>>> THE UFC, THE WORLD LEADER IN MMA. EXPERIENCE IT ON FS1. >>> OLA, MEXICO. PLAYING HOST TO THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER LATIN AMERICA FIGHTER. AND HERE IS YOUR HEADLINER, THE FORMER LIGHT WEIGHT IS LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK AFTER LOSING HIS TITLE IN JULY, BUT TONY FERGUSON HAD PLANS OF HIS OWN, HE'S WON 11 OF HIS LAST UFC BOUTS AND LOOKS TO MAKE IT NINE IN A ROW. THE WEIGH IN SHOW STARTS RIGHT NOW. ♪ ♪ >>> TOMORROW THEY FIGHT, TODAY THEY WEIGH IN. HELLO EVERYONE. I'M KAREN BRYANT ALONG SIDE A CHAMPION AND MASSIVE BANTAMWEIGHT KING. EDWARDS. WE ARE ON LOCATION IN MEXICO. DOMINIC, IT'S SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE WORLD FAMOUS AVOCADO ROOM. YOU VERSUS CODY GARBRANT AT UFC 207. >> IT MAKES IT NATURAL TO FIGHT HIM AND I CAN'T LIE THAT I'M EQUALLY ECSTATIC TO SEE HOW RONDA ROUSEY COMES BACK.
GARGRANT, 9-0 ALL KNOCKOUTS. HE'S VERY GOOD. IGNORANCE IS BLISS AND I'M THE ONE WHO'S GOING TO SHOW HIM HOW IGNORANT HE IS. >> HE HAS A LOT OF NERVE TO CALL YOU OUT. >> YOU DON'T JUST GO AROUND CALLING OUT THE CHAMP. THAT'S THE WAY TO GET A BEATING. SO, I'M GOING ON TICKET MASTER AND BUY MYSELF TICKETS TO THAT FIGHT BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE YOU DEFEND THAT BELT. >> IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT NIGHT IN VEGAS BUT WE'RE FOCUS ON TOMORROW IN MEXICO. I WANT TO START WITH THE FORMER CHAMP, DOS ANJOS. WHY IS HE SO GOOD? >> WHAT MAKES HIM SO GOOD IS THE WAY THAT HE MIXES THINGS UP AND HE'S IMPROVED OVER THE YEARS. HE STARTED YOUNG AND HE'S GOT TONS OF EXPERIENCE. HE'S A BLACK BELT FROM THE TOP ON THE GROUND. HE'S ALSO MIXED IN HIS WRESTLING. HE'S ON HIS BACK AND HIS STRIKING IS VICIOUS AS A SOUTH PAW. >> HE DOES HAVE 33 FIGHTS AND THE MAN HE'S TAKING ON, TONY FERGUSON WITH 25 FIGHTS. >> HE'S ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT HAS THIS CONTROLLED AGGRESSIVE STYLE.
HE DOESN'T PUT HIMSELF IN TOO MANY BAD POSITIONS BUT WHEN HE HITS THE MATT, HE LOVED TO CREATE RAMBLES. HE DOESN'T WANT TO LET YOU GET IN THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN DO DAMAGE. I LOVE TO SEE TONY FERGUSON FIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO — I'M SO PUMPED FOR THIS FIGHT RIGHT NOW. >> HE IS A VERY CREATIVE STRIKER. DOMINIC ALSO A CREATIVE STRIKER. HE REACHED 155. WAS SUPPOSED TO HIT 45 AND NOW HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO WEIGH IN AGAIN. HE CANNOT EXCEED 165 POUNDS. >> WHEN HE CAME IN, HE WAS FIGHTING AT 155. HE LOST A FIGHT, DROPPED TO 145 AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE MIGHT JUST BE TOO BIG FOR THE WEIGHT CLASS. HE ONLY HAD FOUR WEEKS TO MAKE THE WEIGHT, SO AFTER HIS LAST FIGHT HE PROBABLY PACKED ON A LOT OF WEIGHT, BUT AS A PRO YOU GOT TO KNOW YOU'RE TOO HEAVY.
