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One of the big winners on Saturday in Abu Dhabi was Dominick Reyes. Had a tremendous win over Azamat Murzakanov.
UFC fighter Dominick Reyes discusses his win over Azamat Murzakanov in Abu Dhabi and criticizes Daniel Cormier's commentary, calling for UFC announcers to be held accountable.
Key Takeaways
- Dominick Reyes believes UFC commentators, especially Daniel Cormier, should prepare more thoroughly and be held accountable.
- Reyes is focused on each fight individually and is appreciating his career given health concerns and his age.
- Reyes says he holds no grudge against Cormier and wants constructive improvement rather than conflict.
What the video covers
- Dominick Reyes reflects on his win over Azamat Murzakanov in Abu Dhabi and his enjoyable trip, including night golf.
- Reyes says he approaches each fight as its own separate event and does not feel pressure after criticism of his previous bout with Johnny Walker.
- He describes the Walker fight as a stalemate in which both fighters were hesitant to engage, and notes his head kick finish of Murzakanov.
- Reyes expresses frustration that he has not received a bonus despite his stoppage, and praises Volkanovski and Yan for their performances on the same card.
- He reveals he watched Cormier's post-fight commentary at the airport and felt the criticism was uninformed and biased.
- Reyes argues that color commentators should be as prepared as professionals in other sports, and says he runs a commentary scorecard channel to break down broadcasts.
- He discusses his age, remaining contract fights, and past blood clot issues that made him appreciate his career more.
- Reyes says he has no hard feelings toward Cormier and simply wants him to do better.
- The interview touches on his social media posts, including a tweet about being treated as the nice guy while so-called experts disrespect his career.
- Reyes names Paulo Costa and Khalil Rountree as possible future opponents and discusses his preferred next matchups.
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He brought the heat in the cage. He's bringing the heat out of the cage as well. He's kind enough to join us right here and now. The devastator on this Monday afternoon. Monday Monday morning still over in California. Hello Dom, how
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are you? What's up, Ariel? I'm doing good, man. I I I'm ready for the heat. I got my hands up because I feel like you're still in fighting mode. So, I don't know I don't know if I'm in your crosshairs,
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but I'm taking it as you know, the fact that you're here is that we're cool, right? Cuz I don't want the Dom smoke.
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All right. That's good, man. Uh I don't want to give you the smoke, man.
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Okay. You're well prepared. You're well you're well researched. So, you're not going to get the smoke.
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Oh, thank god. Thank god. First of all, congratulations on the win. How was your time out in Abu Dhabi? First things first.
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Oh, honestly it was awesome, man. Last time I was there I was kind of a prisoner, so it wasn't that fun.
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Um during Fight Island. So, this time I was able to actually go around and be free and uh be meeting the locals and met some really cool people. I got to golf at night over there.
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Wow. Uh which was really cool. Um yeah, it was a it was an amazing fight week. Everything went literally exactly according to plan and here I [snorts] am.
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By the way, I'm not much of a golfer myself. But isn't it hard to golf at night or is it just like one of those where you're like hitting balls?
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No, so this course like you know, in classic Abu Dhabi fashion, the whole course is lit up.
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Wow. Wow. Beautiful. Perfect manicured grass. I mean it was a really good time. Have you ever golfed at night before?
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Never. That was like a bucket list thing for me. So, that was really cool.
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Amazing. All right. And then obviously the result was great. Considering you know, what some people had to say about your last fight, the Johnny Walker fight, did you feel any type of sense of urgency, some kind of pressure to be like, okay, let me let me
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put an exclamation point on this performance so no one can say anything about this one.
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No. Every fight is its own thing, man. You fight your fight how it how it goes, and that's it. Uh there's no really no no sense in trying to like rewrite the past or change change your style. Just fight your fight. Every It's
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its own universe, every fight, so. I know what I'm capable of. I go out there, and if I hit you in the right spot, it's going to be over for you, kind of, you know?
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So yeah. You mentioned the last time being in Abu Dhabi. I think the last time you were there was when you fought for the belt, right?
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Yes. I fought Jan for the belt. Um obviously the the world is completely different, and the restrictions are different, but did that bring back any emotions, feelings, like, okay, let me let me right this wrong?
