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Mackenzie over here.

How's fight week going so far for you as champion?

Fight week has been amazing.

It's definitely a little bit different.

Doing the face-offs with the belt in my hand, I'm kind of like, how do I shake her hand?

But yeah, I mean, it's been, besides like all the interviews, that hasn't changed too much.

But just getting used to having the belt over my shoulder most of the time during fight week.

But it's been fun.

Yeah, and I saw you had that face-off with her yesterday, and we had the chance to speak with her a little while ago.

She was in here.

But I guess what was your read?

Was there anything that you could take away from that moment, you know, us facing off with her for the first time?

No, I mean, just – I mean, that was the first time I've ever met her, so I've never even seen her in person.

But, yeah, I mean, I think she looks happy.

She looks confident.

And I think we both look like we were there to be – to throw down.

Yeah, it's been kind of an interesting little build-up.

She was in here, like I said earlier, and she seems to think that you don't like her.

And I don't know, do you not like her?

Is that true?

I don't like her or dislike her.

I don't know her.

So, but I mean, yeah, I think it's really cool how she has the most, is tied with the most finishes.

I mean, there's a lot of stuff I'm learning about her this week.

not because I have anything against her.

I think she definitely maybe had her eyes more on me than I did on her, but just because she was in the 125 division, she wasn't even in our division,

and then she came down, and then I was just focused on me and Wei Li at the time and ahead of me, not really who's fighting behind me.

So I never really paid attention, but not that I don't like her or do like her or anything like that.

I don't know her, but I really respect her journey in the UFC.

She was on the Ultimate Fighter, and I was able to take part in the Ultimate Fighter with Team Bisping in DC.

So what the girls and the guys go through, I give a lot of respect to it.

And you can see how – I don't know if she won, but I think she won.

But to get up here and be fighting for the title shot is nice.

But I think she's the one who doesn't like me.

She actually did confirm that in her interview earlier.

Yeah.

Now that you've had time – because there was that little period of time, right, where it seemed a little uncertain who your first challenger was going to be.

We didn't really know what was going on with Wei Li.

Now that she is in front of you, you feel like she's a worthy title challenger level opponent for you now that you've studied her?

Well, when they had mentioned maybe the winner of Amanda Lemos and Jillian would be my next title fight.

So I think Amanda, because I had a loss to her, and then Jillian, I know she was on a four-fight win streak.

So, I mean, for the strawweight division, you guys know how it is

if you have like a good like two two back-to-back wins even three you can cut

that line pretty easily you know and um her having four four straight wins

and now five straight wins you know i was like yeah this makes sense

but definitely i was happy especially her being a grappler um

i think that's a good matchup yeah i think that's what's

exciting a lot of people about this fight right is

that she's known for her jiu-jitsu and you obviously are too um i'm sure

if i asked you the question of who had the better grappling you would say you but

if you're at like a 10 what would you give her

like numbers you know on a scale of one to 10 um for mma i mean like what i think eight

nine close but you feel pretty confident

if the fight hits the mat there'll be a pretty clear discrepancy about who's better in

that area um i mean no

because i i mean it's five minutes you know each round

is only five minutes I mean five minutes isn't a lot of time to work especially

when she's good and she knows what she's doing I don't know what belt she is

but if she's a black belt well I mean there's other girls

that are black belts to like Vian and stuff like that

but so she's someone who's aggressive and goes forward

and she looks for the attack you know she I think

she's gonna try to progress in the in the fight she's not gonna just get a takedown

and and just stay safe I think she'll try to catch her back

and she's not someone who I want to fall in a bad position with.

So, I mean, if she knows how to stay safe

and I know how to stay safe and we both know how to attack and, you know, we only have two minutes left because it took two and a half minutes just to get to the ground, you know, because they're still punching and cage and all this,

you know, I mean, it's an MMA fight, you know, I don't think people could see that much, especially when I've seen some of her submissions now with the UFC posting this week,

like armbar, she attacks from the bottom, she attacks from the top.

So, I mean, an armbar is an armbar, but I mean, you still have titles and you still have, you know, the accolades that the person brings to the fight.

And she has been submitted.

She was armbar.

I think she, I know some of her fights in jujitsu, she got leg locked, you know,

so there are definitely, definitely weaknesses or holes there, you know, I haven't been submitted or things like that.

I mean, so I don't think in this fight, you'll see like, oh wow, I'm doing something totally crazy that she doesn't do.

But I do have some tricks up my sleeve.

