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This is your biggest fight, rightyeah, name, Yeah, it's the
biggest name definitely. Um, youknow every fight is like every fight's gonna
be my biggest fighter, you know. Yeah, so the next one's gonna
be my biggest fight, you know. But this is definitely a game changer
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kind of fight for me, youknow, um, very very like you
determine where the rest of my careergoes, you know. Yeah, and
uh shit, don't hey man,I'm ready to blow up. Bro,
it's my time, you know.I work hard for this, you know.
And uh, he's a perfect opportunity, you know, and I'm gonna
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take full advantage of the opportunity.So what what do you think of Perry?
U. He's tough, He's awild man. You know, it's
a fun fight. Um, Ifeel like I'm more technical kind of fighter,
you know. I feel like,uh, he just like this a
little strong, pip kind of guy. And shit, you know, you
never know what to expect out ofhim. You know, what kind of
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parents are gonna show up for thisfight? I don't know, you know,
because I you know, I've I'vewatched his fights just actually yesterday was
the first time I like actually satdown and like, you know, I'm
gonna watch this ship, see,you know, because normally I just focus
on my like I just do mything, you know, and I'll figure
it out in the fight. Youknow, I don't want to pay attention
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to it because there's been times whereI feel like I'm better than the opponent.
Then I'll slack off in training,you know, or like sometimes I'll
you know, very rare when Ifeel that way, if I feel like
an opponent is better. But Idon't feel like he's better than me,
you know, in anyway. He'sjust a tough fight, you know.
And I feel like I watched theTim Means fight and uh, you know,
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he didn't look great. You know, he looks strong in the first
round, he looked like he castout. You know, he has issues,
probably couldn't wait, you know,but we really be walking around this
same way. But I just,you know it levels of dedication to this
ship, you know, and Ifeel like I'm just on another level of
dedication when it comes down to puttingin the work and and everything else.
It comes down to it. Weknow he's known for his power, right
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he lands bombs. What when whenthat comes to the table, What do
you think of his power? Doesit intimidate you? Does it concern you
at all? No? Man,He's like he's got the street fighters style,
this this kind of that's all that'sall he got, you know.
It's it's just like being strong andthrowing bombs. And but you know what,
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I'm strong and I throw bombs too. I'm just more technical, you
know. I don't load up.You know, my my shots will come
punches and bunches, you know,And I don't know, I just see
me socking us his face up,just dirty, defending his takedowns and uh,
you know, just I could seeI'll be able to see his punches
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coming in mivel way, you know. You know. But at the same
time, he's dangerous though, he'sdangerous, But you know, I feel
like I'm equally as dangerous, andI feel as a fight progresses and time
goes on, he will respect mypower and I'll slow his down. I'll
slow him down. You know,he's um. He's only been finished twice,
right, one submission by Cowboy andthen one stoppage by Jeff Neil,
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another South bar good south paw striker. So you said you watched his fights
yesterday did you see anything in anyof them, particularly the Neil fight,
that that could pose like a bigadvantage for you, especially you being a
south ball. Yeah yeah, Imean as five style, he keeps his
hands down, you know, Um, he just shows up. He's a
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it's a different Mike Perry kind ofevery fight, you know. Um,
I feel like with the Jeff Neilfight, you know, I was obviously
a first round finished. Um.I feel like that's exactly that what Jeff
Neil should have did. And youknow he did, he did his homework
and that one, you know,and he saw the same thing I saw,
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you know. And I feel likePerry hasn't changed much since that fight.
He's still doing making the same mistakesand uh but it's just like,
um, I feel like the Mickeygolfight, Mickey just got tired, you
know, and uh that was thatwas that why making just slow down.
And I felt like that's how MikePerry was able to win that fight.
But you know, I'm kind oflike a cardio freak, So I feel
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like my endurance to hold up well, you know. And the Tim Means
fight, I feel like Tim Meansdid exactly what I would do in that
situation, except I have more power, so I want I'm curious to see
how this fight's gonna work out withme having like such accuracy and power.
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You know, I just I'm curious, you know. I feel like I
feel like I'm gonna market ass out, dude. I feel like I'm gonna
just sock is fool up so bad. Bro. I know you both got
different styles, right, but that'sone common opponent, Tim means right.
