Full Transcript for BKFC No. 1 Fighter David ”Redneck” Mundell Defending Strap in Enemy Territory vs Donald Sanchez!

00:03:23.440 --> 00:03:25.990 allowed me to control the entire pace of 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:28.710 the fight. Um, a lot of people watch it 00:03:28.720 --> 00:03:30.470 and there's not one person that I've 00:03:30.480 --> 00:03:32.149 talked to and said, "Dave, we actually 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:33.990 think you lost the fight." Everybody has 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:36.149 told me over and over again that that 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:37.350 should have been a win. So, I really 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:38.869 don't feel like I have any blemishes on 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:39.990 my record. 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:42.630 Um, going back to the knockout, uh, we 00:03:42.640 --> 00:03:44.390 think it started off with David Simpson. 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:45.670 That was also another heavier weight 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:47.030 class than what I'm supposed to be in. 00:03:47.040 --> 00:03:48.710 So, I'm I'm used to fighting these 00:03:48.720 --> 00:03:50.750 bigger guys as well. It doesn't bother 00:03:50.760 --> 00:03:54.390 me. And the champs being nice. The last 00:03:54.400 --> 00:03:56.070 good fighter he fought was Hector 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:58.710 Lumbard. Since then, seven fight win 00:03:58.720 --> 00:04:00.869 streak, fiveight knockout. What the [ __ ] 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:05.550 is a Doug Col train? 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:10.070 Um, I love this actually. Uh, so you 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:13.270 know, prior to BKFC, you were in MMA for 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:15.350 a number of years. What made that 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:17.110 transition happen for you? I mean, you 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:19.830 were a solid MMA fighter. Um, a lot of 00:04:19.840 --> 00:04:21.830 guys that move over, I'm I see, you 00:04:21.840 --> 00:04:23.189 know, don't like to deal with takedowns 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:25.350 or they're struggling in MMA because 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:27.189 it's just a different sport. I mean, I 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:30.070 love I love MMA. I'm a black belt 00:04:30.080 --> 00:04:32.070 jiu-jitsu, you know, and I'm very good 00:04:32.080 --> 00:04:35.629 at it. Fights that I I really had no 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:38.310 business taking. uh as far as if I was 00:04:38.320 --> 00:04:40.390 going to take the career seriously. So 00:04:40.400 --> 00:04:41.830 that gave me the you know some of the 00:04:41.840 --> 00:04:43.590 losses that I have and and I wasn't 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:45.350 planning on stopping. I really wasn't. 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:47.430 But then BKFC was coming to Tampa. They 00:04:47.440 --> 00:04:49.350 asked me to be on the card and you know 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:51.030 I'm I'm a fighter at the end of the day. 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:53.030 I love these type of opportunities and 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:55.830 to to have another, you know, notch in 00:04:55.840 --> 00:04:57.110 my belt. It was something that nobody 00:04:57.120 --> 00:04:59.030 else can say they've done. You know, it 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:00.390 excited me. And then when I went in 00:05:00.400 --> 00:05:01.990 there, I honestly I went in there with 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:03.430 the mindset that I was only going to do 00:05:03.440 --> 00:05:06.310 the one and I was going to be done. Um, 00:05:06.320 --> 00:05:08.790 but I mean I think that fight lasted 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:10.950 like a minute and 34 seconds, right? But 00:05:10.960 --> 00:05:15.029 that minute and 34 seconds was so thrill 00:05:15.039 --> 00:05:17.909 thrill just oh man it lit a new fire and 00:05:17.919 --> 00:05:19.270 I'm like okay I want to I want to 00:05:19.280 --> 00:05:20.469 continue to do this. I want to do 00:05:20.479 --> 00:05:22.629 another one. And it I mean I think it 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:24.070 was my third fight when I'm now I'm 00:05:24.080 --> 00:05:25.749 fighting, you know, somebody I grew up 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:28.469 watching, you know, and I just I seen 00:05:28.479 --> 00:05:31.749 the growth and and the mindset of Dave 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:34.310 Feldman and I just was like, man, like I 00:05:34.320 --> 00:05:35.749 I want to ride this out and see where 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:37.990 this goes. And here we are. I'm on top 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:39.590 of the world, pound-for-pound, number 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:42.310 one, and BKFC is the fastest growing 00:05:42.320 --> 00:05:44.469 combat sport out there right now. So, 00:05:44.479 --> 00:05:46.870 it's untouched. 00:05:46.880 --> 00:05:48.310 when you when you look in the mirror and 00:05:48.320 --> 00:05:49.749 you and you and you look at what you've 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:50.790 been through, what you've gone through 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:53.270 to get to this point, you know, and and 00:05:53.280 --> 00:05:54.870 looking at yourself and you say, "I'm 00:05:54.880 --> 00:05:56.070 number one in the I'm number one 00:05:56.080 --> 00:05:57.990 pound-for-pound." That's a special thing 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:00.469 to talk about cuz there's only one 00:06:00.479 --> 00:06:02.710 person that has that recognition in any 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:04.950 combat sport. And for you, you are 00:06:04.960 --> 00:06:07.029 number one pound-for-pound in BKFC. Do 00:06:07.039 --> 00:06:09.749 you ever sit back and say, "Man, I this 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:12.749 is special." 00:06:12.759 --> 00:06:14.670 Um, I'm 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:19.270 again I I I I'm my own worst critic. I 00:06:19.280 --> 00:06:21.830 know I'm a phenomenal fighter. I know I 00:06:21.840 --> 00:06:25.749 have great hands and the I I I have that 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:27.909 because of the work ethic I have because 00:06:27.919 --> 00:06:30.390 the amount of time I spend in the gym. 00:06:30.400 --> 00:06:33.830 my coaches as well. Jiad number one, we 00:06:33.840 --> 00:06:37.510 have a stall full of fighters that just 00:06:37.520 --> 00:06:39.189 we have we have three belts in the gym 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:40.469 at one point in time, you know? So, it's 00:06:40.479 -->

00:06:41.790 just 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:44.710 like I I just what Dave's trying to say 00:06:44.720 --> 00:06:47.430 is [ __ ] yeah, that shit's special. Did 00:06:47.440 --> 00:06:49.990 you say see the way Reachi fell? Did you 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:52.790 see the way he dropped David Simpson? 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:56.629 [ __ ] was like David verse Goliath. 00:06:56.639 --> 00:06:58.550 You you have a great gym obviously. I 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:00.309 mean you you have you have champions in 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:02.230 your gym. I mean you just I mean Jessica 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:04.070 Borga is part of your your gym and I 00:07:04.080 --> 00:07:05.870 mean she just won the championship in 00:07:05.880 --> 00:07:08.469 Dubai. Talk about someone like Jessica 00:07:08.479 --> 00:07:10.950 Borga. I mean have have you ever sparred 00:07:10.960 --> 00:07:12.550 with her because I've had I mean Michael 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:14.629 Laramore told me she's hits harder than 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:16.629 most guys. Absolutely. You know it's 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:19.270 it's kind of funny because I think for 00:07:19.280 --> 00:07:21.670 the Spain my when I fought Christy like 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:24.150 she was honestly one of my main sparring 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:26.550 partners. And when we when we talk about 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:28.629 like in-house drilling and in-house 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:30.390 sparring, like we're not over there 00:07:30.400 --> 00:07:31.990 trying to take each other's heads off. 