UFC 264 Embedded: Vlog Series – Episode 5
Conor McGregor gets an in-gym haircut, and sits
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>> Who was in– I
haven’t been following,
to be honest.
>> He messaged me.
He actually got tickets–
>> Got tickets, yeah.
And then he messaged me
today saying he was sorry
he’s open a new club, he’s
not gonna be able to make it.
He thought he had more time.
He had the tickets.
>> Right now you can
take that hot one away
and just get a few towels,
and wrap it in ice.
>> That’s it, that’s it.
Stack them up.
What do you think of the–
what’s this called a
barber gown or something?
>> A Cape.
>> Cape.
What do you think of the
cape– me barber cape.
A lot of quality, that’s it.
You know what I mean,
we got our time in.
Same exact thing
with the titles for.
This, you know, I
live on this stuff.
I live the whiskey hour.
Or I live on this title in camp.
This is the best land,
the best area, the best–
the best set up and
it’s just blossomed.
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>> What’s up Stephen?
How’re you?
>> This is the first time–
this is the first time
I’m doing an interview
with somebody and they
dress better than me.
I didn’t know that, my brother.
How you doing, my man.
How’s everything going, man.
Pleasure to meet you, man.
I’m just saying I pride
myself in dressing pretty sharp.
You know, I’m covering
the NBA finals
and I came here.
They told me it was 110 degrees.
I said to hell with that.
I don’t need to get dressed up.
I thought you was gonna be–
I should’ve known.
I should’ve known.
That’s my slip-up.
>> I’m excited.
Nice to meet you, man.
>> Pleasure to meet you as well.
As we sit here right now
just days removed
from your trilogy
with Dustin Poirier,
is it possible that
no matter what you say
that you’re
sitting back knowing
that everything’s gonna be
all right no matter what.
That’s the fire that
people is questioning
whether or not
that’s still there
with Conor McGregor
because of that.
>> Yeah.
>> What do you say to that?
>> Well, look, I mean I’m
coming in to kill this man.
I’m coming in with
vicious intent here.
Mortar shots.
So I’m going to whip
out all the weapons here
and I’m aware of what
you know that panic shot,
the panic in his body.
It’s– I saw it
written all over him.
I saw it in the first fight
when I sparked him.
You know, it even
started in the second fight.
>> But you didn’t follow up.
Why not?
>> Because–
here’s another thing.
I was trying to get rounds.
I wanted to get rounds
in but then I realized
I’m not paid by the
[bleep] hour here.
There’s none of that
going on this time.
Trust me on that.
I sent electric bolts
through his entire body.
From his head to his toes.
You can see him
rattled in the octagon.
In the fourth round
and in the second round
he was out on his feet.
So he knows it as
well as I know it
and that’s it’s
gonna be a butchering’.
>> Last question: win by KO?
Or just to win Saturday night?
>> KO, out on a stretcher
this man is going.
Steven, good to meet you,
my man, good stuff.
They’ll be worth a lot
of money, those.
Those are with everyones.
Me and the Champ Champ, Jr.
Yeah.
Here for work.
Here for business,
you know what I mean.
Vicious business.
Fist clenched,
ready to break a face.
>> So, the
fight’s here in Vegas.
Do you feel like it’s
almost a home game for you?
>> Oh, it’s brilliant.
So good to be back
here in Las Vegas.
I’m honored to be back here
and to perform for the fans
and to boost this
great city again.
>> What’re your
expectations for yourself
and your own
performance in this main event?
>> Let’s go.
>> You know, I believe–
>> Right fist
down, there you go.
Okay, hold that.
>> As does everyone else,
that my performance to
win the second world title
was the single
greatest performance
in UFC history.
>> Hands raised slightly.
Yeah, right there.
Perfect.
>> I’m going to top
that on Saturday night.
>> Looks great.
Beautiful.
>> It feels great man.
I’m feeling ready to go.
I’m feeling locked in.
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This is just the start for me.
This is like the
ticket to the plane
to get up to the mountain, man.
We haven’t even
started to climb yet.
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After this is where I
go to build my legacy,
and the guy that has so
much hype behind him,
and if I can get that done,
I’m one step closer to that.
I’m just ready to go
out there and be hungry
and show the world how I fight.
I think the first round
is gonna be a tough round,
the longer the fight goes,
I think it tells in my favor.
But we’re gonna have to
wait ’til Saturday night
to see how that plays out.
You know what I mean?
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>> It’s Wednesday, two
days before weigh in.
Mindset for training today
is just to get a good sweat,
get a good sweat,
get the blood flowing.
Yeah, usually Wednesdays,
he’s not near as explosive
and doesn’t have
near as much power.
He’s kind of hurt from
the weight cut already.
But [bleep] he
wanted to keep working
but I just have
to slow him down.
>> Back up.
>> He’s ready to [bleep] go.
>> I feel– I mean,
I feel pretty good.
I just know how good
I’m going to feel
once I carb up and get
those calories in my body.
So, I’m kind of
comparing myself
to how I’m going to feel.
Yeah, it’s another fight.
Just because not a lot
of people know who he is.
Doesn’t mean it’s
gonna be an easy fight.
He has absolutely
nothing to lose.
He goes in there, loses to me,
that’s supposed to happen.
He has nothing to lose.
I just look at it
as another fight.
Just another name, another face
to add to my collection of
highlight reel knockouts.
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>> You know,
today we just wanted
to tax the gas tank.
Go through three rounds, Output,
be productive, use my brain.
See what I’m doing,
understand what I’m doing.
So in the fight, it
just comes naturally.
Nothing but respect for the guy.
Called him out because
I wanted to hurt him.
And I felt like he
was the kind of guy
that would try to hurt me back.
I think it’s gonna be
a gentleman’s battle.
I’m under the bright lights.
I’m on the big stage
and it’s time to
perform, you know?
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>> Well, what’s
what’s different
is that we’re
faster, we’re stronger.
We’re better,
we’re more in control.
We have a lot more patience.
He understands
and he catches on.
And whatever people think
of him, that’s fine.
They can think
whatever they want
and we’ll continue each
time to send a message.
Because it is a
Conor McGregor fight,
this is an opportunity for us
to send a message to the world.
Time, beautiful.
And so come all
takers, you know,
cuz we’re outside.
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