WE HAVE A REALLY FUN Q&A SET UP. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION I WOULD SUGGEST PROBABLY GETTING IN LINE RIGHT NOW. AND I HAVE TO REMIND YOU. IT IS NOT COMING FROM ME. BUT NO PICTURES. NO AUTOGRAPH REQUESTS AND NO TICKET REQUESTS. SORRY. OTHER THAN THAT TOMORROW WE WANT TO REMIND YOU TO PLEASE JOIN US ACROSS THE STREET FOR THE UFC 192 TAILGATE. THERE WILL BE SO MANY THINGS GOING ON AND SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE FIGHTERS. IT IS PRESENTED BY HALO 5, PAIGE VAN ZANDT. YOU LIKE PAIGE? COME ON. LUKE ROCKHOLD. CAIN VELAZQUEZ. HE'LL BE THERE IS WELL. PRESENTED BY HALO 5.
IT IS ACROSS THE STREET TOMORROW FROM 12:00 TO 4:00. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS THERE. TODAY IS REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE THE UFC IS CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. SO THAT IS REALLY WHERE WE GET TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE LATINOS FOR A WHOLE MONTH. AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE WITH SOME OF THE BEST LATINO FIGHTERS ON THE ROSTER RIGHT HERE ON THE STAGE ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS. LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT TWO OF THEM RIGHT NOW. >>> ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT A GREAT GROUP OF FIGHTERS TO BRING TO THE STAGE. LET'S START WITH THE NUMBER 12 RANKED STRAW WEIGHT WHO MADE HER AT UFC 190 IN BRAZIL. . PLEASE WELCOME JESSICA AGUILAR. WELCOME. YOU EXCITED? YOUR FIRST UFC Q&A. >> HI GUYS HOLA. >> CURRENTLY RANKED NUMBER FIVE OF THE STRAW WEIGHT DIVISION. PLEASE WELCOME TISHA TORREZ. >> HI EVERYBODY. >> WELL HELLO. THANKS FOR JOINING US. ALL RIGHT THIS IS SOMEBODY YOU JUST SAW IN THE VIDEO PACKAGE. HE'S THE NUMBER FIVE RANKED FLY WEIGHT.
YOU KNOW HIM AS THE "MESSENGER." OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST, HENRY SOJUDO. >> HOLA, HOLA. >> WELCOME. >> HOW YOU GUYS DOING? >> RANKED NUMBER ONE AT 145 POUNDS. HE IS THE FORMER CHAMPION. "SHOW TIME" ANTHONY PETTIS. >> ALL RIGHT. AND FINALLY THIS MAN LEADS VERY LITTLE INTRODUCTION. YOU GUYS ARE ALL BIG FANS OF HIS. HE IS THE FORMER UFC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION CANE VELASQUEZ. HELLO CANE. SO CANE I'D LIKE TO START WITH YOU. BUT IF ALL OF YOU COULD ANSWER THIS. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH HERE.
AND ALL OF YOU HAVE DEEP ROUTES TIED TO YOUR CULTURE. SO IF YOU CAN, I'M STARTING WITH CANE GOING DOWN THE LINE. TALK ABOUT WHAT BEING HISPANIC AND BEING A HISPANIC FIGHTER AND THIS WHOLE MONTH OF CELEBRATION REALLY MEANS TO YOU. >> AS FAR AS ME, BEING HISPANIC, YOU KNOW, COMES FROM AS FAR AS THE SPORT, WATCHING THE SPORT, ING BOXING, IT IS –PANICS HAVE THAT STYLE OF ALWAYS GOING FORWARD AND PRESSURE AND I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THAT AND I LIKE MY STYLE TO BE THAT WAY. AND AS FAR AS THE CULTURE, THE FOOD, THE FAMILY BEING A CLOSE KNIT FAMILY, THAT'S HOW I GREW UP. AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ME.
>> YEAH FOR ME IT IS JUST — NO, IT IS IN OUR BLOOD. BACK IN BOXING AND THE FACT EVEN YOURSELF, MAN, I LOOK UP TO A LOT. THE GREAT CHAMPS AND ALL OF THESE COMBATIVE SPORTS, THEY COME WITH HISPANIC BLOOD IN THEM. IT'S IN MY BLOOD. WE WERE BORN TO DO THIS. I'M PROUD TO BE HISPANIC AND DOING THIS. >> LIKEWISE. JUST TO TOUCH UP ON BOTH. SOMEONE LIKE CANE VELASQUEZ WHO'S PAVED THE ROAD FOR WHEN IT COMES TO THE SPORT OF MIXED MARTIAL ARTS.
AND FOR ME IN MMA I THINK OF CANE. AND I THINK HE'S KIND OF PAVED THE ROAD FOR US. AND SOMEONE THEY LOOK UP TO. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, CANE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> HELLO EVERYBODY. FOR ME BEING A PART OF THE UFC AND BEING A FEMALE FIGHTER AND A LATINA, FOR ME IT IS A PLATFORM TO SHOW THAT WORLD THAT, YOU KNOW, WOMEN CAN BE BEAUTIFUL.
CAN BE STRONG AND WE CAN EMPOWER OTHERS TO, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY FIGHT TO JUST TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AND BE A WOMAN IN SPORT TODAY. AND I THINK THAT OFTEN TIMES, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPANISH COMMUNITY THERE IS THE WHOLE THING OF THE MACHISMO. AND SOMETIMES THEY THEY WOMEN SHOULDN'T BE OUT THERE FIGHTING BUT WHEN THEY SEE US OUT THERE DOING WHAT WE LOVE TO DO AND WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE TALENT, I THINK THAT SPREADS THE LOVE, YOU KNOW, ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. I'M PROUD TO BE A FEMALE FIGHTER IN THE UFC AND ALSO A LATINA. [ APPLAUSE ] >> FOR ME, BEING A PART OF THE UFC AND A PART OF THE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IS A BIG THING TO ME. BECAUSE I'M VERY PROUD OF MY HERITAGE. AND I — AGAIN, LIKE SHE JUST SAID I GET DO WHAT I LOVE. AND I'M JUST AN ATHLETE HERE AMONG ALL THESE ATHLETES HERE STANDING. I FIGHT WITH GREAT PRIDE AND JOY TO HAVE OUR BLOOD. >> ABSOLUTELY. WELL IT IS AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU GUYS UP HERE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO BE WITH US.
I KNOW YOU HAVE VERY BUSY SCHEDULE AND WE'RE GLAD YOU ARE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME FAN QUESTIONS. LET'S OPEN IT UP TO YOU GUYS. >> THIS QUESTION IF FOR ANTHONY PETTIS. — WAS ON THE POD CAST WITH JOE ROGAN AND HE SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING TO HELP HIM OUT FOR THE FIGHT HE HAS COMING UP? IS THAT TRUE NOR? >> THAT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL. HE MADE A COMMENT AT A FIGHT SAYING IF I WAS FIGHTING KABEEB, THAT HE HATES THAT GUY AND HE WOULD HELP ME TRAIN. HE TOOK WHAT I SAID AND PUT IT OUT THERE LIKE I WASN'T HELPING TRAIN. I'M POSSIBLY FIGHTING THIS DUDE AGAIN. AND HE WAS TALKING BIG STUFF WHEN I FOUGHT HIM BEFORE. SO DEFINITELY NOT HELPING HIM OUT TRAINING. >> OKAY. THANKS, MAN. >> FAIR ENOUGH. OVER HERE. >> HELLO. MY QUESTION IS FOR MR. CANE VELASQUEZ. I KNOW A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THERE WERE RUMORS YOU WERE REQUESTING TO FIGHT ON THIS CARD.
