There are a few things the UFC's Chito Vera can't live without. From his sneaker collection and a film camera to a good cup of coffee and rib eye steak, here are the Ecuadorian bantamweight fighter's essentials.Director: Cole EvelevDirector of Photography: Grant BellEditor: Paul TaelGuest: Chito VeraProducer: Sam DennisLine Producer: Jen SantosProduction Manager: James PipitoneProduction Coordinator: Elizabeth HymesTalent Booker: Paige Keffer; Meredith JudkinsCamera Operator: Shay Eberle-GunstSound Mixer: Justin FoxProduction Assistant: Fernando BarajasPost Production Supervisor: Rachael KnightPost Production Coordinator: Ian BryantSupervising Editor: Rob LombardiAssistant Editor: Justin Symonds
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00:00 What's up, Yuki Sports?
00:01 This is Chito Vera, and here's my essentials.
00:04 My first essential, it's a pair of shoes.
00:18 And another pair of shoes,
00:19 and I brought a few pairs of my shoes,
00:21 'cause I love my shoes.
00:23 I have a big collection,
00:25 and I really make sure I take care of my shoes.
00:27 I mean, these pairs right here are pretty special.
00:30 It's a crazy colorway,
00:31 and it's just a lot of radiation of happiness right here.
00:35 Pretty much every Sunday,
00:36 I put seven pair of shoes ready to go,
00:38 and every week I rotate them.
00:40 And I do the whole process.
00:41 I clean them, put them back in the box.
00:43 I burn incense in my garage
00:46 so they can have a nice aura.
00:48 Kind of like put music to them.
00:49 I mean, I treat them like they're plants.
00:51 I give them love.
00:52 I will play some Cancerbero,
00:54 a little Zupa, something like that.
00:55 If I'm listening to some jazz,
00:56 it will be some Miles Davis,
00:58 some Herbie Hancock.
00:59 If I'm listening to some rap,
01:00 especially to this pair,
01:02 I gotta play some Action Bronson.
01:03 I will do Kool G Rap.
01:05 You gotta take care of your things.
01:06 [upbeat music]
01:09 Today's generation, everybody's on a phone.
01:12 I think the way pictures come on this thing,
01:15 and the memories that talk for it,
01:16 are way better than phone pictures.
01:18 So I keep one with me at all times.
01:20 Like I shoot a lot.
01:22 I got some crazy footage from this camera.
01:24 I've been backstage in concert,
01:26 backstage on the UFC.
01:27 I have some crazy Action Bronson backstage.
01:30 When I see like a cool place,
01:31 or a cool activity,
01:33 I just make sure I shoot it.
01:34 And I have a lot of good ones.
01:36 It's point and shoot, right?
01:37 You just gotta let it go.
01:38 Sunglasses.
01:42 I have many sunglasses,
01:44 but these Bottegas are my favorite ones.
01:46 I got it three colors.
01:48 I got a brown, a green,
01:49 and the Daily Driver.
01:51 I got it in black.
01:52 This is really my favorite sunglass.
01:53 I wear it literally every day.
01:55 But this is my out and about sunglasses.
01:59 When I'm running,
02:00 I gotta go fast.
02:01 And I use this Oakley's.
02:02 I have the same sunglasses also,
02:04 like in probably five different colors,
02:07 because they're comfy,
02:08 they're lightweight.
02:09 But since I cannot pull it off,
02:11 like other people does,
02:12 this is my everyday ones right here.
02:15 I don't just drink coffee.
02:20 I gotta drink it in a nice,
02:21 good looking mug.
02:22 If not, it's not done right.
02:24 This is made in Ecuador,
02:26 which I like the most.
02:27 I drink coffee a lot of times a day.
02:29 Today I have probably five or six.
02:32 All straight black.
02:33 I haven't do my dirty chai today,
02:35 but I will do one tomorrow.
02:36 I love dirty chai.
02:37 As you can see,
02:38 I'm the dirty chai king.
02:40 I got three coffee machines at home.
02:42 I have one in the kitchen.
02:43 I have one in the living room,
02:44 and I have one outside my room.
02:46 So I do coffee when I'm training,
02:49 in training camp,
02:49 out of camp.
02:50 I do it before.
02:52 I do it after.
02:53 I do it in between.
02:54 I do coffee when I wake up,
02:56 and I do coffee sometimes before I go to bed.
02:58 I just love the smell and taste of coffee.
03:00 And making a good cup of coffee,
03:03 it's magical.
03:04 Shampoo, my conditioner,
03:06 and my body cream.
03:07 I use L'AO.
03:08 Out of all the brands I've been get to know,
03:10 this has become my favorite.
03:12 I mean, you can see this beautiful hair.
03:14 Soft, nice skin.
03:16 Body lotion,
03:17 and this pretty face needs some work,
03:21 so I got even the face cream of L'AO.
03:24 I mean, look at this.
03:26 It's a monument.
03:27 Everything I do is about health.
03:29 I don't do processed food.
03:31 I don't eat chemical shit.
03:32 I eat pretty clean because I just wanna feel good.
03:34 And when you think about it,
03:35 everything you put in your body,
03:37 in your hair, in your head,
03:38 that gotta go through your skin
03:39 and get to your season, right?
03:40 So, I mean, it's a great brand.
03:41 Clean ingredients,
03:42 and I smell fucking delicious.
03:45 I take pictures with my cars,
03:50 like girls do with, I don't know,
03:52 with their puppies.
03:53 I grew up wanting to have these cars,
03:56 and I'm gonna go with my first one.
