>>>, OF COURSE NOT THE RESULT YOU WANTED, BUT AN INCREDIBLY ENTERTAINING, FUN FIGHT TONIGHT. HOW DID YOU FEEL, OBVIOUSLY NOT GETTING THE WIN. BUT HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR PERFORMANCE THIS EVENING? >> I FEEL GREAT. AND HM-MM, I'M VERY PROUD OF MYSELF, SO, I'M TOTALLY FINE. NIGHT TIME IN GOOD MOOD. NOT LIKE LAST TIME AT THE GARDEN WHEN I MET YOU GUYS. AND WHEN I HEARD THE, THE, THE, WHEN I HEARD BRUCE BUFFER SAYING THE NUMBERS, HOW THE JUDGES SCORE THE CARDS. I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I EXPECTED THAT I WAS GOING TO WIN BY SPLIT DECISION. BUT WHEN I HEARD THE DIFFERENCE, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE HAVE GOT THE WIN EASY. EVEN SAY MY COACHES. SO, IT WAS A REALLY BIG SURPRISE AND THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE. 142-84 AND LANDED 132 STRIKES FROM ME, AND 8 THREE FROM ROSE. THAT IS THE ANSWER. THAT'S THE ANSWER. >> DID YOU, WERE YOU GUYS SCORING THE ROUNDS AS YOU GO ALONG? DO YOU DO IT IN THE CORNER, DO YOU KNOW WHAT ROUNDS YOU THINK YOU WON? >> YEAH, WE THOUGHT THE SECOND ROUND WAS SUPER CLOSE, BUT MAN, LIKE, MORE KICKS FROM ME, AND I FELT GREAT.
YOU COULD SEE ME LIKE, SHE GOT OUT FROM THE THIRD ROUND AND I WAS READY TO GO WITH EVERY OF ROUND, I COULD FIGHT TEN MORE ROUNDS AND AT THE END OF EVERY BREAK, I WAS ON MY FEET AND READY TO GO. THAT'S THE THING, IF I KNEW THAT THEY WERE LIKE S THE CARDS LIKE THIS, I DIDN'T LEAVE THE FIGHT IN JUDGES HANDS, BUT I FELT LIKE I COULD DO MORE EVEN. BUT I FELT I WAS WINNING THE FIGHT. I FELT I WAS WINNING THE FIGHT.
AND HERE, I'M NOT COMPLAINING THAT I LOST OR NOT. I'M REALLY DIFFERENT FIGHTER. I HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR MYSELF AND FOR THE SPORT. I FEEL GREAT. >> LAST THING FROM ME, YOU FOCUSED ON POSITIVITY AND THE CHANGES AND ALL THE GOOD THINGS, WHERE DO YOU GO GREAT HERE, IT'S TOUGH SOMETIMES FOR A CHALLENGER TO BE 0-2 AGAINST A CHAMPION TO GET A THIRD FIGHT. DO YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON OTHER GOALS? >> OF COURSE, RIGHT NOW, I SPEND LIKE LONG WEEKS IN TRAINING. WITH MY COACHES. I'M FAR AWAY FROM MY FAMILY AND RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO GO ON VACATION ON TUESDAY AND GO BACK TO POLAND ON SUNDAY AND NEXT WEEK. I JUST ENJOY MY TIME. THAT IS IT. I WILL SEE. BUT I FEEL LIKE, MAN, THIS FIGHT WAS SO CLOSE. YOU KNOW. AND LIKE, I SAID, PEOPLE WERE ASKING, WHY I HAVE GOT THE REMATCH AND IF I WAS GOING TO GIVE THE REMATCH.
IF I WON THE FIGHT. BUT I WAS THE CHAMP FOR A REASON FOR A LONG TIME. SO, I THINK THERE'S NOT GOING TO — OR THERE'S NOT BORN YET A FEMALE FIGHTER WHO IS GOING TO TIE MY RECORD OR ROSIE'S RECORD. >> IS THIS A TOUGHER LOSS TO ACCEPT BECAUSE YOU WERE KNOCKED OUT IN THE FIRST ONE? >> I WAS SO SUCCESSFUL IN MY CAREER, I'M PROUD OF MYSELF. THAT SIS IT. I SEE LOSING DIFFERENT. WITH MY FIRST FIGHT, THE WEIGHT CUT IMPACTED MY PERFORMANCE. 14 HOURS OF WEIGHT CUT, OF DYING, DYING, SO, YOU COULD IMAGINE HOW MY BODY FELT IN THE FIRST FIGHT.
BUT I GAVE EVERYTHING THAT I HAD THIS TIME. >> AND THEN I WAS WONDERING, YOUR KICKS WERE EVIDENCE AND SHE HAD WELTS ON THEIR LEG AND DO YOU FEEL THAT WAS NOT TAKEN IN TO ACCOUNT ENOUGH? >> THE FIRST PART ON THE QUESTION, SAY AGAIN? >> JUST SAYING, DID YOU FEEL LIKE THEY DID NOT SCORE THE KICKS WELL ENOUGH, IT SEEMED THAT YOU DID A LOT OF DAMAGE TO HER LEAD LEG AND DO YOU FEEL IT WAS OVERLOOKED? >> LET'S SEE HOW SHE WALKS TOMORROW. >> QUICK QUESTION OVER HERE. YOU ALREADY ANSWERED THE WEIGHT CUT QUESTION, I WILL SKIP THAT. IS 125 STILL A POSSIBILITY FOR THE FUTURE OR DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK? >> WHEN I HAVE BEEN COMPETING IN MUAY THAI AND MMA, I WAS COMPETING ON 25 AND IT WAS EASY.
BUT I PUT ON GREAT WORK WITH MY DIET. THIS CAMP FOR FIRST FIVE WEEKS. I DROP MY WEIGHT TO 128. SO, I WAS PRETTY LIGHT THE WHOLE CAMP, AFTER THAT, I STARTED TO WORK WITH GEORGE LOCKHART, BUT I USE MY KNOWLEDGE AS WELL, WE PUT ON GREAT WORK. SO, WE WILL SEE. I FEEL GREAT IN 115 DIVISION. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL SEE. WE WILL SEE WHERE I WILL GO AFTER THE VACATION AND WE SEE AND TALK TO DANA AND THE MATCHMAKERS. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. SHE SAID AFTERWARDS THAT SHE FELT HEAVY AND WAS NOT HAPPY WITH HER PERFORMANCE. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HER COMPARED, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF HER PERFORMANCE? >> SHE FEEL LIKE IT WAS GOOD ON OR NOT? >> SHE SEEMED CRITICAL OF HERSELF.
SHE SAID SHE FELT HEAVY. >> HEAVY? >> AND NOT VERY TECHNICAL, SHE SAID. >> I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, THE FIRST ROUND ALWAYS IS LIKE, ABOUT READING EACH OTHER. YOU KNOW, SO, I DON'T KNOW. IT, I'M NOT ROSE. I KNOW THAT I PUT ON A HELL OF GREAT PERFORMANCE AND GREAT FIGHT TONIGHT. >> DO YOU RECALL, I KNOW IT'S FRESH, DO YOU RECALL SPECIFICALLY WHICH ROUNDS YOU THOUGHT YOU WON FOR SURE? >> I DON'T KNOW. I MUST SIT AND TALK TO COACHES AGAIN AND WATCH THE FIGHT. BUT, THE SECOND ROUND, I THOUGHT IT WAS SPLIT. WE SAW THE JUDGES CARD, EVERYONE WAS SCORING DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT ROUND FOR DIFFERENT FIGHTER. BUT THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE. THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE AND THE SN SIGNIFICANT STRIKES ARE TELLING THE TRUTH, YOU KNOW? >> I KNOW YOU ARE FRESH OFF THE LOSS, BUT HOW MUCH LONGER DO YOU SEE YOURSELF FIGHTING? >> YOU WANT ME TO STOP FIGHT SOMETHING.
