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Speaker 3: What's up, guys?
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Speaker 2: Thank y'all for checking in with me as I check in with the one and only Kayla Harrison, brought to you by Total Wireless, the official mobile service provider of UFC. Real fans need 5G data that won't tap out. Real fans need real unlimited.
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Speaker 3: All right, guys. I'm here with the champ, the great Kayla Harrison. Kayla, thank you again.
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Speaker 1: Sir, thank you for having me.
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Speaker 3: I really appreciate you, champ.
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Speaker 1: I'm really glad we could get here, make it.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: It's good. You know.
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Speaker 2: It was worrisome, right, when you had the surgery and the injuries. So many people are great fans of you, and we are happy that you are back now competing for the World Championship once again.
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Speaker 3: And back where you belong.
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Speaker 1: Thank you.
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Speaker 3: How have things been in the time.
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Speaker 2: Away with the recovery and everything, the start and stops? Obviously, you've wanted to come back. It just hasn't been possible to this point.
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Speaker 3: How has everything been?
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Speaker 5: I mean, it's been a long road. I was not anticipating... this.
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Speaker 1: Long of a recovery. I've also never had spinal neck surgery before. So I don't think that I gave it.
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Speaker 5: Its due, like how serious it is.
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Speaker 1: But man, God is good and he's faithful.
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Speaker 5: And there's something to be said about, I think, just like, just keep showing up.
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Speaker 1: You know, I've been
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pretty consistent and persistent, and.
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Speaker 5: There were a lot of days where I felt hopeless and a lot of days where I just, like, I didn't feel like myself. You know, it was to the point where I was like, am I ever going to feel like me again?
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Speaker 3: Really?
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it was bad. It was pretty bad.
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Speaker 3: I was going to ask you that.
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Speaker 2: I was going to say, like, in those dark days, like, how much did you have to rely on your faith? Because I just watched Embedded, and you were with your.
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Speaker 3: Church, and everybody was praying on you.
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Speaker 1: Oh, I haven't seen it yet.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I saw it.
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Speaker 5: No, everybody's praying on me, weren't they?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, everybody's praying on you.
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Speaker 5: But the beautiful thing about it is they're... Like, that's every week, you know? They're praying for my neck and healing, and they're praying for the surgeon and his hands to be, like, every week.
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Speaker 1: And I think.
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Speaker 5: That this was all happening for a reason. In Romans 8, 28, God works all things for his glory and our good. So I think that, like, the longer recovery.
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Speaker 1: My weight is better than it's ever been.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you look like you're in phenomenal shape right now.
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Speaker 5: My fight IQ has increased. I have had to dig deep. And, like, number one, I had to come to term... I had to come to peace with, like, I might.
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Speaker 1: Not ever fight again.
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Speaker 5: Because I just didn't... It was dark. And I did question, like, is this God's plan for me? Or is this Him telling me, like, hey.
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Speaker 1: You're done.
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Speaker 3: But.
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Speaker 1: slowly but surely, step by step.
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Speaker 5: By continuing to show up, things got better. And it wasn't like, it wasn't an overnight thing. Like my neck was, you know, I was in a straight, I was in a neck brace for eight weeks.
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Speaker 1: I wasn't allowed to lift more than 20 pounds.
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Speaker 3: So what about the kids? Like the kids, you can't even pick them up?
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Speaker 1: No, they were like.
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Speaker 3: That's crazy. And that's something that you probably do all the time.
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Speaker 5: And you know, like when you don't move your body and you, like you get depressed. Like, I think like it's, It's all connected, you know? Your mind, your body, your spirit, it's all connected. So I was like.
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Speaker 1: Then after that, I... Because in my head, I was like, okay, I'm going to fight at the White House. Like, that's my goal. I'm going to fight at the White House. I'm going to fight at the White House.
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Speaker 3: If you were an Olympian, that would have been.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, no, it was a dream.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: And.
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Speaker 5: I mean, but I had the surgery in January. Eight weeks later, I finally get out of a neck brace. Then I'm allowed to lift 50 pounds. Then eight weeks after that, I'm allowed to sprint.
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Speaker 1: And they're like, yeah, you can sprint. You can fight.
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Speaker 2: And I'm like.
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Speaker 3: There's no way.
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Speaker 1: It's not the same.
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Speaker 3: No, it's not.
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Speaker 2: I just barely can lift 50 pounds.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah.
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Speaker 5: So it's been a long, long road, but I feel very grateful and hungry, you know, like humbled and hungry. And I think that that's what I needed in order to be in this fight with Amanda.
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Speaker 2: Did you work different things because you couldn't be the physical beast that you've always been? Have you been able to really like develop other skills now? Because one thing about you from judo to now, oh, by the way, guess what? I was in Japan last week doing a new TV show I'm hosting. And I went to a judo center in Japan, the home of judo. And I learned some judo.
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Speaker 1: Oh, you went to the Kodokan.
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Speaker 3: The Kodokan. I went to the Kodokan.
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Speaker 1: Isn't it beautiful?
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Speaker 3: It was beautiful, Kayla. It was amazing. And they were teaching me some tricks. And I was like. I never would have thought that.
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Speaker 1: I got my ass whooped on those mats many times.
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Speaker 3: Really? Oh, yeah. You went to the Kodakon?
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Speaker 1: Oh, yeah. Every year for years. Those mats made me who I am. You saw the hardwood floor?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah.
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Speaker 1: I used to get my ass thrown on that instead of.
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Speaker 3: On the mat. With the four competition spots? Yeah. Yeah. It was beautiful.
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Speaker 1: It is beautiful. It's very traditional.
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Speaker 2: Did you put on a gi, dude?
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Speaker 3: No, I did not put on a gi. But I did do sumo. Did sumo, Kayla. I did sumo.
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Speaker 1: Okay, after this fight, will you come put on a gi?
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Speaker 3: I will put on a gi. Just don't beat me too bad.
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Speaker 1: Do you think that you could take me down in a gi?
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Speaker 2: No.
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Speaker 3: Okay. Not after last week. Not after last week.
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Speaker 1: I did see some recent training footage of you.
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Speaker 3: Wrestling, no. But not after last week. I'm worried.
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Speaker 1: We need to get you back on these mats.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I need to wrestle more.
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Speaker 1: You need to wrestle more.
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Speaker 3: But I need to work out more. But here's the thing.
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Speaker 1: You're busy. I get it.
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Speaker 3: But.
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Speaker 2: I know now if I'm trying to do traditional judo with you, it doesn't matter how heavy.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't even think you'll be able to grab my coat.
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Speaker 3: No, it's like I was watching him. I was watching some of the stuff.
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Speaker 1: I got to go find this show now.
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Speaker 3: I'm excited. Yeah, it's going to be good.
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Speaker 1: You're a wipeout.
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Speaker 3: I'm a white belt.
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Speaker 1: Just remember, a black belt is a white belt who never quit.
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Speaker 2: You know what the craziest thing is, Kayla? When you become a white belt, or you just start fighting, it's like, when I was wrestling, I was the best guy in the country, one of the best guys in the world, and I had to become a white.
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Speaker 3: Belt in fighting.
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Speaker 5: Yes, and learning to have those two live side by side inside of you. Still having the confidence of being the bad mother that you are, but also being humble enough to say, I need to learn how to keep my hands up.
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Speaker 1: I need to learn range. I need to learn The proper way to throw a two, like, yeah.
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Speaker 3: It's insane.
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Speaker 1: It's awesome. But that journey is so fun.
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Speaker 3: When it starts to come together.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. It's a lot more fun when it comes together.
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Speaker 2: When it starts to come together, you're like, okay. But you had to learn those lessons, right? That actually ties perfectly into your fight this weekend.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: When you went to the American Top Team, you had to learn all those lessons. But Amanda Nunes was there as the champion.
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Speaker 1: Yep.
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Speaker 2: When you look at how these things come full circle... Can you appreciate the time that you guys spent together in the American Top.
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Speaker 3: Team when you were trying to learn how to become a fighter?
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Speaker 1: Absolutely.
