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UFC 287 Countdown previews the promotion’s return to Miami as middleweight champion Alex Pereira puts his title on the line in …
foreign [Applause] [Music] make sure this is your fight and not his it’s been nearly two decades since the UFC touched down in Miami Florida the UFC has traveled to South Florida UFC 42 Sudden Impact [Music] Jimmy Wood [Applause] Ley but on April 8th the coast of paradise will welcome back the world’s leading MMA promotion for a stacked Pay-Per-View event featuring the city greatest player man they called game brand jorgeous [Music] he’s a mixed martial arts Pioneer for many many years people only knew me for fighting in the backyard undefeated in the streets he is the consummate fighters fighter he will truly find anybody anytime it wasn’t until broke faces records and souls that people started recognizing me oh my goodness I’m so attracted to the violence and I thrive in it you know the baddest on the refer in the UFC s thank God for this amazing journey I love this sport I ain’t going nowhere I’m here to fight the best in the world on April 8th mosman would compete in the heart of Miami-Dade County against the fellow South Floridian from Brazil [Music] top five UFC welterweight Burns we match up good with each other the Finish Over Georgia miles that will pull me in a very good position shoulder shoulder shoulder [Music] that is [Music] UFC 287’s main event will feature the championship rematch between middleweight King Alex Pereira [Music] oh that’s it you cannot stand in front of that man and former champ Israel out of sun greatness personify the ultimate example of a champion always fighting the toughest guys but Pereira twice defeated from kickboxing it’s hard to hack the Edison MacBook but the only guy that’s done that is that let’s be hated twice before season is crowned in MMA as well oh down goes the champion potato he did it again the Undisputed middleweight champion very good Ah that’s it it’s now time for my story [Applause] [Music] oh my goodness this is my octagon this is his world this is his house oh quick night at the office but before the 305 welcomes back to UFC first get ready already for UFC 287 it’s operation winning now let’s go [Music] the Rivalry between Brazilian Alex Pereira nigerian-born Israel adesanya began in the kickboxing ring [Music] [Music] corner [Music] and continue into the UFC’s octagon battleground of mixed martial arts or adasanya truly belonged you need to coordinate this with the state full okay take people off balance initially I wanted to be MMA fighter okay where you go that was what I came to Auckland to learn but then I was just so good at striking and getting kickboxing fights was easier to get MMA fights [Music] this kid’s got something special he does things that so many people can’t even dream of your king in the ring Anya it was never really like a set time frame I was always doing kickboxing no matter what but then MMA on the side like grappling I had a few MMA fights who are still kickboxing we just adapted style banded if you will he’s a truly unique talent his kickboxing his striking is on another level in MMA the last style Bender was a natural oh [Music] Israel that’s technique winning his first 20 straight bouts he is one of the highest level kickboxers you’re ever gonna see oh he’s so effortless in his movements he’s constantly changing angles capturing the UFC middleweight title the Undisputed five times still Undisputed everyone has to fight him in a mixed martial arts fight if you’re saving their kickboxing with him it’s a problem one of the most dynamic layered strikers for his style his next fight is going to be his toughest fight all while his former foot was watching you’re in a position now you have beaten up and also everyone in the division we know who’s next that part time trust me the champions [Applause] celebrity and otherwise that you would want him to move it’s amazing to think when 2018 began he was not a UFC fighter and now he is one of the biggest superstars in the sport [Music] [Applause] [Music] internet he watches all my fights and every time I fight like clockwork they’ll try and put something out like I beat this guy at the end of the day no one knows who he is and he’s going to be that guy when I’m world champion when I’m a legend he’s gonna be at some Pub talking about I beat that guy one time herrera’s MMA Pursuits would come under the guidance of fellow Brazilian and former UFC light heavyweight champion Glover to sheriff long anticipated the crossover of boxing’s top middleweight enough on your hands he wants to do MMA for a long time it’s a tremendous kickboxing but of course if they beating everybody seven times defending the Bell he just wanted lemonade too strong man everything you think about this should be the best in the world Pereira is one of the best strikers on Earth he is truly exceptional oh