Occupation: Fighter (2012)

1. CHAD GEORGE IS A PERFECT

2. SUBJECT FOR THIS FILM AND FOR

3. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS

4. HERE — FIGHTING, BEING A

5. PROFESSIONAL FIGHTER.

6. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE LIGHTS AND

7. THE CAMERA.

8. IT'S NOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE TV

9. SHOWS OR EVEN BEING IN A MOVIE

10. LIKE THIS.

11. THIS IS ABOUT DOING IT FOR YOUR

12. REASONS — THE REASONS THAT

13. YOU'VE CREATED, THE REASONS THAT

14. EXIST SOLELY FOR YOU THAT DRIVE

15. YOU TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS

16. TORMENT JUST SO THAT YOU, AT THE

17. END OF THE DAY, CAN GET IN THE

18. RING, FIGHT IT OUT WITH ANOTHER

19. PERSON WHO'S BEEN SUFFERING JUST

20. AS MUCH AND WANTS TO TAKE YOUR

21. HEAD OFF FOR NO REASON OTHER

22. THAN — YOU KNOW.

23. YOU'RE LIKE MOUNT EVEREST.

24. WHY CLIMB IT?

25. 'CAUSE IT'S THERE.

26. WHY PUNCH YOUR FACE?

27. 'CAUSE YOU BREATHE.

28. BUT IT'S NOT AN IGNORANT WAY OF

29. GOING ABOUT THINGS.

30. IT'S ABOUT THE HIGHEST FORM OF

31. COMPETITION THAT YOU CAN REALLY

32. COME ACROSS.

33. AND LET'S BE HONEST.

34. ALL FORMS OF SPORT ARE JUST

35. WATERED-DOWN VERSIONS OF WAR.

36. SO, HERE WE GO.

37. THIS IS THE CLOSEST THING YOU

38. CAN GET TO TRUE BATTLE.

39. AND, YOU KNOW, IF ANYTHING,

40. HUMANS HAVE DEFINITELY SHOWN

41. THAT WE HAVE A PROPENSITY FOR

42. WAR.

43. WHAT WAS THERE TO WHAT SHANNA

44. SAID TO ME THAT SOME GUY THAT

45. YOU FOUGHT BEFORE KILLED

46. SOMEBODY IN THE RING?

47. HE DOUBLE-LEGGED THE KID,

48. SLAMMED HIM ON HIS NECK, BROKE

49. HIS NECK, AND HE DIED ON THE

50. MAT.

51. GOD.

52. THAT'S SO SCARY.

53. ALL OF IT HAS POTENTIAL FOR

54. SERIOUS INJURY.

55. SO, TELL ME ABOUT THE FIGHT.

56. THE FIGHT ACTUALLY STARTS

57. MUCH BEFORE THE ACTUAL FIGHT IN

58. THE CAGE STARTS.

59. IT'S A — IT'S QUITE AN AMAZING

60. PROCESS.

61. YOU KNOW, WE GET TO THE ARENA,

62. ALL THE FIGHTERS POUR IN.

63. YOUR CORNERS, YOUR COACHES —

64. EVERYBODY JUST PILES IN AND GOES

65. TO YOUR ASSIGNED LOCKER ROOMS

66. AND YOU HAVE OTHER FIGHTERS IN

67. THE LOCKER ROOMS.

68. AND THEN FROM THERE, I MEAN,

69. EACH STEP IS JUST A STEP CLOSER

70. TO GETTING TO WHERE YOU'VE BEEN

71. GOING TOWARDS.

72. ALL THE HARD WORK, EVERY STEP IS

73. JUST STEPS THAT STEPS CLOSER.

74. YOU KNOW, YOU GET OUR HANDS

75. WRAPPED, YOU GET YOUR GLOVES ON.

76. THEN YOU HEAR THOSE WORDS, YOU

77. KNOW?

78. "IT'S TIME TO GO.

79. IT'S TIME TO GO."

80. AND THAT'S IT.

81. THAT'S IT.

82. YOU — NO MORE PREPARATION.

83. YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT TIME.

84. YOU KNOW, WEEKS AND WEEKS OF

85. HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE.

86. BLOOD, SWEAT, BODY PAIN,

87. HAPPINESS, ANGER, SAD.

88. IT DOESN'T — WHATEVER HAPPENED

89. DOESN'T EVEN MATTER ANYMORE

90. BECAUSE IT'S NOW TIME.

91. IT'S TIME TO PUT EVERYTHING THAT

92. YOU'VE DONE AND EVERYTHING THAT

93. YOU BELIEVE IN — IT'S TIME THAT

94. GOES.

95. MY NAME IS CHAD GEORGE.

96. I LIVE IN LOS ANGELES,

97. CALIFORNIA, AND I'M A

98. PROFESSIONAL FIGHTER.

99. I GREW UP IN SACRAMENTO,

100. CALIFORNIA, MOVED TO L.A. ABOUT

101. EIGHT YEARS AGO TO PURSUE A

102. DREAM THAT I HAD OF BEING IN THE

103. ART FIELD.

104. BY THAT TIME, I KNEW NOTHING

105. ABOUT MMA OR EVEN HAD ANY DESIRE

106. TO BE A FIGHTER.

107. YOU KNOW, I WAS STILL AN ARTIST,

108. AND ALL THIS, YOU KNOW, JUST

109. WANTING TO GO TO THE GYM STUFF

110. WAS JUST TO GET IN SHAPE AND GET

111. OUT OF THE STUDIO.

112. AND THEN THEY TOLD ME ABOUT A

113. MIXED MARTIAL ARTS PROGRAM THAT

114. THEY HAD IN THE EVENING.

115. NICE. GOOD.

116. NOW FOLLOW UP WITH A SERIES.

117. ONE — BANG.

118. BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG.

119. YOU SEE?

120. YEAH.

121. THAT'S IT.

122. YOU'LL EAT HIM ALIVE.

123. MY NAME IS JIMMIE ROMERO.

124. I AM A MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

125. INSTRUCTOR, AND I'M HERE WORKING

126. WITH CHAD GEORGE.

127. HE IS A QUICK LEARNER.

128. HE IS A TRUE ATHLETE, SO

129. TEACHING HIM IS A LOT OF FUN FOR

130. ME AS AN INSTRUCTOR.

131. OOH!

132. YOU FEEL THAT POP?

133. THAT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU.

134. YOU KNOW?

135. GOOD.

136. I THINK THE CRAZIEST THING

137. THAT HAPPENED WAS IS THAT TWO

138. MONTHS INTO ME LEARNING THIS

139. STUFF THE GUY THAT I WAS

140. TRAINING WITH, HE THREW

141. SOMETHING OUT IN THE WIND AND

142. SAID, "HEY, I'M JUST GONNA PUT

143. THIS OUT THERE.

144. THERE'S A FIGHT AVAILABLE IF YOU

145. WANT IT."

146. AND I LOOKED AT HIM.

147. I WAS LIKE, "REALLY?"

148. IT NEVER CROSSED MY MIND EVEN

149. FIGHTING.

150. I BARELY KNEW HOW TO THROW A

151. PUNCH.

152. YOU KNOW, I JUST — BEING AN

153. AGGRESSIVE KID GROWING UP, YOU

154. KNOW, I GUESS THAT'S, YOU KNOW,

155. THE ONLY THING I KNEW.

156. AND THEN IT WAS.

157. WE JUMPED IN THE CAR, AND WE

158. PACKED OUR SHIT UP AND WENT DOWN

159. TO TIJUANA, MEXICO, HAD MY FIRST

160. FIGHT WITH A GUY THAT HAD BEEN

161. TRAINING LIKE ABOUT A YEAR OR

162. SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

163. I PRETTY MUCH GOT MY ASS KICKED

164. FOR THREE ROUNDS AND KNEW ONE

165. SUBMISSION.

166. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THAT ONE

167. SUBMISSION THAT I KNEW, AND I

168. FINISHED THE FIGHT.

169. AND THE REST IS KIND OF HISTORY.

170. I WAS HOOKED FROM THEN ON IN,

171. YOU KNOW?

172. I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SPORT

173. RIGHT THEN AND THERE.

174. NOW I'VE HAD 16 PROFESSIONAL

175. FIGHTS.

176. I'VE WON TITLES IN A COUPLE

177. DIFFERENT SMALLER SHOWS.

178. AND NOW, YOU KNOW, I'VE REACHED

179. THE PINNACLE OF THE SPORT, AND

180. I'M FIGHTING FOR THE WEC — THE

181. WORLD EXTREME CAGE FIGHTING.

182. AND BEFORE I ANNOUNCE THE

183. WINNER, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT

184. CHAD GEORGE TOOK THIS FIGHT ON

185. ONE-DAY NOTICE.

186. NOW, I'M, YOU KNOW — I'M

187. LOOKING FOR THAT BIG, GOLD STRAP

188. FOR THAT WORLD TITLE.

189. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE

190. WORKING TOWARDS.

191. AND NOW THAT I'M IN THE WEC, I

192. CAN PUT ALL MY EGGS IN ONE

193. BASKET AND REALLY PUSH FOR IT.

194. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR

195. WINNER, REPRESENTING

196. FIGHT SCIENCE OF LOS ANGELES,

197. CALIFORNIA, CHAD GEORGE!

198. HI.

199. I'M CHRIS LEO.

200. I'M WITH PROJEKT LABEL.

201. WE'RE HERE AT FIREHOUSE BREWERY

202. TONIGHT FOR THE UFC 111 VIEWING

203. PARTY.

204. WE SPONSOR CHAD GEORGE FROM THE

205. WEC.

206. WE FLEW HIM IN FROM L.A. TO COME

207. AND DO A MEET AND GREET AND SIGN

208. SOME AUTOGRAPHS AND HANG OUT

209. WITH SOME OF HIS FANS.

210. WE GOT CHAD GEORGE, A WEC

211. FIGHTER, TOP BANTAMWEIGHT

212. PROSPECT.

213. AND ANYBODY WATCH THE

214. STRIKEFORCE CARD ON SHOWTIME

215. LAST NIGHT?

216. WE GOT MIESHA TATE HERE.

217. WE SPONSOR CHAD, AND ONE OF

218. THE BIGGEST REASONS IS BECAUSE

219. OF HIS HEART.

220. HE JUST DOESN'T GIVE UP.

221. YOU CAN SEE IT IF YOU GO ON

222. YouTube AND WATCH HIS HIGHLIGHT

223. VIDEOS.

224. HE'S AN EXPLOSIVE FIGHTER.

225. AND HE'S REALLY INTENSE, AND

226. IT'S ALL OR NOTHING.

227. AND IT TRANSCENDS BASICALLY INTO

228. EVERYTHING HE DOES.

229. REALLY HE'S JUST KIND OF THE

230. ALL-AROUND PACKAGE, AND IT'S

231. EVIDENT THE FIRST FEW MINUTES

232. YOU MEET HIM.

233. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT DREW US

234. TO HIM.

235. THIS IS MIESHA TATE.

236. SHE JUST WON HER FIGHT IN

237. STRIKEFORCE LAST NIGHT, AND NOW

238. SHE'S EATING A PHILLY

239. CHEESESTEAK.

240. YEAH.

241. IT'S A MEAL FOR CHAMPIONS.

242. THEN I'M HEADED TO VEGAS, AND IT

243. ONLY GOES DOWNHILL FROM THERE.

244. BOTH TIMES THAT I FOUGHT IN

245. VEGAS MY GIRLFRIEND

246. MADE SURE SHE WENT WITH ME

247. BECAUSE SHE WAS LIKE, "I DON'T

248. TRUST YOU THERE."

249. OHH.

250. IT CAN BE DIFFICULT BEING THE

251. SIGNIFICANT OTHER OF A FIGHTER

252. BECAUSE BEING A FIGHTER HAS ITS

253. MOMENTS WHERE IT'S A VERY

254. SELFISH CAREER BECAUSE

255. ULTIMATELY MY NEEDS HAVE TO BE

256. PUT ON THE, YOU KNOW — ON THE

257. BACK BURNER WHILE HE IS

258. ACHIEVING WHAT HE NEEDS TO

259. ACHIEVE.

260. YOU FORGET.

261. WE'RE ROOKIES WHEN IT COMES TO

262. DRINKING.

263. YEAH.

264. MAYBE YOU SHOULD TRY, LIKE,

265. SOCCER OR SOMETHING NEXT TIME.

266. HEY, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

267. I THINK WE JUST KIND OF ARE

268. AT A CROSSROADS RIGHT NOW WHERE

269. WE'RE SORT OF DECIDING, YOU

270. KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA MOVE

271. FORWARD TOGETHER, IF WE'RE GONNA

272. MOVE FORWARD AS FRIENDS, OR JUST

273. SEPARATELY.

274. HE'S NOT IN A SPACE WHERE I WANT

275. TO DISCUSS IT WITH HIM RIGHT NOW

276. JUST BECAUSE HE'S GOT TO FOCUS

277. ON THE FIGHT.

278. I SAID IT'S CALLED A KNOCKOUT

279. SPECIAL.

280. WELL, YOU SHOULD TAKE IT.

281. HE BOUGHT IT FOR YOU.

282. WELL, DUDE, I GOT TO CHILL

283. FOR A SECOND.

284. IT DOESN'T DO ANYONE ANY GOOD

285. FOR ME TO BE THAT GIRLFRIEND

286. THAT'S SITTING ON THE SIDELINES,

287. YOU KNOW, FREAKING OUT AND

288. CRYING AND HAVING SOMEBODY NEED

289. TO CONSOLE ME BECAUSE I'M SCARED

290. THAT HE'S GONNA GET HURT.

291. 'CAUSE HE IS GONNA GET HURT.