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Speaker 5: I mean, she's one of the main reasons I moved to Florida. I moved to American Top Team. Like, she was the best, is considered the GOAT. But now I believe I'm the best, and it's time for me to go and prove that. But, like, you know, I tried to be a sponge every time I worked with her.
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Speaker 1: It was, I feel like, a privilege.
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Speaker 2: Do you, but when you think back to it, because I remember one time you told me you said.
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Speaker 3: You thought you guys would do more.
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Speaker 1: A hundred percent.
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Speaker 2: That's why you went down there because you're like, we're going to, I'm going to get to work with Amanda constantly. But then that wasn't necessarily the case. You think that she just maybe saw this coming down the line?
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Speaker 5: I mean, she's much more experienced at the time than me. She, you know, when you look back, I hadn't even had a fight.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 5: And now she only has a couple more fights than me. So maybe she saw the writing on the wall, but. I was also signed to a different promotion. I was in a completely different weight class. I was under contract for quite a while. So I didn't really consider it like, of
course it was a goal. And I, again, I say this all the time, but like for me, that's an honor.
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Speaker 1: Like be a Mosquita, perfect example, right?
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Speaker 5: Six time jujitsu world champ. She's in my weight class. We train together all the time. Like she's up and coming. She's green, but she's up and coming. And, like, we try to beat the shit out of each other, you know? And I would not be offended if she said she wanted to fight me. Like, I would be offended if she didn't say that. Like, of course your goal is to be the champion. Of course your goal is to be the best. I would never expect... like, I really would be offended if she.
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Speaker 3: Didn't want to be the world champ.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, like, if she didn't want to fight me, I'd be like, what the fuck?
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Speaker 3: Am I not good enough to kick your ass in real life?
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Speaker 5: And I think that's just, like, maybe a different culture or, you know, coming from.
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Speaker 3: An Olympic background, a sport background.
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Speaker 1: I get it also from her perspective. There's money involved. There's a lot of money involved. And, like, this was her gym. She seemed excited about me moving.
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Speaker 3: There, though. So that's what, like, kind of threw me off. It was confusing.
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Speaker 2: Well, when I moved to AKA, Cain Velasquez was the man. And literally just took me under his wing. Did everything with me.
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Speaker 1: That's kind of what I thought was going to happen.
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Speaker 2: And that's why I went there instead of anywhere else. And then when it was time to fight him, I said, well, I'm just going to go down with classes.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: Because obviously, and we never know what would have happened.
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Speaker 5: Yeah. See, I kind of thought that was going to happen because I was in a different weight.
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Speaker 1: Class, and it was like.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, there was no threat, really.
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Speaker 5: And to be honest with you, like, hand to God, I never thought I would fight at 135 pounds.
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Speaker 1: I really did not.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 5: And then they made 145 for her, so I thought, oh, maybe I'll come to the UFC and fight at 145 pounds, and if she wants.
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Speaker 1: To, then we'll do it. But, yeah, I didn't... It wasn't... It wasn't like I was plotting and scheming. It's just a goal. It's a dream to be the best.
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Speaker 3: The world champion.
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Speaker 5: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: You know what's crazy? What?
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Speaker 2: It's like this whole thing started in that way. And ultimately, it's her that comes back to fight you.
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Speaker 1: I know.
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Speaker 3: Right? Isn't that weird that the.
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Speaker 2: Way it started to now, it's like you became the champion. You became the best in the world, the best female fighter on the planet. And she said, I am going to challenge myself against Kayla.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: When you look at that, though. And I have said this publicly. You don't get better at something by not doing it.
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Speaker 3: For sure.
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Speaker 1: For sure.
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Speaker 3: It's been a while since a man that has fought.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: I know you're going.
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Speaker 2: To approach her as if she's that same woman that was in there against all the best in the world.
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Speaker 3: But is that even realistic that.
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Speaker 2: She could be that same person when she steps into the octagon on Saturday night?
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Speaker 1: I mean, we'll find out. You know, I'm not going to.
