00:00 This guy right here, bro, he's got to be

00:02 employee of the month. Salah Houdin Ever

00:04 is about to make his Dana White

00:05 Contender Series debut on week nine. But

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00:29 I'm excited to talk to you, bro. Um, I

00:31 met you for the first time week one of

00:32 Dana White Contender Series. Able to get

00:34 to know you a little bit more. Um, but I

00:37 did hear that you are a runner for Dana

00:40 White. You kind of been working under

00:43 the UFC. I know you come from like a

00:45 boxing background, did wrestling a

00:47 little bit growing up. I kind of want to

00:48 know a little bit more about your your

00:50 background, how you got introduced to

00:51 martial arts, and then eventually how

00:53 you were able to find that job.

00:55 >> Word. Um, yeah, bro. Originally I got

00:58 introduced to martial arts. Uh like when

01:02 I really got introduced to martial arts

01:03 was from my friends uh family now uh

01:06 Noah Williams, John Williams. John

01:08 Williams is my manager with Vayner

01:10 Sports and uh No Williams like my

01:12 brother. I lived with them and um

01:15 they're like my second family. But yeah,

01:16 they uh they worked with the UFC for a

01:18 long time. Their pops is like a vet with

01:21 the UFC when it comes to the security.

01:23 and uh he got me to work with the

01:25 security team too like a few years ago

01:27 and stuff and like that's how I kind of

01:28 merged into the Danish Runner position

01:30 um when Danish Runner quit. But yeah,

01:33 bro, like they uh they started my

01:35 journey over at Fight Capital when it

01:37 came to like the groundwork and the Muay

01:40 Thai like I threw my first kicks with

01:42 them like those type of like steps.

01:44 >> Wow. So you did you did come from like a

01:47 boxing background. Your father is a like

01:49 professional

01:50 >> Hall of Fame. Yeah, he was Hall of Fame

01:52 of New Jersey, New York, New Jersey

01:54 boxer. My uncle Eddie Mustafa Muhammad

01:56 was from Bronx, uh, New York, and he was

02:00 a Hall of Fame boxer. Uh, Uncle Hassan

02:03 had boxing pedigree. Uncle, um, Uncle

02:06 Mike had a boxing pedigree. My brothers

02:08 had all boxing backgrounds. Like,

02:10 everybody in my family throws hands. So,

02:13 did you feel any like outside pressure

02:14 to kind of like go towards this route

02:17 because your family has that kind of

02:19 like pedigree

02:20 >> at first? Actually, yeah. Yeah. Because

02:22 um I felt like I boxed because of them.

02:24 Like I boxed because I didn't start

02:27 boxing until my brother Raheem started

02:28 boxing and that's my closest brother to

02:30 me. And when he started boxing and I

02:33 seen him doing it, we're we get fights

02:34 at home. So, it's like, oh, I gotta I

02:37 gotta freaking get with this brother cuz

02:39 you know, just because I'm looking up to

02:40 him, too. And so I really kind of

02:43 started just for the wrong reasons. Like

02:44 I didn't start it for my love and for my

02:46 passion. And I just started it just cuz

02:48 of their they were doing it. And then um

02:51 yeah, that's I'm happy I wrestled in

02:52 high school because that gave me like a

02:54 foundation for what I was like looking

02:56 forward to in my future. And I just did

02:58 that off of like I think actually my

03:00 brother Raheem wrestled a little bit

03:01 too. So I kind of was just following his

03:03 footsteps. I was just trying to be like

03:04 big bro. Yeah, I think I think growing

03:07 up, especially if you have siblings,

03:08 like you don't really realize how many

03:10 how much your actions influence the

03:11 people around you.

03:12 >> Such an impact. For sure.

03:14 >> So, like that's that's kind of what I

03:15 wanted to know. No, just to know know a

03:17 little bit more like where you came up

03:18 from like you're from Las Vegas,

03:20 correct?

03:20 >> Born and raised. Yeah.

03:21 >> Born and raised in Las Vegas. How was it

03:23 like the dynamic growing up in Vegas,

03:25 you know, now, you know, the fight

03:27 capital of the world, you know, in the

03:28 UFC. Did you kind of see this kind of

03:30 playing out the way it is right now?

03:31 >> Absolutely. because uh my uncle my dad

03:34 being like still trainers of boxers and

03:37 like my uncle Mustafa was like coaching

03:39 half the money team at one point and

03:42 every single holiday it was just

03:43 fighting was my life like it's always

03:45 been my life it's always been around

03:48 Mayweather fights for holidays you know

03:49 what [snorts] I mean like we um this is

03:52 nothing new to me I feel like this is

03:54 something I was definitely born into

03:56 >> yeah and this is [clears throat]

03:57 something I really wanted to share with

03:59 the people I know a lot more people are

04:01 starting uh tune in to the Dana White

04:03 Contender Series. The fights have been

04:04 absolutely amazing, but what is it kind

04:07 of like behind the scenes, you know,

04:08 being there at the Dana White Contender

04:10 Series as kind of like a person that was

04:12 working for the UFC? What What are some

04:14 things that you've noticed and that is

04:16 going to help you uh with your

04:17 performance week?