292. THAT'S PART OF THE RISK THAT YOU

293. TAKE DOING WHAT HE DOES FOR A

294. LIVING.

295. BUT ALL I CAN DO IS SIT THERE

296. AND CHEER HIM ON, YOU KNOW, AND

297. WHATEVER HAPPENS HAPPENS.

298. I JUST SIGNED MY BOUT

299. AGREEMENT FOR MY NEXT FIGHT IN

300. THE WEC, AND THIS TIME AROUND

301. I'VE DRAWN A LITTLE PIT BULL

302. AND ONE OF THEIR KIND OF

303. STAND-OUT NAMES IN THE SHOW,

304. ANTONIO BANUELOS.

305. REAL TOUGH KID.

306. FOR BOTH OF US, I THINK THIS

307. FIGHT IS A DO-OR-DIE.

308. WE'RE BOTH COMING OFF A LOSS,

309. AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.

310. YOU LOSE TWO FIGHTS IN THE

311. BIG SHOW, AND THEY CUT YOU

312. LOOSE.

313. SO, I MEAN, IT'S DO-OR-DIE.

314. THIS IS A FOLDER, OR A

315. PORTFOLIO, ACTUALLY, THAT CHAD

316. HAD MADE UP.

317. HE HAD SENT THIS OUT FOR HIM TO

318. GET HIS NAME OUT.

319. SO, I KIND OF KEPT SOME OF THE

320. THINGS THAT HE'S DONE AND MADE

321. UP.

322. KIND OF MEMORABILIA OF HIS

323. FIGHTS.

324. THIS WAS HIS FIRST FIGHT AGAINST

325. JOHN HOSMAN AT WEC 45, WHICH HE

326. WON.

327. SO, I JUST KIND OF KEEP THESE.

328. THIS HERE I KEPT BECAUSE THE

329. LOCAL "GRAPEVINE" MADE AN

330. ARTICLE FOR CHAD WHEN HE

331. STARTED.

332. LANCER, THAT'S — REMINDS YOU OF

333. CORDOVA HIGH SCHOOL.

334. HE WAS A GOOD KID.

335. HE WAS A GOOD BABY.

336. WELL, HE WAS A HARD BABY.

337. HE STARTED OFF BEING COLICY

338. WHEN HE WAS REALLY LITTLE.

339. AND OF COURSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT

340. TO DO WITH THAT, BUT THEN

341. THANKFULLY HE GREW OUT OF THAT.

342. HE HAD THE NORMAL PROBLEMS AS

343. ANY KID GROWING UP.

344. WE WEREN'T IN THE BEST OF AREAS

345. AT ONE TIME, AND SO WE WERE

346. ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT HIS

347. GETTING IN TROUBLE OR BEING

348. PICKED ON OR JUST THE INFLUENCE

349. OF MAYBE SOME OF THE BAD KIDS

350. GOING TO SCHOOL.

351. COMING HOME, WE WOULD HAVE

352. TO, YOU KNOW...

353. THE QUICKEST WAY HOME —

354. LIKE, HOP IN THE LEVY

355. RIGHT HERE.

356. YEAH, I REMEMBER.

357. AND YOU'D WALK IN THE LEVY...

358. YEP.

359. TO AVOID, YOU KNOW, STUFF

360. AND CRAP FROM OTHER KIDS.

361. THEN YOU LOOK AT THE LEVY, AND

362. YOU KIND OF WONDER, "WAS IT

363. REALLY THAT MUCH BETTER?"

364. LEVI LET ME GET BEAT UP.

365. HE LET ME GET BEAT UP.

366. ALL THESE YEARS LATER, THIS IS

367. ALL HIS FAULT, REALLY.

368. THAT SIMPLE DAY THAT HE COULD

369. HAVE JUST INTERVENED, IT WOULD

370. HAVE CHANGED BOTH OF OUR LIVES

371. FOREVER.

372. HE WOULDN'T HAVE LONG HAIR.

373. I WOULDN'T BE FIGHTING.

374. I TOLD YOU.

375. YOU SAID THAT YOU WANTED IT TO

376. BE YOUR OWN DEAL AND YOU WANTED

377. TO PROVE YOURSELF.

378. HE LET ME GET CHOKED OUT.

379. YOU NEEDED IT.

380. I NEEDED IT LIKE YOU NEED A

381. COMB.

382. THAT WAS HIS FIRST FIGHT?

383. THAT WAS HIS VERY FIRST

384. FIGHT.

385. HE AND I HAD ONE.

386. YOU GUYS ALWAYS FOUGHT.

387. AT THE BASKETBALL COURT.

388. YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT.

389. YOU PUT ME IN THE DOG HOLD.

390. IT WASN'T A DOG HOLD.

391. YEAH, IT WAS.

392. IT WAS A DOG TRAINING HOLD THAT

393. YOU LEARNED.

394. AND THAT'S, LIKE, HOW YOU

395. RETAIN, LIKE, A DOG THAT'S

396. MISBEHAVING.

397. BUT HE TURNED OUT OKAY.

398. HE GOT INVOLVED IN SPORTS, AND

399. THAT STARTED HIM OFF IN HIS

400. CAREER TODAY.

401. HE'S WRESTLED FOR A YEAR OR SO

402. IN JUNIOR HIGH AND THEN THREE

403. YEARS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

404. I MEAN, EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS

405. HE'S A FIGHTER.

406. EVERYBODY —

407. ALL OF OUR FRIENDS,

408. EVERYBODY.

409. ALL OF OUR FRIENDS.

410. PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T SEE

411. ANYMORE.

412. YOU KNOW, WE USED TO HAVE THIS

413. REALLY BROAD GROUP OF FRIENDS,

414. AND SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW —

415. SOME OF THEM WE JUST DON'T SEE

416. ANYMORE.

417. BUT I'LL RUN INTO THEM, AND THEY

418. STILL KNOW HE FIGHTS.

419. THEY STILL KNOW, YEAH.

420. AND EVERYBODY I SEE ASKS ME,

421. "WHEN'S HIS NEXT FIGHT?"

422. "HOW'S HE DOING?"

423. "HOW'S HE DOING?"

424. YEAH.

425. YEAH.

426. "HOW'S HE DOING?"

427. "WHAT'S HE DOING?"

428. OH, YOU GOT TO HAVE SOME SORT

429. OF MOTIVATION TO GO THROUGH WHAT

430. HE GOES THROUGH.

431. AND I COULDN'T DO IT.

432. HE'S VERY DEDICATED.

433. IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT SPORT.

434. IT'S A 24-HOUR-A-DAY SPORT.

435. YOU'RE BASICALLY — YOU'RE

436. TRAINING ALL THE TIME.

437. YOU'RE WATCHING YOUR DIET.

438. YOU HAVE TO BE MENTALLY PREPARED

439. FOR YOUR FIGHTS.

440. AND HE'S AT THE TOP OF THE GAME,

441. SO I THINK THAT HE'LL BE ONE OF

442. YOUR TOP WEC FIGHTERS AT

443. 135 POUNDS.