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Speaker 5: I'm not going to assume anything other than the best possible version of Amanda showing up. You know, just like I know that she's not going to assume because I had neck surgery that I'm not the same Kayla. Like, I think that we both are very excited for this fight. I think that we're both.
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Speaker 1: Feel like we have a true.
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Speaker 2: Path.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, like a true opponent to like a worthy opponent where it's like, yeah, dude, like you're about to bring.
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Speaker 1: Out the best in me.
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Speaker 2: When you guys stood across from each other yesterday in Times Square, what was that feeling? Looking at Amanda now, after so long as a partner, and then you guys were like, it was like partners, and then you guys were nothing.
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Speaker 3: Because then she left, and you guys were nothing.
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Speaker 2: That time away obviously helps the ability to stand in front of that person, but when you stood in front of her yesterday in Times Square, the media capital of the world, what did that feel like to you?
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Speaker 1: Business.
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Speaker 5: It's not personal, it's just business, but I think I made it clear and she made it clear, like.
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Speaker 1: There's no.
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Speaker 3: You guys were talking?
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Speaker 1: No, we weren't talking, but, dude, before.
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Speaker 5: The cameras were even on, before John Anik even got up there, like, we were staring each other down.
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Speaker 1: Like, we're not friends anymore.
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Speaker 3: This is the shit that I like. That's why I wanted to see you two fight. I swear to God, Kayla, here's the shit I'm talking about. That's why we've been begging.
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Speaker 2: Me and Rogan and Anik, the whole time, we're like, oh, we want to see Kayla Harrison, the man in New Jersey.
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Speaker 3: Dude, because we knew it would be like this, right?
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Speaker 2: Like two badass women that are like, yo, I'm going to beat the shit out of you.
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Speaker 3: 100%.
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Speaker 1: And it's not disrespectful. There's no like shit talk. There's no like, you know, this isn't a Colby Masvidal. This is just like.
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Speaker 5: I truly believe in myself and I
think she truly believes in herself.
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Speaker 1: And we about to find out.
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Speaker 2: This is about to be, it's going to be good because Madison Square Garden is awesome.
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Speaker 3: Like Dustin Poirier.
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Speaker 4: Okay, you come.
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Speaker 3: It's going to be good. It's going to be good.
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Speaker 2: Madison Square Garden has hosted some of the biggest fights in the UFC's history. You girls are going to have the biggest female fight in the history of the sport. I don't care about some of the fights that.
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Speaker 3: Have come before. There have been big ones.
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Speaker 2: None of them have what this has in terms of the credentials, in terms of the name value. When you take everything into a court, how does this weigh in terms of everything you've done? I mean, you have been on the biggest stages in the world, right? How do you look at this and weigh this in terms of everything else?
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Speaker 5: I mean, honestly, DC, like, number one, I'm at peace with my career. I have lived a life that I didn't even dream of, you know, when I was six years old, when I was 16 years old, when I was 20 years old, when I was 26 years old, I never pictured.
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Speaker 1: The life that I have had.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: So I'm at peace with it. And number two, like she's just another girl.
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Speaker 3: Yep.
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Speaker 5: At the end of the day, like we both bleed and we're about to go find out. So I know, you know, like there's nothing quite like the pressure of, uh, trying to become an Olympic champion. And there's no money. You're just doing it because you love it. So I've already been through this so many times.
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Speaker 1: I'm excited. I'm hungry. And I do feel like every single fight, competition, medal, it all has led me to this moment. I do feel like this is the culmination of my body of work. And I'm just excited. I'm excited. I'm grateful. MSG. Like, it's just... Dude, like, my life is a movie.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: It's crazy.
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Speaker 3: Well, you've had it all, right? It's just crazy. The insane ups of the Olympic Games and the injury issue coming back. Yeah. It would be a great biopic. No, my life is a movie.
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Speaker 1: It's crazy. Like, the lowest of lows and the highest of highs.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 5: And I think that that's, again, where my faith comes in. Like, you can't look at my story and not see God's hand written all over it.
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Speaker 1: If you don't believe in God, like, just.