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:33.749 We're working technique, but we are 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:35.510 smacking each other pretty hard to give 00:07:35.520 --> 00:07:37.830 a realistic look. Uh we have certain 00:07:37.840 --> 00:07:39.189 drills that we do, and one of the ones 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:42.469 that me and her did specifically was uh 00:07:42.479 --> 00:07:44.150 like like if you had your back up 00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:45.909 against the ropes and and how to counter 00:07:45.919 --> 00:07:47.589 and one of us would only be allowed to 00:07:47.599 --> 00:07:48.790 hit to the head, the other one was only 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:50.950 to the body and open things up, move it, 00:07:50.960 --> 00:07:52.870 and all that stuff. and she hung in 00:07:52.880 --> 00:07:55.430 there with me and she pushed me to work 00:07:55.440 --> 00:07:58.469 harder, you know, and as far as work 00:07:58.479 --> 00:08:01.189 work ethic goes, she's the only other 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:03.510 person that I know that has a work 00:08:03.520 --> 00:08:06.550 ethic, if not higher than mine. Like I 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:09.110 go and I I I train minimum two a days 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:10.950 and I had a full-time job. I just 00:08:10.960 --> 00:08:13.189 recently was able to let go of the job 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:15.589 and said, I'm really focused down on 00:08:15.599 --> 00:08:17.670 fighting and and really put my all into 00:08:17.680 --> 00:08:19.589 this. Um took a leap of faith, so to 00:08:19.599 --> 00:08:20.749 speak. 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:25.909 So, you know, she she is in there with 00:08:25.919 --> 00:08:27.830 my personal trainer and then she shows 00:08:27.840 --> 00:08:30.309 up to the gym. And so, I was seeing her 00:08:30.319 --> 00:08:32.630 everywhere I went, she was there also 00:08:32.640 --> 00:08:34.709 doing the work and pushing just as hard. 00:08:34.719 --> 00:08:36.230 And I don't see what she does outside of 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:37.430 it, but I know she's still working 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:38.949 there. She's got her own ice pad, stuff 00:08:38.959 --> 00:08:40.870 like that. So, and and that really 00:08:40.880 --> 00:08:42.550 speaks for itself. The hard work, the 00:08:42.560 --> 00:08:44.149 work ethic, and I can't explain that 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:45.750 enough. It doesn't matter who you are. 00:08:45.760 --> 00:08:47.670 any fighter coming up, you want to know 00:08:47.680 --> 00:08:49.829 the secret to success is that there is 00:08:49.839 --> 00:08:51.430 no secret. You just got to put the 00:08:51.440 --> 00:08:53.990 [ __ ] work in. 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:56.550 So, I mean, with with, you know, with a 00:08:56.560 --> 00:08:58.790 gym like that, how much does a gym like 00:08:58.800 --> 00:09:00.550 that help you prepare? I mean, to be a 00:09:00.560 --> 00:09:02.870 champion because you have elite fighters 00:09:02.880 --> 00:09:05.350 in your gym. Literally, it's it's it's 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:07.350 everything. It makes the difference. You 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:08.870 know, without them, I wouldn't be where 00:09:08.880 --> 00:09:11.350 I was. 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:13.990 So, you know, again, there was something 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:15.829 that came up. I did an interview with uh 00:09:15.839 --> 00:09:20.230 Harrison Aken and I know he uh sparred 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:22.230 with you prior heck when I was in 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:24.870 Clearwater I guess that week and I just 00:09:24.880 --> 00:09:27.829 simply posted a post for the interview 00:09:27.839 --> 00:09:30.630 and he's now he then went to help Donald 00:09:30.640 --> 00:09:33.509 Sanchez and I asked about that. 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:36.710 Did that bother you as you just sparred 00:09:36.720 --> 00:09:40.870 with him and then I on the on the 00:09:40.880 --> 00:09:42.710 Instagram post it looks like your your 00:09:42.720 --> 00:09:44.870 girlfriend got involved and it became a 00:09:44.880 --> 00:09:47.110 back and forth. Do you have anything to 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:49.110 say about that or any any comments on 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:50.630 that? Did it bother you or does it does 00:09:50.640 --> 00:09:53.350 it matter to you? Honestly, um know who 00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:55.110 he was or what he was about. You know, 00:09:55.120 --> 00:09:57.430 he stayed in my DMs trying to get me to 00:09:57.440 --> 00:09:59.030 come out and spar. When he showed up, I 00:09:59.040 -->

00:10:01.350 seen him in person. He asked to spar and 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:03.829 I'm a like I said I'm a friendly guy. So 00:10:03.839 --> 00:10:06.710 we went in there and we worked and you 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:08.550 know that's just how it went. What the 00:10:08.560 --> 00:10:10.230 champ meant to say is that's some snake 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:12.870 ass [ __ ] He was in the champ's DMs for 00:10:12.880 --> 00:10:15.350 months. We let him come out. And by the 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:17.269 way, what the [ __ ] is a head hunter? 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:19.030 That sounds like a male jigalo or some 00:10:19.040 --> 00:10:22.790 [ __ ] 00:10:22.800 --> 00:10:23.990 It looks like your your girlfriend 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:25.269 though can handle herself because she's 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:26.710 going back and forth and those those 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:28.389 comments are going back and forth. It 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:30.949 seems like a might might we have at some 00:10:30.959 --> 00:10:34.550 point a cuz I see his girlfriend or 00:10:34.560 --> 00:10:36.470 fiance or wife are in the in the in the 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:39.829 comments as well. Could we see a a twoon 00:10:39.839 --> 00:10:44.310 two tag team BKFC type of fight in the 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:46.069 future? I mean, the BK BKC is doing some 00:10:46.079 --> 00:10:48.310 wild [ __ ] with the the the the ring 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:50.069 fights or the ice fights or whatever 00:10:50.079 --> 00:10:52.230 now, too. She would go in there and mop 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:56.389 both mop the floor with both of them. 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:57.990 Anything from the from the guy from uh 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:00.069 Noah? Nothing. Come on. I know you got 00:11:00.079 --> 00:11:01.750 something. Be worried about himself. 00:11:01.760 --> 00:11:03.350 Imagine being friends with some guy who 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:07.509 just whooped your ass. Next question. 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:09.110 Looking at me, you've been uh you've 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:10.630 been with BKFC for quite some time now. 00:11:10.640 --> 00:11:12.310 I mean, you're going back to BKFC 6. 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:13.350 you're I mean that's towards the 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:14.630 beginning of everything and your guys 00:11:14.640 --> 00:11:17.190 are fighting in probably much smaller 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:20.069 venues and and as it's grown and you you 00:11:20.079 --> 00:11:23.430 you fought good you know in Spain I mean 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:25.509 the opportunity to fight in Spain what 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:28.790 was that like you know and where this 00:11:28.800 --> 00:11:31.269 sport has come since you've been a part 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:34.870 of it you know I think uh it was first 00:11:34.880 --> 00:11:36.630 off it was it was awesome going out 00:11:36.640 --> 00:11:38.389 there it was amazing the trip the 00:11:38.399 --> 00:11:40.230 culture everything the experience I 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:42.230