04:20 >> God damn, bro. It's like I I've said

04:22 this many times in other interviews, but

04:23 it's like it's another day in the

04:24 office. like it's uh I've worked so many

04:28 contender series now and worked so many

04:30 fights and been around the scene so

04:33 much. It's and it's it's literally

04:35 another day in office. It's like um I'm

04:37 really used to the scene. I'm used to

04:39 the whole entire um the setup and how

04:42 they run things. Like everything looks

04:44 it feels like home. I worked I worked at

04:46 all the fights as a bartender or whether

04:49 Dana needed me to run and or I was a

04:52 host and helping people to their seats.

04:53 Like I've done everything in that arena

04:54 from security to that.

04:56 >> Uh-huh. And what was funny is that last

04:58 night I was actually watching uh

04:59 Spider-Man and I feel like you kind of

05:01 have like a cool story going on here

05:04 just because yeah I feel like a lot of

05:06 the UFC is going to start pushing your

05:07 your narrative that you know you're

05:09 working for the UFC and you know um you

05:12 know Dana White's your boss and stuff

05:13 but the other side is like the fighter

05:15 you know how is the relationship between

05:18 you and Dana just like as an employee

05:20 and then as a fighter do you feel like

05:22 it's it's different? Um, yeah. Yeah. No,

05:26 but it's not it's like I try to keep my

05:29 character or it's I'm not even trying to

05:30 keep my character. I just keep my

05:32 character who I am in the ring and who I

05:33 am outside the ring the same exact

05:35 person. I don't try to switch anything

05:37 up. Uh, and I feel like Dana, he

05:39 recognizes that real recognize real when

05:42 it comes to us because it's I never had

05:43 to play play a part around him or be

05:45 someone I'm not around him and he's

05:47 always respected me and had love for me

05:49 in that category.

05:50 >> Yeah. And just uh just seeing you

05:53 getting ready for the Dana White

05:54 Contender Series, I feel like the

05:56 stories are what kind of make the the

05:59 you know the the people kind of tune in

06:01 and really kind of see where you're

06:02 from. Like what are some things that um

06:04 are not necessarily shared about your

06:06 story that the people really don't know?

06:12 >> I don't even know. I feel like I share

06:14 so much of myself. Uh yeah, like I feel

06:16 like I just pour my heart out and wear

06:17 my heart on my sleeve every single

06:19 fight. I'm a loving person. Everybody

06:21 knows me for being really nice and

06:23 loving and it's just not um I don't I

06:27 don't know. I'm just doing what I love

06:28 to do and I feel like I'm just I'm I'm

06:30 reaping what I sow what I enjoy.

06:33 >> Right. And you you train out a freestyle

06:35 MMA. What what made you uh kind of like

06:38 what is there like a story of how you

06:40 were introduced to that gym

06:41 specifically? started over there with uh

06:43 I was just doing as soon as I started

06:45 working with the UFC I was with Johnny

06:47 Parsons uh UFC 128 I was working with

06:49 him my Muay Thai at Syndicate at the

06:52 time and I just had two Muay Thai fights

06:54 just trying to get my foot in the door

06:55 of just getting some kicks like hands

06:57 and feet and um as soon as I started

07:00 working with him I freaking got to start

07:06 working with UFC and then I told my

07:08 manager my big brother Johnny at the

07:09 time I said hey can I um John Williams,

07:12 Johnny. I asked him, I said, "I want to

07:14 do MMA." Like, "What what route you

07:15 think I should take?" Since he was

07:17 managing all these UFC fighters with

07:18 Boehner and um he just said, "Let me

07:21 hook you up with one of my guys, Vance

07:22 Vance Lrod. He's another or another MMA

07:24 fighter out of Las Vegas." And um he has

07:27 a big company called Moroi Medicinal.

07:29 And that that's what pushed him. So, he

07:31 doesn't really have to fight as much,

07:32 but uh he helped me at Freestyle. He was

07:35 my first sponsor. So, he was one of the

07:37 first people that sponsored me and

07:38 brought me to Freestyle MMA and

07:39 introduced me to Go Core. And uh I wind

07:42 up seeing a bunch of like high school

07:43 homies over there, too. So, it was kind

07:45 of like it was kind of cool. Home uh

07:47 reunion.

07:49 >> So, it's like home. [clears throat] I

07:50 apologize. I I like feel like I'm

07:52 getting a little sick.

07:52 >> No, you're good, bro. Me, too. I had

07:54 like a tickle in my throat.

07:55 >> Yeah. Yeah. So, I'm just trying I'm just

07:57 trying to lock in. But, yeah, I just

07:58 feel like um your story is really cool.

08:00 Just like knowing that you're from, you

08:02 know, uh Vegas, you know, you got the

08:04 home crowd. I just got my ticket.

