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UFC Bantamweight, Farid Basharat follows in his brother, Javid’s footsteps earning a contract off a sensational win in Dana …
foreign [Music] I’m ready yeah it sucks how they canceled your fight what was that we eight weeks ago was it seven UFC told me like be on standby stay ready my name is fired by charot I’m a bantamweight I come from Afghanistan by way of London England so I was originally supposed to fight July 26th on the first episode of this season’s content series I had a super long camp for this my manager told me all the way back in April that I would be fine 136. I’d made the wait I went on the live stream and I see in the comments people were writing like wow somebody missed Away by 10 pounds and in my mind I was thinking oh man that sucks for the other guy little did I know that it was my opponent you know 146. it was a hard pill to swallow we had to cancel the fight I had my brother with me and he just kept it positive and he told me like look everything happens for a reason and he was right now I’m here seven weeks later with arguably a tougher opponent which I like which shows that I can show my level even more fighting in the contender series for me will change my life I’ve been visualizing this moment for over 10 years could not be more ready [Music] it’s actually a bad thing people don’t know can think it’s like a good thing to you know have several weeks to show but it’s actually really bad because your body kind of goes into shock after a training camp making way up there’s a whole peaking cycle he’s done a great job of adjusting with it two weeks before this fight I was sparring and I got taken down and as I posted my arm completely popped I couldn’t pull out because I worked so hard for this opportunity my elbow is very sore very achy my plan is to do an extra long warm-up was special about ferocious for Red barcel Rod is that he’s well-rounded he has tremendous skills with his striking his grappling his wrestling and his submission jiu jitsu es so normally my older brother Java he would be in my corner too he’d be warming me up backstage today’s a little bit different because he’s fighting on Saturday Javed had been on the contender series the year before he got a big win world of trouble for Kyle on and there’s the tap the finished streak is intense and straight after his win he told me fired your next so that was our plan in our mind it would be selfish of me whilst he’s cutting away and preparing for his fight to ask him to call me and you know use up all his energy he’ll be there in the crowd but he won’t be in my corner not being in his corner is a bit of a bummer but I’ve got a shadow of a doubt he’s ready for the UFC like he’s not just ready he’s a contender for the UFC I’m walking him between the corridors you know and it’s a chilling feeling [Music] they stopped me right before the double door they say to me three two one and walk walk parrot bash your rats a familiar last name after his brother Javid last season these guys have gone through their entire journey together and this is just one more step for the brothers just trying to enjoy the moment enjoy the lights enjoy Dana and everybody in the crowd I get vaselined up I step into the Cajun I don’t take my eyes off my opponent I let me go so he comes from a good strong camp in alpha male I knew he was a big Power poncho all right gentlemen first first round you ready to fight you ready to fight yeah let’s go round one starts he comes out swinging big can I move my legs I move my head and I’m just trying to find my opening so he comes at me with some some big flurries crash invasive footwork is really impressive his ability to move backwards I have to slow the fight down now because I can’t keep playing and push me around he threw his hook I stepped back popped him with a jab I start connecting with more and more Jabs that’s when I realized I started to have his timing but I know he’s expecting a striking fight so I go in for a single leg and I pull him straight down to the ground everything that we talked about pause absolutely it’s tight but he’s in half guard here the guillotine is a strong point I am very prepared for this I just wait for him to tire out a little bit as I get my head out the guillotine he was quite slick and he went for a Lego at which point my queen is telling me I did a good job of scrambling out rolling with the leg lock and remaining on top now the heels out of danger for the moment I hit him straight away with a with a good elbow made him realize that this isn’t a Jujitsu match towards the end of the round I I stand above him and I arrange some good shots to the body and to the head I put my knee back down and he actually hit me with a little bit of an illegal up kick two of them oh that was illegal it was in my head I recall thinking like oh okay you want you want to be dirty so I stand above him and I do a big ax kick to his stomach to the body was he targeting the liver I go back to my corner they tell me that I won the round but we need to keep the pressure up for myself I wanted to play some mind games with him I get off my stool 20 seconds before the buzzer even goes I just start pacing back and forth and you know staring at him he’s just slumped in his stool round two begins and I come out this round a little bit quicker because I have my timing and my range from the previous round so what I do is I get straight in his face throwing some kicks at him I press him back to the cage I take a high ankle pick and I lift his leg High I knew that he didn’t have very good dexterity and balance his standing leg kind of gave out and I ended up on top yeah that takedown was beautiful high level stuff there from bashron I go above him and I stop ground and pounding I work into the body he does a good job of getting his feet to the cage and I realized that this can be a threat and I could