Yeah, Um, when you whenand I know, fight A A beats
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fight a B fight B beats fightto see. That doesn't necessarily mean fight
A A beats fight to see.But yeah, when you look at when
you look at Tim means you knowyou've been in there with him, means
you know how strong as you knowwhat he feels like, you know his
power, you know his offense,and then you watch those two go at
it. Does that give you confidencegoing into this against against Perry? Yeah,
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I mean he fights to kind ofhe he fights the kind of style
that I'm used to, Bro,Like I'm not, I'm nothing new to
a brawler. Dude is trying tojust take your head off, you know.
He followed his UFC shipped. Iwas like you know, I'm from
the hood. Like, I'm notscared of nobody. Bro, I'm not
scared of nobody. I've been inthese kind of fights before. I've been
fight the hardest dude in you know. So you know, I've been through
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it all. You know. Ifeel like he's he's a he's a beast,
you know. But I'm gonna beasttoo, you know. So,
so yeah, I'm expecting, youknow, him come out swinging. You
know, he's probably he's probably gonnacome out hard because you know, he's
he's got his back on the ropesas far as where he could where his
career is gonna go. You know, he's got a few losses. You
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know, he's not Probably he's popular, but not in the right ways,
you know, as far as shitthat he'd be doing, you know,
but he's entertainment, you know,so I get it. You know.
At the same time, that's whyI like, I'm trying to capitalize off
this opportunity to wipe his ass out, you know, because but at the
same time, I'm expecting him comeout hard because you know, he just
had a kid. He might besuper motivated over some shit. You know.
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That's I'm thinking I'm trying to putmyself in his shoes. Why what
would make me want to just likebe the best? You know? Yeah,
I try to like see see seewhere he at, see where he
had. He's got his back onthe roast right now. He just had
a kid. He probably want toyou know, provide for his family and
show at the same time. Igot kids too, I got more,
you know, so I wanted Iwant it all too, you know.
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So, so I'm expecting, likeyou know, ship anything fighting the night.
You know. I know this guyis hard to put away, you
know. And I've been in theremore as the Gabel Green fight, where
this dude just kept coming and comingcoming, and how to just you know,
light his ass up. And atthe same time I landed like that,
like you know, high up inthe ranks, on the punch record,
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on the significant strikes. You know. But that's just the kind of
fight of mine. I am.You know, So I'm expecting that kind
of fight, you know, Yeah, I am. I don't remember the
details of the fight. I didn'twatch it again last night. I wanted
to. But um, your lastfight against Nick Dalby, I feel like
when I when when it happened.I feel like, nah, that was
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a bad decision. I don't rememberexactly. Um, but you are coming
off of your first official loss inthe UFC. Regardless of how I feel
about it, Um, is thisDo you feel like this is a great
way to bounce back or or orthis is just a potential balance back fight
for you? Um, I feellike it's a it's a you know,
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I feel like the I feel likeI want that fight. You know,
fans feel like it. I rememberfelt like DC and everybody was like whoa
what you know, yeah, itwas a horrible decision. But at the
same time, you know, uh, I know I didn't really like really
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get down and I was like,yeah, it's like that, Okay,
let'son learn on that. On thatnote, to like not think that I
have that I'm winning the fight andto let off the gas. You know,
I gotta go hard to the fuckingbelrooms. And that's that. That's
the only lesson that I learned inthat fight. You know, I can't
be thinking that it's like I'm good, I'm winning, you know, I
can't be thinking that shit. Youknow. Yeah, So I feel like
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that's why I made that mistake andUh. You know, like I learned
shit with every single fight, winor lose, you know, majorities being
winning, and I always take somethingout of every single experience, you know,
I learned something. So I learnedsomething new about myself. And and
uh, you know that last fightI really took, you know, the
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the lesson of like not letting outthe gas thing and you're winning and ship
because you can't be leaving any yourhands of the judges, you know.
And uh, I had some opportunitiesthere and I made some mistakes, you
know, and I left I leftit too close, you know, but
that's my fault. So you know, going into this next fight, you
know, I'm like, Okay,I still have I still feel like a
winner, though I still feel themomentum of winning, you know. And
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I feel like the UFC did agreat job with putting this matchup on because
I believe it fights like I'm ABCor some shit, right, So that's
a great matchup to put on,Like the you'll see smart about this,
So they did. They're like,yo, let's do this, let's do
this all right. So great jobon that part. And you know,
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I just think it's gonna be agreat fight to start to start off tonight
on national television. I'm really excitedabout it, you know, yeah,
that was that was actually one ofmy questions for you, you know,
opening opening up the main card onABC, this will be your most I
feel like this is the opportunity tobe your most viewed fight, you know,
the most um anybody's ever gotten tosee you Like, so, so,
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what what are the people who don'tknow Daniel Rodriguez gonna see on the
tenth Man. They're gonna see anexciting fighter. They're gonna see a fighter.
