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Watch the UFC 320: Ankalaev vs Pereira 2 Pre-Fight Press Conference live on Friday at 8pm ET / 5pm PT!
Watch the UFC 320: Ankalaev vs Pereira 2 Pre-Fight Press Conference live on Friday at 8pm ET / 5pm PT!
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00:00We gotta run it back again.
00:01The rematch that we have all been waiting for.
00:04Oh! The Butcher does it!
00:07We have a new champion of the world!
00:09Me and Isaiah are levels above everybody in this division.
00:12I want the biggest match in Power Slap history.
00:14Let's do it again.
00:15Here we go!
00:18For the first time ever, we have a trilogy.
00:20The Butcher is all business.
00:24The Puerto Rican pretty boy.
00:25On an absolute mission.
00:27They're gonna slap each other's heads off.
00:29Let's go!
00:30My goodness!
00:32Oh!
00:33Turned down, he slammed!
00:34But make no mistake, that man has a shit.
00:38History is being made once again from the beautiful Mountain Blue Las Vegas.
00:42Get ready for this.
00:43Here we go!
00:47Alex Pereira, this guy is a force of nature.
00:52The power is just extraordinary.
00:57But he hasn't seen anything like this.
01:00Oh!
01:01Arguably his most feared challenger, Magomed Onk Goliath.
01:04Oh!
01:04Nice right hand by Pereira.
01:06Another one.
01:08Oh!
01:08Oh, he hurt him!
01:09Massive left for Onk Goliath!
01:11Oh my goodness, what a fight.
01:13Onk Goliath on top of the MMA world!
01:19That man wants revenge.
01:22Quartan really wants to remind everyone who he is.
01:25Magomed Onk Goliath!
01:27So dangerous, so dominant.
01:28An absolute savage.
01:31This guy's unstoppable.
01:33Rob DeWallis really.
01:35He's a machine.
01:35He just melts, guys.
01:37Corey Sanhagen!
01:38He's fighting these sports high-level guys, and he shut their lights out.
01:41Two world championship fights.
01:43Welcome to the UFC 320 press conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.
01:54Two high-level championship fights headline one of the best cards of the year.
02:00We have an absolute banger in the light heavyweight division.
02:04To the stage first, a rare combination of power and speed at 205 pounds.
02:10He has the precision for a technical battle and the power for an all-out war.
02:15This is the former title challenger, Khalil Roundtree Jr.
02:30And his opponent, a former champion who is on a quest to regain his belt.
02:41He's put on a show for the fans in every fight since making his UFC debut.
02:47And now looks to stamp himself as next up for the light heavyweight title.
02:51Please put your hands together for Yuri Prohaska!
03:00And now for our highly anticipated co-main event with the UFC bantamweight title on the line.
03:08To the stage first, one of the most complete mixed martial artists on the roster today.
03:14A winner of three of his last four, he's been fighting and beating the best of the best.
03:19And now, he finally gets his second crack at undisputed gold.
03:24Please welcome to the stage, the challenger, Corey, the Sandman, Sandhagen.
03:33Standing across the octagon, one of the most dominant champions of this generation.
03:39A cardio machine with a gas tank that never fails.
03:43His 13 straight wins are tied for the third longest streak in UFC history.
03:48Now, he's making the third defense of his bantamweight title.
03:52Introducing the UFC bantamweight champion of the world, Marabh, the machine, Dwalish Willy.
04:10And now, the rematch everyone has been waiting for with the light heavyweight championship up for grabs.
04:17To the stage first, one of the most feared strikers in UFC history.
04:23It took him just seven fights to become a two-weight UFC world champion.
04:28Six of his nine UFC wins have come against reigning or former UFC champions.
04:34Now, he's one of the biggest superstars in UFC history.
04:39Looking to reclaim the belt he once held.
04:41Please welcome to the stage, Alex Poetan Pereira.
04:47And his opponent.
04:55He silenced all the doubters in the first matchup.