it’s a different kind of power you cannot stand in front of that man that power is different organization with only seven professional MMA fights to his name Herrera had officially arrived the dominant champion in need of a fresh challenge could not deny the man who had once knocked him out between the ropes [Applause] [Music] and you did it has a middleweight made such a rapid rise to prominence as Brazil’s El Expedia his power is extraordinary he flat lines the best fighters in the world and arasania has to be very very aware of that so Israel Auto Sanya he has never been beaten at 185 pounds seven UFC title fights for adesanya and he is about a two to one favorite here tonight as he tries to produce a title defense against that man politan that he just wants in the worst way here we go here we go this one is gonna be fun boys round one for the Undisputed UFC um [Applause] [Music] oh nice right hand by Izzy he’s got him reacting now look at that a lot of leg kicks landed by both guys the hair did so much danger when he gets close to you know how was you yeah that is now the Champ’s gonna get some respect round two early right hand foreign against the takedown we might be 1-1 boy and it’s heating up yeah it is did a great job there experience of Edison to start to take form and show itself so it is out of San Diego ends up on top by the champion potatoes pace and activity is really weighing here beautiful sequence by Anna Sonia what Championship medal to take control of this fight in rounds three and four 20 down five to go African land when he froze he just has not been able to keep up the base of that asanya it seems like we’re looking at three completely for the champion this is [Music] doesn’t have to fight another round after this he can empty the tank yeah he’s gonna fight hard Fifth and final round oh potato got that right hand through [Applause] he checked he checked it hurt Izzy’s leg oh still there with this guy foreign Champion I don’t believe it he did it again in the final round a new world champion in four UFC fights wow and no way all the time [Applause] so israelada Sonia 14’s UFC appearance and as many of you know he has never been beaten at 185 pounds arasania five minutes away from remaining the UFC standard Fifth and Final Round before competing with former kickboxing Nemesis Alex Pereira oh nice right Israel adasanya was 23-0 as an MMA middleweight so the shocking defeat don’t do it and loss of his UFC World title [Applause] would require a brief respite from all the noise Alexa padetta is now the Undisputed UFC middleweight champion and this rivalry does not end here I just removed myself really from like the news cycle if I just stepped out of it and just kind of enjoyed life [Music] every day in 20 seconds [Music] any performance is 100 physical and 100 mental and if one isn’t on it’ll affect the other [Music] we’re gonna go down across get to that point where there’s a bit of stress and then come up yeah and then one break across okay cool as well as mental game is already incredible but you have to sharpen it [Music] was just shocking because you’re so used to Izzy winning so they see him not win the hurts to see him in the spirits that he was after you know just being positive back in the locker rooms and seeing him you know just embrace it say okay we’ll run it back [Applause] on April 8th in Miami Florida has his chance at Revenge across all Combat Sports will be his fourth attempt to take down the Brazilian Champion unanimous decision in in circumstance unlike any other in UFC [Music] FC but when well suited for the mentally Adept former cape [Music] [Music] the noise This Moment’s all on me I’ve put this pressure on myself connections and my words rise into the occasion amongst all the noise amongst all the naysayers all the doubt is everything and getting them done that’s my driving factor and I will never eliminating distraction it’s easier said than done but for UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira Comfort can be found anywhere on the planet so the former kickboxer Embraces an opportunity to bring a portion of UFC 287 training camp to the Muay Thai capital of the world is tomorrow night [Applause] so the key thing is [Music] While most Fighters flock to the many gyms in Western Phuket Rivera has opted for Thailand’s equally stunt but the champ can enjoy specialized training and reunite with an old friend foreign [Music] Brazil kickboxing show I was one of the promoters so you know we go we’re far back man you know he’s a real friend what we call ahead guys [Music] oh as he promised me a little Ray when I become UFC champion the next step is we come to Thailand foreign foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] important [Music] it is [Music] beating me but I can be him I know I can he knows I can he knows what dangerous so you’ll see come fight time I’m still Israel at this time on April 8th it’s a