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00:00Boxing is the purest form of sport.
00:07It is the literal imposition of one man's will on another.
00:14That's why boxing's biggest fights are massive cultural events.
00:19And when you get two of the greatest fighters who've ever lived, you're about to witness the best moment in sport.
00:30And that moment is now upon us.
00:34I've done it all and I've seen it all.
00:36Yet ain't doubted me, but I beat him up.
00:39Terrence Crawford!
00:40The best in the world!
00:42He remains undefeated.
00:44I got all the belts on my waist and on my shoulder.
00:47This is the Terrence Crawford era.
00:49Who do you want next?
00:50Well, you already know who I want.
00:52Hello, I'm a fan!
00:55The undisputed super middleweight champion of the world!
01:00This is a resume that is Hall of Fame-weight.
01:03He is the king of boxing.
01:05I'm the greatest, the world's, and the best have to do it.
01:08This is a fight that's been marinating for years.
01:20I've been preparing my whole life for this moment.
01:25This is one of them fights that will be talked about forever.
01:30Canelo Alvarez!
01:32One of the greatest Mexican boxers of all time!
01:36All of Mexico is marching with him!
01:38Viva Mexico, Carones!
01:41Terrence Bud Crawford!
01:43He is on a whole nother level!
01:46It doesn't get any bigger than this.
01:49This is truly a super fight.
01:52The sport of boxing will change forever.
02:00Welcome to Contender Series!
02:02The amount of talent coming out of this show is insane.
02:05This show has created UFC World Champions.
02:08The question is, who's next?
02:11The world's most intense job interview is back.
02:16If you want to get into the UFC and show me who you are,
02:19be excited to be here.
02:21Be fired up to fight.
02:22Give me my contract!
02:24You are out of your mind
02:25if you're not watching the Contender Series on Tuesday night.
02:30The path to middleweight gold goes through South Africa.
02:34The undisputed UFC middleweight champion,
02:37Trinkus Duplassi has taken the MMA world by storm.
02:42He is relentless!
02:44Knockout power!
02:46Just a tank of a human being!
02:49Undefeated in the UFC,
02:50he has smoked every single person that he's fought.
02:54Is there no one else?
02:55Where's Hamzat Shimaev at?
02:58That's got to be the next guy in line.
03:01I can't think of a more chaotic matchup.
03:03Oh, that's it.
03:04It's over.
03:05Have you ever seen a phenom like Hamzat Shimaev?
03:08He is an absolute animal.
03:10He doesn't care who's in front of him.
03:12He just attacks.
03:13I got me by everybody!
03:14Kill everybody!
03:15I have to jump!
03:16I have to kick it off!
03:18This fight is going to be unreal.
03:25Let the Super Z is a wrecking machine.
03:28He's an undeniable finisher,
03:30and this man has got a serious point to prove.
03:33He wants to be the greatest of all time.
03:36Hamzat Shimaev!
03:37A force unlike anything the fight game has ever seen.
03:44Give me the bell!
03:45Go!
03:47Welcome to the UFC 319 Press Conference.
03:58The Octagon returns to the Windy City for the first time in over six years.
04:03We have one of the best fight cards of the year on tap.
04:07We kick things off in the middleweight division.
04:09A first, a savage striker on a four-fight win streak,
04:13with the last three coming by vicious knockout.
04:16Making his UFC debut Saturday night.
04:20Please welcome...
04:21Eric Noland!
04:26His opponent just lit the MMA world to blaze on Tuesday night
04:30with a droodal knockout on Dana White's Contender Series.
04:34Now, just four days later,
04:37he'll make the quickest turnaround in the show's history
04:40into the ultimate proving ground.
04:42Here is...
04:43Baisangur Susserkaye!
04:50Next, we move to the flyweight division,
04:52with one of the most dangerous strikers in the division.
04:5513 of his 21 wins have come by devastating knockout.
04:59Coming off a world title fight, his last time out,
05:03here is...
05:04Kai Asakura!
05:09And his opponent, a veteran of the game
05:12who's been cutting his teeth in the UFC since 2012.
05:15In all-action fighter,
05:17with 10 of his 20 career wins coming by stoppage.
05:20Please welcome...
05:22Tim Elliott!
