Rivera Preps for BKFC Atlanta Debut: A Look Inside

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00:00And have you been you know in your prep you talk about the grueling battles you

00:03have done in camp already to get ready for this the sparring sessions how's

00:07camp going how are you feeling a couple days out how's your weight as you get

00:11ready for this is everything on point it's just a matter of stepping on the

00:14scales and getting into the ring yeah I mean I this fight my nutritionist she's

00:19like dude you need to eat some more because I'm dropping weight in a good

00:23way I feel strong I feel healthy I'm getting great sleep and I just I feel

00:29like I'm just ready feels like 10 months because it was a long 10 months

00:33of preparation and I can't wait to go show everything we've been working on I

00:37mean the the ups and downs and in the last 10 months from not having a fight

00:41has forced me to really grow and I believe that people will see that the

00:47evolution in my game come this Friday I heard you talking to our guy Brian

00:52social last week about the big change you've made in your life to get ready

00:56for this to that you know you're a welder by trade that's something you

01:00just kind of step back from and gotten more into the office job to get you some

01:03more time you know where you can physically heal and not be so much of

01:07the the hard toll that takes on your body doing that how has that helped you

01:11in your training you know you talked about the hyperbaric chamber that you

01:14just got out of before you talked to us how have things like that helped you

01:18feel your peak performance and ready to do the best that you have seen so far

01:22the BKFC yeah I mean I I feel like I wake up and I don't feel banged up and I

01:30don't feel broken so I mean the everyday training you know the fight is like the

01:36fun part you know what sometimes can get real taxing on the body is going to

01:41practice every single day when you're tired when you're broken when you're

01:44hungry so that has just fueled me and I feel like a new person you know and I

01:49think that when I fight this this Friday and I get the victory I think

01:53it's gonna show because I mean I I've never been in this good of shape

01:58mentally and physically and how excited are you to be part of this car that's

02:03the first in Atlanta for the BKFC I know obviously you know what fighters have

02:07fought at home before it's like this is anything new for you you know Atlanta's

02:10had different combat sports throughout the years but this is the first time

02:13that the bare-knuckle audience and the fandom really gets to see what is going

02:19on in Atlanta with the fighters from there how important is for you to be

02:22part of this oh it's it's an honor man I mean I have my first amateur fight here

02:27in Georgia and the only time I really fought out of the state I fought a

02:31couple times out of the state in South Carolina and stuff like that for amateur

02:34boxing fights but the only time I've fought out of the state was with BKFC so

02:38to show them the kind of crowd that I'll bring in the kind of pop will be in the

02:41stands when I walk out it means everything to me you know I think that

02:45David Feldman will realize that that you know as from a business standpoint that

02:49I'm a great investment and I think he's gonna get a really good taste of what

02:53the Rivera era really is about an investment that he's gonna want to put

02:58on there a bunch of car you know cards next year I saw you saying you want to

03:00fight like four or five times next year you're all about getting in the action

03:03here you're sick of us you'd said ten months of training here you're sick of

03:06being on the sidelines you're fighting of course Street here a guy who's coming

03:10off a recent loss just a couple months ago what have you seen in his couple

03:13fights and what do you think you know makes him a good opponent for you to

03:16take advantage of yeah I mean he's he's a scrapper which I think this is gonna

03:21it's gonna look so good when I defeat somebody like this because he's tough he

03:25has great cardio I mean he he's probably had quadruple the amount of fights

03:30professional fights as I have and so for me to go in here with a seasoned vet

03:35like that and do them how I do them it's gonna be awesome

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