I'm I'm a fan. I'm I'ma fan fighter, you know,
like like I know the type offights that I like to be, you
know, and due to my fightstyle, you know, all of my
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fights are exciting, like you know, we're throwing blows and what a guy
like Mike Kerry like it's gonna bea braw already, know, like we're
gonna be exchanging and and and youknow, I'm a game so much popularity
because of my heart, you knowwhat I mean. Like, you know,
I'm from my sad just I carrythat on my back. You know,
I'm from you know, I'm Mexican. You know, so I got
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that hard, you know, anduh, you know, I just played
I got hard and in one ofmy UFC fights for I almost got finished,
you know, and I came back, so so the fans that just
truly expect a fighter with heart andskill and you know, and just the
willingness to just put it all outon the line. You know. I
know the world's watching. You know, I'm on national television and just I
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gotta you know, like you said, it's going to be the most watched.
Is the biggest opportunity to I haveto and I feel like it's the
perfect opportunity for me against opponent likehim, because I'm just gonna light his
ass up. You know, hegets hit so much and that's what I
do best, you know. II'm gonna have to ride your coattails in
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this one, man, because youknow, I'm rooting for you and the
rounds that we put together. Uhyou you stop, Mike Perry. You'd
be the only the second guy todo so, especially with the strikes.
And I definitely have to post thevideo of that's sparring and ride some of
your shine wave, man, becauselike you know, I'm rooting for you.
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D Rod. Yeah, Yeah,man, I message you, Eves.
I was like, man, hey, you won't be real with you,
bro, You're one of the mostLike I always ask about you.
I'm like, what's up with eaves? Dog? Like when it's like,
you know, when I'm botter,fight start fight camp, Where's yeah?
Where's Yeah? Dude, You're oneof the best dudes at teaching and really
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like one of the one of thedudes I respect most in this ship.
Bro. I always talk highly andbe like, yo, you know who
knows their shit? Eves Edwards.I always like, remember the time the
ship you taught me a brout.I still use that ship, you know,
and like, duh, you're fuckingyou're I respect you on all levels,
real ship. I really appreciate that, d Rod. You know,
um, you know it's excited whenI saw you got your UFC, the
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UFC contract, then I'm super excitedto see how you're performing man, and
and just representing yourself so well,you know, with your talent, with
your skills, the way you carryyourself. You know. After that loss,
I remember, like I remember feelingthat was a bad decision and like
you said, you know, thethe announcers are saying everything, but you
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still like there was no you didn'thave that pissed off look on your face.
You didn't have that attitude like Igot bullshit or anything like that.
Um but like that, like that'swhat I like about U. D Rody.
You're like a real motherfucker man.That's all this has always been.
I shook it off real quick.And you know, and and and you
know, um so like I'm blessedwith this opportunity. You know, they
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wouldn't that gave it to me ifthey didn't, you know, I believe
I would put on the show.And you know, and and I like
it. I like it. Youknow. I like the fact that this
is my first like like full fightcamp. Bro. Like every fight was
like two weeks noticed, two heeksnoticed. And you know, I'm just
grateful for the time. And Ihad a great camp. It's been a
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great camp. It started in Januarybefore I even signed for the fight.
Went out to go train with Cowboy. I was out there like a month,
got an incredible shape, came backout here, went to Vegas,
went to train at the PI.All those people are amazing. It was
great when the Syndic got great sparring. Uh And now I'm just finishing camp
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right here in LA with Joe Eddieand you know my strength conditioning teams.
Man, best camp possible, youknow, And it might be it might
be the first time I have likea full six package. Shit, I'm
happy for that. I'm like,yeah, boy, that's a great place
to display the six pack man onABC. Hey, that's what I know.
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I'm ready for a fire. I'mlike, yeah, if I got
adds, I'm ready. That works. Man. You you've been training with
Joe Schilling. M Shoot, that'show I met you through Joe and having
a striker like that as as oneof your head coaches and one of your
training partners. What's it like beingaround Joe when he has coming up in
this game? Man? At thispoint, me and Joe have such an
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understanding of each other, like,you know, like he he knows me,
I know him. And then wejust ride bros. Like I always
got respect for Joe. He's beenthrough fucking wars just as much as you
have, bro, you know whatI mean, just in a whole different
in a whole different world, anduh, you know, and we're constantly
like that's my boy, that's mydog. We're constantly learning, Like I'm
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super proudly this fool. Like he'slike on his ship right now, Like
he's ready, fucking he's ready togo. You know, when the opportunity
comes, you know, we're gonnabe ready. And we've been getting ready.