05:28Next up, we move to the middleweight division.
05:31To the stage first,
05:33a unique fighting style unlike anything we've seen before.
05:37He's won three of his last four
05:39and now looks to make a run at the middleweight title.
05:42Here is...
05:43Michael...
05:44Venom Page!
05:45Standing across from him,
05:50a battle-tested warrior
05:51who has fought the best of the best at 185 pounds.
05:56Coming off a knockout win over Gregory Rodriguez in February.
06:00Introducing...
06:01Sheriff...
06:02The Killer Gorilla...
06:03Cannoneer!
06:08We move to an absolute barn burner in the welterweight division.
06:12Up first, one of the hottest names in the sport.
06:1516 career knockouts have all come in devastating fashion.
06:19Repping the fighting nerds,
06:21here is...
06:22Carlos...
06:23The Nightmare...
06:25Bratis!
06:28Facing him is an opponent who is no stranger to an all-out war.
06:3310 career knockouts,
06:35including a first-round KO,
06:36his last fight against Rafael Dos Anjos.
06:40This is...
06:41Jeff...
06:41Hands of Steel...
06:43Neil...
06:45Now, the co-main event of the evening in the featherweight division.
06:53Up first, a newcomer looking to take out a top-ten foe in his UFC debut.
06:5911 of his 13 wins have come by finish,
07:02and now he looks to translate that to the biggest stage.
07:06Entering Saturday night on a three-fight win streak,
07:09with the last two coming by vicious KO.
07:13Please welcome...
07:14Aaron Pico!
07:18And his opponent,
07:20one of the hottest contenders in the featherweight division.
07:23He is unbeaten in 17 career fights,
07:26and currently rides an eight-fight UFC win streak.
07:30Now, looking to make the final push towards a title shot...
07:33Here is...
07:34Lerone...
07:35The Miracle Murphy!
07:37And finally, our middleweight championship main event between two of the most dominant fighters in the game.
07:49First up, one of the most ominous forces to ever enter the UFC.
07:54A perfect 14-0 record, and he has blitzed through any and all opponents.
08:00Now, he's on the doorstep of fulfilling his destiny of becoming a UFC champion.
08:06Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage...
08:09Hamza Kors Chimaya!
08:15His opponent, a man who is quickly putting together an all-time great middleweight legacy.
08:21He holds wins over the likes of Israel Anasanya, Robert Whittaker, and Sean Strickland.
08:27Entering Saturday night on an 11-fight win streak.
08:31Now, looking to make the third defense of his belt,
08:34he is the UFC middleweight champion of the world.
08:38Drakis still marks Duplicy!
08:45What's up, Chicago? How are you?
08:51Thanks for coming out today. We appreciate it. It's good to be back here.
08:57Who's got the first question?
08:59I'd like to start with the champion, Drakis.
09:01Drakis, you are putting together quite a run at middleweight,
09:04but what do you think contributes to your success more?
09:07Is it your ability in the cage,
09:09or your mentality in wanting to fight the best opponent at all times?
09:13I think it's both of those things.
09:15I think it's the fact that I go out there and I want to fight the best.
09:18And I, I sing the next question!
09:35I'll sometimes go to the attack,
09:37but here we go,
09:42I'm going to seek this idea,
09:43I'm going to dunk in abar!
