Uly "The Monster" Diaz Talks Return To The Ring in Miami for Newest Combat Sport Dirty Boxing

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Miami fighting legend Uly "The Monster" Diaz joins the show to discuss his return to the ring at Dirty Boxing 1!

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00:00Oh, look who's popped on there.

00:01He is the man himself.

00:02We were just speaking of him, uh, an absolute fighting legend

00:06down here in South Florida.

00:08Yuli, the monster Diaz joining us here on the program.

00:12Uh, Yuli, how are you, buddy?

00:14How's things?

00:15I'm doing great, man.

00:16Life is good.

00:16Thank you guys again for the opportunity, man.

00:18What's that?

00:19You always welcome.

00:20You always welcome.

00:21My brother.

00:22Good to see you again.

00:24Getting an IV, getting hydrated for this fight.

00:28Correct me if I'm wrong.

00:29Didn't you just have a, a sendoff farewell fight?

00:33So like, did you hear there was a new sport in fighting and you're just like,

00:37well, I gotta, I can't retire without that being on the list.

00:40Like what the hell, why did you decide to come back?

00:42Yeah.

00:43So it was a little bit of both of that.

00:44I retired from bare knuckle and cause I took a position with the company.

00:48I'm working with BKB.

00:49Uh, um, you know, I'm helping behind the scenes with fighter relations,

00:52doing a bunch of content with them.

00:54And I also got reached out to from dirty boxing and I said, man, you know what?

00:59I gotta give this a try.

01:00It was a great opportunity.

01:01Um, you know, decent paycheck.

01:04And, uh, and I always stay training.

01:06I always stay in the best shape I can.

01:09I eat good all the time, you know?

01:10So, uh, I, I think the opportunity arise that I, I, I jumped at it and

01:14I'm excited that it's dirty boxing one.

01:17I know they had an event already, but this is their first official event.

01:21So I'm going to be one of the pioneers of dirty boxing.

01:23And, you know, that's great.

01:25You're taking on a guy that you did, you fought already, right?

01:28I believe you fought Brian Maxwell already.

01:31If those who don't know Leroy, he's the one who fought shadow

01:33Joe Cinco on the, uh, the Logan Paul Floyd Mayweather card.

01:37Uh, but you, so does that like, are you, that's gotta give you a bit of an edge.

01:41I would think you've already got the win over him in a previous sport, or

01:44you feel like you got, it's a clean slate.

01:47Well, so I'll tell you what, Brian Maxwell was my first fight on bare

01:50knuckle and I was going to be my first fight on BKS, I mean, and, uh, and dirty

01:55So, um, you know, I beat him at first round TKO.

01:58Uh, I'm looking to do the same thing to him on this one as well.

02:01You know, it's been five years.

02:02I know he's gotten better, but I've gotten better as well.

02:05I've had a lot of training with a lot of good trainers and a

02:07lot of good sparring partners.

02:08So, uh, he's in for a handful of trouble, man.

02:11Hey, so I would ask you this, what going from different promotions,

02:18different companies or whatever, how does the rule, how do the rules

02:23change from fight to fight, right?

02:26From, from company to company, because bare knuckles has their set of rules.

02:30UFC has their set of rules.

02:32How is, is this new promotion?

02:35How the rules a little bit different and what can we expect when we

02:39watch, you know, uh, a fight in dirty boxing?

02:42Yeah, absolutely.

02:43This is a whole different rule set.

02:45This is something new to everybody where it's boxing with four ounce gloves,

02:49uh, dirty boxing, meaning you can, you know, if you're in the clinch, as

02:53long as you got one hand free, you could keep swinging and the referee won't stop it.

02:58You can use elbows here.

03:00And if, if, uh, the opponent falls to the ground, as long as you're standing,

03:04you can ground and pound them.

03:06And the opponent on the ground, which I learned last night,

03:08he can up kick to the chest.

03:10So if you're on the ground and I'm hitting you, you can up kick to the chest.

03:14So it's a whole different rule set.

03:16Something I've never done before.

03:18Um, you know, in this fashion and again, man, I'm excited to be

03:22one of the first guys doing this.

