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I'VE COME FARTHER IN THE SPORT THAN I EVER IMAGINED.
Announcer: CARLOS...
I'M ENJOYING DOING WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING.
Announcer: ...CONDIT!
I GET PAID TO GET IN THERE...
...FIGHT.
I'M DRIVEN TO GET THAT TITLE,
BUT I'M ALSO JUST ENJOYING THE RIDE.
Keefer: CARLOS CONDIT DEVELOPED A REPUTATION
AS ONE OF THE FIERCEST GUYS AROUND.
TIME.
HE'S BEEN FIGHTING AT A TOP LEVEL
AGAINST ELITE FIGHTERS FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.
Man: AND IT IS CARLOS CONDIT, "THE NATURAL BORN KILLER,"
THAT ENDS IT.
Man #2: CARLOS CONDIT,
THE LAST WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION IN WEC HISTORY.
SINCE HE'S COME OVER, HE'S JUST BEEN ABSOLUTELY A MONSTER.
Morgan: HE'S AGGRESSIVE.
HE'S COMING AT YOU WITH PUNCHES, KICKS, KNEES, ELBOWS.
HE THROWS EVERYTHING.
CONDIT MIXING THINGS UP NICELY HERE.
Stets: YOU CAN MAKE A CASE FOR HIM
BEING THE BEST STRIKER IN THE 170 DIVISION.
HE'S OUT!
THE BIGGEST COMPLIMENT YOU CAN GIVE A FIGHTER
IS THEY'RE TERRIFYING TO WATCH.
CARLOS CONDIT IS THAT.
Condit: I HAVE THIS DYNAMIC STYLE
WHERE I BRING ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO THE TABLE.
USUALLY, IT WORKS OUT PRETTY WELL FOR ME.
Keefer: 2011, GEORGES ST-PIERRE TEARS HIS ACL,
SO HAS TO STEP OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT.
FORMER STRIKEFORCE CHAMPION AGAINST FORMER WEC CHAMPION
FOR THE UFC INTERIM WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BELT.
ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, THIS IS IT.
FIVE ROUNDS.
RIGHT AWAY, THEY CAN'T WAIT.
THIS IS AWESOME.
LOOK AT THIS.
Condit: DIAZ, HE'S NOTORIOUS FOR GETTING IN A GUY'S HEAD,
TALKING TRASH,
AND GETTING A GUY TO FIGHT EMOTIONAL.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYBODY DO THAT TO CARLOS CONDIT BEFORE?
I HAD TO COMPLETELY DISCONNECT EMOTIONALLY
AND JUST STICK PURELY TO MY GAME PLAN AND MY TACTICS.
CARLOS CONDIT IS NOT ONLY A GREAT FIGHTER,
BUT HE'S A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT HUMAN BEING.
WELL, CARLOS IS GETTING OFF SOME GOOD SHOTS HERE.
HE'S MOVING WELL.
HE'S AVOIDING THE TRAPS THAT NICK DIAZ IS SETTING FOR HIM.
Announcer: THE INTERIM UFC WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD,
CARLOS CONDIT!
Condit: I'M STILL NOT SATISFIED, YOU KNOW.
I WAS THE INTERIM CHAMPION.
I WANT TO BECOME THE UNDISPUTED CHAMPION.
ANY WORLD-CLASS ATHLETE IS LESS THAN SATISFIED
UNTIL THEY GET TO THE TOP.
AND YOU WILL NOW BE FACING GEORGES ST-PIERRE
FOR THE UNDISPUTED TITLE.
THAT'S A LEFT HEAD KICK!
GEORGES IS HURT!
CONDIT WITH A BIG KICK TO THE HEAD.
CONDIT SWARMING ST-PIERRE.
GEORGES IS IN BIG TROUBLE.
IT LOOKED LIKE THIS WAS GONNA BE CARLOS CONDIT'S NIGHT.
BUT GEORGES ST-PIERRE,
LIKE HE'S DONE SO MANY TIMES IN HIS CAREER,
CAME BACK AND TOOK CONTROL OF THE FIGHT.
Condit: I THOUGHT I HAD HIM, MAN.
Morgan: THEN CARLOS CONDIT COMES BACK AGAINST JOHNY HENDRICKS,
SOMEBODY THAT'S FIGHTING FOR THE TITLE NOW.
HE'S HANGING ON HIM, OVER/UNDER WITH TWO HOOKS.
OH, BIG LEFT HOOK BY CONDIT.
NICE SHOT TO THE BODY BY CARLOS.
THAT WAS A BARN-BURNER.
THIS WAS INCREDIBLE. TO THINK CARLOS CONDIT
HAD FOUGHT THE TWO BEST PEOPLE IN THE WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION
BUT HAD BACK-TO-BACK DEFEATS
AND WAS REALLY IN DESPERATE NEED OF A WIN.
Anik: SIXTH-RANKED MARTIN KAMPMANN,
THE FORMER DANISH THAI BOXING CHAMPION,
NINE CAREER WINS BY KNOCKOUT, ANOTHER SIX BY SUBMISSION.
Condit: COMING OFF THOSE TWO LOSSES,
IT BASICALLY JUST GAVE ME A BLUEPRINT
OF WHAT I NEEDED TO DO DIFFERENT.
Anik: AND NOW CONDIT STARTS TO LAND HERE AGAINST KAMPMANN.
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL COMBINATION FROM CONDIT ON THE INSIDE.
CONDIT PRESSING FORWARD.
NOW LANDS A COMBINATION,
AND THAT ONE OPENED MARTIN KAMPMANN UP.
Florian: IT'S UNBELIEVABLE --
AT 170 POUNDS, THE KIND OF PACE THAT CONDIT KEEPS.
WATCH OUT! KAMPMANN LOOKS LIKE HE'S HURT HERE.
MARTIN KAMPMANN HURTING FOR CERTAIN NOW.
CONDIT PILING IT ON.
BEAUTIFUL BODY SHOT FROM CONDIT AND A LEFT HAND TO THE LIVER.
AND THAT'LL DO IT!
CARLOS CONDIT HAS DONE IT!
CARLOS CONDIT CEMENTING HIS STATUS
AS THE NUMBER-2 WELTERWEIGHT IN THE WORLD.
THE RESULTS WERE ME BEING ABLE TO FINISH MARTIN LIKE I DID.
Gonzales: CARLOS DOESN'T TAKE ANY TIME OFF IN BETWEEN FIGHTS.
WE'VE KIND OF ESTABLISHED THAT IT'S BEST FOR HIS BODY
IF HE JUST MAINTAINS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF FITNESS.
IT'S PROBABLY WHY HE HAS SUCH GREAT CARDIO, TOO,
'CAUSE HE TAKES NO TIME OFF.
SO, HE'S BEEN IN CAMP NOW SINCE HIS LAST FIGHT.
SO, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST KIND OF WORKING ON HIS STRENGTH,
A LITTLE BIT OF POWER, AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO TRANSITION
INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE CONDITIONING FOR HIM.
KIND OF GET A LITTLE SIDE-TO-SIDE MOVEMENT, MAN,
SO GET THAT BODY -- YEP, RIGHT THERE.
THERE YOU GO. GET THAT BODY DOWN.
KEEP WORKING, WORKING, WORKING, WORKING, WORKING.
KEEP GOING.
DRIVE AND DRIVE AND DRIVE AND DRIVE AND DRIVE AND DRIVE.
GOT IT. GOOD. GOT IT.
HE'S GONNA GET STRONGER.
HE'S GONNA BE MORE EXPLOSIVE, SO CARLOS IS HIS STRONGEST.
HIS MOST EXPLOSIVE GOING INTO THAT FIGHT THAT HE'S EVER BEEN
TO FACE SUCH A DYNAMIC FIGHTER.
GOOD LOW BASE.
LAST ONE -- PULL THROUGH. GOOD JOB.
Stets: CARLOS CONDIT IS DEFINITELY A FRONT-RUNNER
TO GET A TITLE SHOT,
IF NOT BE A TITLE HOLDER AT SOME POINT IN 2014,
ESPECIALLY WITH THIS DIVISION BEING WIDE OPEN NOW.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD HIPS, DUDE. LOVE THAT.