08:05 yesterday. So, I'm really excited to get

08:07 out there to week nine and support and

08:10 just uh really try to see, you know,

08:12 where the um where the people could

08:14 really connect with you. I feel like you

08:16 are a very genuine person from from what

08:18 I what I've seen and it seems like you

08:20 like a lot of different things. Like it

08:21 seems like you're a big uh big fan of

08:23 Juice World. Uh is there any like any

08:26 favorite songs that you like going going

08:28 to especially like during like fight

08:29 week? I always wonder what the fighters

08:31 kind of like listen to.

08:32 >> I'm like I'm all over the place on fight

08:34 week. Like if I if I just scroll through

08:36 my cuz half the music I don't even know

08:37 the names. I just like I'll hear

08:39 something on TikTok and I'll add it to a

08:40 playlist.

08:40 >> Exactly. Yeah. Exactly. [laughter]

08:42 >> But I'm like I'm big on Juice World. I

08:45 like Empty Out My Pockets. Empty out

08:47 your pockets. I need all that. That song

08:48 right there is my my stuff. Uh I go,

08:51 bro, I'm like I'm big on being outside.

08:53 I love hikes. I love being I love

08:55 climbing. I'm an adrenaline junkie

08:57 obviously fighter. So, I mean I mean I

08:59 don't do no like motorcycle riding or

09:01 nothing, but I I might free solo some

09:03 mountains.

09:04 >> That's still pretty crazy, bro.

09:06 >> It's like Payton Talba, you know? He be

09:07 like doing the craziest.

09:09 >> That's the homie. He's crazy as hell.

09:10 Yeah, he likes to climb buildings and do

09:12 a bunch of crazy stuff he shouldn't be.

09:15 >> Yeah, for sure. No, especially if you

09:16 check out his YouTube. It's like, damn,

09:18 bro, that's crazy.

09:19 >> And speaking speaking of Payton Talbet,

09:21 um you're also signed by Tanor. Like,

09:23 how were you introduced to them? And

09:25 have you been to the HQ and and trained

09:27 there before?

09:28 >> Yeah. Yeah, I was there a few times this

09:29 year already. Um, Pat Tenori has been

09:32 like an amazing amazing amazing mentor

09:35 and sensei big brother freaking like

09:39 Pat's Pat's amazing. He's done amazing

09:41 things for me um by just bringing me to

09:44 his home, introducing me to all these

09:45 amazing people in D-Rod's camps,

09:48 Payton's camp uh camp over there, um my

09:51 own camp over there at HQ. And um yeah,

09:54 he's just like an amazing person, open

09:56 arms to a lot of people and and he's

09:58 been awesome, bro. I'm over rocking his

10:00 stuff right now. Born and raised.

10:01 >> Yeah, their stuff is really sick, bro. I

10:03 always wanted to check out the gym just

10:04 because they have so many like great

10:06 athletes like you mentioned, you know,

10:07 Payton, the Routollo brothers.

10:08 >> Yeah, Routollo's trained with them over

10:10 there. Like

10:11 >> damn, y'all are some like ninjas, bro.

10:12 Like a bunch of them, bro.

10:14 >> And you never know who's going to be in

10:15 there when you walk in. I swear.

10:16 >> Exactly. Like I I like I seen David Cho

10:18 there a few times just like what the

10:20 hell the hell is David Cho doing

10:21 [laughter] or whatever. Yeah, I think

10:23 that's like that's what's cool about

10:25 mixed martial arts is it brings all

10:27 different types of people and you know

10:28 you never know who you're like aligned

10:30 with, you know. I feel like

10:31 >> it's love. It's love. I love this sport.

10:33 >> Yeah. And and what made you fall in love

10:35 with the sport? Like of course like

10:37 there's like you know I feel like it's

10:39 just a high-risk type of thing, you

10:41 know? Everything happens so fast. But um

10:43 what what made you fall in love with

10:45 mixed martial arts? Um, I honestly feel

10:48 like it's the having control but having

10:52 no control at the same time of your

10:55 life. And um, I feel like that's same

10:58 how I look at climbing and how I look at

11:01 just life in general. You have so much

11:03 control at the same time as you have no

11:05 control. So you have to accept what you

11:06 can and control what you can't control.

11:09 And um, yeah, Mer, it's I fell in love

11:12 with that. I fell in love with finding

11:13 the better version of me every single

11:15 fight after just going to the deepest

11:19 version of myself at every single camp

11:21 and um just yeah finding the better

11:23 person of myself every single time I I

11:25 participated martial arts.

11:27 >> When you say you had no control, what

11:29 was a moment where you let go of control

11:31 and things just worked out perfect?

11:34 >> Every fight, bro. Every fight I let go

11:37 and just allow my training and allow

11:40 Yeah. all the work that I put in and my

11:42 love for the sport just to come out and

11:45 show for itself and that's the art for

11:46 me.

11:47 >> Yeah. And I was actually listening to

11:49 your opponent's name Aussie Martin.

11:51 Correct?

11:52 >> Word. Yeah.

11:52 >> Yeah. So I was listening to an interview

11:54 of his uh of his and he was saying that

11:57 you know he's not getting um he's not

11:59 going to get the appreciation from the

12:01 people just because you know you're

12:03 working under the UFC. Do

12:05 [clears throat] you do you take this

12:06 kind of stuff like in mind that other

12:08 people are kind of just like um seeing

12:11 kind of your situation kind of thinking

12:13 that you're going to have like an upper

12:14 hand because of that?

