[distant music playing]
♪♪
>> You guys gonna sleep
or are you gonna stay up
all the way until
we gotta check in?
>> I wouldn't do something,
probably sleep in.
Gotta go through that test, huh?
>> Yeah.
[chatter]
[thumping]
Everything is like clockwork,
you know.
We're just gonna hit
out this workout.
Max will sleep.
Try to get a full night's sleep.
Wake up.
Do the final cut and then
step on the scale.
After that, this is
the fun part for him.
Start to rehydrate and put
some weight back on.
[bell rings]
>> Felt good; Felt great.
Get these couple
last pounds off.
Get to finally eat my cupcakes.
On to the next one.
♪♪
>> Reporter: We are now joined
by UFC welterweight champion
Kamaru Usman.
Kamaru, thank you
for joining us, sir.
>> Thank you.
>> Reporter: Hey, Kamaru.
What was it about this matchup,
you still felt so confident,
you know, even with only
6 days to feel confident
facing a guy like Masvidal?
>> Um, fighters fight.
You know, especially champions.
I've kinda built myself, just
working day in and day out
and training for each
and every different style,
each and every
different opponents.
So, it doesn't matter
who the face was.
At the end of the day,
a fight is a fight.
I'm gonna get in there.
I'm gonna do what I do.
>> Reporter: I know you've told
me many times that, you know,
breaking an opponent, beating
a guy over four or five rounds,
is actually a better way to win.
You can enjoy that more than
a first-round knockout,
things like that.
>> There's a reason
I love to break guys
over the course
of the entire fight.
Because you land a quick punch
and you knock a guy out
in the first round,
the guy can carry on
with his career saying,
"Oh, man. I got caught."
But when you beat their
ass from start to finish,
the whole time, and outclass
him completely
it breaks them internally, it
takes something away from them
that they can never gain back.
That's a fight they don't
wanna fight again.
>> Reporter: Thank you
so much, Kamaru.
That is all the time
we have for you, sir.
>> Alright, thank you.
♪♪
>> You playing freaking games?
>> [unintelligible]
>> Today's weigh-ins
this afternoon.
Just wanna get a little session
in while I'm warm and sweaty.
I'll jump in the little
one-man sauna.
Keep the sweat going.
I've got a lot of energy,
so it's good.
That's why I'm doing a session.
♪♪
>> Jab, jab.
Right.
[grunting]
>> Was that it?
>> Yeah.
♪♪
[chatter]
>> Alright, boys.
Careful.
>> Care for what?
>> Training.
Give me something to look at.
[unintelligible]
[grunting]
>> 2021.
Eugene's making his comeback.
He's gonna get his two fights in
and he's gonna have
that 50 up, guaranteed.
[cross talk]
>> Rangers Stadium.
Rangers Stadium.
Maybe in one of the little
rooms on the deck.
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[traffic noise]
[clanging]
>> Yeah, this is my first time
seeing the octagon today,
coming to the weigh-ins.
It's incredible.
If people knew the logistics
and all we've had to go through
as a company to
make this happen.
It's truly freaking amazing.
It's not easy, but it's amazing.
>> Trying to see if
they're ready over here.
>> Dana: Yeah, I'm very excited.
I mean, there's
been 8,000 tests
leading into this weekend.
There's no other thing on
earth going on like this.
People have been flown in from
5 hubs from all over the world.
Moscow.
>> I'll escort you
through, guys.
>> Dana: Vegas.
One from London.
One from Brazil.
>> [unintelligible]
>> Dana: It all came
together and it's hard
to describe to you how off the
charts this entire weekend is.
So, it's already been
successful in every way
it could possibly be successful.
[crowd chatter]
>> Jon: Alright everybody.
Welcome to Fight Island.
Our next fighter to the scale
and one half of your co-main
event of the evening,
the number one featherweight
contender in the world:
Max "Blessed" Holloway!
>> 145!
>> Jon: 145 pounds for
Max "Blessed" Holloway!
>> Thank you, bro.
>> Jon: Our next fighter
to the scale
and one half of our main
event of the evening:
the Nigerian Nightmare and your
champion Kamaru Usman!
>> 170!
>> Jon: 170, the welterweight
champion of the world,
Kamaru "The Nigerian
Nightmare" Usman!
Our next fighter to the scale
and the featherweight
champion of the world:
Alexander "The Great"
Volkanovski!
>> Alright.
>> 145!
>> Jon: 145 pounds
for the featherweight
champion of the world,
Alexander Volkanovski!
[cross talk]
>> Cheers.
>> Jon: Next fighter
to the scale
and the other half of your
main event of the evening:
Jorge "Gamebred" Masvidal!
>> 170!
[applause]
>> Jon: 170 pounds
for the challenger:
Jorge "Gamebred" Masvidal!
>> Woo!
>> Jon: Alright, thank
you all for being here.
UFC president Dana White
is in the building
and we are gonna stare
these fighters off.
First up for the vacant
UFC bantamweight title:
Petr "No Mercy" Yan versus
the king of Rio Jose Aldo.
>> Square off, boys.
Yup.
>> Jon: Jose Aldo,
Petr Yan, folks,
for the vacant bantamweight
title tomorrow night.
And that brings us
to the co-headliner.
It is a rematch for the
UFC featherweight championship:
Alexander "The Great"
Volkanovski taking on
the former champion:
Max "Blessed" Holloway.
>> Alright, boys.
>> Jon: And your main event
here on UFC Fight Island,
for the undisputed
welterweight title.
Kamaru "The Nigerian Nightmare"
Usman
versus Jorge
"Gamebred" Masvidal.
>> Jon: What a way to
kick off these two weeks
here in Abu Dhabi.
Thank you all for coming.
One more sleep.
We'll see you tomorrow night.
[dramatic theme music]
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