Ray borg
-soon to be dad
-learned needs to be levels more to compete at best level (MM fight and loss)
-picked up few more 'things' about moreno and allowed him to prepare more
-wants a bonus, has to do something crazy due to stacked card
-jacksons camp, worked with 135 pound champ (7-0) and other people from world at jacksons
-weigh cut never an issue, weighed in first last time round due to confidence
-can take fight where ever he wants, suggest he can box also but expects a grappling and ji jitsu
war on the ground, wants a sub win.
-wants the pettits fight after.
Brandon Moreno
-loss was hard, especially for mexico city since his people don't like him after his loss
-traveling back between home and states was difficult, feels he won the fight but coach
suggest he was tired and maybe did not win it.
-feels relaxed, lots of energy in body and mind.
-Is clear from usada recent issue, not a fan of them due to their strict diet/maintainence
due to buying Mexican food. Less meat in diet now due to usada scare.
-Says borg is a tough guy, works very hard and his grapplings good. His striking improved.
Suggest he was tired from last fight, too many fights taken but feels amazing now and smiling.
Calvin Kattar
-6-7 week camp this time round
-quick turn around from last fight, right back in camp and short drive to event
-excited about Renan, says he made a mental error against ortega going for td but says the
match up is well so cant wait.
-trained out of joes with guys like rob font and combatzone guys.
-weight cut process, training camp never really stopped due to quick turn around
-always in shape and eats healthy just in case, wants to be back this summer again
Ashlee Smith
-out in las vegas, working at ufc performance institute with her friend carla esparza
-went to college to wrestle
-wants to get the win since she loves interview/media aspects afterwards
-says mentally she was not too prepared in her last loss and made a mistake
-due to last loss went to flyweight, tore some tendons in her arm due to armbar so got
healed up and decided to keep weight low, was easily 135 so went 125.
-says 125 is an open division
-says bec has few more fights then her, suggest shes been competing since school & college
but the match up is good, says bec is a boxer, shes a wrestler but can still box.
-shocked bec took the fight, reckons she will be stronger then bec
-says carla fought bec, she is very important to her here so she can get the win.
Micheal Chiesa
-at ufc performance institute doing his camp and training
-high moral, lots of tough guys here (sam sicilia, jesse james austin laurett, syndicate guys)
-says mario ref biggest mistake ever last fight, did not tap or verbally quit. Suggest refs
need to checked out more. hope never sees him again.
-had few injuries so has had time off to heal from them.
-says pettis has not lost a step here, fought murderers row of fighters (best of best)
matches up well against pettis.
-worked with many ji jitsu guys, implies take downs and clinch game, implies back taking and rnc
but won't give full game away.
Mike Rodriguez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-LlA9IvoZM
-wanted to get into ufc earlier but damaged his knee and cartridge so had to do rehab (no surgery)
-says clarks good, says he is better in stand up aspect. Says clark has experience advantage.
-trained with greg rubello, fabian, other 205ers and his wrestling coach, frank wrestling guy and training in general at joe lauzons gym.
-says 205 is a great division, everything is up for grabs.
Olivier Aubin Mercier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJLdAdBwMc4
-discusses his recent drama with Gilbert fight which fell thru, re-scheduled fight with dunham
-Likes the match up with dunham, has studied him for a while with his skill set.
-trains at tri-star with same guys, went for small vacation recently but back to training was all
done at altitude so his cardio improved.
-Trained a carlson renzo gracie school for his bjj training.
-suggest its going to go to the ground at times but will be a stand up war also. Will do some cage
work, but game plan is coming in last.
Evan Dunhan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUibxW9JanQ
-9 year ufc career (back fighting sean sherk)
-learned so much, not letting bad things weigh him down knowing when to pull back and stop.
staying in an healthy shape makes all the difference in this game.
-Never had a draw, feels he won against darish but does not see it as a loss.
-easy switch for him since it matches up better for him against OAM
-Says OAM is a ground guy, but hes no stranger here, knows oam well with his pressure and cage
game, trips and back taking ability, says will be prepared.
-Wants 2 more fights 2018
-Running his gym and handling 2 daughters, hasnt lost since opening his gym so improvements
have come. Discusses mental aspect, losses and wins and not letting negative aspects effect him.
-Not planning on retiring just yet, wants to hammer it out till nothing is left mentality.
-Says improved since fighting smarter, not just banging away like early days.
Joe lauzon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ9xYvTZk6Y
-at his gym (lauzons mma)
-finished his wrestling pratice, was fun training with other guys on the same card (mike rodriguez)
-doing several different things with running his own gym, classes are still covered without him but he does teach classes too.
-always trying to improve on, win or lose he learns from it.
-match up is good, since both take and throw a punch, says has ji jitsu advantage but he has
good wrestling also. Says it does not always go well on the ground but hes learning constantly.
-joe proctor and many others at his gym to spar and train with, had rob font, katter recently etc
-has 8-9 ufc guys each sat morning so its packed and he has best resources.
-is 168, can cut weight tomorrow so not an issue, does not eat junk food can still enjoy pasta, rice
and not really get fat.
-sees fight starts off on the feet, plans on getting a take down and getting done. Knows has to be
fresh since it may not quite be that easy.