Featherweight Edson Barboza talked to members of the press at the official UFC Kansas City media day ahead of his co-main …
well that’s a house fight week going for you so far enjoying Kansas City uh yeah and I just tried to oh like somebody picking me up in the airport bringing the hotel but the lady said I have a really good barbecue here I’m very excited for that I can’t wait yeah the post fight I’m sure will be a good Feast um let’s talk about the fight itself Billy currantillo you got him in the co-main event in front of fans uh talk to me about this opportunity and how excited are you to get back in there very happy I think I’m the king of the Coleman event the nobody UFC have a comment even more than me and very excited you know quarantino is a great fighter he’s a tough guy he’s keep moving forward how I put the show I’m very excited for this one I know it’s gonna be a big war the last time we saw you is uh in March of last year so I guess what’s the last 13 months been like for you focus on recover my knee you know I have a really bad injury have a three different anger in my knee the first time my Curry I need to pull out the fight and enjoy the family I think you know but I’m recall them 100 right now really enjoy my family and time to get back to work and it’s somebody that’s never had to pull out of a fight I’m assuming that was pretty difficult decision for you or super hard because you know a lot of fights always fight with some anger you know and for this one I really try but I can’t walk I can’t walk it’s impossible you know but yeah very happy to be healthy right now I’m 100 and yeah I’m very happy did you say you had surgery yeah I need surgery like a four different angers in my knee three three crazy uh feeling pretty good now I assume though 100 percent healthy you know I think that’s the most important excited you call yourself the king of the co-main Avengers then um you’re somebody every time you fight people post a picture of your record and like say look at all these names that he’s fought he’s fought all these tough people in a row for you where you sit now did you ever like have you ever taken a step back and thought like I should have taken an easier path to where I am or I should have you know some guys take kind of side steps when they lose but you always were going forward was did you ever think that maybe you should have gone about things a little bit differently or that’s why I’m 13 almost 13 years in UFC you know because you have said nose you know he gave him UFC give me and say yes I never I never say no for a fight you know sometimes my manager my team say oh I think that’s not good for right now I guess so mad it was yeah that’s good for me right now I won’t fight anybody I never say no for a fight and that’s why I was 13 years in UFC why is that because I’m a fighter good answer um last couple fights haven’t gone your way um can you talk to me about what you’ve learned though and how you’ve you’re going to improve from them the last couple of fights didn’t go your way what did you learn from them yeah every fight you learn you know especially last two but one thing I try to get some good you know for for the last two loss one thing I learned see how much I feel better it’s crazy you know my last couple camps I feel better than ever physical you know mentally and I try to get focused on this way you know I definitely learn I’m getting better and making me more excited to the next one great thank you Edson um I wasn’t I was wondering you know has your careers you know winding down are you thinking about going back up to lightweight or are you enjoying featherweight still I really enjoy the FED weight you know I feel it’s a little more healthy for me believe you or not and when I fire 155 I have to kill myself to keep my weight High you know to keep my weight like a try between like a 180 185 I have to eat eat it you know because I have a lot of training parties 155 you guys huge I have to stay big too but never know never know you know I feel good 155 is still most my training part is one fit Fiverr I feel great and 145 didn’t feel good 155 and I see let’s see the next one it’s gonna UFC give me a good 5155 why not do you regret not moving down sooner to featherweight sorry do you regret not moving down to featherweight sooner in in your career foreign you know he said you know you’re you’re the co-main event but uh are you hoping for that main event again pretty soon why not definitely definitely another Main Event now it’s uh it’s awesome to have opportunity to fight five rounds you know but why not I’m always ready you know for three four five rounds I I was ready and then what happened for me late kicks uh sometimes you in your last few fights sometimes you throw them sometimes you don’t throw them is that just by design by like your your uh you know your your fight camp and what you’re thinking or was it just you didn’t feel like it didn’t feel like throwing kicks I think the most it’s a feeling sometimes you know some more points is good to draw like kicks some points not you know it’s dangerous but to throw something and it’s just feeling you know I feel if the guy give opportunity to kick a kick thank you just one question over here uh at your at one point in your career you’re looking forward to fighting uh some of the guys that you may have looked up to and now it’s kind of the other way around you know how do you approach a fight when you know that a guy that may have been looking at you or watching you studying you for afar for a long time and now he gets that opportunity how do you approach those fights where you know like the mentees kind of funny the mentor if you will in that type of thing to be honest for me there’s nothing changed like I said I’m a fighter you know of course I won’t fight everybody I don’t care I don’t I really don’t care I find whatever you have to give me I say yes and yeah like I said I’m a fighter man if the guy call me it’s good you know call me I call someone I don’t like to call like I said I say yes for anybody but you know for me it’s not I’m a fighter um okay perfect thank you very much