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Oi, yeah, here we go.
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Hupa, and we're on!
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Croia!
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[Conor]
That nice, little girl?
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[Conor Jr. whimpering]
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Champ, I'm retired now.
Daddy doesn't fight anymore.
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D'you know that? Daddy's not fighting.
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- You fight me!
- [growls playfully]
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Yes, fight your Da!
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Are you gonna fight now?
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Yeah.
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[reporter] Obviously seems like
life is good for you man.
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Is there any part of this though,
I know you've had...
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had this vision, this goal, this drive...
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is there any part of what you have right
now that you don't like though?
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That you, that you come up and said,
"Man I wasn't expecting this?"
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I love this life.
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It's important for me to remind
myself that I love it.
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There's definitely days
I'm, like, "Fuck all of this."
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- Hi, Daddy!
- I'm outta here.
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And maybe one day, I will be out of here.
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And I won't say nothing to nobody.
I'll be just gone somewhere.
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But I remind myself why I do it.
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What I do it for.
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And then I just re-energize myself to it.
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This is the life I chose,
the life I have built.
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This life is not for everyone.
This life is not for everyone.
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It's for the insanely driven individual,
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and that's what I feel I am.
I am insane to this game.
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[melancholy music playing]
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[punches landing]
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[Conor] A new bag there, as well.
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[laughs] New gym bag.
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[chuckles]
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[Conor]
I'm just over it now. I'm well over it.
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I've been campaigning for a fight
since February 14th.
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Three weeks. Less than
three weeks after me last fight.
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And I kept getting put on the long finger,
long finger, long finger.
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"Wait 'til this happens,
wait 'til that happens."
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And then, "Ah, wait 'til after this,
wait 'til that." I'm, like, "Mate,
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I'm out of here, I'll smell you later,
I don't need to do it."
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But I'm in... I'm in a great spot.
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I'm not slipping
from training certain points.
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So, can't beat that.
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Conor McGregor
has announced his MMA retirement.
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[TV reporter 1] Conor McGregor
essentially calling it quits.
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[TV reporter 2] Conor McGregor
apparently retires for the third time.
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- [overlapping chatter, chimes]
- [TV reporter 3] You know the drill.
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[TV reporter 4]
I don't buy it for a second.
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I think Conor McGregor's trying to get
you to talk about him and you just did.
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There is just 100% no way
that he's retiring at the age of 31.
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This retirement is BS.
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A lot of people are saying no chance
this is anything but a leverage play.
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You know, it's a very public
kind of battle
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between the UFC and Conor McGregor.
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He wanted to fight in May.
He wanted to fight in August.
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"I just wanna get back to work,
I'm doing all the right things,
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I'm staying healthy,
I'm staying out of trouble,
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and you guys can't get me a fight."
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How is it possible that the biggest
draw in the history of this sport
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can't get a fight?
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And so he's finally saying
enough is enough, I'm frustrated,
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and I'm taking my ball,
essentially, and going home.
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[Audie] There is a lot of politics
that play into all this stuff,
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because you've gotta realize that
Conor McGregor is the face of the UFC.
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He's also the biggest driver of business.
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But ultimately,
his biggest thing was, like,
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"Look, for me, in order to be
the best fighter that I could be,
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I need to be active."
That was his biggest complaint,
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was that after the Cerrone fight,
there wasn't anything.
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[Ariel]
This guy's in the prime of his life
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and he felt like he was being sidelined,
he felt like he was being iced.
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He was, like,
"Enough of this, I wanna fight.
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Gimme a fight in the parking lot,
give me a fight in Abu Dhabi,
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Fight Island,"
and they wouldn't do it.
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They kept kicking the can,
kicking the can.
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So you really saw
that frustration boil over.
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- He was fed up.
- [car engine starts]
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[man] It's like the first trip away.
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[Conor]
Yes, it is. Yes, since all the madness.
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This place, Monaco here, has zero cases.
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- Yes.
- Zero cases.
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- Since it began.
- Since early July,
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they had four deaths, total.
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Bit cheesy.
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[both laugh]
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Cheesy?
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[man]
Did you see, five years ago today,
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you beat Chad.
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[Conor] Mad, isn't it?
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I was only saying to him
on the way out in the car,
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like, you know the way in the interviews
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they, sort of, they say, "Where do you
see yourself in five years?"
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I was, like, "We're driving to the airport
to get on a private jet
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to go and buy a yacht in Monaco."
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[laughter]
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Like, five years ago,
that's where you were.
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Like, if someone asked you.
Like, that's life.
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That sounds like something I'd say!
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That sounds like something
I would've said back then.
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- [Dee] That's reality now. It's mad.
- It's mad, yeah.
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I wouldn't want to be
with anyone else here, baby.
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Swear to God, blessed in so many ways
to have you here with me.
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Love you to bits.
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[both laughing]
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- Cheers.
- Slainte, baby.
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We won the war.
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[Conor]
Let me get the guys. We're feeling it!
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[Ariel] One thing that I think
people might overlook is that, you know,
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I really admire your relationship
with your girlfriend.
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My girlfriend worked very, very hard.
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Throughout the years, coming up,
and stuck by me
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when, essentially,
I had absolutely nothing.
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I only had a dream that I was telling her.
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If it wasn't for her,
I probably wouldn't be where I am today,
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so definitely I love to spoil her.
She does not work anymore.
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So, for me to be able
to take her out of work
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and give her everything she's ever wanted,
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and to travel the world with her,
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that fills me with pride,
so, it keeps me going.
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You know, if you truly feel grateful
for the things in your life,
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gratitude is one
of the most strongest forms
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of power in attracting good things.
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I always celebrate every little good thing
that would happen to me in my life,
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even before I had
any kind of money or any of that,
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I would celebrate,
and I would feel grateful for it.
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It just gave me more,
and this is exactly the same thing
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that's happening right now.
I still remain grateful.
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And more comes.
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[indistinct chatter]
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They say you can't travel in time
and change things.
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They say you can't travel in time
and change things.
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They say you can't travel in time
and change things.
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"I've followed my vision
to where I am now.
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Fight for your future, today.
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Dystopia. Download now."
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You've planned a few more
this year, next year?
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I wanna be busy next year, yeah.
I would like to...
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You know, I have four fights left
on my UFC contract
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- and I'd like to get through all of those.
- What about this and Khabib?
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- Ah, yeah well, fucking right I want that.
- Yeah?
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Yes, of course.
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I stuffed over half of his takedowns.
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It was a small error that allowed him
to get the back in the fourth round.
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But I think you were different
on that day?
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Yeah, well different.
Physical fitness, and the mind.
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And my lifestyle, you know.
I wasn't...
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I don't regret the contr...
I don't regret it.
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Everything's a good... learning curve.
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- As you say, each failure is a lesson.
- Of course, of course.
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What I do regret, I suppose,
is taking the b...
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'Cause I showed up to fight at the...
in the Barclay Center
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on the bus,
and he didn't get off the bus, right.
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So the fight was won, it's over.
I should have left it at that.
