighting someone that started fat to skinny. Don't even
(08:52):
know what Tony's doing. Let's find someone that started fat
to skinny. Dylan's the man. I know y'all hate him,
but he's a goat.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
Dude in my opinion, and we're gonna go in there.
He's gonna try to hit me. I'm gonna try to
hit him, So it's gonna.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Go out there.
Speaker 5 (09:03):
Have you watched any of its fights? Of course, what
do you make of them? Shapa dangerous?
Speaker 2 (09:10):
I'm dangerous.
Speaker 5 (09:12):
Can he cause you any issues? Not unless I want
him to how about you. You've seen him, seeing his fight.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Yeah, I'm not gonna lie. So Poppy can cause Tony
some issues, regardless if he wants him to or not.
I don't think Tony has taken him lightly. I don't
really know what the last thing you want to do,
especially when you come over as an MMA guy to boxing.
We've talked about it in NASA. To take these guys
lightly because they haven't trained as long in martial arts,
or they're not as committed to the sports as some
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of these high level.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
Veterans were or are is a mistake.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Again, I'm not saying Tony's doing this, but Saul Poppy
has power, the speed, the timing to cause Tony some
real problem.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
And yeah, Tony can can be dangerous for sure.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
You know. Uh, whatever he's got left, I don't know.
We'll see, but out of the two of them in
a boxing ring, I am leaning to it, not even leaning.
I I'm fully thinking that Salt is more dangerous.
Speaker 6 (10:03):
I've seen a lot of his fights, Like you know, Yes,
it's a big step up for me, It's a big
challenge for me. But yeah, this will prove that I'm
ready for the big challenge. Like Tony.
Speaker 5 (10:13):
Have you seen the online reaction to this as well.
I mean it's been going all over Twitter.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
This is really you said he's gonna knock me out.
Speaker 6 (10:19):
Yes, I just like, I just can't believe what defense
is saying, because look at you, sick thirty eight forty six,
Tony is only forty one. It's gonna be strong as hell,
and I'm gonna have to like you and I'm gonna
be struggling. Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
Yeah, that comparison don't work many pakyaw at forty six,
that was an anomaly that was insane to see. By
the way, a lot about how good Manny was as
a boxer eight division world champion, not an MMA fighter
that's forty one, that's already declining in his own sport
and declined in his own sport to then come over
(10:57):
and start boxing. You're talking about Manny pak Yao, who
even at the end of his career was still fighting,
you know, losing some fights, but fighting at around the
top level, and then came back and fought Mario Barrios
is probably one of the worst champions in boxing, but
still I thought won the fight. He was sick at
thirty eight again, been boxing all his life. Is a
world class probably one of the best boxers we've ever seen.
(11:19):
So to act like, oh yeah, I can't believe the
fans were saying Tony's gonna get slept when Tony has
never boxed and he's forty one and he's on like
a seven fight losing streak in MMA. That's insane. I
want Salt to address though, and Tony's like, yeah, you
said you're gonna knock me out.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Say it to him.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Salt loves to talk like talk in the ring. He
will talk his shit in the ring, but this one
he even said he's gonna knock Tony out. I want
to see him you know, Yeah, I am gonna knock
you out. Yeah, yeah, here's why. But he's not he's
not addressing that. I want to see him address though.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
He says that knock me out. So I got fuel
for the fire to be able to train for the
last four years in MMA, Like when KOBEEB and Connor
never wanted to fight because those fucking guys are pussies.
You stepped them forward in the line and you're a yeah, yeah.
A lot of people they just don't do it, like
a lot of the fights didn't interest me. And this
is a new sport. It's a new avenue for me
to be able to go if I want to go
play pro baseball later on. Whatever I'm talking to my agent,
(12:09):
this is another avenue for me.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
Tony Ferguson just say he wants to go play pro
baseball later on. I love Tony, I do, and I
love his childlike aspiration to do all the things he
never got to do as a youngster as a child.
But you are not playing professional baseball at forty two
three whenever later on is no in no world and
no fantasy is that happen. I love him, and I
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hope he tries. I really do not even like I'm not.
I'm not trying to see her and laugh at Tony.
That's not the thing. I just love the fact that
he doesn't ever give up. Honestly, I love it. It
bewilders me. It's nonsensical. It will not happen him playing
at a professional level unless it's like a you know,
a farm league team that kind of gives him the
Michael Jordan treatment, like all right, try it. But I
just love that he's like, OK, I still gonna do
(12:54):
these things. My age doesn't matter, Like I love that,
it's just that will not happen.