12:16 >> Yeah. I mean, yes and no. But at the

12:17 same time, it's like you don't run these

12:20 miles, you don't spar these rounds, and

12:22 you don't work as hard as I do. So, it's

12:24 nobody can tell me what I can and can't

12:25 do.

12:26 >> Mhm. And I'm I'm assuming that you're

12:28 going to have a a heavy crowd over there

12:30 in Las Vegas just knowing that you're

12:31 from there. So, just how how important

12:34 is is it for you for just having the

12:36 support and your family and your coaches

12:38 and friends to be there in your biggest,

12:41 you know, kind of moments in in your

12:43 career, in your life?

12:44 >> It's a blessing, bro. But it's no

12:46 different from the first fight cuz

12:47 everybody that's going to be there at

12:49 this one was there at the first one. And

12:51 uh that's the most important thing to me

12:53 is uh I know that there's real ones

12:55 around me and I know that they all

12:56 support me from the jump and I just see

12:58 the love is real. I know it's real.

13:00 >> Yeah. And one question I was like very

13:02 curious about was just kind of like the

13:04 relationship with uh how you and your

13:07 father maybe as like a coach just

13:08 because you know growing up he's a Hall

13:10 of Fame boxer. You're a fighter who you

13:13 know you did boxing did some Muay Thai

13:15 did some wrestling but um how is it kind

13:18 of just like um you know making him

13:21 proud at the same time just doing doing

13:23 you at the end of the day? Um, it's it's

13:26 super important to me to make my father

13:28 proud, but at the same time, it's like

13:30 uh it's like I don't want to say it in a

13:31 negative aspect, but it was a quote I

13:34 read in a book. I think it was the book

13:35 Aware the Superior Man. He said um

13:38 living your father was dead. And I don't

13:40 say it as obviously I want my father to

13:43 die, but I'm not living for my father's

13:45 dreams. I'm not living for my father's

13:47 aspirations. And it's a beautiful thing

13:49 that I'm able to look at it from that

13:50 aspect and not have a pressure from my

13:53 father's wants and needs compared to

13:55 what I want and need for myself.

13:57 >> Yeah. And it's been it's been an amazing

13:59 relationship with that cuz my dad's not

14:01 ever trying to tell me what I can and

14:03 can't do in this sports martial art

14:04 because he comes from a whole different

14:06 sport as well. And he allows Gokore to

14:08 take full control of the coaching and

14:10 stuff too. He's just like it's it's a

14:11 great dynamic we got.

14:13 >> Nice. And have you always been into kind

14:15 of like uh self-improvement and reading

14:17 books and stuff like that or is that

14:18 kind of something you picked up, you

14:19 know, along the way with martial arts?

14:21 >> Definitely something I've always I've

14:22 always been into it just because my f my

14:25 family and fighting has always been in

14:26 my family and my dad has always been on

14:28 me about reading and staying uh mentally

14:31 strong and just mentally sharp ahead of

14:33 these these big moments because mental

14:36 is what's most important when it comes

14:37 down to it. and like getting ready be

14:40 like getting ready before a fight. What

14:42 helps you stay focused and and centered

14:44 throughout those kind of like those

14:45 feelings of like chaoticness and stuff

14:47 like that?

14:49 >> Um just train, you know, keep my fune

14:53 clean, keep my house clean, you know,

14:54 like take my dogs on a walk, you know.

14:56 Yeah. Keep it chill. Like I don't cheat

14:59 I don't like

15:00 >> this Aussie fight is no different than

15:02 my first amateur fight. Like and I'm not

15:04 saying it as in like I'm not belittling

15:06 it as anything like that. I'm just just

15:08 treating it as what it is. It's another

15:10 fight, bro. And I trust my skills. I

15:12 trust I got here for a reason. So, I'm

15:14 just going to go out there and show what

15:15 I've been putting in.

15:17 >> Yeah. And you do have like this look

15:19 sometimes when you look at the camera,

15:20 you have your eyes wide open. Does that

15:21 mean anything or is that kind of just

15:23 something you do for fun? I see Payton

15:24 do it sometimes, too, where I'm like, I

15:26 wonder what that

15:27 >> funny gave me the idea actually, but

15:29 it's like when I started doing it, I saw

15:31 it as like a tunnel vision. And um yeah,

15:34 it's just tunnel vision. Once you see

15:36 those killer eyes, you know I'm tunnel

15:37 vision locked in.

15:38 >> Yeah. And you mentioned you mentioned

15:41 that you do like, you know, hikes and

15:42 climbs. Is there any other things that

15:44 you like doing just to, you know, keep

15:46 your mind off fighting or kind of just

15:48 help you out with uh, you know, I feel

15:50 like actually we're speaking of pain, I

15:51 feel like Payne has a lot of hobbies

15:52 that kind of help with his fight like

15:54 the Guitar Hero and doing other stuff

15:56 like pattern recognition, all that

15:57 stuff, too. Is there anything that you

15:58 like kind of messing around with?