09:45did you answer the question i don't think so but that was one of the best booths i've heard well
10:04done james well done you'll run out of steam quickly don't worry you're running out of steam
10:11i've seen this before i've seen this before and i've seen this before too where it starts like this
10:15remember when you're cheering saturday night freakers you said you are prepared to kill
10:22someone in that octagon of all the opponents you face does hamzat shumayev match that energy the most
10:29so i can repeat that you have said you're prepared to kill your opponent in there
10:37do you think hamzat shumayev is prepared to do the same
10:41to kill me i certainly hope so because if he's not he's in for the worst night of his life
10:46question for hamzat shumayev
10:50hamzat dreyka says he's coming in there to meet your wrestling with his own
11:02is his wrestling as good as yours
11:04you know already guys who is the best guys it's my time i take over as you see man
11:13go ahead who's next all the way in the back quest for aaron pico you know it's been almost a decade
11:26since we've wanted you
11:27let's go guys
11:33go ahead ask your question
11:36for aaron we've been waiting almost a decade to see you in an environment like this
11:41there might be some fight fans that have never seen you fight before and saturday is going to be their
11:45introduction for you
11:46so what can they expect and what do you expect you would make of leon murphy on saturday
11:51no this is crazy i've never seen anything like it so it's an honor to be here with all these crazy
11:57ufc fans
11:58but i think what the fans should expect is a is a knockout from me go back and look at all my fights
12:08i don't try to play it i don't try to play it safe i want to go get a knockout and uh that's what i
12:15expect to do saturday night
12:16similar question for larone murphy all the way in the back you know all the questions to aaron are
12:22what do you make of volkanovsky people you ask you about volkanovsky the crowd here seems to love
12:28you all the way in the back larone straight ahead
12:30oh yeah just wondering you know do the the pundits are asking aaron about volkanovsky
12:36they're we're asking volkanovsky about aaron but you win you could very well be the undefeated
12:42number one contender do you think a win over aaron pico gets you in the title
12:46yeah 100 it puts me in that spot and that's why i took this fight
12:50and it's a massive fight and i'm gonna go out there and make a statement straight up
12:53questions for jeff neil straight back
12:57you're coming up on eight years in the ufc you've fought damn near every type of stylistic fighter
13:04out there carlos obviously a knockout artist you are very confident that this is going to be a
13:09first round knockout you've been saying you're training for a one round fight is that just
13:14confidence in your abilities or do you see something you can take advantage of against
13:17carlos it's just uh it's our styles man we both go out there we go in there to uh to kill each
13:22other so uh he's gonna try to knock me out i'm gonna try to knock him out whoever uh gets hit in
13:26the chair first loses same question for carlos you know at media day you said maybe you got a little
13:32too focused on the knockout and you should just worry about winning but when you step in there
13:38against jeff who says he's coming to knock you out what can we expect on saturday
13:42bro you know really true really good true with strikers really heavy hands maybe the most heavy
13:57hands on the welterweight division for sure somebody gonna get it out gonna knock it out
14:02but it's not gonna be me it's gonna be jumping
14:05question for hamzat chumayev
14:10hamzat at media day yesterday drickus said he's very interested to see how you react to your first
14:18loss and you are never going to get the belt in this division while he is here what is your reaction
14:24to that and how do you think he is going to react if you win this fight
14:28over there this guy in the wheelchair is zane and then it'll be you okay oh jen's gonna go and
14:34him up bro that's it
14:35and for trickus trickus you said this week once again you don't do this for the money you don't
14:44do this for the fame it is for the greatness how fulfilling towards your greatness will beating
14:49this undefeated challenger be on saturday night absolutely everything i mean oh here we go
14:55let's see how long you can go this time almost you've already lost half your troops guys you've
15:00already lost half the troops oh they oh no that's disappointing come on america come on let's hear
15:08the boom here we go yeah there we go oh no short-lived short-lived i thought so i thought so
15:16this will mean to me exactly what it meant to beat every other guy before this it's not about the
15:23opponent it's not about who i face it's about defending that belt every time somebody steps
15:28up to try and take it from me that's all that matters to me and one for dana white uh dana i
15:35know we have susurkayev down there the one on contender series you said how high on him you were
15:40how did this come together where he goes from fighting on tuesday to competing again on saturday
15:45and how much do you like this mentality yeah i love it from both guys from both guys to step up
