January 16, 2025 • 18 mins
Islam Makhachev IS BACK on the DC Check-In with Daniel Cormier, ahead of his MASSIVE UFC 311 main-event fight against Arman Tsarukyan. Islam GOES IN ON Khabib Nurmagomedov getting kicked off a Frontier flight when sitting in the exit row, how it was the ultimate DISRESPECT, and why he recommends DC doesn't sit in an exit row ever. Plus, Makhachev talks about his rematch with Arman Tsarukyan, and why it will be a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT fight after having gone through Alexander Volkanovski and Dustin Poirier. Islam also talks about his parents not really caring for fighting, and you don't want to miss him talk about what they do during his fights! Plus, stick around to see when Makhachev asks DC to come back and fight in the UFC! #Volume #Herd
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 3 (01:35):
Thanks for checking in with me, guys.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Oh my boy Islam Mohatchel defendis Championship this weekend at
UFC three eleven.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
How you feeling, champ? How's everything feel good?
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Drinking water? Cutting? Get? That's it?
Speaker 3 (01:49):
You smell that? That biscuit? You like that?
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Sunday? I wait? Think one morning?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Okay, Frinday morning, before you leave, I promise you have
to be fresh, fresh.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Hot, Okay warm, You're gonna eat this? Okay? Las Vegas
for trading camp this time? How was that? Man?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
I mean I read I read something the other day
when you're talking to Demetri Johnson.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
You had a baby and then left the next day
for trading camp. Third, one, third, big?
Speaker 1 (02:16):
How many you have?
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Three?
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Three?
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Are you done?
Speaker 1 (02:20):
No? I won't seven?
Speaker 3 (02:22):
You want seven children? Why? Seven children? Full wrestling teams?
Speaker 5 (02:26):
Seven Olympics some of the judosemble wrestling.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Maybe some want to do it.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
My man.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Now I have two.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Boys, two boys.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
I have to fuck big family. Man.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Yeah, I do a new house. You did already a
couple of years ago. It's beautiful, beautiful. I saw Beam's house.
Beautiful house. Is your house like leaves out glous like residents.
You know, it's so big, it's so big like yours
like this.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
Min not so big. My I live is my grandma's
or my father maza. But it's big but not crazy.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
I saw your father when you first won to Belot.
This guy was very happy. Yeah, very proud of this
guy's village.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Guy.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
You know, he's still doing his farm green farm here.
Just called me today morning. They say tomato is ready.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Tomatoes are ready. He's talking about tomatoes. You fight with
the world title this weekend, talk about tomatoes.
Speaker 5 (03:19):
He doesn't care too much about this stuff. What you mean, man,
he's not on sports. You know, he just hard work
here all his life. He works his hand.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
You know, your whole family they watched the fights though, Mom, dad, kids,
Mom can't watch.
Speaker 5 (03:35):
Mom never watched right and why never again like after
if I win and never never watch.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Even if you win, she doesn't go back and watch it.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Never And then why I don't know.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
She don't like so my mom used to go and
the whole time she would kind of like like this,
you know, eyes down, scared.
Speaker 5 (03:52):
My mama go outside the house and she woke around
the set the garden. Yeahund where I'm believe, and when
I won, somebody like from the hose at the house
to go like crazy, you know, and she understand.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Didn't you understand you when she go back inside now
now she can like sit and be comfortable.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
She noticed too much.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Yeah, so Las Vegas though training camp? How was that
we spoke at? I think we spoke at the last
paper view. You're a little concerned about how being losing
his mind during training camp?
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Did he lose his mind? And how was the training camp?
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Why did you don't come come through?
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Brother?
Speaker 1 (04:27):
I go this crazy month gymnastics something.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Not even gymnastics, No, excusees, just like it's impossible you.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Go to Las Vegas.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Why Last Vegas. It's very far, fifteen minutes by fly
from her house.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Yeah, why But if I go to the fly, I
never know if maybe they threw me out.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
They threw.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
The craziest You can't.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
Healthy, bro, Why did you kick him out like this crazy?