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Instead, I gave him
an opportunity to come back,
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and I did not do myself or my team justice
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by living the martial arts lifestyle.
I was...
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I was living multiple lives,
we'll say, you know, so...
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Yeah, it is what it is. They know.
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That other side know.
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I'm just gonna continue to do what I do.
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- He can run, but he cannot hide, so...
- You need to do it, you need to do it.
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Oh, it's done, it's done.
Trust me on that.
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[engine revving]
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Conor] The bloke was talking about
so many attributes that everyone knows.
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Speed, power, endurance.
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No one talks about the most important.
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Your attention span.
How long you can stay attentive.
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So when you're shadow-boxing...
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That's your shadow-boxing.
I don't wanna see this.
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None of that shit.
Keep your arm engaged.
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- So stay focused and switched on, alright?
- Yeah.
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[controlled breaths]
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[Julian] It would've been great if we
could've had another fight scheduled,
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allowing Conor to focus on that.
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It's a lot easier to train
when you have a focal point to go for.
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But the fitness was there,
the sharpness was there,
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and it was just a question
of keeping it rolling over,
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keeping it going.
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[whistle blows]
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[Owen] He has that stay-ready mentality.
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He's always training, he's always in camp.
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He's always trying to improve.
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[man]
Drive on, drive on. Drive, drive, drive!
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Come on, up, up, up!
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Yeah! All day.
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[Owen] All his career, he'd fought, like,
on average, three times a year.
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You know, that's how active he was,
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right up until becoming the double champ.
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Yes!
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[Owen] It's because
he's obsessed about it.
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He's always ready to go,
you know.
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Now I'm brand-new.
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I'm absolutely brand-new.
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[Owen] So, yeah, we were still training,
and stuff like that.
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But, like, I don't know what's next.
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[Ariel]
What Conor had that no one else has
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is leverage, star power.
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He knew what he possessed.
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He basically said,
"Let me take matters into my own hands."
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[keyboard clicking]
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[Twitter whistle]
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And he's, you know,
tweeting back and forth with Dustin...
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[Twitter whistle]
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[Ariel] Conor says,
"Hey, come to Ireland
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and we'll do a boxing match,
it'll be for charity," and this and that,
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and I think once he put that out there,
the UFC was then forced
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to say, like, "Alright,
you guys are gonna agree to a fight,
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like, you're gonna do this on our terms."
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It was back and forth.
How's his relationship with the UFC?
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Can he get back on track?
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He 100% expedited that process
and forced their hand.
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[reporter 1] The long-rumored and
discussed fight between Conor McGregor
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and Dustin Poirier is officially a go.
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[reporter 2] Conor versus Dustin 2
officially booked for 257.
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He's signed the papers
and the bout is finalized.
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[reporter 3] Power play, right?
Like, you know, just think about it.
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Earlier in the year, he retired.
Couple of weeks ago,
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it seemed like they were going to fight
in a charity match.
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Now we're talking about
a date in six weeks.
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[reporter 4] Conor understands
the power of his stardom
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is to get public interest behind him.
Push the UFC's hand a little bit.
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We all want to see Conor McGregor fight.
Everybody does.
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[announcer on TV speaking indistinctly]
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[Conor] A leg kick.
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Get in there. To be honest,
I'd rather have him a bit tired, actually.
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[all exclaim]
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[man] Great shot.
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Yeah, get tired. There you go!
You'll find comfort here.
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Find comfort in the clinch!
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You need to stay in the clinch,
in the open space, you know what I mean?
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Just get in there, it's only a neck-tie.
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He's only going for a neck-tie, there's no
level changes or anything there.
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[gasps]
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Bollocks.
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Straight gone out.
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- Oh, my God.
- Tap! He's tapping!
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That is woeful.
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- He tapped...
- Yeah, he's tapped a few times.
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He tapped a few times
and your man could see it.
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- Let's go, you little ratchet!
- Yeah, let's go, champ.
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- Night-night, champ.
- Good night.
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Enjoy that? Huh? It was good, wasn't it?
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Daddy's gonna bash him, yeah?
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Daddy's gonna bash him!
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[TV announcer]
And now, without question,
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the number one pound-for-pound
fighter in the world,
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- 29 and 0, Khabib Nurmagomedov.
- There's a big question on it, John.
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[TV announcer] I will give you
as much time to gather your emotions.
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[sighs] Thank you.
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Today, I want to say,
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this, it was my last fight.
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It was first time when I...
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[claps]
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After what happened with my father...
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Bah! [laughs]
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What?
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Ah, fuck it. That bastard.
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What is he doing with the helmet on?
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[Khabib] She go now and I go fight
without father, but I promise her,
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it was my last fight here.
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- I know only one thing...
- [high-pitched tone]
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what I want from UFC Tuesday,
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[audio fading]
because you have to put me on
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number one pound-for-pound
fighter in the world
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because I deserve this and...
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- [dialogue muffled]
- [high-pitched tone continues]
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[man]
Were you surprised by that at the end?
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- [normal audio resumes]
- A little bit, yeah.
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Although I know he, you know,
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he's always had retirement on his mind,
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he's not... Doesn't really want to be
in there too much, I don't think.
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So...
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It is what it is.
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He said he had a conversation
with his mother and...
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talked to her for three days, so...
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It is what it is.
I couldn't give a fuck, you know.
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[man] There must be a slight tinge
of disappointment though,
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- not being able to avenge...
- Nah, it'll happen. I don't believe it.
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So... I'm good.
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We'll see what happens.
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Carry on.
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- Guys, I'll see youse tomorrow, yeah?
- Yeah. What time?
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[indistinct chatter]
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[tense music playing]
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[Conor] Every day, there's things
that may challenge you,
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or may present themselves
to try and throw you off.
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You know, it's about a lot
of self-internal dialogue
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and conversation with yourself.
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You know,
it's the mental stage now, you know.
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It's not so much physical,
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it's more so mental, and, you know,
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I have those moments where I remind myself
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of all the work,
and I will not be fazed by nothing,
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and I am ready,
mentally, physically, and that's it.
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[Ariel] Everyone was very well aware
that he was coming back.
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Like, it felt like a mega event.
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And, you know, to prove
that he's still got it, right?
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To re-assert himself
as the face of the UFC
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and the man in the sport,
and it was a really big deal.
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It was a really interesting fight
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because it's rare that you get
a rematch that many years later.
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They have the history
of their first fight back in 2014.
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[intense music playing]
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[commentator 1]
McGregor looking for the combination.
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- Wow!
- Ref, you gotta stop that!
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It is all over!
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Just like that!
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[reporter 1]
Poirier. He's getting this opportunity
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that he's been waiting for,
for a long time.
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[reporter 2] People don't understand
that this guy has improved dramatically.
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[reporter 3] Dustin Poirier went,
immediately after that fight with McGregor
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up a weight division to lightweight.
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[reporter 4]
He has looked substantially better.
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[commentator 2]
Stays on top. Gets a mount.
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There was a tap. Dustin Poirier!