actually even hear my brother Javid in the crowd what’s the case buddy what’s the cage time watch for the explosion and I pull him away I feel like the life just kind of went out of his body he felt like this was his moment to get up he doesn’t want to give up his back and I know this I’m on top of him ground and pounding he hit me with one elbow top of the head I can hear Paul Felder he says see some blood leaking here I’m not sure where yeah somebody’s opened up I can feel a warm trickle come down my face at this moment I’m thinking no way this guy cut me you know impossible I’m dominating him oh a few more shots on the grounds and we’re through 10 minutes the round finishes I stand back up to go into my corner and I look up at the screen and I can see a good amount of blood coming down my face I go back to my corner uh and Jacob do here telling me to just keep doing exactly as I’m doing as the round begins I can hear Javid tells me in our native language one day he’s gonna come out strong and he was right Alan comes out strong I move my feet after he slowed down I get back into my rhythm oh head kick got through I’d seen that from his previous fight he he put a beautiful jump knee when he had his back up against the cage so what I do is I faked out his his jump knee and he went for it and this is when I realized at this point in the fight that I’m leading the dance I hit him with a three punch combination I went left buddy right buddy left hook up to the head they staggered him a little bit but I have to give credit to Alan he’s very tough he stayed in the fight again I go for a takedown I single leg him down to the ground I hit him with some good elbows Cuts him slightly over the eye when you see somebody mixing things together as well as he is that’s that’s fight IQ for this next minute I was just gonna give Alan hell I pass over into Mount I’m really trying to get the finish at this point he does a good job of getting me back into half God I want to put a stamp on the fight I hit the the 10 second Clapper I let my hands go completely 10 seconds to go and now he’s emptying the tank [Music] at the end of the third round I know I won the fight but the contender series it’s not just about winning or even winning dominantly you have to win very very impressively and entertain for the winner by unanimous decision three Sarah I was very happy to hear them announce my name to know that all the hard work I’ve done how hard I trained it was such a relief I woke out with Javed alongside me I have my coaches Dewey and Jake right behind me and I visualize this moment so much beating up to this fight I can see in the crowd all my teammates my friends Al Jermaine Sterling morab the valley a bunch of top top level guys and they will embrace me and tell me how great of a job I did and and I made me feel very confident that I had earned the contract congratulations I just sat on the chair when Dana’s announcing who got the contract I kid 9-0 you know the kitty fought tonight and Alan was was tough and durable um this kid’s well-rounded he has incredible endurance he starts off with compliments but I wasn’t sure what direction he was going towards you’re always going to have that doubt in in the back of your mind and then he says uh looks like we have another set of Brothers now in the UFC Barrett basharat congratulations and that’s when I realized I had my contract I was in I was very happy I felt like mission was accomplished the brothers are a reality just a few weeks ago we were in Salt Lake City and you told me you said I’m going to be speaking to you I’m gonna get that contract and my friend you have made that a reality tonight yeah that’s right and I meant and Laura like I said Bachelorette brothers You’re going to hear a lot about the next 10 years Jabet’s fighting this weekend he’s got a very tough fight but we’re here we’re here to stay welcome to the UFC bash rap brothers are here guys look out you all know what happened this campus yeah it was great to be celebrating with my team because they’d been with me along the hallway they’ve seen how hard I work uh Jake this is my dad oh hello nice to meet you right after the fight backstage I called my dad and my dad is one of the most important people in my life [Music] you know for him to tell me he was proud and that I did a very good job that meant more to me than than getting the contract he just congratulated me and said look forward to seeing you back home foreign it’s just the beginning of my ultimate goal which is to become the best fight on the planet to have the UFC gold around my waist as far as I’m concerned if I stay along this band I will get there [Music] in a career spanning 30 . Tony Gravely is hitting his Prime and showing his best form to date heading into what is an intriguing battle with unbeaten and talented Javid basharat so four days after my contended series fight uh my brother Javid was fighting on UFC Fight Night 112. as soon as my fight had finished my focus went straight towards Javid what a few days it has been for farad and now Javid bashrat me and javedov Community each other our whole careers to go out into battle with my brother it’s something very special our whole career is he’s been a couple of steps ahead of me he’s been the blueprint for this I I have to appreciate him I have to respect him he’s Paving the way for me so Jefferson had a little bit of a rocky start first minute and a half you got headbutted on the eyebrow and open up this big cut I was a little bit worried but Jeff did an incredible job of recovering he essentially he dominated the whole fight against a very tough opponent he is still [Applause] as soon as he finished this fight we both realized that the job had been done and now we could rest and enjoy the fact that we’re both in the UFC now between me and Javid if we’re number one and number two that’s the goal to be the two best fighters on the planet