444. WITH WHAT YOU'RE EATING,

445. YOU'RE ROTTING YOUR BODY.

446. OH, CHAD, I DON'T WANT TO

447. HEAR THIS.

448. IT'S TRUE.

449. MM.

450. BUT, YET, OBVIOUSLY YOU MISS

451. EATING A LOT OF IT.

452. I DON'T MISS THE WAY MY BODY

453. FEELS WHEN I EAT IT, THOUGH.

454. BUT YOU DO MISS EATING A LOT

455. OF IT.

456. YEAH, I MISS THE TASTE OF THE

457. STUFF BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A

458. CRACKHEAD MISSES CRACK WHEN

459. YOU —

460. IT HELPS YOUR THINKING.

461. WHAT

462. NO, NO.

463. THE WAY YOU'RE EATING.

464. MM-HMM.

465. IT CLEARS YOUR MIND OUT.

466. HOW COME YOU KEEP GETTING

467. PARKING TICKETS THEN?

468. 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T REMEMBER SHIT

469. ABOUT THAT.

470. HUH? TELL ME.

471. CAN YOU — "OH, I FORGOT.

472. AW, SHIT."

473. THAT'S FROM GETTING PUNCHED

474. IN THE HEAD.

475. MM-HMM.

476. YEAH, RIGHT.

477. I GUESS HE WAS FIGHTING — HE

478. HAD A COUPLE FIGHTS IN MEXICO

479. AND ARI— NEVADA BEFORE WE FOUND

480. OUT THAT HE WAS EVEN DOING THAT,

481. EVEN BEFORE IT WAS LEGAL IN

482. CALIFORNIA.

483. AND FINALLY ONE DAY HE CAME UP.

484. HE CALLED US UP, AS A MATTER OF

485. FACT, AND SAID, "WOULD YOU MIND

486. COMING TO L.A. AND WATCH ME

487. FIGHT?"

488. AND WE ASKED HIM, "WELL, FIGHT

489. DOING WHAT?"

490. HE SAID, "WELL, CAGE FIGHTING."

491. WE BOTH JUST ABOUT DROPPED TO

492. OUR KNEES.

493. BLUE CORNER, A BOXING AND

494. GRAPPLING SPECIALIST FIGHTING

495. OUT OF FIGHT SCIENCE MMA AND

496. PKG TRAINING CENTER.

497. HE WEARS THE BLUE TRUNKS WITH

498. SILVER TRIM, WEIGHING IN

499. AT 1341/2 POUNDS.

500. FROM LOS ANGELES, HE BRINGS A

501. RECORD OF 8-4.

502. GIVE IT UP FOR

503. CHAD "THE SAVAGE" GEORGE!

504. IT JUST TOUGH.

505. THAT'S JUST REALLY TOUGH TO SIT

506. THERE AND WATCH YOUR SON GETTING

507. POUNDED ON.

508. MY WIFE JUST ABOUT TEARS MY ARM

509. OFF WHEN WE GO TO WATCHING IT

510. LIVE.

511. SHE HOLDS ME SO TIGHT, AND SHE'S

512. SO WORRIED.

513. BUT IT'S JUST TOUGH.

514. YOU JUST HOPE THAT EVERYTHING

515. COMES OUT RIGHT.

516. AND BASICALLY WHAT WE MEAN BY

517. THAT IS HE DOESN'T GET SERIOUSLY

518. HURT.

519. HOW DO I FEEL AS A MOTHER

520. BEING THE MOTHER OF A FIGHTER?

521. THERE'S VERY MIXED EMOTIONS.

522. THERE'S BEING VERY PROUD OF

523. WHERE HE'S COME AND WHO HE IS

524. AND HOW HE'S LEARNED THE

525. DISCIPLINE, BUT YET THERE'S ALSO

526. THAT TREMENDOUS FEAR.

527. AND NO MATTER HOW OLD HE IS,

528. HE'LL ALWAYS BE MY BABY, YOU

529. KNOW?

530. AND IT SHOWS ME THAT NO MATTER

531. HOW BIG HE GETS, INSIDE HE'S

532. ALWAYS GONNA BE THAT LITTLE BOY.

533. AND IN A MOTHER'S HEART, THAT

534. LITTLE BOY IS JUST EVERYTHING.

535. HE IS MY WORLD.

536. AND I'M JUST — I'M PROUD OF

537. HIM, BIG BOY, LITTLE BOY.

538. I DON'T KNOW.

539. I MANAGE THE GYM TODAY.

540. THERE'S GOOD FIGHTERS THAT HAVE

541. TO HAVE GOOD COMBINATION OR TWO

542. OR THREE COMBINATION OR ONE.

543. AND HE HAS TO DO IT AGAIN AND

544. AGAIN AND TO HAVE A MUSCLE

545. MEMORY.

546. IT'S CALLED MUSCLE MEMORY.

547. TO DO IT INSTANTLY TO DO THAT

548. COMBINATION DURING THE FIGHT.

549. AND HE HAS TO DO IT AGAIN AND

550. AGAIN AND AGAIN.

551. AND WE MIGHT SEE SOME MISTAKES,

552. BUT WE'LL TRY TO CORRECT THEM

553. SLOW BY SLOW.

554. AND WE'LL START RIGHT NOW.

555. ALL RIGHT.

556. ALL RIGHT, STAND UP.

557. WALK IT BACK.

558. STEP BACK.

559. NICE.

560. DO YOU GET PAIN UNDERNEATH,

561. TOO?

562. NO, ALL THE PAIN IS — IT'S

563. LIKE IT'S IN HERE.

564. ON THE SIDE?

565. OKAY. OKAY.

566. GOTCHA.

567. ALL RIGHT.

568. DO YOU GET ANY NUMBNESS UNDER

569. THOSE FINGERS?

570. NOPE.

571. NO? ALL RIGHT.

572. SO, THAT'S NOT THE NERVE.

573. ALL RIGHT, LET'S WORK ON THIS.

574. WE'RE GONNA DO THAT

575. ACTIVE

576. IT HURTS, HUH?

577. YEAH.

578. THAT HURTS.

579. YEAH, THAT AIN'T MOVING MUCH.

580. LET'S DO THAT AGAIN. AGAIN.

581. YEAH!

582. WHEN YOU BEND YOUR WRIST,

583. THOSE TENDONS AND STUFF, THEY GO

584. AROUND THESE BONES AND THEY'RE

585. STARTING TO GET PINCHED 'CAUSE

586. THE BONES AREN'T MOVING

587. OUT OF THE WAY.

588. OOH, I SEE.

589. THEY'RE STUCK IN

590. ONE POSITION.

591. SO, IT'S KIND OF LIKE

592. YOU'RE MOVING THE TISSUE

593. RIGHT INTO THE BONE.

594. AND THAT'S WHY

595. I GOT THE PAIN.

596. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE

597. GETTING THE PAIN.

598. IF I'M GOING THIS WAY...

599. THERE YOU GO.

600. GOOD, AND THEN STRAIGHTEN

601. YOUR FINGERS ALL THE WAY OUT.

602. AND THEN BEND THEM.

603. THERE YOU GO.

604. AND THE THINGS THAT HE DOES,

605. THE BODY JUST WASN'T MEANT FOR.

606. SO, ALTHOUGH HE DOES A GREAT JOB

607. AND HE KEEPS HIMSELF IN GREAT

608. SHAPE, IT'S — YOU KNOW, THERE'S

609. ALWAYS A GREAT CHANCE THAT ONE

610. WRONG MOVE COULD END HIS CAREER.

611. THE STRESS THAT'S BEING PUT

612. INTO JOINTS AND MUSCLES FROM THE

613. SPORT, CAN ANY OF THOSE REMAIN

614. PERMANENTLY?

615. OH, YEAH.

616. YEAH, IT'S — WE STILL

617. HAVEN'T — DID WE EVER DO AN MRI

618. OF YOUR NECK?

619. I DON'T THINK WE DID, RIGHT?

620. 'CAUSE MONEY WAS TIGHT WHEN HE

621. ACTUALLY HAD THE INJURY, WE

622. DIDN'T ACTUALLY DO THE MRI.

623. BUT, YEAH, I KNOW THAT THERE'S

624. ACTUALLY DISC HERNIATIONS THAT

625. ARE IN HIS NECK BECAUSE OF IT.

626. BUT AT THIS POINT, HE'S GOT NO

627. SYMPTOMS DUE TO IT.

628. AND HE'S STRONG.

629. YOU KNOW, HE CAN HANDLE BEING

630. THROWN AROUND, YOU KNOW?

631. AND HE'LL BE FINE.

632. BUT HE'S ALWAYS GONNA HAVE

633. HERNIATIONS IN THAT PART OF HIS

634. NECK.

635. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO

636. HEAR THIS, BUT AS HE GETS OLDER,

637. YOU KNOW, HE MIGHT HAVE MORE

638. PROBLEMS WITH STUFF LIKE THAT

639. JUST BECAUSE OF THE ABUSE THAT

640. HE'S PUTTING HIMSELF THROUGH.

641. IT IS WHAT IT IS.

642. EXACTLY.

643. MAN.

644. MAKES YOU WHO YOU ARE.

645. YEAH. RIGHT?

646. THERE'S NO SET NUTRITION PLAN

647. THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW.

648. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW I'M STILL SO

649. FAR OUT FROM MY FIGHT THAT I CAN

650. REALLY EAT WHATEVER I WANT.

651. BUT THE CLOSER I GET TO THE

652. FIGHT, I TRY TO EAT MORE

653. ORGANIC, JUST KIND OF GREENER

654. FOODS, MORE SALADS, LESS BEEF.

655. YOU KNOW, MORE CHICKEN, FISH.

656. THINGS THAT ARE JUST GONNA BE

657. ENOUGH TO GIVE ME THE ENERGY AND

658. THE PROPER NUTRIENTS THAT I NEED

659. TO TRAIN FOR THE DAY, STUFF THAT

660. I CAN BURN OFF.

661. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE

662. I'M TRAINING SO MUCH, I HAVE TO

663. MAKE SURE THAT I'M GETTING

664. ENOUGH CALORIES IN.

665. AND THEN THE WEEK OF THE FIGHT,

666. I'LL START CUTTING THINGS OUT.

667. I'LL CUT OUT, YOU KNOW, CARBS.

668. I'LL CUT OUT SALTS.

669. I'LL CUT OUT FATS.

670. I'LL CUT OUT A LOT OF THE

671. THINGS IN MY DIET THAT I NEED,

672. BUT WILL ALLOW ME TO MAKE MY

673. WEIGHT CLASS.

674. SO, THEN, YOU KNOW, ONCE I CUT

675. THAT OUT PROBABLY ABOUT 48 HOURS

676. FROM THE FIGHT, I'LL BE AT ABOUT

677. 143 POUNDS.

678. AND THEN THAT NEXT DAY, I'LL CUT

679. OUT ALL MY WATER FROM MY SYSTEM

680. AND SWEAT IT OUT — WORKOUTS,

681. PLASTIC SUITS — WHATEVER I NEED

682. TO DO TO GET THAT WATER OUT OF

683. MY BODY.

684. AND THEN I'LL WEIGH-IN AT

685. 135 POUNDS.

686. IT SOUNDS A LITTLE CRAZY, BUT

687. THE GUY THAT I'M FIGHTING IS

688. DOING THE SAME THING.

689. SO, AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, I'LL

690. HYDRATE.

691. I'LL DRINK WATER.

692. IF I HAVE ACCESS TO AN I.V.,

693. I'LL GET AN I.V. PUT IN ME TO,

694. YOU KNOW, TO REHYDRATE MY

695. SYSTEM.

696. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE BACK

697. UP TO 153 POUNDS WITHIN

698. 24-HOURS FOR THE FIGHT.

699. SO, IT'S JUST THE PROCESS.

700. YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD.

701. IT HURTS, YOU KNOW?

702. AND IT'S — IT, YOU KNOW, PUTS

703. YOU IN A REAL BAD MOOD.

704. BUT IT'S WHAT YOU GOT TO DO

705. TO — YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T

706. WANT TO BE THE SMALL GUY IN THE

707. RING, IT'S WHAT YOU GOT TO DO,

708. YOU KNOW?

709. IT'S A NECESSARY EVIL.

710. WHERE IS THE SPEED AT?

711. WHAT HAPPENED TO SPEED?

712. COME ON.

713. LET'S GO. LET'S GO. LET'S GO.

714. GOOD.

715. JAB.

716. JAB AGAIN.

717. I STARTED BOXING SINCE I WAS

718. 11 YEARS OLD, AND I'VE BEEN

719. COACHING IN A DIFFERENT OLYMPIC

720. AREA.

721. AND I WAS ON THE OLYMPIC TEAM

722. FOR MY COUNTRY.

723. I'M FROM ETHIOPIA.

724. AND I PRESENTLY... FOR

725. DIFFERENT INTERNATIONAL GAMES.

726. AND ALSO I WAS COACHING FOR

727. OLYMPIC TRIALS IN

728. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.

729. CHAD MENTIONED ONCE THAT YOU

730. THINK THAT HE HAS BABY SKIN.

731. IS THAT TRUE?

732. DOES HE HAVE BABY SKIN?

733. YES. YEAH.

734. HE HAS BABY SKIN, YES.

735. AND STILL WE'RE GONNA PUSH HIM

736. LIKE A BABY AGAIN.

737. LIKE A BABY?

738. YEAH.

739. WE'RE GONNA LET HIM WORK

740. HARD.

741. AND TO THE LIMIT.

742. I'M GONNA PUSH HIM REALLY HARD

743. FOR THE NEXT FIGHT.

744. SO, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

745. A LOT.

746. IT'S NOT EASY.

747. YOU KNOW, BEING IN FIGHT

748. SHAPE IS DIFFERENT FROM BEING IN

749. JUST GOOD SHAPE.

750. FIGHT SHAPE IS AN EXTREME

751. ANAEROBIC AND AEROBIC STATE OF

752. FITNESS THAT YOU NEED TO BE IN

753. TO GO ALL THOSE ROUNDS AT AN

754. INTENSE RATE.

755. 5, 6, 7...

756. 2... 3...

757. EVERYBODY PUSHES EACH OTHER

758. REALLY HARD TO ACHIEVE THEIR

759. GOALS, YOU KNOW?

760. WE'RE ALL OUT TO BE THE BEST WE

761. CAN BE AND GO AFTER THAT

762. CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.

763. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE

764. A GOOD FAMILY BEHIND YOU FOR

765. THAT.

766. IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO TRY TO

767. DO THAT ALL ON YOUR OWN.

768. I JUST DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING.

769. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD SUPPORT

770. GROUP.

771. YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

772. I VALUE THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING,

773. YOU KNOW?

774. IT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING TO DO

775. WITH THE ROTOR.

776. THE ROTOR — ROTATOR BOLT

777. SUBLUSION IS ACTUALLY LOOSE.

778. AND THAT'S WHY THE, UM — THE

779. CONDOMINIUM SURFACE STRUCTURE

780. IS, UM — IS SLIGHTLY OFFSET.

781. CHAD, SHUT UP.

782. THAT'S ALL IT IS.

783. NO, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

784. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME

785. TOGETHER WITH THAT CONNECTION

786. THAT YOUR NORMAL FRIENDSHIP I

787. DON'T FEEL COULD EVEN CONTAIN.

788. WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO BEAT

789. THE HELL OUT OF EACH OTHER AND

790. THEN HUG AFTER AND SMILE.

791. I WANT YOU TO COVER YOUR

792. FACE, OKAY?

793. YOU GUYS, I DON'T WANT TO SEE

794. ANYBODY HIT ANYBODY IN THIS

795. FACE.

796. NO GROIN SHOTS.

797. KEEP AWAY FROM THE HEAD

798. COMPLETELY, OKAY?

799. IF I SEE THAT, IT'S NOT GONNA BE

800. GOOD FOR YOU, OKAY?

801. TURN AROUND, CHAD.

802. CHAD, YOU AIN'T DONE YET.

803. SO, AS A FIGHTER, OR AS

804. FIGHTERS WE GET BEAT DOWN, BUT

805. WE JUST KEEP GETTING BACK UP

806. AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

807. FUCK.

808. OH, SHIT.

809. I THINK I JUST BROKE MY FINGER.

810. ARE YOU SERIOUS?

811. YEAH.

812. DOES IT FEEL OKAY?

813. MIDDLE FINGER.

814. LET ME SEE. LET ME SEE.

815. LET ME SEE BOTH FINGERS.

816. YOU EVER BROKEN IT BEFORE?

817. IT LOOKS A LITTLE OFF.

818. GET ME SOME TAPE.

819. WHERE'S SOME TAPE?

820. WHO'S GOT TAPE?

821. TAPE, TAPE, TAPE,

822. TAPE, TAPE, TAPE.

823. WHITE TAPE?

824. YEAH, WHITE TAPE.

825. I'LL JUST TAPE IT.

826. JUST THE END.

827. DID YOU GET TAPE?

828. YEAH.

829. THAT'S GOOD. AAH.

830. NICE AND TIGHT.

831. THANKS.

832. I WORK IN TARZANA.

833. AND I GOT TO DRIVE DOWN HERE ON

834. THE 405 TO MAKE CLASS.

835. AND I GOT TO COME IN IN THE

836. MORNING.

837. I GOT TO FIND WAYS TO WORK OUT.

838. SO, I MEAN, IF I DON'T HAVE A

839. FIGHT COMING UP, I STILL GOT TO

840. KIND OF MOTIVATE MYSELF TO TRAIN

841. TWICE A DAY.

842. YOU DON'T WANT TO TRAIN TWICE A

843. DAY.

844. YOU DON'T WANT TO EAT — YOU

845. WANT TO EAT ICE CREAM AND HOT

846. TAMALES.

847. YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE A, YOU

848. KNOW, LIGHT-CARB DIET,

849. LOW-SODIUM DIET.

850. YOU DON'T WANT TO TELL GIRLS YOU

851. CAN'T GO OUT AND PARTY BECAUSE

852. YOU'RE TOO TIRED FROM TRAINING

853. AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

854. I'VE COME TO FIGHT IN AUGUST.

855. WE'RE STARTING REAL EARLY.

856. WE'RE GONNA KILL THIS GUY.

857. WHEN I FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING

858. OVERLOADED WITH FIGHTING AND I

859. FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN

860. AT THE GYM TOO MUCH, I CAN JUST

861. PULL OUT A PEN AND A PAD AND I

862. CAN START DRAWING.

863. AND I CAN ESCAPE THAT EVERYDAY,

864. YOU KNOW, MONOTONY THAT I HAVE

865. IN THE GYM.

866. YOU KNOW, I CAN JUST LET MY

867. CREATIVE SIDE JUST RUN WILD.

868. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I PUT THAT

869. AWAY, I CAN GO BACK TO

870. DOING WHAT I'M DOING

871. AT THE GYM, YOU KNOW?

872. GO BACK TO GETTING PUNCHED IN

873. THE HEAD SOME MORE, YOU KNOW?

874. IT'S A GOOD LIFE.

875. HE'S AN ARTIST AT HEART.

876. HE STARTED OUT AS AN ARTIST,

877. AND, YOU KNOW, IN A LOT OF WAYS

878. FIGHTING IS AN ART AS MUCH AS IT

879. IS A SPORT.

880. AND IT'S AN ART FOR HIM.

881. SO, AS WITH ANY ARTIST, YOU

882. KNOW, HE'S KIND OF GOT THE

883. SELF-DEPRECATING THING GOING ON.

884. SO, HE OFTEN QUESTIONS HIMSELF.

885. HE QUESTIONS HIS ABILITIES.

886. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT

887. THAT'S NOT WHERE HE IS RIGHT NOW

888. FOR THIS FIGHT, WHICH IS A GOOD

889. THING.

890. CHAD ABSOLUTELY HAS THE

891. SKILLS TO GO ALL THE WAY, BUT

892. YOU HAVE TO MANIPULATE YOUR

893. MIND AND YOUR EMOTIONS IN ORDER

894. TO BE A SUCCESSFUL FIGHTER.

895. AND HE'S ALREADY REALLY GOOD AT

896. DOING THAT, BUT IN ORDER TO TAKE

897. IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL, HE'S GOT

898. TO TAKE THAT PART TO THE NEXT

899. LEVEL.

900. AND, YEAH, I MEAN, SKILL-WISE

901. EVERYTHING IS THERE.

902. HE'S MADE INCREDIBLE

903. IMPROVEMENTS AS A FIGHTER SINCE

904. I FIRST STARTED TRAINING WITH

905. HIM.

906. SO, I THINK THAT'S ONE THING

907. THAT ALL FIGHTERS HAVE TO DEAL

908. WITH IS WHEN YOU'RE GOING OUT

909. THERE, YOU'RE NOT REALLY

910. FIGHTING THE OTHER GUY SO MUCH

911. AS YOU'RE FIGHTING YOURSELF.

912. AND WHEN A FIGHTER REALLY, TRULY

913. UNDERSTANDS THAT IS WHEN THEY

914. BECOME CLOSE TO UNSTOPPABLE, I'D

915. SAY.

916. I'M CHAD'S MENTOR AND

917. INSPIRATION.

918. MY NAME'S DAN HARDY.

919. "THE OUTLAW."