15:59 >> Let's see. Yeah. I mean, yeah, I hop on

16:01 my skateboard sometimes. I ride my bike

16:03 everywhere. freaking dude I feel like

16:07 I'm always I'm always dancing in the

16:09 gym. It's like I'm always getting down,

16:10 bro. Like I play a lot of video games.

16:12 I'm over I got my Xbox on right now. I

16:14 was just playing some Black Ops 6.

16:17 >> Um yeah, bro. I just I just be kicking

16:20 and fighting. I just

16:22 >> That's a pretty sick lifestyle, though.

16:24 Like I was thinking like that's pretty

16:26 sick. Like you you fight and

16:28 >> Yeah, that's pretty sick.

16:30 >> So freaking blessed, dude. I'm happy I

16:32 chose this path. And has there been any

16:35 like uh you know things along your

16:37 journey that kind of like you know maybe

16:39 I did I I do remember like you had an

16:41 interview where you uh injured your your

16:43 eye and kind of like halted you a little

16:45 bit like um

16:46 >> what is there any like um things that

16:48 have gotten in the way like that or kind

16:50 of like maybe maybe if you had second

16:52 thoughts or kind of like gave you a

16:54 tough time?

16:55 >> Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah. Like when

16:57 I I broke my nose in my orbital when

16:59 sparring I was sparring Leon Shabbazian.

17:02 It's crazy cuz I was sparring like Chris

17:04 Curtis, Leon Shiobazi, and Eon Coutaba.

17:07 And then like Leon's the one that hurt

17:09 me with the knee. And like Eonaba was

17:11 the one that was like trying to take my

17:13 head off. [snorts] Crazy, bro. That that

17:15 I freaking got hurt. And he didn't even

17:17 try to hurt me. It was just some

17:18 >> Yeah, most of them.

17:21 >> Yeah, it was it was ridiculous, bro. But

17:22 it just fractured my orbital and broke

17:24 my nose. Uh took me out of like my

17:26 fourth amateur fight and then um or

17:29 Yeah, it took me out my fifth amateur

17:30 fight. So, I wasn't able to have my

17:32 fifth one, but then I just wind up going

17:33 pro, taking some more time off. And I

17:35 really needed that because it put me in

17:38 a perspective for like it just put me in

17:41 to change my perspective like as in like

17:44 not to look at the downside of things

17:45 and to like to change my perspective of

17:47 what more I could learn. And then I went

17:48 into had my camp with D-Rod and he was

17:51 training for the Kevin Holland fight or

17:52 the the Ponibio fight. And

17:55 >> that was a crazy crazy fight.

17:57 >> Well, the Holland one too was crazy.

17:59 Yeah, we we had both camps back to back

18:01 together. It was a really good time,

18:03 bro. Like, that was a popping time. So,

18:04 that was Dro, shout out to Dro, bro. He

18:06 gave me a lot of um a lot of good work

18:08 for my pro career and like what to look

18:10 forward to.

18:10 >> Nice. I mean, I think it's a lot easier

18:12 said than done to kind of look at the

18:14 bright side, but like being put in that

18:16 situation, say if you were there right

18:17 now, it's like it's hard to kind of have

18:19 that mindset, you know? It's like, damn.

18:20 Absolutely.

18:21 >> Like, yeah. So just, you know, in

18:23 hindsight, of course, it's a lot easier,

18:24 but um, you know, just just for the

18:26 people out there who, you know, maybe

18:27 they have a little little bump in the

18:29 road. You know what I'm saying? Like

18:30 just to have faith and kind of just

18:31 like, you know, see the, you know, the

18:33 light at the end of the tunnel.

18:35 >> Good.

18:35 >> Look at Sean Shar.

18:36 >> Yeah.

18:38 Fighter right there, baby.

18:40 >> Dude, that was insane. I was there at

18:42 that fight. I'm not going to lie, bro. I

18:44 didn't I was I was not thinking that was

18:46 going to happen, bro.

18:47 >> Dog, I was so geeked. [laughter]

18:51 So deep.

18:52 >> I I could only imagine, bro, as soon as

18:54 the fight started, I just didn't know

18:55 what was going to happen. I just knew

18:57 there was going to be something like a

18:58 knockout, right?

19:00 >> But oh my gosh, bro. Everybody was That

19:02 was

19:03 >> That was the only time where I just I

19:05 didn't believe what was going on in

19:07 front of me.

19:08 >> Yeah. I was like, "Wait, wait, wait,

19:10 wait." Yeah.

19:11 >> Yeah. Shout out. Congratulations, bro.

19:14 Shock the world.

19:15 >> Shock the world.

19:16 >> And um I was also curious. was like,

19:19 "What what are some things that people

19:20 don't know about Dana White?" I think

19:22 you mentioned on week one that you like

19:24 you just stocked his fridge. Like what's

19:26 his like go-to drink or like what are

19:27 some cool things that that people don't

19:29 really

19:31 >> um I mean I Dane is Dana is a normal

19:33 guy, bro. He's

19:34 >> he's a chill dude.

