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I’ve learned the importance of just showing up you know they’re over the last three years there were times where I didn’t know who I was going to fight against and um there were days where I did not want to train and uh I was blessed to create a martial arts team where uh the guys held me accountable my teammates held me accountable and uh so the biggest difference was just uh was just showing up you know being consistent and uh I never really worked like that in the past in the past that would uh I would do most of my training uh you know just a few months or a few weeks sometime before events and this time um I’ve just really given my whole self to martial arts you know last three years it’s been almost every single day and uh and I’ve enjoyed the grind I’ve enjoyed the suffering I’ve enjoyed the commitment and uh I really feel you know in the past I would really depend on a lot of talent and now I do believe I’m a talented man as well I’m a blessed man but I have the work ethic now that that gives me a much greater faith you see I’m uh I’m really aware of what is it the MMA what what what is the game but truly um I’m think I think I’m really different it’s really hard to be under my skin I don’t know why maybe because I started very late uh for any reason but truly I’m just focused on my on my performance I just want to do well in the cage against a big guy like him it’s a big test for me maybe and truly the bigger test of my life so I’m really happy about that really I respect cereal gain I really do um and and I say this humbly but you know I study film constantly and I just see a lot of patterns you know when he’s in one stance there’s things he really loves to do he goes to the same well alive when he’s in the the opposite stand he has his Tendencies and uh outside of that you know I realized that he doesn’t really have much wrestling he he relies on evasion trying to get away he relies on Jiu Jitsu instead of solid takedown defense and uh same with the ground game you know I watch Francis Nagano be able to rack up I think maybe five six minutes of top time in that fight and Francis is not a guy that’s known to control people on the top so um he does have he does have the Striking down I don’t think defensively he’s a very strong kickboxer he has a really nice offense like I said his his defense is mainly in his footwork and uh two other big holes are uh Jiu Jitsu and wrestling this is first experience in the in the in the heavy weight is a light heavyweight and uh and when he was in the light to be wait you don’t need a big cutting so I think it’s you see so I got another touch for this I got more experience in this Division and uh and trust me a lot of people underestimate me on my wrestling game and uh so yes we will see this Saturday no I don’t think that it’s uh something different it’s all the same we know yeah I’m in this business in martial arts for 30 years and for the information we have very like sharing with you see things in the common because 30 years celebrating UC this year so 30 years I’m celebrating my anniversary as being martial artist and give me it give me a lot of experience a lot of knowledge a lot of like things to see know about the opponent and definitely as my previous fight was kind of like challenging fight but I passed I pass it and I shows that I’m real Champion I’m here to battle the struggles and everything and here I know I will face very good opponent Alexa she’s very strong fighter but here’s the only one champion and I will show and prove for a long time there is only one champion in this weight class well you guys know that I love stand-up fights but this is MMA and I have to use all my tools to win this one I thought of me being Luke was going to be a see how the uh fans play whenever I beat him and uh hopefully they don’t stay he’s overrated like they did Luke when I beat him last time me and Jackson foreign [Music] I prepared very well I’m ready for anything you know time will tell I am really excited I’ve fought four times in Las Vegas this is my city I love Las Vegas I love fans from here is I believe in Emotion I am super ready this fight I coming to to finish this guy um just honestly I just recently sang you know I beat this guy and then I’m I’m knocking on the door yeah it’s absolutely everything I expected you know uh to be up here with all these guys is a big honor and I’m very grateful and I’m just more than anything excited to perform this Saturday and put on an exciting show for the fans I love that I’m in this spot and I’m going to sport a show I promise foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign