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>> Head here, face up.
>> I'm gonna have a good
performance like every fight,
not just because
this is a co-main event
against Cody Garbrandt.
>> Is that good?
Side to side's good.
Up-down is good?
>> Yeah, absolutely, bro.
>> Raphael: Every fight,
I gotta make sure that
I bring the best
Raphael Assuncao that night.
I think I have the
advantage anywhere despite--
despite him having
heavy hands and whatever.
My mentality is I have
the advantage everywhere,
every second of the fight.
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>> Okay.
>> Camera man:
>> Yeah.
I guess I could use her stuff.
She uses mine. I use hers.
We trade when we fight.
>> Nina: Yeah, the
week of the fight,
Amanda's usually in the
best mood she can be in.
She's doing what she loves.
She's happy.
She's very calm.
I've been through
many fights with her,
7 1/2 years going back and
forth, my fight, her fight.
So, we kinda feel the
energy around each other
of what it is
like on Fight Week,
so it's almost just
like another day for us.
>> Mike:
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>> Okay, there they go.
That's much better.
>> [man on computer]
Select the icon when you finish
or to be removed
from the shoot.
We'll kick things off
momentarily with the UFC
women's featherweight title
challenger, Felicia Spencer.
>> I thought you
were gonna do her hair.
>> No.
>> I thought for sure, I mean.
I was like, "Todd's
really good at this stuff."
>> I can braid,
but not like that.
>> He is good at braiding.
>> I am good at braiding.
I do have a little girl, so.
>> We are now joined by UFC
womens featherweight
Felicia Spencer.
What's the key that's
gonna separate you
from those other challengers?
>> I'm me.
I'm just different.
I feel, you know-- every fight
feels different in the cage,
of course but I think I just
have a different background,
a different skillset,
a different pressure,
a different grind.
And I'm super motivated to
take this belt home, you know.
I'm honored to stand
in front of a legend.
Grateful for the opportunity,
but I'm not fazed by it.
You know, I know it's my skills
and another person's skills
and we're gonna
fight and see who wins.
Alright, thank you, guys.
Wish I could see you, bye.
>> Alright, and then we're
gonna have you go right across.
Give it a couple minutes.
>> Check that shirt.
>> That's pimping.
>> Ready, Sean?
>> Do you get to
choose for Sean?
>> It's more people--
like, I'll have people DM me,
like, "Are you
actually Ben Askren's son?"
I'm like, "Hm, no.
No, I'm not."
>> We are now joined by UFC
bantamweight Sean O'Malley.
>> You have been making a
statement in the UFC so far
and said it
earlier this week that
it's the perfect opponent for
you to showcase what you do.
Why is that?
>> He's a brawler.
He's not gonna come out
there and try to lay on me.
You know, the cage is small.
He's probably gonna try to
get started right away,
try to be aggressive.
It's kinda what
Jose Quinones tried
and it didn't work for him, so.
Whether he comes forward
and pushes the action,
he'll get knocked out.
Or if he lets me push him
backward, he'll get knocked out.
So, it just works out perfect.
>> Oh, hi Eddie.
>> Hey.
>> I was just talking about you.
Digging the 'stache.
>> Where am I
sitting, right here?
>> Yup, right there.
>> Alright.
>> You can look
into this camera.
>> Got a camera
there, camera there,
camera there, camera there.
>> For Embedded, yeah.
We cover all angles.
>> I know.
I'm gonna be doing this.
>> At 35, WEC champ,
fought for the UFC title.
We kinda see the story again
and again in combat sports.
The up and comer vs the veteran.
Do you enjoy
having the opportunity
to derail a hype train here?
>> I mean, it's a big
opportunity for me.
It's a big
opportunity for him also.
You know, he's
fighting a veteran.
I'm fighting-- I'm fighting a
guy-- he's got a huge name.
Although he's been in
the UFC not that long,
he's got a very big name,
a very big following.
You know, I've been in
there and mixed it up
with the best in the
world: Urijah Faber,
Benavidez, Brad Pickett,
Scott Jorgensen.
You know, all those guys,
I've mixed it up with them.
Not that Sean couldn't do it.
I feel he could go in there
and mix it up very
well with those guys.
But I've been
there and done that,
so I know how to adapt to that.
I think that's an
advantage in my court.
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>> Right there.
>> Hey, what's up?
>> Good to see you.
>> Me too.
Virtual, virtual.
>> How you doing?
>> After the last fight,
you [bleep] lost your mind.
You just started punching.
Now the thing is
fighting the mental,
fighting the ego
of Cody Garbrandt.
That will make
him lose his mind.
How have you worked on that?
>> I didn't have the hunger
that needed to be
inside the octagon.
I didn't prepare
like I should've.
So, I had to have a
heart to heart with myself
for the first time since
all this [bleep] going on,
the lawsuit, and the setback,
and the things I
was dealing with.
I feel like I've done everything
that I've needed to do
to realize in my
mind and my heart
that this is what I am solely
intent on doing in my life
is become the
world champion again.
And whatever I have to go
through, I'm willing to do.
So, I think that, DC,
is gonna be the biggest
factor come Saturday night.
That I just want it more.
So, just the passion's back.
>> Jon: I love it.
>> Hi, girl.
>> Hello, hello.
>> Reporter: The
fight's coming up, Amanda.
People are so excited.
You're gonna attempt
to make history here,
right, by defending both belts.
So, what does that mean
to you, first of all,
to do something that no one
else has ever done before?
Does this, like, stamp
you as the best ever?
>> For sure.
I will do this.
Defend the two belts, you
know, I hold both them.
Nobody's ever did it before.
All my opponents do the
same mistake, you know.
Thinking, "Oh, I'm
gonna exhaust her."
So, I feel like Felicia think
exactly how all my
opponents think, you know.
And I beat all of them and
I will do to her Saturday.
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>> Found it.
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>> Conan: We are in the
hotel, starting to cut weight.
The weight cut isn't
gonna be that difficult.
She's a little bit--
just a little bit over.
I won't tell you the number.
It'll be easy, very easy.
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>> Katel: She like to lose
weight during the training,
not just during the cut.
You bike or sauna or hot tub.
She like to train.
That's the way she
like to lose weight
and she's just doing
what she love to do.
That's why it look like a test,
but at the same time, it's fun.
We enjoy a lot the process.
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>> We're at the UFC
Performance Institute.
Sugar's about 9
pounds overweight,
so we came here to get a
sweat, start losing the weight.
Take a nice, easy
ride for 30 minutes.
After, get a stretch
with Brandon Harris.
And go over some more
strategy with Tequeno Mendes.
>> Got a good sweat, just
rode the bike for 30 minutes,
start sweating.
Cut some tonight,
4 or 5 tonight,
then wake up and cut
the rest of them out.
That'll be it.
What's up, Forrest.
>> Right now is the
toughest time for him
because he is right
at the heat of his cut.
So, for us, the big
piece is just the mind.
And he's so good at
focusing his mind.
A lot of it is just
getting him to relax
and allowing him the
time to focus and do
some visualization on what
he needs to do for the fight.
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