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[reporter 5]
His body's filled out. He's much stronger.
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[reporter 6]
You can see in his fights,
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he has an ability
to take a lot of punishment.
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He's a bit more crafty.
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[reporter 7]
Poirier is not the same guy.
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He's fired up to avenge this loss.
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[Conor] We're in the Middle East now,
United Arab Emirates.
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We're in Dubai currently.
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Abu Dhabi, they have them in a bubble,
where you can't go anywhere.
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We decided to come here to Dubai.
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We're here just adjusting
to the time zone,
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we're here a couple of days now,
everything's going smoothly.
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It's 16 days out, right now.
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Six more days work.
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So, if you wanna do two,
you wanna go boxing, then...
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I don't know.
I suppose a bit of MMA boxing...
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[man] Not to spar as such,
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- just tapping around.
- Yeah.
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[Conor]
In the coming days, we go to the bubble,
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and then we'll quarantine in the hotel
for 48 hours, I believe,
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and then fight
a couple of days after that.
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Three, two, one, go.
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[whirring]
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[Owen] We're in Dubai now.
Yeah, it's new, it's fresh.
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But that doesn't change the task at hand.
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Let's go to work.
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We all have one goal,
which is to do our very best for Conor,
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to allow him to go in there and do
his best in the cage on fight night.
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00:17:41,268 --> 00:17:45,022
[Colin] It's really about getting him
in a good mindset.
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If you have no obstacles
and you just get on with what you do,
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you'll just do it,
and there'd be nothing to distract you.
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There's a lot of us involved.
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We're all on the same page.
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We all just come as a unit.
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[man] Time! Lovely.
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[Conor]
The training has been phenomenal.
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Myself and my team,
we've done a tremendous job.
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I've got to make 155 pounds
in the coming days.
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- What am I looking to finish at?
- [man] 120.
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[Conor] It's very meticulous,
this approach, how we do it.
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Every meal, every calorie is counted.
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Every session is timed.
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[man] Nineteen forty-two.
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I feel amazing though,
all things considered.
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[John] I believe the approach
we've taken this time
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has suited his personality best.
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Keep him in that creative flow-state.
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At this stage, he's just a well-tuned,
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00:18:45,874 --> 00:18:48,377
high fight-IQ machine.
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[birds squawking]
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[Julian] Stay close, don't go far.
But you don't have to be inside the room.
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So, I'll just read out the list.
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John Kavanaugh, Owen Roddy,
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Colin Byrne...
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00:19:05,644 --> 00:19:08,689
The COVID situation,
it's an extra confounder.
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It is a serious disease.
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We're testing on a daily basis.
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If anybody on the camp has a positive test
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and close contact,
they are also considered contagious.
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So, anything going
into the final few weeks
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can be disastrous.
It could end the whole event.
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So, we've had to be super-vigilant.
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- [doctor] Ready?
- Yeah.
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00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:40,220
[Dee speaking indistinctly]
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- Sorry, sir. Perfect.
- Ah!
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00:19:50,939 --> 00:19:54,318
[Conor] Just gonna do pads,
sharpen the shots.
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The rest of the day, bit of beach,
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and then hit the big yacht,
make our way to Abu Dhabi.
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00:20:00,824 --> 00:20:03,994
I've never felt more confident
going into a fight with me engine
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00:20:04,077 --> 00:20:05,537
than I do right now.
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00:20:05,621 --> 00:20:07,956
To push it from the bell,
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like, you know what I mean?
And maintain it.
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[grunting]
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00:20:15,214 --> 00:20:16,924
Yes.
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00:20:17,007 --> 00:20:20,260
[grunting]
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00:20:20,344 --> 00:20:22,846
[Conor] I like just being primed.
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00:20:22,930 --> 00:20:26,391
Like, if he's in a panic
and trying to load up with that lever,
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just a straight left,
know what I mean? And boom!
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00:20:29,311 --> 00:20:31,521
- Yeah.
- That started the sequence of events.
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00:20:31,605 --> 00:20:35,442
The last fight. I had him in a panic,
and I just went, boom!
400
00:20:35,525 --> 00:20:38,111
- Yeah.
- And he's like that, all startled.
401
00:20:39,112 --> 00:20:41,365
- So, the old classic.
- Yeah.
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00:20:41,448 --> 00:20:42,950
The OG.
403
00:20:49,164 --> 00:20:51,959
Wow, look at this thing.
404
00:20:53,043 --> 00:20:54,962
- Hello, champ.
- Thank you, sir.
405
00:20:56,296 --> 00:20:58,298
Wow, this is something else.
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00:20:58,382 --> 00:20:59,883
[Dee] Look at the size of it.
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00:20:59,967 --> 00:21:03,595
Look at that! That's a genius idea.
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00:21:03,679 --> 00:21:06,390
- [Dee] Yeah, isn't it?
- There's a slush puppy, little girl.
409
00:21:06,473 --> 00:21:08,684
A slush puppy machine on the yacht?
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00:21:08,767 --> 00:21:11,436
- [children babbling]
- Look! Ice pop!
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00:21:12,980 --> 00:21:16,316
[Dee] Wow! Can you believe it?
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00:21:17,192 --> 00:21:20,529
- [water bubbling]
- [children giggling]
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00:21:20,612 --> 00:21:23,824
[Conor]
I certainly dreamed big, and I still do.
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00:21:23,907 --> 00:21:26,618
It's good to go
on one of these big ones and feel it.
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00:21:28,161 --> 00:21:31,123
And then also know that it's worth it.
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00:21:31,206 --> 00:21:34,293
What are we? Six days from the weigh-in,
seven from the fight.
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00:21:34,376 --> 00:21:36,420
It just re-centers you.
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00:21:36,503 --> 00:21:39,464
Makes you know that it's all worth it,
and to keep pushing.
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00:21:39,548 --> 00:21:41,633
So, to be living this life, I think,
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00:21:41,717 --> 00:21:44,636
to be giving me kids this life,
this is all motivation for me,
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00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:46,179
fuel for the fire.
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00:21:53,562 --> 00:21:54,998
[interviewer] It was endearing
when you showed up
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00:21:55,022 --> 00:21:56,666
to your first press conference
with a Dickie bow,
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00:21:56,690 --> 00:21:58,418
and you said you paid
your last few dollars to buy it.
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00:21:58,442 --> 00:21:59,484
[Conor] Yeah.
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00:21:59,568 --> 00:22:01,403
But now, I mean, you showed up here today
427
00:22:01,486 --> 00:22:03,322
- with a Louis Vuitton gym bag.
- Mmm.
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00:22:03,405 --> 00:22:06,283
That's somewhat unprecedented.
I don't see that often.
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00:22:06,366 --> 00:22:08,006
- It's a nice bag.
- It's a very nice bag.
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00:22:08,076 --> 00:22:10,287
I'm enjoying the fruits of my hard work.
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00:22:10,370 --> 00:22:13,081
Nobody works harder than me
inside the Octagon,
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00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:16,084
outside the Octagon. I am a workhorse.