when I was back in London I went to go see my family you don’t have to bring nothing or anything just it’ll be nice a lot of food in today oh bro a lot going hungry I’m hungry but I know after this I’m gonna get full Khaled is somebody that’s uh incredibly important to me he was the first person besides my my dad to to really show faith in me you know probably had the most 50-55 the whole card right your God was very good and you made him look so easy man great but it’s crazy like when you’re in there even though Javid wasn’t in my corner The only voice I could really properly hear was him because I’m just so used to at one point in my career I even considered just stopping it was uh the beginning of covet I believe everybody was going through a tough time and I remember speaking on the phone with Khalid over the five years and I’ve gone through a lot and there came a time where he just didn’t want to do it anymore and I was like this is not going to happen on my watch he met up with me and my brother an hour later he said look man I know times are very difficult right now we don’t know the road ahead I said them let’s be realistic where are we gonna train he goes look don’t worry I’ll find a place for you just keep going a little bit longer and I promise you everything will work out oh Legacy Gym this is the place that kind of kind of opened up for us and we trained in Legacy Day and Night we were there probably 12 hours a day me and Jeff realized that while the whole world is right now probably taking a break this is our chance to get one up on everybody a couple of young kids who had ambition that just scrap it out we’re just making each other better and better iron sharpens iron what makes us good is affect me and fire in a very competitive with each other someone will go for a move and then the move will keep getting ready with the same news like oh Freddy’s got the take down oh no he hasn’t Travis just reversed him you know that day if he hadn’t sat me down and told me look do not make a rash decision I know it’s tough just be a little bit more patient if I never heard those words from him maybe I wouldn’t be staying here right now maybe I wouldn’t I wouldn’t be doing this boy anymore my family prepared this this big Feast that’s the way we celebrate in Afghanistan see how I start smiling though we prepared our national dish which is kabuli Palau to rice with a with a big lamb shank in the middle I told them they’re gonna shoot the video first and then they’re gonna eat after he goes but it’s gonna get cold I said Dana White doesn’t care yeah but you know it is not a boss here that’s true I was born in Afghanistan and I was there for one year before my family had to relocate over the mountains into Pakistan and over there we lived in a refugee camp because Afghanistan was at War and it was unsafe for us to stay there I don’t remember too much about this time you know when you’re a kid you don’t know about rich or poor or anything you’re just a happy young kid you know playing around with your brothers it was just my mom and my two brothers I didn’t see my dad for the first few years of my life my dad at this point had moved to London where he didn’t speak the language he was alone he had to work day and night just to save up enough money to bring me my brothers and my mom over you know my dad came back and we all went back to London together it was definitely a culture shock for myself and my whole family and when I first went to school it wasn’t easy because I looked different I didn’t speak the language some of my earliest memories I me and Javed fighting off bullies together I mean nobody knows what he went through to reach to the city not just hard work there were many other obstacles many other obstacles I feel like no matter what I accomplish in life no matter how much money I make no matter how many wins I get I’ll never be as successful as my dad because what he had to do is way tougher than what I’m doing I don’t think you can put a cap on where they can go if that’s being a UFC champion a contender Champion Hall of Famer anything yeah this was just a step along the way again UFC Quadra I feel like Afghanistan has been misrepresented in in recent years there is so much history to us there is so much culture to us I feel like it’s my responsibility to represent Afghanistan and show the world what we’re really like so I train at extreme control it’s got some of the best fires on the planet all on the same mat you go from flyweight to heavyweight there’s always so much knowledge to learn from it’s great to have my team support you know knowing I have these guys by my side always gives me the extra push Extra Strength I need yeah going into every fight we’re all on the same page always yo I got the contract so finally some good news March 4th 285 T-Mobile finally T-Mobile man I’ve had three flights and I haven’t fought into T-Mobile signing the ballot agreement with my brother Javid and Coach Jake it felt great history being made right here huh there we go now it’s official congratulations thank you I’m so excited to find T-Mobile when you visualize these moments you visualize UFC debuts you always imagine the crowd you imagine the Pay-Per-View it’s crazy that Jon Jones is headlining the show you know and to fight on the same day as his to make my debut it’s very very special my opponent is Damon blackshire good fire I’m definitely not taking him lightly but at the same time I don’t think he’s on my level and that’s what I’m going to showcase on March 4th [Music] I want everybody to see that I’m a real threat in this division I’ve dedicated my whole life to this as far as I’m concerned if I keep going on that same trajectory I will be the champion there’s no weak points in this game he’s ready I expect him to go out and stay undefeated I’m gonna put the whole division on notice and let everybody know that we have a new contender foreign