>> NO, I SAID HOW MUCH LONGER DO YOU SEE YOURSELF FIGHTING? >> I DON'T KNOW. WE WILL SEE. WE WILL SEE. >> AND DO YOU THINK THE PERFORMANCE YOU HAD TONIGHT WILL BEAT ANYBODY ELSE IN THE DIVISION? >> HEY, COME O N, YOU CAN SEE TE OTHER FEMALE STRAW WEIGHTS FIGHTING AND COMPARE ME TO THEM. COME ON. THEY CAN'T COMPARE THEMSELVES TO ME. THEY CANNOT. THEY ALL ARE ONLY JEALOUS AND TALKING TOO MUCH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TIME. I'M TELLING TO THEM, BOW DOWN, BOW DOWN. I'M THE QUEEN. >> IS THERE ANYBODY IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN YOUR NEXT FIGHT? >> SAY AGAIN? >> ANYBODY IN PARTICULAR YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE NEXT FIGHT ANYBODY IN PARTICULAR DO YOU WANT TO SEE IN YOUR NEXT FIGHT? >> I DON'T KNOW, THE BEST, THE BEST. THANK YOU, GUYS. >>. >>> WHAT IS UP, GANG? THE GATE WAS OVER $3 MILLION. THE ATTENDANCE IS 17,026, A FULL SELL-OUT.
IT'S THE HIGHEST GROSSING SPORTING EVENT IN BARCLAY'S HISTORY. MADISON SQUARE FWAR– GARDEN, WE NUMBER ONE AND THREE, HERE, WE ARE NUMBER ONE. WE BROKE OUR OWN RECORD CONSIDERING THE WEEK WITH WE HAVE HAD. AMAZING. VERY HAPPY. LET ME SEE, FIGHT OF THE NIGHT. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY — IT WAS THE FIGHT OF THE NIGHT. M MERCIER GETS THE BONUS AND CHRIS, FOR THE STOPPAGE, THEY ALL WON $50,000, CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD. >> DANA, I WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS OF H — OF KHABIB'S PERFORMANCE, ALL HE WENT THROUGH TO TAKE THREE DIFFERENT OPPONENTS AND STILL TURN IN A PERFORMANCE LIKE THAT? I THINK HIS PERFORMANCE WAS AMAZING. >> I HONESTLY BELIEVE THERE'S THREE GUYS IN THIS COMPANY, OR IN FIGHTING THAT WITH WOULD HAVE STAYED AND DONE, AND STAYED IN THE FIGHT. NO DOUBT, CONOR McGREGOR. OKAY. COWBOY SERONE AND KHABIB, I MEAN, THE STUFF THAT THIS GUY WENT THROUGH PHYSICALLY EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY THIS WEEK, MANY PEOPLE, I HAVE BEEN ON THE SIDE WHERE, THE GUY WHO WAS THE CHAMP, AND HAD A FULL CAMP WON'T TAKE A GUY WHO IS COMING OFF OF A SHORT, IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.
AND WHAT THAT GUY HAS BEEN THROUGH AND HE CAME AND HE FOUGHT. AND MUCH RESPECT TO AL TOO. YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR A PAYCHECK. HE CAME TO WIN. HE IS A TOUGH GUY. >> JUST TO BE CLEAR FOR THE RECORD. THE BELT THAT KHABIB IS THE ONLY BELT, NO FERGUSON, McGREG OR, NO BELT. >> SAY AGAIN? >> IT'S THE ONLY BELT NOW? >> THAT'S IT, THAT'S THE ONLY BELT. >> SO WITH THAT IN MIND, HE CALLS OUT GEORGE ST-PIERRE, NOT McGREG OR OR FERGUSON. >> HE DID? >> DO YOU LIKE IT? >> I DO HAVE ANY IDEAS AFTER THIS WEEK, MAN. MY BRAIN IS SCRAMBLED AND I AM A PHYSICAL MESS. I'M JUST PRAYING FOR SUNDAY. I AM, I'M SO GLAD IT'S OVER AND THAT WAS JUST SUCH A POSITIVE OUTCOME FOR THE COMPANY MP, AND AGAIN, I HAVE TO THANK THE FANS TOO.
THERE WERE NO RETURNS. THE TICKETS PICKED UP AND SOLD AND IT'S JUST, IT'S INCREDIBLE. SO, THANK YOU TO THE FANS. SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHEN I WAS WALKING IN. SOME OF THE FANS WERE SAYING, THANK GOD YOU DID NOT CANCEL IT, I FLEW IN FROM LONDON AND IT COST ME $10,000. THINGS LIKE THAT. SO — SHOW TURNED IN TO SOMETHING PRETTY GOOD. >> I WANT TO ASK YOU QUICKLY, I SAW YOU TALKING WITH THE COMMISSION CAGE SIDE, PAUL FELDER WAS NEVER AN OPTION FOR THE COMMISSION? CAN YOU COMMENT ON IT? >> YEAH, LET ME TELL YOU THIS. THE COMMISSION WAS OUTSTANDING AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR, YOU KNOW, HANGING IN THERE WITH US THIS WEEK TOO.
YEAH, LITSTEN, THEY HAVE THEIR RULES AND REGS HERE, AND IT IS WHAT IT IS IT IS. >> SEEMS LIKE SOME CONFUSION. >> HUH? >> SEEMS LIKE CONFUSION THAT YOU HOPED TO GET PAUL IN THERE AND THEY SAID HE WAS NEVER CONSIDERED. >> JUST TO CLEAR IT UP, JUST TO NOT GIVE THIS GUY ATTENTION, BUT HE SAID, WE BREAK THE RULES AND ALL THE OTHER — WHAT IS THAT GUY? JUST KEEP TRYING TO BE HBO AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT THE — WE ARE DOING. YOU SLIMY LITTLE RAT. >> IT JUST, LAST THING FROM ME, DANA. QUICKLY, IT'S BEEN 24 HOURS SINCE TALKING, ANY UPDATES FROM CONOR McGREGOR? >> IS WHAT? >> JUST THE SITUATION IN GENERAL, HIS LEGAL SITUATION, YOUR SITUATION IN GENERAL? >> WE TALKED YESTERDAY.
>> HOW DID IT GO? >> IT'S GOOD, THERE'S A MUTUAL RESPECT BETWEEN US, AND OBVIOUSLY, THIS WEEK, I HAVE HAD SO MANY THINGS THROWN AT ME THIS WEEK, IT'S JUST, TO FOCUS ON THE SHOW, WAS INSANE. WE WILL GET BACK AND WE WILL FOCUS ON CONOR McGREGOR. >> RIGHT NOW, DANA, RIGHT NOW, DANA, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FIRM, YOU KNOW, PLAN OF ATTACK OR OF WHAT YOU WILL DO ACTION WISE WITH CONNOR? >> NO. NO. I'M, NO. >> YOU, WHEN YOU, I MEAN, YOU OBVIOUSLY HAD SOMETHING IN MIND BEFORE HE GETS TO NEW YORK, ARE WHERE YOU LOOKING AT — >> HE KDIDN'T COME TO NEW YORK O DO ANYTHING WITH ME. HE JUMPED ON THE PLANE TO COME TO NEW YORK FOR THE KHABIB THING, THAT'S NOT TRUE, HE CAME FOR KHABIB, NOT TO MEET ME. >> WHEN DID YOU THINK DATE WISE THAT HE WOULD FIGHT AGAIN? >> I DIDN'T KNOW CONNOR WAS HERE. THERE WAS THING IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE WHERE A COUPLE OF GUYS WERE ACTING LIKE THEY KNEW SOMETHING THAT HE WAS COMING HERE TO MEET, OR HE WAS COMING HERE.
