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00:00You know, now, of course, you've been a big part of the MMA scene since you've retired.
00:07You've been big into it.
00:08I saw, you know, some videos of you training as well.
00:11How much does that, you know, push you with these fighters as well?
00:14How much do you think that helps you, you know, when you're dealing with them, when
00:17you're working with them, knowing what they go through to get ready for fights, knowing,
00:21you know, the ins and outs of this?
00:22You're not just a guy.
00:23You're not just a promoter that's trying to make money off these guys' backs, you know,
00:26that you've gone through, you put your body through the same thing that they're going
00:29through.
00:30How do you think that helps you relate to these fighters that you're putting on lights
00:32out?
00:33Yeah.
00:34You know, I just got the utmost respect, you know, for these guys and these women in this
00:37sport because there's something different, obviously, playing football, coming from that,
00:42making that transition to the MMA world.
00:44But you know, I've been around this thing for almost 18 years now.
00:47And that video you guys showed, I was at Extreme Couture, and I was over there with my trainer.
00:52But on the other side is where they had the live sparring and big glove training that
00:57day with, you know, I'm sure Strickland and all those boys over there.
01:01So I stayed on the easier side where I didn't have to go and bang around with those guys.
01:06But I just had the utmost respect being around them.
01:09I still jump and fight camps myself.
01:11And I just, I love the sport, man.
01:12I love training just to stay disciplined, stay in shape.
01:16And then too, it gives you a whole new appreciation for what they put their body through.
01:21And so just being around it, man, it's been great.
01:23Now I get a chance to promote these up and coming guys, man.
01:26We got some real superstars that we're growing that's just coming to the lights out of Extreme
01:29Fighting that will be in the UFC, no doubt about it.
01:33They will have that opportunity to get there.
01:35We just had, I think, two in the last few months to get called up to the UFC, man.
01:40We want to keep producing these next up and coming superstars of the sport.
01:44Yeah, I saw that when you just recently had a guy called up.
01:47And that's great too.
01:49And obviously you have your fight league, and you're big into it.
01:52You're doing what you can with these guys.
01:53And I love to see them go to a different level.
01:55Like there's plenty of people who obviously would not be happy that a guy who could be
02:00a main attraction for them, who could draw people, who could be on the main event of
02:03these cards is moving on.
02:04But I saw that you're out there, you're congratulating these guys.
02:07You're happy with their growth as this sport continues on.
02:12Yeah, man.
02:12And look, I'm as close as you can get to that.
02:14Because I'm back there and I watch these guys get their hands wrapped up.
02:17And I just, again, I've missed that part of going out to the stadium, the pregame.
02:22So just even for me to be around it, it's like a little bit of satisfaction to hear.
02:28Just to kind of watch them get ready, not only physically, but
02:31mentally prepared to go in there for battle.
02:33And so there's a lot of relation, man.
02:36Like I get them.
02:37I mean, and so I'm both sides of it.
02:39Obviously, I run a lot, big part of the production.
02:41And everything that happens with a sponsorship, a distribution,
02:46everything that happens with the company is me.
02:48But man, I'm still an athlete at heart.
02:51I love being around these guys and feeling that energy.