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you had a very unusual start.
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Your mom was a fighter, right?
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And she taught you Ah, lot about fighting when you were quite young.
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She even taught you your famous the arm bar move.
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Isn't that right?
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Yeah.
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My mom was actually the first American everyone the world championships in judo.
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And she has a PhD in psychology.
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So she's really great at really messing with the mind of someone young to make them into a champion so she would randomly attack me around the house.
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Like, wait a minute.
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Seriously, your mom would randomly, How old are you at the time?
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Like 11 or 12.
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That's fine.
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Yeah, eso like watching TV.
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I would always have my back up against something cause she would sneak up behind me and, like, coming over your naked choke and always be ready.
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Like I had, like, a tick.
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Wait a minute.
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Yeah.
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This is how you grew up.
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Your mother attacking you and choking you whenever you're not looking.
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Yeah, and I don't know how to do laundry.
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She skipped that part.
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That's incredible.
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But I guess it worked.
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Your amazing, amazing fighter.
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Thank you.
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You're you're training for your big title fight next week and you're getting close and it's against cat Zingano and I'm just Are you excited about this?
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Are you like, what mental state you in right now?
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Because this is a big fight.
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I'm excited for every fight.
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I'm excited like like it's an Olympic Games.
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I've been to two Olympics already.
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So, um, every time I walk out there, I feel like it's another chance at another Olympics.
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And I'm actually really glad that I ended up getting the bronze instead of the gold because it always feels a little unfulfilled.
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And every time I'm going out there like like, it's another chance to get a gold again.
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And so, yeah, there's no other feeling like it in the world.
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So motivation Clearly not a problem for you, but we have Ah, you guys have Ah, stare down.
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You and your opponent UFC have have stand downs.
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Ah, stare downs.
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I'm sorry you have stared down where you stare at each other and you had one with cat Zingano and we have the picture here.
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She got her fist in your face and I was First of all, I thought you were kissing.
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I wasn't sure.
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That's what the hairs for For doubt.
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Yeah, but she got her fist in your face and I wondered, Are there rules like, is she not?
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Is she allowed to put her fist in your face too aggressive.
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My face was up there, too, is just shielded by all this hair, but yeah, it's fine.
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As long as I don't actually hate you.
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I had one girl once.
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Actually tried to put her forehead on my forehead, trying to be tough.
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Oh, she, like, leaned in and put her head against your forehead.
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And what did you dio?
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I pushed her back as hard as I could, and she wasn't expecting it and ended up with a big red welt in the middle of her head and asked her.
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Looks like the commission should find her for headbutting me and did a But whatever.
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I broke her on the next day.
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It's OK.
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I think this is, uh oh, what a delightful story.