00:00 hello everybody big big fight headliner main event what's what's the fight week
00:11 feel for you like right now fight week feels like always nothing has changed
00:16 but I'm of course happy to be main event and I wanted to be here but like as
00:22 always weight cut drinking a lot of water that's all thinking about food
00:28 Georgian food we see about is there added pressure is there at a moment
00:34 does it feel like a different fight you said it's just like every other fight
00:37 week but is it different or is it truly just another fight week I will tell you
00:41 what's really different it's too much not I will not say too much a lot of
00:45 media a lot of it starting from yesterday and that's definitely
00:50 difference between other fights is it make it hard because everybody wants to
00:55 be at the top right and then they get the opportunities and they have and they
00:58 realize all the responsibilities that come with it does it change do you
01:02 start thinking ah maybe I don't want all this no personal it is you know there
01:08 are a lot of things who knows me very good they know how I'm thinking about
01:11 MMA what part is MMA in my life but a lot of people doesn't know about it but
01:17 I accept the rules of the game and this is part of the game we need to do this
01:23 and do this for us for our organization to promote the fight and I'm here to do
01:29 it what was this last year like for you right like not getting to compete and
01:34 having opponents fall apart and you were desperate to get matchups I mean what
01:37 was how challenging was it for you challenging that may be a little bit
01:42 disappointing but still it's like I said it's part and the rules of the game it's
01:47 happening like that I'm accepting it or not accept I'm accepting it is how it is
01:52 everything would destined to happen it will happen and the situation doesn't
01:59 change me but like of course I wanted to fight more but UFC was offering me good
02:05 fights I say that also but opponents were pulling out nothing I'm good you're
02:13 calm about it now were you calm about it as those things were happening I mean are
02:17 you that understanding in the moment or do you get pissed off and upset and
02:21 angry I was thinking about time what I'm losing yes about things what I could do
02:27 because I have also a lot of things going on in my life and I'm ensuring
02:32 other sides of my life but you know like I told you I understand what will change
02:41 if I will be upset what will change if I'll be mad nothing will change I'll be
02:47 mad that will change it's all nobody will care well you finally got this
02:51 fight what was your thoughts when this was the name that was given to you and
02:54 kind of what challenges you know he might present for you when the you know
02:59 when all this thing happened we start conversation about new fight and I had I
03:06 asked you see to change two things give me new contract I didn't it wasn't time
03:13 for new combat still give me a new contract and many event they gave me
03:17 these two things what I wanted and I also was ready to fight anybody they
03:21 knew and that's all any changes in your training approach or any justice made
03:28 because this is a main event a five-round fight exactly that fights what
03:32 were didn't happen they change my preparation and I was preparing for
03:37 fights for six months and of course I'm in very good shape because I was
03:42 training non-stop and I'm now here ready for five rounds I'm feeling good
03:49 everybody will say I'm in the best shape I really feel very good I know you had a
03:55 long time away but you win this fight I mean you're right back at the top of the
03:58 division and all right so I mean do you start calling out names again and asking
04:02 for the big fights do you just sit back and see what happens what's the plan I'm
04:06 always asking good names always I just wanted to I'm number eight and a lot of
04:12 people around me nobody wanted to fight I don't understand why maybe some some
04:18 guys were telling that he won they wanted higher opponents after they were
04:22 agreeing on number 13 guys to fight after there was situations like somebody
04:27 just didn't even hear that I'm saying that they were saying we want to fight
04:31 December and he didn't had open I said okay I want to fight also in December
04:35 let's fight I know answer nothing else the I'm I'm really very used that all
04:41 these guys are most of them I don't want to be disrespectful but I will say in
04:45 general acting like a kids talking like a kids talking a lot talking and know
04:52 when I'm from where I'm raised we think twice before we say something because
04:58 your words need to have something if you just say so many words nobody will work
05:05 your words that's why for me I'm just looking at them like little kids I know
05:13 you said you want to be respectful but if some of them upset you to the point
05:16 that you're like I want to get in a cage with that guy because he pissed me off
05:20 no if you look how they are talking with each other I'm very respectful what I'm
05:24 talking and how I'm saying this and I'm always never never was saying nothing