Why do you do this to my I don't know.
This is just number one bullshit, disrespect.
Speaker 5 (05:04):
Respect, But I understand if you if they kick you
out from this emerging X because you're so big.
Speaker 6 (05:11):
Maybe don't do that. Don't be disrespectful. Don't be disrespectful.
I get help because you need strength to pull the
bar a little bit big. Now you can move to
my child.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
But all you gotta do is pull the lever. That's it.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
But people have to go from this set.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
But once I once I pull, I go you go first.
I go first, you go first? Are you go last?
Speaker 1 (05:32):
I got you win?
Speaker 3 (05:34):
I help everybody people go last too.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
So what happened is like these people from the front
day of this airline cup respective disrespectful, took.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
The worst guy. This guy's the best guy to be
in there. It's this, it's crazy, But how was the camp.
Speaker 5 (05:48):
Camp, it's really hard, man, it was hard, and I
like to train in Vegas.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
You're shippy, like, oh, cheer up, food everything. It's good,
you know, training.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
That brand new facilities, recovery.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
Training like you see p I team. It's so good,
you know, thank you everyone from CIPI. They help us
a lot and we have everything but we need.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
In last camp in Vegas, when you weigh your camps,
your last couple of camps in Dagistan to this one,
like is this something you're going to be doing more
going forward coming out to Las Vegas and do your camps.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
We're thinking where we can make the camp you know,
and Vegas are examples. And because this time it's called
also Jim is called sometimes and because we become like
big team, like three you guys fighting, that's why we
sit the coach and we choose the Vegas. Vegas honestly
(06:54):
one of the It's.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
A great place for training, especially right now with the
p I.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
It's a great place epics to have everything Islam.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
You're fighting on monts Rukian again the first time, right.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Even we did right when you came back from fight,
we all make fun like, oh you lose a round.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
You do this this, he.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Said, Brother, I went every round like I won three
rounds to zero.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
But he fought you on short notice.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Do you anticipate a much different fight this time than
he got in the last fight?
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Man? Maybe a short time.
Speaker 5 (07:25):
I'm a little bit underestimating because I don't know these guys,
even not I signed him, even not.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
He wasn't signed before he fought you.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
The looking looking for appointments for me.
Speaker 5 (07:38):
That's why he signed that, because no one from US
or other country want to come to Russia and fighter.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
That's why at that time we signed him. And he
grew up more.
Speaker 5 (07:49):
Experience than he's a big guy. Now you know, he's big,
big experience and one of the best in our organization.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
In that first fight, it seemed as though he was
more willing to wrestle you offensively. Most people shy away
from that. They just think defin Islam's takedowns, right, So
then they're kind of on their heels the whole time
because they're taking shot shot shot, which ultimately leads to
you being better with your hands. Do you anticipate he's
(08:21):
gonna be trying to wrestle you again in this fight.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Because all his fights. He have same style.
Speaker 5 (08:27):
If you look how many at nine ten fight you
have in years right now, it's he have same always,
same style with everybody. He always the striking a little
bit and when somebody tried to push him, go to it,
take it down. You know that's why, because why he
number one? Why am I the champion? Because he have
(08:49):
good skills in the wrestling, Because I have good skills
in the wrestling.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Who have good skills in the wrestling, they can throw
the division.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
You know it is you universally thought.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
You know that means universe, like everybody believed this that
this is the toughest fight today for Islam. Do you
agree the first one, this one this weekend is the
toughest fight that you'll see.
Speaker 5 (09:12):
Nobody don't know, you know, nobody know some of the fighters.
For example, when I was fighting is the h Thibau
glas On Thibau. In my mind, I prepare like myself
for the better, hard fight, you know, but it would
go easy, you know, and.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
I remember that we fought together, that you knocked them out.