Speaker 4 (12:57):
And like I said, I'm not gonna bullshit in the morning,
can't so I can't standbag anymore.
Speaker 6 (13:01):
Man.
Speaker 5 (13:02):
So Tony said that you said you were gonna knock
him out. Now he's in front of you. Do you
still believe that?
Speaker 1 (13:07):
Good question.
Speaker 6 (13:07):
I don't have a lucky one punch knockout, and that's
all I can do. Really. If it happens, it happens.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Oh Salt's playing like, oh yeah, I just got the
lucky one punch.
Speaker 3 (13:19):
Why is he doing that?
Speaker 1 (13:21):
We all know that you're better than a lucky one
punch knockout. And if it happens, it happens. Just just
be about it, you know what I'm saying. Talk to
your stuff. This isn't like a you trying to disrespect
Tony thing. And I know Salt likes to be respectful
and not talk, but he's kind of playing like, oh
I am just the influencer da type of thing. I
wish he would kind of stand on business with it
and be like, yeah, you know, listen, I think he
(13:42):
I think I could touch him on the chain. You know,
he's agreed he's a legend in the UFC, and you know,
I appreciate him for that or whatever. But he's coming
into my realm and I'm gonna show him why this
game is different. That wouldn't be him disrespecting Tony. That
would just be stating, matter of factly what he wants
to do. I want to see that because I know
he's confident in what he's gonna do. I just don't
know why I won't.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Say it, Tony.
Speaker 5 (14:01):
You fought people like Polpo's, Pettis Gate, Cheep, the top
of the food chain.
Speaker 2 (14:06):
Why now Salt Poppy?
Speaker 4 (14:08):
Because Nathan's cool man, Like, he's enough to be able
to want to go out there and put his record
on the line.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
And he was like, yeah, Daniel's pretty cool guy. He's like,
oh shit, Nathan.
Speaker 4 (14:17):
To anybody else that doesn't understand the complexity of walking
through a fucking boxing jindor how hard it is, it's
easier to stay there, it's harder to walk through there.
Get that first initial walk through there. This dude made
that walk. I'm making the walk for my first time.
My nervous, Yeah, I was a little nervous. This is boxing.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
But if I.
Speaker 4 (14:34):
Didn't have that nervous energy. Doesn't matter if I had
him or anybody else in front of it, I'm not
gonna fucking do it. I wasn't even feel enough for
end the Man anymore. And it was just fucking boring
a shit to me. It's just like I was just
doing it just to fucking do it so people can
see me compete until we both parted ways in a
good not cut both ways. If I got my shit
and I wanted my stuff and I go back, yeah,
maybe I got other things to accomplish, And I'm gonna
go out there in August thirtieth and I'm gonna handle
(14:56):
everything that I need to go and get that victory.
Speaker 1 (14:58):
What's this fired up?
Speaker 4 (14:59):
Man?
Speaker 1 (15:00):
He's fired up? Yeah, listen, Tony left the UFC. Maybe
you know the way they I don't know. I don't
know how it was done. But it was the right
decision for the UFC obviously to not have Tony in
any more fights because he was losing consistently, taking tons
of damage consistently, you know, and Tony, it just didn't
whether he wasn't into it or not anymore, he was
(15:21):
going to continue losing fight. The competition level in the
game had just passed him by, and that's really simply
all it was. Whether they cut him, whether he left,
doesn't really matter. It was a good decision. So I'm
glad he's If he's going to compete in combat sports,
I'm glad he's doing this versus doing that, if that
makes sense, probably making a shit ton more money over here.
I mean again, the danger when you step into combat
sports is there regardless. So the people that are upset
(15:44):
about him continuing to fight, this would have happened in
the UFC, It would have happened in any other boxing match.
It would have happened to kickboxing, So I get it.
But at the same time, if he wants to compete,
this is probably the best option for.
Speaker 5 (15:54):
Him transition being like from MMA to boxing, because you
mentioned multiple times now that it's a completely different sport.
How are you gonna transition in this time against someone
that's already had eight flights and still have a chance.