04:58He is unbeaten over his last 14 fights and has been dominant all the way through.
05:04Now, he looks to put a stamp on the rematch and hold serve atop the light heavyweight mountain.
05:10Making the first defense of his light heavyweight title.
05:14Please welcome the champion, Magomed Ankalaev.
05:19Magomed, there was a post on your social media earlier this week saying that you had a message for every light heavyweight on this card.
05:36You're up there now with them all.
05:37What do you have to say?
05:46I want to prove everyone wrong and let people know who's the real champion here.
06:01And for Alex, what have you just made of Magomed's demeanor in the lead-up to this fight?
06:09Obviously, you guys have had some run-ins, a lot of words exchanged on social media and he just sent another message to you now.
06:14What do you think of his posture before this fight?
06:17There was a lot of things said, you found yourself, and what's he just said now?
06:22Well, since the first fight, the guy just said a lie.
06:25He lied and said that I said no, that I denied some fight for him.
06:29I never denied some fight for him.
06:31Dana White is here and ask him to ask him.
06:33He's been lying since the first fight.
06:35He said that I turned down fights against him, that I said no.
06:39Dana's right here, he can confirm it.
06:40Just ask Dana.
06:42Dana.
06:44Were there any fights declined?
06:46What?
06:47What do you want to know?
06:48What kind of bullshit you're starting here that I'm in the middle of now?
06:51He just asked me to ask you the question if any fights were declined between these two.
06:54This guy never turns down fights, ever.
06:56When he's injured, when he's not injured, this guy doesn't give a shit.
07:01He's on vacation, he says yes, it comes, believe me.
07:05And one for Murab.
07:06Murab, when Corey was speaking to us yesterday on Media Day,
07:09he said that he thinks Umar Nurmagomedov has equal or better offensive wrestling than you.
07:15I'm curious what you make of those comments.
07:17I will show him Saturday night.
07:20I thought we were striking.
07:23I'll show you everything.
07:24We're fighting mixed martial arts.
07:25Of course, I'm ready to knock you out.
07:28But whatever fight will go.
07:29You said you're going to shoot me.
07:30And I will show you.
07:32I will show you.
07:35Murab, what is it about Corey Sandhagen that makes you think you can get that knockout?
07:39And how aggressive will you be in trying to get it?
07:42That's for me.
07:43Say again?
07:44What is it about Corey Sandhagen that makes you feel you can knock him out?
07:48And how aggressive will you be in trying to land that punch?
07:52Nobody give me any problems, even in striking.
07:55You know, I fought Peter Yane.
07:56I fought Josie Aldo.
07:57I fought Sean O'Malley two times.
08:00Nobody can do shit.
08:02So I'm the goal.
08:04I'm the champion.
08:05And I will prove it again.
08:07Whatever fights will go, I'm ready.
08:09But my goal is to knock him out.
08:11I said I will finish Sean O'Malley's second fight.
08:14I did.
08:14So now, this is my second challenge.
08:17Not happening, Murab.
08:19Not happening.
08:19I'll show you.
08:20You wrestled all of those guys.
08:21You shot 60 times on Murab.
08:23Shut up.
08:24You are selling your balls picture on OnlyFans.
08:27How dare you talk to me.
08:29I made $2 million.
08:31I made $2 million with that.
08:34I saw those pictures.
08:35Your balls are very small.
08:39They are kind of small.
08:40You're right, Murab.
08:41Yeah.
08:41I have Georgian balls.
08:46Corey, you know, he says he's going to come out there and strike with you and try and knock
08:49you out.
08:50How quick do you think you'll turn him back into a wrestler?
08:54Quick.
08:54Murab's not going to do that.
08:56He's a liar.
08:57You know, he's not going to do that.
08:59So, whether he likes it or not, we're striking because he's not going to be able to take me
09:03down.
09:03And if he does, I'll get right back up.
09:05So, we're striking this fight whether he likes it or not.
