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Sean Strickland
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Sean Strickland
Can you.
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Daniel Cormier
Hey, what was going on with you and Bisping up there earlier? I saw a clip of you and Bisping Mike, man.
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Sean Strickland
Nah, dude. Hey, Mike. Mike's a legend, dude. Like, I remember the first time I trained him, dude. He's a legend. I mean, he's a guy that I looked up to. I mean, he's an.
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Daniel Cormier
He still got a little piss in.
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Sean Strickland
There, but, I mean, you know, I'm about calling kettle black here, right?
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Daniel Cormier
My man. Thank you for stopping by again, guys. I'm here with Sean Strickland as he challenges for the UFC Middleweight Championship this weekend back in Sydney. Let's go, dude. I mean, right where you were last time when you became the champ, when you got off the plane. Any memories come back to, like, this is the spot that I actually ultimately.
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Sean Strickland
Became the champion, you know, man, it's a beautiful city. Like, the people here are great. I always say, like, Australians are the white trash of English in Ireland. And, you know, I'm kind of white trash too. So I feel like when I come here, I'm just with my people. You know, we all drive four by fours. We all love low gear, you know, so I'm just backing back in the commie land with my people.
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Daniel Cormier
They were cheering you more than Izzy last time we were here now, to me, was crazy.
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Sean Strickland
I couldn't understand, you know, with Izzy, I've actually, like, if you watch Izzy do interviews, I think he's kind of stunted, like. And, well, let me say, when I say this, like, you watch him say jokes like he did an interview with Nina, and he's like, oh, you look like a witch. And it's like something like a little kid would say. You're kind of like, maybe because you had too many nannies. So I. I don't think Izzy's necessarily a bad guy. I just think you're stunted, you know? And now once I've accepted that, I like him a lot more.
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Daniel Cormier
You like him a lot more since.
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Sean Strickland
But, I mean, like, even in his sense of humor, like, it's not autism. It's like, you know, it's like. I think it's what happens when you get brought up with nannies.
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Daniel Cormier
I don't know. I didn't have a nanny.
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Sean Strickland
Yeah, I know, dude.
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Daniel Cormier
Yeah, I did not have one.
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Sean Strickland
Yeah, dude.
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Daniel Cormier
Well, you get back here, right? Was there ever a worry that you weren't gonna get this fight? Especially when Khamzat wins that last fight in the way that he did? And, I mean, everybody's talking about it, right? They're feeding it. They're telling us, Hamza look good that might. Might jump.
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Sean Strickland
He's even allowed in the country. That man's on a Homeland Security watch list. Calm down, dude. Are you kidding me? He became best friends with the dictator. I mean, dude, there is no lower human being on this earth than Chimaev. Like, you know, there is no lower human being on this earth than Chimaev. You became best friends with a murderer, and you took G wagons like, you're not a man, dude. You shouldn't be allowed in this country. Country. But I'll fight you. I'll fight you. Don't worry.
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Daniel Cormier
What happened before you guys used to train together and everything. What happened? Because right now, like, I remember speaking to you about Chaya Prior, and it wasn't as, you know, like this, you.
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Sean Strickland
Know, so Chamaya would come to the gym. I know there's a clip like, oh, me, like, being sarcastically, you're the best. You're the best. Like, he would just go and ragdar. Lowlevel pros, like, dude, I mean, there's one guy, a 55er, and he would, like, he's like, oh, he kind of has the same, like, style, and he looks like my opponent. I'm like, yeah, dude. But he's had three fights. He, like, stop beating the out of this guy. There's so many guys in the gym you can fight. Stop beating this guy up. Jamia Chamav is just a bully, man. And I mean, even, like, the crypto scam, like, history does not. If you have an open, honest opinion on Chimaev. You're. You're looking at a man that lacks all other dignity.
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Daniel Cormier
So you didn't never think that he was going to jump you for the belt?
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Sean Strickland
I don't even know if he. Again, like I said, I mean, you can't become friends with, you know, a murderer and then expect to even be let. I mean, the reason why he's in Saudi Arabia right now.
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Daniel Cormier
Really?
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Sean Strickland
Yeah. Why do you. Why do you think he hasn't fought.