03:24Is that the only kicking?

03:25So there's no kicking, standing up.

03:27The only kicking is to get up, right?

03:30To get you off, you know, to get you off of me, your head got to be on a swivel.

03:36You got to be paying attention at all times.

03:39That's right.

03:40That's right.

03:41You cause you've literally fought like everything there is to fight.

03:45Um, is there like how much, when you take elements like out of fighting, like how

03:51much does that free your mind up or, or in a situation like this, like, is there

03:55going to be maybe around where you'll want to feel it out just because, all

03:59right, I need to know like what I'm allowed to do and things like that.

04:01Are you going to watch fights previously?

04:03Cause you're pretty high on the card here.

04:04You know, you're, you're almost, you're almost one of the main events here.

04:07So like, are you going to watch some of it, see how it's

04:09officiated and things like that?

04:11Yeah, I definitely, I, I, even every card I'm on.

04:14Um, you know, depending what number I'm on the card, I always go out

04:16and watch at least a fight or two.

04:18And you kind of just get the feel for the venue, feel for the crowd and stuff.

04:22Um, as for the rules, it's, it's, it's nothing out of this world.

04:26I mean, it's, it's, you know, it's all new.

04:28It's all new, especially now that it's all put together just under one promotion,

04:32but it's nothing I'm not, you know, it's nothing that I'm not already used to.

04:35So, you know, I've thrown elbows.

04:36I've been in MMA.

04:38I've, uh, I've done ground and pounds.

04:40I've done it all.

04:41So I, I, I think, you know, I'm coming into this with a, with a good,

04:44with a good mindset and ready to go.

04:47It's one of the things that's cool about you, man.

04:49But I remember Leroy and I go into one of our, our first hard rock events and

04:52just remembering like, man, who's this guy who's got like the, the, the entire

04:56crowd going insane, uh, and it was like, it was, you know, that was kind of our

05:02first introduction to you, but like, you've blown up, you've had world record

05:06knockouts now, but you're still getting a chance to fight in South Florida.

05:10Like, does that get old for you getting to fight in front of your community and

05:14seeing all the droves of people that kind of come out, um, because you've been like

05:18on this massive social media and people have seen you, the, the three second

05:22knockout going world famous, or does this still mean something to you?

05:25No, it definitely still means something to me, especially fighting this

05:28Saturday, it's in the hanger in coconut Grove.

05:31That's my backyard, literally my backyard.

05:33So, you know, um, I love it.

05:35I love fighting at home and I love the hometown crowd.

05:39Um, you know, and it's, it's always great to put out for my people, especially now

05:43that, you know, I came off, uh, uh, semi-retirement and I'm back to show

05:48face here and to do promotion.

05:50So I'm excited about it.

05:51I know that people are going to come out.

05:52I've been getting, you know, tons of, of people talking to me on social media.

05:56So it's going to be great.

05:58I hope to see you guys there.

05:59Dude, I'm working it.

06:01I'm doing it.

06:02I'm worried about you.

06:03I'm excited to call one of your fights.

06:05I'm excited about that.

06:06Uh, it's going to be, I'm sure an incredible atmosphere, dude.

06:09It's a, it's going to be fun.

06:10So listen, best of luck this week, man.

06:12We're looking forward to it.

06:13I'll see you at the, uh, the weigh-ins and all that this week, but

06:15it, uh, it should be a hell of an event.

06:18Listen, thank you guys, man.

06:19I truly always appreciate the opportunity.

06:21You guys are fucking hometown legends and, and sorry for the cussing.

06:26You guys are hometown legends and I appreciate you guys always having me on.

06:29And I want to give one shout out real quick to drip drop Miami.

06:33They're taking care of me, keeping me hydrated for this fight.

06:35So thank you guys.

06:36And thank you to all my sponsors out there.

06:38Always looking out for me.

06:39And, uh, I'll catch you guys at dirty boxing this weekend.

06:44You're a freaking legend.

06:45So we appreciate it.

06:46You'll eat the monster Diaz.

06:48Always great.

06:49When he gets a chance to join us here on the program, we're looking forward

06:51to seeing him back in action this weekend.

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