00:00Happy Birthday America!
00:03Thanks for coming out today, we appreciate it.
00:06One thing I want to touch on before we get started here.
00:09World Liberty Financial will serve as a presenting partner
00:13and are adding another $250,000 to the bonuses
00:17for the fighters that night.
00:20So, two athletes who earn fight of the night
00:22are going to earn $400,000 each
00:26and then the two performance of the bonuses
00:29will get $425,000 each.
00:33Congratulations, everybody. Good luck.
00:35Who's got the first question?
00:37Question for Ilya Teporia, the champion.
00:40Ilya, you'd be very confident through this fight week.
00:43Justin Gaethje says he's going to change your face on Sunday.
00:47What is your response to that?
00:50He can try. He can try.
00:52I know that I'm the best in the world.
00:54He's going to have the octagon.
00:56In two more days, we are going to share the same place.
00:59And he can prove me wrong.
01:01I feel that I'm the best.
01:03If you think that I'm not, just prove me wrong if you can.
01:07But I have my doubts.
01:08I know that I'm going to take his lads out in the first round.
01:11This is all I know.
01:13And for Justin, 17 have tried against Ilya.
01:16All of them have failed.
01:17Why are you different and why are you going to get this win?
01:20Yeah, there's no doubt this guy is one of the best in the world.
01:23He's number two on the pound for pound list.
01:25But I have fought the best of the best.
01:27I have so much experience in the cage.
01:29And I'm going to use that experience to be great.
01:32All I got to do is go in there and be perfect.
01:33I trust in my abilities and fighting is crazy.
01:36And so I'm going to go in there and put it on the line.
01:39That's all I can do.
01:40Once again for you, Ilya, you are number two pound for pound right now.
01:45You've held that number one spot before.
01:47What are you going to do on Sunday to reclaim it?
01:50For myself, I'm the number one.
01:50Don't even say that I'm the number two.
01:53For myself, I'm the number one.
01:55What are you going to do?
01:56Show that to the people who do the rankings.
02:00What was the question?
02:01How are you going to show that to the people in the rankings with this win?
02:04Knock my opponent out in the first round.
02:08Who's got the next question?
02:10Jumping out with KO Sports.
02:12This one's for Ilya.
02:13Ilya, no one has ever knocked out Justin Gaethje in the first round.
02:17You say you'll do it in two minutes.
02:19What makes you so confident you'll be the first to knock him out early?
02:23No one even knocked out Max Holloway.
02:27And I was the first one to take his lights out.
02:30And why not with Justin to do the same thing to him?
02:36And Justin in the bottom of his heart, he knows that I'm going to knock him out in the first
02:40round.
02:41Not true.
02:42He knows that.
02:42Not true.
02:43Of course.
02:44You might know it, but no, definitely not.
02:47Okay.
02:47Not how it works.
02:49I don't think so.
02:50I'm going to be the one who is going to play.
02:51I don't think so.
02:53The incredible hook is going for Gaethje, for America.
02:57Take his mic off.
02:59And Gaethje is going to pressure.
03:01Shut up.
03:03Boy, just shut up.
03:04He's going to pressure, and he's going to make it dirty.
03:07That's what the incredible hook thinks, and that's why he's going for Gaethje.
03:11But Taporia, I'm a big fan.
03:14You knock everybody out.
03:15But Gaethje, I think he's ready.
03:17He's hungry.
03:18And, yeah.
03:21Next question for Justin.
03:22You said your plan is to move forward in this fight.
03:26Ilya says that's exactly what he wants you to do.
03:29Are you sure that is the best way to beat Ilya Taporia?
03:33I'm sure that my coach has come up with a magnificent plan for me.
03:38The coach is not going to be in there with you.
03:40We have been training.
03:41They're going to be alone in that octagon with me.
03:43Yeah, me and you, buddy.
03:44That's how it works.
03:45No one is going to be helping you.
03:46That's how it works.
03:48Me and you.
03:49Just me and you.
03:49You are talking about your coach as one of the best.
03:52You are not even the world champion.
03:54That's what we're doing.
03:55What makes him the best if you are not even the best?
03:59What makes him?
03:59What makes my coach the best?
04:01Oh, his success as a coach.
04:02You are not even the best.
04:03Sure.
04:04For sure.
04:05What makes you coach the best if you are not the best?
04:08His success as a coach.
04:09Other athletes, myself, our accomplishments, his accomplishments as a whole.
04:14That's what I would say.
04:15So, what makes my coach the best in the world?
04:18Because I won the War Tide in the featherweight division.
04:21I defended successfully.
04:23Then I move up in the light.
04:24There's no doubt about it in the title.
04:26So, my coach is the best in the world.
04:28My coach is pretty good.
04:29I'm the best in the world.
04:29I'm the best coach in the world.
04:31That's right.
04:31My coach is the best in the world, man.
04:33Can we all get along?
04:37Greg Jackson is a good coach too.
04:39Mike Winklejohn is a good coach.
04:41Yeah.
04:42And they all got coached under Greg Jackson.
04:45I'm sorry.
04:45I second that.
04:47But can we all get along?
04:50Last one for Justin Gaethje.
04:51Justin Ilya says he wants to knock you out in front of your father and your country.
04:57What did you make of those comments?
04:59And did you expect the fight to get this personal?
05:02Of course.
05:03Fighting is personal.
05:05We're fucking trying to beat each other up.
05:07That's what we do.
05:08That's what this sport is.
05:09None of you guys understand how serious it is.
05:11Only us fighters understand the consequences of getting in there every single time.
05:16And for some of us we love it.
05:19For some of you guys.
05:20You could never dream of taking these chances and taking these risks.
05:25That's what we do though.
05:26As fighters.
05:28Whatever.
05:28Question for Ayman Zahabi.
05:30It was Spanish to me.
05:33Last question.
05:34Go ahead.
05:34Vic Blance here.
05:36My question is for Ilya and Justin.
05:38Ilya, if you were to team up with Alex.
05:41Justin, you were to team up with Hokit.
05:44The four of you trapped in a room.
05:46Only two could walk out alive.
05:48Who's going to make it out that room?
05:51I live this answer to Justin.
05:54I'm not here for hypothetical questions.
05:57I have a real dangerous opponent in front of me.
06:00That's all I'm worried about.
06:01Can I interject please?
06:05I think Teporia is so mad because he's so short he can't see himself in the bathroom mirror.
06:11And he married a stripper from Miami.
06:15I'm sorry.
06:17The Incredible Hokie.
06:20He'd just be getting me in trouble.
06:22I'm sorry.
06:24Teporia, I'm a real big fan though.
06:26You're still my favorite.
06:28You have a tough task ahead of you.
06:31And Gaethje's real hungry.
06:32And he's American.
06:36Most importantly, that's what The Incredible Hokie says.
06:40Hey guys, thanks for coming out tonight.
06:42I'm going to square these guys off for photo ops.
06:45We'll see you tomorrow.
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