March 27, 2025 • 16 mins
Brandon Moreno MAKES HIS RETURN to the Daniel Cormier Check-In, ahead of a MASSIVE FIGHT against Steve Erceg to get back to championship contention! The Assassin Baby goes through his losses to Alexandre Pantoja and Brandon Royval, and what changed for him in the win over the extremely skilled Amir Albazi. Plus, Brandon talks about how much he hates weight cuts, and why that's been one of the toughest challenges for him leading up to fights. Moreno also talks to DC about getting back to the top of the division, Mexican food, getting his first UFC win in Mexico, and much more! #Volume #Herd
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The volume.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
What's up, Brandon Child, Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
I gotta be honest. I never thought I would hang
out with you in Mexico.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Why.
Speaker 4 (00:20):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
I didn't think that I would come to Mexico and
then get to hang out with you. But now I
feel like I live in Gilroy, where there's like a
lot of Mexican people.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
I feel more Mexican. I'm like Mexican, more Mexican.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Oh, man, I don't think something.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
That's how much caribility.
Speaker 5 (00:40):
Come on, don't say that I'm the big Batu brother.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
You come to me. I don't say that. But man,
we have to go.
Speaker 5 (00:49):
I need something good after you wait after after you
know amazing for that around. You know, I have the
opportunity to try something.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
I need some suggestions. Okay, I'm gonna go to don't
you guys, I'm joined by the Assassin baby, Brandon Marino.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Thanks for checking for sure.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
At the time, Mexico City, You've been here multiple times fighting.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
What does it feel like like?
Speaker 3 (01:12):
How does this one feel compared to the first time
you were able to fight Mexico.
Speaker 5 (01:17):
Yeah, I mean this one feels very cool, man, You know,
I feel very still, very relaxed. Like before, I felt
some pressure, maybe because you know, it's actually responsibility. You know,
I'm representing my country, jobs is putting a lot of
effort to try to expand the mixed martial arts in Mexico.
So I felt that before. But now in this fight,
(01:40):
I feel more relaxed, you know, I feel with less responsibility.
I'm just trying to enjoy the moment, enjoy the toll
with youdc command and that's it, you know, Like I've
been the champion before, I win and a little the title,
but now, I mean i feel with a lot of experience,
and I'm still very young, so I feel a little
bit my.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Do you think that the switch in your mindset is
because of where the career is right now? It's obviously
not where you want it to be, but you kind
of can release the pressure of every time since you
came back, right, it was always when when win championship fight,
championship fight, championship fight, or win the next fight to
get back to a championship fight. Maybe it's not as
(02:20):
clear right now, right, so you ever to just go
out and compete a little more freely.
Speaker 5 (02:25):
Actually, yes, you know, and it's crazy, my last five
for three rounds was in twenty twenty. After that, I've
been fighting in many events, coming events, fighting for titles.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
So it's crazy.
Speaker 5 (02:39):
I know I'm so young, but at the same time,
like I passed for too much in the past. So yeah,
I'm just trying to be focused. After my last fight
year in Mexico, when I lose, like Roybal, I tried
to be much more chill, spend time with my family,
with my wife and my daughters, and say, hey, man,
like whatever happens in the future, like you already one
done everything. I just saw that with fighters like Dustin Boyer,
(03:02):
with other fighters like this, He's like, man, I'm from
the who I'm from, Like I don't have nothing, and
now I'm I'm living my dream, you know.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
So I tried to get the same mentality and man,
right now, I'm just enjoying it.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
Paul Felder was talking about you fighting in Mexico City
because you are the guy, love it hate.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
Even was the champion you, it was always about.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Brandon Moreno, you are the guy in terms of Mexican
mixed martial artists. But with that and fighting in Mexico
City comes all that pressure you speak about but it
also the people that are drawn to you because hey.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
Can I get a ticket?
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Can I almost caught New Orleans one time, and I
started getting that immediately, Right, how have you dealt with
that this time opposed to the other times, because with
that responsibility, you feel like you do have to answer
those calls and you got to make sure that all
your teammates and everybody's in the building. How do you
avoid all those distractions this time in the fight?
