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00:00You know for you you're 40 years old here. I
00:03By looking at your record online, you know, correct me if I'm wrong, but I've only been fighting
00:06You know amateur and pro for about seven years
00:09So what was the thing for you that got you into fighting?
00:11You know
00:12Maybe a little bit later than others that got you to wanting to do this
00:14You know when you were in your 30s and start the second career as you have like you said you have your business you have
00:19Your family what brought you into fighting?
00:21Yeah, so I actually got sober in in
00:252016
00:26You know before then I had struggled with alcohol and addiction
00:29and
00:31You know 2016. I turned a new page and and God help and you know, God willing. Uh, my life's been different ever since and
00:412018 I took a
00:43thrown together
00:45unsanctioned
00:46fundraiser boxing match for
00:49For recovery to sponsor some people
00:52and for getting in recovery houses and from there it kind of just
00:57Spiraled into me fighting at the Wells Fargo Center
01:01January 25th in front of 17,000 people
01:07Yeah, I mean like you said it was it's it's a second life and I've kind of created a a
01:14New name for myself, you know, and
01:18It's been it's been nothing short of
01:22I don't know. Let's call it a miracle right like
01:25God saw fit to
01:27bless me with sobriety and
01:31I'm not I'm not gonna
01:33Swindle that and I'm gonna live it. I'm living my life now to my fullest potential and
01:41Here we are, you know, here we are
01:45Here we are indeed, you know being a guy from the area in Philadelphia now fighting at the Wells Fargo Center for the BK FC
01:52And you talk about you know, just in a couple years where you've come not just that
01:56I saw you recently helping John Jones one of the best in the world and in the history of MMA training for his last fight
02:02I'm sure that was a big thrill for you as well
02:04You know, what do you think of this fight now?
02:06How much does it mean to you to be fighting in Philadelphia?
02:08You know in front of your hometown fans in front of the city that you love and what are you expecting from Zack Calum's coming?
02:14In there trying to disrupt all that for you that night
02:17Yeah, I mean to touch on what you had said about John, so it's funny
02:21He was actually looking looking into me before he invited me out
02:25and he he had mentioned to me the same thing that you had said about me being a family man and
02:32yeah, he had said something to me about he saw the pictures of my boys and
02:37and
02:38You know, he had mentioned that you know
02:40He liked that aspect and that a feature about me and it contributed to his decision to invite me out there
02:48But in reference to it, you know, is that Calmus and and and him and us us fighting out there
02:55and
02:57at Wells Fargo Center
03:00Zack's tough man. Zack's a tough cookie and
03:05Saturday night is is is a big night