920. AND I'M JUST HERE FOR MORAL

921. SUPPORT FOR CHAD.

922. I TEACH HIM A BIT OF

923. WRESTLING, SOME JIUJITSU

924. EVERY NOW AND THEN.

925. TEACH HIM HOW TO FIGHT SOUTHPAW.

926. OOH.

927. I GOT SOME SKILLS.

928. HE NEEDS SOME SKILLS.

929. THAT'S THE DYNAMIC OF THE

930. RELATIONSHIP, REALLY.

931. WHEN THE MAN'S RIGHT,

932. HE'S RIGHT.

933. TSCH!

934. THAT IS TIGHT.

935. THIS COULD BE CLOSE.

936. THIS COULD BE IT RIGHT HERE.

937. HAMMER FIST TO GET OUT.

938. CHAD GEORGE IS CUT.

939. HE'S GOT BLOOD COMING OUT OF HIS

940. EYE, SO HE'S GONNA HOLD HIS

941. TRIANGLE.

942. CACDAC HOLDING ON.

943. VERY, VERY TIGHT.

944. CADCAC'S SOMEHOW MANAGED

945. TO HOLD ON.

946. IF HE ESCAPED — NOW HE'S BACK

947. ON TOP, DROPPING SERIOUS ELBOWS

948. ON CHAD GEORGE.

949. YEAH, THE CUT'S

950. UNDER THE EYE.

951. WHEN YOU'RE STANDING, IT WON'T

952. STOP THE FIGHT.

953. IT DRIPS DOWN.

954. BUT WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR BACK IT

955. CAN ROLL BACKWARDS INTO YOUR

956. EYE, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHERE

957. HE IS.

958. LET THE DOCTOR CHECK HIS EYE.

959. LARRY LANDLESS CALLING TO THE

960. DOCTOR TO CHECK OUT THAT CUT.

961. HOPEFULLY HE'S ALL RIGHT TO

962. CONTINUE.

963. LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S UNDER THE

964. EYE.

965. NORMALLY THEY DON'T STOP CUTS

966. LIKE THAT.

967. BUT IT'S UP TO THE DOCTOR.

968. THAT IS A GOOD-SIZED CUT, BUT

969. AGAIN THE PLACEMENT ISN'T

970. HORRIBLE.

971. YOU KNOW, GETTING PUNCHED IN

972. THE FACE, PUNCHING PEOPLE IN THE

973. FACE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL JUST

974. PART OF IT.

975. BUT IT'S KIND OF THE LIFESTYLE

976. THAT COMES WITH FIGHTING IS WHAT

977. MAKES ME FEEL SO HAPPY ABOUT MY

978. LIFE, YOU KNOW?

979. IT'S THE HEALTHY LIVING, THE

980. WORKING OUT, THE TRAINING, THE

981. INFLUENCING OTHERS TO MAKE

982. BETTER CHOICES IN THEIR LIFE,

983. AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO ACHIEVE

984. THINGS, YOU KNOW, ASPIRE TO

985. THINGS.

986. AND IN A WAY, IT'S BEING A ROLE

987. MODEL AND AN AMBASSADOR TO

988. PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE SPORT,

989. YOU KNOW?

990. SHOW THEM THE HARD WORK.

991. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU REALLY

992. WANT SOMETHING, YOU CAN ACHIEVE

993. IT.

994. YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

995. MY NAME IS AISSA JAUREZ.

996. I HAVE BEEN TRAINING WITH

997. CHAD "SAVAGE" GEORGE FOR A

998. LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND A HALF.

999. I AM THE MARKETING DIRECTOR AT A

1000. RADIO STATION IN LOS ANGELES —

1001. KROQ AS A MATTER OF FACT.

1002. I DID EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE

1003. DOES.

1004. I DID THE TREADMILL.

1005. I WENT TO YOUR REGULAR, 24-HOUR

1006. FITNESS GYM.

1007. I DID, YOU KNOW, JUST THE THINGS

1008. THAT YOU NORMALLY THINK YOU

1009. SHOULD BE DOING, AND IT JUST

1010. WASN'T ENOUGH FOR ME.

1011. IT WASN'T STICKING FOR ME.

1012. I WOULD FIND MYSELF NOT GOING TO

1013. THE GYM OR NOT — JUST BEING NOT

1014. MOTIVATED AT ALL.

1015. SO, ONE DAY I WAS HAVING LUNCH

1016. WITH A FRIEND, AND HE TOLD ME

1017. THAT HE TRAINED AT PKG IN L.A.

1018. WELCOME TO PKG.

1019. THIS IS THE PKG TRAINING CENTER,

1020. WHERE WE DO ALL OF OUR TRAINING.

1021. THIS IS THE ENTRANCE.

1022. OUR FRONT DESK AREA WHERE WE

1023. SELL A BUNCH OF MERCHANDISE AND

1024. ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

1025. I'VE GOT TWO OF MY SIGNATURE

1026. SHIRTS.

1027. THIS IS OUR STRENGTH AND

1028. CONDITIONING AREA.

1029. WE'VE GOT OUR KETTLE BELLS, OUR

1030. WAR MACHINE, SOME CHAINS, SOME

1031. RINGS, AND OUR ROW MACHINE.

1032. SO, ALL KINDS OF FUN STUFF.

1033. THIS BAG HERE OUR DOUBLE END

1034. BAG.

1035. SO, IT'S USED FOR HITTING

1036. COMBINATIONS UP AND DOWN.

1037. YOU CAN WORK REALLY ANYTHING YOU

1038. NEED TO WORK ON.

1039. AND IT'S FOR SPEED AND

1040. COORDINATION, AS WELL.

1041. WITH CHAD AND THE TRAINING

1042. AND THE CLASSES AND EVERYTHING

1043. THAT HE'S TAUGHT ME AS FAR AS

1044. BOXING AND THE SPORT HAS

1045. COMPLETELY CHANGED MY LIFE.

1046. YOU KNOW, THERE'S FUNNY THINGS

1047. THAT HE SAYS, WORDS THAT HE

1048. SAYS.

1049. HE SAYS, "DIG," OR, YOU KNOW,

1050. "WORK THROUGH IT," OR "FOCUS!"

1051. AND HE USES ALL THESE WORDS.

1052. AND THEY DON'T MEAN ANYTHING TO

1053. PRETTY MUCH ANYONE ELSE UNLESS

1054. YOU'VE EXPERIENCED IT, UNLESS

1055. YOU'VE BEEN AT THE LOWEST LOW

1056. YOU CAN POSSIBLY BE AND HEAR

1057. THOSE WORDS AND THEY HELP YOU

1058. PUSH THROUGH THAT.

1059. AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I

1060. APPLY TO MY EVERYDAY LIFE.

1061. YEAH, YOU GOT IT.

1062. COME ON, KID.

1063. THERE. YEAH!

1064. NICE!

1065. THERE YOU GO.

1066. RIGHT HAND AT YOUR FACE.

1067. MY FIRST TITLE THAT I WON FOR

1068. THE TFA.

1069. SO, THIS IS A REAL MEANINGFUL

1070. PIECE.

1071. THIS TROPHY HERE WAS FOR

1072. FIGHT OF THE NIGHT THAT I HAD

1073. WITH A GUY NAMED LONNIE WRIGHT.

1074. IT WAS A GOOD FIGHT.

1075. AND I THINK I OPENED HIM UP, AND

1076. HE HAD LIKE 16 STITCHES AND 2

1077. BLACK EYES, A BROKEN NOSE.

1078. SO, IT WAS A GOOD FIGHT, THOUGH.

1079. THIS POSTER HERE IS FROM A

1080. SPONSORSHIP THAT I HAD WHEN I

1081. WAS FIGHTING FOR A SHOW CALLED

1082. BodogFIGHT.

1083. IT WAS A MOUTH GUARD COMPANY

1084. THAT MADE ME THIS REALLY COOL

1085. MOUTHPIECE.

1086. AND THEY MADE THAT POSTER WHEN I

1087. WAS STILL FIGHTING FOR Bodog.

1088. REFEREE SEAN BRATWELL CALLS

1089. THE COMBATANTS TO RING CENTER.

1090. YOU SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR

1091. SCREEN, WEARING THE WHITE

1092. TRUNKS AND THE DISTINCTIVE

1093. LOPSIDED RED MOHAWK IS

1094. CHAD "THE SAVAGE" GEORGE.

1095. OPPOSITE HIM IN THE BLACK TRUNKS

1096. IS MATT TROYER.

1097. I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID

1098. THAT THE SPORT — THE MMA SPORT

1099. IS, YOU KNOW, VIOLENT AND BRUTAL

1100. AND PEOPLE GO THERE TO SEE BLOOD

1101. AND GUTS, AND THEY WANT TO SEE

1102. TWO GUYS GOING IN AND NOT CARING

1103. ABOUT ANYTHING, THEY'RE JUST

1104. GOING IN AND GETTING THEIR

1105. AGGRESSIONS OUT AND BEATING EACH

1106. OTHER'S BRAINS IN AND NOT, YOU

1107. KNOW — NOT HAVING ANY THOUGHT.

1108. WELL, THAT IS SO NOT AT ALL HOW

1109. THIS SPORT WORKS.

1110. IT'S ABOUT WHO CAN DO THE SPORT

1111. WITH THE MOST RESPECT AND THE

1112. MOST HONOR AND THE MOST STRENGTH

1113. AND BELIEF IN THEMSELVES AND

1114. THEIR TEAMMATES.

1115. AND YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE

1116. STRONG OF MIND AND STRONG OF

1117. WILL SO THAT YOUR BODY CAN

1118. FOLLOW SUIT SO THAT IT CAN

1119. CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, PUSH

1120. THROUGH AND HELP YOU WIN THESE

1121. FIGHTS.

1122. CHAD GEORGE DOESN'T QUIT.

1123. CHAD GEORGE WAS A LITTLE MORE

1124. AGGRESSIVE IN THAT ROUND, SCORED

1125. SOME TAKEDOWNS.

1126. BOTH HAD A CATCH, WHICH MEANS

1127. THEY BOTH HAD A NEAR SUBMISSION.

1128. BUT I'M GONNA GIVE THAT ROUND

1129. 10-9 TO CHAD GEORGE.

1130. IT'S LONG.

1131. SO, THAT ONE HITS AT THE FULL

1132. EXTENSION POINT.

1133. WHERE IF I'M HERE...

1134. I'M GONNA HIT THE WRONG PART OF

1135. MY HAND BECAUSE MY RANGE ISN'T

1136. THERE.

1137. IT'S GOT TO BE HERE.

1138. HERE'S A LEFT CROSS.

1139. BAM, BAM, BAM, MOVE.

1140. I DON'T PLAN ON BEING A

1141. BOXER.

1142. I JUST DO IT FOR FUN.

1143. I LIKE THE EXERCISE, THE CARDIO,

1144. THE QUICKNESS, THE POWER

1145. PUNCHES.

1146. LIGHT ON YOUR FEET, QUINN.

1147. WAY TOO HEAVY.

1148. WAY TOO HEAVY.

1149. THERE WE GO.

1150. KEEP THOSE FEET MOVING.

1151. THERE. GOOD.

1152. THEN MOVE. THEN MOVE.

1153. DON'T REACH. DON'T REACH.

1154. YOU GOT TO BE THERE, QUINN.

1155. IT'S GOT TO BE THERE.

1156. DON'T FORCE IT, OKAY?

1157. JUST LET IT HAPPEN.

1158. A LOT OF HIS, YOU KNOW — HIS

1159. CORE FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS ARE TO

1160. LOOK INTERNALLY AND TO LOOK

1161. WITHIN.

1162. AND HE'S — I GET EMOTIONAL

1163. BECAUSE HE HAS DONE THAT WITH

1164. ME.

1165. HE'S — HE'S GONE INSIDE MY

1166. HEAD.

1167. HE'S GONE INSIDE MY SOUL.

1168. AND NOT ONLY HAS HE PHYSICALLY

1169. BEEN ABLE TO BREAK DOWN MY BODY,

1170. BUT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO BREAK DOWN

1171. THOSE MENTAL BARRIERS THAT I'VE

1172. HAD FOR MYSELF.

1173. AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT

1174. MAKE ME REALIZE THAT HE'S NOT

1175. ONLY JUST A GOOD TRAINER, BUT

1176. HE'S A GOOD HUMAN BEING.

1177. HE'S A GOOD MAN.

1178. HE'S A GOOD PERSON.

1179. AND HE REALLY, GENUINELY CARES

1180. ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND THE THINGS

1181. THAT HE'S DONE.

1182. A FRIEND OF MINE ACTUALLY

1183. MADE A BET WITH ME THAT IF I

1184. LOST A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WEIGHT

1185. BY THE END OF THE YEAR I WOULD

1186. GET $10,000.

1187. SO I TOLD CHAD.

1188. AND HE WAS EXCITED AND WAS LIKE,

1189. "DUDE, WE GOT TO GET YOU THERE."

1190. AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S ALWAYS

1191. PUSHING ME.

1192. AND HE'S ALWAYS TELLING ME LIKE,

1193. "STEVE, REMEMBER THAT BET.