Speaker 5 (03:58):
And I think that us that is a huge reality, right,
that's true, Like you say, when you're always almost fighting
in New Orleans, like every single time going fighting in Mexican,
like all the media, all the all the people around,
and the people get very excited, you know, and they
stop you. I spent one month preparing myself for this fight,
(04:19):
so I spent one month here in the city, and
like the people is so excited for this fight, and
they don't care if if you win a loss.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
They support you.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 5 (04:27):
But before I felt that pressure like this this is
something real, this is something crazy. But now at least
I have that different mentality. And I remember my last
fight against a Meal Bassy, like I felt the same,
Like you know, what like when you're losing, it's the same,
like Kobe Bryant say, like anyway, I'm going Monday with
(04:48):
my family with my daughters and I get some vacasions.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Winning you're losing, so.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
But that's ultimately what's important.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Yeah, exactly, family for man. For sure.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
You know for so long you have there was a
time where you talked about walking away.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
How much went to the decision to return back to
fighting and then be able to compete in the way.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
That you have.
Speaker 5 (05:09):
So I don't know if that happened to you when
when you decide to retire.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Like I was done. I lost.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
I was done, Like I was done.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
There was you could have done.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Let me tell you something, man, you have have a barbecue.
You ever have a barbecue and you go and you
and your wife you start talking or you maybe a
couple of surveyces and you just get them on the meat.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
That was me, Like just done.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
I was done, bro, Like I knew that it was over,
Like I feel it as appy.
Speaker 5 (05:40):
So the thing the thing is, and I'm gonna explain
to you, like I lost a conroyal. I was very
sad and I was very disappointment with myself and you
know what I mean, in the moment, I was like
so angry with.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Myself, like I don't want nothing more. That's it, you know,
that's over to me. So my team and my family like,
hey man, just.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
You take some time, take some time, spend time with
your family, go out of the of the gym a
little bit. I spend like two two months out of
the gym. I don't even step on the gym in
the in those two months. So with the past of
the time, I feel like, Okay, you start to get
excited again to fight. You know I understand. I mean,
you have so many experience Olympic and all that stuff,
so maybe I understand you have another different position than me.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
So that's why I feel like, you know what, no. No.
Speaker 5 (06:27):
In some point, I say like, you know what, no,
I mean, I have so much to do. I have
so many years to to to give to this sport.
Yet you know, I'm so young. I'm not over for sure.
The you know, the only thing I start to fill
more pressudice with the diat man. I hate it sucks.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Yeah, every wake up.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
You're because you're rich.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
Now when you're rich, when you're talking about you're a
rich man champion.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
You do TV when you're rich.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
You don't want to be uncomfortable, So now you're uncomfortable,
and right when.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
You're a starving artist. When you're starving, right when you
and your.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Family had nothing, you would cut that weight and then
you have to cut that way easy.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
But now you know you eat staying.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Restaurant boogeye do every week.
Speaker 4 (07:21):
So body is like, I hate cut you weight. The worse.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Is the worst for sure. Man.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
So after being a champion for so long, the Royal
Golf fight doesn't go your way, they give you a
mirror box dude that's riding hot young guy like.
Speaker 4 (07:35):
He's supposed to take you out.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
He's supposed to take your spot, but you pitch an
absolute shut out, a masterpiece.
Speaker 5 (07:40):
Right.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
How encouraging was that to know that?
Speaker 3 (07:44):
Amen, everything I believe that made me come back is true.
Because now you beat a guy that was on a
short list of people that was gonna fight for the belt.
You can introduce yourself back into the picture a little bit,
but you.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Know you got to do more work in order to
get back to the title fight.
Speaker 5 (08:02):
I mean, first of all, that gave me a lot
of the confidence and made me understand like no, okay,
like we're still there. We still we have something still there,
you know, So that got me a lot of confidence.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
I went there.