middleweight rivalry for the ages in Miami Herrera and other Sonia will battle for a fort and likely final time for Combat Sports Ultimate Prize on incredible rise to UFC super stardom and middleweight gold is always dangerous we knew that Alex mahera doing what we knew he does best there’s no past there’s no future all we have is now he is a mix of humility and creativity and confidence in this world this is his house you will ask last best this one is gonna be fun boys here we go when the UFC touches down to Miami on April 8th the promotion will enter one of the world’s foremost hotbeds of MMA training [Music] sunshine state was Rife with Elite teams Gilbert Burns withdrawn by a former champion and one of Florida’s earliest transplants [Music] originally brought me to Florida with veto Belfort looking to finish his fight Jones we were very close friend who was one of my mentors in MMA [Music] he kind of decided to join the black business and it came with him an early iteration of the so-called super camp was the blackcilians a group of Nomads who joined forces to create a new team with a deep roster little Balfour training there Thiago Silva Tyrone’s phone he’s gonna stop pick up the pace a little bit and Jog it out Rashad Evans Wolverine foreign Eddie Alvarez Harry hoof led by Dutch kickboxer Henry hoof a team would undergo numerous name changes and relocations [Music] but a decade later oofed in a star pupil remained together that movement is key in everything you do if you throw one two and you stand there you’re gonna get counter that’s a fact Gilbert Burns is a great student listens very good wants to learn always early it’s very professional put the tempo and let your legs go let’s go thank you and he was a wild man from the start with a power owner including Vitor Belfort undefeated Gilbert Brooks oh nice spinning elbow do you talk to these guys the black zillion they just believe the sky is the limit for this young man this is where he wants to be dubert Burns by submission he’s going to finish this and there’s he’s got it a true Master at submissions at work there a four-time Brazilian Jiu Jitsu world champion and one who has really developed his striking and his power under Henry hook oh and he puts him down and that is it that’s why he always say to believe in my hand that right hook so hard if you land he’ll be down he said it yeah Henry hoop really saying all the right things the Harry’s been there with me since I joined the black student his striking has really caught up to his Jiu Jitsu oh we change a lot of things but the relationship is still super close just getting stronger we’ll see with one punch what you can be under hoof’s guidance oh wow now Gilbert Burns hammers away Burns would become a Mainstay in the UFC back to the bread and butter Gilbert Torino Burns by submission Burns hurt him Burns hurt and bad once competing against fellow hoop student Kamara Usman for the title oh starting strong tonight but it did not go his way the occupying the title picture ever since now he’s one of the scariest Strikers in the division but you see how he puts it on people oh nice right hand by bird he puts it on people like a seasoned Striker and if you go to the ground with this guy it’s a nightmare with these that’s tight there’s the top Gilbert to read your birds and you’re watching get it anywhere Jorge if you wanna sound come and take it laughs the pair now readies for an April 8th co-main event bout in nearby Miami against another South Florida staple from another South Florida super camp super team started forming rather fast in South Florida due to one team and one team alone American top team [Music] then that brick started that movement it’s a multi-millionaire and he laid out like a great Foundation you know he put all these great coaches and just let it take off I never forget the first date when I walked in through the doors when I was 21 about to turn 22 years old there was three guys in the top 15 in my weight class they just ran like The Gauntlet on me after I finished that practice I really knew where I stood amongst the world’s best [Music] you know mine is like I could do this and I could do this for the rest of my life nope defend Defender fan George is one of the most skilled athletes that I’ve ever met and here comes Jorge mazvidal and all the rest of the guys need to be done at American top team down in Florida and Masada is one of the best guys coming out of that camp today it’s got more weapons than anybody basketball’s got great stand-up Shuffle step that’s what makes him so dangerous and that’s just through hard work and dedication to the craft combination [Applause] oh beautiful left hook big knee for Mosby dog get the body work as well as he rocks them he rose to the top of the ranks he constantly evolved and gotten better he’s always honing and fine-tuning those weapons you could see it in his confidence the way that he talks if you look