433
00:22:16,168 --> 00:22:17,544
Alright, lads.
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00:22:17,627 --> 00:22:18,545
[laughter]
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00:22:18,628 --> 00:22:21,131
Enjoying yourselves?
Something else, isn't it?
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00:22:21,673 --> 00:22:23,592
[fog horn blares]
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00:22:23,675 --> 00:22:26,136
[Conor] I am going to enjoy
the benefits of this life.
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00:22:26,219 --> 00:22:29,848
I am going to get myself a big mansion,
I am gonna get the soft-top cars,
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00:22:29,931 --> 00:22:31,933
I am gonna bring my whole team out,
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00:22:32,017 --> 00:22:33,817
I am gonna spoil them
and give them this life.
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00:22:34,269 --> 00:22:35,687
Jesus Christ!
442
00:22:35,771 --> 00:22:37,522
We're eating good, living good.
443
00:22:37,606 --> 00:22:40,609
Some people will sit
and take positivity from that,
444
00:22:40,692 --> 00:22:43,862
they will look at that and take
inspiration and push for that.
445
00:22:43,945 --> 00:22:46,656
Others will shell up and critique it,
446
00:22:46,740 --> 00:22:48,366
and be negative towards it.
447
00:22:48,450 --> 00:22:51,495
But one thing is for sure,
those people will stay where they are.
448
00:22:51,578 --> 00:22:54,122
The people who
take inspiration from it will rise up
449
00:22:54,206 --> 00:22:56,541
and also one day experience that life,
450
00:22:56,625 --> 00:22:59,753
so I am enjoying my money,
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00:22:59,836 --> 00:23:03,256
my hard-earned money
that I have dedicated my life to.
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00:23:08,345 --> 00:23:11,223
- Welcome to Abu Dhabi.
- Thank you so much. Good to be here.
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00:23:11,306 --> 00:23:12,432
Pleasure.
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00:23:16,895 --> 00:23:19,397
[engine revving]
455
00:23:26,279 --> 00:23:28,281
- Good to see you.
- Good to see you, man.
456
00:23:28,365 --> 00:23:29,866
Come on. Let's have some fun.
457
00:23:29,950 --> 00:23:33,078
The notorious Conor McGregor.
Welcome back to BT Sport.
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00:23:33,161 --> 00:23:34,830
Good to be back here on BT Sport.
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00:23:34,913 --> 00:23:38,333
Your approach to this fight,
the build-up to this fight,
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00:23:38,416 --> 00:23:41,503
it's a lot calmer than it was back then.
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00:23:43,088 --> 00:23:45,882
[Conor] Make no mistake, he's afraid.
He's a scared little boy.
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00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:47,151
[Dustin] He needs the ass-whooping
he's about to get.
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00:23:47,175 --> 00:23:48,402
It's gonna make him a better person.
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00:23:48,426 --> 00:23:51,304
He's a quiet little hillbilly
from the back-ass of nowhere.
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00:23:51,388 --> 00:23:54,641
I've never disliked somebody
that much that I've ever fought.
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00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:56,268
[cackles]
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00:23:56,351 --> 00:23:57,995
[Conor] Hope he likes me
after I whoop his ass.
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00:23:58,019 --> 00:23:59,664
[Dustin] It's a grudge match.
I don't like this guy.
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00:23:59,688 --> 00:24:00,605
You're in shit, boy.
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00:24:00,689 --> 00:24:02,166
[Conor]
It's gonna be a first round KO.
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00:24:02,190 --> 00:24:04,790
September 27th, I'm gonna rip
Dustin's head clean off, you know...
472
00:24:05,485 --> 00:24:07,487
Maturity, you know. I'm grown.
473
00:24:07,571 --> 00:24:09,573
It's a long time ago. Two kids, we were.
474
00:24:09,656 --> 00:24:12,242
I'm gonna bust him up, though.
No doubt about it.
475
00:24:12,325 --> 00:24:13,785
[interviewer] Title after this one?
476
00:24:13,869 --> 00:24:17,497
I imagine so. I want to put a stint
into this 155-pound division,
477
00:24:17,581 --> 00:24:18,957
a correct, proper run at it.
478
00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,376
You know, exactly like I done
to the featherweights,
479
00:24:21,459 --> 00:24:23,170
and maul every single one of them.
480
00:24:23,253 --> 00:24:25,755
No messing, full focus.
481
00:24:25,839 --> 00:24:29,926
Show them what's what and line them up.
482
00:24:32,053 --> 00:24:34,222
[Ariel] The second Dustin fight,
for Conor,
483
00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:36,516
it was like, you know,
making up for lost time.
484
00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:40,645
Building on the momentum
of a year ago against Donald Cerrone,
485
00:24:40,729 --> 00:24:43,481
proving that he could be a top dog at 155.
486
00:24:43,899 --> 00:24:48,278
Dustin had just fought for the belt,
but the Conor that we saw in 2014
487
00:24:48,361 --> 00:24:50,488
absolutely dominated Dustin Poirier,
488
00:24:50,572 --> 00:24:53,074
so, you know,
could he replicate that performance?
489
00:24:53,158 --> 00:24:56,244
I think everybody who saw
the first one certainly is interested
490
00:24:56,328 --> 00:24:57,913
to see how this rematch plays out.
491
00:24:57,996 --> 00:24:59,581
You know, I know Dustin's tough.
492
00:24:59,664 --> 00:25:02,059
He can take a smack off other people.
He can't take my smacks.
493
00:25:02,083 --> 00:25:03,919
So, that's just the way it is.
494
00:25:04,002 --> 00:25:07,214
You've beat him McGregor-fast before,
but faster on Sunday?
495
00:25:07,297 --> 00:25:10,592
Well, that's the goal. We're looking
to get a cleaner shot and a better time.
496
00:25:10,675 --> 00:25:13,470
[interviewer] The first time round,
it was such a long time ago,
497
00:25:13,553 --> 00:25:16,723
both of you were featherweights,
now you're fathers.
498
00:25:16,806 --> 00:25:18,934
I'm certainly a lot more mature,
you know what I mean?
499
00:25:19,017 --> 00:25:21,478
A lot more composed.
I'm a father, as you've said.
500
00:25:21,561 --> 00:25:24,105
I've two children.
You know, I'm just... I'm a grown man now,
501
00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:27,692
and I'm here to do my job,
and I'm excited about it.
502
00:25:27,776 --> 00:25:29,861
- Great. Thank you, Conor.
- Thank you.
503
00:25:30,987 --> 00:25:33,740
[John]
He's reached a new stride in his life.
504
00:25:33,823 --> 00:25:37,035
He's in his 30s now,
he's a family man, he's two kids.
505
00:25:37,118 --> 00:25:40,705
So, to see him at this stage of his life,
506
00:25:40,789 --> 00:25:43,792
to be so content and so focused,
507
00:25:43,875 --> 00:25:46,044
it's very rewarding.
508
00:25:47,254 --> 00:25:49,673
Champ, look, here's the posters. Look.