Speaker 5 (08:16):
That was in a statement not just for the UFC,
not just for the people, but for myself, like I
can't get the belt bag. I have to be focused
and I had to menasure the pressure better. But I
can make it. You know, I know is doing an
amazing job with the title. But I know if I
if I beat and obviously I really believe I'm gonna
beat Steve this weekend. I can't fight for the title again.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
But you've been in that situation where you and Davis
four times, so you.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Know about a title fight.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
Even if you guys have fought on multiple occasions. Speaking
of Steves, was that a surprise to get him as
the opponent after beating al Bosie who was doing so
well in er uh, after fighting Pantos really well, having
that performance against kay Car Fronce kind of like, I mean,
(09:07):
I expected something different.
Speaker 5 (09:09):
I know, I know, I mean it was it wasn't
to me a surprise to fight against everything because he
was already there.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
No, I mean he for the title.
Speaker 5 (09:20):
I mean last year and the fight was very close
against the champion, right, so I know he was on
the he was on the map. I don't know, I
don't don't. I don't knew in that moment he was
the next one, but I knew he was there. So
you see, first of all, they're for the fight to
that title.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
I think for some reason again here in Mexico.
Speaker 5 (09:39):
Obviously personally, I don't like to throw ship to the
other fighters.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
He just say no. For some reason, this guy, this guy,
this guy.
Speaker 3 (09:48):
You can't fight Mexico City out the two. I won't
say a name. But the first time we came, somebody
ship on himself. The ship on himself.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Oh, it was.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
So tired from the altitude.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Pard I'm not.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
If I'm telling him, this guy ship, he says a
lot more brand.
Speaker 5 (10:12):
Man, it's hard to fight here, man, It was part
of the conversation. And firing altitude is hard. But this time,
like three different things. Like first of all, I started
my preparation in in Las Vegas, in the chamber that
I mean, it looks like works, you know. Then I
used the this thing like it's like a tent like hyperbrown. Yeah, poxicle,
(10:34):
I put it in my in the house. I took
naps there, I did something some nice there, and then
I was running a lot. I was running like crazy,
like miles, a lot of miles. So that prepared myself
to come here to Mexico City for one month, and
I was waiting the first hit of the all the altitude,
but never came.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
So that was more confidence.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
Yeah, so you never felt that like that drag on.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
Your channel me. No, no, I promised you. I remember.
Speaker 4 (10:57):
I prepared yourself.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
I prepare.
Speaker 5 (11:00):
Remember the last year when when I was preparing myself
to fight against Roybal, first week terrible. I feel sold,
fucking tired, not the ship, heavy, my arms, everything. I
remember the first guy was wrestling we win live.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
I was dying. Yeah, but this time I feel much better.
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Speaker 4 (12:52):
So Steve R.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
Sega is a guy that has tremendous skills. He made
his way up to a title fight very very fast.
So when you look at him and break them down
because you're a smart guy, right, you do the broadcast
for the Spanish broadcast and everything. When you break him
down as an opponent, where do you feel like you
old the biggest advantage because you're boxing is high level.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
But that's where he's best at too, right, So are
we like that? Were you guys box?
Speaker 5 (13:21):
Actually it's funny because I was like stood in the
film and I think it was you and fell there
or Dominique, but you were there like and they were
saying like, oh, the boxing, the skills of this guy
is the best is the division.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
So that is stuck a little bit here.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
Like now you get all right.
Speaker 5 (13:40):
So it's interesting because yes, he's very good with his boxing,
and he's very complete.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
You know, he's probably the lead of the of the sports.
Speaker 5 (13:47):
So he's good drappling, good, good, good wrestling, But I
think his specialty is the boxing. He has really good
distance a lot of precision, really good counters. So without
being said, we made a plan. You know, yeah, I
understand I have to That's the thing, man. I sometimes
I'm trying to be smart than the fights. But man,
(14:08):
something happened, and something happened there, man, and we're trying
to put pressure.
Speaker 4 (14:12):
And you just go. So in Mexico City, you're one,
two and one sometime.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
Yeah, so I lose two and I had one.