19:36 >> Yeah, he's hella chill. Hella chill.

19:37 Dana is cool as hell. He's always like

19:39 down to shoot the with you. Um dude

19:41 could talk about anything. It's a

19:42 superpower of his. Uh he likes I think

19:46 he likes orange bangs. Orange Bangster.

19:49 It's like the the

19:51 Yeah, it's that bang energy drink, but

19:53 it's the one from that one like the

19:55 Kaisenette in his voice like when they

19:57 made like their one bang.

19:58 >> I don't know. I

20:00 >> I forgot. Okay. Okay.

20:02 >> It's like orange bang. Yeah, he like he

20:04 loves the orange bangs and

20:06 >> I think cherry vanilla too. But yeah,

20:08 dude's dude's normal. He drinks a lot of

20:09 water. I don't even know. I fill this

20:12 fridge with so much boss water every

20:13 single day.

20:14 >> Okay.

20:15 >> But he got a few different fridges, too.

20:17 Um, I fill up his protein drinks, too,

20:19 in his gym. Dude works out every single

20:21 day.

20:22 >> Respect.

20:24 >> Yeah, dude. He's a He's a tank. He's in

20:25 there getting it in. Whether he's boxing

20:27 or he's lifting weights.

20:29 >> Yeah, he was supposed Who was he

20:30 supposed to fight? He was supposed to

20:31 fight someone in a boxing match.

20:32 >> I think Vtor a long time ago. Was it

20:34 Vtor? Was it

20:35 >> Was it Oscar?

20:36 >> Wonder or No. Or was it?

20:38 >> Oh, yeah. Yeah, it might have been

20:39 Wonder.

20:39 >> Yeah, maybe.

20:40 >> It might have been. It might have been

20:42 one of those guys.

20:42 >> Yeah. Yeah. D could throw them hands,

20:44 too. Yeah. You know what I mean? I was

20:46 just I was just curious like if he was

20:48 like, you know, a diet diet soda enjoyed

20:50 or something like that. Something like

20:51 we don't know.

20:51 >> Yeah, he have like a Coke Zero. That's

20:53 >> that's his number one. He go to Coke

20:54 Zero.

20:55 >> Nice. Nice.

20:56 >> Yeah, he's not a big soda drinker. I

20:57 don't think though or candy eater like

21:00 his candy. I know the c I stock his

21:02 candy bowls, but I know it's not him

21:03 eating all that candy.

21:04 >> Somebody else

21:07 candy. Okay. Okay. I was just wondering

21:09 if you had any like crazy stories cuz I

21:11 know like he likes uh you know or if you

21:12 have been been around him around the the

21:14 blackjack table. I feel like those would

21:16 be pretty fun.

21:16 >> I try to stay away, bro. Like, and uh

21:18 Nicole does a really good job at keeping

21:20 me like at a safe distance with like

21:22 what what I got to be around and how

21:24 late I got to stay out cuz Dana likes to

21:27 party. And um yeah, it's just only crazy

21:30 stories I have like is just like

21:31 running, grabbing or things that I do

21:33 for him that are like random would be

21:35 like grabbing him in and out like

21:37 protein style in and out like randomly

21:39 or going to get like I've told the story

21:41 before when I went ran and grabbed a

21:43 fighter PlayStation or Xbox, I'm not

21:45 sure remember what it was,

21:47 >> but um after a bad decision that Dana

21:50 didn't agree with or it was either Dan

21:51 or Hunter, but one of them didn't agree

21:53 with and they wanted to make his

21:55 >> Yeah.

21:56 >> Yeah. down. So, yeah. [laughter]

21:58 >> I wanted to ask you too, like you, you

22:00 being from Vegas, like what are some

22:02 spots to eat? Cuz I I do go to Vegas

22:04 pretty often, but I try to like avoid

22:06 like the strip and just like, you know,

22:08 all the people there. I just feel like

22:09 what what are some things, you know, the

22:10 people listening, like this has got to

22:12 be like a little treat. Like, if you got

22:13 any cool cool spots to

22:15 >> to check out.

22:15 >> We talking about like foods. Bro, I'm

22:18 such a foodie. Especially when you're

22:19 talking to a fighter in camp. I'm like,

22:20 >> "Oh, man. I apologize. Actually, now I

22:23 think about it. That's that's a tough

22:24 question, but

22:25 >> bro, I got hella food spots, though."

22:27 >> Yeah. What's What's your go-to? Like,

22:29 you know, you would you would like to

22:30 just to hit regular. You can't go wrong.

22:33 >> Um, I can't go wrong, bro. There's a

22:36 It's a sandwich spot in the uncommons.

22:37 It's called Alenteio, and it's like

22:40 Italian sandwich spot. Super fresh.

22:42 Like, everything is super good. The

22:44 bread's super good. Um, there's also a

22:47 spot. I'm sure you heard of Prince

22:48 Street Pizza and it's in the Durango

22:51 Casino.

22:52 >> I hear the Durango I hear the Durango

22:54 just has like really good stuff.