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Yeah, so that one was kind of like, you know, let's let's let's rewrite this. Let's have a completely different experience. Let's have a better experience this time, you know? Let's Let's enjoy it, you know?
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Let's Let's make the most of this, you know? I I don't know how much longer I'm going to fight, so let's go to a this foreign country and have a good time.
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When you say that you don't know how much longer you're going to fight, is that because you're thinking about it?
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Well, I'm 36 years old, and I have five fights left on my contract, you know? You don't know what's going to happen. I I was in a situation where I I got blood clots, and I could have been done, you
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know, any second, so I'm at the point where I'm just embracing everything and really appreciating everything.
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That that Johnny Walker fight that I referenced, what was your takeaway from that fight? Like, what what did you feel was the story of the fight?
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I was the same as when I fought that night, you know? It was a I'm fighting extremely dangerous guy.
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I'm also extremely dangerous. Um he was extreme He was very hesitant. He didn't enter very much. I We both were fainting a lot. I was entering as much as I could.
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Um but yeah, the the the the ball never really got rolling, as as you would say, but it was I controlled the center of the whole fight. I invited him to enter the whole fight. I didn't cut him off on purpose
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to give him opportunities to enter and he still didn't enter. Um, and that's just how it goes sometimes. You know, we we both fought that our fight that night. Um, and then our next fights we both get knockouts in the first round, so you
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know. We're both extremely dangerous and sometimes Um, you get two guys that are that dangerous together and it doesn't go as planned and then people get mad about it and honestly I don't really care, so.
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You land the head kick and then you slipped. What are you thinking in that moment?
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Well, I I landed it and I slipped and I looked at him I looked him in the eyes and he was looking at me, but he wasn't looking at me. So, like I was like, oh, he's hurt. I have like I have like 10
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seconds till he gets his whereabouts, so I got up and just went for it.
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And that you did. You finished him. You stopped him. You were fired up. It was I mean, one of your better stoppages, especially the head kick landing the way in which it did. Still still no bonus. I think it's it's been a
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minute. Man, I don't even know what to do anymore. Like, what [snorts] what more could I do? I don't know, you know. I I'm not mad though. It's it's Volk keeps taking my my bonuses and that's fine, you know. He's he's a
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legend. He's doing some crazy stuff up there at for those title fights, so. Do your thing, Volk. You got it, bro.
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Yeah, I I saw actually on on Twitter like you were kind of like live tweeting the rest of the card and and giving love to Volk and Yian as well.
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Yeah, yeah. Almost like you read this and you're like, oh man, this guy actually fought on the card. You're not just a fan. What compelled you that moment to shower these guys with love and praise as they were doing great things that
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night? Because I mean, I'm I'm in there, too. I'm a I'm a real I'm a human being, right? I'm not a I'm not a bot. I'm going to say what's on my heart. You know, I I'm genuinely happy for these
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people. You know, when I'm out there, you know, it's it's nice to have other people other fighters that appreciate my work and are happy for me as well, you know, I've been in around just as long as all these guys, so it's like we're
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we we root we root for each other and we respect each other, you know.
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Mhm. And then we get to the DC stuff. Uh you were you were unhappy with DC. You know, I went back and and and watched the post-fight interview. Seemed like you guys were totally cool. He had his arm
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around you. He gave you props. You seemed happy to see him, you know, whatever that means. Like there was no sort of tension. When do you come to the realization that, you know, you didn't like what he said? Did you go home and
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watch it or at the hotel? Well, yeah, I I watched the uh the fight uh at the airport and then I was like, "Dude, what are you talking about, man?" He was so off base on so many different things. It It was like,
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"Dude, you didn't do any research and I were just like kind of talking, man." Like if you watch my YouTube uh my channel I just started the the commentary scorecard. I break it down exactly what it is. I'm not really
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going to get into it right now because it's a bunch of different talking points that I I have actual facts, right? So, I'm not just talking, you know, it's this exact moment in this part of the broadcast he said this and it was off
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base, you know, like So, that's what bothered me. It was like, "Dude, it's just the fact that you're ill-prepared, you know, um and you have a tendency to be a little biased. You look at all the other sports
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in the world, football, baseball, basketball, extremely professional, extremely prepared um and ready to go and it's color commentary. It's not just talking about meat pies during the fight, you know?