Yeah yeah, yeah, straight enough. But you get the bones,
you knock them out good, you get bonus.
Speaker 5 (09:39):
And you what you did. Submission ambition, not some ambition,
your grounded pound.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
No submission. This is against Robot Johnson are vocally like
you know, ground.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Pound, ground and pound. They don't give me a bonus.
They give you a bonus.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
No, I thought you got the bonus you know that night.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
I don't get the I wonder why why you get
that bonus stuff?
Speaker 3 (10:01):
I don't know. You're a rich guy. Now you don't
need the bonus down.
Speaker 5 (10:03):
Now I don't need but at that time I need
that bonus. You have to come to my room, man,
I'm not deserved man.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
And give you the fifty grand.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Yes, because so you're telling me right now, if you
get a bonus over Umar.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
Right, you'll you'll take the fifty grand and go give
it to Umar tug Here. Tug Here so you would
go get get it. He would not do that.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
I get it on some like crazy things.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
But you didn't do a crazy thing. You hit a
one punch.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
I came out sleep.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
Can I do more than if maybe you do like
spinning back fist twice like this guy in uh in
Abu David Okay, I give him the money, but if
you only do one punch knockout and I do the
same thing.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
We do the same thing.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
What you did. Punch, just punch and I'll go easy.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
What did you What did I hit him with my fists?
What did you hit the guy with your fists?
Speaker 3 (10:55):
The same thing? Right, Like, there's no reason to give
you the fifty grand.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
It's not it's not true.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
You know, you never know what's gonna come. The dust't
for fight. A lot of people made it seem like
that was a super tough fight. You go back and
watch it, like, what did you make of that fight?
Speaker 5 (11:13):
You know, improve a lot from this fight, Like my
striking become better from this side because I know I
can stack with anyone, because Dustin is one of the
dangerous guy in our division who have better than him boxing.
You know, I go, here's him like, and I feel comfortable.
If Habib and our corners don't told me take him down,
(11:36):
take it, I can knock him out, you know, because
I landed.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
You or you are landing really good in a shriking.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
He landed also, But we have good, good fight in
the shacking.
Speaker 5 (11:46):
But from this fight, I improve a lot, you.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
Know, Islam.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
So I'll tell you this right now, so I keep count.
You told me after the first Volkanovski fight. You may
be underestimated a little bit right telling me now that
from the Armand's rookie fight, you possibly asked did you no,
but did you underestimate Dustin?
Speaker 1 (12:07):
For you? No?
Speaker 3 (12:08):
So now now that you how do you not again?
Speaker 5 (12:13):
I'm surprised when I fight with Dustin, I'm surprised how
he defends my wrestling.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
You know, I am not understment because it's just.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
Like, how do you make sure you don't do that
again against Armah?
Speaker 5 (12:23):
No?
Speaker 3 (12:23):
No, No, is that from the first fight.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
You gained the respect from the first fight because he
said that he doesn't even look at the first fight
because he's a different guy.
Speaker 5 (12:30):
He's a number one content that right now, it just
means he's a high level fighter.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
How I can underestimate it?
Speaker 5 (12:37):
Maybe when I thought of his well, I think he's
gonna be short, small, something like that. But right now
I have a real opponent who have everything. You know,
I have to be ready.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
You know one thing that that that happens when the
guy wins as much as you do. You're like, and
I don't know if you even notice or if you
pa attage to it. You're like two fights from breaking
Anderson Silva's record for wins in a row in the UFC.
You're fourteen straight wins, which is a crazy man you
have dude, God damn man, I've never won fourteenth fights. Mber,
(13:15):
I only had like thirteen fights in the UFC. You
never You already break my record, Kabiv record. You beat
Kabiv in terms of his wins in the UFC. Nobody
does that, like it's Anderson, Kamaraw Usman and then you.