loved it but going back to that fight. I 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:43.590 was originally supposed to fight King 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:46.150 Mo, right? And uh I was supposed to be 00:11:46.160 --> 00:11:48.790 in Miami and things got messed up there 00:11:48.800 --> 00:11:50.389 which opened up the door to going over 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:53.670 there in Spain. So, um I mean all in all 00:11:53.680 --> 00:11:57.670 it was it was amazing. But I it's just 00:11:57.680 --> 00:11:59.750 crazy the roller coaster we go through 00:11:59.760 --> 00:12:01.110 to get to these spots. You know, I 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:04.150 thought I was gonna have um I thought I 00:12:04.160 --> 00:12:05.430 was gonna fight somebody with a again 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:07.590 with a much bigger name. And don't get 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:09.509 me wrong, Christie was a phenomenal 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:11.910 opponent. I'm I'm glad I got a chance to 00:12:11.920 --> 00:12:13.509 fight him and I think I gained a lot of 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:15.509 fans over there in the UK when I did 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:16.629 that because I don't think a lot of 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:19.750 people expected me to make it look as 00:12:19.760 --> 00:12:22.550 easy as I did. But that's just the 00:12:22.560 --> 00:12:24.710 levels in this. 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:26.710 What the champ meant to say once again 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:29.110 is what the [ __ ] is a Danny Christie? We 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:31.190 want the Eddie Alvarez's. We want the 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:33.670 King Mo. [ __ ] it. Give us Andre Arloski 00:12:33.680 --> 00:12:35.829 and we'll move up. 00:12:35.839 --> 00:12:37.430 I mean, you mentioned King Mo. I mean, 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:39.269 you're you're fighting a middleweight. 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:41.269 He this guy fought at heavyweight in and 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:42.790 you know light heavyweight in 00:12:42.800 --> 00:12:44.949 heavyweight in MMA. I mean were you 00:12:44.959 --> 00:12:46.629 going to jump up to 205 pounds or 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:47.590 something like that or was he coming 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:49.350 down to 175 what was that going to be? I 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:51.829 was going to fight Chris Camozi. Uh and 00:12:51.839 --> 00:12:53.910 we were talking about moving up to 205 00:12:53.920 --> 00:12:55.509 and then when he took the belt and 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:57.110 honestly I feel like I could have the 00:12:57.120 --> 00:13:00.629 belt in in all three weight classes 175, 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:03.269 185 and 205. And I would love to put 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:05.990 that up there and I would 100% show up 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:08.230 but BKFC doesn't want the double champ 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:10.230 status. So, like if I take one, I got to 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:12.710 really let go of one. And it's just it's 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:15.670 all it's all uh money moves right now, 00:13:15.680 --> 00:13:18.150 you know? I I I love fighting and I do 00:13:18.160 --> 00:13:19.670 it because I love it. But at the end of 00:13:19.680 --> 00:13:21.430 the day, it's also got to pay the bills 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:23.269 so that I can continue to do what I 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:26.389 love. So, I mean, if they if they need 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:28.710 me somewhere else, man, I'm right there. 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:30.949 You mentioned you you just left your I 00:13:30.959 --> 00:13:33.030 guess full-time job while training. I 00:13:33.040 --> 00:13:35.190 mean, what what were you doing as a 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:37.670 full-time job while training? I was uh 00:13:37.680 --> 00:13:40.710 I'm I'm an electrician, you know. So, 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:43.350 okay. 6 am trying to cook my meals 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:45.269 through the day, getting out the door, 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:47.509 you know, by seven, driving 45 minutes 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:49.190 to an hour depending on traffic to get 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:51.590 there, then have to go do whatever for 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:53.030 the day. I mean, they could be crawling 00:13:53.040 --> 00:13:54.710 in an attic or it could be simple just 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:56.150 changing outlets, but you never really 00:13:56.160 --> 00:13:58.150 knew. Get done with that. I'd go 00:13:58.160 --> 00:13:59.670 straight to my gym, work out with my 00:13:59.680 --> 00:14:01.430 personal trainer, get done with that, go 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:03.350 straight to boxing. you know, I was I 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:05.590 was gone from like 6:00 to like 9:30, 10 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:07.990 o'clock and it, you know, and it it took 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:09.509 a heavy toll on the family and [ __ ] like 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:10.910 that. So, 00:14:10.920 --> 00:14:13.750 um, you know, it's just it was a lot 00:14:13.760 --> 00:14:16.069 and, you know, it's just it it really 00:14:16.079 --> 00:14:18.710 held me back and and that's crazy to say 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:20.790 considering how far I came with it. But, 00:14:20.800 --> 00:14:23.430 can you guys imagine now what I'm going 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:25.990 to be able to do? Like, I can't wait to 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:27.910 show y'all. And that that was actually 00:14:27.920 --> 00:14:29.350 gonna be my next question. I mean the 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:30.629 opportunity now to not have to worry 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:32.470 about doing all that and now you just 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:34.470 focus on training. Is this your first 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:35.990 fight where you've just been able to 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:38.310 focus on training? Yeah, I think four 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:40.710 weeks out for maybe five weeks. I know I 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:42.550 was I was in talks with Feldman, you 00:14:42.560 --> 00:14:44.389 know, and I was trying to plead my case 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:45.670 with him and he eventually came around 00:14:45.680 --> 00:14:47.670 to see my side of things

and he helped 00:14:47.680 --> 00:14:49.189 me out a lot. Feldman is a good dude, 00:14:49.199 --> 00:14:51.030 you know, he's got my back and he says 00:14:51.040 --> 00:14:52.389 that about all the fighters and people 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:53.990 question him. I can I'm here to say like 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:57.110 he does he looks out for us and uh here 00:14:57.120 --> 00:14:59.750 I am. I had four weeks, four and a half 00:14:59.760 --> 00:15:01.350 weeks of being able to just really 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:04.069 [ __ ] hammer down hard training and 00:15:04.079 --> 00:15:06.710 then here I am 10 days early, you know, 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:08.710 acclimating to the to the weather, to 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:10.870 the elevation, to the time difference. I 00:15:10.880 --> 00:15:12.470 know it doesn't seem like much, but two 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:15.750 hours, you know, is a lot. Like if if if 00:15:15.760 --> 00:15:18.069 I'm training or fighting at 9 or 10 at 00:15:18.079 --> 00:15:21.110 night back home, that's 12 o'clock, you 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:23.430 know, or nine or 10 here, it's 12 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:25.670 o'clock back home, you know. So those 00:15:25.680 --> 00:15:28.069 little things make a big difference and 00:15:28.079 --> 00:15:29.990 it it matters, you know. So being out 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:33.110 here to did everything I could correctly 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:35.430 and you know I'm just again I'm super 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:38.069 excited to show off. You mentioned Dave 00:15:38.079 --> 00:15:40.069 Felman. I mean, this guy's put together 00:15:40.079 --> 00:15:42.150 an organization and I mean, I've heard 00:15:42.160 --> 00:15:43.670 stories where he basically was on his 00:15:43.680 --> 00:15:45.829 last dollar kind of sign similar to what 00:15:45.839 --> 00:15:47.350 you you've heard in the past possibly 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:49.430 about the UFC like they were on to their 00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:51.829 last investment and that that was going 00:15:51.839 --> 00:15:53.910 to be it and then the Ultimate Fighter 00:15:53.920 --> 00:15:56.550 pops off with Forest Griffin and and 00:15:56.560 --> 00:15:58.389 Stephan Bonner and then, you know, 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:01.110 Feldman mentioned he's like on his last 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:05.509 limb and it's popped off. You got Conor 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:07.910 McGregor in this thing now. Obviously, 00:16:07.920 --> 00:16:10.230 he's brought a lot to the BKFC and 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:12.470 opened the doors for a lot of you guys. 