YOU KNOW, SO, NO, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM COMING HERE. >> BUT, DID YOU HAVE A DATE IN MIND, LIKE YOU WANT HIM TO FIGHT WHEN? AND BEFORE HAD THIS HAPPEN INSIDE. >> SEPTEMBER, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HIM FIGHTING IN SEPTEMBER. >> DO YOU THINK IT STILL POSSIBLE AT ALL? >> I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. YOU CAN'T ASK ME ANYTHING ABOUT CONOR, I DON'T ANYTHING ABOUT CONOR I HAVE NOT THOUGHT ABOUT IT. THERE'S NOTHING TO THINK ABOUT THIS WEEK EXCEPT FOR THIS EVENT. >> I THINK IN EVERY WEIGHT CLASS YOU WANT THE GUY WHO IS THE CHAMPION TO BE FEELING LIKE HE IS THE BEST FIGHTER IN THE DIVISION. DID YOU FEEL THAT WAY AT THE END OF THE FIGHT WITH KHABIB TONIGHT? >> DID I FEEL LIKE — YEAH, YEAH, I MEAN, KHABIB IS UNBELIEVABLE.
THE FACT THAT KHABIB GOT THROUGH THIS WEEK, STAYED IN THE FIGHT, WENT OUT AND FOUGHT TONIGHT, IT'S JUST, THAT GUY, YOU KNOW, HE WAS JUST TELLING ME, I HAVE NOT BEEN HOME TO SEE MY KIDS SINCE SEPTEMBER. HE IS TELLING ME EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS BEEN THROUGH TO GET TO TONIGHT. AND THEN TO GET HERE THIS WEEK, IT'S DRAINING ME. I AM DRAINED AND I DIDN'T DO — I'M DRAINED. YOU KNOW? I COULD NOT IMAGINE GOING THROUGH THE WEEK THAT I WENT THROUGH AND THEN HAVING TO GO FIGHT. THAT'S JUST, I CAN'T IMAGINE. >> H HI, DANA. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY AGREEMENTS ABOUT YOUR TOURNAMENT IN RUSSIA, AND IF I UNDERSTAND RIGHT, KHABIB WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT? >> ABOUT US COMING TO RUSSIA? >> YEAH. >> YEAH, I'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR A LONG TIME. WE ARE DEFINITELY COMING TO RUSSIA. BUT THAT IS ALL THE INFORMATION I HAVE ABOUT THAT. I KNOW, IT SUCKS, THAT IS ALL I GOT. >> AND HOW ABOUT KHABIB — >> KHABIB FIGHTING IN RUSSIA, IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE ASKING ME? >> YEAH, I MEAN, THAT WOULD MAKE A LOT OF SENTENCE.
I THINK IF — A LOT OF SENSE. I THINK IF WE GO TO RUSSIA WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE A FIGHT FIRST WITHOUT HIM, AND THEN, IT WOULD BE AWESOME TO HAVE A HUGE FIGHT WITH HIM. >> THANK YOU. KEV? >> DAY NARCOTICS COULD YOU POSSIBLY, I WAS NOT GOING ASK THIS. COULD YOU DO KHABIB AND CONOR IN RUSSIA A? WITH SDUECURITY, COULD YOU DO I? >> OH, MY GOD, I DON'T KNOW. SERIOUSLY, I REALLY CAN'T ANSWER ANY CONOR QUESTIONS UNTIL I, YOU KNOW — THINGS HAVE TO PLAY OUT. HE HAS TO GO TO COURT IN JUNE. >> THIS QUESTION, YOU KNOW, INDIRECTLY ABOUT CONR — CONOR, IS THE COMPANY IN BETTER OR WORSE SHAPE AFTER THIS WEEK.
YOU KEPT THE SHOW TOGETHER AND HAD A GREAT NIGHT. YOU KNOW, THE NEGATIVE OF COURSE, YOUR BIGGEST STAR IS, YOU KNOW, ARRESTED AND LOOKED LIKE A FOOL. I MEAN, SO, IS THE COMPANY IN BETTER OR WORSE SHAPE THAN IT WAS COMING HAD IN TO THE WEEK? >> WE ARE IN WAY BETTER SHAPE. WAY BETTER SHAPE. YEAH, IN A PERFECT WORLD, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF CONOR DIDN'T SHOW UP AND DO THAT. AND OBVIOUSLY, I DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING. OR I WOULD HAVE TRIED VERY HARD TO PREVENT THAT. BUT, YEAH, I MEAN, WE BROKE THE ARENA RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST GROSSING. WE BROKE OUR OWN RECORD, WE DIDN'T JUST BREAK IT, WE BLEW IT OUT OF THE WATER. WE BEAT IT BY A MILLION DOLLARS. THE PAY PER VIEWS WERE GREAT TOO. SO, YEAH, IT WAS AWESOME. >> I MEAN, WAS THERE, IS THERE ANY DAMAGE THAT COMES WITH, YOU KNOW, THE IMPRESSIONS THAT WERE CREATED BY WHAT HAPPENED THE OTHER TAKE? — THE OTHER DAY? >> WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT HAPPENED. WE CANNOT CHANGE THAT.
UNFORTUNATELY. BUT WE HAVE TO — LISTEN, PEOPLE SAY TO ME, YOU KNOW, OH, THIS LOOKS SO BAD FOR THE SPORT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I AGREE, IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. BUT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE'S A LOT WORSE THAT GOES ON, IN ALL THE OTHER SPORTS. SO, TOOK A DOLLY THROUGH A WINDOW ANY DAY. >> TO TALK ABOUT KHABIB, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF GRAPPLING HE HAS, AND EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THAT IS.
HE WENT IN AGAINST AL AND STOOD AND STRUCK WITH HIM FOR TWO OR THREE ROUNDS, RIGHT? AND AL DID NOT TRAIN FOR A FIVE-ROUND FIGHT, I GET THAT. HE LOOKED GOOD STRIKING TOO. HE IS DEVELOPING IN TO AN ALL AROUND FIGHTER, NOT JUST A ONE DIMENSIONAL GUY, DO YOU AGREE? >> YES, OBVIOUSLY HIS MOVE PUTTING YOU ON THE GROUND AND PINS AND TRAPS THE ARM, AND SMASHES YOU. IT'S TOUGHER TO DO WITH AL, HE IS A STRONG KID TOO.
AND HAS GROUND BEGAME AND KNOCKT POWER AND IT WAS, AL SAID IT AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, I HAVE EVERYTHING TO GAIN AND NOTHING TO LOSE. WHEREAS KHABIB HAD EVERYTHING TO LOSE. AND I THINK THAT'S THE TYPE OF FIGHT THAT HE FOUGHT TONIGHT. AND ON TOP OF ALL THE STUFF THAT HAPPENED TO HIM TOO. >> DANA, JUST ANY THOUGHTS ON ROSE'S TITLE DEFENSE? HOW DO YOU THINK SHE LOOKED AND WHAT DO YOU FEEL ABOUT JEDIZEJCZYK NOW THAT SHE IS IN A WEIRD CONTENDER SPOT? >> WHO, ROSE? NO, ROSE LOOKED INCREDIBLE. IF YOU LOOK HOW MUCH SHE HAS GROWN SINCE THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER. SHE LOOK AMAZING TONIGHT. AND JEDIZEJCZYK DID TOO. IT WAS A GREAT FIGHT. I HAD IT 2-2 GOING IN TO THE LAST ROUND. IT WAS AWESOME. I WAS LITERALLY IN THE BACK DOING AN INTERVIEW AND I'M SITTING THERE TALKING AND ROSE IS STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, DOING AN INTERVIEW, AND SHE IS BACK THERE WALKING AROUND AND DOING HER THING AND HOW MANY FIGHTS HAVE WE SEEN WITH THOSE TYPE OF LEG KICKS, WHERE AS SOON AS THE FIGHT IS OVER, THEY WALK AROUND A BIT AND THEN IT'S ANNOUNCED THEY HAVE TO BE CARRIED OUT AND THEN YOU GO IN THE BACK AND YOU SEE PEOPLE IN WHEEL DCHAIRS OR TRANSPORTED, TT GIRL IS BACK THERE WALKING AROUND ON BOTH LEGS.