But if you win this weekend, you tie Kamorrow Usman,
You'll be one from Anderson Silver. You've won the championship,
(13:37):
You've defended the championship twice. If you win this weekend,
you will now have the record for most title fight
wins in the UFC. Think about that stuff, because now
you're on the verge of getting spoken about in historical terms.
We used to always talk about that in the gym. Right,
want to be number one pound for palm, We want
to be this, We want.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
To be there. You're checking all those boxes.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
Now you up and like take that over it a
little bit and go man, this is really special.
Speaker 5 (14:04):
Honesty. Man, I never thinking about this leg. I don't
know how many usman have how many Andersons. But last
week Laaramedia ask.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Me about this.
Speaker 5 (14:12):
You know, it's good, good for the legacy, and I
become close to you guys, I Bib you to become
in Hall of Fames.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
So Islam, that's that's another thing.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
So everybody wants to ask me, right because I know
you guys will how much does Islam have to do
to surpass Habib as the greatest lightweight of all time.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
It's not my goal. It's not some things what I
want to do.
Speaker 5 (14:35):
You know, just one thinks what I want to do
honestly to be championed many many years.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
That's it.
Speaker 5 (14:42):
No records, nothing, just defend my belt the champion. You know,
when you have built it's different.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
I told him that. I said that. That was my answer.
The respect he has for that guy, what he's done
for his career. You don't want to surpass that. It's
like I think it beams the greatest lightweight of all time.
I think it beats the greatest fight of all time.
I also think I also think that that Armand's Rukia
needs to be somebody or somebody needs to be able
to challenge you in a way that can elevate you
(15:09):
to that next level of superstar.
Speaker 5 (15:14):
That's I don't thinks it's on side. Kinds are like
a big name. You know he's a good fight.
Speaker 3 (15:19):
You need a big name though.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
Maybe maybe you're come back me.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
You know that if I came back, I would still
beat you as I always beat you.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
I'm now I'm now.
Speaker 7 (15:30):
Fat, out of shape, golf guy, lazy. I don't want
to me I can make two five? Can I can
make two o five? You can come back cut it
and being the top top twenty.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
Everybody would beat me. I don't want to be.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
Top fight No, no chance, bro Islam, you are the man.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Bro.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
I appreciate you spending time with me. We're doing one
of these still strong, I'm very show.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
What do you do training a little bit?
Speaker 3 (16:02):
Me? Why? Why would you? They got trained a little bit?
You have to right now wrestler only wrestler.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
Know when you go to the daughter school, do some gymnastics.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
It's so hard. Have you ever done gymnastics? Your kid
does gymnastics?
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Not, no, you're gonna do It's like very very hard
gymnastics wrestler. I do wrestler with my kids on my team.
If I feel like taking on house. Very good to
sign them. But we go back. We go back as
soon as we get a chance. When you invite, I
take now all my little kids.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
And you come with them.
Speaker 3 (16:38):
I want you. I went there for you though Dakstan.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
But how many years brother, the last fifteen years ago.
I will come back, style will come Dakistan. Never.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
I'm going to Dakistan, guys, I promise it islamav the
fins this championship this weekend for the third time. That
would be the record for most titled fight wins in
the UFC. YEA four Nobody's definite. About four times three?
Speaker 3 (17:06):
I did this, dude?
Speaker 1 (17:07):
You did this about you say four?
Speaker 3 (17:09):
I said four?
Speaker 2 (17:10):
So you won the belt against Charles You beat Dustin Pourier.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
Oh man, did you beat out two time? Defense? So
it's five? So it's fine? Is it five? Wait? Stop?
So is it five?
Speaker 1 (17:29):
Six?
Speaker 3 (17:29):
No?
Speaker 7 (17:30):
Way?
Speaker 3 (17:30):
Stop? Wait? So you beat so you beat Volkanowski twice? Defense?
You beat Charles.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
OLVERA yes, I think that.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Belt and he won the belt?
Speaker 3 (17:42):
So yeah, five four defenses, five titles. Good job, man, Congratulations.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
I didn't know how many belt do you have? I
broke records?
