Episode Transcript: #730 - Demetrious Johnson
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How are you, sir?
I'm good.
Thanks for doing this, man. I really appreciate it.
No, no, thank you for having me. Thank you for thinking of me. How about that?
Please. You are the guy. Whenever anybody asks me who's the best fighter in the world, you're the guy.
I appreciate it, man.
I think if young guys are coming up and they want to learn how to fight where they take as little damage as possible and inflict as much as possible, you're my perfect example.
So thank you for being you.
No.
You know what? I'm doing my best to pay these bills. I got bills to pay.
I understand. But it's more than that, man. You can't just be paying bills because you don't just do enough work. You do more.
It's pretty obvious when you fight that you're putting in crazy hours because you keep getting better and better and better.
It's not as simple as you just paying the bills. You obviously have a pretty deep passion for this.
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I will honestly say it's credited to Matt Hume and Brad Curtin.
And ever since I started training mixed martial arts, you know, I didn't jump into mixed martial arts because the UFC.
I mean, I did see the ultimate fighter and all that stuff, but I saw the workouts, how in shape they were.
And then when I started fighting, Matt was like, OK, you can do a mixed martial arts fight.
So I had my first amateur fight. The next Matt was like, good job.
OK, then I'll go back to training. And then Matt was like, hey, you can do a how do you feel about doing a kickboxing fight?
I was like, sure. Why not? Did a kickboxing fight. Won that. He goes, good job.