He's been with me through this wholeshit. You know, we've been
grinding, griding together and shit.You know he just you know as times
he's gonna come, you're gonna comeback. Oh that's my boy. I
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feel you, man, I feelyou. I am. It's one of
those things. Man, if ifI had to go, if I knew
I was going into a spot whereI was getting a fight and I had
to bring four dudes with me,you know what I mean, Like for
all the dudes that would be Joe, Myles Vidal, Robbie Lala, and
Dustin Pourier. But now I'm goinginto a fight where I gotta bring five
guys, d rods on that listman made over here, no hesitation.
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I know, I know guys likey'all, I have my back. I
know, um, I know howreal you guys are. And I really
appreciate that. Man. I appreciateguys like you. I'm so proud of
what you're doing. And d Rod, go in there, get yourself this
w get your hand raised against MikePerry and and shoot, let the world
know who you are. Man.Where's Mike Perry right now? Is he
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ranked? Right now? He's nota ranked fighter, but this should definitely
shoot me up there. You know, I'm ready for some heavy like no
good competition, bro, I feellike I'm good competition and uh that that
that last five was bullshit. Butif it went the other way and I
had went off for to win,I'd be way more hyped up. But
I kind of like the fact thatI don't like it, that I don't
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like it, but at the sametime, like people think like I'm coming
off a loss whatever and on paper, but then you know, if you
go back and look at the fight, like, yo, that'sh it was
too close. You know. Um, hey man, I'm going out there
on April ten, dog, andI wanna put it all online. You
know, it's either me or him, and you know he already had his
chance. It ain't gonna be you, right, Yeah, yeah, he
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already had his chance. If youask me, it's my turn, bro.
You know I'm here, I'm righthere dog, and my time is
shine. You know, I'm I'min my prime. I am already to
go. That's why I took allthe fights last year. I'm like,
you know, I'm always pressing him. When I don't have a fight,
I'm like, yo, what's upto me? There? What's up?
Real? I'm right here, let'sgo feel you. April April tenth is
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a special day to me. Thatwas that was the day my first daughter
was born. And also so umyou, I'm gonna be celebrating two things
that day, her twenty seventh birthdayand and you're your fifth ufcw um oh
yeah, man, if they're ifyou had if you had to, if
you could choose, you're probably getin a call if you could choose.
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No, it's all good. Ifyou could choose any top fifteen guy right
now to fight. Which top fifteenguy you think makes a great fight for
you? Should? Uh tomorrow?Usman? I like it. I like
the attitude going straight to go straightfor the best. That's all right,
man, that's all right. Iappreciate that, d Rod. That's that's
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the right attitude. Man. I'monly in the wrong way, you know
what I mean? Yep, topthat. That tells us. That tells
us a lot about your attitude man, and and what your goals are.
So like, I look forward towatching you get better and better and better.
I'm gonna be out in LA thisweek, so maybe this weekend we
link up and um before you takeoff, and I look to be back
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out there real soon and we canput some more some more rounds in some
more time. Come come through,drop some knowledge on me too, my
dog. You know you got it, brother, I will be there with
the good ass coaching school you got, all right, de Rod? Thank
you? Right? Man? Hey, I know you're you're at your buddies
barber shop. You got you're gettingyour haircut and whatnot. You gotta look
fresh for television next week. Right, So I did it, man.
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I really appreciate you taking some timeto do this for me. Man.
Man, yeah, hey man,anytime you know how you know how absolutely
when you when you get after youget that w come back through and let
us know how it felt. Ohfor sure, for sure. Hey,
we'll set that up. Let's dothat. Let's get it done. Man,
De Rod, you'd be good.All the best. On April tenth,
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open up that show and show theworld who Daniel Rodriguez is. Hey,
everybody gonna everybody's gonna remember me afterthis fight, bro, trust me,
like damn, that's who Rodez gothands, my man. Thank you
so much, Brolla, all right, he was good talking to your brother.