IT'S IMPRESSIVE. >> I ONLY ASK THIS BECAUSE YOU DID NOT MENTION STEVE ESPINOZA. THERE WAS A BROADCAST, AND HE SAID, IF HE WERE TO FIGHT IN THE UFC, HE WANT WANT SHOWTIME AND CBS TO BE INVOLVED. WITH THAT SAID — >> THAT AIN'T HAPPENING. THAT AIN'T HAPPENING. >> SO, THAT COULD BE A ROADBLOCK TO FLOYD FIGHTING IN THE UFC? >> YEAH, WE WILL DO IT ON HBO. >> ALL RIGHT. >> DANA, YOU HAD A BIT OF A ROCKY RELATIONSHIP WITH IAQUINTA OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HIM NOW? >> I MEAN, I HAD ROCKY RELATIONSHIPS WITH JUST, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT, WITH JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY AT ONE POINT IN TIME.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NEVER NOT RESPECTED AL IAQUINTA, AL WAS MORE UPSET WITH US THAN WE WERE WITH AL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS, YOU KNOW, WHAEFT HE WAS UPSET ABOUT, IT HAPPENS. WE ARE ALL IN BUSINESS TOGETHER AND THESE THINGS HAPPEN. I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR HIM FOR STEPPING UP AND TAKING THE FIGHT. >> HAVE YOU TALKED TO GSP RECENTLY? >> WHO? GSP? >> YEAH. >> NO, NO, WE HAVE NOT TALKED RECENTLY. >> OKAY. SO YOU DON'T IF HE IS AT ALL INTERESTED IN THE CHALLENGE FROM — >> NO, NO, I HAVE NOT TALKED TO GSP AND I DEFINITELY HAVE NOT TALKED TO GSP ABOUT FIGHTING.
>> OKAY. >> I THINK THAT YOU HIT HIS AGENT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO ABOUT SOMETHING, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS. IT WAS ABOUT A FIGHT, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WOODLY. I DON'T REMEMBER. >> IS IT POSSIBLE TO CLARIFY WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT BROCK YESTERDAY, YOU SAID HE IS UNDER CONTRACT, HOW IS HE UNDER CONTRACT AND STILL UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE WWE? >> HE RETIRED FROM MMA. >> HE SIGNED A MULTI-FIGHT DEAL? >> I THINK SO. I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY. YEAH, BROCK STILL HAS A CONTRACT WITH US. >> HAS HE TOLD YOU THAT HIS INTENTION IS TO RETURN? >> HE WANTS TO COME BACK. >> YEAH, SO THAT PICTURE YOU TOOK, WAS THAT WHEN HE TOLD YOU THAT? >> YEAH, YEAH.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO WE — WRESTA TOMORROW? >> YEAH. >> FOR BROCK OR RONDA? >> FOR RONDA. >> AND LAST ONE. — >> I DIDN'T KNOW BROCK WAS IN IT UNTIL YOU SAID THAT. >> COME ON. >> I SWEAR TO GOD. >> I THINK HE IS THE MAIN EVENT. I'VE BEEN BUSY. >> HAD WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO ANNOUNCE YOUR — >> WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO ANNOUNCE YOUR TV, THE NEWS OF WHERE YOU ARE GOING? WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE TV CONTRACT? >> I DON'T KNOW.
I GUESS WHEN IT'S DONE. >> IS IT CLOSE? >> I THINK SO. >> COULD YOU TELL US WITH WHO? >> NO. >> YEAH. HI, DAY NAMPT YOU MENTIONED ON WEDNESDAY THAT — HI DANA YOU MENTIONED ON WEDNESDAY IT WAS AN APOLOGY CARD. I DON'T THINK A APOLOGY CARD WAS NEEDED BECAUSE IT WAS GOOD. ARE WE GETTING FIVE TITLE FIGHTS AND BROCK FEDORE? WHAT ARE WE GETTING? >> OBVIOUSLY, WE BROUGHT AN INCREDIBLE CARD HERE WITH THIS TRIP. BUT THIS CARD WAS GOOD TONIGHT. IT WAS VERY GOOD. AND OBVIOUSLY, I WOULD HAVE LIKED A DIFFERENT OUTCOME ON THE MAIN EVENT FOR IT TO BE TONY VERSUS KHABIB, BUT, WE PULLED IT OFF, MAN, IT WAS A GOOD FIGHT.
IT WAS ENTERTAINING AND THE CROWD WAS IN TO IT. AND EVERY TIME WE COME TO NEW YORK, WE ARE TRYING TO BRING OUR A-GAME. SO — >> WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE CROWD BOOING DURING SOME OF THE FIGHTS THAT MAYBE WERE NOT DESERVED TO BE BOOED? >> IT HAPPENS. WE HAVE BEEN TO PLACES WHERE IT HAPPENS. THE PROBLEM IS, WHEN YOU JUST GET DONE SEEING THE KHABIB FIGHT, IT'S LIKE, EVERY OTHER FIGHT, NOW, NO MART WHAT HAPPENS, UNLESS YOU STAND IN FRONT OF EACH OTHER AND GO TOE TO TOE, IT'S TOUGH, IT TOUGH TO ROLL IN AFTER A FIGHT LIKE THAT.
GO AHEAD, BUDDY. >> WHO WILL BE NEXT OPPONENT FOR — WHO IS CLOSER — AFTER THIS FIGHT AGAINST — >> OH, I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT SURE. BUT, YOU KNOW, SHE LOOKS GREAT. SHE LOOKS AMAZING, AND I KNOW, I KNOW CLAUDIA HAS A FIGHT COMING UP. AND CAROLINA LOOKED GOOD TONIGHT. I DON'T KNOW, WE WILL SEE. WE HAVE TO DO GET, WE HAVE TO, I USUALLY DON'T TALK ABOUT WHAT IS NEXT THE NIGHT OF THE FIGHT. >> BUT WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ABOUT THIS FIGHT, CAROLINA'S FIGHT? >> YEAH, SHE LOOKED GREAT. SHE LOOKED GREAT, IT WAS A GREAT FIGHT. AND THAT WAS A TIGHT FIGHT, AND BOTH OF THE GUYS LOOKED GOOD. THAT WAS ANOTHER GOOD FIGHT. >> THANK YOU. GUYS. APPRECIATE IT, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. >> HELLO. >> HI, ROSE.
CONGRATULATIONS, BY THE WAY. >> THANK YOU. >> IN THE FIRST FIGHT, YOU HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS SHIFTING TO YOUR LEFT, AND THROWING THE LEFT, THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL, WHAT ADJUSTMENTS DID SHE MAKE, AND WHAT COUNTER ADJUSTMENTS WERE YOU GOING AFTER TO TRY TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT? >> SHE A LOT BETTER, I THINK, RANGE THIS TIME. YOU KNOW, HER, HER, I THINK HER CONDITIONING WAS, SHE JUST STEPPED IT UP. YOU KNOW, SHE IMPROVED IN GENERAL. AND MY HAT IS OFF TO HER. YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE CAMP, I WAS THINKING, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT, HOW SHE DID IT FOR FIVE TIMES IN A ROW. AND YOU KNOW, SO, IT'S — I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR HER. >> AND ONE LAST QUESTION. WAS THERE EVER ANY THOUGHT ABOUT NOT FIGHTING AFTER THE NONSENSE IN THE BUS? >> YEAH. I DID. BUT, I THINK, A LOT OF TIMES, LEADING UP TO MANY FIGHTS, I THINK. THAT OR I WILL DOUBT MYSELF OR QUESTION MYSELF, THE VOICE WAS STRONG THIS TIME.