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:14.230 What are your thoughts since Conor 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:16.150 McGregor's jumped off and and what Dave 00:16:16.160 --> 00:16:17.990 Felman's been able to create here for 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:19.829 you guys? Goes right back to me fighting 00:16:19.839 --> 00:16:21.670 Hector, you know, making making my idols 00:16:21.680 --> 00:16:24.069 my enemies type kind of type [ __ ] you 00:16:24.079 --> 00:16:26.949 know. Um Connor is somebody that I 00:16:26.959 --> 00:16:30.230 watched and looked up to and he not only 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:31.910 talked [ __ ] but he would back it up, 00:16:31.920 --> 00:16:35.030 you know. He he was a great promoter for 00:16:35.040 --> 00:16:37.030 himself. you know, without him talking 00:16:37.040 --> 00:16:39.590 and doing all the [ __ ] that he did, he 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:41.749 wouldn't have all the money he has now. 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:43.990 And I wish I could be more like that. 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:46.389 Again, I had to bring somebody aboard 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:48.150 out here, right? Because I'm not. That 00:16:48.160 --> 00:16:50.150 I'm I'm a quiet dude. I love I love 00:16:50.160 --> 00:16:52.310 fighting. And I wish that it was just 00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:54.389 only about skill. Like, if I was the 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:56.230 most skilled, I'd be the most popular. 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:57.670 But this is an entertainment business, 00:16:57.680 --> 00:16:59.509 and I understand that, you know? So, I'm 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:01.189 doing things and I'm hiring people and 00:17:01.199 --> 00:17:03.749 helping get my get my [ __ ] together. But 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:06.870 to have him now as my boss, let alone I 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:08.150 never thought I would even be able to 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:10.789 meet him, but now not only can I go like 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:12.470 talk to him, have conversations with 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:14.789 him, but he's he he, you know, he's my 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:16.549 boss. Like that that shit's cool as 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:19.829 [ __ ] Conor's the [ __ ] with him knocking 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:21.909 these [ __ ] out and me talking 00:17:21.919 --> 00:17:25.429 [ __ ] redneck to the moon. He was at He 00:17:25.439 --> 00:17:26.870 was at the fight in Spain. Did you have 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:28.230 a chance to chop it up with him after 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:30.150 your win? Yes, sir. We was over there 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:32.390 drinking a beer. What What What did he 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:33.750 say to you? because obviously you won by 00:17:33.760 --> 00:17:36.070 TKO in the second round. I mean it was 00:17:36.080 --> 00:17:38.390 it was so long ago. I can't remember. I 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:39.830 know we talked a little bit about the 00:17:39.840 --> 00:17:41.870 Mike Perry fight. He said he loves the 00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:44.070 idea, you know, just little [ __ ] like 00:17:44.080 --> 00:17:45.990 that. Uh we had a quick conversation 00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:48.870 about somebody who he said would sponsor 00:17:48.880 --> 00:17:51.430 me and I dropped the ball on that [ __ ] 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:53.190 And Connor, if you're listening to this, 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:55.669 get with me, please, because I got no 00:17:55.679 --> 00:17:58.150 job other than fighting people. But uh 00:17:58.160 --> 00:18:00.789 you know, still

need to eat. So let me 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:03.430 know. You mentioned Mike Perry. 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:05.110 Obviously, that's a fight that seems 00:18:05.120 --> 00:18:07.270 like uh he gets called out a lot or he 00:18:07.280 --> 00:18:10.350 and he does a lot of talking. Um 00:18:10.360 --> 00:18:12.710 obviously there's a fight there to be 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:15.270 made. What What are your words for Mike 00:18:15.280 --> 00:18:17.029 Perry and why has this fight not 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:19.909 happened yet? Cuz he's scared, man. He 00:18:19.919 --> 00:18:22.549 knows he's he's got a big enough name to 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:26.150 where he can pick and choose and fight 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:28.789 other bigname people that he feels like 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:30.710 he can beat, you know? So, you got 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:32.630 somebody like me who's up and coming, 00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:34.470 right? I will have the recognition that 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:36.230 I deserve. Like, that's what I'm coming 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:37.909 for. And at that point, I'm going to 00:18:37.919 --> 00:18:39.350 force the hand and make him fight me 00:18:39.360 --> 00:18:40.950 just so I can show to all the haters out 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:42.870 there that say that he's, you know, the 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:44.950 face of BKFC and and all this other 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:47.669 crap, he he isn't [ __ ] He isn't [ __ ] 00:18:47.679 --> 00:18:50.870 He sucks. He hasn't grown at all. And 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:53.270 being tough is not a compliment, man. 00:18:53.280 --> 00:18:55.590 Like, you just means you get beat up, 00:18:55.600 --> 00:18:57.830 you know? And I promise you, he's not 00:18:57.840 --> 00:19:01.270 taking my power. I've dropped him in MMA 00:19:01.280 --> 00:19:04.549 with gloves on, you know, so I 100% know 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:07.430 that I'll finish that fight. Um, and 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:09.830 then he just he knows if he takes it and 00:19:09.840 --> 00:19:12.590 he loses to me now at this point in his 00:19:12.600 --> 00:19:15.190 career, I mean, that's more devastating 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:18.870 than his loss against Jake Paul. 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:20.630 I saw that [ __ ] vaping on 00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:22.549 Instagram the other day. If he doesn't 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:23.750 get back in the ring, he's going to 00:19:23.760 --> 00:19:27.029 start looking like my fat ass. 