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So, it's like yeah. Uh I It's just me the whole thing is just me holding them accountable. So, the only people in the whole octagon the whole UFC that are never held accountable is the announcers. So, it's it's time. That's all I have to say.
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Has this been bothering you for a while? No, I mean no, yes and no, but I've watched fights my whole life and I hear them say some outlandish things and I'm like, "You're just going to get away with
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that?" You know, nobody's ever going to check them on that, ever. But, we do something in the cage or we or something happens and everybody's talking about it, writing about it, and you know, so I'm like, "Hey, how about
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we put the pressure back on the media, back on the the commentary to be good at be great at what you do, not just good." So, yeah, if you start getting if you start slacking off, too, Ariel, I'm
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coming at you, bro. Well, and I know, by the way, we just we just plugged your YouTube channel and this this show that you're doing, so I'm not trying to take away from that, but just for the sake of this conversation,
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can I ask what bothered you the most about what he had to say? Uh It wasn't one thing.
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Okay. It was a culmination of things. It was throughout it just kept getting worse. And I'm like, "Bro, what?" Um talking about Azamat's unnatural orthodox and he's fighting southpaw for this fight and I'm like, "Bro, he's a southpaw. Like, what?"
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Um talking I don't have the talking points right here right now, but I've uh Yeah, go to my YouTube.
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Okay, I just want to ask about one thing. DC did tweet, "This is what pissed him off.
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Paramount Plus edits the replays of the highlights." His quotes, "Every everybody had written wrote this kid off. He went on a bit of a losing streak, was not fighting well. He came back and started knocking people out, putting himself right back with the best
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guys in the world." Is he right about that? Is he right that this is what pissed you off?
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No. No. That's one of the points because he said he's coming right back and fighting top top ranked guys again and I My comment to that was in the video was I've been fighting top ranked guys the whole time. I never stopped, but that
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wasn't the thing that made me mad. Like I said, it was a culmination of things.
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He People It's funny because people like to think they know what I'm thinking and they have no idea. That's why I broke it all down on my YouTube.
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I got you. Uh and and is this something that you would like to bury the hatchet with him on? Like would you be interested no Yeah, I have no problem, man. I just want him to do better. It's bottom line,
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do better. It's not I'm not like mad and attacking him. It's hey, we need to do better.
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Overall. This is like a whole thing now. It's it's not you directly, only you.
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It's like everybody in the in the broadcast booth needs to be on notice now that they need to actually show up and do their research and be ready to go. Because if not, Dom's YouTube channel is right there, and I'm going to be calling you
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out. That's all it is. But I did see you say that he's a he's a hater, right? Like he's a low life.
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Yeah, I initially I was upset because I heard so much of it, and I was just coming off my win, and and I was like, what, dude? Why you just Yeah. The the whole fight initially in the fight it was they were just talking
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about Azamat and how great he is and how amazing he is. Didn't say anything good about me like other than I came back from my losing streak, and then I knocked him out. And that was it.
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There was no color commentary on what was actually happening on the fight in terms of Dom's moving well in the outside. He's setting him up with leg kicks.
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You know, Azamat's, you know, susceptible to leg kick, da da da. No, they were just talking about Azamat and how great he is and all these wonderful things and he's It was a one-sided commentary until I knocked him out.
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Permission to push back on one thing? Yeah, go for it. So, the tweet where you wrote, "Sick of being the nice guy while these clowns flat out disrespect and marginalize what I've done in the sport, these so-called {quote} experts." And when I read that
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initially, like if you would say that about me, I'd be like, "Yeah, you know, you could say, 'Ah, he didn't fight, right?'" This is Daniel Cormier, one of the greatest fighters of all time, two-division champion. He's not just
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some guy. his commentary. But, I mean, like Being a fighter doesn't automatically make you an expert in in striking.
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Doesn't automatically make you an expert in movement. Right? That You still have to be good at your job.
