Fighting fighter is very exciting about his last fight.

I was very impressed.

It was great performance.

You know how to wrestle how to kick out toe punch here.

Good experience, but same time, I feel I'm gonna make him tired.

Bond, I'm gonna finish this guy.

This is my opinion, you know?

But I'm ready for all around, you know, alot five round war, but my goal on this fight make him target and choke him out.

Justin, what's your reaction right there?

Toe Habib saying that he's gonna choke you out.

Yeah, there's no pain in there.

I'm not scared of that.

All that is is Ah, nice little dream.

So there's nothing there.

I'm going in there to create damage.

Assumes I chopped his legs up a few times.

He's not gonna be ableto you know, explode like he wants to to get to my legs.

Get to my hips were not gonna be on the fence.

He's gonna be in a world of hurt once I touch a couple of nerves in his legs.

Just appreciate you being on the show.

I'm a huge fan of yours.

Talk to me about this B B could be even to make a medal is 28.

And so what is it about him, in your estimation, has left him undefeated.

And what is it specifically that you think you could do that nobody else has been able to do when it comes to him?

I mean, shoot, You know, time will tell.

I don't.

This guy 28 0, he beats everybody the same exact way.

He is very dominant, very superior in, um, his ability to put you against the fence and use the fence, Um, to get you to the ground.

Unfortunately for him, I've been training the same thing as he has for as long as he has nobody.

Nobody is a wrestler.

Nobody's a graph where nobody's been wrestling as long as he has.

Hey has outworked everybody.

He's fought except for me.

And that's what I bring Justin.

Ever since early UFC, what we saw was that the B.

J.

J and wrestling was necessary.

That background was necessary.

And when American wrestlers figured that out and they could add striking and, you know, ground and pound and stuff, they started being very successful.

You have a wrestling background But really, you're known as a striker.

How did that happen?

How did you go from a wrestling background to being so effective as a striker?

It's Yeah, you know, I would say it's, uh, my athletic ability.

You know, I played every sport.

Football was my favorite sport.

I was a quarterback in high school, was a pitcher in high school.

Throwing the ball is the same.

Mechanics is throwing a punch, and I hit so hard.

And that's because, you know, I've been working on the mechanics of throwing a punch without knowing it since I was a child throwing the ball.

Me and my dad played catch, you know, almost every week, every day.

This dude was you know, my twin brother didn't have the same energy as me.

So he had to get out there and be my, uh, be my play buddy.

I think anybody going up against you knows better than standing in front of you and trying to just swing blows and go blow for blow to make a metal.

Used the word choked for a reason because he plans on wrestling You.

I know you talked about that being your background, but you've got 19 knockouts in your career.

If I remember correctly, talk to me about how you're going to go about the business off taking him out as opposed to just getting in a wrestling match with them.

That's not what you want to do, is it?

No.

No, I've, uh I've used my wrestling my entire career to keep this standing.

Uh, the quickest way off of Matt was to pin somebody the quickest way out of the fighters to knock somebody out.

I don't get paid by the minute.

I get paid by the match.

Eso I'm in there to finish it as quick as possible.

How do you use your wrestling to stay standing up?

What do you mean by that?

Yeah, So, you know, taking somebody down is just important is not getting taken down and wrestling, you know, using your hips thio to sprawl to scramble.

Um, those air just as important as being able to shoot a good double Laker or throw a good lap drop.

Um, in an American wrestling, you are rewarded for getting out for escaping.

So again, I've been working on that for for a very long time, so it's like wax on wax off.

You were working on things you didn't even realize that you were working on, and now it's coming in handy.

But I wanna ask you about about Habib's kind of aura of invincibility.

28.

Now you know, 18 inside the distance.

Best pound for pound fighter in the world.

How do you overcome that?

Psychologically going in there?

You said you're not scared of a little dream if you get choked out.

But how do you overcome that kind of aura he has in your own mind as you prepare for the fight?

No, nobody is unbeatable.

Nobody's infallible.

Um, I was 18 to know, and I was I was, you know, undefeated at one time as well at 18 fights.

That's not that's not a small amount of fights to go undefeated in this sport.

Had seven amateur fights.

I was 25 on my 1st 1st 25 fights.

So you know, he, uh, he would be a fool to think he's available.

He knows he's not.

He knows he could be beaten.

That's why, uh, you know, everybody's so nervous.

The sport is unique.

This sport is not like football not like basketball, not like Gulf.

There's so much on the line.

Um, you know, you represent your family.

And when when someone loses, you know your family feels it, it's Ah, there's there's repercussions to losing, you know, not only financially, but, uh, as far as your health.

You know, football is so dangerous, but there is a team out there to support you.

Once you step in the octagon, it's you and you alone.

And, um, he will understand that he, you know, I know he's human, and he will understand that he's human assumes that fight starts.

Yeah.

I mean, you were fearless against Ferguson.

You took that on short notice.

T k o him and a lot of people thought Ferguson had the best shot at handing him his first loss.

So now you're you're up for the challenge here, but I want to ask you about a quote.

I saw that you said to Mike Tyson that I find really interesting.

You said that you would rather lose by knockout in a crazy fight than win by decision.

How do does that mentality prepare you when you head into the octagon?

Yo, um, I do not worry or think about things that are there out of my control, preparation, nutrition, sleep and work.

And, uh, you know how hard I work When I step in that gym every single day is the only things that are going to play a factor when I step into the octagon.

So when I step in there, I do not worry about anything other than those very, very few things.

And it makes me, you know, comfortable.

It allows me to be okay with whatever the outcome is, as long as I do my best then and I do not, you know, and I represent myself and my family to the fullest.

Then I have nothing to lose in there.

Alright, I know you're focused on the Maga met often.

We have to let you go.

So I need a Yes.

No answer here.

But I gotta ask you Connor McGregor said he would butcher you.

Could we potentially see gaity McGregor in the future?

Oh, he's fighting at 1 70 now.

So he's irrelevant.

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