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:29.990 I mean, so I heard I heard Josh Dyer 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:31.750 call him out in his last fight. I mean, 00:19:31.760 --> 00:19:34.310 even spoke to Harris and he called him 00:19:34.320 --> 00:19:35.590 out, too. It seems like there's a lot of 00:19:35.600 --> 00:19:37.350 guys that want to fight him. Is that a 00:19:37.360 --> 00:19:40.390 fight we we we might we will ever see or 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:44.669 is he being protected? Listen, uh I I 00:19:44.679 --> 00:19:49.110 I love BKFC, but if they were to give it 00:19:49.120 --> 00:19:54.150 to another homegrown person before me, 00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:55.590 that's when you really will see a 00:19:55.600 --> 00:19:57.029 pissed-off redneck and I'd probably 00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:58.950 straight up leave the organization 00:19:58.960 --> 00:20:00.630 because the amount of disrespect that 00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:04.070 would I would feel on that is crazy 00:20:04.080 --> 00:20:05.590 because I've been promised over and over 00:20:05.600 --> 00:20:07.029 again that he's going to be the next 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:09.990 opponent and things keep coming up and 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:11.750 I'm a company man and I'm ready to fight 00:20:11.760 --> 00:20:13.350 anyone. I understand things got to make 00:20:13.360 --> 00:20:15.310 sense. It's why we're fighting here in 00:20:15.320 --> 00:20:17.909 Albuquerque. Um, but at the end of the 00:20:17.919 --> 00:20:19.510 day, that's a fight that I've worked my 00:20:19.520 --> 00:20:22.870 ass off for that I 100% deserve and I'm 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:25.430 100% capable of whooping that dude's 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:28.230 ass. So, we'll just wait and we'll see 00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:30.390 what happens. 00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:32.549 You you I met you up in Clear Water. 00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:34.070 What was it like watching teammates of 00:20:34.080 --> 00:20:36.789 yours fighting in um in Clear Water, the 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:39.190 OCC? And I don't know if you've ever 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:41.750 fought at the OC or not. uh what what 00:20:41.760 --> 00:20:43.190 was that experience like for you as a 00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:44.470 champion be able to walk around with the 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:46.950 belt and talk to fans and so forth and 00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:49.190 and also be able to cheer on your your 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:51.190 your teammates and stuff like that. All 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:52.710 right. Well, let's start off with 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:54.470 watching teammates fight. You know, we 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:57.590 had Crystal Pitman, we had Jared Warren 00:20:57.600 --> 00:21:01.350 and Ryan Reber and just and Michael 00:21:01.360 --> 00:21:03.789 Lammore even watching those guys come 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:08.190 out like it's more nerve-wracking 00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:11.110 for me to watch them than it is for me 00:21:11.120 --> 00:21:13.909 to fight. Like I understand what I'm 00:21:13.919 --> 00:21:16.149 capable the abuse that I'm capable of 00:21:16.159 --> 00:21:18.710 taking, but like seeing friends and 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:21.029 family like that go out there, it's just 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:23.270 it's gut-wrenching because you know 00:21:23.280 --> 00:21:24.789 you're not them. Like you don't have no 00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:26.230 control over it. And I'm just watching 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:27.909 on the bystander and I'm like, "Ah, I 00:21:27.919 --> 00:21:29.350 wish I could get in there and do it for

00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:31.909 them." And then of course everyone 00:21:31.919 --> 00:21:33.990 seemed [ __ ] Reaper making this [ __ ] 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:36.870 harder than it needs to. Like I that kid 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:39.510 I love him to death. He's my brother and 00:21:39.520 --> 00:21:41.669 you know in the gym, bro. He gives me 00:21:41.679 --> 00:21:43.029 problems. I'm like, why are you letting 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:45.750 this kid [ __ ] with you? Like, go forward 00:21:45.760 --> 00:21:47.590 and beat that man's ass. When you 00:21:47.600 --> 00:21:49.190 started doing it, you were whooping his 00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:52.149 ass. But I He's got problems. He likes 00:21:52.159 --> 00:21:53.669 getting hit or some [ __ ] I don't know, 00:21:53.679 --> 00:21:55.990 man. But that's okay. That, like I said, 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:57.510 it's my brother. I love him. Jared did 00:21:57.520 --> 00:21:59.909 phenomenal. Mike did phenomenal. Chris 00:21:59.919 --> 00:22:01.990 Crystal had whatever happened there. 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:03.830 And, you know, again, we'll run that 00:22:03.840 --> 00:22:05.510 [ __ ] back. We don't care about that. You 00:22:05.520 --> 00:22:07.110 know, let's let's take that rub back 00:22:07.120 --> 00:22:12.310 real quick. Um, but the OC man, like I 00:22:12.320 --> 00:22:13.750 wasn't sure what that was going to be 00:22:13.760 --> 00:22:15.510 like because it's not that big of a 00:22:15.520 --> 00:22:16.549 place, you know, and that's why we're 00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:18.070 doing like a fight night card there, not 00:22:18.080 --> 00:22:21.669 a numbered one, but I had just went to a 00:22:21.679 --> 00:22:23.630 boxing 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:26.549 um card there like the week prior and I 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.750 was like, "Wow, okay." You know, it's 00:22:27.760 --> 00:22:29.549 pretty nice. And then BKFC 00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:33.029 and that [ __ ] was wow. Like they they 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:34.870 did a phenomenal job again. I mean, 00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:36.230 they're always showing out. They're 00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:38.149 always putting us on the map. You know, 00:22:38.159 --> 00:22:39.830 they they got a team behind them that's 00:22:39.840 --> 00:22:41.909 doing some good [ __ ] Was the crowd 00:22:41.919 --> 00:22:43.590 bigger for the BKFC fight than the 00:22:43.600 --> 00:22:44.789 boxing event you went to the week 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:47.510 before? Absolutely. It was big on both 00:22:47.520 --> 00:22:50.310 nights, don't get me wrong, but the BKFC 00:22:50.320 --> 00:22:53.909 like just like the the parking, right? 00:22:53.919 --> 00:22:56.870 Yeah, we had to the boxing event also 00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:58.470 had to go to the overflow parking, but 00:22:58.480 --> 00:23:00.070 there was maybe like five or six cars 00:23:00.080 --> 00:23:02.070 over there. That [ __ ] was packed and 00:23:02.080 --> 00:23:03.750 people still had to go somewhere else. 00:23:03.760 --> 00:23:06.870 Like that was crazy. That was crazy. 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:09.270 Like I don't know since it's outside. I 00:23:09.280 --> 00:23:12.149 don't know if the uh the the rule 00:23:12.159 --> 00:23:14.070 changes about how many people you can 00:23:14.080 --> 00:23:17.110 have in there, but I mean I question 00:23:17.120 --> 00:23:18.549 whether or not they were in their legal 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:20.310 limits because that [ __ ] was packed, 00:23:20.320 --> 00:23:23.110 man. It was But they they hey, you know, 00:23:23.120 --> 00:23:25.830 it was it was an amazing night. Everyone 00:23:25.840 --> 00:23:29.029 did [ __ ] fantastic and it was great. 00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:31.110 Yeah. I talked to Reber prior to the 00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:33.110 fight and and he said I asked him if he 00:23:33.120 --> 00:23:34.630 was staying in the hotel and he said no 00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:36.390 I live five minutes away. I can just 00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:39.750 roll my ass out of bed uh train at you I 00:23:39.760 --> 00:23:41.190 can do my warm-up at home and just roll 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:43.990 over and whip this guy's ass, you know, 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:46.870 but he als but I you mentioned that like 00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:50.070 he backs up so much. It's like why do 00:23:50.080 --> 00:23:51.909 you keep doing that? And and I know his 00:23:51.919 --> 00:23:53.669 manager and like why do you keep backing 00:23:53.679 --> 00:23:54.950 up? I mean does that mean you guys 00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:56.710 talked to him about come forward just 00:23:56.720 --> 00:24:00.630 come forward, right? Um, you know, it's 00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:02.630 that's something that I can't answer 00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:04.230 because that's that goes out to each 00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:05.990 individual fighter. Like, why do we do 00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:07.750 what we do when we're in there? That's 00:24:07.760 --> 00:24:09.430 the psychology of everything. You know, 00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:11.990 some people, you know, they they they 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:14.230 fight like they practice, other people 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:16.950 fight better. Uh, some people are 00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:18.630 complete opposites, you know, and he's 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:20.390 at the moment the opposite. But we're 00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:23.029 working towards changing that. And I 00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:24.630 think a lot to do at least with that 00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:28.070 fight was the opponent, right? He didn't 00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:29.909 overlook him because he was training 00:24:29.919 --> 00:24:32.950 hard, but I don't think he expected that 00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:35.830 kid to bring what he did to be as 00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:38.710 durable as what he was because he was 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:40.310 winning the whole fight in my eyes. 00:24:40.320 --> 00:24:42.630 There was a few rough moments. I get 00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:44.950 that. But he would always take it back,