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That's the funny thing about this. People think because he's double champ, all these things, that he automatically knows everything about everything. No, you got to continue to grow and learn and get better. Not just everybody already give you a pass that
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you know everything about everything. That's not how the world works, man. There's constantly things to learn.
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And by the way, I'm not here trying to defend him. I'd even talk to him about it. It's just No, but Usually you're just you're you're playing devil's advocate, which is fine. And that's why I'm I just want to give you a chance to
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explain because usually, as you know, people will say that about us, like, "He's never fought. What does he know?" But, you don't often hear it about a Hall of Famer. So, I wanted to know where you were coming from.
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Yeah, and then whatever. Like, to that point what Yeah. He's He was a great fighter, and I'm not saying he wasn't a great fighter. I'm saying as a commentator, he locks off because he lives off of his double champ status,
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in my opinion. Do you think he's seem And it seems like he doesn't do the research. He seems like he doesn't do the work because he's double champ, Daniel Cormier.
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Do you think he's biased in favor of the Russian fighters? Yes. Based on previous commentary that you've seen, not just this fight?
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many fights. Not not just my fight, many fights. I mean, it I I I I may have to find him one day to defend this point, but I mean, it's been it's been years and years of him being
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biased. Um I don't think that's going to happen, right? Of what? You said you may have to fight him.
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No, I said I may have to go back and find Oh, sorry, sorry. I misunderstood.
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Sorry. I was like, "No, no, no. That's not going to happen." No, I said I you may have to go back and find the I'm not Yeah.
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Um what But that's like Yeah. Did you see Jon Jones weigh in on this?
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No. Someone tweeted Jon uh Ray is speaking down on you, go, which I didn't really see, by the way, but this is just fans stirring the pot. But anyway, he said, "Send this to him. I'm giving him a
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virtual hug. I hope one day you heal from such a defeat. Close, but no cigar.
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Sweat more. Pass that on to the next generation." I don't I don't even know what he's talking about.
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I guess he That's nothing to do with any of this. No, I know, but so he this was in the middle of all of this and uh I guess he still thinks that you're fixating on him, but I don't get
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that impression. So, I just wanted to know if you had seen that and if you felt some sort of way about it.
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You know, we were talking about Merab Dvalishvili and how Yan's win and then Volk's win.
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One of the great stories from those two fights is that like there was a time where people left those guys for dead after after, you know, Volk lost twice in a row. Now look at him. Yan lost Yeah, that's the MMA media, man. That's
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how you guys do. That's how it goes. Like that's That's I've been in this game long forever, dude, 10 years. Like it's it's the same.
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You have one bad performance and you're washed. You beat somebody that was knocked out in the past, they had a cracked chin. You don't have a great fight, oh he's he's done, retire. You lose one fight to a champion, oh now
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you're you're you're horrible. Like bro, it's a joke. Is that the MMA that matters That's the only thing that matters is your people and your family and what you got going on and your team and what you believe in
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yourself and your God. Everything else is complete I couldn't agree more with that last point as far as what matters to you, but is that Is that the MMA media or are those the fans in comments and who cuz
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like I don't I've never said that and the fans. You wouldn't say that. Okay, so you not just I'm not saying you.
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Sure, but I'm a part of it, so. You are part of it, but a lot of the media, right? They like to just clickbait headlines. That That was like the biggest thing for like three or four years, just ridiculous headlines. And
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then fans just run with it. Like this is Yeah, man. Just clickbait head headlines and then we got kids that have like hit puberty yesterday thinking they're tough and then that's the fan base and then now the UFC is
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like, oh all these fans are, you know, this is our fan base and then now they have weight and then now they are have some sort of power because they had this many clicks or this many comments.
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It's all It's all bull crap. I agree with all of that, by the way.
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It's It's It's a little bit disheartening to see uh who gets access or who has a voice, whatever. But, I don't want you to pay attention to that. And the reason why I brought this up is only because your
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story is incredible because you went on that losing streak, you had the devastating loss, and now look at you.
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You put yourself back in a position to be what I think it's five of your last six, two in a row now. Prior to that, you had the winning streak. It's an amazing story. So, all I was trying to
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say there was just like Petr Yan and just like Volkanovski, your theme, the theme of your career, is pretty damn inspiring as well because there was a time where there were some people writing you off.