22:55 >> Oh, it's the best food court in Vegas.

22:57 Like 100%.

22:58 >> Wow.

22:59 >> Like the they burgers, Prince Street

23:01 Pizza. Um, dude, I'm over here.

23:04 >> Yeah, I apologize, bro. [laughter]

23:08 >> I just had Well, check it out, though.

23:10 If I if I go to any of those spots, I'll

23:12 let you know. Definitely give you give

23:13 you my solid review just because, you

23:15 know, Vegas is

23:16 >> it is a interesting place. You know, you

23:18 get people from all over all over the

23:20 place in just one spot and it's you

23:22 never really get the same experience

23:23 twice. You know, it's like

23:25 >> I feel that.

23:25 >> Yeah.

23:26 >> I do see a lot of different people

23:27 especially I've always worked on the

23:29 strip before working at the UFC and

23:30 stuff. I was working at Area 15 and

23:33 >> Oh yeah, I've been there before.

23:34 >> Such weird experience working there.

23:36 >> I was like I didn't know what to expect

23:37 when I went there the first time. I'm

23:38 like, what is this? Is like a escape

23:40 room.

23:41 >> Drugs.

23:41 >> Yeah. I'm like, what I'm like, what is

23:44 this supposed to even mean? Like I'm in

23:45 a room just a bunch of lights just

23:46 moving. I'm like, all right, this is

23:47 cool, I guess. But yeah.

23:49 >> Yeah, people that do drugs.

23:51 >> Yeah, I going there sober. You're just

23:53 like, what the hell is [laughter] what's

23:54 up? What's up with everybody here? But

23:57 yeah, no, that was a fun experience. And

23:59 um yeah, man. I'm just I'm super excited

24:01 for you, bro. And just, you know, I

24:03 appreciate you, you know, checking out

24:04 the content as well. I feel like you're

24:06 you're very interactive with it. And I'm

24:07 like, "Oh, see the boy S."

24:09 >> Dude, yeah, I love I love highlight

24:10 videos.

24:11 >> Yeah,

24:11 >> that's one thing I couldn't wait for,

24:12 too. I'm like, I can't wait to get into

24:13 a scrap fight, have some highlight.

24:15 That's I'm excited for this fight, too,

24:16 with Aussie. I'm like, this dude's a

24:18 killer. Like, he's good. I'm not going

24:19 to I'm I'm not going to lie. Like, and

24:21 I'm I've been training my ass off, so I

24:23 know that it's going to be a good fight.

24:24 And then we have some banger highlights

24:26 after.

24:27 I'll have I'll have an edit cooking up

24:29 for sure. And I just like, you know,

24:30 just seeing the even the comment section

24:32 when I posted that edit, it's just like

24:33 nothing but love. It just just pure

24:35 vibes there. I'm like, "Bro, this is

24:36 sick, bro." So,

24:38 >> that's why I like making edits as well,

24:39 cuz it's like, you know, I do it for the

24:41 fighters, you know, just because it's

24:42 like it's cool. It's like it's like a

24:43 hoop mixtape but with fight, you know

24:46 what I mean?

24:47 >> Yeah. And I'm a fan of all of it, bro.

24:48 I'm a fan of all of it. I love that it's

24:50 like I'm a fan of fighting

24:52 >> and I fight because it's like I mean I

24:54 don't mind that I'm like a fans of some

24:56 of these guys and friends with some of

24:57 these guys and we got to fight, you

24:58 know? It is what it is. We have a beer

25:00 after it.

25:00 >> Yeah. Who Who's uh someone that you're

25:02 kind of a fan of? you know, just like

25:04 their fight style or just at them as a

25:05 person. Like if you were to see them,

25:07 you kind of geek out just a little bit.

25:08 Just think of it be like

25:10 >> there's so many fighters. This is uh who

25:11 have I been watching a lot of lately?

25:14 Well, obviously I watch a lot of Rofy. I

25:16 watch a lot of uh Taporia. I watch a lot

25:19 of all these guys, you know. Shout out

25:21 to my boys. They last losses. I watch a

25:23 lot of Payton's outlet. Like freaking

25:27 dude, I even watch some a lot of

25:28 D-Rock's bangers. Um,

25:31 like freaking JP's last two fights were

25:34 freaking bangers.

25:36 >> JP, you trade with the Cobra team too,

25:38 right? Like you a few times.

25:40 >> Yeah, those guys those boys.

25:43 >> Yeah, Aussie. I was smash. Really

25:44 rooting for Aussie in his last few

25:46 fights. But Aussie put the biggest jab

25:48 on my face when we [laughter] sparred. I

25:50 remember

25:51 >> that's a big boy, bro.

25:52 >> Shout out to him. Those guys are sick. I

25:55 love all those guys. And I'm a fan of

25:57 all those guys. I love Shane Shane

25:58 Collins. His style is freaking sick,

26:00 bro. I love watching those guys.

26:02 >> His technique, man. He's a he's a really

26:04 good coach as well. So, I'm excited for

26:05 Shane in his next fights because I feel

26:07 like he has a lot a lot in his bag. You

26:09 know what I'm saying? That he really has

26:11 >> You don't even know that. Yeah, he's a

26:12 sleeper.