Speaker 4 (16:04):
I've been wanting to box since I was little. I
was never allowed to. I grew up in Michigan. My
pop's raising me military in the country, and I was
able to have heavy bags unless I bought five bottom
and speed bags. I hitting the seed bags since I
was about fourteen, thirteen fifteen something like that, and I
would always break my bags and stuff. But I was
my pop tells me, he's like, I'm not paying for
your school. You're gonna go to college. He's like, in
(16:26):
my roof, you're gonna go to college. He's like, you're
gonna play sports in order to get yourself a scholarship.
And I did pick my choice, and I did that.
Now all of my stuff kind of like went down
and I collected every single side quest. You play video games,
you understand side quests, you understand all this kind of shit.
I did everything from Knockout of the Night, Submission KNIGHTE,
Fight of the Year, Ultimate Fighter, Troll Feet, the UFC Bell. Like, dude,
(16:48):
I've gone all of this shit. I don't really care
because I'd love that stuff, but I want to collect more.
I got a bunch of medals for wrest and I
got national championship state championship football ring for wrestling, and like, like.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
Does Tony wear his high school football state championship ring around? Hell? Yeah, dude,
I actually kind of with that because I know, I mean,
my little brother, what a state title?
Speaker 2 (17:11):
And I don't.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
I don't even think he knows where his ring is,
Like you could tell he I don't know that Tony
wanted to be a mixed martial artists. I don't know
that he like the way he talks about other sports
he wants to do. Maybe he just wanted to play
a ton of different sports. He wants to be an athlete.
He talks about football, he talks about wrestling, talks about baseball,
talks about boxing. This is him again, being a big kid,
getting to live out his dream of doing the other
sports he never got to do as a as a
(17:33):
as a kid. I think that's a cool storyline.
Speaker 4 (17:35):
I like collecting shit and I don't like collecting losses.
I had to demonstrate to everybody what humility was so
that way everybody could understand I Nobo's perfect, and if
they took it with the grain of salt, maybe they
learned something.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
So when you hear with these accolades, I.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Don't know what that meant from Tony, he said he
had to demonstrate humility so everybody can understand how to
take a loss. Is he like is he acting like, Oh,
I had to lose so I could show people how
to lose. I don't think he wanted to lose those fights.
I don't know. Can I'm just I don't know. Sometimes
Tony be saying stuff, I'm like, maybe it's got over
my head. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
And you see what it's achieved.
Speaker 5 (18:05):
How do you maintain the confidence and the calmness that
you have right now?
Speaker 6 (18:08):
I'll cook, he said, yeah, And yeah I do have
a chance because I do have one punch knockout power.
And yeah, we'll just see what happened in August thirty
eight and I'll be ready for the best. Tony Ferguson, is.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
That how you win the fight? It's through a knockout punch.
Speaker 6 (18:26):
I can. I can try a win like you know,
by points, but I always want to go for the
knockout because of the knackle bonus.
Speaker 4 (18:35):
A knockout bonus. Yes, you know, I was broken when
I was in the Open Fighter. I was broken the
Open Fighter. I went there like my wife has helping
me pay my rent and my ship, and I go
in there. Ramsey Nigel said this, he's like five k baby,
because he went in there and you finished somebody.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
It's I think.
Speaker 4 (18:52):
I was like, yeah, we'll go make a rent.
Speaker 6 (18:56):
Now there's some fighter of the night as well, fight
off not.
Speaker 4 (18:59):
Yeah, two chances fifty k, it's a big deal. Maybe
we can make them double it went across some of
the bucks. That tells you that they can't.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Yeah, I mean listen. That's a cooler answer from saut
Poppy like yeah, I maybe could win, even though he's
still trying to play coy like ah, you know, I
just got the one knockout punts. That's really all I got. Bullshit,
but saying like yeah, listen, I want to finish the fight.
I want to get that knockout bonus. And then Tony
being like, let's double it. Maam's open your pocket books,
I open up the whiallet got the check.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
They can knock you out. What's your reaction to that?
Speaker 4 (19:30):
Nothing I've played. I've been wrestling for a long time,
in freestyle wrestling where you had to stand next to
your opponent, right, So I've had people mean mug me,
try to be my best friend, hate me, fucking not
say shit doing all this stuff. And I've got thousands
of wrestling matches with shoes on him. Different.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
So he has a good point, Like when Salt says
he wants to knock Tony out. Tony's like I've heard
it all, Like it doesn't bother me. I've had people
try to be nice, be me, not say anything me
and Muggy. But then he adds the with the shoes
on part. I know he's fighting in shoes and it
is different than fighting not with shoes on. But I
don't know what the if he thinks the ultimate difference
(20:10):
between MMA and boxing is I get to wear shoes.