>> SO, WHAT DO YOU DO TO GET YOURSELF THROUGH IT AND MOVE PAST THE STAGE? >> YOU KNOW, I JUST, I HAVE JUST BEEN IN TOUGH SPOTS BEFORE. I HAD MANUAL FIGHTS BEFORE, AND THEY WERE LIKE AUTO PILOT KIND OF THINGS. AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER LEVEL OF THAT, A NEW CHALLENGE, A NEW, YOU KNOW, NEW DEVELOPMENT IN MY GROWTH AND SO, I WELCOME THAT. AND YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, I DON'T KNOW. JUST PROVE TO MYSELF THAT I CAN ONCE AGAIN FACE MY FEARS AND IT WILL PAY OFF. >> AND YOU WON THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS OF THE FIGHT AND THE ONLY ROUND THEY GAVE HER WAS THE THIRD AND YOU GOT THE FOURTH AND THE FIFTH. WHEN YOU LOSE THE THIRD ROUND, WHAT DO YOU DO? IT SEEMED THAT THE MOMENTUM WAS SHIFTING A BIT AND YOU GOT IT BACK. WHAT DO YOU DO THERE? >> I KEPT SAYING, I'M THE BEST. JUST KEPT SAYING IT TO MYSELF, I'M THE BEST. AND EVENTUALLY I JUST, I JUST LET GO, LET GO OF JUST HAD TO ACCEPT THAT MY FEET, ARE NOT MOVING AS WELL OR YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF, I JUST KIND OF ABANDONED THE GAME PLAN A BIT.
AND JUST WENT OUT AND HAD FUN AND WAS LIKE SCREW IT, I WILL NOT TRY TO BE QUICK, IT'S NOT WORKING. >> I KNOW YOU ACKNOWLEDGED WITH EVERYTHING THAT SHE SAID ABOUT THE FIRST FIGHT, MAYBE HER CUT WEIGHT AFFECTED HER PERFORMANCE. DID YOU FEEL A DIFFERENT FIGHTER IN THERE, SHE SAID SHE WAS 100% TONIGHT. >> I FEEL LIKE SHE STEPPED UP HER RESPECT FOR ME, I THINK. SO, YEAH, I THINK, AND SHE DID IMPROVE, I THINK IN ALL AREAS, NOT JUST, I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST THE WEIGHT CUT EITHER, IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT MAYBE.
BUT SHE DID IMPROVE. >> AND I KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO LOOK TOO FAR AHEAD, IT'S A TOUGH FIGHT YOU JUST HAD. BUT WHO DO YOU SEE AS THE NEXT BIG CHALLENGER IN THE WEIGHT CLASS? >> I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, IT'S A NAME THAT POPS IN TO MY HEAD, YOU KNOW, BUT, SO FAR, JUST ONE DAY AT A TIME. >> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE GAME PLAN COMING TO THIS ONE? YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THE LATE TAKEDOWN. IN THE FIRST MATCH YOU UP AND THIS MATCH UP. WE ALL THOUGHT YOUR GRAPPLING WOULD PLAY A BIG ROLE AND INSTEAD, YOU WANTED TO GO OUT AND SLUG IT OUT.
WAS THERE A REASON, OR WAS IT IN A GAME PLAN AT ALL TO GRAPPLE OR IF NOT, WAS THERE A REASON? >> MY GAME PLAN IS TO PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE, TAKE THEIR BACK AND CHOKE THEM OUT. AND I HAVE TO GO WITH WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M GIVEN IN THE FIGHT AS WELL AS WHAT I HAVE TO WORK WITH. SO, YOU KNOW, MY — I JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I HAD THE SNAP IN MY BODY FOR SOME REASON. YOU KNOW, MAYBE AN ADRENALIN DUMP BEFORE THE FIGHT HAPPENED MIGHT HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH US. I'M NOT SURE. THIS IS A, A LOT OF PRESSURE. A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS TO OVERCOME. BUT I DID IT SO. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, BECAUSE OF THAT, ASK DOMINANT AS THE FIRST WIN WAS, WAS THERE ANY PART OF THIS THAT IS MORE SATISFYING, LIKE KNOWING THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE YOUR A-GAME AND HAD TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND DID IT OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE ROUNDS. IS THERE A VICTORY THAT YOU CAN TAKE FROM IT? >> I THINK SO.
BUT I HAVE, I HAVE DONE IT BEFORE. YOU KNOW, WHERE I FEEL LIKE, OKAY, THERE'S — I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I NEED TO IMPROVE NEXT TIME. YOU KNOW. SO, I GUESS THIS IS JUST ANOTHER LEVEL OF THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW, I JUST REALLY ENJOYED THE FIGHT, SO, THIS IS GOING TO GO DOWN AS ONE OF MY, I GUESS, ANOTHER GREAT EXPERIENCE. >> ALL RIGHT, AND LAST FROM ME, ROSE. YOU TALKED ABOUT, THERE WAS THOUGHTS OF MAYBE NOT FIGHTING. CAN YOU TALK? WHAT WAS SO DIFFICULT ABOUT THE MOMENT IN THE BUS AND WE HEAR A LOT OF REPORTS THAT YOU WERE SHAKEN UP ABOUT IT. WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND AND WHAT WAS SO DIFFICULT ABOUT IT FOR YOU? >> UM, WELL, THE CHAIR NEARLY CAME AT MY WINDOW, YOU KNOW, THANKFULLY TO THE BUS DRIVER, HE WAS, YOU KNOW, HE WAS ON POINT.
HE WAS BACKING UP THE BUS AS IT CAME TO MY WINDOW. BUT IT ENDED UP HITTING MICHAEL IN THE HEAD INSTEAD. YOU KNOW. UNFORTUNATELY. SO, THANKS, MICHAEL. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT SHOOK ME UP BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A, LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW FAR IT WAS GOING TO ESCALATE. YOU KNOW, ALL THE GUYS SN– THE GUYS INSIDE, THEY WANTED TO GO FIGHT THEM, AND BUT I WAS NOT SURE IF THEY OPENED THE DOOR IF THEY WERE COMING IN. THEY WERE NOT DIRECTLY AFTER ME, BUT I DON'T KNOW. MY IMAGINATION WENT CRAZY AND THU TH — AND THROUGH THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH IN THE PAST. ANYBODY CAN HAVE A GUN OR A KNIFE. I JUMP TO THE NEGATIVE QUICKLY. SO, YEAH, IT WAS A LOT OF THOUGHTS GOING IN TO THIS FIGHT.
BUT I'M GRATEFUL TO BE IN ONE PIECE, AND TO BE HAPPY HEALTHY AND SAFE. >> ROSE, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO HEAR — WHEN YOU FINALLY HEARD IT, HOW DID IT FEEL? >> HOW I DO FEEL ABOUT AND NEW? >> HEARING BRUCE BUFFER SAY AND NEW? >> I DON'T KNOW IF I HEARD IT. IT'S COOL. YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO, I HAVE TO GET USED TO THAT, YOU KNOW. IT'S PRETTY NICE. >> GET SOME INSIGHT TO HOW TREVOR, WHEN SHE MADE THE ADJUSTMENT IN THE THIRD ROUND, TREVOR CALMED YOU DOWN GOING IN TO THE FIFTH ROUND, WHAT DID HE SAY TO GET YOU REFOCUSED AND TO BE ABLE TO GET THE LAST ROUND? >> HE ASKED ME IF I WAS HAVING FUN, AND I SAID, HECK YEAH.
AND THAT'S, I THINK THE KEY TONIGHT, IT WAS JUST TO LET GO, AND NOT WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NOT TREATING IT SO MUCH LIKE A JOB AND JUST, JUST GO OUT AND HAVE FUN? AND WHATEVER HAPPENS HAPPENS. >> THE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THROWING OUT CAROLINA'S NAME AS A NEXT OPPONENT. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO SEE OR IT DOESN'T MATTER? >> I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO RIGHT THAT WRONG. I THINK SHE IS A GREAT COMPETITOR, AND I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR HER AS WELL. SO, AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF STRAW WEIGHT COMPETITORS OUT THERE. SHE IS ONE ON THE LIST. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CAN YOU TAKE PICTURES? THANK YOU.