1194. REMEMBER THAT MONEY."

1195. YOU KNOW, "WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO

1196. WITH THE $10,000?"

1197. AND, I MEAN, FROM THAT POINT TO

1198. NOW, I THINK IT'S ABOUT FIVE

1199. MONTHS NOW, I'VE LOST OVER 45

1200. POUNDS JUST WORKING OUT AND

1201. GOING THERE.

1202. AND HONESTLY, CHAD IS A TRUE

1203. INSPIRATION.

1204. HE'S A REALLY, REALLY

1205. HARDWORKING GUY.

1206. HE GOES FROM TRAINING TO

1207. TEACHING ME TO TEACHING CLASSES.

1208. AND I THINK THAT WITH HIM

1209. WORKING THIS HARD TO WIN HIS

1210. TITLE THAT HE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO

1211. DO IT.

1212. AND I THINK HE SHOULD BE THE ONE

1213. OUT OF ANYBODY TO DO IT TO WIN

1214. THE TITLE.

1215. TIME.

1216. ONE MORE ROUND.

1217. SO, WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO

1218. OBJECT SALON IN SANTA MONICA TO

1219. GO GET MY HAIR DONE.

1220. IT'S KIND OF A THING THAT I'VE

1221. ALWAYS DONE SINCE I STARTED

1222. FIGHTING.

1223. I USED TO ALWAYS CHANGE MY HAIR,

1224. DIFFERENT STYLES.

1225. I'VE DONE A LOT OF CRAZY STUFF

1226. OVER THE YEARS.

1227. MY HAIR USED TO ALWAYS BE DONE A

1228. WEEK BEFORE MY FIGHT, AND IT

1229. WOULD KIND OF GET ME INTO THAT

1230. FIGHT MODE WHEN I WOULD DO MY

1231. HAIR.

1232. IT WOULD GO FROM — YOU KNOW, IT

1233. WAS KIND OF THAT SWITCH GOING

1234. FROM THE EVERYDAY LIFE THAT I

1235. LIVE TO GETTING READY TO GO TO

1236. WAR.

1237. BUT NOW SINCE I'VE BEEN SIGNED

1238. WITH THE WEC, WE'VE DECIDED TO

1239. GO A ROUTE OF KIND OF KEEPING A

1240. BRAND AND STICKING TO ONE

1241. SIMILAR HAIRSTYLE.

1242. OOH.

1243. AND I HAVE ONE FOR YOU, TOO.

1244. OH, THANK YOU.

1245. NICER ON YOU.

1246. THAT'S GREAT.

1247. THANK YOU.

1248. THE WEC WANTS THEIR FIGHTERS

1249. TO TRY TO BE A BRAND, SO I THINK

1250. WITH THIS STYLE THAT WE'RE KIND

1251. OF GOING WITH NOW, IT JUST KIND

1252. OF COMPLETES THAT BRAND THAT

1253. WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH WITH ME.

1254. YOU KNOW, IT'S SIMPLE, BUT IT'S

1255. STILL A LITTLE ORIGINAL, A

1256. LITTLE EDGY.

1257. AND I THINK THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW,

1258. IT'S A LITTLE OUT OF THE NORM.

1259. AND IT'S ENOUGH TO WHERE PEOPLE

1260. WILL STILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE

1261. ME WHEN I'M NOT INSIDE THE CAGE.

1262. AND, YEAH, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY

1263. I FEEL LIKE A PRODUCT A LITTLE

1264. BIT.

1265. BUT I THINK ANY KIND OF

1266. SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS NEEDS TO

1267. HAVE A BRAND, YOU KNOW,

1268. SOMETHING TO BE RECOGNIZED BY.

1269. AND BY ALL MEANS, YOU KNOW,

1270. FIGHTERS ARE JUST THAT, YOU

1271. KNOW?

1272. WE'RE A BRAND.

1273. AND YOU HAVE TO STAND OUT IN A

1274. VERY COMPETITIVE INDUSTRY, YOU

1275. KNOW?

1276. IF THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO DO,

1277. THEN THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

1278. USUALLY WHEN THEY SHOW

1279. FIGHTERS, THEY SHOW THEM

1280. TRAINING AND LIFTING WEIGHT AND

1281. WINNING AND KICKING ASS.

1282. AND THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY

1283. THINKS.

1284. EVERYBODY THINKS IT'S JUST ABOUT

1285. BEING THIS TOUGH GUY WHO GOES

1286. OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE

1287. ALWAYS ON TOP OF THE WORLD.

1288. THERE'S ALWAYS, LIKE, THE HARD

1289. WORK.

1290. THEY'RE ALWAYS SWEATING.

1291. BUT, I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING

1292. NEGATIVE ABOUT IT.

1293. IT'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, GLAMOUR

1294. AND GLORY AND TOUGH-GUY B.S.

1295. BUT, I MEAN, BEING A REAL

1296. FIGHTER IS ABOUT COMING IN AND

1297. TRAINING EVERY DAY AND BRINGING

1298. YOURSELF TO — PUSHING YOURSELF

1299. REAL HARD.

1300. AND IT'S REALLY FOR PUSHING

1301. YOURSELF REAL HARD FOR BASICALLY

1302. NOTHING.

1303. I MEAN, SOME OF THE BEST

1304. FIGHTERS IN THE WORLD GET PAID

1305. LIKE $4,000, 5,000 A FIGHT.

1306. I MEAN, I GOT PAID MAYBE — I

1307. GOT PAID $60 FOR MY LAST FIGHT.

1308. AND I DON'T PAY MY BILLS WITH

1309. THIS.

1310. I HAVE TO HAVE A FULL-TIME JOB

1311. ON TOP OF THIS.

1312. AND, I MEAN, I'M 2-3 RIGHT NOW.

1313. I'M NOT — I DON'T HAVE A

1314. WINNING RECORD.

1315. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIAL TO

1316. SAY ABOUT WHERE I'M AT RIGHT

1317. NOW.

1318. BUT, I MEAN, EVERY DAY YOU GOT

1319. TO PICK YOURSELF BACK UP AND YOU

1320. GOT TO LEARN HOW TO PICK

1321. YOURSELF BACK UP.

1322. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

1323. IT'S TOUGH FIGHTING, YOU

1324. KNOW?

1325. THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS OF IT, I

1326. THINK, ARE THE TOUGHEST PART.

1327. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET PAID VERY

1328. MUCH TO DO WHAT WE DO.

1329. YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE FOR THE LOVE

1330. OF WHAT WE DO.

1331. AND IT'S JUST THE SPORT'S STILL

1332. YOUNG.

1333. AND WHILE THERE'S STILL A LOT OF

1334. SKEPTICISM IN THE SPORT, PEOPLE

1335. ARE VERY RESERVED ON PUTTING

1336. MONEY INTO IT.

1337. AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

1338. I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.

1339. BUT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THE

1340. NEXT GENERATION OR TWO PAST ME

1341. WILL ACTUALLY SEE THE BENEFITS

1342. OF WHAT ME AND MY GENERATION AND

1343. THE GENERATION IN FRONT OF ME

1344. HAS KIND OF LAID OUT, YOU KNOW,

1345. THE FOUNDATION FOR.

1346. YOU KNOW, WE WORK JUST AS HARD

1347. IF NOT HARDER THAN ANY OTHER

1348. ATHLETE IN THE WORLD.

1349. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE NICE TO

1350. GET THE SAME BENEFITS AS THEM.

1351. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE

1352. MEDICAL INSURANCE.

1353. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE FIGHTERS

1354. DON'T EVEN HAVE MEDICAL

1355. INSURANCE.

1356. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US GO INTO

1357. FIGHTS INJURED SO WE CAN USE THE

1358. FIGHT'S INSURANCE — THAT

1359. ONE-DAY INSURANCE — SO WE CAN

1360. GET FIXED.

1361. YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH GOING INTO

1362. A FIGHT WITH A BROKEN LIMB OR

1363. SOMETHING LIKE THAT JUST SO YOU

1364. CAN GET IT — YOU HAVE TO GO

1365. THROUGH A FIGHT TO GET IT FIXED

1366. BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY

1367. OR THE INSURANCE TO TAKE CARE OF

1368. IT BEFOREHAND.

1369. I'M ON MY WAY TO THE

1370. COPPOLA ART GALLERY.

1371. AND I MET WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT

1372. BACK, AND THEY SEEMED REALLY

1373. INTERESTED IN MY ARTWORK.

1374. AND SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA GO

1375. MEET UP WITH THEM, AND I'M GONNA

1376. SHOW THEM A COUPLE MORE PIECES.

1377. AND THE NEXT STEP WILL BE FINISH

1378. UP DOING SOME FRAMING, AND, YOU

1379. KNOW, WE'LL HAVE OURSELF A SHOW.

1380. YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER A NICE,

1381. LITTLE, KICK-ASS SHOW.

1382. HAVE ALL YOUR STUFF.

1383. REMEMBER THESE LITTLE WALLS

1384. WE CAN LEAVE UP?

1385. YEAH.

1386. THESE, LIKE, LITTLE SIDE

1387. ROOMS.

1388. RIGHT.

1389. SO, HAVE YOUR STUFF KIND OF

1390. COME AROUND...

1391. UH-HUH.

1392. DRAPE THROUGH HERE,

1393. COME AROUND, COME BACK UP THIS

1394. WAY.

1395. AND THEN EVEN ON — ALL THE WAY

1396. UP TO THIS WALL IF YOU NEED IT.

1397. OKAY.

1398. WE'LL PROBABLY PUT THE BAR

1399. THING RIGHT HERE.

1400. AND THEN THE DEEJAY LIKE RIGHT

1401. HERE.

1402. SO, BASICALLY IT WOULD BE LIKE

1403. SPLITTING IT...

1404. OKAY, YEAH.

1405. RIGHT IN HALF.

1406. THIS ART SHOW MEANS A LOT

1407. BECAUSE IT'S FINALLY A CHANCE

1408. FOR ME TO SHOW PEOPLE SOME OF

1409. THE ARTWORK THAT I DO AND SOME

1410. OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY, AND, YOU

1411. KNOW, MAYBE EDUCATE PEOPLE

1412. A LITTLE BIT OR LET PEOPLE SEE A

1413. DIFFERENT SIDE OF WHAT THEY

1414. THINK A STEREOTYPICAL FIGHTER'S

1415. LIFE IS LIKE.

1416. YEAH, WHAT I DID WAS, LIKE — I

1417. THINK IT WAS ABOUT A 15-SECOND

1418. EXPOSURE.

1419. AND LIKE HALFWAY THROUGH THE

1420. EXPOSURE — AND THEY TRIED TO

1421. BUMP THE CAMERA WHILE I DID IT,

1422. BUT I DEFOCUSING THE LENS.

1423. SO MANY FIGHTERS ARE ACTUALLY

1424. EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT MAC

1425. AND I ARE DOING A SHOW BECAUSE

1426. WE'RE KIND OF TAKING THAT STEP

1427. TO SHOWING PEOPLE THAT WE'RE NOT

1428. ABOUT JUST PUNCHING EACH OTHER

1429. IN THE FACE.

1430. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY — WE DO DO

1431. STUFF OUTSIDE OF THE FIGHT

1432. WORLD.

1433. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT

1434. FIGHTERS?

1435. WELL, THE WAY FIGHTING IS

1436. MARKETED, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT

1437. OF...

1438. THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF

1439. EMPHASIS ON THE VIOLENT, ACTION

1440. ASPECT OF THE SPORT.

1441. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT SELLS

1442. TICKETS.

1443. AND ESPECIALLY IN AMERICA THAT'S

1444. WHAT PUTS THE FANS IN THE SEATS.

1445. YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF FANS THAT

1446. ARE FUELED BY ALCOHOL AND THEY

1447. JUST WANT TO SEE SOMEONE GET

1448. HURT.

1449. AND, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S ONE

1450. VERY EXPLOITIVE SIDE OF THE

1451. FIGHTING ART THAT WE DO.

1452. SO, HOPEFULLY THE EDUCATED FOLKS

1453. AND THE PEOPLE THAT SEE THE

1454. TECHNICAL ASPECT OF THE ART AND

1455. THE EMOTIONAL ASPECT OF THE ART

1456. OF FIGHTING, THEY'LL GET

1457. THEMSELVES INVOLVED WITH THE

1458. SPORT MORE.

1459. AND THOSE ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE

1460. THAT I'D LIKE TO SHOW MY ART TO,

1461. IF THEY'RE INTERESTED.

1462. I'M COMING TO THE SHOW

1463. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S AN

1464. EXCELLENT REPRESENTATION OF WHAT

1465. MIXED MARTIAL ARTS IS ABOUT.

1466. IT ALSO REPRESENTS MIXED MARTIAL

1467. ARTS IN A POSITIVE LIGHT.

1468. THERE'S A NEGATIVE STEREOTYPE

1469. AROUND THE SPORT THAT IT'S NOT

1470. FOR EVERYONE, THAT THESE PEOPLE

1471. ARE SAVAGES.

1472. AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S MORE

1473. CULTURE THAN A BEVERLY HILLS ART

1474. SHOW LIKE HE'S DOING NOW?

1475. IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR CHAD AND

1476. ALSO FOR UFC LIGHTWEIGHT

1477. MAC DANZIG, WHO'S SHOWCASING

1478. HIS PHOTOGRAPHY.

1479. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS SOMETHING

1480. THAT WAS SEEN ON

1481. "THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER"

1482. TELEVISION SHOW, AND NOW PEOPLE

1483. HERE ACTUALLY GET A CHANCE TO

1484. SEE THE PHOTOS THAT MAC TAKES BY

1485. HIMSELF.

1486. THE WORST THING THAT COULD

1487. HAPPEN IS THAT NOBODY SHOWS UP.

1488. YOU KNOW, IF SOMEHOW SOMETHING

1489. HAPPENS AND PEOPLE JUST DECIDE

1490. THAT THEY'RE NOT COMING OR —

1491. I DON'T KNOW.

1492. THAT'S PROBABLY THE WORST THING

1493. THAT COULD HAPPEN.

1494. THAT NOBODY SHOWS UP.

1495. YOU KNOW WHAT?

1496. IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT.

1497. AND I'M AMAZED HOW MANY PIECES

1498. FLEW OFF THE WALLS.

1499. IT LOOKED LIKE EVERYBODY WAS

1500. INTERESTED IN THE ART, AND IT

1501. DEFINITELY WAS KIND OF THE

1502. SCENE.

1503. SO, THAT'S — I THINK IT WAS A

1504. GOOD NIGHT IN BEVERLY HILLS.

1505. AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE

1506. STRUCK A LITTLE AWARENESS IN THE

1507. FIGHT GAME WITH, YOU KNOW, THE

1508. OTHER SIDE OF WHO WE ARE.

1509. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE WHERE

1510. IT TAKES US.

1511. AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S AN

1512. UNBELIEVABLE EVENT THE WAY IT

1513. TURNED OUT.

1514. SO, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR

1515. JUST BEING A PART OF IT.

1516. SO, A RECENT TURN OF TABLES HAS

1517. REALLY CHANGED MY LIFE AROUND.

1518. YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY I HAVE THE

1519. KIND OF SAME ROUTINE — GO TO

1520. THE GYM, I TRAIN, I TEACH.

1521. YOU KNOW, DAY IN, DAY OUT, I

1522. LIVE AT THE GYM.

1523. YOU KNOW, AND I SPEND ALL MY

1524. TIME HERE.

1525. AND THEN I GO HOME TO MY

1526. GIRLFRIEND AT OUR HOME.

1527. YOU KNOW, WE HANG OUT A LITTLE

1528. BIT, I GET SOME REST, AND I DO

1529. IT ALL AGAIN THE NEXT DAY.

1530. BUT, LIKE I SAID, THINGS HAVE

1531. CHANGED.

1532. RECENTLY MY GIRLFRIEND AND I

1533. HAVE SEPARATED, AND IT'S

1534. DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW?

1535. AS FAR FROM THE EMOTIONAL SIDE

1536. OF IT, IT'S DIFFICULT.

1537. THE PHYSICAL SIDE OF IT, IT'S

1538. DIFFICULT.

1539. I MEAN, I'M BASICALLY HOMELESS

1540. NOW.

1541. I'M LIVING IN THE GYM, YOU KNOW?

1542. BEFORE I WAS MAKING STATEMENTS,

1543. "OH, I LIVE AT THE GYM.