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT PREVENTED YOU FROM FIGHT OKAY THIS CARD? >> YEAH. AS SOON AS THE LAST FIGHT, DANIEL WANTED TO BE ON THIS FIGHT CARD, SO I SAID IT'S PERFECT, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO BOTH BE ON THIS FIGHT CARD. THIS IS A FIGHT THAT I WANT TO COME TO AND FIGHT. AND DAMIEN ENDED UP CALLING ME AND SAYING POSSIBLY THINKING ABOUT MAYBE JANUARY VERSUS VERDUN. REMATCH. I SAID COOL I'M DOWN WITH THAT AND I'LL WAIT FOR THAT FIGHT. AND NOW I HEAR MARCH. SO MARCH IN BRAZIL. SO I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL GOOD LUCK. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU HAVE GOOD MEMORIES HERE IN HOUSTON THOUGH, CANE. YOU HAD SOME GOOD MEMORIES HERE IN HOUSTON. >> I DID. MEMORIES HERE YEAH OF FIGHTING AGAINST DOS SANTOS, THE TRILOGY. SO YEAH. [ AUDIENCE MEMBER SHOUTS ] >> YEAH. >> CORRECT. THAT GUY MIGHT HAVE BEEN HERE.
>> THIS QUESTION FOR CANE. MY QUESTION IS I SEE YOU SMASHED JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY IN THE UFC YOU HAVE FOUGHT AND I WAS WONDERING IF NOT GOING TO THE ALTITUDE EARLY ENOUGH PLAYED A BIG PART IN YOUR FIGHT BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T FIGHT THE SAME. I SAW YOU LOSE WIND WHEN YOU NEVER DO. YOU ALWAYS FIGHT 100% AND I WAS WONDERING IF THAT WAS A MISTAKE YOU MADE. >> YEAH DEFINITELY A MISTAKE I MADE. I WASN'T EARLY ENOUGH. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN OUT THERE THE WHOLE KAMPB. AND AGAIN IT IS A THING NOT KNOWING MY FIRST TIME FIGHTING THERE AND ALSO JUST THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE OKAY OUT THERE AND I WASN'T. SO AGAIN, A MISTAKE I'VE LEARNED FROM AND LOOKING TO MOVE ON. SO JUST HAPPY TO GET THE REMATCH. AND THAT'S IT. >> YEAH BECAUSE I — ONE MORE THING. BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ALL — NOW THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW THE MISTAKE, I KNOW YOU COULD TAKE HIM. >> I WILL.
I WILL. THANK YOU. >> I ACTUALLY WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. HENRY YOU DID FIGHT ON THAT CARD AND YOU WERE OUT IN MEXICO, WHAT? 40 DAYS EARLY. >> I WAS ACTUALLY OUT THERE TWO WEEKS PRIOR. >> OH TWO. I DON'T KNOW — >> BUT THE AL TUDE IS CRAZY. AND FOR SURE, CANE, I PROU PROBABLY WOULDN'T WANT TO FIGHT IN MEXICO CITY EVER AGAIN. UNLESS I'M OUT THERE MAYBE A MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF.
>> PROBABLY NEXT TIME WOULD BE THE WHOLE CAMP. IF IT DOES COME UP AGAIN I COULD WOULD DO IT AGAIN. BUT IT WOULD BE DEFINITELY A CAMP OUT THERE. >> EVEN LIKE DENVER WHERE ALTITUDE IS AN ISSUE, IS IT SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY? BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME PERFORMANCES ON THAT ENTIRE CARD THAT WERE AFFECTED. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD MAYBE TALK TO YOUR CAMP ABOUT CHANGES TO MAKE OR ASK FOR A FIGHT IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION. >> MOST DEFINITELY. YOU WANT TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO WIN. SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE THOSE SACRIFICES. I'VE NEVER FOUGHT IN COLORADO OR MEXICO. SO I HAVEN'T HAD THAT EXPERIENCE YET. BUT YEAH IF I DO FIGHT DEFINITELY GO OVER.
>> THE ALTITUDE DEFINITELY WAS A PROBLEM, AN ISSUE. TWO WEEKS WASN'T ENOUGH. THE THING ABOUT BEING THERE A LOT LONGER, YOU KNOW, BRINGING YOUR COACHES OUT THERE. THAT IS A HUGE ISSUE. IT IS HARD TO BRING YOUR COACH OUT THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, SIX WEEKS. GIVEN ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT IN MEXICO, I DON'T KNOW IF I'D SAY YES UNFORTUNATELY. MAYBE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN MONTEREY WHERE THERE ISN'T ANY ALTITUDE. >> I WOULD HAVE TO SAY YES BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A DREAM TO FIGHT IN MEXICO. AND I WOULD ALWAYS DO MY WHOLE CAMP IN MEXICO BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE DEAL.
>> WHO ARE YOU ALL GOING FOR MANELO OR COTO. >> –. >> I'M HALF AND HALF SO I'M SWORN BETWEEN THE TWO BUT I THINK CANELLO. >> THANK YOU. >> HEY GUYS. I'M JOSH, I'M WITH THE MMACOMMUNITY.COM. THANK YOU Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING TO HOUSTON. OU HAVE A FIGHT WITH AL FLVAREZ COMING UP NEXT. >> DOS SANTOS IS DEFINITELY ON THE RADAR. AFTER A FIGHT LIKE THAT YOU GOT GO GET THAT BACK. RIGHT NOW I'M FOCUSSED ON THE EDDY ALVAREZ. IF I'M IN THERE A HUNDRED PERCENT AND I FEEL HEALTHY LIKE THE WAY I FIGHT I DON'T THINK IT'S EVEN A CHALLENGE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT. FIRST OFF, HENRY, THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT. YOU GOT SO MUCH OF MY RESPECT FOR YOUR NICK SITUATION. FREE NICK. I APPRECIATE YOU STANDING UP. AND I WISH MORE UFC FIGHTERS DID BUT I UNDERSTAND BUT THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE STEPS THAT YOU NEEDED TO AND STANDING UP FOR WHAT WAS RIGHT.
AND ALSO ANTHONY, ONCE YOU GET THROUGH EDDY, THERE IS A BRASH LITTLE IRISHMAN AT 145, HAS HE BEEN ON YOUR MIND IN THE FUTURE AT ALL. >> IF HE GOES TO 55. DEFINITELY. CONNOR, HE'S DOING HI HIS THING, TALKING YET. BUT HE HASN'T BEATEN ANYONE YET TO MAKE ME FEEL HE'S ON MY RADAR. >> THANK YOU CHAMP. >> HELLO. FIRST THANKS MEGAN FOR THE BEAUTIFUL COMMENT THAT YOU WROTE ME ON TWITTER. >> NO PROBLEM. >> AND AFTER SIX YEARS THIS IS STILL KIND OF NERVOUS. BUT THIS IS FOR ANTHONY. WHAT IS YOUR VISION WITH THE NEW PETTIS MARTIAL ARTS GYM BEING OPEN? AND DO YOU PLAN ON GOING TO MORE STATES LIKE YOUR FAV HOUSTON. >> IT'S MORE FOR MY OLDER BROTHERS. SO JUST BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER. THE MIXED MARTIAL ART, THE TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS WHAT I GREW UP IN. FOR MILWAUKEE I JUST WANT IT TO BE A FUN PLACE TO COME TRAIN IT AND WHERE EVERYBODY CAN SEE ME TRAIN AND SEE ME DOING MY THING. AND WHEN MY CAREER IS OVER I THINK I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND OTHER PLACES.
>> AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO SHOW SOME HOUSTON TLOUF YOU, SERGE, DUKE, LIZ, JOSH, AARON, ERIC. I LOVE YOU ALL. >> APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >> SHE KNOWS THE WHOLE CREW. >> SHE HAH HAD IT WRITTEN DOWN ON THE PHONE THOUGH. SHE HAD TO READ THE PHONE LIST. >> ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. >> THIS QUESTION IS FOR ANTHONY.
SO YOUR LITTLE BROTHER IS FIGHTING TOMORROW NIGHT AND YOU TEND TO FIGHT ON THE SAME CARDS HE DOES. BUT AT UFC 185 YOU DIDN'T QUITE GET A GOOD RESULT. HOW MUCH DID THAT PLAY INTO YOUR MENTALITY FIGHTING LATER ON THAT NIGHT. >> IN MIXED MARTIAL ARTS EVERY MAN IS THEIR OWN MAN. WHEN YOU GET IN THE OCTAGON AND THE DOOR CLOSES IT IS ALL ON YOU. SO THAT'S ALL ON ME. BUT US FIGHTING ON THE SAME CARD WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. GOOD THE FIRST TIME. SECOND TIME NOT SO WELL. SO WE'RE FOCUSED ON WHOEVER'S FIGHTING AND THAT'S IT. >> THANKS MAN. >> FIRST DID Y'ALL GET IN TROUBLE OR SOMETHING? IS THERE A REASON YOU DIDN'T GET CHAIRS. >> THEY'RE MAKING US STAND. >> ANYWAYS. YOU KNOW YOU'RE A CHAMP. WE'VE BEEN FANS, YOU KNOW, MY WIFE AND I SINCE THE WEC AND WE KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO BOUNCE BACK. NO BIG DEAL.
>> APPRECIATE IT. >> WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE. YOUR FIGHT WITH EDDY ALVAREZ, GOING INTO THAT FIGHT, IS THERE SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT YOU SEE ABOUT EDDY ALVAREZ'S GAME THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF? OR ARE YOU JUST MORE FOCUSED ON JUST DOING CAMP AND YOUR FOCUS AND JUST BRICKING THE BEST OF WHAT YOU GOT THERE? >> I THINK I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO FOCUSING ON WHAT I'M GOOD AT. LAST FIGHT OH I GOT TO WATCH THE WRESTLING AND ALL THIS STUFF. WHEN I FOCUS ON WHAT I GOT TO DO RATHER THAN WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO O I HAVE MY BEST FIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO WATCH SOME FILM OF HIM OTHER THAN THAT IT'S JUST ME BEINGS MYSELF. >> THANKS CHAMP. >> GO AHEAD. >> AS FANS, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS TRY TO GET YOUR PICTURES, TRY TO DUET AUTOGRAPHS FROM WHOEVER WE MEET.
AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE LIKE, WE GET EXCITED FOR. BUT WHEN Y'ALL FIRST MADE IT TO THE BIG SHOW, WAS THERE A PARTICULAR FIGHTER THAT YOU WERE EXCITED TO SEE, TO MEET, HAVE A PICTURE WITH? AND THIS GOES FOR ALL OF Y'ALL. >> FOR ME I WAS WITH INVICTA PRIOR TO THE UFC. SO JUST MEETING ALL THE FEMALE FIGHTERS I FOLLOWED WHEN I WAS IN KICK BOXING THAT THEY WERE MMA AND I WAS LOOKING INTO IT AND OH I WANT TO DO THAT ONE DAY.
AND THEN BEING ABLE TO MEET THEM WAS AMAZING. AND BEING ON THE SAME CARD. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST MOMENTS FOR ME WAS ACTUALLY FIGHTING ON THE SAME CARD AS CANE IN MEXICO. >> AND FOR ME IT WAS TODAY. I JUST TOOK A SELFIE WITH MR. CANE VELASQUEZ. >> AMAZING. >> FOR ME THERE'S ONE GUY THAT I LOVE WATCHING WHEN I FIRST STARTED PRACTICING THIS SPORT. AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I WAS ABLE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH HIM, AND THAT'S FIDOR.
A GUY I'VE ALWAYS WATCHED, YOU KNOW, HIS CAREER. JUST THOUGHT HE WAS AMAZING. >> YEAH I GOT A COUPLE. ANDERSON SILVA, ONE OF MIFF ALL-TIME FAVORS. AND G.S.P., AND B.J. PENN. >> I THINK FOR ME GETTING TO THE OLD SCHOOL KIND OF. I WOULD HAVE JUST SAID RANDY COUT COUTURE. STILL ABLE AT 45, 46 ABLE TO FIGHT THE WAY HE FOUGHT AND BOXED. I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED RANDY. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THANK YOU GUYS. >> THANKS MAN. >> HELLO. GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS HERE IN HOUSTON. MY QUESTION IS FOR PEREZ. IN THE PAST YOU TALKED ABOUT SUPER FIGHTS WITH ALDO AND HE'S GOT A FIGHT SCHEDULED WITH CONNOR. HOW DO YOU SEE THAT FIGHT GOING AND WHO WOULD YOU RATHER FIGHT IN A SUPER FIGHT? CONNOR OR ALDO? >> I THINK AS FAR AS COMPETITION, ALDO, MAN.
ALDO IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS WHO'S BEEN ON TOP FOR A LONG TIME. HE'S BEATEN EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY IN THE 145 DIVISION THAT CHALLENGED HE'S BEATEN. WALL WOULD BE A GOOD CHALLENGE. IN THAT FIGHT I DON'T KNOW. CONNOR HASN'T BEATEN ANYBODY YET. IF HE BEATS ALL OF THEM THEN HE'S LEGIT. SO WE'LL SEE A LOT OF QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED WHEN THEY FIGHT. >> COOL. AND CANE I'M FROM EL SALVADOR AND CENTRAL AMERICA. YOU HAVE LOTS OF FANS DOWN THERE. GET A SHOUTOUT MAYBE FOR THE ENTIRE CENTRAL AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAT FOLLOWS YOU? >> DEFINITELY. YEAH YEAH. SHOUT OUT TO EVERYBODY IN CENTRAL AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING BEHIND ME.
THAT IS AWESOME TO KNOW OUR FANS DOWN THERE. THAT'S GREAT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU CHAMP. >> I GOT A QUESTION FOR ALL THE FIGHTERS. I COME FROM A WIG HISPANIC FAMILY AND EVERYBODY'S INFLUENCED ME. AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW FROM EACH OF YOU WHO'S INFLUENCED YOU. >> FOR ME IT'S BEEN MY PARENTS. YOU KNOW, JUST KNOWING WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH, KNOWING WHAT MY DAD WENT THROUGH TO COME OVER TO THE U.S.
