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00:00You know, how did this fight come together for you?
00:02You know, you're in the rankings in that top five here,
00:04sitting at number three at the flyweights.
00:05Obviously, you want your chance at the title,
00:07but that belt is held by, you know, Dotson.
00:10And, you know, he had the draw against Aguero.
00:12He had that other fight for the BKFC over in Risen.
00:16You know, last year, he fought again now in Risen for a second time.
00:20You know, what happened?
00:21Now this is going to be an interim fight for you guys.
00:24Is there anything that you know that we haven't heard about?
00:26Is Dotson done with the BKFC?
00:28Is his title stripped?
00:28And how did this come together for you?
00:30That said, hey, you know, do you want to fight for this belt against Perez?
00:34Uh, I just got a call from my manager,
00:37and then he told me that I had to fight the cut man.
00:40And I was, you know, I'm ready for anything, you know.
00:43Cut man, I have much respect for him.
00:45He's one of the greats of a flyweight, too.
00:48But the belt's coming home in Denver.
00:50You know what I mean?
00:51This is meant for me.
00:52This is my fight.
00:54And whoever Dotson's running, he needs to run my way and come.
00:58We need to get the fight after this fight.
01:00And I'm not overlooking Perez.
01:02The cut man, he's a great fighter.
01:04But I just feel like this belt is mine, and I'm going to go on Florida and show Florida what Denver's about, the 303 baby.
01:11Yeah, he is coming in here on a three-fight win streak as well.
01:16You know, you talk about the respect you have for him.
01:17What are you looking for?
01:18What are you expecting from him when you get into it and mix it up with him down in Miami?
01:22Honestly, I don't look to what he's doing.
01:26You know, I'm going to do me, and I'm going to win the fight and bring the belt home to Denver.
01:32You know, his belt's mine.
01:34I've been training really hard, and I know cut man has been boxing his whole life also.
01:38But I'm really legit, and I'm going to show everybody July 12th what the Strode show is about.
01:45And it's going to be probably one of the greatest fights at BKFC because I know he's going to bring it, and I'm really going to bring it.
01:52You certainly are.
01:55You talked a couple times about bringing it home to Denver.
01:57That's where you're repping, of course.
01:58That's where you are out there in the Mile High City, as we see there, on the jersey.
02:02You know, how much do you think that gives you an advantage?
02:04I mean, obviously, we know there's plenty of, you know, fight camps in New Mexico, out in Albuquerque, where the BKFC just was.
02:09You know, there's plenty of fight camps down the Florida area.
02:12But, you know, that elevation and some of the fight teams that have really started to put things on the map for MMA, for bare-knuckle boxing, for boxing out there in Denver,
02:21how much do you think you hold an advantage, training at that elevation and being out there amongst that fight community that's there?
02:27I think training at a high altitude gives me a little advantage.
02:33But, you know, this is bare-knuckle.
02:35You know, any punch at any time could stop a fight, either or way.
02:40So I just got to bring it, you know what I mean, and bring my A game, and I'm going to July 12th.
02:45As I said, I'm going to be one of the greats, and this is just a start for me, you know what I mean, after this.
02:50And after this fight, not overlooking, hopefully I have to fight Dotson and really prove that I'm one of the best and one of the greatest.
02:59And there's a ton of great fights on that card.
03:02How excited.
03:02You know, do you just focus on your fight?
03:04It's all about what you're doing, especially since you're fighting for the title here.
03:06Do you look at the rest of the card and be like, man, this is going to be a big night, you know, overall,
03:10when you got, you know, Perdomo Adams, you know, as the headliner right in front of you guys.
03:14You got Duran Peralta, Ibarola fighting on that card as well.
03:17H.T. Davis back on the card, you know, do you ever look around you as far as who else is fighting that night
03:22to see, you know, how exciting it's going to be for everybody, or is it just, you know, blinders on your fight,
03:26that's all that matters?
03:28No, no.
03:29This is a stat card, and much respect to everybody, you know.
03:32There's amazing fighters, you know.
03:34We got Perdomo, we got Gallo, we got HD, we got a lot of people fighting on this card, you know what I mean?
03:40And this is a card, you know what I mean?
03:42For me, when I win the belt, it's going to be for me to show the world who I am and, like, really, like, not compete,
03:50but just, like, give it a high, because it's going to be high-elevate, like, high-intensity fight.
03:56So I want to show Florida and everybody, and I want to be up there with them, you know what I mean?
04:02Doing what they do, you know what I mean?