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Daniel Cormier
In the U.S. you know, so many people say that. Like Chael said that Chill said he's like, he can't come to the, to the United States. But I'll be thinking Chill's lying to me all the time.
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Sean Strickland
No, I mean again, I think Chill's.
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Daniel Cormier
Lying all the time.
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Sean Strickland
No, I mean like it's. It's fact, dude. Like you, you, your family fled in this oppressive, horrible place. And then you go back and you take G wagons and. And then next thing you know, you're like, oh, this guy's actually a bad man. I gotta leave. It's just hard, man. You know, it's just hard like when so many people lack dignity. And I understand it's easy to do, but like you see all these people, it's like, you know, back in the basketball player, you know, the, the funky looking guy, really, really funny dude. Dennis Robin, like when he goes and like buddies up with like Kim Jong Un, he's like, he's not a bad guy. As he's killing everybody in an oppressive regime. Having. Having character and dignity at the cost of your own financial well being is one of the hardest things to do as a professional athlete. But you must do it.
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Daniel Cormier
Yeah, well, you're not fighting Hamza this weekend. Yeah, right. You're fighting against Drake is Duplus rematch. And obviously I can now I can't. If you win, I cannot wait for you and Hamza to fight Fireworks. Right? Because of the things that you say. I'm pretty sure he takes a.
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Sean Strickland
Well, what I say that was let history recorded as fact. And if I tell a lie, please, please tell me. But no, I mean Drus dude, he fights like a. Off a shore bus. No, I'm seriously. He goes. He goes full sin, dude. Like, I mean really, it's like if you were to go watch two little special kids fight, they would resemble Drus. Like he just head down full sin. But it's. It's highly effective, you know, but unlike last time, dude, you're not gonna headbutt me and I'm gonna pick you apart for five rounds.
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Daniel Cormier
So you, you and Drake has fought before. Very close fight. Many people thought you won, as did you.
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Sean Strickland
You know, man, let me say, optics matter in fights.
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Daniel Cormier
And when you're in the cut, I.
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Sean Strickland
Mean you're, I mean, you've been, You've had cut. Yeah, your eyes, dude, I mean, they had eight stitches in the muscle. Like my vision was gone, so it took me a couple rounds to adjust to that, you know, cowardice. Maybe I was being a. Maybe I just, you know, all of the above. But it won't happen again.
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Daniel Cormier
When you left Canada, right, so before you and I spoke and we talked about the way life had changed, right, and the belt mattered. It mattered. But then you kind of were almost dismissive, right? Like, yeah, sure, I've got more money and a little more notoriety, but ultimately it's just a belt. But then when the belt was gone, we talked about this the other day, Chael and I. It's all you want now. Can you feel the difference in not being the champion now? And that's why you're like, I want what I felt when I had that belt.
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Sean Strickland
I don't know, man. I think the, the beautiful thing about having low self esteem is even when you win, you feel like you lose. So I don't know, I just. Life is so trivial and like, like, I'll even tell my girl this weekend, like in a fight over something stupid. And I'm like, everything that we find important means nothing in the grand scheme of things. And I love fighting because it's a job. I love the fans. But like, man, when you actually look at what life is and what matters in life and things become in perspective, it's almost better because you can enjoy moments more. Because if you put everything into this, whether it be a new car, like whatever, promotion. When you put so much into something, it like dilutes moments because you're so, you're so fixated. But the moment you realize, like, life is trivial. This moment we're having now, it doesn't matter which way it goes, you just, you're happier, man. Like, you're so much happier when you just understand life is very short.
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Daniel Cormier
Yeah.
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Sean Strickland
That being said, 25 minutes of war, my man. I'm getting my belt back.
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Daniel Cormier
That's what I'm saying, right? It's like, so the belt, while, while it is right in the grand scheme of things, being a champion is, is very important to. Ultimately, you've done it before and that can never be taken away from you. You'll always be a champion.
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Sean Strickland
I. I've worked my ass off. I mean, I had Johnny Eblum come down. Ufc sign that, man.
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Daniel Cormier
Yeah, he's good. He's a good fighter.
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Sean Strickland
He's a savage. You know, he's 33. He has probably, you know, three hard years left, and he's a guy that I really. I want to see in the UFC more than anything. I just want him to get a shot. He's. He's a savage. You know, he wouldn't help me, but, yeah, no, I 100% want my belt, dude. I worked my ass off for it. I've been thinking about this for the last six months. I feel like I've been in camp for, like, 12 months to six months. It's been a long camp.
