Marcin Tybura looking to end Aspinall's UFC winning streak in London UFC clash

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Marcin Tybura looking to end Aspinall's UFC winning streak in London UFC clash  Marcin Tybura (24-7, fighting out of Uniejow, Poland) looks to spoil Aspinall’s homecoming and extend his win streak to three Nine wins by KO, six by submission 10 first-round finishes Has won seven of last eight

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00:00 >> Hi, how are you?

00:02 You faced off with Tom.

00:03 I believe he said some things to you in Polish.

00:06 What did he say to you?

00:08 >> He said I'm not fat anymore.

00:11 So he was referring that I lose some weight maybe

00:14 over the past camp.

00:16 Yeah.

00:17 >> Were you surprised that he was able to speak some Polish?

00:19 >> No, I knew he speaks Polish.

00:21 I know he has a Polish root.

00:22 So yeah, I wasn't surprised.

00:23 A little bit that he was saying it when he was recorded

00:28 because I had a rumor that he don't want to talk much

00:32 when he got interviews or something.

00:34 But yeah, he was speaking Polish.

00:36 He was speaking Polish well.

00:38 >> Yeah, and obviously this is your second main event,

00:41 I believe, of your career.

00:43 Tom has never gone past round two.

00:46 He has been booked for main events.

00:47 So do you think the key for you is

00:49 to drag him into deep waters?

00:51 >> The key is for sure to drag him into deep waters.

00:56 I don't know about, you know, going to the further rounds.

01:02 It's something unknown for sure how Tom will look

01:08 like in third, four or five rounds.

01:12 But, you know, I'm not sticking to the plan

01:15 that he will get tired and I will finish him.

01:17 I just, you know, want to go hard right from the beginning

01:21 because if I want to make him tired, I have to get tired too.

01:25 And I don't want to, you know, just stay there

01:29 and wait for him to get tired.

01:31 >> Yeah, and both of you have shown off your ground game

01:34 throughout your UFC career.

01:35 First of all, what do you think of his ground game

01:37 and do you envision that this fight will play

01:40 out on the ground?

01:42 >> I see his ground game.

01:44 I saw his impressive performance with Alexander Volkov.

01:49 So he is very good.

01:51 I knew his ground game is on such a high level before.

01:56 I spoke with some people, you know, from Poland who train

02:01 with Tom Aspinall and yeah, we'll see.

02:06 I don't feel like, you know, uncomfortable go

02:10 to the ground with Tom.

02:11 I am confident about my skills there too.

02:15 Yeah, we'll see how it plays out.

02:17 >> And you've been in the UFC since 2016.

02:20 How do you think the heavyweight division has changed

02:23 over the years?

02:23 Do you think it's the best it's ever been?

02:27 >> Well, yeah, it is.

02:29 Yeah, it's because I'm here.

02:32 Yeah, it's a really fun division right now.

02:35 I think it's because there is lots of contenders there.

02:38 It's lots of fighters who just, you know, right now can fight

02:43 for the belt and they're not getting

02:46 in because it's so busy.

02:47 So it's a very interesting division and bringing

02:52 to John Jones got much more interesting because I see him

02:57 as a bigger star right now fighting.

02:59 So yeah, it's a division that people keep an eye on.

03:04 >> And like you said, it is wide open.

03:05 So where do you feel like a win over Tom Aspinall would put you?

03:10 >> Well, I'm hoping to put me in the top five,

03:14 but probably I will get another fight to get the title.

03:21 That's something, you know, I look at it realistic.

03:27 So I will probably need another fight

03:29 to get the chance at the belt.

03:32 >> And you mentioned John Jones.

03:33 He's fighting Stipe.

03:34 How do you think that fight plays out?

03:36 Who wins?

03:38 >> I see that it's hard to bet against John Jones.

03:45 Whatever he did in the Octagon, he always comes

03:50 with the hand raised.

03:52 So I'm a fan of his style of fighting

03:58 and I'm picking Jones to win it.

04:02 >> And he kind of hinted retirement a little bit.

04:05 Do you think if he beats Stipe he sticks around

04:07 or do you think he will retire?

04:10 >> Hard to tell because he was saying that he will retire

04:14 and then he got back and then he say some other stuff

04:18 which he didn't do.

04:20 So he was talking about retire after it, but it depends.

04:26 I think he might.

04:29 He might feel it like he want to,

04:31 but if he wins he might still be hungry for more.

04:35 >> Thank you.

04:38 >> Hi, Marcin.

04:39 Due to the way that Tom's fight

04:43 with Curtis Blades went last year, do you see Tom

04:45 as a fighter coming off a loss or not because it was kind

04:48 of down to an injury?

04:51 >> I don't think he's coming off a loss like he got beat up, right?

05:00 He might coming off something bad happen

05:03 and that's something that might be in the back of his mind,

05:07 but I'm not, you know, just--

05:09 I don't pay attention much about his mentality and his--

05:14 if his will be-- if there will be something bother him coming

05:18 up to the fight, but he might.

05:20 I don't know.

05:21 I'm not focusing on this one.

05:23 >> And because of the injury,

05:25 do you think there will be any tentativeness at all

05:27 or are you expecting him to be 100%

05:28 and coming forward from the off?

05:30 >> Yeah, that's another thing I'm not focusing on.

05:32 I just-- I don't want to build my confidence

05:36 about him being limping or something like this.

05:39 I just hoping that he's 100% healthy and 100% ready.

05:45 So that kind of opponent excites me the most.

05:50 >> Would you think of Tom or rank Tom

05:53 as your toughest opponent today or not?