Thank you, good luck.

Mackenzie right here.

Five years ago, you did an interview with us and you said

that you felt women had to do more work to gain the respect in MMA compared to the men.

Now that you have that belt in front of you, do you feel like you've finally gotten the respect maybe from the fans that watch MMA?

No, they're still the same.

I mean, it's still the whole like bathroom breaks and you know what I mean?

It's just, I mean, what they want is like trash talkers, you know?

And the woman, I think most of the woman, it's like we kind of bring the more, I don't know, elegant side or chic or, you know what I mean?

That part to MMA, although we can, I think that's cool that we can like turn it on and turn it off, you know, and we can be like, humil...

I've come from martial arts, so since I'm three, you win and you can lose in the same tournament, in a jiu-jitsu tournament on the same day.

So a win and a loss doesn't make you better than someone else or things like that.

It's the consistency over the whole year that makes you the number one in the world, not if you just won on one day.

The fans, they're crazy.

Of course, I think women, we're starting to bring more and more exciting fights just because of the level.

It's getting better and better.

but I mean what they really want is trash talking like the Ronda Rousey's

and the rivalries and things like that and you see

that even with the guys if the guys are like more humble

or more quieter then you know the fans are kind of talking

but at the same time there are fans you know so

if they hate it if they like it that's what we need.

You know, we fight for the fans.

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And, but yeah, I think if we can keep showing exciting fights, you see like Rose Namajunas, you know, knocking out Wei Li and all these crazy things,

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that's where we keep getting the respect that we want.

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So we just got to train hard and try to have good matches.

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Did those comments, like you said, like fans saying, like, oh, bathroom break when the women's fights, did that ever bother you in your career

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or did you just kind of push that off to the side and so like they don't know what they're talking about?

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I don't know that's I mean yeah that's like not

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that they don't know what they're talking about I mean it's still like a I don't know like a taste

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or it's their opinion but I mean it definitely bothers me more

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when they say like I don't know that I'm gonna get beat up

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or things like that or that they don't see my actual technique

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but if they say they know the fight's not exciting or something like that I'm not too

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I'm not too worried about it.

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Hi, over here.

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To your left, there you go.

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Obviously, coming into the UFC was such a storied jiu-jitsu resume, right?

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Did winning the title finally allow you to separate Mackenzie Turner, the jiu-jitsu champion, from the MMA fighter?

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Yeah, for sure.

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I mean, definitely me winning.

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That was like one of the biggest representatives, representations, and I don't know, kind of give back that I could do for my sport,

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my martial art for Jiu-Jitsu in my community.

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But that was just, it's really good to be able to solidify myself as an MMA fighter because, I mean, I feel like I won the fight, my title, mostly with my striking.

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Obviously, my Jiu-Jitsu is what makes people scared, and that gives me such a good hand in the fight.

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You know, people kind of back off on how they fight me, and they fight differently.

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So that obviously is a big reason of what got me here.

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but I mean just feeling comfortable with the striking

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and being able to adapt with whatever they throw at me

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so I mean I became a champion in a completely different sport now

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so um I definitely represent jiu-jitsu but I think that's separated now

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and I'm a champion in MMA yeah and taking on someone

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that likes to do like she aims to go to the ground as well does

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that make the fight a little more exciting for you

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and do you think maybe look you want to go to the ground with me great

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but I'm to show you there's levels to this too oh yeah for sure i mean not

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that yeah like levels to this

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but i mean it's just i don't i don't know

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if she's fought someone who like doesn't want to go to the ground with her you know um

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so i mean we're gonna be definitely engaging that's why i think this fight is gonna be

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so exciting because i think there will be scrambles

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and there will be um you know grappling exchanges

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and i'm super excited about that because it kind of this whole camp i trained

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so much my jiu-jitsu and it was just really comforting to be back kind of

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to if I was going to go fight at the World Championships, you know, like I used to 15 years ago.

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So I think it will be fun, and yeah, it will be a good fight.

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All right, last one for me.

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Now that you're champion, when you became champion, when you won the title, right, did you look back at your journey and maybe go, you know, I've had to adapt, I've had to grow, I've had to change things here and there.

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And when you look back, was there a specific fight or maybe even a specific loss that you thought, you know what, that's the one, that's the one that got me to push so hard that I got to this title?

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I think my fight against Jan Shaunan, that was my main event.

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Mark Zuckerberg was there, and it was just one judge gave it a draw, and then she won with the minority decision.