>>> WELL, KHABIB, CONGRATULATE CALCULATIONS ON YOUR VICTORY. YOU SAID YOU WOULD FIGHT ANYBODY, NO BIG DEAL, AND HONESTLY, NOW IT'S IN THE PAST, AND HOW TOUGH WAS IT FOR YOU THE CHANGE IN OPPONENTS AND DISTRACTIONS, HOW DIFFICULT WAS IT TO KEEP YOUR FOCUS? >> WHAT IS UP, EVERYBODY? SORRY ABOUT YOU GUYS WAITING LONG TIME. THEY WILL — HOW YOU CAN CALL YOURSELF CHAMPION. IF YOU ARE A CHAMPION, IF YOU ARE NOT ARE THE CHAMPION, AND UNDISPUTED AND UNDEFEATED, YOU CAN BEAT ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, AND ALL WEEK, I STAY CALM, FOCUS AND I AM FOCUS ON ME, BECAUSE I HAVE TO MAKE WEIGHT, AND I AM READY. THAT'S WHY I STAY FOCUSED. NOT NERVOUS, DON'T THINK OF OTHER STUFF. AND I KNOW, I CANNOT MAKE MISTAKE BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY HAVE MAKE MISTAKE, I DON'T HAVE THIS CHANCE. YOU KNOW, ON THE LINE, BELT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHY I TRAIN SO LONG TIME, LIKE, FOR FOUR, FIVE YEARS. AND EVERYTHING ABOUT MENTAL. THANK YOU. >> HOW SATISFIED WERE YOU WITH THE PERFORM THANS EVENING. IT WAS DOMINANT AND AL PUT ON A GOOD FIGHT, HE SHOWED A LOT OF HEART AND A LOT OF COURAGE.
HOW SATISFIED WERE YOU WITH HOW YOU FOUGHT THIS CEVENING? >> MY TEAM IS NOT HAPPY WITH MY THIRD AND THIRD AND FOUR ROUN, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TO TO THE GA CAGE, WE HAVE ONLY WRESTLING. I THINK I CAN TAKE HIM DOWN ANY TIME. LIKE, IN MY MIND, I THINK, HEY, EVEN I FIGHT RIGHT NOW. NEXT FIGHT, I HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THE FIVE-ROUND FIGHTS. YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT I WANT TO STAY FIVE ROUND. I NEED FEEL THIS. I NEED FEEL THIS.
OF COURSE, I HAVE A LOT OF FIGHTS, LIKE THREE-ROUND FIGHTS AND AFTER THREE ROUNDS, I FEEL GREAT. AND WHEN I GO TO THE CAGE, I THINK, I WANT TO STAY A LITTLE BIT FIVE ROUND. LIKE WATCH, WHAT HAPPENS. FEEL THE DISTANCE. YOU KNOW. >> YEAH. AFTERWARDS, YOU CALLED OUT GEORGE ST-PIERRE, WHICH WAS SURPRISING FOR ALL OF US. WHY IS THAT A FIGHT THAT INTERESTS YOU AND ARE ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU WOULD MOVE UP TO 170 AND FIGHT HIM THERE? ARE YOU INVITING HIM TO MOVE DOWN AND CHALLENGE FOR THE TITLE? >> NO, NOT 170, GEORGE ST-PIERRE? NO. WHEN I TALK WITH MY FATHER, LIKE, HE TOLD ME, HIS DREAM FIGHT IS ME VERSUS GEORGE ST-PIERRE.
BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN I GROW UP, LIKE, 11, 12 YEARS AGO, WHEN I AM IN COMPETITION, CHAMPIONSHIP, LIKE JUNIOR, HE FIGHT FOR THE UFC TITLE AND WHEN I GREW UP, I WATCH ALL THE FIGHTS WITH MY FATHER AND HE IS GREAT ESTIMA– HE IS THE GREATE ATHLETE THAT COMPETE IN UFC, I HEAR THAT HE WANT TO COME AND FIGHT IN 155, TAKE THIS BELT, MAKE HIS THREE-DIVISION CHAMPION. WHY NOT ME VERSUS GEORGE ST-PIERRE. IF I BEAT CONNOR OR IF I BEAT GEORGE ST-PIERRE, WHICH IS BETTER FOR THE LEGACY? MAYBE FOR MONIES IS CONNOR. BUT FOR LEGACY IS GEORGE ST-PIERRE. BUT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT MONEY TOO. ME VERSUS GEORGE ST-PIERRE IS GOING TO BE BIG FIGHT. AND BUT — ONLY RESPECT, ONLY RESPECT. BUT IF YOU GUYS ASK ME ABOUT IF HE HAVE TO COME BACK OR NO. I SAY, NO. HE IS 35 YEARS OLD, HE ALREADY GREATEST ATHLETE UFC, NO, WHY HE NEED COME BACK FOR WHAT? AND — THAT'S IT. >> LAST THING FOR ME, KHABIB, WE WERE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TONY FERGUSON FIGHT SO OF OF — FIGHT SO MUCH.
HAD DO YOU THINK THE FIGHT WILL HAD HAPPEN? >> YOU GUYS REMEMBER, WHEN I PULL OUT LAST NIGHTTIME, AFTER 209, UFC TELL ME, HEY, YOU WANT TO DESERVE TITLE SHOT, YOU HAVE TO FIGHT, YOU HAVE TO FIGHT WITH A TOUGH GUY. OKAY, OKAY, I MAKE MISTAKE. WHEN YOU HAVE INJURY — THIS IS YOUR FAULT. THIS IS YOUR FAULT, NOBODY FAULT. HEY, I HAVE A LOT OF JUINJURIES. I HAVE ACL, MCL, BACK, HAND SURGERY, BROKE RIBS AND ALL OF THAT, LONG TIME. I COME BACK, COME BACK, COME BACK. I NEVER GIVE UP AND NOW, HE HAS INJURY. THIS IS NOT MY FAULT. THIS IS NOT LIKE DANA'S FAULT, THIS IS HIS FAULT. NOW, YOU HAVE INJURY, PLEASE COME BACK AND FIGHT WITH SOMEBODY AND DESERVE THIS. AND THAT IS IT. YOU KNOW. TONY FERGUSON IS TOUGH GUY. YOU KNOW, IF HE IS HAVING A TEN WIN STREAK, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT HIM TRASH OR BAD.
HE ALWAYS TALKS TRASH. HE JUST PULL OUT AND HE KEEP TALKING WITH SOMEBODY IN TWITTER. SHUT UP. YOU PULL OUT. YOU KNOW, HE KEEP TALKING. YOU KNOW, LIKE CRAZY. BECAUSE I TOLD YOU GUYS, HE IS A GREAT FIGHTER AND HE IS A LITTLE BIT STUPID. I NO UNDERSTAND THIS GUY. YOU WANT TO FIGHT? COME BACK AND DESERVE IT? THAT IS IT. >> KHABIB, CONGRATULATIONS, RIGHT OVER HERE. YOU HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR THE, YOU KNOW, TRAINING FOR A TITLE SINCE YOU WERE A BOIMP– SINCE WERE A LITTLE BOY. DOES IT FEEL LIKE IT RELIEVED A BURDEN FOR YOU, YOU HAVE BEEN CHASING IT FOR SO MANY YEARS, DO YOU FEEL RELIEVED THAT YOU FINALLY HAVE THE BELT SITTING NEXT TO YOU? >> TO BE HONEST, KEVIN, I LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. SOMETHING HAPPENED, NOW WE CHAMPION. I NEED LITTLE BIT TIME. YES, I HAVE VERY LONG WAY, VERY LONG WAY, YOU KNOW, LIKE I'M TRAINING ALL MY LIFE WITH MU FATHER, WITH MY FATHER, YOU KNOW, LIKE COME HERE, SIGN CONTRACT, LAST SIX YEARS. MORE THAN SIX YEARS I'M WITH THE UFC, YOU KNOW.