This is your biggest fight, rightyeah, name, Yeah, it's the
biggest name definitely. Um, youknow every fight is like every fight's gonna
be my biggest fighter, you know. Yeah, so the next one's gonna
be my biggest fight, you know. But this is definitely a game changer
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kind of fight for me, youknow, um, very very like you
determine where the rest of my careergoes, you know. Yeah, and
uh shit, don't hey man,I'm ready to blow up. Bro,
it's my time, you know.I work hard for this, you know.
And uh, he's a perfect opportunity, you know, and I'm gonna
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take full advantage of the opportunity.So what what do you think of Perry?
U. He's tough, He's awild man. You know, it's
a fun fight. Um, Ifeel like I'm more technical kind of fighter,
you know. I feel like,uh, he just like this a
little strong, pip kind of guy. And shit, you know, you
never know what to expect out ofhim. You know, what kind of
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parents are gonna show up for thisfight? I don't know, you know,
because I you know, I've I'vewatched his fights just actually yesterday was
the first time I like actually satdown and like, you know, I'm
gonna watch this ship, see,you know, because normally I just focus
on my like I just do mything, you know, and I'll figure
it out in the fight. Youknow, I don't want to pay attention
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to it because there's been times whereI feel like I'm better than the opponent.
Then I'll slack off in training,you know, or like sometimes I'll
you know, very rare when Ifeel that way, if I feel like
an opponent is better. But Idon't feel like he's better than me,
you know, in anyway. He'sjust a tough fight, you know.
And I feel like I watched theTim Means fight and uh, you know,
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he didn't look great. You know, he looks strong in the first
round, he looked like he castout. You know, he has issues,
probably couldn't wait, you know,but we really be walking around this
same way. But I just,you know it levels of dedication to this
ship, you know, and Ifeel like I'm just on another level of
dedication when it comes down to puttingin the work and and everything else.
It comes down to it. Weknow he's known for his power, right
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he lands bombs. What when whenthat comes to the table, What do
you think of his power? Doesit intimidate you? Does it concern you
at all? No? Man,He's like he's got the street fighters style,
this this kind of that's all that'sall he got, you know.
It's it's just like being strong andthrowing bombs. And but you know what,
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I'm strong and I throw bombs too. I'm just more technical, you
know. I don't load up.You know, my my shots will come
punches and bunches, you know,And I don't know, I just see
me socking us his face up,just dirty, defending his takedowns and uh,
you know, just I could seeI'll be able to see his punches
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coming in mivel way, you know. You know. But at the same
time, he's dangerous though, he'sdangerous, But you know, I feel
like I'm equally as dangerous, andI feel as a fight progresses and time
goes on, he will respect mypower and I'll slow his down. I'll
slow him down. You know,he's um. He's only been finished twice,
right, one submission by Cowboy andthen one stoppage by Jeff Neil,
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another South bar good south paw striker. So you said you watched his fights
yesterday did you see anything in anyof them, particularly the Neil fight,
that that could pose like a bigadvantage for you, especially you being a
south ball. Yeah yeah, Imean as five style, he keeps his
hands down, you know, Um, he just shows up. He's a
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it's a different Mike Perry kind ofevery fight, you know. Um,
I feel like with the Jeff Neilfight, you know, I was obviously
a first round finished. Um.I feel like that's exactly that what Jeff
Neil should have did. And youknow he did, he did his homework
and that one, you know,and he saw the same thing I saw,
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you know. And I feel likePerry hasn't changed much since that fight.
He's still doing making the same mistakesand uh but it's just like,
um, I feel like the Mickeygolfight, Mickey just got tired, you
know, and uh that was thatwas that why making just slow down.
And I felt like that's how MikePerry was able to win that fight.
But you know, I'm kind oflike a cardio freak, So I feel
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like my endurance to hold up well, you know. And the Tim Means
fight, I feel like Tim Meansdid exactly what I would do in that
situation, except I have more power, so I want I'm curious to see
how this fight's gonna work out withme having like such accuracy and power.
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You know, I just I'm curious, you know. I feel like I
feel like I'm gonna market ass out, dude. I feel like I'm gonna
just sock is fool up so bad. Bro. I know you both got
different styles, right, but that'sone common opponent, Tim means right.
Yeah, Um, when you whenand I know, fight A A beats
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fight a B fight B beats fightto see. That doesn't necessarily mean fight
A A beats fight to see.But yeah, when you look at when
you look at Tim means you knowyou've been in there with him, means
you know how strong as you knowwhat he feels like, you know his
power, you know his offense,and then you watch those two go at
it. Does that give you confidencegoing into this against against Perry? Yeah,
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I mean he fights to kind ofhe he fights the kind of style
that I'm used to, Bro,Like I'm not, I'm nothing new to
a brawler. Dude is trying tojust take your head off, you know.