26:13 >> Yeah, Shane K is definitely a sleeper.

26:15 So, Payton, Drod, um Tapora, do you

26:18 watch any of their

26:19 >> Everybody What's up?

26:20 >> You watch like their older fights too or

26:22 you kind of just watch their most recent

26:24 ones?

26:24 >> Yeah. Yeah, like whatever whatever I'll

26:26 find on the internet, like when I'm

26:27 watching on YouTube, like my YouTube has

26:29 so many freaking different fights on it

26:30 and like random organizations all over

26:32 the place. Even a lot of one

26:33 championship fighters that I don't even

26:34 know, I'll have like popping up all on

26:36 my my YouTube.

26:38 >> But I'm just a fan of fighting, bro. I

26:39 just love watching it.

26:41 >> Like it's it's so sick. It's so fun.

26:43 It's cool to get better.

26:44 >> Yeah. And when you're watching the

26:46 fights, like where exactly are you

26:47 watching? Are you watching one specific

26:49 fighter or you kind of watching the

26:50 space in between? Like where do you keep

26:52 your eyes when you're watching film?

26:54 >> I try not to be biased because it's like

26:56 I can be biased sometimes when I like a

26:57 specific fight.

26:58 >> Oh yeah, I do that too. Especially JP's

26:59 last fight. I was just looking at

27:02 >> Yeah. Yeah. I did the same exact thing.

27:03 Some if I had And if it's my homie, I'll

27:05 have to watch the fight two or three

27:06 times if they lost and like for me to

27:09 >> get analysis on it.

27:11 >> Yeah. So it's like I'm just like

27:12 everybody else. So, I watch for the

27:14 entertainment, but I also watch it for

27:16 like film and like what certain guys do

27:18 to set things up and like, you know,

27:20 like high level things like that, but

27:22 I'm not really ever worried about what

27:23 other people are doing. It's about what

27:24 I'm going to do when I fight.

27:25 >> For sure. Do you watch your own fights

27:27 like that as well? Like, is it weird

27:28 seeing yourself like on you see it as

27:31 like a different person? You kind of see

27:32 them and like, oh, that's me.

27:34 >> It's cool. I mean, it it is cool. I like

27:36 for the first after I after I fight I'm

27:38 probably re-watching my fight like 300

27:41 times and then after that I'm like I

27:42 can't watch it no more. I'm tired of it.

27:44 >> Uhhuh.

27:44 >> Like that's how I feel about all my

27:46 fights.

27:46 >> I always wonder cuz I see people like

27:48 always on their phone after the fight

27:49 and it's usually just them re-watching

27:51 the fight. But I was just

27:52 >> Yeah.

27:53 >> You know if if just see how you're

27:54 looking at if you're looking from an

27:55 entertainment aspect or if you're

27:56 looking at just the things to improve on

27:58 for the next one.

28:00 >> A little bit of both. Yeah, definitely a

28:01 little bit of both cuz then you'll see

28:03 things that you do on there and you're

28:04 like you'll cringe yourself out. You're

28:05 like, "Oh, I shouldn't even."

28:07 >> Yeah. I mean, I do that with my YouTube

28:09 sometimes. I look back at my my videos

28:10 like, "Damn, bro." Like,

28:12 >> got a lot of [laughter] work, a lot of

28:14 work to do. But, I mean, those are the

28:15 cool things that that happen when you

28:17 have like all this stuff kind of done in

28:19 like real time and he could see it

28:20 afterwards,

28:20 >> right?

28:21 >> Yeah.

28:21 >> Yeah, bro. And just keep putting your

28:23 sincerity into it, your heart into it,

28:24 and nothing but blessings and truth come

28:26 out of it.

28:27 >> Yes, sir. I appreciate you. Salud

28:29 Salahim.

28:31 ever. Uh, and uh, yeah, we'll be out

28:33 there week nine to support and uh,

28:36 we'll, you know, hopefully could run

28:38 into you afterwards after the the fight

28:40 just chop it up, you know.

28:41 >> Hell yeah, bro.

28:42 >> Appreciate you, man.

28:43 >> All right. Likewise, brother. God bless.

28:45 I appreciate you.

28:46 >> Yes, sir. So, catch you out there and

28:48 make sure to like, subscribe, and check

28:50 out and follow uh, Salah uh, Salah

28:54 Houdin on Instagram, right? I I was like

28:57 yesterday I'm like all right Salah

28:59 Houdin but like right now when I'm

29:00 thinking I just I'm like don't mess up

29:02 don't mess up but it's

29:03 >> I know it's like I didn't learn to spell

29:04 my names like the fifth grade so it's

29:06 all good

29:06 >> salah [laughter] I just think of the

29:07 soccer player and then I think of

29:08 Houdini and Salah Houdin so it's like

29:11 that's helped me out a little bit all

29:12 right appreciate you guys catch y'all

29:14 later brother

29:15 >> and uh you know make sure have a blessed

29:17 day

29:18 >> we out

29:19 >> peace This