05:32 but about nobody my opponents around spiders but these guys are ready to say
05:37 anything just for attention and sometimes when I see them and if I
05:42 didn't like something what they said before and I'm saying listen now you see
05:46 me I'm in front of your face why you was talking like that what's wrong in
05:50 Twitter or somebody else they'll somebody of them don't even remember
05:54 that they said their comment anything or something oh this is just this is just
06:00 that I understand that their words doesn't have worth and I can't ask from
06:05 them like I asked myself I asked myself and try to judge them from my
06:10 perspective how I was raised when word is word but these guys doesn't worth
06:14 they were how I will push them to speak with me like strong words last thing for
06:21 me big moment here you've been waiting for it what type of fight do you think
06:25 we see is this going to be a battle is it do you think he's gonna push you or
06:28 do you think this is a fight you can go dominate make a statement what do we see
06:31 here no one knows how fight will go no no do you was you was thinking that I
06:38 will do calf slicer to check her monster does anybody thought that I will do
06:42 something like that to anybody especially check your mom's what about
06:46 that cosplay when I was huge under the remember what about Phil host when I was
06:51 also on the submission in the late him going after no go nobody knows what can
06:56 happen I always say made this thing happen what this thing it will be that's
07:01 all hey Roman so your main event on Saturday
07:07 Marab is fighting for number one contender fight February he is fighting
07:11 for the title is this gonna be a big year for Georgia it's already a big year
07:15 for Georgia it's every year is big for us we are very small country population
07:20 three and five million probably and with a lot of problems I'm not a guy who
07:25 because of his country he will say oh my country is perfect our country's is bad
07:29 we have a lot of problems happening and I want to be example and we are probably
07:34 example that you can reach things even from our countries and such a big things
07:38 and now if I'm not mistaken we are five from Georgia and four from us our top
07:45 ten guys and I'm sure also Graham deserves to be right it's a little bit
07:51 things are happening with him but he deserves he's a really good fighter so
07:56 we are already living good life showing good example to our country and I'm sure
08:03 February also will bring a lot of happiness to them and I hope and I'm
08:07 sure we will have new champion from Georgia obviously I'm pretty sure you
08:12 probably want to be the first Georgian champion but is it gonna be make you
08:16 happy to see if Ilya wins that for him to be the first one of course of course
08:23 he deserved he did he's a great fighter he's have good striking very good
08:29 amazing wrestling jujitsu very strong sense stylistically it's a very
08:34 interesting fight for me and I'm sure that he will win this fight and let's
08:39 not forget about Murat Murat deserve to be champion long time ago a long time
08:44 than anybody else and I hope after this fight he will get his title shot
08:50 I want your thoughts on the middleweight title fight at us at 297 hood obviously
08:56 you've trained with Sean did you have him winning the fight that question you
09:02 know why because I didn't watch this fight yeah but I think a lot of people
09:10 are saying that Sean won the fight I also think that when I watch the main
09:17 moments let's say like that I think you need to do more to be a champion for
09:22 other guy for the places and it is how it is
09:35 vision a little bit I mean if you go out there knock out Nazar Dean like do you
09:41 put yourself in a position where you know maybe one more fight and you fight
09:45 for the title if you remember how Sean got his title shot he fought Nasr Dean
09:50 after he fought some guy out of top 15 and he got that's why I don't like to
09:57 make like predictions and conversations like this will be what will be I'm ready
10:03 for anything that's all the this is organization you and you know rankings
10:09 nowadays I think doesn't do nothing look comes out why he's in top 15 why who he
10:15 win from 185 why you need to be here and a lot of others it's how they move
10:20 sometimes guys up and down it's why I don't think ranking shows anything there
10:26 is organization UFC and UFC will decide what they want to see what fight will
10:32 sell more better or less and that's more important problem do you do you
10:38 personally see this fight as like a number one contender fight or like it
10:42 just like or a contender fight you what do you want me to say big big words and
10:46 to say yes it's number one can tell you the fight no I'm not that guy I'm sure
10:51 here will be somebody who will start conversing talking like that but it's a
10:55 good interesting fight and I think after this fight we can get top five opponent
11:02 definitely we deserve and let's see what nobody knows thank you thank you very
11:07 much
11:10 - Nice. - Thank you.
11:11 Thank you.
11:12 [END OF TRANSCRIPT]
11:12 Thank you.
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