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So it was a fight that I felt that I attacked so much on the ground,

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and I felt just with the judges and the boxing commission that they didn't have the...

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I felt like they gave her more respect for defending all the submissions

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and all the danger that I put her in than how much danger I was actually putting her in.

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And then since they saw it that way, they didn't kind of look about how me being a grappler, how I was standing and exchanging her,

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and I hurt her too on the standing.

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So I felt like I could have like or draw or won that fight with the jiu-jitsu mindset.

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And so then when I lost that and I saw kind of, I understood the game of MMA, you know, and how, okay, ground and pound is, could be better and,

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you know, worth more than me putting her in, like, these omopladas and, you know, all these chokes where I can, I'm hearing her, like, you know, like, choking, you know.

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And I'm like, if this was in jujitsu, this would be, like, so dangerous for, like, I'd get all these advantages and all these things like that.

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so that really helped me understand the game of MMA

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and I think that's what helped change my mindset

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and helped me get to the to the belt

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and like on my title fight I'm like thinking about damage

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and damage and damage and not just attacking and wasting energy for knowing

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that people who are watching they want to see damage.

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Thank you.

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Mackenzie over here.

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So obviously you got to participate on Tough a little bit this season help coach.

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Is that something you could ever see yourself or want to maybe take a head coaching role on?

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Oh yeah for sure that was fun.

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It was really cool to like meet the girls

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and the guys um and i was lucky

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because it was the strawweight division so i was able to get the training in

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but i mean i feel like not that i feel bad

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but it's like it's a lot of pressure on them they're like it's monday 4 p.m

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and they're like killing each other

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and then they have to go fight each other like next week

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and cut weight so what they put themselves through i'm like this is crazy you know

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but to be able to be there and kind of try

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and i don't know be an example for them and just help maybe inspire them a little bit

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was fun but definitely I would like to get what would would be interesting to be part of it

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and be one of the coaches and see who I would fight at the end or something like that.

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And then last one for me obviously all attention on Jillian

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but is there a clear number one contender after her do you maybe think Wei Li would be

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that number one contender if she does come back to Charlotte?

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I don't know I have no idea about I thought Wei Li was gonna be the my first title defense

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so I really have no idea who they would offer after

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and I don't have my eyes on anyone either so just chilling.

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Mackenzie over here

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when you won the belt your daughter was the happiest person in the world she looks

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so happy on screen what has she told you ahead of your first title defense?

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She tells me to train a lot because she wants now she understands that

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if we win we get another one of these you know

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it's not like we don't pass it on to someone

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so she tells me to She's trained a lot to get a whole bunch of these.

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She thinks it's super cool, so she wants to have them all around the house.

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Awesome, best of skill.

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Thank you.

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Awesome, over here.

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There's the old expression that a fighter gets 30% better after they gain that first title.

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Do you feel that that's happened with you?

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100%.

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I mean, my first training back, my punches, my kicks, my movement was like, it was just crazy.

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And I was like, coach, this is so crazy, you know?

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And it was just, in my opinion, it's the pressure that comes off of you.

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And then you can really just go into training and evolve and get better.

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And you just, you don't have pressure on you anymore, you know? you already accomplished

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that goal that you wanted and so now you just get

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so much better for sure we've talked about the excitement around

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women's mma the current state it's in right now there hasn't

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been a woman as a main event in almost 18 months

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do you feel any pressure on putting on an exciting performance

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this saturday i mean i always feel a little bit pressure to put on exciting performance you know just

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because i'm always putting that on myself i want to have a great fight

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and I want I like bonuses

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and I like having like you know fight of the nights

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and things like that

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so I mean definitely like I was saying before I would like to help

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if I can help in any way I mean I'm not a good trash talker

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so I'm not I can't go that route but

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if I can you know get especially now in Paramount Plus

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you get you know people who don't do martial arts who watching

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and see the fight

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and say like man what is she doing it the girl looks like a pretzel you know

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or not or whatever knock out or especially being the champ

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and being a mother and just you know try to represent

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that the best way possible so yeah definitely i have

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that pressure of trying to get exciting matches for helping women's mma

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and ufc in general thank you mckenzie over here yeah uh ian gary recently said

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that um the world would be a better place

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if women were in charge I just want to know being a UFC woman champion just kind of your opinion

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and if you agree with him um I mean that's

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so hard I'm I come from like a little bit more

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traditional um like upbringing you know obviously the woman my family are super strong

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and independent and they taught me how to be strong woman

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but I don't know I like the guy protecting and you know

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leading and doing that stuff and I like to just relax

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and if I need to go to war with him I will

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but um yeah I mean I'm a mommy and stuff like

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that so I think it's very good woman strong woman

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and we don't depend on guys we can be independent but I like the man taking the lead thank you

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thank you Mackenzie over here uh first up what was your reaction

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when you heard that your fight was going to be the co-main event on this card?