Speaker 3 (17:50):
No, not yet. What you have double Chap.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
Remember that Double Chap guys, Islam defensive belt you know,
see three eleven hit that pay per view button. It's
not like he needs any more money, but he could
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I'm checking in with guys like the Champ Islam. Thank
you a give on man. Till next time, Peace,
Livin.
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Speaker 3 (01:35):
Thanks for checking in with me, guys.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Oh my boy Islam Mohatchel defendis Championship this weekend at
UFC three eleven.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
How you feeling, champ? How's everything feel good?
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Drinking water? Cutting? Get? That's it?
Speaker 3 (01:49):
You smell that? That biscuit? You like that?
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Sunday? I wait? Think one morning?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Okay, Frinday morning, before you leave, I promise you have
to be fresh, fresh.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Hot, Okay warm, You're gonna eat this? Okay? Las Vegas
for trading camp this time? How was that? Man?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
I mean I read I read something the other day
when you're talking to Demetri Johnson.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
You had a baby and then left the next day
for trading camp. Third, one, third, big?
Speaker 1 (02:16):
How many you have?
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Three?
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Three?
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Are you done?
Speaker 1 (02:20):
No? I won't seven?
Speaker 3 (02:22):
You want seven children? Why? Seven children? Full wrestling teams?
Speaker 5 (02:26):
Seven Olympics some of the judosemble wrestling.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Maybe some want to do it.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
My man.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Now I have two.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Boys, two boys.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
I have to fuck big family. Man.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Yeah, I do a new house. You did already a
couple of years ago. It's beautiful, beautiful. I saw Beam's house.
Beautiful house. Is your house like leaves out glous like residents.
You know, it's so big, it's so big like yours
like this.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
Min not so big. My I live is my grandma's
or my father maza. But it's big but not crazy.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
I saw your father when you first won to Belot.
This guy was very happy. Yeah, very proud of this
guy's village.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Guy.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
You know, he's still doing his farm green farm here.
Just called me today morning. They say tomato is ready.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Tomatoes are ready. He's talking about tomatoes. You fight with
the world title this weekend, talk about tomatoes.
Speaker 5 (03:19):
He doesn't care too much about this stuff. What you mean, man,
he's not on sports. You know, he just hard work
here all his life. He works his hand.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
You know, your whole family they watched the fights though, Mom, dad, kids,
Mom can't watch.
Speaker 5 (03:35):
Mom never watched right and why never again like after
if I win and never never watch.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Even if you win, she doesn't go back and watch it.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Never And then why I don't know.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
She don't like so my mom used to go and
the whole time she would kind of like like this,
you know, eyes down, scared.
Speaker 5 (03:52):
My mama go outside the house and she woke around
the set the garden. Yeahund where I'm believe, and when
I won, somebody like from the hose at the house
to go like crazy, you know, and she understand.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
Didn't you understand you when she go back inside now
now she can like sit and be comfortable.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
She noticed too much.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
Yeah, so Las Vegas though training camp? How was that
we spoke at? I think we spoke at the last
paper view. You're a little concerned about how being losing
his mind during training camp?
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Did he lose his mind? And how was the training camp?
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Why did you don't come come through?
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Brother?
Speaker 1 (04:27):
I go this crazy month gymnastics something.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Not even gymnastics, No, excusees, just like it's impossible you.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Go to Las Vegas.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Why Last Vegas. It's very far, fifteen minutes by fly
from her house.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Yeah, why But if I go to the fly, I
never know if maybe they threw me out.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
They threw.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
The craziest You can't.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
Healthy, bro, Why did you kick him out like this crazy?
Why do you do this to my I don't know.
This is just number one bullshit, disrespect.
Speaker 5 (05:04):
Respect, But I understand if you if they kick you
out from this emerging X because you're so big.
Speaker 6 (05:11):
Maybe don't do that. Don't be disrespectful. Don't be disrespectful.