Speaker 3 (14:20):
Draw one draw, so you owe to and one. So
you need to get a victory, right. Could you imagine
that moment right where? Because you've you've been this guy
to Mexican Mixed Martial Arts, you haven't had success here.
You haven't had that when you felt it when you
leave the octagon and everybody's screaming, cheering.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
You know that's the best, the best, But you haven't
had that.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
You've had that in places, but not here.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
Can you ever like sit and think to what that
would feel like on Saturday night?
Speaker 5 (14:48):
And I've been cooking that moment so long, man, I
mean the first time I fall here was twenty seventeen,
and then nineteen, then twenty four. Man, I've been cooking
that morning for so long, and I'm excited to leave
that moment. You know, I just for sure I want
that moment in my career.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
You know, I don't want to.
Speaker 5 (15:07):
Leave this is poor in the future and say like, oh,
you know, I had to do this and that, so
that one is one of the things I want to
do for Sherman.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
And I'm excited.
Speaker 5 (15:16):
And even when I falld it in Mexico because obviously
you have seen No, No, the business they put me
in a Mexican market, him in Dallas, in Arizona, so
you know, watching all the Mexican flags.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
Yes, it's not going to be different this this weekend.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
I've never heard a arenal louder than when Kane Velaskas
fought here for sure, or when he fought when he
fought Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Okay, Los Angeles was.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
Crazy and then here was even better. Are you keeping
up with King's deal? Have you seen what happened with
Kane Blaskas.
Speaker 5 (15:51):
Oh, Man, Yes, it's it's very sad, you know, And
I know for you it's even more sad because you're
a very close friend of him.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
But that shows you how legality and justice is not
the same. And that's very sad. You know.
Speaker 5 (16:07):
I just wish him all the power to get this,
to manage this moment for sure.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
Praying for the big champions I know and so many
people are praying for you as you heading to the
main event. Guys, Brandon Moreno takes on Steve verseag this weekend.
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Speaker 4 (16:28):
Do you do Facebook?
Speaker 3 (16:29):
Are you too young for that thing?
Speaker 2 (16:32):
Do I have Facebook?
Speaker 4 (16:33):
Facebook?
Speaker 3 (16:33):
A lot of young people don't do Facebook anymore. It's
very annoying. It makes me feel old. It to him
at the deest you until next time, guys likes you.
I'm talking to people like the assassinating Peace
The volume.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
What's up, Brandon Child, Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
I gotta be honest. I never thought I would hang
out with you in Mexico.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Why.
Speaker 4 (00:20):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
I didn't think that I would come to Mexico and
then get to hang out with you. But now I
feel like I live in Gilroy, where there's like a
lot of Mexican people.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
I feel more Mexican. I'm like Mexican, more Mexican.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Oh, man, I don't think something.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
That's how much caribility.
Speaker 5 (00:40):
Come on, don't say that I'm the big Batu brother.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
You come to me. I don't say that. But man,
we have to go.
Speaker 5 (00:49):
I need something good after you wait after after you
know amazing for that around. You know, I have the
opportunity to try something.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
I need some suggestions. Okay, I'm gonna go to don't
you guys, I'm joined by the Assassin baby, Brandon Marino.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Thanks for checking for sure.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
At the time, Mexico City, You've been here multiple times fighting.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
What does it feel like like?
Speaker 3 (01:12):
How does this one feel compared to the first time
you were able to fight Mexico.
Speaker 5 (01:17):
Yeah, I mean this one feels very cool, man, You know,
I feel very still, very relaxed. Like before, I felt
some pressure, maybe because you know, it's actually responsibility. You know,
I'm representing my country, jobs is putting a lot of
effort to try to expand the mixed martial arts in Mexico.
So I felt that before. But now in this fight,
(01:40):
I feel more relaxed, you know, I feel with less responsibility.