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Daniel Cormier
When you look at Dricus and now, listen, he's one of those guys that we all want to underrate him. Oh, he's not so good. When he knocked out Robert Whitaker. Oh, something's wrong with Robert. He's not the same guy. Then he wins the belt.
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Sean Strickland
It's like. It's one of those weird things where, like, he's not that good, but he has this. He fights really hard, and when you have a chin made of granite and he's big, and you. You're big, and you fight hard, you can do a lot. But I mean, like, no, he's not that good. He just. He has a hard chin, and he fights hard. And, man, I'll tell you what, dude. Like, if anything, you have to have a little bit of admiration for a man who lacks in skill and just makes up at heart.
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Daniel Cormier
But it seems like. It seems like also, like, after Izzy fight, I was like, okay, I'm done ever doubting Dre is du Plessis, because he obviously makes that thing work for him. That style he makes work for him. So when you were training, after being in there with him, right, Knowing that the punches come from different angles, everything.
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Sean Strickland
Really hard to find someone to mimic.
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Daniel Cormier
That's what I was gonna say as a.
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Sean Strickland
To get someone just to come forward with, like, no regard for their safety. That's a real hard thing to do, you know? But like I said, I had Johnny. Johnny's a. I think Johnny beat Strike us.
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Daniel Cormier
Really?
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Sean Strickland
Oh, yeah, dude. Me and Johnny, we log rounds, and I think he beat Strike us.
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Daniel Cormier
Really?
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Sean Strickland
Yeah. Me and him, dude, we're like. We're neck to neck, toe to toe, and he comes forward. He's like a. He's a better version of Driver, I guess. I imagine, like, he uses more skill, but he's a hard guy to train with, which is why I had to ask, you know, Bellator champion to come help me out.
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Daniel Cormier
How you doing, champ? Good, man. How's everything?
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H
Absolutely incredible. Fight camp was amazing. I'm over the moon. I'm, I'm happy that five weeks, finally. It feels like this fight camp was forever, you know, over Christmas again.
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Daniel Cormier
That's.
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H
Yeah, that's, that's motivation for me. I was like, this guy's gonna pay for making me train over Christmas again. And we, we. I took five. I had five days for Christmas off because my team, everybody had family stuff and I said okay, but we started our camp three weeks earlier. Okay, you could take that Five days off.
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Daniel Cormier
Yeah.
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H
And spending with family. But by far the best camp of my life. I'm feeling incredible.
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Daniel Cormier
My man Drake is dupless. C. Thanks for checking in with me. Drake is defends his belt this weekend against Sean Strickland. Clearly he had a good camp in those five days though. When you, a guy like you that's getting ready for a championship fight, when you take those five days, are you able to really disconnect? Are you still running? You still like doing. Are you doing push ups in the room and on vacation?
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H
I was, I had a whole program. I had a whole program. I was training super hard. I was, I was feeling good, but it was good for my mind. I went fishing, caught a shark. A massive one. Was great.
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Daniel Cormier
Wait, what do you mean the shark? Like what kind of shark?
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H
Raggedu shock. It was 114 kilograms. What's that?
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Daniel Cormier
That's, wait, 114 kilos. Like 260 pounds.
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H
Yeah. It was a, it was a good shot.
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Daniel Cormier
How long did it take you to reel it in?
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H
But they said it's going to take an hour. I did like in 25 to 30 minutes. But it was a fight. It was, it was amazing.
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Daniel Cormier
Really.
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H
And I was just saying I was jet skiing. I was staying busy, burning calories.
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Daniel Cormier
Yeah.
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H
And obviously to be able to have someone that Christmas, Christmas meal mom made and.
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Daniel Cormier
Yeah.
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H
I mean, to disconnect in the middle of a fight camp and really spend time families, I just realized, is impossible. It's my second year, so it was a. It was tough. You know, my second year, usually I have two weeks with mom, dad, my brothers, my nephews, niece, and once again, you know, I was there. But it's, it's almost impossible for me to completely be there. I'm almost looking forward to going back and, you know, getting ready to fight.