1544. YOU KNOW, I'M HERE ALL DAY

1545. LONG."

1546. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I

1547. STILL GET TO GO HOME AND SEE MY

1548. GIRLFRIEND AND LAY MY HEAD DOWN

1549. ON MY BED.

1550. BUT NOT ANYMORE.

1551. YOU KNOW, NOW IT'S — I'M HERE.

1552. THIS IS WHAT I DO NOW.

1553. I LOVE MY GIRLFRIEND TO DEATH.

1554. BUT RIGHT NOW I CAN'T FOCUS ON

1555. THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD.

1556. I CAN'T FOCUS ON ME NOT HAVING A

1557. HOME TO LIVE IN.

1558. I NEED TO FOCUS ON THIS FIGHT

1559. AND THIS FIGHT ALONE, YOU KNOW?

1560. THIS FIGHT IS THE BIGGEST FIGHT

1561. OF MY CAREER.

1562. AND I HAVE NO DISTRACTIONS NOW.

1563. I HAVE NO HOME.

1564. I HAVE NO GIRLFRIEND.

1565. I HAVE NO PERSON TO ANSWER TO.

1566. NOTHING.

1567. ALL I HAVE IS THIS FIGHT.

1568. THIS IS ALL I HAVE NOW.

1569. I'VE GROWN TO THE POINT WHERE I

1570. DON'T CARE ABOUT THE WHOLE, YOU

1571. KNOW, RECOGNIZE ME FOR MY HAIR

1572. AND KNOW ME FOR THIS OR THAT.

1573. I THINK I'M READY FOR PEOPLE TO

1574. RECOGNIZE ME FOR THE PERFORMANCE

1575. THAT I PUT ON INSIDE THE CAGE.

1576. THE WAY HE DODGES PUNCHES AND

1577. SLIPS — HIS REFLECTION, HIS

1578. REACTION IS GETTING REALLY,

1579. REALLY MUCH BETTER.

1580. AND I'VE SEEN PEOPLE GO DOWN

1581. DURING SPARRING.

1582. HE'S GONNA BE READY TO FIGHT AND

1583. TO BE THE WINNER.

1584. WE'RE GONNA WORK HARD.

1585. I THINK I'M OVER-TRAINING A

1586. BIT.

1587. OKAY, GOOD.

1588. BUT AT THE SAME TIME I GOT TO

1589. MAKE SURE THIS WEIGHT STAYS

1590. DOWN.

1591. YEAH.

1592. HEY, YOU LEANED UP A BIT.

1593. YEAH.

1594. HOW YOU DOING WITH YOUR

1595. WEIGHT?

1596. AH, STILL GOT A WAYS TO GO.

1597. DO YOU?

1598. ANOTHER, WHAT, 10, 8?

1599. 14.

1600. 14? OH, MY GOD.

1601. YEAH.

1602. THIS IS HIS LIFE, YOU KNOW?

1603. THIS IS WHAT HE DOES.

1604. THIS COMES FIRST.

1605. AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S MADE

1606. SACRIFICES FOR HIS LIFE, FOR HIS

1607. CAREER.

1608. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

1609. YOU KEEP MOVING.

1610. IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO FIGHT.

1611. DON'T GET HIT.

1612. I'LL START THINKING HE'S BETTER

1613. THAN HE IS.

1614. HE'S GOT A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT

1615. BACK INJURY THAT'S IN HIS LOW

1616. BACK, THERE.

1617. SO, WHEN HE'S OUT THERE IN THE

1618. FIGHT, I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE

1619. SOME ADRENALINE THAT'S GONNA

1620. TAKE PLACE.

1621. SO, HE PROBABLY WON'T FEEL TOO

1622. MUCH OF THE INJURY.

1623. BUT WHAT IT WILL DO IS IT CAN

1624. MAKE HIM A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.

1625. HYAH!

1626. GIVE ME FOUR PUNCHES! GO!

1627. HSH! HSH! HSH! HSH! KICK!

1628. HSH! GOOD! KICK! COME ON!

1629. HANDS UP! HANDS UP!

1630. THE THING ABOUT MIXED MARTIAL

1631. ARTS IS, YOU KNOW, ONE LITTLE

1632. MISTAKE CAN COST YOU THAT WHOLE

1633. FIGHT.

1634. AND, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN FIGHTS

1635. THAT HAVE — YOU KNOW, ONE

1636. PERSON HAS DOMINATED THE WHOLE

1637. FIGHT, AND THEY MAKE ONE LITTLE

1638. ERROR AND IT FLIPS JUST LIKE

1639. THAT.

1640. WHEN YOU'RE ON TOP, I WANT

1641. YOU TO STAY ON TOP.

1642. YOU'RE DECISIVELY WINNING THAT

1643. ROUND FOR THAT ALONE, OKAY?

1644. I DON'T WANT YOU JUMPING INTO

1645. SOMETHING JUST FOR THE SUB.

1646. OKAY.

1647. IF IT'S THERE, IT'S THERE.

1648. THAT LAST BIT — IT'S OKAY,

1649. THE LAST 5 SECONDS, GO FOR IT?

1650. NO.

1651. 15 SECONDS, EVEN 30 SECONDS.

1652. IF YOU'VE ALREADY DECISIVELY WON

1653. THAT ROUND, IF YOU END UP ON

1654. YOUR BACK FOR THE LAST 30

1655. SECONDS, BIG DEAL.

1656. OKAY.

1657. RIGHT?

1658. THAT WAS PERFECT.

1659. SEPTEMBER 30th, BABY.

1660. COMING STRONG.

1661. FUCK BANUELOS.

1662. MAKING A FUCKING MONSTER.

1663. FUCK YOU.

1664. IT'S AUTOMATIC.

1665. YEAH. JUST GOT DONE WITH

1666. BIG RED ROCK MOUNTAIN RUN.

1667. ABOUT A 21/2 MILE, UP TO

1668. 7,500 FEET ELEVATION, THEN

1669. 21/2 MILES DOWN.

1670. AND SO I'M GONNA STRETCH, EAT

1671. SOME FOOD, AND TRAIN TONIGHT.

1672. WE'RE ONE WEEK OUT FROM THE

1673. FIGHT.

1674. I'M FEELING AMAZING — CAN'T

1675. WAIT.

1676. FEELING GOOD.

1677. GET BACK TO YOUR MOVEMENT.

1678. GET THAT GOING.

1679. TURN BACK TO YOUR RIGHT.

1680. GOOD JOB, BRO.

1681. TWO MINUTES, CHAD.

1682. LEADING UP TO THE FIGHT,

1683. HE — THAT'S WHEN HE'S KIND OF

1684. GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.

1685. AND I THINK HE'S STILL KIND OF

1686. WORKING OUT THE KINKS AND TRYING

1687. TO FIGURE HIMSELF OUT AND FIGURE

1688. HIS GAME OUT.

1689. YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY IS A

1690. CHALLENGE.

1691. ONE DAY, HE'LL HAVE A GREAT

1692. TRAINING DAY.

1693. THE NEXT DAY, HE'LL HAVE A

1694. SHITTY TRAINING DAY.

1695. CHAD, I NEED YOU UP AND OUT,

1696. NOT IN THAT GUARD.

1697. I NEED YOU TO GET UP AND OUT.

1698. SHOOT THAT BOTTOM UNDERHOOK TO

1699. THE SKY, GET TO YOUR LEFT HIP,

1700. AND HIP-HEIST OUT OF THERE.

1701. COME ON, CHAD, WORK.

1702. URGENCY, CHAD.

1703. URGENCY, CHAD.

1704. MY NAME'S

1705. THOMAS "WILDMAN" DENNY.

1706. I'M 41-15 AS A PROFESSIONAL

1707. FIGHTER.

1708. I'VE FOUGHT ALL OVER THE WORLD,

1709. FOUGHT IN PRETTY MUCH EVERY

1710. ORGANIZATION OUT THERE.

1711. I'VE HELD BELTS ALL OVER THE

1712. PLACE.

1713. AND NOW I'M OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW,

1714. STARTING TO BE THE BUSINESSMAN

1715. SIDE OF THINGS.

1716. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FIGHT

1717. PROMOTION COMING UP JANUARY 29th

1718. HERE IN DENVER.

1719. I HAVE A FIGHT CAMP WHERE, YOU

1720. KNOW, GUYS CAN PAY TO COME STAY

1721. AND TRAIN — COME TRAIN AT HIGH

1722. ALTITUDE, COME TO — COME TRAIN

1723. AT THE GYM, AND KIND OF SEE WHAT

1724. IT'S LIKE TO — TO LIVE LIKE A

1725. TRUE PROFESSIONAL FIGHTER, THAT

1726. THAT'S ALL YOU DO IS — IS FIGHT

1727. CAMP.

1728. SO, THIS IS OUR LOVELY ABODE.

1729. I'VE KNOWN THOMAS FOR — FOR,

1730. ACTUALLY, QUITE SOME TIME, FROM

1731. WHEN — WHEN I WAS JUST COMING

1732. UP IN THE SPORT.

1733. I'VE KNOWN HIM, YOU KNOW, SINCE

1734. I WON MY FIRST TITLES.

1735. AND THOMAS ACTUALLY IS ANOTHER

1736. GUY THAT'S KNOWN FOR DOING CRAZY

1737. HAIR.

1738. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE HIM

1739. AND I ACTUALLY STARTED, LIKE,

1740. KIND OF LINKING UP MORE, 'CAUSE

1741. HE — HE WAS COMMENTATING ON

1742. SHOWS THAT I WAS FIGHTING ON,

1743. MAKING FUN OF MY HAIR...

1744. TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW,

1745. IT'S NOT THAT ORIGINAL, BECAUSE

1746. HE'S DONE IT IN THE PAST AND

1747. THIS AND THAT AND THIS AND THAT.

1748. BUT IN THE END, I THINK MINE

1749. ALWAYS LOOKED BETTER.

1750. LET'S GET TWO MINUTES IN.

1751. THE FIRST MINUTE'S GONNA HURT.

1752. THE SECOND MINUTE WILL BE

1753. EASIER.

1754. CHAD, GOING UP IN THIS ICE.

1755. LET'S GET THIS.

1756. COME ON. COME ON.

1757. YOU'RE HERE FOR A REASON, CHAD.

1758. YOU'RE HERE TO BECOME A

1759. CHAMPION.

1760. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STEP TAKING

1761. IT TO IT.

1762. COME ON, LET'S GO.

1763. 3... 2... 1...

1764. GO.

1765. ALL THE WAY DOWN, ALL THE WAY

1766. DOWN, ALL THE WAY DOWN.

1767. GET DOWN. GET DOWN.

1768. BREATHE.

1769. THERE IT IS.

1770. THERE IT IS.

1771. BREATHE.

1772. DEEP BREATHS.

1773. DEEP BREATHS. THAT'S IT.

1774. THIS GUY IS A CHAMPION.

1775. HE'S INSIDE AND OUT.

1776. I'M GONNA WATCH THIS CAREER GO

1777. ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP.

