Chris Camozzi Triumphs as BKFC Champion in Denver Main Card

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00:00And Chris Camosi comes back hometown in Denver, gets the victory, is now the champion.

00:08We bring him on now.

00:09Chris, thanks so much for joining us.

00:11Appreciate your time.

00:12Congratulations on being the champ.

00:15You know, long time coming for you.

00:16A lot of work that you put in to get this belt and you finally have this belt and, you

00:20know, can now look to defend it and show a great example as the BKFC Cruiserweight champion.

00:25Hey, thank you.

00:26Yeah, it feels good.

00:27You know, 20 years in the making.

00:31I've been at this, you know, fighting in general a really long time.

00:34So it's awesome to be able to add world champion to the list.

00:38Yeah, it was, you know, a tough road to get here.

00:41Ups and downs all over.

00:42You know, different disciplines that you've tried, different organizations, you've pretty

00:45much, you know, tried everything and everywhere that you could in the fighting world.

00:48Like you said, a long time coming.

00:51Before this fight, obviously you fought for the title against the juggernaut, not the

00:54fight that I don't think either of you wanted to put on, you know.

00:57How did you recover from that one?

00:59You know, what was the mental, you know, probably the mental thing you had to go through to

01:03deal with that and kind of get yourself back to the fighter that you want to be?

01:06Because it was a much different fight than we saw from throughout your BKFC career.

01:10The fights that you had before that, more of what we saw this one.

01:13So what was it like, you know, after that fight, kind of getting yourself back centered

01:16to where you need to be to eventually get this opportunity again and make the most of

01:19it?

01:20Yeah, I mean, first off, I was out, you know, kind of sidelined for a year, not by my choice,

01:27but, you know, it just took a while to get another matchup.

01:30So sitting on that for a year is definitely frustrating and annoying.

01:34And then, you know, outside of that, just telling myself going into this one that it's

01:40win or retire.

01:41It's going to be like that for all of them now.

01:44So it's a different mentality, you know, leave everything in there, go for broke.

01:48Well, obviously you got yourself back together, you know, you got back to where you have shown

01:53us you are before, you know, the awesome fighter that you are.

01:57You know, what was the issue with getting a fight together?

01:59Was it just that they couldn't find something for you?

02:00Were there injuries you had to recover from?

02:02What was the long layoff for, because, you know, a guy like you has been there a long

02:06time.

02:07I'm sure that's the last thing you want to do is sit around, maybe get a little rusty

02:09and, you know, be thinking about other things than fighting.

02:11Yeah, no, I mean, it wasn't by my choice.

02:14I was healthy.

02:15You know, I think it was just a matter of, I don't know, maybe budgeting, scheduling.

02:22I think that BKFC books out pretty far now.

02:25Just nothing ever came together.

02:26You know, I was knocking on Feldman's door and contacting him constantly, probably annoying

02:32him.

02:33He probably got sick of me.

02:34But, you know, at the end, we got a fight and got the title.

02:36So I don't really know, but I don't want another year layoff, I know that.

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