PULL THE HIPS THROUGH THE SLED.
STAY STRONG, BROTHER. 10, 9, 8...
...5, 6 -- TWO MORE.
7.
SWITCH. GOT IT.
Wagenheim: THE DOOR IS OPEN FOR EVERYBODY IN THE WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION,
AND NOBODY MORE SO THAN CARLOS CONDIT.
GOOD FEET. GOOD FEET. GOOD FEET.
Keefer: HE SAYS HE'S SICK OF HEARING
THAT "FORMER INTERIM CHAMPION" IN FRONT OF HIM.
HE WANTS TO BE JUST "THE CHAMPION."
HE'S SHOWN HE HAS THE ABILITY.
Wagenheim: THIS IS A CHANCE FOR HIM TO SORT OF GET BACK ON THE CYCLE,
GET BACK ON THE TREADMILL GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
CONDIT, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, GETS A VICTORY HERE,
AND HE'S RIGHT BACK IN THE TITLE DISCUSSION,
PROBABLY FACES THE WINNER OF HENDRICKS AND LAWLER.
GOT IT. GOOD. RIGHT THERE. RIGHT THERE.
Woodley: I GOT THE FIGHT WITH CARLOS CONDIT
JUST BY PERSISTENCE, MAN.
White: IF TYRON WOODLEY TEXTS ME ONE MORE TIME --
HE MUST TEXT ME 15 TIMES A DAY.
Woodley: AND IF THE RISK IS HIGH, THE REWARD IS HIGH.
WHY NOT ROLL THE DICE?
White: THOSE ARE THE GUYS I WANT TO DEAL WITH.
THOSE ARE THE GUYS I WANT TO HEAR FROM.
Woodley: I'M TRYING TO KNOCK OFF THE NUMBER-TWO GUY IN THE WORLD,
SO WHEN I BEAT HIM, IT PUTS ME RIGHT IN POSITION
TO FIGHT MY NEXT FIGHT FOR THE WORLD TITLE.
GET THIS WIN OVER WOODLEY, AND I'M GONNA GET THAT TITLE SHOT,
AND I'M GONNA GET THAT BELT AROUND MY WAIST.
Woodley: I'M A FAMILY GUY.
BOBO.
YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE MARRIED...
COME ON NOW. YOU GOT TO GET READY FOR SCHOOL.
...AND I WANTED TO HAVE A LOT OF KIDS.
FAMILY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
EVERY MORNING IS AN ADVENTURE.
IT'S WHAT I FIGHT FOR.
IT'S WHAT I TRY TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR.
I WANT TO SEE MY FAMILY HAVE AN ABUNDANCE.
I WANT TO SEE US GET RID OF ANY FINANCIAL STRESS.
THE NEIGHBORS ARE BUILDING A POOL.
EVERY TIME I FIGHT AND EVERY TIME I TAKE A STEP TOWARDS THAT TITLE,
IT PUTS ME IN A POSITION
WHERE I'M LOOKING AT THE HOUSE THAT I ENVISION.
I'M LOOKING AT THAT POOL IN THE BACK FOR MY BOYS TO PLAY IN,
A BIG YARD.
THEY APPRECIATE SEEING THEIR DAD TRAINING.
THAT'S WHAT KEEPS ME DRIVING, PUSHING.
WHEN I GET THIS WORLD TITLE AND I REIGN OVER THE DIVISION,
OUR LIFE IS GONNA CHANGE DRAMATICALLY.
AS 170-POUND FIGHTERS GO,
TYRON WOODLEY IS ONE OF THE STRONGER ONES.
LITERALLY HAS TREE TRUNKS FOR LEGS.
THE GUY IS JUST AN ATHLETIC FREAK.
JUST SHREDDED, BIG, LOOKS IMPOSING.
COULD BE A FOOTBALL PLAYER.
HE'S A FIGHTER.
Woman: 8, GOOD.
LIFT THAT. 9. GOOD.