watching people here must be no work in the body and that is it he is 100 sure that this is his time really blew up silence is the crowds here in London one of the greatest knockouts has arrived in the public Consciousness she’s been on this Spectacular One backyard’s the board size the bright lights now here I go it is all in front of Jorge mosfied all and change him about how to get heads you know all right what’s up New York how are you Mazda doll versus Diaz this is for the baddest for in the game the BMF title fight is upon us oh huge right for game bread Mazda dolls fighting brilliantly Mazda was picking him apart and no one no one’s handled Nate Diaz like that he looked like a world beater from Coconut Creek to Deerfield Beach are now set the throw down in the co-main event of UFC 287. South Florida bragging rings placed in the UFC Welterweight Title picture Henry wolf and numerous guys over there they got a decent program [Applause] we’re gonna crush him you know this is war baby this is a fight and this is what we do we’re going to continue the question it’s nothing personal so business was in [Music] many MMA fighters flock to South Florida for the high-level training it provides but the region of transplants has always been home for local welterweight Jorge Hospital I’m Miami through and through you know born and raised I have been all over the world and I love it I love every experience I’ve gained from being all over the world but this is my city two time Olympics that guy right there that’s why I come all the way over here at six in the morning Chinese high knees high knees high knees six but got enough seven times it was never even a question just a matter of time I know Miami from east to west north and south I swear I’ve never been tested like this but this is mine it’s not a matter of change just a matter of time I know little mom and pop stores and make the best empanadas you ever had in your life and the best coffee you guys go first 800. one go to the parks that I run at and where I grew up [Music] I’m gonna get mine [Music] 346 walk walk walk it’s all worth it again I’m gonna die trying this killer be killed in there every time but it sounds like extra I owe it to my city you know let’s go Miami [Music] I grew up in the Latin community our upbringing is a little different than other coaches I would say I was exposed to violence Young [Music] is all right knock them out [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] one of the greatest knockouts you’ll ever see hospital has realized tremendous success in his UFC career most of it all having a lot of fun in there most notably the past four years which featured the thrill of knockout wins mosfit all so good at staying measured and composed followed by the agony of three headlining defeats always a threat including two for the welterweight belts Ville is excitement but the sun has not yet set on game Bread’s career and a fight at home on April 8th [Music] represents a shot at Revival I think I’m at best right now [Music] my mentor my physical and I gotta go out there and prove it if I got my back up against the wall but I get to start my resurrection here in Miami-Dade County the city that birthed me that made me the mold of me so I’m more than excited April 8th I give it all I got and I win we keep rolling that dice so we get that belt let’s go [Music] al-masperal was forged by the Miami city streets is UFC 287 opponent came of age on the shores of Rio De Janeiro [Music] with Gilbert Burns first met his wife Bruno before they began a family in South Florida I met Bruno 2010 the place that we used to live in Brazil was very bad in 2013 we moved here Sports is day one you know because she been to the sport a lot so she knows what it takes she’s four times visiting the national champion she has an MMA amateur fight she has two more Thai fights right I help him with the backstage life so help him with his food nutritionists [Music] Frederick named Joshua they have big motivation for me I want to make the best for these guys the Burns family affair continues on Fight Night and in the gym our fellow Jiu Jitsu gold medalist and UFC featherweight Herbert here is Herbert Burns who has multiple Brazilian Jiu Jitsu titles four-time Brazilian national gnocchi Champion supports his brother’s efforts to defeat the world’s best welterweights since the beginning it was in my eyes the best super technical super smart after one year training he was the first one to become a Brazilian national champion and nowadays he helped me a lot of strategy he’d like to break down all the fights your exponent for most of my fights I’ve gone running for several fights but he needs more strategy I go on Corner hang one out here before here we go see go I think this fight should be more on the feet but Gilberts can take Mazda down and finishing Gilbert has the momentum going he’s super hungry he really wants to Champion the division