I get help because you need strength to pull the
bar a little bit big. Now you can move to
my child.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
But all you gotta do is pull the lever. That's it.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
But people have to go from this set.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
But once I once I pull, I go you go first.
I go first, you go first? Are you go last?
Speaker 1 (05:32):
I got you win?
Speaker 3 (05:34):
I help everybody people go last too.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
So what happened is like these people from the front
day of this airline cup respective disrespectful, took.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
The worst guy. This guy's the best guy to be
in there. It's this, it's crazy, But how was the camp.
Speaker 5 (05:48):
Camp, it's really hard, man, it was hard, and I
like to train in Vegas.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
You're shippy, like, oh, cheer up, food everything. It's good,
you know, training.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
That brand new facilities, recovery.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
Training like you see p I team. It's so good,
you know, thank you everyone from CIPI. They help us
a lot and we have everything but we need.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
In last camp in Vegas, when you weigh your camps,
your last couple of camps in Dagistan to this one,
like is this something you're going to be doing more
going forward coming out to Las Vegas and do your camps.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
We're thinking where we can make the camp you know,
and Vegas are examples. And because this time it's called
also Jim is called sometimes and because we become like
big team, like three you guys fighting, that's why we
sit the coach and we choose the Vegas. Vegas honestly
(06:54):
one of the It's.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
A great place for training, especially right now with the
p I.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
It's a great place epics to have everything Islam.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
You're fighting on monts Rukian again the first time, right.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Even we did right when you came back from fight,
we all make fun like, oh you lose a round.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
You do this this, he.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Said, Brother, I went every round like I won three
rounds to zero.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
But he fought you on short notice.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Do you anticipate a much different fight this time than
he got in the last fight?
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Man? Maybe a short time.
Speaker 5 (07:25):
I'm a little bit underestimating because I don't know these guys,
even not I signed him, even not.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
He wasn't signed before he fought you.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
The looking looking for appointments for me.
Speaker 5 (07:38):
That's why he signed that, because no one from US
or other country want to come to Russia and fighter.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
That's why at that time we signed him. And he
grew up more.
Speaker 5 (07:49):
Experience than he's a big guy. Now you know, he's big,
big experience and one of the best in our organization.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
In that first fight, it seemed as though he was
more willing to wrestle you offensively. Most people shy away
from that. They just think defin Islam's takedowns, right, So
then they're kind of on their heels the whole time
because they're taking shot shot shot, which ultimately leads to
you being better with your hands. Do you anticipate he's
(08:21):
gonna be trying to wrestle you again in this fight.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Because all his fights. He have same style.
Speaker 5 (08:27):
If you look how many at nine ten fight you
have in years right now, it's he have same always,
same style with everybody. He always the striking a little
bit and when somebody tried to push him, go to it,
take it down. You know that's why, because why he
number one? Why am I the champion? Because he have
(08:49):
good skills in the wrestling, Because I have good skills
in the wrestling.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Who have good skills in the wrestling, they can throw
the division.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
You know it is you universally thought.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
You know that means universe, like everybody believed this that
this is the toughest fight today for Islam. Do you
agree the first one, this one this weekend is the
toughest fight that you'll see.
Speaker 5 (09:12):
Nobody don't know, you know, nobody know some of the fighters.
For example, when I was fighting is the h Thibau
glas On Thibau. In my mind, I prepare like myself
for the better, hard fight, you know, but it would
go easy, you know, and.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
I remember that we fought together, that you knocked them out.
Yeah yeah, yeah, straight enough. But you get the bones,
you knock them out good, you get bonus.
Speaker 5 (09:39):
And you what you did. Submission ambition, not some ambition,
your grounded pound.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
No submission. This is against Robot Johnson are vocally like
you know, ground.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Pound, ground and pound. They don't give me a bonus.
They give you a bonus.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
No, I thought you got the bonus you know that night.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
I don't get the I wonder why why you get
that bonus stuff?