1778. I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF

1779. HIS CORNER, PART OF HIS CAMP.

1780. HE'S A — HE'S A STUD.

1781. OHH!

1782. ALL RIGHT, OUT SLOW.

1783. GOOD JOB.

1784. I'M JUST REAL EXCITED TO SEE

1785. WHERE CHAD IS AND HIS MIND AND

1786. HIS FOCUS AND — AND WATCH HIM

1787. JUST GO OUT HERE AND SMASH THIS

1788. GUY.

1789. I MEAN, I THINK HE'S IN A REALLY

1790. GOOD PLACE RIGHT NOW WITH

1791. HIMSELF, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA

1792. SHOW THURSDAY NIGHT.

1793. I'M PUTTING ON A —

1794. MY PRE-PRE-WEIGHT-CUT —

1795. WEIGHT-CUTTING SUIT.

1796. I'LL PUT ON PLASTICS ONCE I GET

1797. TO THE GYM.

1798. THIS WILL JUST BREAK SOME SWEATS

1799. BEFORE I GET OUT THERE.

1800. I'LL LOOK LIKE A SKELETON

1801. AFTERWARDS, BUT IT WILL BE ALL

1802. GOOD.

1803. HE IS IN THE STEAM ROOM.

1804. SOMETIMES, USE THE SAUNA —

1805. STEAM ROOM — WHATEVER.

1806. HE'S GOT HIS — ALL OF HIS

1807. PLASTICS ON, HIS SWEATS ON, AND

1808. HE'S... GETTING HIS SWEAT GOING.

1809. HE'S GOT TO LOSE 5 POUNDS FOR

1810. WEIGH-INS TODAY AT 3:00.

1811. AND HE HAS 5 POUNDS TO GO, SO

1812. HE'S CUTTING THAT IN WATER.

1813. HE'S READY. IT'S TIME.

1814. ONCE HE GETS ABOUT

1815. 5, 10 MINUTES IN THE STEAM ROOM,

1816. HE'S GONNA THEN HEAD OUT TO THE

1817. TREADMILL AND CONTINUE TO GET

1818. HIS HEART RATE GOING.

1819. AND THE THING IS, IS WHEN YOUR

1820. BODY'S SO HOT AND YOU'RE — THE

1821. HEAT CAN'T ESCAPE, YOUR BODY

1822. JUST WORKS EXTRA HARD AT TRYING

1823. TO RELIEVE THE HEAT, SO IT

1824. SWEATS A LOT MORE.

1825. LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE

1826. HARDEST PART.

1827. THE FIGHT'S EASY.

1828. THE FIGHT'S THE EASIEST PART OF

1829. THE WHOLE GAME.

1830. THIS IS THE FINAL, HARDEST PART.

1831. IF WE FINISH HERE, WE FINISH

1832. STRONG.

1833. HE CONTINUES TO TREADMILL IT

1834. FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES.

1835. THEN HE'LL COME AND HE'LL SIT

1836. DOWN, AND HE'LL LAY DOWN FOR A

1837. REST.

1838. AND WHEN HE DOES THAT, IT'S JUST

1839. HIS BODY STILL SWEATING.

1840. AND HE STAYS FOR ABOUT

1841. FIVE MINUTES THERE, AND HE GOES

1842. RIGHT BACK AND CYCLES THROUGH IT

1843. THE WHOLE TIME.

1844. AND, YOU KNOW, AND THE GREAT

1845. THING ABOUT THAT WHOLE PROCESS

1846. IS, IS THAT IT'S LOWER-IMPACT,

1847. BUT YET IT PRODUCES A LOT OF

1848. SWEAT, REALLY HELPS PREPARE THE

1849. BODY.

1850. THE HEAT'S ACTUALLY GOOD FOR IT,

1851. TOO.

1852. IT HELPS THE JOINTS, HELPS THE

1853. MUSCLES.

1854. YOU'VE GOT 10 MINUTES.

1855. YOU GOT 10 MORE MINUTES, CHAD.

1856. THEN WE CAN RELAX.

1857. COME ON, THIS AIN'T THE TIME

1858. TO RELAX.

1859. 10 MINUTES — 10 MINUTES AND WE

1860. CAN RELAX.

1861. THIS IS FAR MORE OF A FIGHT

1862. THAN THE FIGHT THAT'S OUT THERE.

1863. BUT IF THEY CAN — WHAT THOMAS

1864. IS SAYING TO HIM, YOU KNOW, IT'S

1865. LIKE, IT'S IN HIS MIND, YOU

1866. KNOW?

1867. YOU CAN CHOOSE — YOU CAN ALWAYS

1868. CHOOSE WHETHER YOU REACT

1869. POSITIVELY OR WHETHER YOU REACT

1870. NEGATIVELY.

1871. SO, YEAH, HE'S TIRED, AND HE'S

1872. DEAD, BUT THE MENTAL STRENGTH

1873. IS, DOES HE PICK HIMSELF UP AND

1874. SAY, "I'M NOT TIRED"?

1875. OR DOES HE SAY, "I'M DEAD"?

1876. THAT'S MENTAL TRAINING THAT —

1877. THAT PAYS OFF WHEN YOU GET IN

1878. THAT — WHEN YOU GET IN THAT

1879. CAGE, WHEN YOU GET IN THAT RING,

1880. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA

1881. BE TIMES WHEN YOU'RE — YOU'RE

1882. LOSING, YOU KNOW, OR YOU'RE —

1883. OR IT'S REAL CLOSE AND YOU HAVE

1884. TO PULL IT OUT.

1885. YOU HAVE TO BRING STRENGTH THAT

1886. YOU DON'T HAVE, THAT YOUR BODY'S

1887. TELLING YOU YOU DON'T HAVE, AND

1888. YOUR MIND HAS TO TELL YOUR BODY,

1889. "YES, I HAVE THAT STRENGTH."

1890. AND NOW HE'S GOT TO CHOOSE RIGHT

1891. NOW — IS HE GONNA GET UP OFF

1892. HIS BACK AND SAY, "I'M NOT

1893. TIRED.

1894. I'M GONNA FINISH THIS CUT," AND

1895. BE GOOD, OR IS HE GONNA SAY,

1896. "I'M DEAD"?

1897. AND THAT'S WHAT THOMAS IS SAYING

1898. TO HIM.

1899. AND THAT'S WHEN HE — CHAD

1900. BROUGHT HIMSELF BACK IN HERE AND

1901. GOT BACK IN THAT SAUNA.

1902. HE'S GOT 10 MORE MINUTES BEFORE

1903. WE CHECK HIS WEIGHT.

1904. I LIKE TO TELL GUYS — MY

1905. GUYS, ESPECIALLY, THAT, YOU

1906. KNOW, THIS IS THE HARDEST DAY OF

1907. OUR CAMP.

1908. WHEN YOU'RE ON HARDLY ANY

1909. CALORIES, YOU'VE GOT NO, YOU

1910. KNOW, LIQUIDS INSIDE OF YOU, AND

1911. HAVING TO GO HEAT YOURSELF UP

1912. AND SQUEEZE OUT THE LAST LITTLE

1913. BIT OF WEIGHT FROM YOU IS PRETTY

1914. MUCH THE MOST DREADING FACTOR.

1915. 100% PERCENT. 100% PERCENT.

1916. [ INDISTINCT SHOUTING

1917. IN DISTANCE ]

1918. CHAD, COME ON.

1919. YOU GOT THIS, ALL DAY.

1920. BE STRONG, CHAD.

1921. THAT DOESN'T HELP.

1922. REMEMBER, THAT FIRST PART...

1923. LET THE BODY COOL OFF SLOW.

1924. WE'RE NOT RUSHING YOU.

1925. WE'RE JUST TAKING OUR TIME WITH

1926. IT.

1927. OH, YEAH.

1928. WE'RE SWEATING.

1929. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SWEAT

1930. THERE.

1931. WE'RE SWEATING.

1932. THE SHOES.

1933. JUST CUT ALL THE WEIGHT OFF.

1934. I'M ON POINT.

1935. I'M GONNA GO WEIGH IN IN A

1936. COUPLE HOURS.

1937. THEN I GET TO EAT, REHYDRATE,

1938. GET READY FOR WAR, BABY.

1939. ALL THE — ALL THE HARD PART'S

1940. OVER — ALL THE TRAINING,

1941. ALL THE — ALL THE CUTTING, THE

1942. DIETING — EVERYTHING'S DONE.

1943. EVERYTHING'S DONE.

1944. NOW THERE'S ONLY ONE THING LEFT

1945. TO DO, AND THAT'S TO FIGHT.

1946. ONE THING LEFT TO DO.

1947. THAT'S WHAT ALL THIS HAS BEEN

1948. ABOUT.

1949. ALL THE SACRIFICE, ALL THE HARD

1950. WORK, ALL THE DEDICATION, ALL

1951. THE PAIN, THE BRUISES...

1952. ALL THE HOURS, ALL THE PUSH —

1953. ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS TOMORROW.

1954. TOMORROW'S JUDGMENT DAY.

1955. YES.

1956. YEAH.

1957. LEADING UP TO THE FIGHT, BOTH

1958. OF US DON'T REALLY GET TO TALK

1959. TO HIM A WHOLE LOT.

1960. YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THAT LAST

1961. WEEKEND WHEN HE'S ALREADY OUT

1962. AT THE LOCATION, WE DON'T

1963. REALLY GET TO HEAR FROM HIM.

1964. AND, YOU KNOW, THE DAYS BEFORE,

1965. HE'S REALLY — HE'S GOT TO FOCUS

1966. ON HIMSELF.

1967. SO IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, HE'S

1968. FOCUSED ON THE FIGHT.

1969. HE'S GOT HIS WORLD GOING ON.

1970. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW,

1971. EVERYONE AROUND HIM HAS OUR

1972. NORMAL LIVES GOING ON.

1973. AND IT'S REALLY A TOUGH BALANCE

1974. TO TRY, YOU KNOW, TO, IN A WAY,

1975. YOU'RE — WE'RE CODDLING HIM

1976. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO

1977. SORT OF RESPECT THE WHOLE

1978. PROCESS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME,

1979. IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING

1980. LIKE SHANNA GETTING UPSET ABOUT

1981. A COMMENT HE MADE — HER NATURAL

1982. REACTION IS TO GET UPSET, BUT

1983. WE'RE BOTH TRYING SO HARD —

1984. EVERYBODY'S TRYING SO HARD TO

1985. JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WALK ON

1986. EGGSHELLS AND JUST BE CAREFUL

1987. NOT TO DO ANYTHING THAT UPSETS

1988. HIM AND BE SUPPORTIVE.

1989. BUT IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE WHEN

1990. IT COMES TO THE DAY OF OR A

1991. COUPLE DAYS BEFORE.

1992. YEAH.

1993. I CAN'T BE MY BUBBLY SELF

1994. AROUND HIM, 'CAUSE...

1995. SHE'S NERVOUS.

1996. I'M NERVOUS.

1997. SHE'S A WRECK.

1998. I THINK I'M MORE

1999. NERVOUS THAN YOU ARE.

2000. YEAH, YOU ALWAYS ARE.

2001. I ALWAYS AM.

2002. YEAH.

2003. SO, CAN'T BE MY BUBBLY SELF

2004. AROUND HIM, 'CAUSE HE HAS NO

2005. PATIENCE.

2006. YEAH, AND YOU'RE — YOU'RE

2007. JUST MORE SENSITIVE, IN GENERAL,

2008. REGARDLESS OF WHAT HE SAYS TO

2009. YOU, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE...

2010. YEAH, WHEN IT COMES TO —

2011. WHEN IT COMES TO MY BROTHER, I'M

2012. VERY SENSITIVE.

2013. GENTLEMEN, TODAY, WHEN YOU

2014. GET ON THAT SCALE, YOU WILL GET

2015. UP ON THE SCALE, UNDRESS AS

2016. QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

2017. YOU GET ON THE SCALE.

2018. AND I'M SURE WE DON'T HAVE TO

2019. WORRY ABOUT ANYBODY MAKING

2020. WEIGHT, 'CAUSE I'M SURE

2021. EVERYBODY HERE'S GONNA BE ON

2022. WEIGHT.

2023. WHEN YOU GUYS GET OFF THE SCALE,

2024. YOU WAIT FOR YOUR OPPONENT.

2025. YOUR OPPONENT WILL COME ON.

2026. HE WILL GET ON THE SCALE.

2027. HIS WEIGHT WILL BE CALLED, AND

2028. HE WILL STEP IN FRONT OF YOU,

2029. AND YOU GUYS WILL DO A FACE-OFF.

2030. AS I ALWAYS TELL YOU GUYS,

2031. EVERYBODY HERE IS A

2032. PROFESSIONAL.

2033. WE ALL GET PAID TO FIGHT

2034. TOMORROW NIGHT.

2035. SO DON'T DO THAT SHIT TODAY.

2036. I KNOW YOU'RE MAD AT HIM AND YOU

2037. WANT TO SMACK HIM.

2038. SAVE IT TILL TOMORROW.

2039. PLEASE, GENTLEMEN, DO NOT

2040. DISRESPECT YOURSELF, OUR

2041. PROFESSION, THE WEC.

2042. YOU'RE ON LIVE INTERNET STREAM,

2043. SO DO NOT, GENTLEMEN — DO NOT

2044. SLAP HIM TODAY.

2045. TOMORROW, YOU DO IT, 'CAUSE

2046. YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA GET A

2047. BONUS FOR IT.

2048. SO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW TO DO IT.

2049. HE'S KNOWN AS "THE SAVAGE."

2050. PLEASE WELCOME CHAD GEORGE.

2051. CHAD GEORGE FIGHTING OUT OF

2052. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, THE

2053. 28-YEAR-OLD.

2054. YEAH, CHAD! WHOO!

2055. GOT SOME CHAD GEORGE FANS OUT

2056. HERE IN THE MILE-HIGH CITY.

2057. CHAD LOOKS READY.

2058. 135 EVEN FOR CHAD GEORGE!

2059. CHAD GEORGE IS READY TO GO.

2060. HE'S GOT A GREAT OPPONENT

2061. FIGHTING OUT OF THE RED CORNER,

2062. A WEC VETERAN, TO SAY THE LEAST.

2063. PLEASE WELCOME ANTONIO BANUELOS!

2064. HIS OPPONENT — REMEMBER,

2065. CHAD GEORGE, WHO JUST WEIGHED IN

2066. AT 135.

2067. ALL RIGHT, ANTONIO, GET IT DONE.

2068. 136 FOR ANTONIO BANUELOS.

2069. OUR SECOND FIGHT OF THE NIGHT —

2070. THIS WILL BE A BANTAMWEIGHT

2071. CLASH SCHEDULED FOR THREE ROUNDS

2072. OF HITS.

2073. THE BANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION

2074. DOESN'T GET ANY MORE EXCITING

2075. THAN THIS.

2076. BIG POKE.

2077. 1, 2, 3.