AND, YOU KNOW, WATCHING THEM EVERY DAY WORK A JOB THAT DIDN'T PAY MUCH. BUT HEY, THEY DIDN'T COMPLAIN. THEY WENT OUT THERE, DID THEIR JOB ALL DAY AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE HAPPY. I MEAN, NOW AS FAR AS WHAT I'M DOING, MY JOB IS EASY COMPARED TO WHAT THEY DID. >> FOR ME IT WOULD BE MY MOM. I LOST MY DAD WHEN I WAS 16. SO MY MOM RAISED THREE BOYS BY HERSELF. PUT US IN MARTIAL ARTS AND KEPT US ALL TOGETHER. MY MOM IS THE ROCK OF MY FAMILY. AND NOW MY DAUGHTER TO IS A BIG INSPIRATION SO WHEN I FIGHT IT IS FOR HER. >> I THINK FOR ME I JUST SAY IMMIGRANTS. TO COME TO THIS COUNTRY. MAYBE THEY COME HERE MAYBE NOT THE MOST POLITICAL WAY BUT THEY COME HERE TO LIVE, TO ESCAPE POVERTY. AND I KNOW SEEING MY MOM AS THE LITTLE KID, SEEING HER RAISE SEVEN KIDS BY HERSELF. YOU KNOW, AT TIMES I PRETTY MUCH EAT ONCE A DAY.
BUT THAT MOTIVATE ME THE FACT THAT MY MOTHER USED TO WORK CAN DIGNITY, PRIDE. MORE IMPORTANTLY SHE WOULD WORK WITH THE ATTITUDE NO EXCUSE. THAT'S ALWAYS INSPIRED ME. >> SIMILAR STORY. GREW ONE A SINGLE MOTHER, THREE KIDS. AND KARATE WAS EXPENSED BUT SHE ALWAYS MADE SURE IT WAS PAID BEFORE. AND I'M GLAD SHE DID IT BECAUSE NOW 20 YEARS LATER I'M DOING MY DREAM JOB. >> I ALSO HAVE TO SAY MY MOTHER. I LOST MY FATHER AS WELL WHEN I WAS YOUNG. AND SHE — YOU KNOW, SHE BROUGHT MYSELF AND TWO OTHER BROTHERS UP AND HERE I AM TODAY. SO I'M LIVING A DREAM. I CHOOSE MY LIFE AND I CHOOSE MMA. SHE DIDN'T CHOOSE HER LIFE. SHE'S MY INSPIRATION. >> I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. BECAUSE ALL OF YOU HAVE THESE INCREDIBLE STORIES OF INSPIRATION FROM YOUR PARENTS. DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE FIRST ABLE TO BUY THEM SOMETHING MEANINGFUL, WHERE YOU WERE LIKE I CAN FINALLY DO THIS FOR MY PARENTS OR TAKE THEM SOMEWHERE, SHOW THEM AN EXPERIENCE THAT MADE YOU PROUD TO BE THEIR CHILD.
BUT ALSO YOU FELT LIKE MAYBE YOU WERE PAYING THEM BACK A LITTLE BIT? >> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK WHEN I TOOK HER TO JAPAN FOR ONE OF MY I FIGHTS. AND IT WAS A FIGHT THAT I WAS FIGHTING THE NUMBER ONE STRAWWEIGHT IN THE WORLD. AND SHE WAS RIGHT, YOU KNOW, PUT HER RIGHT IN CENTER IN FRONT CAGE. SO THAT WAS MY MOMENT TO TAKE HER TO THE TEMPLES AND OUT OF THE COUNTRY WHERE, YOU KNOW, SHE WOULD NEVER IMAGINE TRAVELING OUT OF THE COUNTRY FROM MEXICO TO HERE. SO THAT WAS INCREDIBLE MOMENT. >> I BOUGHT MY MOM A CAR FOR CHRISTMAS LAST YEAR, THAT WAS A BIG MOMENT FOR ME. SOMETHING I WAS VERY PROUD OF. [ APPLAUSE ] >> FOR ME GROWING UP. IT WAS TOUGH. I TALK ABOUT MY WIFE AND MY FAMILY NOW TO THIS DAY THEY COUNT TEN HOUSES THAT I GREW UP IN IN MY SMALL CITY. AND WHEN I WAS YOUNG I TOLD MYSELF THAT IF I CAN SOMEDAY I WAS GOING TO BUY MY PARENTS HOUSE.
I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT. THAT WAS A BIG DREAM OF MINE THAT I'VE FULFILLED. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I THINK FOR ME WAS, YOU KNOW, BEING — I STARTED MAKING MONEY WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. I TURNED PROFESSIONAL. I WAS STILL A HIGH SCHOOL KID. I WAS TRAINING FOR THE OLYMPICS. AND ALLOWING ME TO BUY HER PLANE TICKETS TO GO TO MEXICO CITY. AND THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME WAS MY MOM WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE OLYMPICS WITH HER CITIZENSHIP STATUS. AND IT WAS UNFORTUNATE SHE WASN'T THERE BUT A FEW YEARS LATER SHE WAS ABLE TO WATCH ME ACTUALLY COMPETE IN MEXICO. BUT TO ME THAT WAS THE BIGGEST DEAL [ APPLAUSE ] >> FOR ME I'M STILL ON GOAL STATUS.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BUY MY MOM A HOUSE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT ONE NIGHT DANA CALLED ME TO WELCOME ME TO THE UFC, I CALLED MY MOM AND TOLD HER I HAD REALLY GREAT NEWS TO TELL HER, OR REALLY SURPRISING NEWS AND SHE THOUGHT MAYBE I WAS GOING TO SAY I WAS PREGNANT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT SHE WAS KIND OF WORRIED. LIKE TELL ME, TELL ME NOW. SO I WENT TO HER HOUSE AND I TOLD HER DANA JUST CALLED ME. AND WE STARTED CRYING AND IT WAS A REALLY SPECIAL MOMENT FOR ME THAT ALL THE HARD WORK CAME TO THIS.
>> ABSOLUTELY. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE MONETARY. ALL YOUR PARENTS HAVE TO BE SO PROUD OF YOU AND ALL YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS UP HERE. IT'S VERY COOL THEY SUPPORTED YOU. NOW YOU CAN SUPPORT THEM BACK. GOOD QUESTION. >> THANK YOU. >> QUESTION FOR HENRY. MIGHTY MOUSE HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE THINKS ITS FOOLISH TO BOYCOTT FIGHTING IN NEVADA. SO LET'S SAY YOU WERE TO GET A CALL FOR THE TITLE SHOT. WOULD YOU REALLY PASS UP ON IT? >> AND YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO THINK I'M CRAZY. I'VE BEATEN THE BEST IN THE WORLD. AND I BELIEVE MY SELF WORTH IS MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN MY NET WORTH. I'M WILLING TO PASS. GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE. THAT'S FINE. IT'S NO HURRY. I KNOW AISLE BE THE BEST. SO I WOULD BE WILLING TO GIVE IT UP FOR PEOPLE TO SERIOUSLY [ APPLAUSE ] — YOU KNOW, SO NICK CAN GET HIS PROPER JUSTICE.