05:55 >> Absolutely, yeah.

05:57 I-- no doubt he's my toughest opponent in my career.

06:02 >> Best of luck, mate.

06:03 >> Thank you.

06:04 >> Marcin, to your left.

06:07 >> Hi. A lot of the conversation in the media leading

06:09 up to this fight has been about Tom.

06:12 Him coming back from injury, fighting on home soil,

06:15 fighting in London.

06:17 How does that sit with you?

06:18 Are you happy being the guy who not too many people are talking

06:23 about or do you feel a little bit disrespected

06:24 heading into this?

06:26 >> I don't mind my position in this one.

06:29 I really like to be an underdog.

06:33 I really like to be in the blue corner.

06:36 As long as I'm not the champion, it's nice to be an underdog,

06:42 you know, just I have more stake to cut in this fight.

06:48 Yeah, that's my approach for those kind of fights.

06:54 I don't mind it, you know, like it's--

06:58 anyway, it's very busy for me, the fight week, everything.

07:01 I know how, you know, attention it gets.

07:04 I signed for it.

07:05 It's-- so I don't feel like, you know,

07:11 I'm just the background here.

07:12 I just feel like the main hero also of the main event.

07:17 >> And a win over Tom would obviously be a real statement

07:21 in the heavyweight division and with it being so wide open

07:24 as Farah was saying earlier, who would be your natural next step

07:28 in your quest to sort of get that shot at the title,

07:31 do you think?

07:33 >> You know, the closest it gets to the fight,

07:35 I just don't want to see--

07:36 I just want to think about next step.

07:40 And, you know, right now it's much more on focusing

07:44 on what happened on Saturday.

07:46 But, yeah, I don't mind to share it.

07:49 If that comes the way I planned it, it's--

07:54 and I probably will need another win to get a title.

07:57 I don't know.

07:58 Sergey Pavlovich.

08:00 >> And if you're looking at Tom stylistically,

08:04 where do you think you have the greatest advantage in terms

08:08 of the different facets of MMA?

08:11 >> Against Tom?

08:12 >> Yeah.

08:14 >> I-- it's hard for mention just one.

08:20 I just feel like to have-- I have to--

08:24 whatever he brings, I have to bring more.

08:25 So I am just hoping to have advantage in every aspect.

08:29 >> And London has a very large Polish contingent.

08:32 You're expecting there to be a strong level of support for you

08:36 in the arena on Saturday night?

08:38 >> I'm expecting to be some.

08:40 Probably there will be, you know, much more British fans

08:45 booing for me a little bit and cheering for Tom.

08:48 But, yeah, there will be-- there will be Polish fan base there

08:53 and we'll be focusing on them to make them happy.

08:57 >> Brilliant.

08:57 Thanks a lot.

08:58 >> You spoke about the crowd.

09:00 You know, a lot of fighters have the O2 Arena

09:04 on their bucket list of places to fight.

09:06 Was London somewhere that you'd always looked forward

09:09 to fighting?

09:10 >> Yeah, yeah.

09:11 I was-- that was a place I really want to fight once I know

09:15 the-- you know, how big the martial arts here are.

09:20 And, yes, the O2 Arena, the--

09:24 I've been attending the UFC events before here.

09:27 I saw the atmosphere there and that was really something I want

09:32 to be a part of.

09:33 >> And you've headlined an event before in your career, you know,

09:36 a little bit earlier on into the UFC.

09:39 What are the differences that you're finding this week?

09:43 >> For sure, there is much more experience.

09:45 That was like, I don't know, six or seven years back

09:50 and there's lots of change, you know, like mentality,

09:54 my approach to training, to fighting, to all this,

09:59 you know, fighting show in general.

10:02 So, it's-- it would be-- it would take a while

10:06 to mention everything but it's a completely different,

10:09 you know, mindset for this one.

10:11 >> And in terms of who you are as a fighter,

10:13 how do you think you've developed since that time?

10:17 You as a fighter, how do you think you've developed

10:20 since that time?

10:21 >> Well, I developed physically for sure.

10:24 My body change, there's lots of stuff that I build up.

10:27 I skill up.

10:30 There's, you know, I was treated as a jujitsu fighter before.

10:35 Right now, I don't feel like there is a dominant,

10:40 you know, one thing dominant in my game.

10:45 I think like I'm well-rounded

10:47 and fully prepared mixed martial artist.

10:50 >> And you've gone 2-0, I think it is, since moving camps.

10:52 Can you talk about the impact that that's had to you?

10:55 >> Say again?

10:56 >> The impact that moving camps has had for you?

11:00 >> The moving camp?

11:01 This one?

11:03 You mean the camp?

11:06 >> How it's impacted your performances going forward.

11:10 You moved camp, your new team.

11:13 >> The new team?

11:14 >> Yeah.

11:14 >> Yeah, so I joined the team about seven fights ago.

11:18 So I really love that.

11:20 I travel around the world

11:22 and I found it the best place to train,

11:25 really getting along with my coach, Andrzej Kościelski.

11:28 And yeah, he's a big part of this win streak

11:33 and how the fighters are right now.

11:36 >> And in terms of Tom,

11:38 he's never been past the second round.

11:40 So do you see that playing to your advantage,

11:42 having gone the distance so many times before?

11:45 >> It might.

11:46 I'm not 100% sure it will.

11:48 I'm not focusing on, you know,

11:51 I'm not building my confidence about he's getting tired.

11:54 It might because it's unknown.

11:57 But, you know, we will find it out on Saturday.

12:01 >> Thank you.

12:02 >> Thank you.

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