I AM VERY HAPPY ABOUT THIS. YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW. AND YOU HAVE TO STAY LOYAL ALL THE TIME WITH YOUR TEAM, WITH YOUR COACHES, WITH YOUR LIKE, WITH EVERYBODY WHO GOES WITH YOU, SOMETIMES, WHEN YOU WIN A BELT, WITH WELT– WITH BELT COM WITH A LOT OF ATTENTION AND A LOT OF MONEY AND CRAZY STUFF, A LOT OF CRAZY STUFF, AND I DON'T WANT THE BELT TO CHANGE ME. I WANT TO STAY FOCUSED. LIKE, NEXT MONTH IS RAMADAN COMING. AFTER RAMADAN, I BEGIN TRAINING AND COME BACK AND DEFEND THE TITLE.
I'M A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT THE BELT. BECAUSE, SOMETIME YOU THINK, OH, NOW YOU ARE A UFC CHAMPION. LIKE — BUT, I'M BIT SCARED OF THIS. I DON'T WANT TO CHANGE. I WANT TO BE SAME KHABIB, LIKE BEFORE BELT AND AFTER BELT, AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME, THIS IS ABOUT ALL PEOPLE AROUND ME. >> DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO YOUR DAD TOANIGHT, AND IF YOU DID, WHAT DID HE SAY? >> I SPOKE WITH HIM A LITTLE BIT. AND HE SAID, HE TALK ABOUT MY JAB. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU KNOW? BECAUSE LIKE STRIKING IS NOT GAME PLAN TONIGHT. IT'S, WE HAVE GAME PLAN, PRESSURE, TAKE HIM DOWN. YOU KNOW, WORK ON GROUND. BUT, WELL, SOME TIMES, YOU KNOW, I FEEL I'M MORE FASTER THAN HIM AND I WANT TO USE THIS. BECAUSE, WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING INSIDE THE CAGE, LIKE, 25 MINUTE INSIDE THE CAGE, IT'S MORE GOOD FOR YOU THAN YOU TRAINING LIKE TEN WEEKS MAYBE OUTSIDE LIKE IN THE GYM, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFERENT.
IT'S EXPERIENCE, IT'S DIFFERENT. YOU KNOW, AND I WANT TO FEEL THIS, BECAUSE I HAVE UP COMING FIGHTS LIKE, LIKE EVEN GEORGE ST-PIERRE CONNOR OR ALL THE GUYS, THEY ARE ALL TOUGH. AND I HAVE TO BE READY FOR EVERYTHING AND THAT IS WHY I USE A LITTLE BIT JAB. AND OKAY, OKAY, I'M FASTER THAN HIM. AND I TRY TO USE, BUT MY TEAM IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. ABOUT THIS. >> IN MY LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, DID THE EVENTS OF THURSDAY MAKE YOU MORE OR LESS INTERESTED IN WANTING TO FIGHT CONOR FOR THE TITLE AT SOME POINT? >> YES.
WHY NOT? HEY, WE HAVE TO FINISH THIS BEEF. BEEF, CHICKEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. HE HAVE TO STOP EAT BURGER KINGS AND YOU KNOW. YOU WANT TO FIGHT, COME. I TOLD YOU GUYS. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE HIM HUMBLE. I TOLD YOU GUYS, I'M GOING TO CHANGE HIS GAME. YOU KNOW, AND NOW, ONLY ONE CHAMPION. NO MORE FAKE CHAMPIONS, NO MORE CHAMPION WHO NEVER DEFEND HIS TITLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. NOW, WE ARE UFC CHAMPION AND THIS CHAMPION WANT TO DEFEND HIS TITLE.
YOU WANT TO FIGHT, COME HERE. INSIDE THE CAGE. COME, OUTSIDE, THE CAGE, LET ME KNOW WITHOUT CAMERA, AND WITHOUT LIKE ALL THIS MEDIA, ALL, LIKE THIS. LIKE MAN. YOU KNOW, LIKE HE COME WHEN A LOT OF SECURITY HERE, OUTSIDE THE BUS, INSIDE THE BUS, SECURITY HERE. DON'T LET ME GO OUT. LIKE, HE TRIED TO HEY, COME OUT, LIKE THIS. WHY YOU NEED TO SHOW UP LIKE LET ME KNOW. AND THAT'S IT. ANY TIME. >> KHABIB, YOU SAID THAT YOU ARE SCARED THE BELT COULD CHANGE YOU AND I KNOW YOU IS HE IN THE PAST THAT YOU DON'T LIKE THE AMOUNT OF ATTENTION AND HOW FAME OUS Y ARE BACK HOME. NOW THAT YOU HAVE THE BELT ATTENTION WILL GET BIGGER, HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT? >> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW. I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE. WE ARE GOING TO SEE, BUT, FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE TO GO BACK, RUSSIA.
TOMORROW, WE HAVE VERY LONG FLIGHT. WE WILL SEE. >> AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TONY, CONOR, GEORGE ST-PIERRE, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE UNDEFEATED AND YOU THINK YOU FIGHT THEM ALL BEFORE YOUR CAREER IS OVER? >> HM-MM I DON'T KNOW TO BE HONEST. I DON'T KNOW. WE WILL SEE. WHO IS NUMBER ONE CONTENDER? LET'S GO. >> HI. OVER HERE ON THE LEFT. GOING BACK TO THE FIGHT, IF YOU COULD WALK US THROUGH THE VERY FIRST TAKEDOWN THAT YOU HAD IN THE FIRST ROUND, WHERE YOU MANAGED TO GET HIS ANKLE OR HIS FOOT, AND MANAGED TO SCOOP OFF, BECAUSE IT SEEMED THAT HE DEFENDED IT WELL. CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THAT IF YOU REMEMBER IT? DO YOU, CAN YOU GIVE US THE DETAILS ON THAT VERY FIRST TAKEDOWN? >> LIKE, HOW I TAKE HIM DOWN? >> YEAH. >> JUST CATCH HIM. TO BE HONEST, I DIDN'T REMEMBER EVERYTHING.
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE SINGLE LEG? TAKE HIM DOWN. >> PUT HIS LEG UP. >> YEAH, YEAH, NOW I UNDERSTAND. OKAY, THIS IS FREESTYLE WRESTLING TECHNIQUE AND OH, YEAH, IAQUINTA IS A TOUGH GUY. HE HAD A LOT OF JABS. AND A VERY GOOD CHIN. AND YOU KNOW, LIKE LIKE ABOUT TECHNIQUE. I LIKE TAKE DOWN PEOPLE, I THINK. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? >> THAT LEADS HS IN TO MY NEXT QUESTION. IN ROUND, THREE AND FOUR, IT SEEMED TO SOME OF US THAT WE THOUGHT IT MAY BE, JUST, YOU ARE REALLY TRYING OUT NEW THINGS. YOUR JAB AND MOVE AROUND IN ROUND THREE, AND THEN, FIGHTING IN BURSTS FOR ROUND FOUR. TRYING OUT THINGS THAT YOU HAVE NOT DONE BEFORE TO GET EXPERIENCE WITH THEM IN THE CAGE.
WAS THAT WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD? YOU SAID THAT YOU WANTED TO GET 25 MINUTES. AND ALL THAT. WAS IT TO ALSO TRY NEW TECHNIQUES? >> I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THIS WEEK, I WATCH TOO MUCH MUHAMMAD ALI AND FRAZIER FIGHT. ONLY GREAT FIGHTS MAKE YOU GREAT ATHLETE. YOU KNOW, LIKE I THINK THAT IS WHY I TRIED TO DO LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE ALI AND– AND I HAVE WATCH HOW I MOVE. JAB MOVE, TAKE DOWN. LIKE, TO BE HONEST, MY MIND, I WANT TO STAY 25 MINUTES. THAT IS WHY I THINK SO LONG FIGHT. >> AND LAST QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED BRIEFLY IN RU RUSSIAN — THERE'S BEEN ISSUES BACK IN, WITH YOU KNOW, HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND HAVING PROBLEMS. IS EVERYTHING, HOW DO YOU SEE IT WORKING OUT WITH FMG, WITH HIS SPONSORSHIP OF YOU. IS EVERYTHING OKAY WITH THAT? THE APPEAL IN SOCIAL MEDIA TO, YOU KNOW, HOPE EVERYTHING IS OKAY WITH HIM? >> I HOPE.