AND AGAIN MAN, I LOVE THE UFC. THEY HAVE TREATED ME SO WELL. MAN, I AIN'T A SLAVE TO NOBODY. AND I'LL TELL THAT TO THEM. AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. ORTIZ AND DANA WHITE, THEMD DO ANYTHING FOR EACH OTHER. I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP OUT A FLOU UFC MEMBER. KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? [ APPLAUSE ] >> APPRECIATE IT. >> MY QUESTION IS FOR CANE. YOU DID MENTION YOU MED FIDOR A FEW WEEKS AGO. PERSONALLY, I THINK YOU COULD TAKE HIM. >> AGAIN, ONCE I'M HERE THEY SET UP A FIGHT, THEN YEAH I WOULD DO THAT. DEFINITELY. BUT AGAIN JUST MORE A THING OF RESPECT, YOU KNOW.
YOU SEE SOMEBODY AS A FIGURE THAT YOU LOOKED UP TO, YOU KNOW. BUT OBVIOUSLY IF IT CAME FOR THAT TIME TO FIGHT THEN THAT WOULD HAPPEN. >> JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A PICTURE WITH YOU LATER? THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE GONNA GET ME IN TROUBLE. >> ALL RIGHT. THIS QUESTION IS FOR PETTIS. BEFORE YOU WON THE BELT FROM BENSON AT 155 IN UFC THERE IS A LOT OF HYPE ABOUT YOU AND ALDO. DO YOU STILL FEEL THAT FIGHT WOULD HAVE AS MUCH HYPE OR MORE AROUND IT? >> YOU K I DON'T KNOW. >> WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? ONCE WE GET PAST THESE FIGHTS WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE AT 155 IF THAT HAPPENED, RIGHT? NO GOING DOWN TO 145. >> I DON'T NEED TO GO DOWN TO 45. I ALREADY WON THE BELT AT 155. UNLESS IT'S A LOT OF MONEY I AIN'T CUTTING THE EXTRA TEN POUNDS. >> HENRY, THANKS A LOT FOR DOING WHAT YOU DID. UNBELIEVABLE COURAGE TO STAND BY YOUR CONVICTIONS. KUDOS TO YOU. I'LL BE WATCHING ALL YOUR FIGHTS UNTIL THE DAY YOU [ BLEEP ] RETIRE. >> CHILDREN. LANGUAGE. >> SORRY. I GUESS FOR THE REST OF YOU, MY QUESTION IS SHOULD WE BE TESTING FOR POT IN THE SPORT? >> I DON'T THINK IT HELPS YOU WIN FIGHTS.
SO I DON'T THINK IT IS A BIG THING. IT IS NOT LIKE TRT OR 'ROIDS OR SOMETHING. IT JUST MAKES YOU HAPPY AND KIND OF TIRED. IF ANYTHING IT IS A DISADVANTAGE THAN AN ADVANTAGE. SO NO IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. >> I DON'T THINK SO. IT MAKES YOU HAPPY AND HUNGRY. >> NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO TOUCH THAT ONE. OKAY. >> AND I DON'T WANT TO BE HAPPY WHEN I'M IN THE CAGE SO — >> OR HUNGRY DURING FIGHT WEEK. I DON'T BLAME YOU GUYS. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. WE'LL MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ONE. >> HEY WHAT'S UP GUYS? MUCH RESPECT TO ALL OF YOU UP THERE. REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. >> HEY WHY DON'T YOU GUYS TEST RIGHT NOW. >> WHAT'S THAT? >> WHY DON'T YOU TEST THEM ALL REAL QUICK. >> >> [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> IS THAT A QUESTION FOR ALL OF US? >> REAL QUICK, HENRY S. — TO ME IT IS THE ENACT THAT YOU ARE STANDING UP TO THE FIGHTERS BECAUSE HE WAS WRONGLY CONVICTED.
THE FACT YOU ARE STANDING UP, MUCH LOVE TO YOU. YOU GOT A FAN OUT OF ME. ANTHONY PETTIS, LOVE YOU MAN. BIG FAN OF YOU. IF TYKE AE KWON DO ALL MY LIFE. AND WHEN YOU CAME IN I WAS LIKE FINALLY. KOREAN MARTIAL ARTS BABY. AND CANE VELASQUEZ. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING WHAT'S UP. AND HERE IS WHAT I THINK. I THINK STYLISTICALLY AND I GOT MUCH RESPECT FOR YOU. STYLISTICALLY VERDUN IS A VERY SCARY INDIVIDUAL. HIS LINK IS THERE, CLINCH IS THERE AND GROUND GAME IS THERE. I THINK IF YOU TRAIN HARDER IT ISN'T GOING TO MAKE THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE IN THE RESULT. >> — HEY DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
IT WAS COOL WHEN YOU WERE THE — >> LET ME FINISH. >> JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. >> I BELIEVE YOU CAN WIN THIS FIGHT. IT IS NOT BY TRAINING HARDER BUT TRAINING DIFFERENTLY. >> OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> LET ME FINISH. >> DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? HE DOES NOT NEED YOUR PHILOSOPHY. >> OKAY. >> WE'RE GOING TO TURN YOUR MIC OFFER BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. >> THANK YOU. NEXT QUESTION. SORRY. >> JUST WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN MARCH. I CAN'T HEAR YOU NOW BUT WAIT AND SEE. >> IF YOU DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, THIS GOES FOR EVERYONE. PLEASE DON'T WASTE THEIR TIME. YOU ARE NOT A COACH. CAN'T HAVE A COACH AT AKA. OVER HERE. THANK YOU. >> HI EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT. HI EVERYBODY. MY NAME'S JOHNNY FROM GALVESTON. AND E REAL QUICK, QUESTION FOR CANE. NOT THINKING ABOUT WHAT HE SAIDS.
BUT IF POSITIVE YOU COULD TAKE FROM THE VERDUN FIGHT WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE? >> POSITIVE STUFF? I THINK THE FIRST ROUND WAS MINE. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. BUT I MEAN IN BETWEEN I FELT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. YOU KNOW, SITTING IN THE CORNER I FELT YEAH I JUST WASN'T MYSELF. IT WASN'T LIKE I COULDN'T DUET AIR IN. IT WAS LIKE MY BODY WASN'T REACTING. AND I FELT THAT. AGAIN, LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES. MOVE FORWARD. AND I'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION BEFORE. SO I KNOW WHAT TO DO. I KNOW WHAT TO DO TO GET IT BACK. AND I WILL. I'M GOING TO DO THAT. >> ALL RIGHT NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. KICK HIS ASS IN MARCH. >> WE'LL GO BACK TO THAT MICROPHONE WHICH HOPEFULLY IS TURNED BACK ON. OKAY. THERE WE GO. >> IS IT ON? I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT'S UP TO CAIN AND HENRY. I GOT A MUTUALLY FRIEND IN JOHN –. I GOT A QUESTION FOR ANTHONY. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED LOSING YOUR DAD AND LOSING YOUR DAD MADE YOU WANT TO STEP UP TO BE THE MAN OF THE HOUSE.
DO YOU THINK IF YOU WOULDN'T HAVE LOST YOUR DAD YOU WOULD BE IN THIS POSITION? >> I DON'T KNOW, MAN. I THINK — I THINK EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON. LOSING MY DAD DEFINITELY HELPED PUSH ME IN THIS DIRECTION. I HAD TO STEP UP AT A YOUNG AGE. MAYBE IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED AS FAST OR MAYBE I WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED AT ALL. I WOULD TRADE IT ALL TO HAVE MY DAD BACK, FOR HUR.
