ROAD TO UFC 300 – EPISODE 2 (UFC 300 Justin Gaethje VS. Max Holloway)

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5 weeks out from the first ever BMF title defense against Max Holloway. Join along to follow the process of my preparation leading up to my fight.

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George and then bring him to my house and then we’ll take both of the vehicles to your house and then we’ll come back to the gym and work out like three or four what that’s the that’s the only way I can’t drive two vehicles at once it’s very

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Fight some people you know uh uh are are fear of not performing uh uh issues some people are are overly confident you know they’re not winning fights but they’re they’re still confident that they’re going to be Champion uh uh Justin’s one of those guys that he just has fun he he

Likes to be pushed hard uh he every time he has a hard sparring session it’s like he’s the happiest it’s you know he gets his release he just enjoys chaos and uh the cool part is is I can see him grow and just to see him understand you know

That that how important it is to have a CO coachability index and take things in and pull your yourself back you know to be a the best race car driver doesn’t mean that you you have the balls to push that push that that pedal to the floor

You have to be able to control that pedal and Trust in the car and Trust in your machine and that’s where he’s is is becoming that intelligent you know race car driver where he understanding how his machine how to handle his machine because i’ I’ve heard him three times

This Camp he’s like man I don’t even want to come out to that song they’re asking what what fight song he wants to come out to and he’s like man I don’t know if when I FW out to that one that one’s going to get me too pumped up so

Him understanding that energy level and how to control energy levels and also be uh intelligent when he fights and also when he trains you know not to overdo it uh he’s warming up before uh practices now like there’s a lot of things that I’m seeing where he’s really making a an adjustment

To his gifted mentality that he was born with like this is it’s something you can’t teach when when you have someone that just loves chaos like that like he the harder it is the scarier it is he enjoys and you just can’t teach that but you can teach them to understand how to

Control the flame so that’s where I’ve seen him grow the most uh uh from his mentality and uh I just when he’s in control of himself I think he can control anybody oh God I almost got it got it you try not to hear me shake shake shake good shake shake

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Um anything that he needs help with or he’s something he’s building or feeling more comfortable you know today we just touch a little bit in everything we always done a little bit more uh uh being on top to grounding pound that’s I think that’s something that one of the

The strongest Point Justin needs to explore in his game uh at this point he build up his gam and grapple in a in a good way that he can stay in the ground comfortable and and take his shots and take his time so I’m very happy for

Today what there’s five meals there I can’t eat it all yeah you’ll try and I’m going to take some money in Pool it’s definitely different um so so he usually he usually takes like a month off after the fight and then when um I come back on with him we get him back in shape if you will and uh it’s a little looser and then there’s kind of a three

Different phases in fight camp where like we start off just like really really focusing on the macros and then it’s a lot of micronutrients um and a lot of uh superfoods if you will and then like right now we always hit this spot where like we can’t keep weight on

Him because his body is like obviously he’s going to weigh more workouts but his brain is also like burning a [ __ ] ton of more calories um and so right now we’re at that stage so like I’ll bring in like I got some um organic mozzarella

From the farm I’ll bring in just like a little bit more of organic fattier foods like extra avocado and oats to the smoothies and just kind of bulk out what we already make just keep the weight on him because we like to keep them heavy right up until the last minute yeah been

Years yeah I mean so last week was a down week uh we’re really picking it up this week I got Cosmo Alexander and George Santiago here from Florida so we’re gonna be doing extra workouts you know we threw an extra one in last night on a Monday um definitely

You know keeps me um I can’t be 100% right now you know we have to train and uh in order to be ready for five rounds I have to train you know maximum capacity every single day which is going to lead to the next day me not being um

100% and that’s kind of the point um you know break the body down break the body down and then week of the fight you know we get to recover and you know everything kind of just comes together and you know I won’t feel good till uh till fight week which is the Plan that looked like that looked like how you was eating them yesterday get up close and it sounds like one of them tires is losing air you get up close the poor guy feel so bad for him when he used to fight dude you would hear it the

First like the first three rows are like bro is he going to die one of those yeah oh okay he kicked your ass he kicked your ass you see that that smoke show sh stay by the Bell stay by the Bell I was about to turn it up I was about to get him yes the Cross nice yeah we we trained a little bit in Dubai when the Usman fought there uh and then J was in Florida we trained a little bit but yeah first time here in Colorado and man I’m happy uh I love everybody here travel Usman uh Archie so

For me is a the honor to be here helping them you know and uh I I’ll try to to help the way I can you know I I I believe my Mo Tha the things I do they he can use in the fight so I’m excited

Man I’m excited to see the way he does in the fight cuz the elbow is always close so when you’re far from the one you you have to St but if you already Here Crossing so Monday night uh George Santiago our Jiu-Jitsu coach and Cosmo alandre you know mu Tha Champion multiple multiple times uh came out on Monday night and uh it’s just so great to have them around you know it’s that’s like we where I kind of

Geek out just uh I get to be a fan you know because I love both of those guys their their skill sets they experts in their area and you know getting to watch George you know work with Justin is is always such a pleasure and then getting