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Daniel Cormier
Yeah. You know, you know what's funny is we talked about this all the time, how you have truly turned a whole bunch of people detractors into believers. Right now you've settled at the top of the middleweight division. I remember when you fought Izzy, I was talking to Danny and I said, how do you see this fight? Oh, easy fight, easy fight. And I'm like, come on, you can't believe it's going to be an easy fight. Right. Then you end up submitting. Israel Adesanya. Today I saw this dude and I go, strickland feels he's got the. He'll submit him. Like this confidence that your whole entire team now carries, it's very impressive because through your performances, you have shown that this confidence is earned and not just something that's kind of made up by the people around you.
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H
Yeah. I think I would hope the people around me believe in me as much as I believe in myself, because that's where it starts. If you don't believe in yourself, how do you expect other people to believe in you? Right. My team, my coaches, I know they believe in me. My brothers that are both here, my whole team, everybody around me I know believes in me. To make. When you get a manager or a nutritionist in or almost somebody from the outside.
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Daniel Cormier
Yeah.
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H
In just part of the team.
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Daniel Cormier
Yeah.
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H
Even if you get a photographer, if you're a videographer, I need that person to be on my team. Yeah, I can feel. I work off energies with the ufc. I have thanosis as my guy with the camera from, from the ufc, the embedded guy. And he's the guy I work with. I've worked with him from the first Embedded. And I'm not working with anybody else.
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Daniel Cormier
Yeah.
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H
Because I don't trust anybody else. Because I know Thanos believes in our team, as ridiculous as that sound. Because he's. I only see.
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Daniel Cormier
Well, you spend so much time with embedded people. Right. You know, if they believe.
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H
Yeah. Yeah. And right now, I'm guessing if. If he's unbiased, he goes, well, I'm gonna be biased now because I've filmed this guy, so I'm rooting for him.
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Daniel Cormier
Yeah.
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H
So even if it's just that, for me, that energy, I can feel it. And I can. I. I'll know if somebody doesn't 100 believe in me. And they will. There you go.
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Daniel Cormier
Okay, I got a question for you. This kind of popped into my head. So when you won, I went to interview you one time, and your coach went up. You see this meme where it says that I was reacting to when your coach kissed you?
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H
Oh, yeah.
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Daniel Cormier
Did you. Did he kiss you? Because I didn't even notice. I didn't even notice. Drake is like. That's why everybody's like, look at these scenes.
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H
He's uncomfortable.
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Daniel Cormier
I did not even notice. I did not even notice. You're such a liar, bro. I had no idea. I wasn't paying attention.
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H
I was like, hey, look at you.
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Daniel Cormier
What did I do? You went like, I did not do that, Dude. That's bullshit. I swear to God, I didn't even realize it. I didn't even realize it happened.
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H
I know what it's. I know what you're saying. And photos sometimes can be this. Yeah, but that was a bad look.
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Daniel Cormier
It was a bad look.
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H
Well, you guys are just so happy depending on which angle you look for.
- [21:37]
Daniel Cormier
Because I swear to God, if they looked at me on a different angle, I probably wasn't even looking at y'all.
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H
That's why.
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Daniel Cormier
But that angle was, like. It made me seem that way.
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H
You might have just looked over there, but we were in that direction. Kissing. Very rude for staring. You see.
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Daniel Cormier
That'S so funny. I always. I just wondered about that recently. I was like, I wonder if he's seen this thing. Because, dude, they have all these memes. I'm like, yo, I didn't. I wasn't doing that.
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H
I love the memes.
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Daniel Cormier
You like it?
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H
I love them. I save them. I reshare them. I really enjoy it. Some of them are stupid.
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Daniel Cormier
They're very stupid.
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H
But some of them are really funny. Yeah.
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Daniel Cormier
Yeah. They are made to make you feel uncomfortable. It's like, I didn't. I did not do that.
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H
You have to go through a lot of trouble to get me uncomfortable.
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Daniel Cormier
Really?
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H
Yeah.
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Daniel Cormier
Nothing makes you uncomfortable?
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H
Nothing makes me uncomfortable, bro.
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Daniel Cormier
You. You've. What you've done, seriously, has been, you know, really amazing. You're fighting a guy you fought before in Sean Strickland. He thought he won the first fight. I think that even on the commentary, I thought that we were. At least I was saying I thought.