>> THAT'S WHAT'S UP. AT WHAT AGE DID YOU START MMA AND TAKING IT SERIOUS? I HAVE A DAUGHTER AND SHE'S AN ORANGE BELT RIGHT NOW. SHE'S 5 YEARS OLD. >> I STARTED IN 2006. SO I WAS 26 YEARS OLD. I WAS AN OLD START. I STARTED OLD. AND I JUST GOT — I WAS OFFERED MY FIGHT. I HAD FIVE DAYS TO TRAIN. I TOOK THE FIGHT AND I SAID THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN. SO THAT IS WHAT KEPT ME IN THE GAME. AND HERE I AM. >> FOR ME I STARTED WHEN I WAS 5 WITH KARATE, TAE KWON DO. AND LED FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER. I THINK I HAD MY FIRST MMA FIGHT WHEN I WAS 21. AND NOW FIVE YEARS LATER I'M IN THE UFC. FUNNY STORE IS JAG AND ME ARE FROM THE SAME CAMP, AMERICAN TOP TEAM. AND I ALSO WANTED TO BE PART OF HER GYM. AND I WAS ORIGINALLY JUJITSU AND KNEW I NEEDED SOMETHING SOMEWHERE AND JAG WAS MY IDOL AND STILL ONE TODAY. AND IT'S AMAZING SHE'S IN THE UFC BECAUSE SHE DESERVED FOR A LONG TIME.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE TIME. >> MY QUESTION IS FOR ANTHONY. DO YOU THINK DONALD CAN BE THE CHAMPION? >> YEAH I THINK — IT DEPENDS WHAT COWBOY SHOWS UP. I THINK WHEN HE GETS TO THESE BIG FIGHTS LIKE THIS HE DOESN'T GET THE PERFORMANCE HE DOES BEFORE. IF THE RIGHT COWBOY SHOWS UP AND THE TESTING IS GOOD I THINK COWBOY COULD BE CHAMP. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> GO AHEAD. >> MY QUESTION IS FOR CAIN. DO YOU THINK COMING FROM YUMA HAS HELPED YOU WITH BEING CHAMPION? OR WHEN YOU WERE CHAMPION LIKE, STAY HUMBLE? AND WHO HELPED YOU THE MOST WHEN YOU WERE IN YUMA. >> IT WAS DEFINITELY MY PARENTS AND THE PEOPLE I ALWAYS HAD AROUND ME AS FAR AS COACHES, YOU KNOW. I ALWAYS KEPT MYSELF BUSY WITH PLAYING FOOTBALL OR WRESTLING. I THINK, YEAH AS FAR AS KEEPING HUMBLE, YEAH IT IS A SMALL PLACE. THAT IS WHERE I COME FROM. AND I THINK DEFINITELY — I THINK IT IS JUST IN ME EVEN THOUGH THE LIMELIGHT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I FEEL LIKE I HAVEN'T CHANGED.
AND I THINK I HAVE A LOT TO JUST THANK AS FAR AS MY PARENTS AND WHERE I CAME FROM ALSO BUT JUST ME, MYSELF, NOT REALLY WANTING THE LIMELIGHT. JUST KIND OF WANTING TO DO MY JOB START FIGHT AND TRAIN. AND THAT IS IT. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> HOW Y'ALL DOING? >> SO GOOD. >> AUWESOME. >> A LOT OF MY FRIENDS SAY WHEN THEY READ MY TWEETS THAT THEY ACTUALLY FEEL A LITTLE DUMBER AFTERWARDS.
DO YOU THINK IT IS A GOOD CAREER MOVE THAT NONE OF Y'ALL FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER? [ LAUGHTER ] AND MY SECOND QUESTION, IS, IS A HOT DOG A SANDWICH? AND I'LL HANG UP AND LISTEN. THANKS GUYS. >> IS A HOT DOG A SANDWICH? HARD-HITTING QUESTIONS HERE AT THE UFC Q&A. >> IF YOU WANTED US TO FOLLOW YOU ON TWITTER, YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID YOUR NAME. >> [ INAUDIBLE ]. [ LAUGHTER ] >> DEDICATION. >> WHAT UP, YO. I AM @SEUMESKAITH. AND THAT'S IT. >> OKAY. PERFECT. >> HELLO. >> WHAT'S UP GUYS. A FRIEND OF MY PASSED AWAY A FEW WEEKS AGO. I JUST WANTED TO ASK Y'ALL IF Y'ALL COULD THROW UP A V IN HER HONOR. THANK YOU. >> SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. >> I HAVE A TWO-PART QUESTION FOR CAIN.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING SPIRITUALLY SINCE LAST FIGHTING VERDUN? SINCE I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO BE FIGHTING HIM AGAIN. INTERNALLY I KNOW THEY SAW YOU VERY HURT BECAUSE YOU WERE IN MEXICO CITY. AND IT REALLY HURT YOU A LOT. NEVER REALLY ADVOCACI VOCALIZED HOW YOU REALLY FELT. AND WE TAKE IT IN A LOT OF TIMES. HOW DO YOU FEEL SPIRITUALLY RIGHT NOW? >> AGAIN, YEAH I'M VERY MUCH ALL EMOTIONS KEEP THEM IN, YOU KNOW. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY. I DON'T SPEAK ABOUT MY EMOTIONS HARDLY EVER, YOU KNOW, WITH MY WIFE WILL TELL YOU I DON'T SPEAK MUCH AT ALL. >> THAT'S ALL RIGHT. >> BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I FEEL THE SPORT IS VERY SIMPLE. I DON'T THINK THINK TOO MUCH INTO IT.
YOU KNOW, I GOT TO GO OUT THERE, TRAIN HARD, YOU KNOW, GET BETTER. AND THAT FIGHT DAY, YOU KNOW, ON THAT NIGHT IS THE NIGHT THAT I HAVE TO PERFORM. AND IT IS SIMPLE AS THAT. AND NOT THINK TOO MUCH INTO IT. I KNOW WHAT I DID WRONG. AGAIN, MOVE FORWARD, TWO OUT THERE GET BETTER AND WIN THE FIGHT WHEN IT COUNTS. >> SECOND PART OF MY QUESTION IS WITH VERDUN, HE SAID SOME THINGS LAST FIGHT THAT I FOUND PRETTY OFFENSIVE. HE SAID THAT YOU WEREN'T MEXICAN. THAT YOU REALLY WEREN'T MEXICAN AND E THINKS JUST BECAUSE HE SPEAKS SPANISH HE'S MEXICAN BUT HE'S NOT. AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT FIGHTING HIM? HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT HIM? >> AS FAR AS HIM, HE SAID THAT, FINE. BUT THE NEXT DAY IT'S ALL HIM TRYING TO BE ALL BUDDY AND BUDDY. >> SHAKE YOUR HAND. >> YEAH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S [ BLEEP ], YOU KNOW? STAY THAT WAY.
DON'T BE A TWO FACE. I DON'T RESPECT THAT SO — >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS MAN. >> MY QUESTION IS FOR TISHA. WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MINE WHEN YOU WATCH — FIGHT? >> FOR ME WHEN I WATCH THE STRAWWEIGHT DIVISION, I WATCH AS A FAN AND AS A COMPETITOR. I'M A NAN OF THE SPORT SO I'M DEFINITELY A FAN OF CHAMPION AND HER SKILLS.