I mean, that's not it. But he keeps focusing on
the shoes. Maybe he just has some sick boxing shoes
he wants to wear. He's like, Yo, I'm showed up
at Jordan's Amanda Serado style. What's up, dude? Finally I've
been trying to wear Jordan all my fights.
Speaker 5 (20:26):
No, this is your biggest moment on this stage when
it comes to misfits boxing. Yeah, how are you gonna
deal with that pressure, the anxiety, the nuts.
Speaker 4 (20:34):
I can't draw a line on this ship and everything
like that. Any person has got the fucking balls to
walk through the door and to stay there is a
fucking fighter, bro, Like, I'm not even playing anymore. I
don't give a shit, And that's the hardest part is
getting off your fucking couch, getting off your ass and
getting into a fucking gym. I went to the boxing
gym over here. It was twelve three or some fucking gym.
The guy didn't know who the fuck I was. For one,
I didn't give a shit. I'm just there. I was
(20:55):
asking if I could hit the boxing. He's like, and
he brusting out his laptop and see if he could
make a schedule. Called this guy. I'm like, I just
fucking walked over to the bag and kind of hit it,
and I was like, no, this isn't where I want
to be. You kind of understand where like, well, people
they kind of think like that, that's not who I
want to be, who they can fuck off. And I
can understand you've probably been in the same way because
everybody's underwriting me. They're they're saying he gonna knock me
out and everything.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
I'm I'm so.
Speaker 3 (21:16):
The question was asked to Salt Poppy. He didn't even answer.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
Tony starts talking about how he walked into a gym
in the UK and the guy didn't know him, so
he was trying to figure out if he could let
him in. Tony touched the bag and got a bad vibe,
and it's like, I don't want to be here.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
They can go I have no.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Idea, what the fuck's going on? What the hell's happening here?
Speaker 4 (21:37):
Can understand you've probably been the same way because everybody's
underwriting me. They're saying he gonna knock me out and
everything ninety percent, but everybody's saying Tony, you're fighting a
fucking influencer. So there goes the other twenty percent, but
all fucking negative, like come on.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
Yeah, that's how Poppy said. Yeah, like, I don't know
what the fuck just say to that over A message
from Tony is like, yeah, I'm pissed that people think
this influencer is gonna knock me out, and then something
about the fact that you know, ninety percent think that
I can't even fight anyway, but the other twenty even
(22:12):
though it should be ten, think that the influencer is
gonna knock me out because he's better than me in
boxing too. So he's frustrated. I get it, but he's
not articulating it very well. It's all Pobby's confused.
Speaker 6 (22:23):
W I can just do my best, man, I'm gonna
do my best. That's it.
Speaker 4 (22:28):
Get me. Heated, I'm supposed to get mad at him,
but I'm not. Like, look when it goes into an athlete,
we're gonna both prepare and we're gonna do our ship
and we're gonna go out there and you guys are
gonna have a fucking amazing show. So you guys need
to fucking buy that ship. Don't stream like fucking whenever
I fight, I know you guys are buying the ship.
I just fucking know him because you guys have that
much respect for me. I'm that OG when it comes
(22:49):
to this original genius kind of shit. So by the
pay per view, yeah, pay per views, man, like seriously,
like a lot of people fuck him whatever they gotta
think and shit like that. You've got a couple fighters
that are on this car. They're gonna out there, they're
gonna give him the shit. Not because I'm just fighting,
but this is a fucking dope ass car man.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
So the bags, dude, And Tony is right like he
has a lot of OG fans. Original genius is not
what I've heard for for OG original Gegster'll say, but
he's kind of boden. He's a gangster, always has been,
an MMA and he does have a loyal fan base,
and I do think that that fan base will come
over and watch Tony because they've watched him in the UFC.
(23:25):
They watched him, you know, ascend to the highest of highs,
and then obviously they watched the losing streak there at
the end, so they've always stood by his side. I
think that the Misfits did a great job getting him
on this card if he wanted to fight, which it
seems like he does. I personally don't think Tony should
be fighting anymore. But if he's gonna fight, he's gonna
do it somewhere, and he's probably gonna make the most
money doing it here at Misfits, So fair play, and
(23:46):
I do I think he commands a great audience.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
No gree more. So.