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H
You won or 3, 2.
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Daniel Cormier
I thought you won that fight. Pretty clearly he feels that you. He won that fight. What plays the biggest part to him is you headbutting him.
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H
Yeah.
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Daniel Cormier
He said without that headbutt, it's a completely different fight. Do you think he's wasted too much energy on that moment, or do you think that's just something that he takes to get confidence, that he can make it a different fight?
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H
I don't think it was any of those. I think because he believes the optics. I think he. If he talks about the headbutt, that was in the fourth round anyways.
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Daniel Cormier
Yeah.
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H
And he talks about he was winning that fight. He only won the first round. In my opinion, you can make a case for the fifth if you only score the last minute. But he, He. He spoke about when that happened. I went to go look at it because after the fight was the first time I heard about this. This headbutt.
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Daniel Cormier
Yeah.
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H
And I went to go see where he talked about it. His eye was already bleeding when that happened. It was a. I remember in the fight when I cut him, I thought he was speaking about the other cut here, not the one on his eye. I remember so clearly in the fight when I threw. I threw a 1, 2. It's almost a fake. And I stepped over and I hit another straight and I caught him on the eye there. And then I caught him three or four times, even with the southpaw jab or the straight right on the eye. And I remember when I saw the blood for the first time after the shot, and I said, ha. Gotcha. And I remember when I caught him on the eye and I saw the blood flowing down I went. I hope that goes into his eye, because my one eye was proper swollen, so I could see. I could see a part of my eye. So I couldn't see through that eye properly because especially after the first round, it went down during the fight because I started getting out of the way of the jab. And then I thought, okay, cool. At least both we have. We have one eye each. And then I think that noise was for one reason, one reason only. To get Back in its outer picture. And I cannot hate that. You know, he's never taken away from my performance. He's never taken away that, you know, I'm a good fighter. And I cannot hate on the fact that he, you know, this is part of the game. The guy who makes the case for getting a shot again. And I gotta respect that. And I'm happy he got it because that fight pushed me. And this is going to be the best comparison of the improvements that I've made over the last year. And I can't wait. I cannot wait to showcase that.
- [25:17]
Daniel Cormier
Were you ever worried, though, like, when it was happening? Right. Sean Strickland was called the number one contender after beat Paulo Costa, then Khamzat Chimaev beats Robert Whitaker, and he beats him impressively. It seemed like Khamzat might be the guy. Right? There's so much hype surrounding the guy. Were you ever concerned, like, it might be Chimaev opposed to Strickland Concerned?
- [25:39]
H
Absolutely not.
- [25:40]
Daniel Cormier
I was not, like, scared. I mean, like, well, I want to. Yeah.
- [25:45]
H
Because, you know, when I looked at it and I went, huh? They've. I know they've wanted Khamzat to be the guy for so long. He just hasn't been able to, you know, Khamzat is such an incredible fighter. He just hasn't been able to constantly get to fights first. And, you know, whatever the case may be, however long he has been the guy and just not being able to. To make that leap, I know they want. Because Khamzat has a massive following. Khamzat is a big name. The hype is there, deserving. Khamzat is a special fighter. And I believe that once he fights me, that's when people will really see how special I am. And I was looking forward to having that fight. Do you.
- [26:32]
Daniel Cormier
But how in the world can you think that people still don't recognize how special you are after what you've done now? Right? Because I, you know, you and I, we've spoken about this publicly. You beat Robert Whitaker. Oh, something's wrong with Robert. He's not the same guy. Yeah, right. You go out there and you beat Sean Strickland. Well, that was really close. So maybe then you finish Israel Adesanya when nobody was finishing Israel Adesanya. And then people say, I, oh, yeah, okay. This dude's the real deal. You still think, though, that there is a section of people that you still gotta show that you're that guy. Like, you're that dude.
- [27:08]
H
More myself and the believers than Anybody else, Those people who believe in me, even the new believers. I don't care. I'm not one. Like, you didn't believe me in the past. I'll laugh at you after the first time, like I did with you.
- [27:22]
Daniel Cormier
You told me. You told me right away. I told you I did it with.
- [27:25]
H
All the media people. They were mentioning it today after the easy fight. I'm like, how? You look like dumbasses now?