IT IS REALISTIC ONE DAY I COULD BE FIGHTING HER. I THINK SHE'S GREAT AND SHE'S BE CHAMPION FOR A WHILE. BUT I DON'T THINK SHE'S UNDEFEATABLE. AND I THINK THAT MY TITLE SHOT BE COME DOWN THE FUTURE I GUESS BUT I'M TAKING MY TIME WITH IT, YOU KNOW. U DO AND IGROW AND I STILL HAVE THINGS I NEED TO FIX BEFORE I'M ABLE TO FIGHT HER. >> THANK YOU. >> JESSICA, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HA? >> I THINK THAT SHE'S MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION. THERE IS ALWAYS GROWING. TAKE YOUR TIME. SHE'S BEEN A BLACK BELT IN KARATE. SHE'S BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT AND KNOWS WHETHER IT IS TO BE A CHAMPION.
SO JUST TAKE YOUR TIME. BUT I CAN SEE HER AS A CHAMPION. >> [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> WE CAN'T HEAR YOU GUYS. >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR EVERYBODY. I RECENTLY JUST SWITCHED CAMPS. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR SIX YEARS. AND I WAS WONDERING HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT WHEN IT IS TIME TO SWITCH UP AND HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ARE READY? >> I'VE BEEN WITHIN THE SAME CAMP MY WHOLE CAREER. I REALLY CAN'T ANSWER THAT WE. >> WHEN I WAS WITH THE JUJITSU SCHOOL I WAS WITH WITH BEFORE AMERICAN TOP TEAM, THE MAIN REASON WAS BECAUSE IT WAS PREDOMINANTLY JUJITSU. AND I KNEW THAT TO BE A MORE E INVOLVING FIGHTER, MORE ALL-AROUND FIGHTER, I NEEDED TO GET WITH THE BEST CAMP IN THE AREA AND AMERICAN TOP TEAM WAS THE BEST CHANCE I HAD IN MY CAREER. SO I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON WHY THE CHANGE. IS IT PERSONAL REASONS OR IF YOU FEEL YOU HAVEN'T EVOLVED. PERSONAL I GUESS. >> AND CAIN, IS THERE ANY ROOM AT AKA FOR A SCRAPPY YOUNG WELTERWEIGHT.
>> THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR SOMEBODY THERE. YEAH ANYBODY COMES IN, YOU KNOW. COME IN, YOU KNOW, IF WE THINK YOU CAN BENEFIT FROM US, WE CAN BENEFIT FROM YOU, YEAH DEFINITELY. >> ALL RIGHT, MAN. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR THE WHOLE PANEL. OR TWO-PART QUESTION FOR THE WHOLE PANEL. IF YOU WERE LOCKED UP IN A ROOM FOR 24 HOURS WITH ONE FIGHTER WHO WOULD LOVE IT TO BE AND THEN WHO WOULD YOU HATE IT TO BE? >> LOVE? LIKE AS IN GET TO KICK IT AND HAVE SOME FUN? LIKE WHO ARE YOU FIGHTERS YOU LIKE TO HANG OUT WITH OR YOU ARE HAPPY TO BE SIGNED TOGETHER? >> I WANT TO BE LOCKED IN WITH CAIN THAT'S FOR SURE.
>> TOUGH QUESTION. >> I WOULDN'T LIKE TO BE WITH CARLA. THAT'S A MEAN PERSON. I DON'T LIKE MEAN PEOPLE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO BE WITH TISHA. I MEAN SHE'S COOL. >> YEAH YOU GUYS ARE FRIENDS. >> TEAMMATES. >> I'LL SAY MY LITTLE BRO. AND PERSON I WANT TO BE WITH IS NATE DIAZ. >> AND I GUESS LIKE "DC." WE CAN HANG OUT AND CHILL. NO NO NOT LIKE THAT. JUST BECAUSE WE'RE LOCKED IN A ROOM DOESN'T MEAN WE GOT TO DO ANYTHING. WE COULD SIT THERE AND TALK.
WE COULD PLAY LIKE CARD GAMES OR SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW. >> AND THEN CAIN, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD LAST AGAINST J.J. WATT? >> IN FIGHTI IING OR FOOTBALL? >> IN THE OCTAGON. >> I DON'T KNOW. DOES HE HAVE ANY SKILLS? DOES HE LIKE KNOW ANY FIGHTING? >> HE'S A REALLY GOOD VERTICAL. >> YOU'RE ASKING TOO MANY QUESTIONS. IT WAS A SIMPLE QUESTION. >> MAYBE HOW LONG WOULD J.J. WATT LAST WITH CAIN IS PROBABLY THE BETTER QUESTION. >> WELL, I MEAN — I DON'T KNOW IF HE WRESS, IF HE A WHERE ELSING BACKGROUND. IF HE'S JUST A FOOTBALL PLAYER. >> ONE ROUND. >> YEAH ONE ROUND. THAT'S IT. >> GO AHEAD. >> HI. I DON'T LOOK IT BUT I ACTUALLY AM REAL YOUNG. MY QUESTION IS FOR ALL OF YOU. WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE FOR YOUNG FIGHTERS THAT WANT TO BE IN YOUR SHOES. >> GET SOME GOOD HEALTH INSURANCE. >> FIND A GOOD HEALTH INSURANCE. >> AND A GOOD CAMP.
>> YEAH YOU GOT TO, I GUESS IF YOU ARE YOUNG AND WANT TO BE IN THE SPORT YOU HAVE TO FIND A GOOD GYM YOU CAN BE COMFORTABLE AT AND LET YOU GROW AND FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT THE TRAIN ASKING THE REST HAPPENS. >> FOR ME HAVING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FIGHTS BEFORE YOU TURN PROFESSIONAL AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE WINNING THOSE BEFORE YOU TURN PROFESSIONAL. IT IS NOT ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE MONEY OR BEING IN THE LIMELIGHT. YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR TIME ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE YOUNG, YOU WILL HAVE THE TIME TO TAKE STO. TO GETTING THE EXPERIENCE AND PUSHING YOURSELF TO THE NEXT LEVEL. >> YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE TRUE MEANING OF THE SACRIFICE.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THE GLAMOUR AND SEE PEOPLE ON STAGE AND ALL OF THIS CRAZY STUFF. BUT REALLY THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID FOR THIS. I LIVE THE THREE THINGS IN MY LIFE, DREAM, SACRIFICE, VICTORY. THE BIGGER THE DREAM, THE SACRIFICE HAS TO BE GREATER. SO IF YOU DREAM BIG, SACRIFICE ALL, YOU WILL ENJOY VICTORY. >> IB SPIRING. THAT'S INSPIRING. >> QUOTE THAT. >> YEAH, JUST FINDING — YEAH, A GYM AND PUTTING THE TIME IN. THAT IS IT. SPEND YOUR TIME IN THERE. JUST LIKE A NORMAL JOB. YOU HAVE TO BE THERE ALL DAY FINE TUNING YOUR SKILL, GETTING BETTER ALWAYS. AND EVEN WHEN YOU DO GET TO THE TOP YOU HAVE TO TRY TO EVOLVE FROM THERE. IT'S JUST NEVER ENDING. >> OVER HERE. WE ONLY HAVE TIME FOR A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS. >> MY QUESTION IS FOR HENRY. I FIRST MET YOU IN THE FARGO DOME AT FREESTYLE NATIONALS. AND I WAS WONDERING, WHAT WAS YOUR DECIDING DECISION TO GO TO THE OTC INSTEAD OF ATTENDING DIVISION ONE COLLEGE. >> I THINK I ALWAYS HAD THE CREAM OF B DREAM OF BECOMING OLYMPIC CHAMPION.