509
00:25:50,507 --> 00:25:53,009
Get him up on a chair so he can see.
510
00:25:53,093 --> 00:25:55,595
That's Daddy, that's who he's fighting.
511
00:25:55,679 --> 00:25:58,014
D'you want to draw on it, champ?
512
00:25:58,098 --> 00:26:00,684
Right, where's your signature, champ?
513
00:26:00,767 --> 00:26:03,228
Right, one, two, okay, yeah.
514
00:26:03,311 --> 00:26:05,021
And again.
515
00:26:05,105 --> 00:26:07,065
Yep. And again.
516
00:26:10,402 --> 00:26:12,028
Leave the mark, champ.
517
00:26:12,904 --> 00:26:15,573
I'm very, very happy
to be able to bring them with me
518
00:26:15,657 --> 00:26:18,535
and give them these experiences.
We're all in it together.
519
00:26:18,618 --> 00:26:21,121
That's it. I love my family very much.
520
00:26:21,204 --> 00:26:22,455
High-five, champ.
521
00:26:23,915 --> 00:26:28,169
[engine revving]
522
00:26:31,589 --> 00:26:34,175
[camera beeping]
523
00:26:35,343 --> 00:26:37,137
[photographer]
Fists up fighter stance.
524
00:26:38,513 --> 00:26:42,100
[camera shutter clicking]
525
00:26:47,605 --> 00:26:50,275
Jesus Christ, man.
526
00:26:50,775 --> 00:26:53,528
Look at that, Tristin, where are you?
527
00:26:53,611 --> 00:26:55,113
Yes.
528
00:26:55,196 --> 00:26:57,449
[Conor]
Good, solid lightweight frame there.
529
00:26:57,532 --> 00:26:59,993
Ripped. Powerful. Yes.
530
00:27:00,076 --> 00:27:01,661
[giggling]
531
00:27:01,745 --> 00:27:04,331
- It's the best shape I've ever been in.
- Yeah.
532
00:27:15,842 --> 00:27:19,679
[reporter 1] Conor, I wanted
to read you a quote from 2013
533
00:27:19,763 --> 00:27:20,763
that you said.
534
00:27:20,805 --> 00:27:22,640
I've lost my mind on this game,
535
00:27:22,724 --> 00:27:23,975
like Vincent Van Gogh.
536
00:27:24,059 --> 00:27:26,978
He dedicated his life to his art,
537
00:27:27,062 --> 00:27:29,147
and lost his mind in the process.
538
00:27:29,230 --> 00:27:30,774
That's happened to me.
539
00:27:30,857 --> 00:27:32,192
But [bleep] it.
540
00:27:34,152 --> 00:27:36,404
When that gold belt is around my waist
541
00:27:37,572 --> 00:27:39,616
and my mother has a big mansion,
542
00:27:40,408 --> 00:27:43,370
and my girlfriend has a different car
for every day of the week,
543
00:27:43,453 --> 00:27:47,207
and my kids' kids
have everything they ever want,
544
00:27:48,083 --> 00:27:49,334
then it will pay.
545
00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:53,004
Then I'm happy I lost my mind.
546
00:27:53,797 --> 00:27:56,174
[reporter 1]
Can you just reflect and talk to me about
547
00:27:56,257 --> 00:27:59,511
how that makes you feel
hearing that in 2021?
548
00:28:01,179 --> 00:28:03,014
Yeah.
549
00:28:03,098 --> 00:28:05,725
You know, yeah, it's been some ride.
550
00:28:05,809 --> 00:28:08,269
I've got it done and I'm up here.
551
00:28:08,353 --> 00:28:11,439
Mad as a brush. [laughs]
Know what I mean?
552
00:28:11,523 --> 00:28:13,733
What a life. And I tell you what,
553
00:28:13,817 --> 00:28:17,153
I wouldn't want it to be any other way.
I'm very excited to be back here,
554
00:28:17,237 --> 00:28:21,199
and, as you say, Vinny Van Gogh, I'm going
to paint a beautiful picture here
555
00:28:21,282 --> 00:28:24,452
inside this Octagon on Saturday night
and I'm very excited to do so.
556
00:28:24,536 --> 00:28:26,496
[reporter 1]
Awesome. Thank you so much, mate.
557
00:28:26,579 --> 00:28:27,914
[crowd cheering and applauding]
558
00:28:27,997 --> 00:28:31,209
[reporter 2] Dustin, you've never had
a $100 million boxing match,
559
00:28:31,292 --> 00:28:33,729
you don't have a whiskey brand
that's distributed around the world.
560
00:28:33,753 --> 00:28:35,231
Are you walking there with a little chip
on your shoulder?
561
00:28:35,255 --> 00:28:37,483
[Dustin] Every fight is a chip on my
shoulder. I'm trying to prove something.
562
00:28:37,507 --> 00:28:40,635
I know what a win over Conor
means in combat sports,
563
00:28:40,718 --> 00:28:44,264
and I know whoever wins this fight is
fighting for gold, and that's why I fight.
564
00:28:45,098 --> 00:28:46,659
[reporter 2]
Fair enough. Thank you, Dustin.
565
00:28:46,683 --> 00:28:49,018
One last one. Dana, obviously,
this is a massive...
566
00:28:49,102 --> 00:28:51,438
Can I... Sorry.
You've got the hot sauce, Dustin.
567
00:28:51,521 --> 00:28:54,399
- I'd love to taste the hot sauce.
- [Dustin] I got a bottle for you.
568
00:28:54,482 --> 00:28:57,777
I appreciate that. I've got a bottle
of Proper for you. I'd love to share that.
569
00:28:57,861 --> 00:28:59,046
That's... So you know what I mean?
570
00:28:59,070 --> 00:29:00,965
He's putting in the work.
I've been highly impressed.
571
00:29:00,989 --> 00:29:03,533
I think the whole business
has been highly impressed.
572
00:29:03,616 --> 00:29:06,327
After that loss many years ago,
he rose up,
573
00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:08,872
became champion. He's given so much back.
574
00:29:08,955 --> 00:29:11,124
I'm honored to share
this Octagon with this man.
575
00:29:11,207 --> 00:29:14,294
I know we have this competitive fire,
and it's gonna be a good,
576
00:29:14,377 --> 00:29:16,337
firework-filled bout,
577
00:29:16,421 --> 00:29:19,466
but the respect is admirable
for this man from me.
578
00:29:19,549 --> 00:29:22,260
[reporter 3] Conor McGregor,
what's your motive after this?
579
00:29:22,343 --> 00:29:24,596
Like, after seven, eight years
580
00:29:24,679 --> 00:29:26,222
of competing in the UFC?
581
00:29:26,306 --> 00:29:28,057
I feel like I'm only starting, man.
582
00:29:28,141 --> 00:29:30,643
Everyone wants to,
"Hey, Conor, you've done it all.
583
00:29:30,727 --> 00:29:33,104
You're so rich,
richer than Dana over here.
584
00:29:33,188 --> 00:29:35,523
What are you doing here?" I'm, like...