I'm just trying to enjoy the moment, enjoy the toll
with youdc command and that's it, you know, Like I've
been the champion before, I win and a little the title,
but now, I mean i feel with a lot of experience,
and I'm still very young, so I feel a little
bit my.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Do you think that the switch in your mindset is
because of where the career is right now? It's obviously
not where you want it to be, but you kind
of can release the pressure of every time since you
came back, right, it was always when when win championship fight,
championship fight, championship fight, or win the next fight to
get back to a championship fight. Maybe it's not as
(02:20):
clear right now, right, so you ever to just go
out and compete a little more freely.
Speaker 5 (02:25):
Actually, yes, you know, and it's crazy, my last five
for three rounds was in twenty twenty. After that, I've
been fighting in many events, coming events, fighting for titles.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
So it's crazy.
Speaker 5 (02:39):
I know I'm so young, but at the same time,
like I passed for too much in the past. So yeah,
I'm just trying to be focused. After my last fight
year in Mexico, when I lose, like Roybal, I tried
to be much more chill, spend time with my family,
with my wife and my daughters, and say, hey, man,
like whatever happens in the future, like you already one
done everything. I just saw that with fighters like Dustin Boyer,
(03:02):
with other fighters like this, He's like, man, I'm from
the who I'm from, Like I don't have nothing, and
now I'm I'm living my dream, you know.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
So I tried to get the same mentality and man,
right now, I'm just enjoying it.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
Paul Felder was talking about you fighting in Mexico City
because you are the guy, love it hate.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
Even was the champion you, it was always about.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Brandon Moreno, you are the guy in terms of Mexican
mixed martial artists. But with that and fighting in Mexico
City comes all that pressure you speak about but it
also the people that are drawn to you because hey.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
Can I get a ticket?
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Can I almost caught New Orleans one time, and I
started getting that immediately, Right, how have you dealt with
that this time opposed to the other times, because with
that responsibility, you feel like you do have to answer
those calls and you got to make sure that all
your teammates and everybody's in the building. How do you
avoid all those distractions this time in the fight?
Speaker 5 (03:58):
And I think that us that is a huge reality, right,
that's true, Like you say, when you're always almost fighting
in New Orleans, like every single time going fighting in Mexican,
like all the media, all the all the people around,
and the people get very excited, you know, and they
stop you. I spent one month preparing myself for this fight,
(04:19):
so I spent one month here in the city, and
like the people is so excited for this fight, and
they don't care if if you win a loss.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
They support you.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 5 (04:27):
But before I felt that pressure like this this is
something real, this is something crazy. But now at least
I have that different mentality. And I remember my last
fight against a Meal Bassy, like I felt the same,
Like you know, what like when you're losing, it's the same,
like Kobe Bryant say, like anyway, I'm going Monday with
(04:48):
my family with my daughters and I get some vacasions.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Winning you're losing, so.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
But that's ultimately what's important.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Yeah, exactly, family for man. For sure.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
You know for so long you have there was a
time where you talked about walking away.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
How much went to the decision to return back to
fighting and then be able to compete in the way.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
That you have.
Speaker 5 (05:09):
So I don't know if that happened to you when
when you decide to retire.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Like I was done. I lost.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
I was done, Like I was done.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
There was you could have done.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Let me tell you something, man, you have have a barbecue.
You ever have a barbecue and you go and you
and your wife you start talking or you maybe a
couple of surveyces and you just get them on the meat.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
That was me, Like just done.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
I was done, bro, Like I knew that it was over,
Like I feel it as appy.
Speaker 5 (05:40):
So the thing the thing is, and I'm gonna explain
to you, like I lost a conroyal. I was very
sad and I was very disappointment with myself and you
know what I mean, in the moment, I was like
so angry with.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Myself, like I don't want nothing more. That's it, you know,
that's over to me. So my team and my family like,
hey man, just.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
You take some time, take some time, spend time with
your family, go out of the of the gym a
little bit. I spend like two two months out of
the gym. I don't even step on the gym in
the in those two months. So with the past of
the time, I feel like, Okay, you start to get
excited again to fight. You know I understand. I mean,
you have so many experience Olympic and all that stuff,
so maybe I understand you have another different position than me.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
So that's why I feel like, you know what, no. No.