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Speaker 5: just look at my life and I've survived a hundred percent of the things that I thought were going to end me. And it's always worked out for my good. And I'm not just talking about becoming a UFC champ or becoming an Olympic champ. Like, like I have two healthy, beautiful children that like God gave to me and trusted to me to take care of.
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Speaker 1: Like
that's my legacy. I have, I'm, I'm healthy.
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Speaker 5: Like I'm not in pain anymore. Um, I have a piece that makes no sense. And I thank God for that.
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Speaker 2: And Saturday you get to defend this championship once again against the greatest female fighter of all time. And you are one of the, I mean, greatest female combat athletes of all time, hands down.
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Speaker 1: Thank you.
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Speaker 2: A win this weekend may solidify you as the greatest female combat athlete of all time.
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Speaker 5: I think it does.
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Speaker 3: In terms of judo, fighting, everything.
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Speaker 2: Could make you the greatest female combat athlete of all time. That has to sound good to someone like you who likes and lives and loves legacy.
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Speaker 1: For sure. I mean, that's the goal, right?
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Speaker 5: I have always wanted, when I started MMA, the goal was not to come over and make a bunch of money.
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Speaker 1: It wasn't to come over and be famous.
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Speaker 5: It was to come over and be the best, the undisputed, undeniable best in the world.
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Speaker 1: And I think, like.
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Speaker 1: I do agree. This is the greatest female fight of all time. But I don't want it to stay that way.
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Speaker 5: When I'm done, I want the next generation to come and stand on our shoulders. I want the next generation to be like, oh shit, I'm capable of so much more than I ever thought possible.
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Speaker 1: Because you are.
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Speaker 5: You are. It's not pretty and it gets dirty and it gets ugly and there are lows. It's a roller coaster, but there's something to be said about watching someone achieve their dreams and then seeing that you can do it and then taking the steps you know like it's just one step at a time and now we're almost there every.
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Speaker 2: Time I talk to you every time I talk to you I want to beat the shit out of Luis like you motivate me I swear to god I'll be like beating the shit out of Luis's ass real quick hey.
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Speaker 1: Why don't you just open the door.
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Speaker 2: Kayla stop don't do that I thought we were past that I I as I let you go I once said records fade, we all pass, but legacies last forever. This weekend you get an opportunity to further your legacy, and I'm excited that I get the privilege of calling it with my boys.
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Speaker 5: Thank you.
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Speaker 3: Good luck on Saturday.
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Speaker 2: Kayla Harrison defends her UFC championship this weekend against Amanda Nunes in what is the biggest female fight in the history of the UFC. Make sure you guys are tuned in for UFC 334 live on Paramount +. Don't miss it and tap into everything Kayla's doing.
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Speaker 3: She is amazing. All right, guys.
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Speaker 2: So, hey, y'all know every time I do polymarket for all the big fights, and UFC 334 goes down this weekend and....
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Speaker 3: I don't know what the fuck I'm doing. John,
this is what you do, man. Come on, lead this.
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Speaker 1: Well, I'm here, right?
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Speaker 2: You know, whenever we were talking about a new heavyweight champion, right, we said... Josh Hokas should be involved because what he's going to do is bring eyes, especially in the media capital of the world, New York City. He's done that. He has done that. He has made people pay attention. And whether you love him or you hate him, you're not indifferent.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 4: $ 916, 000 and change had been traded on this fight on the Polymarket application as of Veterans Day Wednesday. So depending on when people are ingesting this. I'm just happy to be on Daniel Cormier TV. But this main event is enormous. Right now, Cyril Ghosn trading as the favorite 64%. Josh Hoke, it comes back 37%. I think it's properly priced, you know, heavyweight MMA.
00:19:59
Speaker 2: Well, when you see what Cyril Ghosn has done over the course of his career, it's hard to say that you're going to favor just about anybody over him or put people equal to him. Bro, he's lost to Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou, two of the greatest heavyweights of this generation.
00:20:16
Speaker 3: Obviously, Jones, one of the greatest fighters of all time. Francis, one of the best heavyweights you've ever seen.