Woodley: I'M REALLY TAILOR-MADE FOR THIS SPORT.
YOU KNOW, I'M COMPACT. I'M EXPLOSIVE. I'M HUNGRY.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE HEAVY HANDS. I GOT GOOD WRESTLING.
I GOT GOOD TAKEDOWN DEFENSE.
I'LL BE A VERY HARD GUY TO BEAT IN THIS DIVISION, YOU KNOW,
JUST USING ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH.
ALL THE GIFTS, THE HARD WORK,
AND THE MIND-SET AND MENTALITY I TAKE INTO MIXED MARTIAL ARTS,
IT'S ONE OF A CHAMPION.
PRO ATHLETES LIKE TYRON REQUIRES A LOT OF ATTENTION.
Chu: KICK.
KICK.
IT'S REALLY TIGHT THROUGH HERE.
Woodley: WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A CHIROPRACTOR, YOU THINK ABOUT
SOMEBODY POPPING YOUR BACK, 20 MINUTES IN AND OUT.
BUT WHEN YOU GO IN THERE
AND A GUY IS ACTUALLY ANALYZING THE BALANCE OF YOUR BODY
AND SEEING WHAT MUSCLES ARE FIRING...
WE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. LET'S HAVE YOU FACE UP.
ALL RIGHT.
...OR EVEN SOMETHING AS SMALL AS YOUR HAND.
THESE HANDS ARE WHAT WE MAKE OUR MONEY WITH.
JUST HOLD THE HANDS.
SO FOR THOSE LITTLE, SMALL THINGS
OR LITTLE, SMALL ADVANTAGES,
I THINK THAT MAKE THE WORLD OF DIFFERENCE IN A FIGHT.
Chu: IN THESE GUYS, THEY ALL TRAIN HARD,
IT'S THAT MILLISECOND OF RESPONSE AND THAT MUSCLE MEMORY
THAT REALLY COUNTS.
[ CLICKING ]
KICK. MUCH BETTER.
YOU WERE MISSED, DOC.
SO IF I CAN GET HIM TO THE EXTRA MILLISECONDS, I DID MY JOB.
GOOD. GOOD MOTION.
WALK AROUND. SEE HOW THAT FEELS.
I FEEL GOOD.
AWESOME.
Man: TYRON WOODLEY, SIX WINS VIA SUBMISSION.
TYRON WOODLEY STARTED OUT HIS CAREER 10-0,
LOOKED LIKE A VERY, VERY BRIGHT, UP-AND-COMING PROSPECT.
Man: WOODLEY GOES ON THE ATTACK.
COY NOW. WOODLEY TAKES COY DOWN.
Morgan: VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE IN WHAT HE DID.
Stets: HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE FIGHT TO WHERE HE WANTED IT TO
AND GET THE VICTORY HE NEEDED TO GET
TO MOVE FORWARD IN HIS CAREER.
Woodley: WHEN YOU COME INTO ANY SPORT,
YOU KNOW, YOU LEAN INTO YOUR BACKGROUND.
FOR ME, IT WAS NATURAL FOR ME TO LEAN TO MY WRESTLING.
Man: WOODLEY WENT 48-0 IN HIS SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL
AS A WRESTLER.
BUILT A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN STRIKEFORCE.
Man: THERE'S AN ELBOW.
Announcer: AND STILL UNDEFEATED, TYRON WOODLEY!
COME ON, BABY!
TYRON WOODLEY COMES INTO THE UFC.
HIS FIRST FIGHT IS AGAINST JAY HIERON.
Man: JAY "THE THOROUGHBRED" HIERON --
23 WINS, 12 FIRST-ROUND FINISHES.
Woodley: I KNEW HE WAS A VETERAN, HAD 12 FINISHES IN THE FIRST ROUND.
HE WAS A VERY SEASONED, GAMED OPPONENT.
Rogan: TYRON WOODLEY IS A MASSIVE WELTERWEIGHT.
HIS WRESTLING IS TOP-NOTCH.
AND WORKING VERY HARD TO -- OH!
BIG SHOT. LOOKING TO FINISH IT RIGHT AWAY.