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Oh, absolutely. And you're right. And sorry about the little hostilities, but No, no, I love this.
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myself. I have to I have to speak from my heart, right? And I have to just say what I need to say. So, there's you know, so I feel like I'm a very misunderstood fighter, right? And then a
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lot of people, because I don't speak a lot, I don't do a lot of interviews, they like to just pile on me and just continue to just tear me down or say what they're going to say about me. You
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know, and I have my nieces and nephews reading these things, and everybody's just talking mad about me on a daily. So, I'm going to defend myself a bit here.
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Is this something you've been holding on to for a while? I mean, since the Jon fight, I've just been getting trashed for doing nothing wrong other than fighting with all my heart.
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Was there ever a point where you thought you wouldn't get back to this position?
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Um, when I had the blood clots, I didn't I didn't even know if I would be able to walk again or live. So, yeah.
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That was the Yeah. If fighting Once Once I put fighting as like, you know, it's something I get to do and it's not my everything, everything got better.
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Do you feel like you appreciate it all now more? Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. I appreciate the actual sport and going and fighting and the staff of the UFC and the moments and the the the fans that have been with
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me since the beginning who aren't just these fair-weather fans and stuff. That That's all super awesome, man. But the world we're living in is just a bunch of bunch of clowns, bro.
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As a result of that, where you know everyone is fickle or a lot of people are fickle, do you not get too high after a win or too low like do you feel like you're more all right, it's on to
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the next more business-like? Yeah, cuz I I I'm also very aware it's like what have you done for me lately and then what's next? Right? No matter what, you could be Volk, you could be Jon, you could be whoever, you could be
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GSP, but it's always what's next. You know? So, just enjoy enjoy your time you have, enjoy these moments, you know, ride the wave and have fun and uh just take them as they come.
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Well, speaking of that, you mentioned Paulo Costa, you mentioned Khalil Rountree. If if you had a say, who would be next?
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I don't know anymore, man. I I went back and actually looked at it because I didn't really look at it before. I kind of did, but I didn't. I who knows, man? It could be Ankalaev next, you know? It could be some crazy
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stuff happens and I get a title shot next, you know? It's like I don't know. But I'm up there, you know, I'm top five now, so anything is possible for me. I have unlimited possibilities, so I'm very excited about that. Keep working and uh
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God will put the path in front of me. Speaking of that title shot scenario, like Paulo Costa's been very upset about not getting a shot and that, you know, Albar got hurt in April and there's no sign of him coming back and there's no
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interim, but they're doing interim for 170 and a vacant title fight at women's flyweight and heavyweight. How do you feel about how the top of the division is being handled?
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Uh uh I'm sorry, man. I don't really have a uh uh comment on it. I haven't really looked at it much.
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I've just been like I got to beat this guy and whatever's next is next. It things have a really funny way of working themselves out in the UFC, to be honest with you, man.
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Do you feel like it could fall in your favor here? Like things could break?
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Yeah, I mean, who knows? You know, either that or, you know, fight anyone ahead of me and then be next.
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We'll see. Before it's all said and done, would you like a chance to get at righting the wrong like one more crack? I still think till this day, Dom, you know, I've said this a gazillion times, you want that fight and
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it's a great travesty that you cannot say that, you know, you beat Jon on that day, even though I think anyone watching with with a pair of, you know, eyes that could see pretty well and you know, a good IQ of the sport would
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know. Do you feel like you need to to to right that wrong, fight for the belt at least one more time?
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Yeah, man. Uh I think I I get the belt and then yeah, that's it. I'm done. The journey's over.
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Is that the motivation? I just need to touch the top of the rock, you know? That's it.
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Um and then, obviously, I'd love to get into the Hall of Fame and those kinds of things, but we'll see, you know?
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Is that the motivation? Is that the main motivation at this point? Well, the main motivation is for my son and my family, you know, to support them cuz the higher you go up, you know, the more you get paid, so
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that's really the main motivation. How old is your son now? Uh 10 months. How's that going?
