Adrian Segovia Discusses Evolution and Victory Strategy

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00:00How are you feeling after the fight?

00:01I mean, it was quick work for you, a nice first round victory and a great fight for you.

00:05How do you feel at getting that second W in Lights Out Extreme Fighting?

00:09First of all, I want to thank you guys for having me on today.

00:12You know, it was really good.

00:14You know, I think I enjoyed my performance.

00:17You know, my first fight, I was a decision win.

00:20It was more wrestling and stuff.

00:21So this one, I definitely want to show that I had more layers to my game than,

00:25oh, he's just a grappler or he's just going to take people down, you know.

00:29That was my main goal, just let my hands go a little bit and just kind of mix it up.

00:32So a really good, well-rounded MMA game more than anything else.

00:36That was my biggest goal of this fight.

00:39And just go out there and just have some fun.

00:42Well, you definitely got to show some more of that.

00:44You know, obviously when people look at the result, they're going to see the rear naked choke.

00:47They're going to see another submission, which you've had a lot of in your amateur career.

00:49But when you get to actually see the fight footage, you know,

00:52you can see how well you did on the feet before that, how you were setting it up.

00:55Some great takes, some great punches.

00:56It wasn't just, you know, a typical, you know, grappler, grab the guy,

01:00you know, drag him to the mat, submit him.

01:03You know, you were showing another side that people have not gotten to see.

01:05Obviously, they've only seen a certain amount in your early career right now.

01:08But, you know, like you said, a lot of people know you for the ground,

01:11the wrestling, the ground game.

01:13Not so much what you showed on the feet,

01:14but you definitely got to show some of that in this one.

01:16How much of that was a focus for you as you came into this fight?

01:21It was actually a huge focus.

01:22You know, my first fight, I got the victory.

01:24I got it done.

01:25You know, I got the job done.

01:26But, I mean, honestly, I'm not in there just to get the job done.

01:29You know, I'm there to get a finish.

01:30I'm there to be a showstopper, you know.

01:33I'm there to, like, excite people.

01:34I'm there to show them the best.

01:36And that was my main focus, like, showing, okay,

01:39this one I really want to stand on the feet more.

01:41I want to work more.

01:42I just want to show off what I've been doing, you know.

01:44Me and my coaches, Antonio McKee, Wyle Watson, and Logan, you know,

01:50we've all been working a lot, you know, hands, grappling, just everything, you know.

01:55So, I didn't want to just go shoot for takedown and just grapple and grind them, you know.

02:00I want to mix everything up.

02:01I want to show a complete game.

02:02I want to show that I'm lethal everywhere, and, you know,

02:06that's what I want to do every fight.

02:07Every fight, I want to show layers, layers, layers, how much better I'm getting,

02:10how much better I'm getting.

02:12I mean, I think my last fight before this wasn't too long ago, you know.

02:15I fought in, I think it was March 22nd.

02:17That was, like, two months, three months ago.

02:20And that whole time, I was like, all right, I'm going to take a couple days off

02:24after the fight, and then I'm going to get back to work, show my evolution,

02:27evolving, grow where I was lacking.

02:30That's the main thing.

02:31I was just focusing, okay, I could have done more here,

02:34so I'm going to do more there.

02:36That's just the mentality I have.

02:40Yeah, March 22nd, as you said, last one.

02:42Now, June 14th, so less than three months off in between,

02:45and right away back into camp, right away training.

02:47How are you feeling now?

02:48Is it, you know, now you've got another quick finish?

02:50Is this another situation where you want to get right back in there

02:52and start training hard and, you know, be back in there before we get to fall,

02:55and let's see some more of the evolution?

02:57Absolutely, absolutely.

03:00I'm going to get in there one more time before summer.

03:02You know, I know there's a show coming up August,

03:04and I know there's probably some other stuff coming up after,

03:07but I definitely want to get in there right before summer ends again, you know.

03:11I got a first-round finish.

03:12I got hit maybe once, you know, got slipped a little bit,

03:15but, you know, I'm healthy.

03:17I went through this whole training camp, no injuries.

03:20Came out of this fight, no injuries.

03:21You know, I'm healthy right now.

03:23I'm just enjoying time with my family and friends, you know,

03:26just enjoying the time I had to really, you know,

03:28the time I couldn't while I was in training camp, you know,

03:31just eating, spending time, relaxing, doing nothing, you know.

03:35And then next week is right back to the gym,

03:37right back to the drawing board, right back to everything, you know.

03:41Well, you talk about training camp and your gym

03:43and, you know, all the work that you put in there,

03:44and I'm sure it helps when you got other badasses

03:47fighting in the organization with you.

03:48A guy like Jake Babin, you know, we've seen you on social media

03:50hanging out with, training with, you know, what's it like?

03:53How does that help you, you know, get, prove your stand-up

03:55with a guy like that who's just throwing flash knockdowns

03:58every time he steps into the cage?

04:00Man, that guy is amazing, bro.

04:01He's like my number, he's been my number one training partner

04:03since we've been in amateurs, you know.

04:05We've always been in camp together, always been grinding together,

04:08you know, and now that we're pro, you know,

04:10hopefully we can get on the same show together.

04:11We're always on the same amateur shows.

04:13So it's amazing, honestly.

04:15It was amazing to have him commentate my fight, too.

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