15:50and take this fight uh on short notice and uh i mean that's what the contender series is all about
15:57two fights fell out these guys both step up and uh yeah i'm looking forward to the fight
16:02on saturday and thank you both and for both of you then susurkayev and nolan uh just coming together
16:09the short notice susurkayev can start with you how are you preparing yourself to fight twice in five
16:14days i don't need to prepare i'm prepared i'm always prepared and for you eric i know you're
16:31fighting up a weight class here short notice but huge opportunity this guy has a lot of hype
16:36what will it mean for you to win here yeah it would be huge uh i know he's humsat shumaya's
16:42little butt buddy but he's not humsat shumaya
16:45he's a better enemy bro don't worry he gotta knock you out i'll smash you boy i'll smash you
16:53go ahead who's next dana over here welcome back to chicago
17:05dana over here over here welcome back to chicago it's good to see you back here
17:15is it good to be back here no it's good to see you back here good to be back here yeah
17:21i haven't gotten your breakdown for the main event stylistically how do you think it plays out
17:32was that for me yeah that's for you dana
17:37well it's a it's a great question i don't know that's what makes this fight so great
17:52you have two of the best in the world right now in their prime for the title it just this is one of
17:58the one of the best fights we've had in a long time i don't know how it plays out we're gonna find
18:03out on saturday night appreciate you it's the fight of the euro let's go
18:06who's got the next question hello guys uh i have a question
18:13started by sangur susurkaev and hamzat shimaev a теперь по-русски
18:17by sangur dana white сказал что он не может выговорить твое имя предложил назвать тебя джимми
18:23что ты должен сделать в субботу чтобы он наконец выучил твое имя
18:26как ты к этому относишься и как ты хочешь поменять эту ситуацию я вам уверяю после
18:38субботной ночи он запомнил мое имя он никогда не забудет i guarantee after saturday night
18:44he'll remember my name forever he will never forget it
18:48and that's all about a coma rickus dupli c очень много шутил в соцсетях про тебя
18:55если абстрагироваться от того что он твой соперник и что тебя предстоит с ним больше
19:00сутки были про тебя сутки были смешными um mr smy um considering that your opponent
19:08constantly makes funny jokes about you in social media stepping aside that he's your
19:13opponent do you find his jokes funny
19:19the show
19:20я люблю я люблю шутить в твиттере но я не умею им пользоваться так хорошо
19:26i i love jokes but i can use them as well as he does
19:31канзат на прошлой пресс-конференции перед робертом выкидокер им ты посоветовал
19:35австралийцам не просыпаться рано часто берешься тогда когда в чечне и в россии
19:42будет ранее утро
19:44хамзат и
19:46пейсангур скажите почему у все в россии и в чечне должны не спать в эту ночь на воскресенье
19:53last time during the press conference um you told the australian people not to wake up for the fight
20:00when the fight is happening tomorrow it's going to be 7 a.m. in russia and in chechnya
20:05both of you can you please answer why would russian people and chechen people have to wake up for your fight
20:12i want to be asleep bro after those fights we're making the cage but everyone i want to see these
20:20guys bro we're gonna go do the best way we can do and make great show for the people you know
20:26inshallah take the victory home and be happy
20:33it's not gonna be told this we're gonna kill this guy
20:36next question for ddp
20:44trickers comes up has said he doesn't care about the belt he just wants to fight and make his money
20:51what do you think about his mindset and what does the belt mean to you
20:55well i mean we all have our different motivations we all have our motivations so
21:01let's see guys let's see lying down pretty quickly
21:05okay now i'll give you another shot go for it
21:22okay now now you're getting now you're getting sad guys come on come on come on
21:26everybody has their motivations never gonna see the belt again
21:30don't lie nobody heard what he just said not a single person here heard what this man just said
21:40there is no way the motivations never the outcome will be the same i'm walking out there champion
21:47he's getting his money whether he wins or loses for him so it's a good day at the office for him
21:52i'll only be satisfied when i walk out there with my belt
21:55another question for hamza comes like you haven't been in america for a long time did you expect
22:03the crowd here in chicago to be cheering for you like this
22:10of course bro i have a lot of fans in the u.s bro i like to be here it's great country i always
22:16was happy to be here and fight to throw who i am you know guys gonna show you a great fight
22:22and last one for drickus every opponent humzart's face he's taken them down in under one minute
22:31do you want to be the first person to break this streak
22:36it's a question that i don't want to get taken down the first minute
22:40i mean i'm going to try and stop every single take down attempt i can promise you that
22:44if i get taken down the first minute i don't care i'll get back up