He followed his UFC shipped. Iwas like you know, I'm from
the hood. Like, I'm notscared of nobody. Bro, I'm not
scared of nobody. I've been inthese kind of fights before. I've been
fight the hardest dude in you know. So you know, I've been through
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it all. You know. Ifeel like he's he's a he's a beast,
you know. But I'm gonna beasttoo, you know. So,
so yeah, I'm expecting, youknow, him come out swinging. You
know, he's probably he's probably gonnacome out hard because you know, he's
he's got his back on the ropesas far as where he could where his
career is gonna go. You know, he's got a few losses. You
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know, he's not Probably he's popular, but not in the right ways,
you know, as far as shitthat he'd be doing, you know,
but he's entertainment, you know,so I get it. You know.
At the same time, that's whyI like, I'm trying to capitalize off
this opportunity to wipe his ass out, you know, because but at the
same time, I'm expecting him comeout hard because you know, he just
had a kid. He might besuper motivated over some shit. You know.
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That's I'm thinking I'm trying to putmyself in his shoes. Why what
would make me want to just likebe the best? You know? Yeah,
I try to like see see seewhere he at, see where he
had. He's got his back onthe roast right now. He just had
a kid. He probably want toyou know, provide for his family and
show at the same time. Igot kids too, I got more,
you know, so I wanted Iwant it all too, you know.
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So, so I'm expecting, likeyou know, ship anything fighting the night.
You know. I know this guyis hard to put away, you
know. And I've been in theremore as the Gabel Green fight, where
this dude just kept coming and comingcoming, and how to just you know,
light his ass up. And atthe same time I landed like that,
like you know, high up inthe ranks, on the punch record,
(07:20):
on the significant strikes. You know. But that's just the kind of
fight of mine. I am.You know, So I'm expecting that kind
of fight, you know, Yeah, I am. I don't remember the
details of the fight. I didn'twatch it again last night. I wanted
to. But um, your lastfight against Nick Dalby, I feel like
when I when when it happened.I feel like, nah, that was
(07:43):
a bad decision. I don't rememberexactly. Um, but you are coming
off of your first official loss inthe UFC. Regardless of how I feel
about it, Um, is thisDo you feel like this is a great
way to bounce back or or orthis is just a potential balance back fight
for you? Um, I feellike it's a it's a you know,
(08:07):
I feel like the I feel likeI want that fight. You know,
fans feel like it. I rememberfelt like DC and everybody was like whoa
what you know, yeah, itwas a horrible decision. But at the
same time, you know, uh, I know I didn't really like really
(08:28):
get down and I was like,yeah, it's like that, Okay,
let'son learn on that. On thatnote, to like not think that I
have that I'm winning the fight andto let off the gas. You know,
I gotta go hard to the fuckingbelrooms. And that's that. That's
the only lesson that I learned inthat fight. You know, I can't
be thinking that it's like I'm good, I'm winning, you know, I
can't be thinking that shit. Youknow. Yeah, So I feel like
(08:50):
that's why I made that mistake andUh. You know, like I learned
shit with every single fight, winor lose, you know, majorities being
winning, and I always take somethingout of every single experience, you know,
I learned something. So I learnedsomething new about myself. And and
uh, you know that last fightI really took, you know, the
(09:11):
the lesson of like not letting outthe gas thing and you're winning and ship
because you can't be leaving any yourhands of the judges, you know.
And uh, I had some opportunitiesthere and I made some mistakes, you
know, and I left I leftit too close, you know, but
that's my fault. So you know, going into this next fight, you
know, I'm like, Okay,I still have I still feel like a
winner, though I still feel themomentum of winning, you know. And
(09:33):
I feel like the UFC did agreat job with putting this matchup on because
I believe it fights like I'm ABCor some shit, right, So that's
a great matchup to put on,Like the you'll see smart about this,
So they did. They're like,yo, let's do this, let's do
this all right. So great jobon that part. And you know,
(09:56):
I just think it's gonna be agreat fight to start to start off tonight
on national television. I'm really excitedabout it, you know, yeah,
that was that was actually one ofmy questions for you, you know,
opening opening up the main card onABC, this will be your most I
feel like this is the opportunity tobe your most viewed fight, you know,
the most um anybody's ever gotten tosee you Like, so, so,
(10:18):
what what are the people who don'tknow Daniel Rodriguez gonna see on the
tenth Man. They're gonna see anexciting fighter. They're gonna see a fighter.