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Oh, it's the best best thing ever. There's really nothing better that's ever happened in my life, so man, so blessed. It's crazy.
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So, you're undefeated as a dad. Yeah, hey, there we go. There it is. There it is. You are.
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at him. That was in my Hall of Fame ceremony at Stony Brook. Ame- congratulations on that.
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Thank you, man. That was such a huge accomplishment. Were you expecting this? No, not at all. They called me and I was like "Wow this is this is awesome." And then I was in the middle of camp, so it was like a
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nice boost to go over there and see everybody and get get filled with that spirit and then come back and finish the mission.
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So, do you think it'll be one of those things you you touch the top of the rock and then you walk away. You wouldn't do that right?
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No, we'll see, man. I'd like to I'd like to defend once, be a true champion, at least minimum.
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Um yeah. Yeah. Uh in your mind, how many away are you? One. One. One away.
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Number one contender fight and then it's back in the title picture. Yep. You You seen any of the Paulo Costa bellyaching lately? He's upset.
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No, I don't. You can't tell me you haven't seen it, Dom. You're on Twitter with all the You're clearly on Twitter.
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So, true story. I installed Twitter for that one night and then deleted it. Oh, really?
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Yeah, I don't have Twitter. I only had it for that night. You need to get some stuff off your chest.
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it just for the YouTube thing. Okay. I don't I I've honest, I stay away from I don't follow any news, media, nothing, nothing, nothing. I don't I don't even like seeing fight news. I don't I'm not interested in it, man. It's all
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poisonous. It's poisonous, man. It's not good. It's not good. You think it's toxic? It's very toxic.
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Okay. So So after the fight, you watch the fight, you then say, "Man, F this commentary. Let me download this thing on my phone." and that's when you you tweeted all that.
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Yep. And then you deleted it. Yep. Okay. [laughter] Do you regret doing that? But there's only one thing that I I will say, you know, I did come off a little hard on Daniel and I'm I'm sorry for
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that, you know, calling him low IQ and things like that and I I was a heat of the moment and I do apologize for that. Um the other things, I stand by what I said but I'm sorry for attacking you directly,
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truly. Okay. Uh I think that's very kind. I think he would appreciate that. Um Do you regret So, you don't regret doing it, maybe just those particular words you would rather take back.
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Yeah, yeah. Just my initial heat was a little hot, you know, and that's that's that's not my character. That's not what That's not really who I am. I was just in the moment and uh yeah.
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Other than that, I stand by what I said. You got to be more prepared, my guy.
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Okay. Seemed like he wanted to like have a chat with you privately. Yeah. He did.
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Um but, you know, I didn't. Well, maybe down Maybe down the line. Yeah, for sure. Um for sure. But, like I I've never seen Daniel outside of the cage ever or outside around the octagon. So, like I'm not a guy that's like
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around. You know, it's kind of crazy. Yeah. Or may maybe Yeah, I mean, the the the the Johnny Walker fight, he worked that one, right?
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Yeah. Yeah, so you're usually on the number He was telling people that they could Oh, you could turn it off, you know, it's a boring fight. You It's okay to boo.
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Oh, okay. So, there was stuff in that fight as well that you didn't like.
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Oh, yeah. Okay. And other fights of other people, too, that I didn't that I don't like, you know? He was doing the same thing in the Curtis Blaydes fight, you know? Just boring. Like, bro.
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So, you want us to just get knocked out for your entertainment instead of just being color color commentary and being professional about it and trying to help us out and talk us up and be like, "Yeah, actually this is
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very dangerous for both of them. That's why they're both being hesitant." Not, "Oh, these guys are just boring. Turn it off." You know, that's not cool.
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Okay, he said that. He said, "Turn it off." I don't remember. know if he said, "Turn it off" exactly, but I'm I'm I'm I need to be Okay, I'll be more decisive next time.