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I mean, I kind of, I imagined that, you know, my title fight was a co-main event.

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So, yeah, I mean, I thought it was going to be happy.

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I mean, I liked when I was fight nights because the whole poster was, like, just me and my opponent.

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But it's cool.

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I mean, two title fights, being fighting with legend, the guy in the guy's division, like Islam and Ian, And all these guys, for me, it's awesome.

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And also, what was your reaction when you heard

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that your fight was going to be held here in Philadelphia

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for the first UFC event in this city in over seven years?

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Man, I was super excited, especially just with the whole Rocky story and Philly cheesesteak sandwiches.

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And, you know, I was really excited to be here.

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And I haven't had, like, the best results on the East Coast, so I'm really trying to just break that.

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Not superstition, but, you know, I like to take that stuff out, you know.

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And so I'm excited to throw it down out here in Philly.

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Final one for me is when you look at your opponent, what do you think is going to be one of your biggest challenges?

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I mean, I think the biggest challenge with Jillian would just be,

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I mean, I think like her not making a mistake.

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You know, I think she's just going to like give her heart, you know, like she's trying to accomplish something that she wants so bad.

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So I think just the biggest challenge will be having to control her focus,

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you know, and try to cut down her confidence throughout the fight.

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Jillian, right?

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I feel like you've taken the long route to get here to the title shot.

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So I guess now that we're only a couple days removed from

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or ahead of your first title defense or title fight here in the UFC, I guess, how's camp been?

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How's life been?

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What are the emotions?

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I actually have the longest route out of any female to a title fight.

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So this will be my 21st fight with the UFC.

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And this camp, it went absolutely phenomenal.

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Honestly, one of my best.

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I feel like I'm more confident than ever.

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And I'm just ready for this opportunity.

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Do you think that, I mean, like when Mara was doing this and when Charles Oliveira was on these runs too, where it took them so many wins to get the title shot, they got that fan support behind them?

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Because like, when is it their turn?

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Have you felt that from the fans too?

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Because after McKenzie's last win, everyone was saying Tatiana, everyone was saying Whaley

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and then there was like this kind of slow surge in

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your name after your performances have you felt kind of the

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fans getting behind you i guess a little bit yes

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and no i felt a lot of the canadian fans getting

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behind me i will say 100 canada has been in full support

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and i breaking down mckenzie obviously everyone is going to say grappling versus grappling

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but on the countdown you said you know she's going to have kind of the traditional jujitsu approach

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and i'm the mma grappler so i I guess when you break down Mackenzie's skill set, I guess, are you impressed?

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What do you make of her skill set?

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I mean, I don't want to diminish anything.

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I feel like she has really good Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

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It's just this is MMA.

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So I think that's where I'm going to be able to shine.

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I think that she's going to bring a lot of fight, but it's going to wear out in the later rounds, and that's where I'm going to shine.

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Historically, when we see two high-level grapplers, I'm sure you've seen it, it kind of turns into a striking matchup because they cancel each other out.

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so i guess everyone knows her skills on the ground

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but what do you make of her striking

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because this is an mma fight after all the fight does

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start standing uh i feel like her striking is aggressive she's very defensively open for my strikes as well though

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but she's definitely going to come at me and throw everything she's got

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and i saw an interview where you said you don't think she likes you

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and i asked mckenzie during that yesterday

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and she's like i've never even met her i don't know where this is coming from

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so do you actually think that she doesn't

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or is this something you have to build in your head to kind of maybe?

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She was making comments all through the camp about how she doesn't know me, she doesn't think my jujitsu is good and all this stuff, and now she's like, oh no,

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it's not anything, it's not that I don't like her.

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I'm like, why are we trying to take this back now?

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Like, you're talking all this shit through camp, Keep that same energy.

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So would you ever respected it more if she just came up to you and was like, I don't actually like you, like, to your face?

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Oh, yeah.

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No, because I don't like her right now, you know?

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I'm like, we're about to fight each other this week.

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Good luck.

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Thank you.

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Jillian, over here.

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You know, what's the experience in Philly been like?