09:07And that's not going to be a good night for him.
09:10And one question for Alex Pereira.
09:12Alex, what do you actually feel about Ancolia on a personal level at this point?
09:16You know, sometimes he's very aggressive online.
09:19You've had these run-ins at the PI.
09:20And then sometimes he's very calm when he actually sees you.
09:23What do you make of him on a personal level?
09:25No level of personal, what do you think of Ancolia?
09:27Because sometimes he's very aggressive on the internet.
09:29When you meet him, he's calm.
09:31What do you think of him personally, as a person?
09:34As a person, he seems to be a good guy.
09:36When we're in person, he seems like a nice guy from what he said at the PI, you know, but
09:49when he's far away, I can't understand what he's saying.
09:52I don't understand what he's saying.
09:53A lot of people believe it's not him posting online, and sometimes I believe that too.
10:10You know, going off of what I saw and what he said at the PI, you know, ask him.
10:14I think he was hiding at the PI.
10:18Question for Alex Poetan Pereira.
10:22You did some training with Sean Strickland in the lead-up to this fight.
10:26He used to train with Ankalaev.
10:28What type of secrets did he tell you about your opponent?
10:30I think there's no secret.
10:59The secret really is training, and Sean Strickland is a great guy with a lot of history, and
11:03you know, a lot of guys come to train, I mean, they don't come back, and Sean Strickland
11:07is a guy that always comes back and is always great training.
11:11Question for Marab.
11:13On Saturday night, you could become the first person in UFC history to achieve 100 takedowns.
11:20What would that mean to do that and defend your belt?
11:23Yeah, I'm looking for another record, another resume in my, in my, yeah, whatever it is.
11:33Sorry, sorry.
11:35And I sometimes, I think I speak English, but sometimes I forget.
11:39Yeah, man, listen, first of all, I'm ready for make weight, second, yeah, I'm ready for
11:48fight, whatever fights will go.
11:49I already have a record, even 97 takedowns, it's already record, and if, of course, if
11:55I hit 100 takedowns, it will be record my record, and it will be nice numbers, but maybe
12:00110, you know, we'll see.
12:05Question for Magomed.
12:08Magomed on Kalayev.
12:09It looked like you were about to respond when Alex said you were hiding from him at the
12:12PI.
12:13Do you have a response for that?
12:17Конечно, есть.
12:19Alex говорит, что я спрятался и...
12:21Давайте, давайте, еще.
12:33Вы, вы меня заряжайте.
12:36Поверьте мне, это наоборот вы делаете хуже, что болеете против меня, я накажу вашего парня.
12:43You guys are firing me up.
12:44It's okay.
12:45I'm gonna punish your boy.
12:48Я в эту, в эту субботу я нападу на него.
12:51Как на ворах, как будто он что-то украл у меня, поэтому сделайте это, вы меня сделайте сильнее.
12:58Saturday night, I'm gonna beat him up like he stole something from me.
13:03And my next question is for Khalil Rontri.
13:06We've seen a lot in the past of that wild style that jury brings to the cage.
13:10Do you see the opening there for you to go out there and punish him and capitalize inside the distance?
13:14I'd say, yeah, I mean, there's definitely openings, there's a possibility, but with Yiri, yeah, he's unpredictable.
13:24He brings a, you know, a ferocious style.
13:27So, let's see Saturday night.
13:29Absolutely.
13:31And for Yiri, from what you've seen from Khalil in the past, what do you see about him as a pawn?
13:35What do you make of him?
13:37What I saw on his style or for what?
13:42From his style, what stands out to you?
13:45In a fight, yeah?
13:46Okay.
13:47So, yeah, there is a many space to where to catch him.
13:50Yeah, he's starting from the deep stance and a lot of defense.
13:56So, there is a lot of keys what I trained for.
13:59So, yeah, that's it.
14:04Magomed.
14:06Magomed.