Speaker 5 (06:27):
In some point, I say like, you know what, no,
I mean, I have so much to do. I have
so many years to to to give to this sport.
Yet you know, I'm so young. I'm not over for sure.
The you know, the only thing I start to fill
more pressudice with the diat man. I hate it sucks.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Yeah, every wake up.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
You're because you're rich.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
Now when you're rich, when you're talking about you're a
rich man champion.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
You do TV when you're rich.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
You don't want to be uncomfortable, So now you're uncomfortable,
and right when.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
You're a starving artist. When you're starving, right when you
and your.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Family had nothing, you would cut that weight and then
you have to cut that way easy.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
But now you know you eat staying.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Restaurant boogeye do every week.
Speaker 4 (07:21):
So body is like, I hate cut you weight. The worse.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Is the worst for sure. Man.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
So after being a champion for so long, the Royal
Golf fight doesn't go your way, they give you a
mirror box dude that's riding hot young guy like.
Speaker 4 (07:35):
He's supposed to take you out.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
He's supposed to take your spot, but you pitch an
absolute shut out, a masterpiece.
Speaker 5 (07:40):
Right.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
How encouraging was that to know that?
Speaker 3 (07:44):
Amen, everything I believe that made me come back is true.
Because now you beat a guy that was on a
short list of people that was gonna fight for the belt.
You can introduce yourself back into the picture a little bit,
but you.
Speaker 4 (07:59):
Know you got to do more work in order to
get back to the title fight.
Speaker 5 (08:02):
I mean, first of all, that gave me a lot
of the confidence and made me understand like no, okay,
like we're still there. We still we have something still there,
you know, So that got me a lot of confidence.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
I went there.
Speaker 5 (08:16):
That was in a statement not just for the UFC,
not just for the people, but for myself, like I
can't get the belt bag. I have to be focused
and I had to menasure the pressure better. But I
can make it. You know, I know is doing an
amazing job with the title. But I know if I
if I beat and obviously I really believe I'm gonna
beat Steve this weekend. I can't fight for the title again.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
But you've been in that situation where you and Davis
four times, so you.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Know about a title fight.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
Even if you guys have fought on multiple occasions. Speaking
of Steves, was that a surprise to get him as
the opponent after beating al Bosie who was doing so
well in er uh, after fighting Pantos really well, having
that performance against kay Car Fronce kind of like, I mean,
(09:07):
I expected something different.
Speaker 5 (09:09):
I know, I know, I mean it was it wasn't
to me a surprise to fight against everything because he
was already there.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
No, I mean he for the title.
Speaker 5 (09:20):
I mean last year and the fight was very close
against the champion, right, so I know he was on
the he was on the map. I don't know, I
don't don't. I don't knew in that moment he was
the next one, but I knew he was there. So
you see, first of all, they're for the fight to
that title.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
I think for some reason again here in Mexico.
Speaker 5 (09:39):
Obviously personally, I don't like to throw ship to the
other fighters.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
He just say no. For some reason, this guy, this guy,
this guy.
Speaker 3 (09:48):
You can't fight Mexico City out the two. I won't
say a name. But the first time we came, somebody
ship on himself. The ship on himself.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Oh, it was.
Speaker 4 (10:01):
So tired from the altitude.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Pard I'm not.
Speaker 3 (10:07):
If I'm telling him, this guy ship, he says a
lot more brand.
Speaker 5 (10:12):
Man, it's hard to fight here, man, It was part
of the conversation. And firing altitude is hard. But this time,
like three different things. Like first of all, I started
my preparation in in Las Vegas, in the chamber that
I mean, it looks like works, you know. Then I
used the this thing like it's like a tent like hyperbrown. Yeah, poxicle,
(10:34):
I put it in my in the house. I took
naps there, I did something some nice there, and then
I was running a lot. I was running like crazy,
like miles, a lot of miles. So that prepared myself
to come here to Mexico City for one month, and
I was waiting the first hit of the all the altitude,
but never came.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
So that was more confidence.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
Yeah, so you never felt that like that drag on.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
Your channel me. No, no, I promised you. I remember.