I'm I'm a fan. I'm I'ma fan fighter, you know,
like like I know the type offights that I like to be, you
know, and due to my fightstyle, you know, all of my
(10:41):
fights are exciting, like you know, we're throwing blows and what a guy
like Mike Kerry like it's gonna bea braw already, know, like we're
gonna be exchanging and and and youknow, I'm a game so much popularity
because of my heart, you knowwhat I mean. Like, you know,
I'm from my sad just I carrythat on my back. You know,
I'm from you know, I'm Mexican. You know, so I got
(11:05):
that hard, you know, anduh, you know, I just played
I got hard and in one ofmy UFC fights for I almost got finished,
you know, and I came back, so so the fans that just
truly expect a fighter with heart andskill and you know, and just the
willingness to just put it all outon the line. You know. I
know the world's watching. You know, I'm on national television and just I
(11:26):
gotta you know, like you said, it's going to be the most watched.
Is the biggest opportunity to I haveto and I feel like it's the
perfect opportunity for me against opponent likehim, because I'm just gonna light his
ass up. You know, hegets hit so much and that's what I
do best, you know. II'm gonna have to ride your coattails in
(11:48):
this one, man, because youknow, I'm rooting for you and the
rounds that we put together. Uhyou you stop, Mike Perry. You'd
be the only the second guy todo so, especially with the strikes.
And I definitely have to post thevideo of that's sparring and ride some of
your shine wave, man, becauselike you know, I'm rooting for you.
(12:09):
D Rod. Yeah, Yeah,man, I message you, Eves.
I was like, man, hey, you won't be real with you,
bro, You're one of the mostLike I always ask about you.
I'm like, what's up with eaves? Dog? Like when it's like,
you know, when I'm botter,fight start fight camp, Where's yeah?
Where's Yeah? Dude, You're oneof the best dudes at teaching and really
(12:30):
like one of the one of thedudes I respect most in this ship.
Bro. I always talk highly andbe like, yo, you know who
knows their shit? Eves Edwards.I always like, remember the time the
ship you taught me a brout.I still use that ship, you know,
and like, duh, you're fuckingyou're I respect you on all levels,
real ship. I really appreciate that, d Rod. You know,
um, you know it's excited whenI saw you got your UFC, the
(12:54):
UFC contract, then I'm super excitedto see how you're performing man, and
and just representing yourself so well,you know, with your talent, with
your skills, the way you carryyourself. You know. After that loss,
I remember, like I remember feelingthat was a bad decision and like
you said, you know, thethe announcers are saying everything, but you
(13:15):
still like there was no you didn'thave that pissed off look on your face.
You didn't have that attitude like Igot bullshit or anything like that.
Um but like that, like that'swhat I like about U. D Rody.
You're like a real motherfucker man.That's all this has always been.
I shook it off real quick.And you know, and and and you
know, um so like I'm blessedwith this opportunity. You know, they
(13:39):
wouldn't that gave it to me ifthey didn't, you know, I believe
I would put on the show.And you know, and and I like
it. I like it. Youknow. I like the fact that this
is my first like like full fightcamp. Bro. Like every fight was
like two weeks noticed, two heeksnoticed. And you know, I'm just
grateful for the time. And Ihad a great camp. It's been a
(14:01):
great camp. It started in Januarybefore I even signed for the fight.
Went out to go train with Cowboy. I was out there like a month,
got an incredible shape, came backout here, went to Vegas,
went to train at the PI.All those people are amazing. It was
great when the Syndic got great sparring. Uh And now I'm just finishing camp
(14:22):
right here in LA with Joe Eddieand you know my strength conditioning teams.
Man, best camp possible, youknow, And it might be it might
be the first time I have likea full six package. Shit, I'm
happy for that. I'm like,yeah, boy, that's a great place
to display the six pack man onABC. Hey, that's what I know.
(14:45):
I'm ready for a fire. I'mlike, yeah, if I got
adds, I'm ready. That works. Man. You you've been training with
Joe Schilling. M Shoot, that'show I met you through Joe and having
a striker like that as as oneof your head coaches and one of your
training partners. What's it like beingaround Joe when he has coming up in
this game? Man? At thispoint, me and Joe have such an
(15:07):
understanding of each other, like,you know, like he he knows me,
I know him. And then wejust ride bros. Like I always
got respect for Joe. He's beenthrough fucking wars just as much as you
have, bro, you know whatI mean, just in a whole different
in a whole different world, anduh, you know, and we're constantly
like that's my boy, that's mydog. We're constantly learning, Like I'm
(15:30):
super proudly this fool. Like he'slike on his ship right now, Like
he's ready, fucking he's ready togo. You know, when the opportunity
comes, you know, we're gonnabe ready. And we've been getting ready.