14:07If you beat Alex on Saturday, hands down, you are the face of the division.
14:11Because of that, are you planning to do more interviews, to be more active online, to be more mediatic?
14:18Because of that, since you are representing the whole division?
14:21I will defend my title on Saturday, and whoever is next, I'm going to just keep knocking them out.
14:46You know, there's a lot of new guys on the come-up.
14:49We're going to see what happens.
14:51The way you talked about his composure seems like you were a little bit bothered.
15:13Was he the one that bothered you the most so far in your career?
15:15Yeah, it's a little disrespectful.
15:43Everybody knows my history in the sport.
15:45Everybody knows my history that I had with alcohol, and how I inspire a lot of people.
15:49A lot of people look up to me.
15:51So, he could either motivate people and inspire people, or let me do it.
15:55But on October 4th, it's all over.
15:57Are you surprised that Vegas is booing you so much, and what do you have to do in order to fix that, so they like you now?
16:21Them booing me doesn't mean that I'm not good at all.
16:23I'm not good at all.
16:24I'm not good at all.
16:25I'm good at all.
16:26I'm good at all.
16:27I'm good at all.
16:28Them booing me doesn't mean they don't like me.
16:40It's just the reason is I keep beating their favorite fighters, and they're just mad at me.
16:57But I can't do nothing about it.
16:59You dominated Alex in the first fight, now you're a favorite in the second fight.
17:17Is there anything you think that Alex has, in which he's better than you?
17:40The reason he became a champion is because I wasn't there.
17:44And now I'm here, I'm going to put a stamp on this on Saturday, beat him again, and then all the questions will be answered.
17:58I was on my worst day, and that's all he could do.
18:00I did to you whatever I wanted to do.
18:14There was nothing else I could do.
18:16Hold on, hold on, hold on.
18:19I want to prove to everyone that you said that you're ready.
18:24Let's do this.
18:25I'll do this.
18:26I'll put it on you, as it's not normal.
18:28We'll see it.
18:29Hey, the good thing is, you're ready now.
18:31So we're going to see on Saturday.
18:33Don't say you...
18:34On Saturday, your manager won't be there to help you.
18:38Chama.
18:40Chama!
18:44Chama, Chama, Chama!
18:46No, Chama.
18:47Etiroso.
18:48Liar.
18:50Go ahead.
18:51There is no more Shama. We killed it.
19:00What's up Uncle Dana? It's Naz from the Win With Naz podcast based in Miami.
19:04Alex, you're no stranger to making adjustments.
19:07How is the preparation for this fight different from the last one?
19:21I was good. Now I feel very good.
19:24I'll correct it technically. I didn't really need it.
19:27I've been training a lot. I've been learning a lot.
19:31I've been learning a lot.
19:33Without me having evolved, fighting the same way I fought that day,
19:37with my good body, he won't win.
19:39The corrections I made were for my body.
19:41I wasn't feeling well that day and now I feel much better.
19:44I feel much more prepared.
19:46Speaking technically, there's really not much.
19:48You know, in reality is if I could fight him feeling my body well
19:52without making that many technical corrections, I'll beat him.
19:55One more question for Murab.
19:57Murab, you've defended your title multiple times now.
19:59We've seen you improve your cardio, your striking, your submission game.
20:02What else do you have in the bag of tricks?
20:04Hey, continue.
20:06There is more contenders in my weight class and I'm here to defend my belt.
20:12And it's only beginning for me.
20:14I'm getting better everywhere.
20:16And continue great training, man.
20:19You know, it was hard to get here, but now it's easy to be here
20:22and defending my belt, you know, because I'm getting more stronger
20:27and more experienced.
20:32Yes, ma'am. Go ahead.
20:34Thank you, guys.
20:35Alex, you have been champion in two divisions.
20:39If you beat Ankaleev Saturday night and get the light heavyweight belt back,
20:46would you be interested to go up to heavyweight and get three division champions?
20:52I'm focused just on this belt right now.