22:47next question for ddp before your last two fights with sean strickland and adesanya
22:58there was a lot of trash talking how is your relationship with chemaia like
23:05well i have to say this is the first time officially meeting him this week so i can't
23:08say we may have much of a relationship i don't know the man it seems pretty respectful up until now i
23:15i guess uh that's why there's no uh there's no trash talk so we don't need to make trash talk
23:22but if there needs to be trash talk let's do it i don't mind next question is for tim elliott
23:31the ultimate fighter finale is on this card you are the winner of season 24. what is your advice
23:38for those guys that step for this first time in the ufc cage soccer day night oh man uh enjoy it it
23:45goes by fast um i got in in 2012 and it's it's been a blink of an eye so just enjoy it while you can
23:51because it doesn't last long question for hamzat hamzat we're i think the fans are in for one of the
23:58most anticipated moments of the year this saturday when the two of you guys are standing across the
24:03octagon from each other and the fighters and the the referee says fighter are you ready fighter are you
24:08ready drikus has said it's one of the scariest moments in his life when he's staring across from
24:14his opponent what's going through your mind when you're staring at drikus across the cage from you
24:19on saturday tonight
24:23that was a long question brother so i forget how
24:26i think he's ready i'm ready bro just going fair works bro they're gonna go all
24:36i come to take over man take his head
24:43and one more for drikus drikus you said there's no way hamzat is going to be the champion as long as
24:50you have the belt come sunday morning what do the headlines read
25:01question for aaron pico aaron how important isn't it
25:07is it that you get a finish this weekend to set up a match with alex volkanovski
25:37it's very important i think uh the most important thing is to win but if i do it in a knockout
25:45the next person that i fight is alexander volkanovski and that's who i want but i know
25:49the task at hand is larone murphy but uh we go get we take care of the job on saturday volkanovski's
25:56next in question for drikus you're always the underdog you're the underdog this weekend
26:02has the crowd today provided more motivation for you to get the job done on saturday
26:09that's a tricky one for you guys now you don't know what should you do
26:15absolutely not i mean i've walked into every fight especially as a main and in the main event
26:21and heard this exact crowd but guess what
26:24who didn't be every single time everyone is underdog before fighting me all the fighters under me bro
26:35go ahead sir this question is for you dana you think this is the fight of the year
26:42asking me is this the fight of the year yeah this is a big fight
26:45who's next all right i have a question for the cannon here you have fought at heavyweight
27:00and light heavyweight and now you are at middleweight which division has given you the hardest fight
27:07i spent most of my career at middleweight i'll have i fought for the title of middleweight
27:14i've been in the top five of middleweight i've been in the top ten for
27:19shoot over five years now so i would it's unanimous it's the middleweight division
27:24and i have a question for the mvp
27:37what should fans expect from you saturday night
27:45chicago
27:46you already know what you're going to expect from me expect some flashy
27:55some crazy and someone to just fall over and go to sleep that guy kevin hart over there
28:02let's go
28:07all right uh that's it got all the questions yeah so we're going to get this stuff out of here we're
28:12going to face these guys off and uh we'll see you at the weigh-in thanks for coming out today chicago
28:42so
28:50so
28:54so
29:00so
35:13It's not the most special guy that I've ever come across.
35:16That is it.
35:17The hype is real.
35:18The speed, the takedown, everything.
35:21That's why he's such a terrifying talent.
35:24There's the tap.
35:26Comes on Shemayev.
35:27How good is the team, how good is he?
35:28How good is he?
35:29He's 16 and 0 and deserving of all the hype.
35:34But this is a different level.
35:36I'm constantly evolving, trying to get better.
35:40It's not about the person, it's not about the person that I'm fighting.
36:10You got me down.
36:11I'm getting back.
36:12You got me down.
36:13You got me down, I'm getting back up.
36:15You got me down, I'm getting back up again.
36:16You realize, yeah, you took me down, but that doesn't mean anything.
36:20What happens when I take you down?
36:21He's got the choke.
36:22There's the top.
36:23And stills.
36:25All the guys he fought, no one of them was undefeated.
36:31I don't know how to lose, but he knows.
36:33Comes on Shemayo.
36:36He is not inhuman.
36:37He can be hurt.
36:38He gets tired.
36:40If it goes a distance, I'll win.
36:42If I finish him, I'll win.
36:43Just like that, Drake is Duplessis.
36:46Drake, you can't stop my takedowns on some missions.
36:49I take him down and smash him, you know?
36:51I have to jump! I have to kick it!
36:53I will prove to this guy and to the world I am the greatest.
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