>> WE ARE GOING TO GO DOWN TO MEXICO CITY. WE HAVE GOT GUILLERMO STANDING BY ON THE MIKE. TAKE AWAY. GUILLERMO. ♪ ♪ >> COMA ESTA, MEXICO. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >>> TO LEARN FROM SOME OF THE BEST, BEING A TEAMMATE OF THE DIAZ BROTHERS WHO STARTED FIGHTING AT 17 YEARS OLD AND THAT BEGAN WITH HIS AMATEUR BOXING CAREER AND NOW HE'S LOOKING TO BRING HIS MMA CAREER TO NEW LEVELS. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> ENRIQUE IS THE ONLY NONMEXICAN WINNER OF THE LATIN AMERICAN CARD.
AND HE GOT HIS START BY WATCHING AND STUDYING THE SPORT ON YOUTUBE. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] JASON AVELLY WAS BORN IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. EARNED HIS NICKNAME AS A DELIVERY DRIVER. NOW HE'S MOVING HIS KACAMP EARL TO ACCLIMATE TO MEXICO CITY TO BRING HIS FIGHT CAREER TO NEW ELEVATIONS. ♪ [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> FIGHTING IN THE UFC IS HIS DREAM AND AFTER LOSING ON TOUGH LATDEN AMERICA, HE'S BEEN A NIGHTMARE FOR HIS OPPONENTS. TOMORROW WE'LL SEE IF HE CAN EXTEND HIS KO AND UNBEATEN STREAK INSIDE THE OCTAGON. ♪ [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> ALEX NICKHOLSON SAID HE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SPORT AS SOON AS HE STARTED GETTING HIS BUTTED KICKED. HE STARTED OFF AS A BROILER AND NOW HE HAS TO BRING THAT TO A VETERAN LIKE SAM. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> SAM ALBY MAKES HIS FOURTH OCTAGON APPEARANCE AND THEN HE MOVED HIS TRAINING CAMP TO BIG BEAR TO TRAIN AT ALTITUDE WHERE HE FELT VERY GOOD.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> ALWAYS MAKING IT INTERESTING. YOU CAN CATCH THE NEXT FOUR BOUTS TOMORROW. UP NEXT. FACING DOUGLAS SILVA. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE 23-1 SILVA. >> DOUGLAS DESILVA 18 KNOCKOUTS, SECOND FIGHT AT BANTAMWEIGHT ONLY. HE'S DROPPED DOWN FROM 45. NOW 10 FIRST ROUND FIN ITISHES. COMES FROM BRAZIL. LET'S SEE HOW HIS WEIGHT LOOKS. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> SOMEWHAT NEW TO THE UFC BUT HE'S NOT NEW THE SPORT. >> BACK IN 2013, HENRY BREONUS FLEW HERE TO MEXICO CITY TO TRY OUT FOR THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER LATIN AMERICA. HE'S THRILLED TO BE FIGHTING ON THE UFC STAGE AND MORE EXCITED TO START HERE IN THE CITY IT ALL BEGAN IN. DOMINIC, THE LAST TIME WE SAW HIM, HE HAD A LOST TO YOUR FRIEND. >> BREONUS USED TO BRAWL WITH US AND HE LIKES TO STAND IN THE POCKET AND THROW SOME HEAT. CODY'S PROBABLY NOT THE GUY TO DO THAT WITH EVERY TIME. >> HE SHOULD BE FUN. >> WE'RE NOT ABOUT THIS.
WE'RE ABOUT DESILVA AND THAT FIGHT IS GOING TO BE FUN TO WATCH. THOSE GUYS THROW. ♪ >> MAX GRIFFIN HAS FOUR WINS IN UNDER A MINUTE. INCLUDING HIS LAST KNOCKOUT OVER DAVID MITCHELL. HE SAID HE LIKES THIS MARCH UP AGAINST MONTANNO AND IT'S GOING TO SHOW CASE HIS SKILLS. FIRED UP. >> I EXPECT THAT SUPPORT WILL BE ONLY GREATER NOW THAT HE'S FIGHTING IN THE CITY HE SKAULS HOME. WHEN HE STEPS IN FRONT OF THE OCTAGON IN FRONT OF HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY, HE INTENDS TO SHOW US — MACHO. >> NICE. BETTER SPANISH THAN YOU, THAT'S FOR SURE. >> [ SPEAKING SPANISH] >> SPENT MY FORMATIVE AMERICAN YEARS IN TEXAS. >> GOOD FOR YOU. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> AFTER ACCEPTING A TITLE SHOT IN ONE DAY'S NOTICE, HE SNAPPED HIS LOSING STREAK WITH A 3rd ROUND SUBMISSION OVER CHRIS BEALE. NOW WE GET TO SEE IF DAVID TEREL BROWN CAN KEEP MOMENTUM AFTER TAKING ANOTHER FIGHT SHORT NOTICE. >> I WAS AT THAT FIGHT. BIG PROPS. >> HE TOUGHED IT OUT FOR FIVE ROUNDS.