and I think after beating Master dog he’ll get the chance for another shot at a time [Music] fighting Miami I’m very happy about her so one one an accountant and two points behind it and then you can take my wife is going to be there my kids will be there my brother all my family we’re gonna understand maybe who is the king of Miami the 305. pressure boom pressure switch it’s nice when he throws that left hand you do this I’m very happy this fight is a great opportunity I think it’s a win-win for me foreign [Music] UFC 287 training camp is at full bore [Music] and while top five welterweight Gilbert Burns remains laser focused on his April 8th Showdown with Jorge Hospital he couldn’t help but notice an interested Observer regularly attending team practice so I first meet Matt he will sit down there at the gym watching sporting session and then I said how you doing what’s your name is y’all mad I just a huge fan of you it’s a pleasure to be here watching you ready or what day sure when then we started conversation said well how you doing how is your recovery going can you train a little bit are you ready I’m ready for this move [Music] yes that’s the one I had brain surgery in 2021. yes yes and I draw a lot of inspiration from Gilbert yes the Friendship is one of the Silver Linings of my recovery so many supporters that I have to give back in certain way [Music] so mad so happy and in smiling and the joy that I see is priceless the affable nature Burns exudes outside of the octagon is a far cry from the ferocity he fights with inside and out Gilbert dorigno Burns is an absolute Savage and now Burns fires back big crowd strikes from dorino and for his upcoming bout with the man once crowned the baddest in the game and now the winner of the bmfl Jorge game bread most feed off the baddest on the planet Burns will need every ounce of that Warrior’s result hey I know that’s the one I represent the BMF belt way more than Georgia does fighting guys that undefeated complete total doctor I think you don’t have to fight himself he’s down then I had to find your magnet that is tight been fighting all these guys not picking and choosing opponent yes fights everybody anybody anytime he does everything he says and I think the stock makes up for a very good explosive fight I want to be a war that’s for sure whenever I’m done I want to be remembered by the guy that put exciting fights the guy that fought anyone and the guy that became a champion [Music] he has been an absolute World beater but Steven won the boy Thompson makes really good Fighters look very average can he do that to dorico tonight when Dorito intends to go and take him down and make him grapple with him Gilbert tries to make himself to be this brawler but he’s not Birds needs to need to try to go get a [Music] ticket you know what I’m saying and you know what I do to cry sniffers here’s the number five ranked welt away in the world Ben Astron truly one of the better Collegiate wrestlers this country has ever seen [Music] undefeated in the in the treats Jorge game bread masvidad [Music] I’m gonna need to put an elbow through his orbital or a knee to his upper palate and put him to sleep one of the greatest knockouts you’ll ever see about bread he has an attraction for my knee I just feel it Jorge hospital has been fighting professionally for nearly two decades ready unprofessionally for even longer so at the end of his career closer than the beginning the stakes could not be higher from hospitals April 8th Showdown with Gilbert Burns go [Music] this could be the last one If I Lose I’m pretty much Calling it Quits but a win against Gilbert means that thinks you’re headed in the right direction so if I roll the dice and I do everything right I’m going for it all for one title or many titles the name of the training camp is we are no bodies once we understand that we are no bodies we can become somebody’s we lost three in a row we are no bodies anybody can do three in a row is Operation winning now there is no money in losing very very important to understand that ready go no matter what life holds when fighting is finished [Music] Gilbert Burns will do the same why is it always very explosive oh [Music] a lot of guys out but I am heavy grappling heavy wrestling if you go to the ground with this guy it’s a nightmare he’s a world it’s gonna be a hard night for ahoying though there’s no safe place for his opponent my bread and butter is laying to sleep oh beautiful laptop and I’m also find him here in Miami he has put Miami on the map come on Boss Gilbert up South Florida welcomes Hometown superstars [Applause] [Music] that’s only five minutes away from remaining the UFC standard at 185 pounds for a night headline with the MMA rematch between Champion Alex Pereira in the final round and former King Israel Edison this is an opportunity for him to get revenge and to show how great he truly is it all goes down on April 8th [Music]