20:54I've always said I take one step at a time.
20:55So I need to take this belt back and then we'll see.
20:57I need to take this belt back and then we'll see.
21:13I need to take this belt back, and then we'll see.
21:15His coach was telling him to ask questions, he's like,
21:45a little puppet, you know, just so he doesn't come off looking as bad.
21:49He said, I hold my body.
21:51He said a lot of things because they know that I'm better.
21:53The improvement that I've made, the things that I've done,
21:56they know that I'm better.
22:06Say what your coach wanted you to say.
22:08No creativity there.
22:15I see you very nervous.
22:32Please, be patient.
22:33Couple of days.
22:34When the cage door closes, I'm going to show you what for.
22:37That's his coach's idea.
22:44Him and his manager, they want to appear more than the athlete.
22:52It doesn't matter what they say.
22:58It's just going to be me and you in the cage on Saturday.
23:03Ankalaev, do you think a decision win over Pereira will silence the haters,
23:09or do you need to finish a knockout to make them shut up?
23:12These people who are booing me, they're really lighting me up.
23:36So, I'm very hyped, and on Saturday, I'm going to finish this man.
23:42Iri Prohaska, the light heavyweight belt, it's on the line Saturday night.
23:48If you pass Khalil Rondry and get the title shot,
23:53who would you like to face, Ankalaev or Pereira?
23:57In this game, I really don't care.
23:59I really don't care who will be the champion right now.
24:02And I think Alex right now is looking much better than last time.
24:07But, like I'm every time saying, let the better win, let the better win.
24:14And I believe I'm going for that.
24:17Sorry, in my style, after all these losses,
24:22I believe I made improvement that I can go through to Khalil and go for the title.
24:29That's all.
24:30But right now, I'm fully focused for this Saturday night for Khalil Rondry.
24:37Khalil Rondry, do you feel like you are finally getting the respect
24:42that you worked all those years after the Pereira's fight?
24:46Because before that, I feel like people were overlooking you a little bit.
24:50Yeah, I think the Pereira fight definitely allowed the fans to see a little bit more of me,
24:54what I'm capable of, and to see, like, the heart that I'm willing to give
24:57in the fight for the fans.
25:01Yeah, that was an incredible fight.
25:03I did everything that I could.
25:05And, yeah, I think that there's definitely fan appreciation now.
25:09And there's appreciation on my end from all the guys out there
25:12that support me from that fight.
25:13So, yeah.
25:13Merab, Merab, how do you know that Corey posts on OnlyFans?
25:21Are you a subscriber?
25:25Someone sent me these pictures.
25:28He's a subscriber.
25:29I have the emails.
25:34Go ahead.
25:36Question for Jiri.
25:37Jiri, you were very proud over the summer to get your master's degree.
25:40If you get a knockout on Saturday, do you feel you have earned your PhD in violence?
25:46Man, don't play it.
25:48Don't do that.
25:49I don't want to promise that.
25:51Because I think the next level, the PhD, will be just my ego game.
25:56Like, to accomplish the next level of that.
25:59Because I believe in all-life learning.
26:03You know, you have to still improve your memories in your brain
26:07to still work on yourself.
26:09And that was my motivation to be better.
26:12To be a better fighter, a better person, to make my style better.
26:16Yeah, maybe I can do some curses or no PhD, you know, don't want to.
26:23Maybe, maybe.
26:24We'll see.
26:25But one thing you can be sure.
26:27I'm going the Saturday night to give it all and I will show that I made a step up.
26:34Let's go for that.
26:35Let's go.
26:36One more for you, Jiri.
26:37A lot of people, when they talk about this fight, they think Jiri probably wants to create
26:42more chaos.
26:43Khalil will probably try to keep it more technical.
26:45Do you agree or disagree with that?
26:47Maybe we can change that.
26:49Maybe he can do the chaos and I can be the strategic.
26:53But one thing I can be sure.