I HOPE. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I HELP A HAD THE OF ATHLETES IN RUSSIA, AND WE HAVE VERY BIG TEAM. EAGLES MMP M S MMA IN RUSHES. I HOPE HE IS OKAY. WE PRAY FOR HIM. WE WILL SEE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. WE WILL SEE. THANK YOU. >> KHABIB, WHAT WERE YOU SAYING TO AL IN THE EARLY PORTION OF THE FIGHT. IT SEEMED THAT YOU WERE TALKING TO HIM. WHAT YOU WERE SAYING TO HIM? >> IAQUINTA? >> YEAH.
>> WE TALK A BIT, I GIVE HIM JAB, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, AND I SAID FOUR, AND HE SAID ONE MORE AND I GAVE HIM FAKE AND I SAID, NO. LITTLE BIT TALK. >> WHAT DID YOU SAY TO HIM? >> I TAKE HIM DOWN AND I GIVE HIM GOOD STUFF, DO, THIS DO THIS. AND I THINK OKAY, IT'S WORKING. IT'S WORKING. YOU KNOW, LIKE, AND I TALK WITH HIM LIKE LITTLE BIT, LIKE, GOOD JOB, MATE, LIKE THIS. YOU KNOW, LIKE, IT'S FUN. YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU CAN SPEAK WITH YOUR OPPONENT LIKE PLAY HIS WITH MIND, IF THIS WORK, WHY NOT? YOU KNOW, WHY NOT? AND — BUT WITH IAQUINTA, IT'S NOT WORKING. HE KEEP GOING. HE IS A REAL BROOKLYN GANGSTER, HE IS NOT BURGER KING.
HE IS REAL GANGSTER, COME HERE FIGHT LIKE MAN. YOU KNOW, BIG RESPECT FOR HIM. BECAUSE I WATCH ALL OF HIS FIGHTS. LIKE EVEN LIKE, NOT THIS WEEKEND, OR BEFORE, I FOLLOW HIM TOO. YOU KNOW, WHEN HE FOUGHT BEFORE. HE FOUGHT A LOT OF TOUGH GUYS. FIGHT WIN STREAK AND MUCH RESPECT. YOU KNOW, HE TAKE THE FIGHT, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HIM. >> I SPOKE WITH GEORGE ST-PIERRE VIA THE PHONE AND HE SAID THAT HE THINKS THAT YOU AND UFC HAVE BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF AT 155 BEFORE HE FIGHTS YOU. SO, THAT IS — >> YOU ALREADY TALK WITH HIM? >> YEAH. >> WHAT HE SAY? >> HE SAID THAT HE THINKS YOU HAVE BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF AT 155 BEFORE HE CONSIDERS FIGHTING YOU. >> I'M GOING TO SEND HIM MESSAGE. >> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? >> LIKE, WHERE YOU AT, BOY? LIKE TO BE HONEST, LIKE IFYOU ASK ME ABOUT GEORGE ST-PIERRE, HE DON'T NEED TO COME BACK. WHY HE NEED THIS? HE IS THE GREATEST ATHLETE.
WHY HE NEED TO COME BACK AND FIGHT 155. HE WON'T EVER FIGHT 155. I DON'T KNOW. >> DO YOU CONCEDE THAT IF YOU FOUGHT CONOR, IT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST FIGHT IN UFC HISTORY? THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED, THEY SHOWED IT ON EMBEDDED. NO ONE IS SHYING AWAY FROM IT. >> THEY ALMOST CHECKED IT. WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> 2 MILLION VIEWERS AT LEAST. >> I HOPE HE WILL FIGHT. WITH WE HAVE TO FIGHT, LIKE MAKE WORLD TOUR EVERYWHERE. LIKE, TOKYO, MOSCOW, DUBLIN, LOS ANGELES. LIKE RIO. BIG WORLD TOUR PROMO FIGHT AND FIGHT IN THE BIGGEST ARENA IN THE WORLD. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. WHY NOT? OR IN ZAIRE OR PHILIPPINES. DOESN'T MATTER. DOESN'T MATTER. LIKE, I'M HERE. HEY, HE WANT TO BE LIGHT WEIGHT CHAMPION. HE IS HAVE TO FIGHT WITH ME. NOW, NO MORE THIS OLD FAKE CHAMPIONS. NOW, WE ARE GOING TO LIKE, YOU GUYS REMEMBER WHEN HE PUT, BEG ME, PLEASE, BEG ME.
>> LAST QUESTION, IT SEEMED THAT EVERYTHING STARTED AFTER WHAT HAPPENED WITH YOU AND AR TEMPER — WITH YOU AND ARTOM EARLIER THIS WEEK, DO YOU WISH THAT DID NOT HAPPEN, SO THAT IT DID NOT LEAD TO THE BUS OR WHATEVER HAPPENED BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU HAD TO HAPPEN, THAT YOU HAD TO CONFRONT HIM AFTER THE SPRUS? >> YOU ARE LIVING 100 YEAR. YOU HAVE TO LEARN 100 YEARS. NOBODY IS PERFECT. THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME OR OTHER GUYS. NOBODY HERE IS PERFECT. YOU KNOW, LIKE, THIS GUY TALK — ABOUT ME, I CATCH HIM. I ASK HIM, HEY, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING IN FRONT OF MY FACE? SAY NOW. HE SAY I NEVER TALK ABOUT YOU BAD. NOW HE TALK BAD ABOUT ME. YOU KNOW, AND — I DON'T KNOW. BRING HIS, ALL HIS — I NEED THE GUYS.
WE NEED FINISH THIS. BEEF, CHICKEN, WHATEVER YOU WANT GUYS. WE HAVE TO FINISH IT. IS GOING TO BE A VERY BIG FIGHT. IS GOING TO BE A VERY BIG FIGHT, I THINK. LET'S GO. I AM READY FOR THIS. YOU KNOW, AND NOW, NOVEMBER, SEPTEMBER, MOSCOW, NOVEMBER, NEW YORK, LIKE ANY TIME. LET'S GO. LET'S FIGHT IN AFRICA. OR SOMEWHERE. I'M HERE. THANK YOU. SO ONE MORE QUICK ONE FROM ME. WE TALKED ABOUT GEORGE ST-PIERRE, YOU BROKE HIS HAD RECORD FOR THE MOST CONSECUTIVE ROUNDS WON WITHOUT LOSING A ROUND. >> SORRY ABOUT THIS, WHICH RECORD? >> YOU BROKE HIS RECORD WITH CONSECUTIVE ROUNDS WON WITHOUT LOSING A ROUND. ARE YOU THE MOST DOMINANT FIGHTER IN UFC HISTORY? >> I DON'T KNOW, I FIRST HEAR THIS.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> I THINK, LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS, LIKE, OH, I'M LIKE THIS. I THINK IT'S MEDIA JOB. MY OPINION. THANK YOU. WHICH RECORD. >> THE MOST CONSECUTIVE ROUNDS WON, LIKE YOU HAVE NOT LOST A ROUND IN 32 ROUNDS IN THE UFC. >> OKAY. >> AND THE RECORD WAS 30 ROUNDS. >> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU. >> I FIGHT 30 ROUNDS? >> 32. >> I FIGHT 32 ROUNDS IN THE UFC, OKAY. NO, NO, NO, I UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GUYS. THANK YOU..