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:46.789 you know? So, he was he was picking out 00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:48.470 the counters. He was touching them. He 00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:51.190 was hurting them. And he was winning. 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:52.789 So, when you're winning, and I used to 00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:55.110 be guilty of this, too, like when I'm 00:24:55.120 --> 00:24:57.110 doing good, like I'm not going to push 00:24:57.120 --> 00:25:00.310 harder and risk, you know, potentially 00:25:00.320 --> 00:25:01.909 getting clipped or something and then 00:25:01.919 --> 00:25:03.350 losing the fight. You know, that that 00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:05.909 was the mindset that I used to have. I 00:25:05.919 --> 00:25:08.710 had to evolve into what I am now and 00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:10.549 learn. And a lot had a lot of that 00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:12.070 learning experience came from when I 00:25:12.080 --> 00:25:14.230 fought Hector because I went out there, 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.830 broke my hand, and I kind of went into 00:25:15.840 --> 00:25:18.310 like a survival mode. I still thought I 00:25:18.320 --> 00:25:20.630 did enough to win and I and I did but I 00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:21.990 uh I remember there's a point in time my 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:24.149 coach is like go forward. I'm like I 00:25:24.159 --> 00:25:25.350 don't want to brawl out with this guy 00:25:25.360 --> 00:25:27.190 with one hand. Like that just didn't 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:28.310 make sense to me in the middle of the 00:25:28.320 --> 00:25:29.510 fight. And I wish I would have listened 00:25:29.520 --> 00:25:31.510 to him. So I learned to give him trust 00:25:31.520 --> 00:25:33.750 and I learned that what the BKFC wanted 00:25:33.760 --> 00:25:37.350 to see. So I and I'm I'm excited to see 00:25:37.360 --> 00:25:39.350 when that pops up. But when that clicks 00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:42.149 with Ryan, man, he's going to be a 00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:43.909 dangerous [ __ ] He already is, 00:25:43.919 --> 00:25:45.510 but when that happens, he's going to be 00:25:45.520 --> 00:25:48.950 putting kids smooth out. Yeah. I mean, 00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:50.870 he he had a great performance. I mean, I 00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:52.789 thought the first round he backed up a 00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.990 bit too much, and after that, I thought 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:56.549 he completely controlled the fight for 00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:59.830 the most part. Um, 00:25:59.840 --> 00:26:02.470 fight. Go ahead. We all play with our 00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:04.390 food a little bit the first round. That 00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:05.909 I was going to ask you, do some guys 00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:07.350 just need to get hit in the face first 00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:09.830 before they wake up? Listen, um I would 00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:12.789 like to say no, but I mean I've been 00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:14.789 again guilty of the same [ __ ] and it's 00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:16.470 not something that I'm looking for, you

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.830 know? It's just something that happens 00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:19.669 and you get smacked and you're like, 00:26:19.679 --> 00:26:22.230 "Okay, I gotta [ __ ] I got to lock in 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:24.310 right now or I'm going to lose to this 00:26:24.320 --> 00:26:26.070 bum, you know, and that I'm not letting 00:26:26.080 --> 00:26:27.669 that [ __ ] happen. Not especially not in 00:26:27.679 --> 00:26:29.909 front of my people. Like, [ __ ] that." 00:26:29.919 --> 00:26:31.310 So, 00:26:31.320 --> 00:26:35.269 uh some people need it, but um I don't 00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:37.190 think it's necessary. He's lying. And 00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:40.710 this sick [ __ ] likes it. 00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:42.230 So, let me ask you this. Where does the 00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:44.750 nickname Redneck come from? You're from 00:26:44.760 --> 00:26:47.269 Florida. So, I mean, I'm from South 00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:48.710 Florida. You're from the Tampa area. 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:51.029 Denita and I see is where you're from. 00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:53.350 Where did it come from? Um, all 00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:56.470 nicknames are given to us, you know, to 00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:59.190 ourselves, right? It came from my 00:26:59.200 --> 00:27:02.710 coaches. Uh, okay. Just I grew up, you 00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:05.750 know, living on the woods. Uh, I I fish 00:27:05.760 --> 00:27:07.750 all the time. I was riding dirt bikes, 00:27:07.760 --> 00:27:09.750 four-wheelers. I work with my hands, you 00:27:09.760 --> 00:27:12.470 know? Uh I have a redneck ingenuity, 00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:14.630 right? Like I can fix [ __ ] And maybe 00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:17.350 not the correct way, but it work. You 00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:19.029 know what I'm saying? So stuff like 00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:21.909 that. So anyways, going back to it, I 00:27:21.919 --> 00:27:24.710 used to have a different nickname. Um I 00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:26.310 didn't like it, whatever, but I didn't 00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:27.990 say anything. We just going out. But 00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:29.750 then I went to a different gym, which 00:27:29.760 --> 00:27:32.549 was with Jiad, and that's called me 00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:34.390 Redneck. So that just stuck. And 00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:36.549 honestly, it's just it was very fitting. 00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.669 You know, I like to come out with the 00:27:37.679 --> 00:27:39.750 cowboy hat. You know, this is something 00:27:39.760 --> 00:27:43.350 that that it just it just really again, 00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:46.350 it just really stuck. Okay. 00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:48.630 No, definitely. I was I was curious, 00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.750 that's for sure. Because I mean, we 00:27:49.760 --> 00:27:51.029 don't have that we don't have really any 00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:53.590 ranches in South in Florida, so um or 00:27:53.600 --> 00:27:55.750 all that many. Do you ride do you ride 00:27:55.760 --> 00:27:59.470 horses? Uh not currently. 