Speaker 3 (10:01):
I don't know. You're a rich guy. Now you don't
need the bonus down.
Speaker 5 (10:03):
Now I don't need but at that time I need
that bonus. You have to come to my room, man,
I'm not deserved man.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
And give you the fifty grand.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Yes, because so you're telling me right now, if you
get a bonus over Umar.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
Right, you'll you'll take the fifty grand and go give
it to Umar tug Here. Tug Here so you would
go get get it. He would not do that.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
I get it on some like crazy things.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
But you didn't do a crazy thing. You hit a
one punch.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
I came out sleep.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
Can I do more than if maybe you do like
spinning back fist twice like this guy in uh in
Abu David Okay, I give him the money, but if
you only do one punch knockout and I do the
same thing.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
We do the same thing.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
What you did. Punch, just punch and I'll go easy.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
What did you What did I hit him with my fists?
What did you hit the guy with your fists?
Speaker 3 (10:55):
The same thing? Right, Like, there's no reason to give
you the fifty grand.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
It's not it's not true.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
You know, you never know what's gonna come. The dust't
for fight. A lot of people made it seem like
that was a super tough fight. You go back and
watch it, like, what did you make of that fight?
Speaker 5 (11:13):
You know, improve a lot from this fight, Like my
striking become better from this side because I know I
can stack with anyone, because Dustin is one of the
dangerous guy in our division who have better than him boxing.
You know, I go, here's him like, and I feel comfortable.
If Habib and our corners don't told me take him down,
(11:36):
take it, I can knock him out, you know, because
I landed.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
You or you are landing really good in a shriking.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
He landed also, But we have good, good fight in
the shacking.
Speaker 5 (11:46):
But from this fight, I improve a lot, you.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
Know, Islam.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
So I'll tell you this right now, so I keep count.
You told me after the first Volkanovski fight. You may
be underestimated a little bit right telling me now that
from the Armand's rookie fight, you possibly asked did you no,
but did you underestimate Dustin?
Speaker 1 (12:07):
For you? No?
Speaker 3 (12:08):
So now now that you how do you not again?
Speaker 5 (12:13):
I'm surprised when I fight with Dustin, I'm surprised how
he defends my wrestling.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
You know, I am not understment because it's just.
Speaker 3 (12:20):
Like, how do you make sure you don't do that
again against Armah?
Speaker 5 (12:23):
No?
Speaker 3 (12:23):
No, No, is that from the first fight.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
You gained the respect from the first fight because he
said that he doesn't even look at the first fight
because he's a different guy.
Speaker 5 (12:30):
He's a number one content that right now, it just
means he's a high level fighter.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
How I can underestimate it?
Speaker 5 (12:37):
Maybe when I thought of his well, I think he's
gonna be short, small, something like that. But right now
I have a real opponent who have everything. You know,
I have to be ready.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
You know one thing that that that happens when the
guy wins as much as you do. You're like, and
I don't know if you even notice or if you
pa attage to it. You're like two fights from breaking
Anderson Silva's record for wins in a row in the UFC.
You're fourteen straight wins, which is a crazy man you
have dude, God damn man, I've never won fourteenth fights. Mber,
(13:15):
I only had like thirteen fights in the UFC. You
never You already break my record, Kabiv record. You beat
Kabiv in terms of his wins in the UFC. Nobody
does that, like it's Anderson, Kamaraw Usman and then you.
But if you win this weekend, you tie Kamorrow Usman,
You'll be one from Anderson Silver. You've won the championship,
(13:37):
You've defended the championship twice. If you win this weekend,
you will now have the record for most title fight
wins in the UFC. Think about that stuff, because now
you're on the verge of getting spoken about in historical terms.
We used to always talk about that in the gym. Right,
want to be number one pound for palm, We want
to be this, We want.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
To be there. You're checking all those boxes.