585
00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:38,568
You know, all the money, all the belts,
586
00:29:38,651 --> 00:29:41,237
all everything, that comes and that goes.
587
00:29:41,321 --> 00:29:43,698
- You know what lives on? Highlights.
- [crowd cheering]
588
00:29:43,782 --> 00:29:46,201
I want my highlight reel
to be like a movie.
589
00:29:46,284 --> 00:29:48,995
So that's why I'm out there.
I'm looking to get in and perform
590
00:29:49,078 --> 00:29:52,040
and put on amazing highlights
that I can sit, as an old man,
591
00:29:52,123 --> 00:29:55,001
with my son,
and just watch back and enjoy life.
592
00:29:55,084 --> 00:29:57,837
Okay, I conquered it.
Let's conquer it again.
593
00:29:57,921 --> 00:30:00,256
Do it twice.
That's what the champ-champ does.
594
00:30:00,340 --> 00:30:03,593
Please, don't be trying to get rid of me,
guys. I love it here.
595
00:30:03,676 --> 00:30:07,597
I helped build this. I wanna be here,
I wanna perform for the fans.
596
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,517
[chanting]
Conor! Conor! Conor!
597
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,728
Conor! Conor! Conor!
598
00:30:25,073 --> 00:30:27,534
[Conor]
Hundred and sixty-one point six.
599
00:30:27,617 --> 00:30:32,747
Just got on the scales. It was at 161.5,
which is really good.
600
00:30:32,831 --> 00:30:35,542
So, 5.5 pounds to go and we haven't done
any sweating yet at all.
601
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:40,755
So, the plan now is to do a workout,
get some of that sweat off.
602
00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:45,385
[Ariel] The weight-cutting component
to mixed martial arts
603
00:30:45,468 --> 00:30:47,887
is incredibly difficult and dangerous.
604
00:30:47,971 --> 00:30:51,808
You're seeing guys, you know,
they may walk around at 175,
605
00:30:51,891 --> 00:30:54,811
but they'll cut to 155
so that they can rehydrate
606
00:30:54,894 --> 00:30:56,454
and then be bigger than their opponent.
607
00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:00,275
It's this whole gamesmanship
that they play
608
00:31:00,358 --> 00:31:03,361
in order to have the biggest advantage
come fight night.
609
00:31:05,238 --> 00:31:06,322
[Tristin] 3.3 to go.
610
00:31:06,406 --> 00:31:07,406
[clapping]
611
00:31:07,448 --> 00:31:08,449
Let's go.
612
00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:12,245
The day of the cut is the sweating.
613
00:31:12,328 --> 00:31:14,372
Eighteen minutes.
614
00:31:14,455 --> 00:31:15,331
I'm sweating straightaway.
615
00:31:15,415 --> 00:31:17,268
[Tristin] Yeah, great,
I'm just watching your forehead.
616
00:31:17,292 --> 00:31:18,167
That's the indicator.
617
00:31:18,251 --> 00:31:21,087
It's coming off, yeah.
Just stay there, you're good.
618
00:31:21,170 --> 00:31:23,214
It's more about water manipulation.
619
00:31:24,007 --> 00:31:25,675
Two and a half minutes left.
620
00:31:26,509 --> 00:31:30,263
It's definitely a component
that is dangerous,
621
00:31:30,346 --> 00:31:33,099
but if it's managed correctly,
it doesn't need to be.
622
00:31:34,517 --> 00:31:36,352
I've seen it be very draining.
623
00:31:37,896 --> 00:31:40,607
They've just went through
an eight or ten-week camp
624
00:31:40,690 --> 00:31:43,151
where they've, you know,
trained with killers.
625
00:31:43,234 --> 00:31:46,154
Only then, fight week
to do another weight descent.
626
00:31:46,237 --> 00:31:49,532
Once you manage that weight descent, then
you have to go into the ring and compete.
627
00:31:50,116 --> 00:31:50,992
Pound to go.
628
00:31:51,075 --> 00:31:52,075
Come on.
629
00:31:52,869 --> 00:31:54,078
In this or in this?
630
00:31:54,162 --> 00:31:55,788
[indistinct]
631
00:31:55,872 --> 00:31:59,375
[Tristin] It's like that psychological
factor that's daunting.
632
00:32:01,085 --> 00:32:04,923
[Conor grunts]
I'm sweating in here, me. [sighs]
633
00:32:05,506 --> 00:32:06,799
[Tristin] Nearly there, man.
634
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,386
Surprised you're not 55 with a towel on.
635
00:32:10,470 --> 00:32:12,347
- When all's said and done.
- [Dee] Yeah.
636
00:32:18,144 --> 00:32:19,562
It's okay, babe.
637
00:32:24,275 --> 00:32:25,818
That is like fucking...
638
00:32:25,902 --> 00:32:27,111
On my face.
639
00:32:28,446 --> 00:32:30,657
[Dee laughing]
640
00:32:32,533 --> 00:32:34,619
[Tristin]
Everything nice and slow, and that.
641
00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:42,460
[panting]
642
00:32:44,337 --> 00:32:47,006
- Wanna lie back to the bed?
- Yep, onto the bed.
643
00:32:47,090 --> 00:32:48,257
[Tristin] There you go.
644
00:32:49,217 --> 00:32:50,217
Alright.
645
00:32:55,014 --> 00:32:57,183
Five more minutes, Ma.
646
00:32:57,266 --> 00:32:59,894
Get it off before I smack you
in your bollocks.
647
00:33:03,898 --> 00:33:06,794
[Tristin] John, if you get that side,
just give him a bit of a fan, please.
648
00:33:06,818 --> 00:33:07,819
[John] Yeah.
649
00:33:10,154 --> 00:33:11,614
One, two, three.
650
00:33:12,407 --> 00:33:13,783
Slow. Nice.
651
00:33:13,992 --> 00:33:15,076
Stay there, buddy.
652
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:19,956
Yes!
653
00:33:20,039 --> 00:33:22,792
- Yes!
- [clapping]
654
00:33:22,875 --> 00:33:23,918
155.
655
00:33:24,002 --> 00:33:26,629
That's gonna be 55. Well done, well done.
656
00:33:26,713 --> 00:33:28,464
Thank you, baby.
657
00:33:28,548 --> 00:33:30,008
Well done.
658
00:33:30,883 --> 00:33:32,427
[Dee chuckling]
659
00:33:34,887 --> 00:33:37,515
- [Conor whispering]
- [Dee chuckling]
660
00:33:41,019 --> 00:33:42,705
[announcer] Alright,
thank you all for being here
661
00:33:42,729 --> 00:33:44,689
for the official weigh-in for UFC 257.
662
00:33:44,772 --> 00:33:48,735
First fighter to the scale, the man
around whom this car was built,
663
00:33:48,818 --> 00:33:51,779
the notorious Conor McGregor.
664
00:33:56,284 --> 00:33:58,202
- One fifty-five.
- Yeah!