Speaker 4 (10:57):
I prepared yourself.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
I prepare.
Speaker 5 (11:00):
Remember the last year when when I was preparing myself
to fight against Roybal, first week terrible. I feel sold,
fucking tired, not the ship, heavy, my arms, everything. I
remember the first guy was wrestling we win live.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
I was dying. Yeah, but this time I feel much better.
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Speaker 4 (12:52):
So Steve R.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
Sega is a guy that has tremendous skills. He made
his way up to a title fight very very fast.
So when you look at him and break them down
because you're a smart guy, right, you do the broadcast
for the Spanish broadcast and everything. When you break him
down as an opponent, where do you feel like you
old the biggest advantage because you're boxing is high level.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
But that's where he's best at too, right, So are
we like that? Were you guys box?
Speaker 5 (13:21):
Actually it's funny because I was like stood in the
film and I think it was you and fell there
or Dominique, but you were there like and they were
saying like, oh, the boxing, the skills of this guy
is the best is the division.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
So that is stuck a little bit here.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
Like now you get all right.
Speaker 5 (13:40):
So it's interesting because yes, he's very good with his boxing,
and he's very complete.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
You know, he's probably the lead of the of the sports.
Speaker 5 (13:47):
So he's good drappling, good, good, good wrestling, But I
think his specialty is the boxing. He has really good
distance a lot of precision, really good counters. So without
being said, we made a plan. You know, yeah, I
understand I have to That's the thing, man. I sometimes
I'm trying to be smart than the fights. But man,
(14:08):
something happened, and something happened there, man, and we're trying
to put pressure.
Speaker 4 (14:12):
And you just go. So in Mexico City, you're one,
two and one sometime.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
Yeah, so I lose two and I had one.
Speaker 3 (14:20):
Draw one draw, so you owe to and one. So
you need to get a victory, right. Could you imagine
that moment right where? Because you've you've been this guy
to Mexican Mixed Martial Arts, you haven't had success here.
You haven't had that when you felt it when you
leave the octagon and everybody's screaming, cheering.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
You know that's the best, the best, But you haven't
had that.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
You've had that in places, but not here.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
Can you ever like sit and think to what that
would feel like on Saturday night?
Speaker 5 (14:48):
And I've been cooking that moment so long, man, I
mean the first time I fall here was twenty seventeen,
and then nineteen, then twenty four. Man, I've been cooking
that morning for so long, and I'm excited to leave
that moment. You know, I just for sure I want
that moment in my career.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
You know, I don't want to.
Speaker 5 (15:07):
Leave this is poor in the future and say like, oh,
you know, I had to do this and that, so
that one is one of the things I want to
do for Sherman.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
And I'm excited.
Speaker 5 (15:16):
And even when I falld it in Mexico because obviously
you have seen No, No, the business they put me
in a Mexican market, him in Dallas, in Arizona, so
you know, watching all the Mexican flags.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
Yes, it's not going to be different this this weekend.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
I've never heard a arenal louder than when Kane Velaskas
fought here for sure, or when he fought when he
fought Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Okay, Los Angeles was.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
Crazy and then here was even better. Are you keeping
up with King's deal? Have you seen what happened with
Kane Blaskas.
Speaker 5 (15:51):
Oh, Man, Yes, it's it's very sad, you know, And
I know for you it's even more sad because you're
a very close friend of him.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
But that shows you how legality and justice is not
the same. And that's very sad. You know.
Speaker 5 (16:07):
I just wish him all the power to get this,
to manage this moment for sure.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
Praying for the big champions I know and so many
people are praying for you as you heading to the
main event. Guys, Brandon Moreno takes on Steve verseag this weekend.
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Speaker 3 (16:29):
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Speaker 2 (16:32):
Do I have Facebook?
Speaker 4 (16:33):
Facebook?
Speaker 3 (16:33):
A lot of young people don't do Facebook anymore. It's
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