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No, no, it's all good. I just wanted to make sure cuz that that would surprise me cuz he works for the UFC and I don't know He didn't say, "Turn it off." Of course, not. But, he said, "It's okay to boo
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this." Okay. You know, things like that is not okay. Who is your favorite? We're talking about ones you don't like. Who do you like as far Oh, well, I like them all. I like DC, too. I think he's he's ex- extremely
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well-spoken, man. He He's He's got a silver tongue, you know? It It gets fans in there. He's I think he's he's good at he's great good at what he does. He just needs to do better. That's it. I think Dom Cruz is the best. I
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think Anik is really really good. I like Paul Felder a lot. Um Lores Sanko is amazing, right? Everybody they're all really good. But it's just like you could do better and you don't have to just like just don't be biased, man, and be real.
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And then realize these are our lives. You can't just say things really nearly about us out here, you know? Like that's all I'm saying. I'm just saying be more professional. Be be the best.
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Be the best. That's all. Or as best as you can be. Exactly. The best you could do.
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Yeah, I saw you tweet at Dominic. effort. Not not like a a halfway effort or like oh, I'm doing my best, but then you're not doing research.
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You know? I saw you tweet at Dominic uh something to the effect of like Dominic was right.
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What did you mean by that? About DC not doing research. Remember when they had that that thing about you know?
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I thought it was about your fight. same thing. I thought he was breaking down your fight. I thought you were talking about that.
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No, I'm talking about the exact same thing DC came uh Dom came at him about, you know, 2 years ago or whatever it was. It's it's the exact same thing.
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He's doing the same thing. That's all. Okay. When do you want to return? Oh, man, I don't know. I don't know.
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We'll see. We'll see. I'm get I'm already getting offers, so we'll see. It could be soon. It could be later.
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Okay. I don't know. I got an offer right right when I got backstage. I was like oh, come on guys.
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Let me just drink this Sprite first. Oh my god. Just a minute. Was it a good offer?
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I got an interesting one. Oh, it's it's a very interesting offer, you know? I think that's why they came in with me right away. They're like this and I'm like oh.
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Ah [snorts] I don't know, man. Can you tell us who it is? I can't I I can't, man. I can't.
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Did we mention his name? Uh yeah. Yeah, yeah. Okay. Is it Paulo Costa? It's it's top five and it's not Paulo cuz Paulo is he's digging himself a real deep hole right now, I think.
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Yeah. Roundtree? [snorts] No comment. Okay. I'm going to I'm not going to say anything.
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Okay, sorry, sorry, sorry. Uh well, uh okay, so maybe we'll see you sooner than later.
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Yeah, yeah. You haven't decided. I haven't decided cuz I still have to get MRIs and stuff, you know, like kind of messed up my foot and my knee, so we'll see.
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In the fight? In the fight or before the fight? Oh. In the fight. With the kick?
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And then yeah. Damn. Yeah. You know, all or nothing. Was that flight home annoying with that?
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Oh, dude, you got to love being on a plane where your foot's swelling like a freaking balloon and your knees just feel your heartbeat in it. That's always fun.
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Ugh. How long is that flight from Abu Dhabi? 16. 16? Not straight though, right?
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Straight. 16 straight. LA to Abu Dhabi. You can go direct? Wow. I didn't know you could go direct.
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Yeah. It's cool but not cool. Yes. [laughter] You know what I'm saying? Yes, yes, I understand that. Well, enjoy the victory. Congratulations. I urge everyone to check out the YouTube channel.
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Go check it out, guys. First first episode up? Yep. I don't want to be on there, all right?
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No, man, you like I said, you're you take pride in being great at what you do, man. I I really respect that.
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There it is. He's scoring the I want to see you and DC bury the hatchet.
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I I would like to, too, man. I don't like having beef with him but I don't really feel like I have beef with him.
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I'm just I'm just telling him to be better and he's I did come off a little hot and I I did apologize for that but uh it's just mainly just saying be better, man.
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That's it. Much respect, Dom. Congratulations. Great victory. Appreciate you coming on after the long flight.
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Thanks, guys. Have a great day. You too. Take care. Enjoy. There he is, Dominick Reyes, uh the devastator. Big win.
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Uh very impressive and I feel I feel like we got somewhere there. I feel like we we advanced a little bit. I feel good about what we did there.
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Topics:Dominick ReyesDaniel CormierUFCMMA commentaryAzamat MurzakanovJohnny WalkerAbu DhabiAriel HelwaniUFC Abu DhabiMMA interview