00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:02.870 And but I when I was a kid, I had to for 00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:04.549 like summer camps and [ __ ] like that. I 00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:06.149 used to go to a place called hire a 00:28:06.159 --> 00:28:08.630 pony, whatever. Yeah, I was a 00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:11.029 troublemaker apparently. But uh there'd 00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:12.470 be times that mom would get phone calls 00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.830 like, "Hey, we left your kid in the 00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:15.350 woods because he wouldn't get back in 00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:17.990 the truck type shit." But again, I lived 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.190 back there. I rode four-wheelers and 00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:20.549 [ __ ] So I was just a stubborn little 00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:24.310 [ __ ] But I knew what I was doing. 00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:26.389 Uh I think they're called Glades, right? 00:28:26.399 --> 00:28:29.110 big [ __ ] giant white horses and they're 00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:31.029 just like super like thick like way 00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:33.029 bigger than a normal horse. They used to 00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:35.669 get out and they would send me out there 00:28:35.679 --> 00:28:37.669 to go get them and I would jump on their 00:28:37.679 --> 00:28:39.430 backs and ride them back be their back. 00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:42.149 No rains, no nothing just because like I 00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:43.669 knew the woods. I could go find them. 00:28:43.679 --> 00:28:45.830 And can you could you imagine if you did 00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:48.149 that [ __ ] now? Like could you imagine a 00:28:48.159 --> 00:28:49.990 parent getting the phone call dude that 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:51.990 [ __ ] be on the news place be getting 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:54.389 shut down. But it wasn't like that. It 00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:56.070 was I'm from Oldsmar you know it's a 00:28:56.080 --> 00:28:58.070 small town and it was back in the day 00:28:58.080 --> 00:28:59.350 there was a lot of dirt roads and [ __ ] 00:28:59.360 --> 00:29:01.190 like that. It was just it was chilled 00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:03.269 you It was I don't know. It was cool 00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:05.350 [ __ ] But uh currently, no, I don't ride 00:29:05.360 --> 00:29:07.190 horses. Okay. I saw you on the other 00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:09.110 podcast and I commented on it that you 00:29:09.120 --> 00:29:11.669 beat up someone at as an 11year-old and 00:29:11.679 --> 00:29:13.669 you ended up in jail for that or 00:29:13.679 --> 00:29:15.990 arrested for that. How the hell do they 00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:18.149 I mean, they really cuffed you at school 00:29:18.159 --> 00:29:21.110 for punching a kid one time in the face. 00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:22.870 Dude, my daughter's 11 right now. I 00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:25.909 can't imagine her like getting arrested 00:29:25.919 --> 00:29:28.470 for fighting. Like, we are kids. And 00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:30.710 back in the day, like it was worse than 00:29:30.720 -->

00:29:33.110 it is now. Like it's not like fighting 00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:35.190 was such a big deal. I don't know if 00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:37.110 this was like the start of this whole 00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:39.510 like ah zero tolerance [ __ ] And I 00:29:39.520 --> 00:29:41.909 wasn't even picking on the kid. Like I 00:29:41.919 --> 00:29:43.909 don't know exactly how it came about, 00:29:43.919 --> 00:29:45.590 but like I said, he threw something at 00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:47.669 me and I went over there and hit him. It 00:29:47.679 --> 00:29:49.590 was pretty cut and dry. There was no 00:29:49.600 --> 00:29:51.750 [ __ ] fancy. I wasn't, you know, 00:29:51.760 --> 00:29:53.830 threatening him every day and, you know, 00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:55.430 he's going home crying to his mom. Then 00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.870 one day he goes home with a big old 00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:58.310 [ __ ] cut in his. I wasn't anything 00:29:58.320 --> 00:30:00.389 like that. I was a quiet person. I 00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:02.149 didn't [ __ ] pick on nobody. I minded 00:30:02.159 --> 00:30:03.990 my own business. I got hit in the shirt 00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:06.149 with a [ __ ] French fry. Big old stain 00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:09.430 of ketchup. I got pissed off. I hit him. 00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:11.190 You asked for it in my eyes. I'm like, I 00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:13.269 don't understand it. But yeah, that's 00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.950 that's crazy. I can't I can't even 00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:17.190 picture someone being arrested for a 00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:20.230 basic school fight. I mean, I saw school 00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:22.149 fights happen all the damn time. Heck, I 00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:24.230 saw a guy when I was in high school. 00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:26.029 It's funny. It's funny story. Funny and 00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:29.029 also the guy's like 5'8. Dude was like 00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:31.430 5'8. They got into something in a class. 00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:33.750 The other dude is like 6'4. The dude 00:30:33.760 --> 00:30:34.750 who's 00:30:34.760 --> 00:30:38.310 5'8 knocks out the dude who's 6'4. I 00:30:38.320 --> 00:30:41.990 mean cleans him out. I do think he got I 00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:43.110 think he got expelled from school 00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:44.870 actually cuz I went to Catholic school. 00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:46.789 But he didn't get arrested for it and he 00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:49.190 he broke that dude's nose. Yeah. And 00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:50.310 then that's what I'm saying like and I 00:30:50.320 --> 00:30:51.909 got I've I've obviously gotten to other 00:30:51.919 --> 00:30:54.870 fights along the way. um apparent lesson 00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:56.070 whatever but I didn't get arrested for 00:30:56.080 --> 00:30:58.070 those I get suspended for a few days 00:30:58.080 --> 00:31:01.190 [ __ ] like that or you know whatever but 00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:03.269 like dude 11 years old and they came 00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:05.350 into my classroom they handcuffed me in 00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:06.630 front of everybody they walked me 00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.990 through the school put me in the back of 00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:10.070 the cop car bring me down I think the 00:31:10.080 --> 00:31:11.750 place is called like Pjack or some [ __ ] 00:31:11.760 --> 00:31:13.029 like that I'm sitting there [ __ ] 00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:14.870 starving like all you can have are these 00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:17.510 crackers it's like I wasn't a bad kid 00:31:17.520 --> 00:31:19.350 like that I don't understand what it was 00:31:19.360 --> 00:31:21.909 just like completely uncalled for 00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:24.549 completely uncalled for it. But 00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:26.310 whatever. Did they Did they print you 00:31:26.320 --> 00:31:29.430 and and put you in a cell? Uh probably 00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:31.590 like a holding room type [ __ ] I had to 00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:33.350 sit on the benches and stuff and just 00:31:33.360 --> 00:31:35.669 wait for [ __ ] hours. Bro, I remember 00:31:35.679 --> 00:31:37.830 like I I in school, so whatever time 00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:39.269 we're in school and it was night time by 00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:41.990 the time I got out of there. I'm like I 00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:43.830 can you imagine being 11 years old. Like 00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:45.750 what the [ __ ] is going on, bro? I was 00:31:45.760 --> 00:31:47.830 pissed. I had a pair little [ __ ] pack 00:31:47.840 --> 00:31:50.310 of crackers all day. Man, [ __ ] this 00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:52.310 [ __ ] 00:31:52.320 --> 00:31:55.190 Yeah. Uh, so when did you know that you 00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:58.070 were a fighter? Was this it or was it 00:31:58.080 --> 00:31:59.590 before this or did you when did you know 00:31:59.600 --> 00:32:01.990 that you wanted to be in combat sports? 