03:59 My F-150 '92.
04:00 That's the most sentimental car I have
04:02 because it's what my father drove his whole life.
04:05 When I was a kid,
04:06 I really thought I was the coolest kid on town
04:09 because we had a red F-150 '92.
04:12 Just the same I have right now.
04:13 That's my heart, my red truck.
04:15 I love it.
04:16 These two right here,
04:17 I got a beautiful Grand National '87.
04:21 Nice twin turbo,
04:22 rides perfect.
04:23 Got some balls.
04:24 I love that car.
04:25 My Impala '96 SS.
04:28 It's a fun ride.
04:29 That didn't give you life
04:30 when you're driving that thing.
04:31 It's just, it's comfy inside.
04:33 It's like you're in an epic,
04:34 nice couch when you're driving.
04:36 I love it.
04:37 And to go a little further,
04:39 M5 Competition.
04:40 If I need to get quick somewhere,
04:42 I take this one.
04:43 If I wanna cruise
04:44 and just be peaceful with the world,
04:47 these are my three ones right here.
04:49 My next essential,
04:55 dry mango, freeze-dried pineapples.
04:57 I bring it everywhere I go.
04:58 If I'm on the road,
05:00 dry mango.
05:01 If I'm hungry,
05:01 dry mango.
05:03 If I want mango,
05:04 dry mango.
05:05 And pineapple too.
05:07 But this one is my favorite out of the two.
05:09 This brand make a small box,
05:11 which is great.
05:12 This one, you gotta finish it
05:14 because it's not too much on it.
05:15 But I do this almost every day.
05:18 In camp, out of camp.
05:19 I mean, I order a shell out of both
05:21 and I have at home a stock.
05:23 Like it can be the end of the world
05:25 and I will have dry mango.
05:27 Ribeyes.
05:33 I'm more ribeyes.
05:36 And liver.
05:37 I eat meat six days out of seven days,
05:41 if they're not seven days a week.
05:42 So between this and dry mango and pineapple,
05:46 that's almost what I do every day.
05:47 Fruit and meat.
05:49 And I can explain to you how happy I feel about it.
05:51 I love my steak rare or medium rare.
05:54 I eat my meat pretty bloody.
05:55 Ribeyes are easy to cook.
05:56 And liver, it's almost like sashimi.
05:58 But like tomahawks,
05:59 I love to cook tomahawks.
06:01 I start them on the tray grill for like an hour.
06:04 I like to smoke them pretty good.
06:06 And after that, I put it on the charcoal
06:07 and I cook it really good on every side.
06:10 Put some butter on top.
06:11 Let it rest for 10 minutes
06:12 and let it come off the bone like a,
06:16 like a bro.
06:17 I eat clean year round.
06:18 I mean, protein, fruit, good fats.
06:21 And I just eat whatever comes out of the earth.
06:23 You are on this earth, you're edible.
06:25 Could be plants, could be meat, could be fruit.
06:27 I go out of camp, I eat a full ribeye in camp.
06:31 Those meals just get a little smaller
06:32 but my weight is always good because I eat good.
06:36 I'm an athlete, you know?
06:37 I live like one.
06:38 And I love my steak.
06:39 [upbeat music]
06:43 My Puff Co.
06:44 These things are amazing.
06:45 They work great.
06:46 I bring my Puff Co everywhere.
06:48 It's easy to travel.
06:49 There's water in here so you can close it or open it.
06:52 So, I mean, they're reliable.
06:53 They get the job done.
06:54 They look pretty and they work.
06:56 Like 15 ones.
07:00 I got a few travelers, few for home.
07:02 I just like my sneakers, I rotate them.
07:05 Sometimes I use my white one, then my black one.
07:07 My brown one, I just open it right now.
07:09 So, I mean, they're great.
07:10 Beautiful devices.
07:12 I like to smoke when the day is over.
07:14 Before training, I try to do not smoke.
07:16 You go in there, you get your job done, you work hard.
07:18 Before long runs, I do smoke.
07:20 Before surfing, I do smoke.
07:21 And I will smoke after this.
07:24 This essential right here,
07:29 I will say it's the best essential in my life.
07:32 Surfing to me, it's like therapy.
07:35 It's like doing yoga.
07:36 And I try to surf as much as I can,
07:38 really close from a fight, far from a fight.
07:40 The peace I get from surfing is,
07:42 I mean, it's the best sport in the world.
07:44 I could do this every day of my life.
07:45 I mean, these two are pretty fun.
07:47 These are really short boards, like 5'0", 5'1".
07:49 This is tiny.
07:50 So this is really when the waves are kind of small.
07:53 It's pretty fun.
07:53 It's easy to get in the wave on time.
07:55 But this is for fun.
07:56 When the waves are a little better or bigger,
07:59 this one right here gets the job done.
08:01 I grew up surfing.
08:02 I will say I will become friends with Kelly.
08:04 When I was a kid, they were my idols.
08:06 So that's really the coolest part about surfing,
08:08 that I get to meet them.
08:09 Out of all my favorite surfers,
08:12 he was the first one that gave me a surfer.
08:14 So that one, I use it for like a year.
08:17 I don't use it anymore, just because it means so much to me.
08:20 I don't want to like break it, whatever.
08:21 I don't know.
08:22 I just, I don't touch that one anymore.
08:24 That came from Kelly's hands.
08:25 So that board is art.
08:27 Thanks for checking out my essentials.
08:32 See you guys next time.
08:33 (upbeat music)