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Have you done any bucket list items in the middle of all this championship fight camp?

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I haven't had time to do anything at all.

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I actually flew out to Toronto for a little bit of a media tour on Monday, and my flight got canceled.

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So I didn't make it to Philly until yesterday, which was a little bit unexpected.

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So I haven't had time to do anything really.

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You have any bucket list things you want to do with the belt on Sunday, maybe?

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I guess I haven't put too much thought into that yet.

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And one more for me.

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Din Thomas is somebody who supported you and mentored you for a long time.

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How much would it mean to bring the belt back to him, and what's the biggest thing he's taught you along the way?

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It's been since I was 15 years old, Din and I have been working together, so I think it really is our belt more than anything else.

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He's molded me into the fighter that I am today, so it would mean the world for me to be able to win that for us.

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Awesome.

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Best of luck on Saturday.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Julian.

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You did have a face-off with Mackenzie last night though.

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Can you just tell us kind of what your takeaways from

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that were and obviously getting to do it on the famous Rocky steps?

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I guess on the similar note of I expected her to be a little bit more aggressive.

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She shook my hand twice and it kind of threw me off where I was like, thought we were talking shit.

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You told me on Monday when we were in Toronto

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that you feel that belt's already yours to be able to see it up close during that face-off.

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Does that just give you a little more of a boost?

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I guess a little bit, but I feel like it's just another fight to me.

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It's still just that.

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It's just going in there and being able to have the opportunity to perform, and I just hope that I'm able to do that.

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What are your expectations for the press conference tomorrow?

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I know you said you hope she talks a little trash.

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Are you thinking it might go a different way now, or how do you think it's going to go?

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I guess I'm not really sure how it's going to go, but like I said, I'm keeping the same energy.

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I still don't like her.

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Jillian over here.

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UFC put out a stat this week.

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You're tied with Amanda Nunes for most finishes amongst women in MMA.

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What would it mean to get that finish this weekend and take that record?

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Amanda has been my absolute idol through the sport.

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I feel like there is no woman that is better than her.

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So to be able to beat one of her records is really like, that's a big step for me.

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That's really what means a lot.

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And then what kind of champion do you envision yourself being?

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Very active with title defenses, interest in two belts.

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What are your thoughts there?

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I definitely want to be very active.

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I feel like I've always been very active through my career.

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And I don't think champs should move up until they clear out their division.

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So if I'm able to clear out my division, then I might move up.

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But at this time, it's staying in 115.

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And then last one for me.

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I don't want to get too far ahead of the fight or anything.

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But other than you right now, is there a clear number one contender in the division?

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I guess there's always a question mark over Wei Li right now to see where she's at.

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I think that with another win under her belt, Fatima's coming up, or Sayonara too.

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I'm like, they're girls who I'm definitely watching and looking at for the years coming up.

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You were talking about the long road you took to get here, right?

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And, you know, filled with losses, setbacks and everything.

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With a loss, a setback, especially watching all the other girls get a shot before you did, even though a lot of fans and yourself, I'm sure, felt you deserved a shot at that point.

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Any of that ever kind of maybe put a doubt in your mind if you ever actually get to this point?

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No, it's just a bit about the joy of the ride.

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I've just been having fun with it the whole time.

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I feel like one of the greatest lessons I've ever learned

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was literally as I was taking the steps out of the octagon, when I got TKO'd by Macy Barber, my coach Dean came up to me and he was like, it's over.

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And it's like, you just have to realize that in those moments, it's over.

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There's nothing you can do about it.

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We move on to the next moment and we just keep pushing forward.

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There you go.

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And you've known, I mean, we all know you're one of the best grapplers in the UFC, you know, without a doubt.

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But let's say you get in there

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so you do go to the ground Let's say you submit someone like Mackenzie Dern with the credentials

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that she has what does that rank for you?

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What would that rank for you personally like as a grappler?

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No, I think

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that definitely be my one of my top submissions in the

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UFC Especially there is no one as credentialed in her in the UFC in BJJ as she is

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so I and she's never been said before So I think to get

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that like feather in my cap would be great Wait, and last one for me.

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You went on Saturday.

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Where would you, if you could, you know, tell Dana, hey, I want to go here.

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Where would you want your first defensive to be?

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Obviously, Canada is where I'd love to have it, but if Waley's coming back, I'm down to go to Shanghai.

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All right.

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Best of luck.

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Thank you.

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Jillian, over here.

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You're riding your longest win streak coming into your first title shot.