>> YES, HE DID. EVERYBODY EXPECTED HIM TO GO DOWN FAST AND EARLY AGAINST T.J. AND HE CERTAINLY DIDN'T. >> YEAH, HE SHOWED US SOMETHING THAT NIGHT. >> SPEAKING SPANISH]. >> MARCO BELTRAN SAYS HE'S DEDICATING THIS ENTIRE FIGHT WEEKEND TO HIS MOTHER, ANITA, WHO WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH OVARIAN CANCER. HE GETS THE FIGHT WITHIN HIM FROM HER.
>> THOSE GUYS ARE GOING TO SCRAP. I CANNOT WAIT. >> FELIPE HAS DEFINITELY SHOWN GLIMERS OF GREATNESS IN HIS CAREER. THIS PARTICULAR TIME HE HAPPENS TO HAVE MISSED WEIGHT. HIS NICKNAME MEANS BAT COUNTRY. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU GOT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS MAN IS HE BEAT AN UPCOMING CONTENDER NAMED JOHN LINKER IN 2009. SO YOU KNOW HE KNOWS HOW TO DEAL WITH POWER. [ SPEAKING SPANISH] >> I LOVE THE MASK. PEREZ, MAN, THIS MAN HAS SHOWN CONSINTS IMPROVEMENT ESPECIALLY SINCE HE'S JOINED THE GUYS DOWN THERE IN SAN DIEGO AT ALLIANCE. THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO SHOW HIS GROWTH AND HE GETS A CHANCE TO MATCH HIS LONGEST WIN STREAK ALSO.
ERICK PEREZ A GOOD FRIEND OAF MINE, TRAINING PARTNER, I CAN'T WAIT. HE WENT TO MEXICO CITY TO ACCLIMATE AND THESE GUYS ARE TALKING. ONE THING I'LL TELL YOU PEREZ IS UP FOR IT. HE'S NOT JUST TALKING. HE'S READY TO SHOW UP. >> ROCKING THE LUCCA LEE RIGHT NOW. GOT TO LOVE IT. ON THE SIX-FIGHT MAIN CARD. STARTING OFF THE MAIN START IN THE STRAW DIVISION. LET'S TALK ABOUT TOP 20s CLARK. >> SHE RECEIVED K.O.
OF THE YEAR IN 2011. SO SHE'S GOT THE KNOCKOUT POWER. MORE THAN EVER, TEAM MULINDA IS WHERE YOU GOT TO KNOW HER PERSONALITY, WHAT TYPE OF FIGHTER SHE IS AND SHE'S ONE OF THOSE TOUGH, GRITTY TYPES OF FIGHT RBZ THAT WANTS TO BRAWL, WANTS TO BLEED AND THAT HAS TO COME FROM HER HERO, HER FATHER, WHO DID TWO TOURS IN VIETNAM. GOT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ANYONE WHO'S A SERVICEMAN. >> YEAH, SHE'S A GOOD FRIEND OF MIESHA TATE'S. SHE'S FEELING REALLY GOOD AND ON POINT. >> ALEXA GRASSO USED TO WATCH HER UNCLE WHO WAS A PROFESSIONAL BOXER, TRAIN AND TEACH. BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL SHE ENTERED A NATIONAL JUJITSU CONTEST AND TOOK FIRST PLACE THAT SHE THOUGHT SHE HAD POTEPOTENTIAL. SHE MAKES HER DEBUT IN MEXICO CITY. YOU'VE SEEN HER IN VICTAU. THIS WOMAN CAN SCRAP. I KNOW IT'S HER UFC DEBUT. >> GREAT BALANCE, GREAT STRIKING. >> ABSOLUTELY. I LOVE WATCHING HER STRIKE. RASHEED MAGOMEDOV, ONE OF MY RUSSIAN BUDDIES. I GUESS I'D CALL HIM A BROTHER FROM AMERICAN TOP TEAM.