To see Cosmo on the ti pads with uh with Justin like man he he brings so much to the table and it’s just again I just sit back I I giggle I I I see things that are tough for Justin and and you know you bring in these different styles

There’s so many different styles of kickboxing but he is the an expert in Muay Thai and just to see you know Justin I wouldn’t say he was having issues with it but again just from a balance standpoint from the repetition like that type of workout anybody ever

Hits just tie pads but in a tie scenario I’m not just talking you know you can do kickboxing Ms but you’re throwing lots of P punches the hard elbows the explosive motions always chopping having someone to hold the pads right where they’re going against you and just just

Burning your hips looking at Justin shins afterwards I mean it’s that’s where I where I geek out I just I just love to to watch experts and we’re so blessed to be able to uh to have people like that you know willing to come help

Us and want to be a part of the team so it’s super exciting uh I don’t think we change anything of what Justin’s doing but again it just it ignites a fire and it couldn’t be at a better better uh uh week with with us coming right back into

Hard peaking so uh man I’m just having a blast I just sat back today walked around just really enjoyed myself it’s it’s like uh you know I it’s like watching a seminar being a part of the seminar so and it’s fun everybody’s in here you know that we’ve had like you

Know tons of guys in here every every day so the yesterday when when he was faring it was just cool to see just the environment so there’s a lot going on this week and it’s it’s it’s really fun and it’s it’s crazy it’s already tomorrow’s Thursday it feels like it’s

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Drill yeah so Thursday wrestling day um always always fun when George is in town Cosmo’s in town so you know we want to take advantage of that situation as much as we can because we only get so much access to George with him being in Florida so um you know just wanted to

Come come in and kind of go through some some drills some wrestling specific drills put them in some wrestling specific uh positions focused mainly on uh shot defense stuff today um you know introduced a couple new new things and then second half I let George take it

You know and he uh kind of built off some of the positions that we had been doing um in the first part of the practice and you know added the grappling component to it so really uh really productive for everybody oh got this run

Oh look at it oh it got hurt yeah you got you got hurt Justin I got stretch you drive up this [ __ ] this a Steve ass Hill these are this is Steve Hill to be able to drive up this [ __ ] [ __ ] I might not even use cruise control today

Well we’ve had George and uh Cosmo here all week uh which has been great so we’re going to go watch fights tonight at Justin’s house but it was cool because we started the day off with a run at Red Rocks and I didn’t know if we

Would get a run at Red Rocks CU it snowed yesterday but this what I love about Colorado it was beautiful up there we got up there about 10:15 and everybody showed up Archie Justin Salis Cosmo put on his running shoes and uh ran the hill it was just good to see

Everybody you know wanting to run with them Justin hit his time in uh 15 minutes and 15 seconds which is really good I think his top time he’s ever done is 1450 I believe is is what we done and that’s really good for being this far out uh

Then we came right back here uh to Onyx and did foot footwork drills and clinching with Cosmo so a lot on the back and the neck uh uh drilling technique but while your legs are tired and and the my goal was to just burn their legs out after a run so I mean

It’s uh it’s been such a good training training uh week having these guys out here and then tonight we get to finish with with a little dinner you know Justin’s going to cook some food for us and watch the fights uh Cheeto Vera and uh sh Maly so I’m looking forward to

Watching those fights going be tough for me to stay up that late I’m usually in bed by 8 o’clock so these late fights kill me but I’m looking forward to getting everybody together I think uh Archie’s coming with his his wife and children Justin’s house is coming with his his wife

I believe Luke and the family’s coming me and my wife will be coming uh it’s just going to be great to have everybody there so uh that Cosmo and and George right now are heading up to do a half day of snowboarding which is really cool

You know saw in Santiago they did a couple days ago just loved it so they’re going to take advantage of that meet us back at the house watch some fights and uh send them back to Florida it’s been so it’s crazy how fast it went by having

These guys out here but uh we learned so much uh Justin you know Steed a lot of his his Muay Thai stuff up uh he threw some really killer knees in sparring uh yesterday that he’s not usually able to throw so it’s just cool to see how he

Can just test things and and go try him right away and sparring but it’s just been such a blessing to have those guys out here it’s been such a great week and man I’m feeling so good about this Fight um already made a prime rib making some potatoes some brussels sprouts had some some guacamole and some salsa let’s check these potatoes Che these bres good job Justin grab plate boys Girls we’ll play uh we’ll play three ball whoever wants in one to get in lowest score wins everybody gets a turn whoever can make these three balls in the least amount of shots wins uh as many people as you want to play can play everybody put a dollar in

One tie all tie if some we tie we put one more Dollar in Go game there’s a process to being a there’s a process to being a winner Justin does it always come with with uh honesty I’ve been donating to G for years that’s one you have no

Idea no so that’s two three one two three this is number four damn you sorry stick to hopefully four you don’t have to call anything so can count my money party one two that’s that trt you’re like a bull whoa look at that yeah how Many that’s what I did didn’t work out my dad’s got that’s my my dad’s got some weird that’s actually good you guys are all strong oh no he’s looking for three oh damn the chalk is free right I don’t have to pay for the CH I have to for the Chord oh my you suck like yes yes yes [ __ ] that say my name [ __ ] He A