26:56Every time I'm going in the cage, I'm trying to keep myself a little bit down, keep myself
27:02down and be strategic.
27:03But, you know, I like to go through the opponent.
27:08I will push that.
27:09Even if I don't want, that's my nature.
27:13That's the nature inside me.
27:15And then, let's go for that.
27:18Just sit.
27:20For Khalil, same question.
27:21Do you see that as your technicality against his own orthodox attack or do you feel like
27:26it's something different?
27:27You heard the man.
27:28He said he's coming for it.
27:29So let's go for that.
27:31Let's go for that.
27:32This is for you.
27:33Yeah, let's go for that.
27:37Drav, what's left for you to achieve to consider yourself as the greatest bantamweight of all
27:43time?
27:45Like I said, it's just beginning for me.
27:50My plan is to fight in 16 more years until I will be 50 years old.
27:55And we will see.
27:57You know, of course, maybe when I will be 45, maybe I'm not will be champion, but I still
28:04I will still fight.
28:06And I'm sure I will make a lot of record and good fights and stuff like this.
28:12You know, listen, I'm hungry and I want to keep fighting.
28:16So we will see.
28:17You know.
28:18Thank you all my Georgian fans to support me and give me this energy.
28:42Alright, last question right here.
28:48Question for Marab.
28:50People are calling you the bantamweight goat.
28:52If you win this weekend, you would have beaten all the top contenders in your division.
28:57When do you want to set up that super fight with Volkanovski to become a double champ?
29:02Hey, that's up to you guys.
29:05I'm a goat or not.
29:07Yes, but listen, I keep fighting.
29:09I'm going forward.
29:11But hey, Volkanovski is great fighter.
29:14You know, I would love to fight super fights in 145 division.
29:18But, you know, I have so much respect for Alex Volkanovski and I don't want to challenge.
29:24You know, listen, we will see.
29:27You know, for now I'm playing, I'm focusing for Corey Sangegan and then defending, keep defending my belt and we will see in the future.
29:37We will talk UFC both Dana White, Hunter and we will see.
29:42And last one for Alex Pereira.
29:46Alex, you usually have the shaved head, that means you're ready for war, but people are loving your new look with the best hairline in the UFC.
29:53Will we see a return of the bald head in the Octagon this weekend?
29:58Geralmente você raspa a cabeça aquele look de guerra, mas tá todo mundo gostando disso aí.
30:03Tem o melhor cabeleira do UFC.
30:05Você vai raspar pro sábado?
30:06Bom, eu pedi a opinião dos fãs, né, pelo Instagram, pelo meu canal no YouTube e eles decidiram, né, pra mim manter a tradição aí, usar o meu short, né, com os motivos indígenas e raspar a cabeça.
30:20I asked my fans online on Instagram and YouTube and they decided, they wanted me to wear the shorts with the Indian motif and they wanted me to shave my head, so that's it.
30:30Alright, we're gonna rip this stuff out of here, do some face-offs, thanks for coming everybody.
32:30I got it!
32:32I gotta get back on!
32:34I gotta go there!
32:37Back to...
32:39We'll be back!
32:41Yuri!
32:43Yeah!
32:47Yo!
32:50Yo, I'm going...
32:52Yo!
32:54Yo!
32:56Yo!
32:58Awesome, thank you guys.
34:34No shama.
34:40No shama.
34:42Alex Pereira, this guy is a force of nature.
35:03Furley wants to remind everyone who he is.
35:06Magomed Akalayan!
35:07So dangerous, so dominant.
35:09An absolute savage.
35:10This guy is unstoppable.
35:14Rob DeWallis, really.
35:15He's a machine.
35:16He just melts, guys.
35:17Corey Samhagen!
35:19He's fought high-level guys, and he shut their lights off.
35:21Two world championship fights.
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36:11Props, spreads, same-game parlays, over-unders, futures, and even live betting during the fight.
36:17Not doing a walkout.
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