UFC President Dana White goes beyond the match and talks about the origin of Power Slap and what fans can expect on Power …
last week on power slap rode to the title so the guys we picked are going to automatically be in the competition but we still need to fill the rest of the spots so we invited a few guys back we also scoured the country for more slap fighting Talent if these guys want to be in the first Power slab competition prove it to me I’m the smallest heavyweight here I want the biggest meanest guys you got I have the most slot fight experience out of any other active fighter [Applause] AJ’s lap drops Frank four five that was a good fight huge upset and absolutely incredible win thank you congrats brother I got invited back I’ve been slapping people in the streets since 94. I’ve taken punches bare knuckle I don’t give it oh come on Daddy’s Home [Music] he might get knocked out on this one yeah how crazy is that we have a foul here Walker to me what a comeback Jesus has earned himself a spot in the house do this I train in MMA boxing kickboxing Muay Thai it’s gonna be so good blue Friday won the coin toss has elected to receive holy he’s out easy one I’ll be a lesson to you if you win the coin toss you should probably take the first lap I’m 100 ready to bring up they’ve never met Heart Like Mine coming from boxing this is really easy transition Slavs really nothing compared to a sock to the jaw you know so [Music] oh Dale Mitchell hits like a truck by knockout Knockouts so we’re only a few fights into the slap off and we’ve already seen four knockouts it’s unbelievable I got an opportunity to fight in the exhibition and my opponent was Michael Smith in the second round my lip got cut so deep that I couldn’t continue we’re gonna stop I should have won that fight look I’m a country boy I’ve taken a lot of hits you know whether it be from my brothers my cousins you know we grew up fighting we’re out there in the Rough Country after getting knocked out like that the commission has put Asbury on medical suspension he can’t continue in the competition so because of that I’m gonna give Waylon his spot in the house and see what he can do moving forward my name is Russell Kilani Rivero my parents gave me that name it means Relentless ocean I’m here to represent my people from Mexico and become the first Mexican powerslap champion he got slapped so far the shoe came off the striker in this case Russell committed a stepping foul and that resulted in the opponent getting knocked out even though it was a vicious strike it was illegal so Russell gets DQ but here we go again I’m gonna give Russell his spot in the house Russell obviously has serious power I started doing MMA probably about nine years ago I have four Kos and three tkos I was 18 years old when I started Combat Sports at about 50 Pro fights and over 400 amateur fights cotton out of both his ears both these dudes I am in Aerospace and I do all the electrical wiring and spaceships I am here to be a pioneer of this sport I have a very strong power slop Nikolai comes in round one and just drops a bomb on Isaiah done another good stoppage nikolai’s wind was the perfect end to an impressive day of fights and now it’s time for the coaches to pick their teams so with my first pick I want to choose Mitchell Sipe Ryan Phillips slab Jesus Michael Smith West drain yeah John Kennedy Devin Schwann Nicholas it’s gonna be the biggest opportunity of your life you guys are literally launching a sport congrats and welcome to powerslap [Applause] let’s go boys a lot of us probably never been in a place that’s nice in our lives other than we were working there that’s go baby look at the matches we posted the rankings along with the first fight matchups at the slap house so we could get them fired up and we also hung the power slap belt on the wall to remind everybody why they’re here what’s at stake what the heck man oh we getting ratchet I’m telling you right now looking at me do something stupid do something stupid though