665
00:33:58,286 --> 00:34:01,789
[announcer] One hundred and fifty-five,
the official weight for Conor McGregor.
666
00:34:02,540 --> 00:34:05,043
That's one-five-five. Championship weight.
667
00:34:06,586 --> 00:34:09,756
Our next fighter to the scale,
the other half of our main event,
668
00:34:09,839 --> 00:34:12,592
the legend Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier.
669
00:34:14,761 --> 00:34:16,054
One fifty-six.
670
00:34:16,137 --> 00:34:20,141
One fifty-six, the official weight
for Dustin Poirier.
671
00:34:24,687 --> 00:34:26,727
- [Conor] Good job, Dustin.
- [Dustin] You too, man.
672
00:34:29,984 --> 00:34:32,862
[engine revving]
673
00:34:39,869 --> 00:34:42,109
[John] People say, well,
does he have the hunger anymore?
674
00:34:42,955 --> 00:34:45,333
At the beginning, it was desperation,
675
00:34:45,416 --> 00:34:48,628
that he had to do it.
I don't believe that's true.
676
00:34:49,962 --> 00:34:52,090
He was always doing it
for the same reason,
677
00:34:52,173 --> 00:34:54,842
that is he loves the competition
of mixed martial arts.
678
00:34:55,426 --> 00:34:58,888
Sure, there was a period of time
of enjoying the spoils of war.
679
00:34:59,472 --> 00:35:03,059
And then when you come out the other end
of it, you have to ask yourself,
680
00:35:03,142 --> 00:35:05,353
what's going to make me continue doing it?
681
00:35:05,436 --> 00:35:08,064
I have the financial freedom,
I've got the belts,
682
00:35:08,147 --> 00:35:10,775
I've got the accolades, I have the fans.
683
00:35:10,858 --> 00:35:13,402
[announcer]
He's back, the notorious Conor McGregor.
684
00:35:13,486 --> 00:35:16,030
[John]
Well, there is only gonna be one thing,
685
00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:17,865
and that is that you truly love it,
686
00:35:18,658 --> 00:35:20,493
and it gives you purpose.
687
00:35:31,712 --> 00:35:35,258
[foreboding music playing]
688
00:35:51,274 --> 00:35:52,650
[Conor] Let's go, let's go.
689
00:35:54,902 --> 00:35:58,197
- What's up, my man? How are you?
- Very good, thank you.
690
00:36:03,286 --> 00:36:05,305
[interviewer] Do you ever get tired
of trying to keep it all up? I mean...
691
00:36:05,329 --> 00:36:07,456
It seems like your life is training,
and then doing
692
00:36:07,540 --> 00:36:10,001
all this media marketing stuff,
non-stop this year.
693
00:36:10,084 --> 00:36:12,753
To get to the number I wanna get,
694
00:36:12,837 --> 00:36:16,215
you gotta do it, you gotta embrace it,
you gotta love it.
695
00:36:16,299 --> 00:36:19,719
If you don't love it,
what the fuck you doing here?
696
00:36:22,013 --> 00:36:26,267
I could walk now.
I could easily go and leave,
697
00:36:26,350 --> 00:36:28,728
and be comfortable
for the rest of my life.
698
00:36:30,980 --> 00:36:33,024
But I'm driven for that number.
699
00:36:33,107 --> 00:36:36,152
I'm driven for that legacy.
To take over the game.
700
00:36:36,235 --> 00:36:41,407
To truly have every number,
every belt, every single record.
701
00:36:42,241 --> 00:36:44,160
It drives me to keep going.
702
00:36:46,787 --> 00:36:49,874
[heartbeat]
703
00:37:00,635 --> 00:37:01,928
Sorry, lads.
704
00:37:03,471 --> 00:37:05,556
That's a cunt of a leg kick.
705
00:37:08,226 --> 00:37:12,355
[groaning]
706
00:37:13,105 --> 00:37:15,942
- We should raise this leg.
- You got a bag of ice in there?
707
00:37:16,025 --> 00:37:17,568
[man] Got some ice, yeah.
708
00:37:17,652 --> 00:37:19,195
Want a chair?
709
00:37:20,613 --> 00:37:21,781
Put that chair here.
710
00:37:29,163 --> 00:37:31,540
[commentator 1] McGregor immediately
puts him on his heels.
711
00:37:34,961 --> 00:37:37,171
I think kicks
are very important for Dustin.
712
00:37:38,464 --> 00:37:40,633
And that's a takedown.
713
00:37:40,716 --> 00:37:42,009
Beautiful.
714
00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:43,928
Bring his head back on the inside!
715
00:37:44,512 --> 00:37:46,472
[commentator 2]
Nice job by Conor McGregor
716
00:37:46,555 --> 00:37:48,933
to get back up
after the early takedown from Poirier.
717
00:37:49,016 --> 00:37:51,136
- And there's that shoulder shrug!
- That's it! Do it!
718
00:37:54,855 --> 00:37:56,607
- That's the one, that's the one!
- Yes!
719
00:37:56,691 --> 00:37:58,025
- And again!
- And again!
720
00:38:00,861 --> 00:38:02,488
[commentator 2]
McGregor now advances.
721
00:38:03,864 --> 00:38:06,367
Nice right hook there from Poirier.
722
00:38:06,450 --> 00:38:07,743
And he points at him.
723
00:38:08,536 --> 00:38:10,663
That's a solid calf kick there.
724
00:38:11,289 --> 00:38:13,624
What the fuck is that?
725
00:38:13,708 --> 00:38:16,544
- [man] It's bad news.
- It's like nerve damage or something.
726
00:38:17,086 --> 00:38:19,964
[groaning]
727
00:38:20,047 --> 00:38:21,299
[man] It'll pass.
728
00:38:23,426 --> 00:38:25,886
Great round, great round.
729
00:38:25,970 --> 00:38:27,114
Keep doing what you're doing.
730
00:38:27,138 --> 00:38:28,615
[commentator 2] John Kavanaugh
and Phil Sutcliffe
731
00:38:28,639 --> 00:38:30,474
appear to like what they saw
out of Conor.
732
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:39,358
Looked like a debilitating
calf kick there from Poirier,
733
00:38:39,442 --> 00:38:41,842
- and then McGregor fires back.
- That hurt him a little bit.
734
00:38:42,528 --> 00:38:45,531
Conor has not checked
any of those little calf kicks, man.
735
00:38:45,614 --> 00:38:47,283
Dustin keeps planting them.
736
00:38:48,576 --> 00:38:51,120
- Nice leg kick from Conor.
- Smart move.
737
00:38:51,746 --> 00:38:53,205
[John exclaiming]
738
00:38:53,289 --> 00:38:54,808
[commentator 3]
Oh, that leg's beat up, man.
739
00:38:54,832 --> 00:38:56,435
[commentator 2]
That leg is crushed right now.
740
00:38:56,459 --> 00:38:59,579
[commentator 3] It's starting to get dead.
Yeah, he's dead in that leg already.
741
00:39:07,303 --> 00:39:10,598
[tense music playing]
742
00:39:12,391 --> 00:39:14,071
[commentator 1]
Solid left hand from Conor.