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What changed in your career to allow you to put all these wins together?

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I think I just kind of found the right, I guess, mixture that I needed to make me feel confident and prepared walking in.

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Between my coach, Dean Thomas, and the goat shed, I feel like we just have – we found something good there.

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Awesome.

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And obviously, you guys have very high-level MMA grappling.

404

Let's take away the punches, take away the kicks.

405

If this was purely a jiu-jitsu-only match, how do you think you would do against Mackenzie Dern?

406

No, I would give it to her, honestly.

407

I think that if it is pure jiu-jitsu – I haven't trained pure jiu-jitsu since I got into the UFC.

408

I've only been training jujitsu with strikes.

409

So even opening a closed guard, I don't really know how to without punching somebody in the face at this point.

410

So if it was pure jujitsu, I wouldn't be surprised if she had a little bit of an edge.

411

Awesome.

412

Thank you.

413

I just want to know, representing Canada, what it's going to be like to potentially win the belt

414

and be the first champ since GSP and represent both the new generation of men and women in Canada?

415

I feel like every time I hear it, it just feels unreal.

416

To be Canada's first woman champ is just, it's, I'm like, I just don't feel like I'm that cool, you know?

417

I'm just doing this having fun.

418

So to be able to say that I'm like leading the MMA in Canada, I guess I don't think of it as that big, but it's definitely unreal to me.

419

What does it mean to you to have your title fight be on the co-main event of this card?

420

I think being on the co-main event of a card with Islam headlining it, who is the greatest right now, I think it's just a great spot,

421

a great opportunity, and hopefully a lot of eyes are going to be on the show.

422

And when you heard this fight was going to be held here in Philadelphia, what was your initial reaction?

423

My initial reaction was I heard the arena was going to be huge and the fans are crazy, and that's all I'm looking forward to.

424

I love that energy.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “"I WILL get the belt!"”. This video has 423 sentences and 5684 words to shadow. The speech runs for 26:54. The speaker talks fast, about 211 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
excite verb	/ɪkˈsaɪt/	To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
grappler noun		One who grapples.
jujitsu noun	/ˌd͡ʒuːˈd͡ʒɪtsuː/	A Japanese martial art and method of self-defence, typically unarmed, emphasizing manipulating an opponent’s force against themselves rather than directly…
grapple verb	/ˈɡɹæpəl/	To seize something and hold it firmly.
armbar noun		A joint lock where the elbow is hyperextended in order to cause pain or injury.
champ verb	/t͡ʃæmp/	To bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.
contender noun	/kənˈtɛn.dɚ/	Someone who competes with one or more other people.
martial adjective	/ˈmɑɹʃəl/	Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
submission noun	/səbˈmɪʃən/	The act of submitting or yielding; surrender.
opponent noun	/əˈpəʊ.nənt/	One who opposes another; one who works or takes a position against someone or something; one who attempts to stop the progress of someone or something.
credential noun	/kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/	documentary or electronic evidence that a person has certain status or privileges
matchup noun	/ˈmæt͡ʃʌp/	A pairing of two things, people or teams, especially for a competition
setback noun	/ˈsɛtbæk/	An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).
strawweight noun		minimumweight
talker noun	/ˈtɔkɚ/	A person who talks, especially one who gives a speech, or is loquacious or garrulous.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
break down verb		To stop functioning.
clear out verb		To completely empty.
come up verb		To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
come up to verb		To approach.
knock out verb		To strike or bump (someone or something) out.
move up verb		To promote, put onto a higher level.
take away verb	/ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/	To remove something and put it in a different place.
beat up verb		To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

How's fight week going so far for you as champion?
Do you feel that that's happened with you?
Have you felt that from the fans too?
What do you make of her skill set?
I'm like, why are we trying to take this back now?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	if the fight hits the mat there'll be · if this was in jujitsu, this would be · if it was pure jujitsu, I wouldn't be
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	have been working · I've just been having · I've only been training
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	it's been · I've ever met · you've had
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	one who doesn · someone who I · someone who like

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 155 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: martial /ˈmɑɹʃəl/, submission /səbˈmɪʃən/, credential /kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/, accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/, shine /ʃaɪn/
Long words — get the stress right: defensively /dɪˈfɛnsɪvli/, discrepancy /dɪˈskɹɛpənsi/, solidify /səˈlɪdɪˌfaɪ/, phenomenal /fɪˈnɒmɪnəl/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like excite, grappler, jujitsu.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?