00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:04.149 No, growing up I was a butterball man. I 00:32:04.159 --> 00:32:05.909 was a little fat kid and I was very 00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:07.430 coordinated. I played football, you 00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:09.350 know, so I just love to be active. I 00:32:09.360 --> 00:32:12.230 rode bikes. But I think I think it was 00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:14.630 my senior year about halfway through the 00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:17.190 wrestling season that one of the coaches 00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:18.389 like, "We don't have these weights. You 00:32:18.399 --> 00:32:19.909 should come out and try out the team." 00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:21.909 you know, again, I got into a few fights 00:32:21.919 --> 00:32:24.389 back in high school. Um, I was like, 00:32:24.399 --> 00:32:25.590 "All right, well, whatever." You know, 00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:27.269 I'll give it a try. I started doing that 00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:30.070 and I was just naturally good at it. I 00:32:30.080 --> 00:32:32.870 was naturally aggressive and I fell in 00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:34.310 love. And it was the first time, like 00:32:34.320 --> 00:32:37.269

even if you ask my mom, like I I truly 00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:39.590 like locked in on something. I was 00:32:39.600 --> 00:32:41.350 eating correctly. I lost a bunch of 00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:43.830 weight. I was feeling looking good. And 00:32:43.840 --> 00:32:46.549 I I was dedicated and I loved that [ __ ] 00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:48.389 Like I just wanted to only wanted to go 00:32:48.399 --> 00:32:51.029 to practice. Like even because I 00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:53.590 wrestled, I didn't have to go to classes 00:32:53.600 --> 00:32:55.590 and do all the schoolwork. I only had to 00:32:55.600 --> 00:32:57.110 take the test and as long as I did good 00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:59.190 on the test, I whatever I got on those 00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:00.630 is what the grade I would get. And I was 00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:03.350 I was smart as a kid. Like I could I 00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:05.029 could look at something, review it, 00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:06.789 understand it, go pass it. All right, 00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:10.470 cool. Um so like I was just always doing 00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:12.470 active stuff. I just wanted to wrestle, 00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:15.029 want to wrestle, want to wrestle. after 00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:16.630 I think after high school, you know, you 00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:18.389 go in, you look for tournaments and 00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:19.669 stuff and I didn't want to do the 00:33:19.679 --> 00:33:21.190 college scene because I just again I 00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:23.669 hated school anyways and I don't think 00:33:23.679 --> 00:33:25.590 I'd have been the same kind of deal I 00:33:25.600 --> 00:33:27.830 had made out in high school. So I was 00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:29.190 doing these tournaments, I was running 00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:31.269 these guys over and then I wrestled with 00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:35.110 my buddy Nia Lee and he was 135 pounds 00:33:35.120 --> 00:33:38.070 at the time. I'm like 190, you know, and 00:33:38.080 --> 00:33:40.149 he we're just doing this [ __ ] the whole 00:33:40.159 --> 00:33:41.830 time. Like I couldn't do anything to 00:33:41.840 --> 00:33:43.509 him. He couldn't submit me, but he's 00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:45.110 like doing [ __ ] that I'm like making me 00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:47.190 have to move. And I'm just like, "Wow, 00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:48.310 what the [ __ ] is that?" And he was doing 00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:49.509 jiu-jitsu for a while. So, I'm like, 00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:51.029 "Fuck it. I'm gonna go do some classes 00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:54.070 with you." And I kind of just [ __ ] 00:33:54.080 --> 00:33:55.710 took off from 00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:58.549 there. Well, um, you know, I appreciate 00:33:58.559 --> 00:34:00.950 you jumping on with me today. Um, love 00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:03.269 your story, man. Uh, I feel bad for that 00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:04.950 11-year-old kid who got knocked in the 00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:07.430 face. Uh, probably still. Hey, you know 00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:09.829 what? He has a story to tell. 00:34:09.839 --> 00:34:13.270 He says, "This scar is from the BKFC 00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:15.510 pound-for-pound number one fighter in 00:34:15.520 --> 00:34:17.589 the world." Wonder if he even knows 00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:19.589 that. 00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:21.430 What are your final thoughts, final 00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:23.109 message? What's your final message to, 00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:25.109 you know, the fans out there and and you 00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:26.710 know, coming up for this fight next week 00:34:26.720 --> 00:34:28.149 and your message to your opponent, 00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:30.069 Donald Sanchez? Do you want him to give 00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:32.030 that message? Do you 00:34:32.040 --> 00:34:35.270 want Noah to give that message? coming 00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:36.710 out there. I'm gonna show all the hard 00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:38.710 work that I put in and I'm gonna show 00:34:38.720 --> 00:34:40.310 that there's levels to this. At the end 00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:41.990 of the day, I'm getting my hand raised. 00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:45.349 Promise you that. June 6, Albuquerque, 00:34:45.359 --> 00:34:48.510 New Mexico. This motherfucker's 00:34:48.520 --> 00:34:52.149 faor. David Feldman. What's up? 00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:54.030 Well, I appreciate it so very much, 00:34:54.040 --> 00:34:57.589 David. Folks, I got David the Redneck 00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:59.270 Mandel. 00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:02.710 He is fighting, defending, defending his 00:35:02.720 --> 00:35:08.230 middleweight strap at BKFC 75 in 00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:10.230 Albuquerque, New Mexico next Friday 00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:11.630 night, June 00:35:11.640 --> 00:35:14.829 6. Don't miss it cuz these 00:35:14.839 --> 00:35:18.630 fights, they can last 10 seconds or five 00:35:18.640 --> 00:35:20.390 rounds and you they're always great, 00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:22.310 man. But again, thank you so very very 00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:24.069 much. I appreciate I appreciate your 00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:25.990 time and best of luck to you next week, 00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:27.430 man. My friend, ladies and gentlemen, 00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:29.670 again, David Redneck Mell. This is 00:35:29.680 --> 00:35:32.310 Combat Corner powered by Come on now the 00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:34.670 podcast. Come on 00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:37.270 now. Up and down through the blood and 00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:40.150 the sweat. Guarantee you can know I'm a 00:35:40.160 --> 00:35:42.550 threat. Up and down through the blood 00:35:42.560 --> 00:35:44.630 and the sweat. And I ain't close to 00:35:44.640 --> 00:35:49.240 being done yet. I'm going all in.