FIGHTING A GUY RANKED AHEAD OF HIM AND A WIN OVER A QUALITY OPPONENT LIKE DARIUSH WILL MAKE A BIG STATEMENT. AND THE MORE DECISIVE THE WIN, THE BIGGER THE STATEMENT. >> WE JOKE THOUGH BUT IN THE UFC ANYONE WITH THE LAST NAME THAT ENDS IN LDOV WINS. HE SAID TO WATCH WHAT HE ATE AND TO BE READY FOR THE ALTITUDE TO PREPARE HE TOOK HIS TRAINING CAMP UP TO MAMMOTH LAKES CALIFORNIA. THEY CHOSE MAMMOTH BECAUSE OF THE CLEAN AIR AND HIGH ALTITUDE. >> THIS IS THE FIGHT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO. >> OH, YEAH. THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 10 DAYS TOGETHER. JUST A WONDERFUL GUY AND A GRADE JUJITSU PRACTPRACTITIONER. [ SPEAKING SPANISH] >> PUELLES COMES FROM LIMA, PERUE. THAT'S A LONG WAY AWAY BUT WAS A COMPETITOR WITH TEAM LUDEL ON TOUGH LATIN AMERICA 3. GOT THAT BABY FACE.
BUT LONG CAREER IN FIGHTING. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> MARTIN BRAVO, THE FINALIST ON THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER LATIN AMERICA THIS SEASON. HIS COACH SAID HE PICKED HIM FIRST BECAUSE HE KNEW HE WOULD GO ALL THE WAY BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL HE ACTUALLY WORKED OUT WITH HIM THAT HE KNEW WHAT AN, ANIMAL HE WAS. AND THIS FIGHT, BRAVO IS THE FAVORITE AT A MINUS 130 AND A PLUS 110 FOR PUELLES. >> PUELLES DOES HAVE THE EXPERIENCE ON THE SHOW. WHICH DOES HELP SO MUCH. EVEN THOUGH BRAVO DOES HAVE THE HEADS UP, THAT DOES HELP YOUR CONFIDENCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE THAT YOUNG. YOU'RE READY TO GO. ♪ CHARLES OLIVEIRA DID MISS WEIGHT BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE HIM ANY LESS THREATENING.
HE TRAINS UNDER HIS HERO AND FORMER UFC PRIDE VETERAN JORGE MAKAH PORTEINO. >> HE DID TRY TO USE THE TOWEL BUT IT WAS A 10-POUND WEIGHT DIFFERENCE. THE TOWEL WOULD HAVE REALLY HELPED TOO MUCH BUT A FOR EFFORT. >> HE HAD TO BE WITHIN 10 POUNDS — FOUR POUNDS OF THE ALLOTTED WEIGHT. HE COULDN'T BE OVER 65 TONIGHT. SO, THAT SHOULD MAKE IT MORE EVEN WITH HIS ALUM. HE HAS DEFEATS, KO, SUBMISSIONS AND DECISIONS OVER THOSE GUYS. HIS CONDITIONING IS ALWAYS ON PAR. HE'LL HAVE TO BRING ALL THOSE TOOLS TO KEEP FROM MAKING ANY MISTAKES AGAINST LAMAS. I HOPE THE WEIGHT ADVANTAGE OR NOT MAKING THE WEIGHT — DOESN'T MAKE TO ARER MANY PROBLEMS FOR LAMAS. [ SPEAKING SPANISH] ♪ >> HELD, THIS IS A QUALITY GRAPPLER WHOs FOUGHT SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS GUYS OUTSIDE OF THE UFC. BUT DIEGO SANCHEZ, THAT'S A REAL TEST. WE'RE GOING TO GET A REAL IDEA OF WHAT HE'S BRINGING TO THE UFC'S LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION. HE HAS KIND OF A BRAWLER STYLE TO HIM. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE FACE SANCHEZ IN MEXICO CITY.
>> I REMEMBER WHEN DIEGO SFOITHING AND HE SAID YOU PUT TWO OF US AND IT'S LIKE CATS IN A BAG AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS LIKE. IT WAS FANTASTIC. >> AND DIEGO SANCHEZ ALWAYS BRINGS IT. HE'S BEEN IN THIS SPORT SINCE THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER SEASON 1. HE WAS ON THERE AT 185 POUNDS AND NOW HE'S ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 100 AND I DON'T KNOW. LET'S GET HIS WEIGHT. THERE IT IS. WHO KNOWS WHAT HE WEIGHS NOW BUT HIS FIGHT IS GOING TO BE EXPLOSIVE. DIEGO SANCHEZ SPARED WITH US AND HE IS INTENSE, TO SAY THE LEAST. >> THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT. INTENSITY FROM DIEGO SANCHEZ.