Speaker 5 (23:48):
I've just got a couple more questions before we wrap
things off. I'm gonna start off with you, Tony, were
only matter a few weeks away. Now, what's your prediction
for this fight? When that bell rings? How does fight
go for you?
Speaker 4 (24:01):
M You're gonna have to tune in. I don't like
to talk too much about like other ship like that.
You guys gonna have to tune in when it goes
into it. You guys gonna be in for a good fight.
It's gonna be amazing. Camp camp has been coolready, it's awesome.
Look at my new hairline too, Thank you, Bosley.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Honestly, how do you not love him? Look at my
new hairline? Thanks? Did you say? Thanks? Bosley? That's awesome?
Awesome put a little hair dye in there too. You
could tell he went a little just for being a
touch of gray, right, silver Fox, Tody, I like it?
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Good question. How does this fight out for you?
Speaker 6 (24:38):
I just do whatever it takes to win and hope
and get lucky.
Speaker 5 (24:42):
Don't bite me, just kidding.
Speaker 4 (24:48):
I'm gonna hit him. He's gonna try to hit me,
and that's how it's gonna go from mine.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
Well, this is gonna be one of the final times.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
I hate that Salt Poppy keeps saying like, oh, I'm
just gonna try to get lucky. Bro, just be about it, dude.
We all know your confidence. Set yourself up, call your shot.
If he was just being humble, like, that's not even
being him being humble, right, that's just him being like,
oh you know, I'm just the influencer. It's like playing
a character. I get it, but I want him to, like,
you know, stand on that ship. We've seen it.
Speaker 3 (25:15):
You can't hide it from us anymore, you know.
Speaker 5 (25:17):
Face off before we get into fight weeks. So can
I get some final words from you both?
Speaker 6 (25:20):
So first made the best memory, sir about it?
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Do you have anny final words for salt puppy? I
see the thirtieth, the thirtieth handshake. It's been an absolute place.
Speaker 6 (25:34):
Thank youha and like you, I don't know why as much.
Speaker 4 (25:37):
Put your hand up.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
Against again answer bigger than Brocks. Tony's so awesome, dude,
He's all put your hand up here, see got big hands.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
I appreciate both your time.
Speaker 5 (25:56):
Thank you so much being an absolute honor doing this
face off and make sure you're getting your ticket and
going and watching it live on his own August thirtieth,
Manchester A Arena's cool.
Speaker 3 (26:06):
That was awesome. Tony is a pleasure to listen to.
Speaker 1 (26:09):
Even if it is a bit confusing, if he is
all over the place, He's still Tony Ferguson, And the
reason you love him as a fighter is because of that.
His personality is erratic sometimes doesn't make any sense, but
you know he's passionate about what he's doing right. He's
not doing something he doesn't care about. He's always been
that way with the UFC, he's doing that now with
the crossover boxing space.
Speaker 3 (26:31):
I want to see him stay safe.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
I know that's not maybe even possible because he's fighting
and it is combat sports. But obviously, in my opinion,
I'm still sticking with Salt Poppy winning this fight. I
say obviously, and it's only it's not a disrespect to Tony,
it's just because of the situation and where we're at
right Tony's career, his age, mileage, the wear and tear,
the lack of experience specifically just boxing. I mean, he
(26:54):
alluded to it, so Bob, he's got eight fights, He's
got none. Jake made a career off this when he
first started boxing. Is bringing guys in that had never boxed,
that were high level MMA fighters and exploiting the difference
between high level MMA and you know, entree level boxing.
There are completely different sports. You guys just watched me
get rag dogged by Dylan Danis after having a decent
(27:15):
enough showing in my first ever little boxing match. It's
it's not even close. And this is why you don't
see boxers go to MMA because they're not the same
sport and they would get ragdolled and destroyed. So I
expect the same formula. I mean, if it ain't broke,
don't fix it. Time and time again, we've seen it.
I expect Saulpoppy to win this, but I could be wrong,
and fight Week is almost here now or a couple
of weeks away. I'm gonna be traveling all over the country,
(27:37):
so it's the last time you guys will see me
in the setup room for a while. But the next
time you see me on a broadcast will be in Florida.
I'm gonna be doing some stuff with MVP their Prospects
card coming up on the twenty second. Then I will
be in Manchester at the Al Arena for Misfits twenty two,
Fun Fights, Fun Week, Fun month Ahead. As far as
(27:58):
what happens with Tony Ferguson Saw Poppy, I think I know,
But on August thirtieth, I guess we'll find out.
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