Speaker 2 (13:59):
Now you up and like take that over it a
little bit and go man, this is really special.
Speaker 5 (14:04):
Honesty. Man, I never thinking about this leg. I don't
know how many usman have how many Andersons. But last
week Laaramedia ask.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Me about this.
Speaker 5 (14:12):
You know, it's good, good for the legacy, and I
become close to you guys, I Bib you to become
in Hall of Fames.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
So Islam, that's that's another thing.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
So everybody wants to ask me, right because I know
you guys will how much does Islam have to do
to surpass Habib as the greatest lightweight of all time.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
It's not my goal. It's not some things what I
want to do.
Speaker 5 (14:35):
You know, just one thinks what I want to do
honestly to be championed many many years.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
That's it.
Speaker 5 (14:42):
No records, nothing, just defend my belt the champion. You know,
when you have built it's different.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
I told him that. I said that. That was my answer.
The respect he has for that guy, what he's done
for his career. You don't want to surpass that. It's
like I think it beams the greatest lightweight of all time.
I think it beats the greatest fight of all time.
I also think I also think that that Armand's Rukia
needs to be somebody or somebody needs to be able
to challenge you in a way that can elevate you
(15:09):
to that next level of superstar.
Speaker 5 (15:14):
That's I don't thinks it's on side. Kinds are like
a big name. You know he's a good fight.
Speaker 3 (15:19):
You need a big name though.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
Maybe maybe you're come back me.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
You know that if I came back, I would still
beat you as I always beat you.
Speaker 3 (15:29):
I'm now I'm now.
Speaker 7 (15:30):
Fat, out of shape, golf guy, lazy. I don't want
to me I can make two five? Can I can
make two o five? You can come back cut it
and being the top top twenty.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
Everybody would beat me. I don't want to be.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
Top fight No, no chance, bro Islam, you are the man.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Bro.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
I appreciate you spending time with me. We're doing one
of these still strong, I'm very show.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
What do you do training a little bit?
Speaker 3 (16:02):
Me? Why? Why would you? They got trained a little bit?
You have to right now wrestler only wrestler.
Speaker 1 (16:08):
Know when you go to the daughter school, do some gymnastics.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
It's so hard. Have you ever done gymnastics? Your kid
does gymnastics?
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Not, no, you're gonna do It's like very very hard
gymnastics wrestler. I do wrestler with my kids on my team.
If I feel like taking on house. Very good to
sign them. But we go back. We go back as
soon as we get a chance. When you invite, I
take now all my little kids.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
And you come with them.
Speaker 3 (16:38):
I want you. I went there for you though Dakstan.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
But how many years brother, the last fifteen years ago.
I will come back, style will come Dakistan. Never.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
I'm going to Dakistan, guys, I promise it islamav the
fins this championship this weekend for the third time. That
would be the record for most titled fight wins in
the UFC. YEA four Nobody's definite. About four times three?
Speaker 3 (17:06):
I did this, dude?
Speaker 1 (17:07):
You did this about you say four?
Speaker 3 (17:09):
I said four?
Speaker 2 (17:10):
So you won the belt against Charles You beat Dustin Pourier.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
Oh man, did you beat out two time? Defense? So
it's five? So it's fine? Is it five? Wait? Stop?
So is it five?
Speaker 1 (17:29):
Six?
Speaker 3 (17:29):
No?
Speaker 7 (17:30):
Way?
Speaker 3 (17:30):
Stop? Wait? So you beat so you beat Volkanowski twice? Defense?
You beat Charles.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
OLVERA yes, I think that.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
Belt and he won the belt?
Speaker 3 (17:42):
So yeah, five four defenses, five titles. Good job, man, Congratulations.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
I didn't know how many belt do you have? I
broke records?
Speaker 3 (17:50):
No, not yet. What you have double Chap.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
Remember that Double Chap guys, Islam defensive belt you know,
see three eleven hit that pay per view button. It's
not like he needs any more money, but he could
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