743
00:39:14,518 --> 00:39:19,398
[music continues]
744
00:39:35,498 --> 00:39:38,084
- [music intensifies]
- [punches landing]
745
00:39:40,503 --> 00:39:42,630
- [audio drops out]
- [punch thuds]
746
00:40:04,193 --> 00:40:06,737
[clears throat] That's that. That's it.
747
00:40:11,534 --> 00:40:14,036
That was just abysmal.
748
00:40:14,829 --> 00:40:16,539
How come you boys have nothing...
749
00:40:16,622 --> 00:40:19,083
I was shot there,
my leg was just dead there.
750
00:40:19,166 --> 00:40:21,794
My leg was dead as fuck.
751
00:40:21,877 --> 00:40:24,213
And I'm not...
There wasn't a rattle at all.
752
00:40:25,381 --> 00:40:26,966
[sighs]
753
00:40:30,469 --> 00:40:33,597
This is magnified. What the fuck is this?
754
00:40:34,348 --> 00:40:36,934
This is the sport, this is the sport.
755
00:40:42,940 --> 00:40:45,526
[Dustin] The game plan was to kick,
and wrestle, and box.
756
00:40:45,609 --> 00:40:47,546
To mix it up and make it
a mixed martial arts fight,
757
00:40:47,570 --> 00:40:49,113
to kick inside, to kick outside.
758
00:40:49,196 --> 00:40:51,782
Mike Brown was real big
on me throwing calf kicks this fight.
759
00:40:51,866 --> 00:40:52,867
Really big on it.
760
00:40:52,950 --> 00:40:55,786
And it worked, man. We compromised his leg
761
00:40:55,870 --> 00:40:57,746
and he was in a bad position early.
762
00:40:59,874 --> 00:41:03,294
[Dana] I think Conor had a good
first round, doing what Conor does.
763
00:41:03,377 --> 00:41:05,880
[reporter] Then the calf kicks
obviously played a major part.
764
00:41:05,963 --> 00:41:07,047
One hundred percent.
765
00:41:07,131 --> 00:41:08,674
[somber music playing]
766
00:41:11,051 --> 00:41:14,138
[John] Conor, clearly, I'm sure
you're frustrated with the result.
767
00:41:14,221 --> 00:41:15,824
What are the emotions like
for you right now?
768
00:41:15,848 --> 00:41:17,725
[Conor]
Yeah, it's heartbreaking, John.
769
00:41:17,808 --> 00:41:20,008
It's the highest highs
and the lowest lows in this game.
770
00:41:20,227 --> 00:41:22,313
Me leg is completely dead.
771
00:41:22,396 --> 00:41:24,940
I didn't adjust, and that's it.
772
00:41:25,024 --> 00:41:26,650
Although I...
773
00:41:27,359 --> 00:41:29,987
It's just a motherfucker to take, man,
you know.
774
00:41:30,070 --> 00:41:31,864
That's... me mind's going, so...
775
00:41:31,947 --> 00:41:33,866
You know, me and Dustin now, he's...
776
00:41:33,949 --> 00:41:36,660
It is one and one.
I'm sure we'll go again.
777
00:41:36,744 --> 00:41:39,663
Dustin, you're a fucking warrior.
Honored to share the Octagon with you.
778
00:41:39,747 --> 00:41:41,766
And we will do it again, alright.
Good man. Thank you so much.
779
00:41:41,790 --> 00:41:44,126
- [Dustin] Safe travels.
- Congratulations, enjoy.
780
00:41:44,210 --> 00:41:47,004
Thank you, guys,
and you, thank you so much.
781
00:41:47,087 --> 00:41:49,965
Just taking the licks, man.
It's a bastard of a game.
782
00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:54,887
But don't write me off yet,
you know what I mean?
783
00:41:54,970 --> 00:41:56,823
The competitive fire is still in me,
and like I said,
784
00:41:56,847 --> 00:41:58,682
I will regroup and adjust,
785
00:41:58,766 --> 00:42:02,728
and come back. You know,
I've done it before, and I'll do it again.
786
00:42:14,740 --> 00:42:17,660
[TV commentator] He's gotta go back...
Oh, big left and now a right!
787
00:42:17,743 --> 00:42:21,247
[indistinct commentary]
788
00:42:21,330 --> 00:42:24,291
Poirier has knocked out
Conor McGregor!
789
00:42:29,755 --> 00:42:31,382
We'll get it back.
790
00:42:37,972 --> 00:42:40,933
You know, it's something that...
791
00:42:41,016 --> 00:42:43,936
It's part of the game.
You've just got to take it. It ain't nice.
792
00:42:44,019 --> 00:42:46,564
The highs are very, very high,
and the lows are low.
793
00:42:46,647 --> 00:42:48,315
But you suck it up,
794
00:42:48,399 --> 00:42:52,069
break it down into what went wrong,
and correct the mistakes.
795
00:42:53,362 --> 00:42:56,448
I didn't want to be that person
who stands in the Octagon
796
00:42:56,699 --> 00:43:00,661
or posts a feed, and makes excuses
and points blame.
797
00:43:00,744 --> 00:43:03,706
I didn't want to be that person.
I've seen that many times.
798
00:43:03,789 --> 00:43:05,949
I think that's a...
that shows a weakness in character.
799
00:43:06,250 --> 00:43:08,460
- [Owen] UFC.
- [Conor] What?
800
00:43:08,544 --> 00:43:10,212
Did you message him?
801
00:43:10,296 --> 00:43:12,214
- Me and Audie did.
- Saying what?
802
00:43:12,298 --> 00:43:16,343
Saying, "Dustin, rematch for the belt,
May or June?"
803
00:43:18,387 --> 00:43:20,389
Yeah, I'm after messaging Dana as well.
804
00:43:20,472 --> 00:43:21,473
Trilogy for the strap.
805
00:43:21,557 --> 00:43:22,558
Yeah.
806
00:43:22,891 --> 00:43:25,144
I feel strong in my mind. I always do.
807
00:43:25,227 --> 00:43:27,813
I don't let defeat faze me.
808
00:43:27,896 --> 00:43:29,940
The true champions can come back.
809
00:43:30,024 --> 00:43:31,775
The true champions rise again.
810
00:43:33,652 --> 00:43:35,821
And I am a true champion.
811
00:43:36,447 --> 00:43:38,574
[man] You're going to face that fact.
812
00:43:38,991 --> 00:43:42,202
It's how you respond
when it doesn't go your way
813
00:43:42,286 --> 00:43:44,997
that will ultimately determine
your legacy.
814
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:46,874
[Conor] Sometimes, a defeat
is what you need.
815
00:43:46,957 --> 00:43:49,376
A defeat is the secret ingredient
to success.
816
00:43:50,085 --> 00:43:53,005
That's it. I made my plans for revenge.
817
00:43:59,803 --> 00:44:06,143
[outro music playing]
818
00:44:22,034 --> 00:44:23,619
[music continues]