2078. ALL RIGHT, PRESSURE ON YOUR

2079. ARM.

2080. TOO EASY.

2081. YEAH.

2082. SO, WE DO I.V.s IN ALL THESE

2083. FIGHTERS 'CAUSE, AS YOU LOOK AT

2084. THEM AS THEY'RE TRYING TO CUT

2085. WEIGHT, THEY BECOME SO

2086. DEPLETED IN, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY

2087. JUST NUTRIENTS, BUT THEIR BLOOD

2088. VOLUME GETS SO LOW BECAUSE THEY

2089. HAVE SUCH LOW LIQUID VOLUME.

2090. SO WE DO THESE I.V.s.

2091. A COUPLE OF THE BAGS THAT WE DO

2092. HAVE A LOT OF EXTRA NUTRIENTS IN

2093. THEM, A LOT OF EXTRA

2094. ELECTROLYTES, SO THAT HELPS

2095. REBALANCE EVERYTHING AND

2096. REPLENISH THEM.

2097. AND THEN WE GO ONE BAG OF JUST A

2098. NORMAL SALINE SOLUTION THAT

2099. HELPS INCREASE THEIR BLOOD

2100. VOLUME AND CAN BRING THEIR HEART

2101. RATE BACK DOWN, GET THEM BACK TO

2102. A — A HYDRATED LEVEL, WHERE

2103. THEY CAN PERFORM AT THEIR BEST.

2104. I WAS HITTING A — HITTING A

2105. PRETTY BIG CRASH, AND NOW I'M

2106. COMING BACK, GETTING ALL THE —

2107. THE NUTRIENTS THAT MY BODY

2108. NEEDS.

2109. AND COMING BACK TO LIFE — IT'S

2110. A GREAT FEELING.

2111. YOU FEEL ALL OF A SUDDEN

2112. BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER AND

2113. JUST REHYDRATED, YOU KNOW?

2114. IT'S JUST — IT'S AMAZING —

2115. WHEN YOU'RE — WHEN YOU'RE

2116. DEHYDRATED HOW MUCH YOUR BODY

2117. CHANGES WHEN IT'S REHYDRATED,

2118. RIGHT?

2119. I MEAN, YOU DON'T — IT'S NOT

2120. LIKE YOU FEEL ANYTHING ALL OF A

2121. SUDDEN.

2122. YOU JUST FEEL... BETTER.

2123. YOU KNOW?

2124. OUT OF THE BLUE CORNER,

2125. HE'S KNOWN AS "THE SAVAGE."

2126. PLEASE WELCOME CHAD GEORGE.

2127. CHAD GEORGE FIGHTING OUT OF

2128. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA...

2129. HEY, CHAD'S GOT SOME FANS

2130. HERE.

2131. THE 28-YEAR-OLD.

2132. THAT IS READY.

2133. YOU START ROCKING OUT HERE.

2134. GOT SOME CHAD GEORGE FANS OUT

2135. HERE IN THE MILE-HIGH CITY.

2136. 135 EVEN FOR CHAD GEORGE!

2137. THAT WAS PRETTY AWESOME.

2138. I WAS TRYING TO SEE IF —

2139. IF I COULD READ WHAT WAS

2140. GOING THROUGH MY HEAD.

2141. PLEASE WELCOME

2142. ANTONIO BANUELOS!

2143. YOU KNOW, LIKE, I WAS TRYING

2144. TO SEE, LIKE, THE — THE ENERGY

2145. THAT WAS IN ME.

2146. UH-HUH, YEAH.

2147. AND I WAS TAKING THAT DEEP

2148. BREATH IN...

2149. BRINGS A RECORD OF 18-6...

2150. AND JUST TAKING IT IN.

2151. AT LEAST, THAT'S WHAT I WAS

2152. TRYING TO DO.

2153. YEAH, YOU WERE.

2154. FIGHTERS ARE SO PHYSICALLY

2155. MATURE, AND THEY DO A LOT OF

2156. DIFFERENT THINGS.

2157. ONE THING THAT THEY MISS IS THAT

2158. MENTAL MATURITY, AND IT CAN

2159. MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A

2160. FIGHTER HAVING A VERY SHORT

2161. CAREER AND A FIGHTER HAVING A

2162. VERY LONG CAREER.

2163. AND SOME FIGHTERS FIND IT IN

2164. BETWEEN, AND...

2165. BUT ONE THING'S FOR SURE — IS

2166. THAT, IF THEY'RE NOT TAKING TIME

2167. TO FOCUS ON THEIR MENTAL GAME

2168. AND FOCUS ON KIND OF MASTERING

2169. THEIR BODY FROM THEIR MIND —

2170. NOT JUST MASTERING THEIR BODY

2171. WITH THEIR PHYSICALITY, THEN

2172. THEY'RE DEFINITELY MISSING OUT

2173. ON THE TOTAL EXPERIENCE.

2174. AND SO, BASICALLY, WHAT I DO IS

2175. I WORK WITH PEOPLE ON KIND OF

2176. GETTING THE MIND AND THE BODY

2177. CONNECTED.

2178. VERSUS IT JUST BEING A PHYSICAL

2179. SPORT, IT'S A MENTAL AND

2180. PHYSICAL SPORT — AND CONNECTING

2181. THE TWO.

2182. OKAY, TAKE A DEEP BREATH IN.

2183. YOU JUST FEED THAT WHITE LIGHT

2184. ALL AROUND YOU.

2185. FEEL THAT.

2186. NOTICE HOW HE'S SLOWING DOWN,

2187. BREATHING HEAVY.

2188. YOU'RE RELAXED AND CENTERED.

2189. EVEN IF HE TRIES TO PUT YOU UP

2190. AGAINST THE CAGE, YOU'RE RELAXED

2191. AND IN CONTROL, WAITING FOR HIS

2192. MOVEMENTS.

2193. FEEL YOUR LEVERAGE.

2194. FEEL YOUR POWER OVER HIM.

2195. GOOD.

2196. NOW, AS YOU BREAK AWAY FROM THE

2197. CAGE, MAKE HIM PAY.

2198. KEN POUNCES ON JOE'S LEG.

2199. GET UP! GET UP!

2200. GET UP!

2201. YOU CAN SEE...

2202. GET A GOOD NIGHT OF SLEEP,

2203. WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, HAVE

2204. BREAKFAST, HAVE A LUNCH.

2205. START MENTALLY SLOWING

2206. EVERYTHING DOWN — THE CALMING

2207. BEFORE THE STORM.

2208. US COACHES WILL GET TOGETHER, DO

2209. OUR FINAL PREPARATION.

2210. HEAD OVER TO THE VENUE.

2211. BRING A PILLOW AND A BLANKET FOR

2212. CHAD, LET HIM JUST RELAX,

2213. CONSERVE ALL HIS ENERGY, AS HE

2214. CAN.

2215. WARM HIM UP NICE AND SLOW.

2216. GET A GOOD, SOLID WARM-UP.

2217. GET HIS FIRST LUNG BLOWN OUT.

2218. AND THEN, WITHOUT A DOUBT, GO

2219. CRUSH ANTONIO BANUELOS.

2220. NOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN A

2221. COUPLE HOURS.

2222. JUST TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT.

2223. WE KEPT OURSELVES BUSY.

2224. WE WENT AND WORKED OUT, TRYING

2225. TO KEEP OUR MINDS OCCUPIED

2226. BEFORE THE BIG FIGHT IN...

2227. LESS THAN AN HOUR.

2228. YEAH.

2229. WE HAD BREAKFAST WITH CHAD THIS

2230. MORNING, WHICH WAS GREAT.

2231. IT WAS KIND OF GOOD TO CHECK IN

2232. WITH HIM AND SEE WHERE HE'S AT,

2233. AND HE LOOKS...

2234. AMAZING.

2235. YEAH, HIS — MENTALLY, HE

2236. LOOKS GREAT.

2237. HE'S — I THINK HE'S IN A GOOD

2238. PLACE.

2239. HE SEEMS LIKE HE'S IN THE

2240. BEST PLACE THAT HE'S BEEN FOR A

2241. LONG TIME.

2242. HELPING CHAD IN THE CORNER,

2243. GETTING HIM READY WHILE HE'S IN

2244. THE CORNER IS KEEPING HIM

2245. RELAXED.

2246. WE'LL HAVE THREE DIFFERENT GUYS.

2247. THOMAS TODAY WILL BE YELLING THE

2248. INSTRUCTIONS DURING THE FIGHT.

2249. IF WE SEE SOMETHING WE NEED,

2250. WE'LL TELL THOMAS, "HEY, PUT HIS

2251. FOOT HERE,"MOVE TO THE LEFT

2252. HERE,"THROW THIS COMBO" —

2253. WHATEVER — AND THEN THOMAS

2254. WILL BE THE ONE THAT SAYS,

2255. "OKAY, CHAD, YOU'RE GONNA DO

2256. THIS, THIS, THIS."

2257. I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR KEY WORDS,

2258. KEEPING HIM CALM, KEEPING HIM

2259. RELAXED, KEEPING HIM CENTERED.

2260. AND THEN IN BETWEEN ROUNDS, WE

2261. GO IN.

2262. WE DO OUR BREATHING TECHNIQUE.

2263. IF HE'S CUT, WE — A CUT GUY

2264. GOES IN.

2265. OTHERWISE, WE GO IN.

2266. WE TELL HIM WHAT HE DID GOOD.

2267. WE GIVE HIM SOME POSITIVE

2268. FEEDBACK.

2269. WE TELL HIM WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO

2270. FOR THE SECOND ROUND.

2271. WE GET HIM BACK RESET,

2272. RECENTERED WITH HIS BREATH.

2273. AND WE GOT ABOUT A MINUTE — GET

2274. HIM SOME WATER, AND THEN HE'S

2275. OUT THERE.

2276. AND WE JUST GET HIM NICE AND

2277. RELAXED, BRING HIM BACK TO THE

2278. GAME PLAN, AND IF HE'S DOING

2279. SOMETHING WE NEED HIM TO CHANGE,

2280. WE CHANGE IT.

2281. IF HE'S DOING SOMETHING RIGHT,

2282. WE KEEP HIM ON IT.

2283. AND IF THERE'S A NEW — A CHANGE

2284. FOR THE ROUND IN THE GAME PLAN,

2285. WE REMIND HIM OF IT, AND WE SEND

2286. HIM BACK OUT THERE.

2287. BEFORE MOST OF THE FIGHTS

2288. THAT I'VE SEEN HIM, HE ALWAYS

2289. PULLS ME ASIDE AND SAYS, LIKE,

2290. YOU KNOW, "I'M GETTING THE —

2291. I'M GETTING THE NERVES.

2292. LIKE, THEY'RE HITTING ME.

2293. I'M GETTING THE ANXIETY," AND

2294. NONE OF THAT.

2295. NONE.

2296. NONE OF THAT THIS TIME.

2297. HE JUST HAS — HE'S FULL OF

2298. SMILES.

2299. YEAH.

2300. HE'S — HE'S READY.

2301. READY?

2302. YEAH, WE'RE GOING DOWN TO

2303. THAT WORKOUT ROOM, RIGHT?

2304. OKAY.

2305. YOU KNOW, I DID EVERYTHING I

2306. POSSIBLY COULD TO WIN THIS

2307. FIGHT.

2308. I WAS SUPPOSED TO WIN THIS

2309. FIGHT.

2310. YOU KNOW...

2311. THEN YOU START HAVING THE —

2312. THE FEELINGS OF, "I LET ALL MY

2313. FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND FANS —

2314. LET EVERYBODY DOWN."

2315. I FAILED.

2316. I FAILED AT THE THING THAT

2317. EVERYBODY THOUGHT I WAS CAPABLE

2318. OF DOING, AND I FAILED.

2319. HOW DO YOU — HOW DO YOU BOUNCE

2320. BACK FROM THAT?

2321. HOW DO YOU RECOVER FROM...

2322. PUTTING SO MUCH INTO SOMETHING,

2323. AND IT NOT BEING FULFILLED?

2324. HOW DO

2325. HOW DO YOU TAKE THAT AS A

2326. POSITIVE, TO BE ABLE TO MOTIVATE

2327. YOURSELF TO GET UP THE NEXT

2328. MORNING AND EVEN BE ABLE TO WANT

2329. TO DO IT AGAIN?

2330. YOU KNOW, WHY?

2331. WHY WOULD I DO THIS?

2332. YOU KNOW?

2333. AND THEN YOU START THINKING, YOU

2334. KNOW, "I KNOW WHY I DO THIS."

2335. I'M A FIGHTER. THAT'S IT.

2336. YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA PICK MYSELF

2337. UP, AND I'M GONNA COME BACK

2338. HARDER.

2339. THIS IS MY LIFE.

2340. THIS IS MY LIFE.

2341. AND I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER.

2342. WEST BEATS PRODUCTION.

2343. YEAH.

2344. WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY TO

2345. WITNESS SOMETHING STRONG IN THE

2346. PULPIT.

2347. THERE WILL BE NO SHADOW BOXING

2348. IN THE PULPIT.

2349. I WANT ALL Y'ALL TO WITNESS THE

2350. SAVAGE.

2351. THE SAVAGE — CAN I GET AN

2352. "AMEN"?

2353. WHY AM I A FIGHTER?

2354. LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT.

2355. I GET TO GO PUNCH SOMEBODY AS

2356. HARD AS I WANT IN THE FACE AND

2357. NOT GET ARRESTED, I GET TO

2358. TRAVEL ALL OVER THE WORLD, I GET

2359. TO HAVE FANS AND PEOPLE, LIKE,

2360. FOLLOWING ME AND, LIKE, GET TO

2361. KNOW ME OR WHATEVER.

2362. SIGN ME UP. I'M IN. LET'S GO.