HIERON JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE HERE.
GROUND AND POUND.
THAT'S IT. HE'S OUT.
AND IT IS ALL OVER!
JUST LIKE THAT!
WHAT?!
WOW.
TYRON WOODLEY JUST MADE A STATEMENT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
Morgan: THAT WAS TRULY A SCARY KNOCKOUT.
I MEAN, FOR SOMEBODY THAT WE THOUGHT WAS A WRESTLER,
HE ANNOUNCED IMMEDIATELY THAT HE HAD STRIKING AS WELL.
Wagenheim: THESE GUYS WHO ARE GREAT WRESTLERS HAVE TO EVOLVE.
THEY HAVE TO LEARN SOME OTHER STUFF.
YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE A FIGHT TO THE MAT.
Woodley: I REALLY FOCUS ON EVOLVING MY STRIKING.
YOUR POWER'S DEVELOPED WITH TIMING AND TECHNIQUE.
ANYBODY CAN SWING AN ARM PUNCH VERY HARD.
BUT THE PERSON WHO HAS GOOD ACCURACY
AND GET ON THAT PERSON'S CHIN AS FAST AS THEY CAN,
AS HARD AS THEY CAN,
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT PUT YOU TO SLEEP.
Man: NOW BRING IT ON. COME ON. AND HERE WE GO.
Rogan: BIG UPPERCUT. BIG RIGHT HAND BY WOODLEY.
BIG KNEE.
OH, ANOTHER NICE RIGHT HAND.
Woodley: THE KOSCHECK FIGHT WAS HUGE FOR ME.
FIGHTING A GUY LIKE THAT THAT'S FOUGHT FOR A WORLD TITLE,
BEATEN A LOT OF TOP-LEVEL GUYS, HAD OVER 20 FIGHTS IN THE UFC.
OH!
THAT'S IT.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
TYRON WOODLEY KNOCKS OUT JOSH KOSCHECK.
WOW!
THAT IS POWER.
Morgan: TYRON WOODLEY IS VERY EXCITING NOW.
YOU CAN ASK JOSH KOSCHECK AND JAY HIERON
HOW EXCITING TYRON WOODLEY IS.
HE COMES IN THERE TO *** NOW, AND I THINK HE'S GOT EVERYTHING.
HE'S GOT TOP-LEVEL WRESTLING, BUT HE'S BRINGING HEAVY HANDS.
AND THAT BRINGS AN ENTIRE NEW ELEMENT TO HIS GAME.
THIS FIGHT, TO ME, REALLY MEANS, "WHO'S NUMBER TWO?"
WE'VE GOT A NEW TITLE FIGHT ON THE HORIZON,
BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S NEXT.
Erickson: I THINK THERE'S A REASON THAT THAT FIGHT IS THE CO-MAIN EVENT
ON THIS CARD RIGHT AFTER THE WELTERWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT,
WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE WINNERS OF THESE TWO FIGHTS
MAY WIND UP MEETING LATER IN THE YEAR.
Woodley: CARLOS CONDIT IS A PHENOMENAL MATCHUP FOR ME.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION
AND I LOOK AT THE GUYS THAT ARE RANKED HIGH
THAT I'D DO WELL AGAINST,
JUST ON PURE STYLE MATCHUP, HE WAS ONE OF THE GUYS.
AND HE WAS CLOSE TO THE TOP OF THE LIST.
Condit: WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO CLIMB.
WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO CLIMB THE LADDER.
AND HE'S GOT EVERYTHING TO GAIN AND NOTHING TO LOSE, REALLY.
BUT I KNOW THAT I HAVE THE ABILITIES AND THE SKILLS
TO TAKE HIM OUT.
Woodley: THIS IS GONNA BE A HIGH PACE.
WE'RE GONNA BE IN EACH OTHER'S FACE.
WE'RE GONNA GO HOME WITH THE FIGHT OF THE NIGHT BONUS.
WE WANT TO GO HOME WITH, YOU KNOW,
SOME EXTRA CHANGE THAT WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO GET.
I GOT TO GET TO THE TOP, AND IT'S THROUGH HIM.