EVER SINCE I WAS A KILLED AND I SAW MICHAEL JOHNSON SHATTER GOLD IN THE 200. IT WASN'T EVEN WRESTLING. IT WAS TRACK AND FIELD. THAT FIRE WAS ALWAYS BURNING WITHIN ME. I WAS NEVER A FAN OF BECOMING A COLLEGE WRESTLER OR NCAA CHAMP OR WHATEVER. MY GOAL WAS BEING THE BEST IN THE WORLD. SO IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME FOR ME. >> I GOT A QUESTION FOR PETTIS. PETTIS, WHAT KIND OF WRESTLING, WHAT KIND OF JUJITSU HAVE YOU DONE FOR THE NEXT FIGHT. >> IZZY STYLES, I BROUGHT HIM IN FROM CHICAGO. I'M STARTING TO TRAIN WITH HIM. I'M NOT GOING TO KOOCH ONE THESE GUYS IN WRESTLING. MY GOAL IS TO UNDERSTAND IT ENOUGH TO DEFEND IT AND DO WHAT I DO WELL AND THAT IS STRIKING. SO I'M NOT GOING TO FOCUS ON BECOMING THAT GREAT WRESTLER.
MY JUJITSU GAME HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOOD. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TRY CATCHING UP IN WRESTLING. NEUTRALIZE IT FROM WHAT I'M GOOD AT. >> ONE TIP TO GET ME TO KICK AS FAST AS YOU. >> ONE TIP? >> YEAH. >> I GREW UP KICKING, MAN. I STARTED TAE KWON DO WHEN I WAS FOUR. SO YEARS AND YEARS OF KICKING I GUESS. >> CAIN, I'M ABOUT TO TAKE MY FIRST PRO FIGHT.
I'M LOOKING FOR A PRO FIGHT. AMATEUR CAREER IS PRETTY GOOD. >> WHAT'S PRETTY GOOD. >> 5-0. –. MENTALLY HOW CAN I GET PREPARED? FOR THE FIGHT? MENTALLY PREPARED? >> GAME PLAN. YOU AND YOUR COACHES GET A GAME PLAN TOGETHER. YOU GO OUT THERE AND STICK TO THAT GAME PLAN. AND AGAIN, IF IT IS NOT WORKING THEN YOU GOT TO SWITCH IT. BUT AGAIN BEFORE THAT MAKE UP A PLAN A, PLAN B, PLAN C. STUDY YOUR OPPONENT. GET A GAME PLAN, GO IN THERE AND DO IT. >> HOW HARD IS IT TO FIGHT THREE 5:00 ROUNDS? >> 5:00 ROUNDS? IT'S EASY MAN. >> 5:00 ROUNDS IS EASY. BUT THREE 5:00 ROUNDS. >> EASY. >> PLEASE COME BACK. –. >> SWEET FIGHT CLUB SHIRT. >> HOW'S IT GOING GUYS? I GOT A QUICK QUESTION. SINCE IT'S HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK OF THAT CLOWN THAT'S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT? >> OH BOY. >> I'M TALKING ABOUT DONALD TRUMP BY THE WAY. >> I DON'T KNOW IF POLITICS IS THE BEST CONVERSATION TO HAVE UP HERE.
>> THE [INAUDIBLE]. — POLITICS RIGHT NOW. >> I'M GETTING WRAPPED UP. LET'S GO TO A QUESTION THEY MIGHT WANT TO ANSWER OVER HERE. SORRY ONLY TIME FOR ONE MORE. >> MY NAME IS GEORGE AND I'M HERE FROM HOUSTON TEXAS. I JUST WANT TO SAY HI TO TISHA TORREZ. HI. I'VE BEEN A FAN OF YOU SINCE ULTIMATE FIGHTER. I LIKE THE WAY YOU KEPT YOUR POSE AND CONFIDENCE VERY PROFESSIONAL THROUGH THERE. AND THE BETTS SINCE THE FLYING KNEE. BENSON CAN'T WAIT SO SEE YOU AT CHULA'S TONIGHT. DRINKS ON ME. CAIN. SAW YOU WIN AND CAN'T WAIT TO E YOU DUET GET THE BELT BACK IN MARCH. THANK YOU. >> THAT WASN'T A QUESTION. OVER HERE. >> FOR HENRY, GOOD TO SEE YOU ON THE STAGE. I REMEMBER IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION. THANKS A LOT. >> ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION? >> I HAVE A QUESTION.
>> MY QUESTION IS FOR — >> OH OKAY. HOLD ON. GO AHEAD. WE'LL GOAT HIM LAST. WE'LL WRAP THE SHOW WITH THE START. >> MY QUESTION IS FOR ANTHONY PETTIS. I USED TO LIVE IN RACINE, WISCONSIN. I'M HAPPY WITH THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE IN THE MILWAUKEE AREA. WHEN YOU GET YOUR NEXT TITLE SHOT, WOULD YOU RATHER GET THE TITLE SHOT IN PUERTO RICO OR DEFEND THE TITLE IN PUERTO RICO AND TAKE TISHA TORRES WITH YOU.
>> TAKE ME. >> WINNING IN PUERTO RICO WOULD BE HUGE. BUT I GOT TO EARN THAT. DEPENDS ON WHO'S THE CHAMP AND WHAT WILL MAKE SENSE. >> AND DEPENDING ON IF YOU HAVE TIME AFTER THE THIS CAN YOU STEIN BELT. CAIN ALREADY SIGNED IT THROUGH VEGAS AND CANNES. >> DON'T MAKE IT CREEPY, BUT YEAH I GOT YOU. OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT. FINALLY WE GOT TO WRAP UP. AND WE'RE GOING TO GET TO YOU. WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? >> THIS FOR ALL THE FIGHTERS.
IF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AGAINST ANYONE IN YOUR DIVISION EXCEPT THE CHAMP, WHO WOULD IT BE? >> I'LL GO FIRST. I GOT NATE DIAZ. THAT IS THE FIGHT THAT I WANT. >> TISHA AND I ARE PULLING A DOUBLE TEAM. >> CARLOS BARRAZA. >> WE GOT HISTORY THERE. >> ONLY ONE THING I WANT AND THAT'S VERDUN, THAT'S IT. ONE PERSON. >> FOR D.J., I WANT THE BELT EVENTUALLY. HE HAS THE BELT SO — [INAUDIBLE] I'M SORRY. BUT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BENAVIDEZ. >> I DON'T FIGHT GUYS SO IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. I DON'T GO IN THE OCTAGON. I STAND OUTSIDE. SO IT'S FINE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. WE APPRECIATE IT. FANS THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. HOUSTON, YOU'RE ALWAYS AMAZING. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. DON'T FORGET TOMORROW THE UFC 192 FAN VILLAGE WILL BE ACROSS THE STREET. RESENTED BY HALO 5, 1:2:00-4:00. MEET SOME FAVORITE FIGHTERS..