BEFORE WE WEIGH THEM IN, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT OUR FIGHTERS IN THE HEADLINER. >> I'M SO HUNGRY, MAN. I'VE BEEN TRAINING SO HARD. I WILL BE CHAMPION AGAIN. AND THEY'LL BELIEVE ONCE AGAIN THAT I'M THE BEST IN THE WORLD. >> THIS IS THE EX-CHAMP. I AM THE FUTURE CHAMP. THIS FIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE REAL TRUE WARRIOR COME OUT. >> TONY FERGUSON HAS BEEN ON A TEAR. HE HAS SHOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT HE HAS KNOCKOUT POWER. >> TONY FERGUSON BY KNOCKOUT. >> FANTASTIC SUBMISSION ABILITY. >> HE'S DONE.
THAT'S IT. >> HE'S ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE BEST LIGHTWEIGHT FIGHTERS ON THE PLANET AND ON THE SHORT LIST OF GUYS WHO WILL ONE DAY SOON FIGHT FOR THE TITLE. THAT IS IF HE CAN GET PAST THE FORMER CHAMPION JORGE DOS ANJOS. AND HE DESTROYED HIM WITH LEG KICKS. IF YOU LOOKAL AAL ALT THE WAY H THE TITLE FROM PETTIS. HOW HE DEFENDED THE TITLE BY FIRST ROUND KNOCKOUT. HE IS A DANGEROUS WORLD CLASS MIXED MARTIAL ARTS FIGHTER. >> I THINK HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT HE'S IN FOR. I'M JUST A BETTER FIGHTER AND STRONGER. I HAVE MORE SKILLS. >> I'M GOING TO MAKE THE GUY QUIT. I'M LOOKING FOR VICTORY. HE'S HAD HIS TIME, THIS IS MY TIME NOW. >> IT'S MY TIME AND I'M READY TO BE BACK ON THE TOP. >> I'M WAY MORE DANGEROUS THAN DOS ANJOS ON ALL LEVELS. HE'S GOING DOWN. >> IF THAT DIDN'T GET YOU FIRED UP, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL.
TWO FANTASTIC FIGHTERS THROWING DOWN IN OUR MAIN EVENT. LET'S GO BACK TO MEXICO CITY TO WATCH THESE TWO GENTLEMAN WEIGH IN. >> TONY FERGUSON IS CURRENTLY RIDING AN EIGHT-FIGHT WIN STREAK. IF HE CAN FINISH THE FORMER CHAMPION, HE'LL CLAIM A STAKE AT THE TITLE SHOT AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT TONY FERGUSON IN THAT TITLE FIGHT. THAT WOULD BE CRAZY. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM IN THERE. IT IS QUITE A TEST TO SEE HOW READY HE IS, FOR SURE. >> THAT'S A HUGE TEST. >> THERE'S NO BETTER TEST THAN RDA WHO SEEMS TO BE ROCKING OUT RIGHT NOW. 25 FIGHTS EXPERIENCE THAT HE CARRIES INTO THIS FIGHT. AND HE'S HUNGRY TO WIN. YOU'VE GOT TO IMAGINE BEING A FORMER CHAMP, COMING OFF A LOSS, HE'S GOING TO BE AS SHARP AS EVER IN THIS MATCH UP. YEAH. THIS IS A HUGE TEST FOR TONY FERGUSON AND WINNING THIS FIGHT BY DECISION OR ESPECIALLY HE CAN FINISH THE FORMER CHAMP AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DENY HIM A TITLE SHOT.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH] >> NINE CONSECUTIVE FIGHTS AND YOU HAVE WON ALL OF THEM AND ONE MORE FOR YOUR TITLE THAT AWAITS YOU. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] TONY FERGUSON, HE'S READY. HE'S READY FOR THE FIGHT. THAT'S THE ONLY THING HE HAS TO SAY. HE WANTS THAT CHAMPIONSHIP, TONY FERGUSON. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] RAP RAPHAEL — >> IN MEXICO THE TIME HAS COME FOR YOU TO RECOVER THE BOUT THAT YOU LOST. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> THE BOUT IS HERE FOR THE TRUE WINNER. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELCOME BACK TO THE WEST COAST..