He's been with me through this wholeshit. You know, we've been
grinding, griding together and shit.You know he just you know as times
he's gonna come, you're gonna comeback. Oh that's my boy. I
(15:52):
feel you, man, I feelyou. I am. It's one of
those things. Man, if ifI had to go, if I knew
I was going into a spot whereI was getting a fight and I had
to bring four dudes with me,you know what I mean, Like for
all the dudes that would be Joe, Myles Vidal, Robbie Lala, and
Dustin Pourier. But now I'm goinginto a fight where I gotta bring five
guys, d rods on that listman made over here, no hesitation.
(16:18):
I know, I know guys likey'all, I have my back. I
know, um, I know howreal you guys are. And I really
appreciate that. Man. I appreciateguys like you. I'm so proud of
what you're doing. And d Rod, go in there, get yourself this
w get your hand raised against MikePerry and and shoot, let the world
know who you are. Man.Where's Mike Perry right now? Is he
(16:38):
ranked? Right now? He's nota ranked fighter, but this should definitely
shoot me up there. You know, I'm ready for some heavy like no
good competition, bro, I feellike I'm good competition and uh that that
that last five was bullshit. Butif it went the other way and I
had went off for to win,I'd be way more hyped up. But
I kind of like the fact thatI don't like it, that I don't
(17:00):
like it, but at the sametime, like people think like I'm coming
off a loss whatever and on paper, but then you know, if you
go back and look at the fight, like, yo, that'sh it was
too close. You know. Um, hey man, I'm going out there
on April ten, dog, andI wanna put it all online. You
know, it's either me or him, and you know he already had his
chance. It ain't gonna be you, right, Yeah, yeah, he
(17:22):
already had his chance. If youask me, it's my turn, bro.
You know I'm here, I'm righthere dog, and my time is
shine. You know, I'm I'min my prime. I am already to
go. That's why I took allthe fights last year. I'm like,
you know, I'm always pressing him. When I don't have a fight,
I'm like, yo, what's upto me? There? What's up?
Real? I'm right here, let'sgo feel you. April April tenth is
(17:44):
a special day to me. Thatwas that was the day my first daughter
was born. And also so umyou, I'm gonna be celebrating two things
that day, her twenty seventh birthdayand and you're your fifth ufcw um oh
yeah, man, if they're ifyou had if you had to, if
you could choose, you're probably getin a call if you could choose.
(18:07):
No, it's all good. Ifyou could choose any top fifteen guy right
now to fight. Which top fifteenguy you think makes a great fight for
you? Should? Uh tomorrow?Usman? I like it. I like
the attitude going straight to go straightfor the best. That's all right,
man, that's all right. Iappreciate that, d Rod. That's that's
(18:32):
the right attitude. Man. I'monly in the wrong way, you know
what I mean? Yep, topthat. That tells us. That tells
us a lot about your attitude man, and and what your goals are.
So like, I look forward towatching you get better and better and better.
I'm gonna be out in LA thisweek, so maybe this weekend we
link up and um before you takeoff, and I look to be back
(18:56):
out there real soon and we canput some more some more rounds in some
more time. Come come through,drop some knowledge on me too, my
dog. You know you got it, brother, I will be there with
the good ass coaching school you got, all right, de Rod? Thank
you? Right? Man? Hey, I know you're you're at your buddies
barber shop. You got you're gettingyour haircut and whatnot. You gotta look
fresh for television next week. Right, So I did it, man.
(19:19):
I really appreciate you taking some timeto do this for me. Man.
Man, yeah, hey man,anytime you know how you know how absolutely
when you when you get after youget that w come back through and let
us know how it felt. Ohfor sure, for sure. Hey,
we'll set that up. Let's dothat. Let's get it done. Man,
De Rod, you'd be good.All the best. On April tenth,
(19:40):
open up that show and show theworld who Daniel Rodriguez is. Hey,
everybody gonna everybody's gonna remember me afterthis fight, bro, trust me,
like damn, that's who Rodez gothands, my man. Thank you
so much, Brolla, all right, he was good talking to your brother.
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