00:20:21
Speaker 2: Outside of that, he has pretty much done away with everybody he's fought and even started fighting very well in the fight against Tom Aspinall. And when you watch what he did to Alex Pareda in the White House... You've got to favor him over Holkett. And I think a lot of that also is because we just don't know. It's been so fast for Josh to be in this position that you really just don't know what you're going to get in that big moment.
00:20:44
Speaker 4: And it's been mostly title fights for Cedal Goddard. It is crazy as we sit here, former undisputed UFC heavyweight champion who successfully defended the title. This dude has had three shots at the undisputed heavyweight title. 0-3 in those chances as Cedal gone. And he's the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. It is crazy. But we'll see how it goes for him against Josh Hokut. Make sure, by the way, to download the Polymarket app, the best place to live trade during the fights. Sign up right now. You will get a $ 25 bonus with the code DCMMA. Polymarket is the exclusive prediction market partner of the UFC. We've got to get to the co-main event before we dip on out of here. Daniel Cormier, a very busy man, incidentally, here during fight week. I was at the Times Square face-offs with Kayla Harrison and Amanda Nunes, bro. I mean, it's intensity personified. There's no hate, but there is friction. And my gosh, I've never seen so much self-belief on
both sides, right? I watch Amanda talk, and I'm like, oh, she's winning the fight. And then I watch Kayla talk, and she's winning the fight.
00:21:39
Speaker 1: I mean, it's unbelievable.
00:21:40
Speaker 2: I think while there might not be hate, they understand the stakes. Because whoever walks away from this thing on this weekend is going to be universally considered one of the greatest female fighters of all time. Obviously, Amanda is already sitting in that position, but Kayla strengthens her case if she beats Amanda. Kayla may be thought to be the greatest female combat sports athlete of all time with the two Olympic championships, PFL championship, UFC championship. You can't question that. So I think they understand the stakes. Now, I spoke to Kayla Harrison earlier, and she told me she wasn't thinking... That she would fight Amanda. But maybe Amanda saw the writing on the wall because she wasn't nearly as close to her as a training partner as she expected her to be.
00:22:31
Speaker 3: So, yes, there is no hate.
00:22:32
Speaker 2: But when the stakes are this high, there has to be a little something more to it.
00:22:36
Speaker 4: Absolutely fascinating. They will lock the door behind them on Saturday night.
00:22:39
Speaker 3: Is this the greatest female fight of all time? It is.
00:22:41
Speaker 4: When you think back to Amanda Nunes fighting Ronda Rousey, that was the first defense of her title. Now she's the greatest of all time. And forget gender. Kayla Harrison could go down on paper as the best combat sports athlete of all time. She has twice as many Olympic gold medals as Henry Cejudo, with all due respect. If you are curious in terms of the trading on Polymarket, I think as expected, Kayla Harrison wins. 63%. Amanda Nunes, 38%. But a lot of the talking heads that I have heard from this week, they are pretty bullish on Amanda Nunes, so that number could be moving.
00:23:12
Speaker 2: It's hard to question or doubt what Amanda Nunes can do inside of the octagon. My only concern is she's 38 now, and she has not fought. And we have spoke about this. You don't generally get better at something by not doing it. But it's Amanda Nunes. And if anybody can... overcome and do something special in this moment, it would be the female greatest fighter of all time.
00:23:36
Speaker 3: She's a beast.
00:23:37
Speaker 2: And when you look within the styles, if Amanda doesn't get taken down and drowned, you would imagine she holds the big advantage in the striking.
00:23:46
Speaker 3: Yeah. It's a crazy fight.
00:23:48
Speaker 1: It all plays out.
00:23:48
Speaker 4: We will be there with hot microphones on Saturday night. The world's largest prediction market is Polymarket. So we would encourage you to download that app. And the code is DCMMA. Thanks for having me, champ.
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Speaker 3: This is, see? Like he said, free labor. I'm not paying him nothing. Polly Mark is going to pay him, but I'm not paying him. Dude, thanks, John. I appreciate it, man.
00:24:08
Speaker 4: You're the man.
00:24:09
Speaker 3: You're the man. Until next time, peace.