- [27:30]
Daniel Cormier
Yeah.
- [27:31]
H
That's fun for me, but I never take it personally.
- [27:33]
Daniel Cormier
Yeah.
- [27:33]
H
And it's. It's not about that. It's just like, are you gonna find out?
- [27:37]
Daniel Cormier
Yeah.
- [27:37]
H
And for me, it's about the people who believe in me, whether they are new believers or those who were there in the beginning, proving them right. And myself and going out there and giving them the performance that I owe them.
- [27:50]
Daniel Cormier
Yeah.
- [27:50]
H
And myself, the performance. You know, when I pray before I fight, I don't ask for a win. It's not fair because the opponent can ask for the same thing. How do you. I ask that I firstly get out what I've put in, that I get the result of my effort and that I walk out of that octagon knowing that I've given everything that I can. I don't ever, with a win or a loss, want to walk out of that octagon saying, I could have done this. I should have done this.
- [28:17]
Daniel Cormier
Yeah.
- [28:18]
H
In. In the two losses of my career, I walked out of there and I said, I did everything I could. I got beat tonight. Even my worst performances, that is my worst performances with a win has bothered me more than any of my losses, really. Because getting out there and saying, ah, that's not how you. I can't.
- [28:39]
Daniel Cormier
Could have did more.
- [28:40]
H
Yeah. I can't perform like that if I want to be the best in the world. So that's what I asked for, is let me perform at my. The best of my ability. When I get out of there, I know I did everything I possibly can. I was willing to give my life to get that win, and that's what satisfies me.
- [28:54]
Daniel Cormier
So Sean Strickland, for lack of a better word, is different. Yeah. Right. He can say some crazy stuff that we did an interview earlier, him and I, and I think I got to cut the last, like, two minutes. It's like, I don't know that I could use it seriously. But he seems to, like, respect you much more than most. Is it odd that when you watch him do media, he'll say things about you like, he's like a kid off the Short bus. That's how he fights. Right. But in the moment, you guys are.
- [29:25]
H
Like, he doesn't fight like a kid over the short bus.
- [29:27]
Daniel Cormier
No, he said you. Oh, he said you are fighting.
- [29:30]
H
I know.
- [29:31]
Daniel Cormier
He's like a kid on the short bus that goes full sentence what he says. But then.
- [29:36]
H
Oh, he looks like somebody who built the short bus.
- [29:39]
Daniel Cormier
Oh, my.
- [29:40]
H
100%.
- [29:41]
Daniel Cormier
What is wrong with you guys? But what is wrong with you guys, man? You guys have me chopping up interviews the whole damn time, but he's quite respectful of you until you guys get to, like, pressers and stuff and face to face.
- [29:55]
H
100.
- [29:56]
Daniel Cormier
Is that odd to you?
- [29:57]
H
No, not at all. I have the world's respect for Sean Strickland, you know, in terms. I know Sean Strickland as a fighter. Once you've shared. You have shared the. The octagon with somebody for 25 minutes and you had to.
- [30:09]
Daniel Cormier
You have had to do it again.
- [30:11]
H
Matches.
- [30:12]
Daniel Cormier
Yeah.
- [30:12]
H
It is incredibly, incredibly hard not to respect it, not respect somebody. He's the only person who's ever been able to do that with me. And I tried to kill him. I tried to kill him. And he was willing, he was able to withstand. I. If there's one wish, it's for a sixth round. Yeah, that's what. What I have maybe a seventh or how long ever would have taken. But the man is tough as nails and he's willing to go for it, and he's willing to. To. He's a fighter by heart. And I. I have the world's respect for Sean Strickland as a fighter. He's. He's a great fighter. He's tough, he's good, and, you know, he's made this work for him, and I respect that. I think he's a great fighter and he brings the best out of me.
- [30:57]
Daniel Cormier
Yeah.
- [30:58]
H
Every time I went to training, I was thinking about that first fight, how hard it was hard it was, how I had to push myself, how much I had to have complete disregard for. For my health, for everything. And I would go harder and I would wake up earlier and I would do more because I knew he now knows what I'm willing to do. So he's prepared for that.
- [31:22]
Daniel Cormier
Yeah.
- [31:22]
H
Now he's gonna find out that I'm willing to go way beyond that.
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