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Yeah, it actually is. And when I think about it,
sometimes I'm like, why am I doing this?
Yeah, a job in Starbucks would be easier.
Less stressful, but there I I would.
I've never worked in Starbucks, but I'd say there's probably
less of a thrill making a couple of flat wipes compared to.
That one at Starbucks, the cons water.
Who knows what goes on down? There, do you think there's I'm
going to talk to you about that in a second because.
OK, but but the Starbucks concert, but do you think
there's people, do you think there's baristas who get the
same buzz over knocking up a flat white that you would, you
know, headline the Bellator show and kicking somebody in the head
probably in America or they, well, Americans who's asking
about anything? Yeah.
They love it. They actually, I was in Texas
there a few weeks ago and I it was so good to be in America.
Just when you get into the airport, you land, you're just
like, everybody is absolutely off their heads crazy.
Positive though, America. Yeah, happy I.
Don't. I don't like too much enthusiasm
or positivity. Yeah.
Do you know what I mean? I like to see it for a while and
then the novelty will. Expect.
Yeah, because we're so dry and we're from Belfast.
Yeah. Like after one interaction
you're like OK. Like if I'm a if I'm a rhino in
America. Yeah, That's our slogan, isn't
it? What are you at?
Be sad, will you be? Miserable be.
More sad in America, literally like you'll be there for a few
minutes and then you're like, this is great and then you're
out of urinal and the guy beside you was hey buddy, high five.
No no high 5 pervert Starbucks Collins water.
Great location, you like it, It's OK.
So I've been there in years and years and now people doing drive
through coffee and. Collins Water and Starbucks What
a random place I've. Been there twice in the last
couple of weeks because we're doing a show near there in
Strand Cinema and I've got a lifehack.
I've got a hack you might be interested in for the drive thru
because you know the way it's always packed and the Tim
Horton's do always so busy. It's like. 30 cars, right Yeah,
Lifehack B and. M as.
Well, I don't know you're brand ambassador for on Twitter, but
I've got a lifehack for the queues at Starbucks when you're
in your car. You're not going to believe
this. Park it up and go in.
But that defeats the whole purpose of not having to get out
of your car and have a social interaction with people.
But you're but you still have the same interaction.
You're just doing it at the counter.
Yeah, but there's. More people you have to interact
with if you walk in somewhere, no.
Like maybe you have to say hello to everybody.
A guy. Yeah, I went into that one and
there was a guy in front of me who goes.
This was the night before the 1st SSE show.
He goes, yeah, I'm, I'm coming to the show tomorrow night,
looking forward to it. And I said, Yep, cheers, mate,
thanks very much. And then he came up to me as he
went out and went, well, we don't know if we're going to be
able to go. Me and my wife are looking to
maybe sell the tickets. He goes, could you put that up
in your story? I was like, no, I know, but
yeah. Collins what?
I thought Collins water was.
I didn't think we'd spend this much time talking about Collins
water, but when I was a kid, Collins water was the place.
Yeah, the. Shopping centre, It was the.
Mall, you know what I mean? You're like go to the mall with
your friends. You were a Collins water your
mates go to the MPO. Remember the MPO?
What an MPO. Stand for it was a it's like a
magazine shop. Can you can you angle it?
Sorry, please don't help me. I fighter to fighter.
You angle that more a wee bit, but since you've been on last
and you have, you fought once or twice since you were last, since
you do. And I was, I don't know, maybe,
maybe once in London. I thought.
In America. And then I think I came in and I
fought in London and then I went to Texas.
So once, yeah. So I.
Was saying to you before that like, I can't handle like I'm,
I'm a fight fan, you know, like I'm not, I don't get paid
anymore. But I I like to just be a
spectator now, which is hard for someone like me to, you know,
try and what, you know, having my background, yeah, it's hard
to just switch off and watch a fight.
But I was saying that I can't stay up for fights.
I can't stay up. I like.
I can't either. Tea time.
Fights. Yeah, yeah, but what about your
fight was supposed to be half ten?
What? Time was it on that well.
It was 11, I was half, no, it was on half 10, right.
So we're chat there was there was another, I think there was
boxing on before it and I'm chatting.
I was chatting to Tony there and I go, what, what time is that?
Because I was watching boxing. He was watching Bellator.
And then I was like, let me know when Leah's fighters watch out.
And then it's 10:15. I go ring walk starting soon.
No fight fight on another fight on my shut up. 10:20.
So I'm, you know, looking forward to the fight.
And then he goes, oh, there's a ring walk, but it's not for that
fight. What?
There's another fight on I'll. Ring Showtime in America and let
them know that you half an hour earlier suits your bedtime.
Why we're not bumping fights on before like let's get to the
main event. I think the fight was on about
half eleven one that was about half 11 it's.
Because of the American time, they think you need to be on
like peak time in America and over here for viewership, yeah.
But I thought it was like half 10 like I was.
What was 1130 minutes later? Yeah.
But like that, that don't work for me.
That doesn't work for me. But London was it.
Do you notice that? So if you go fight in America,
obviously with like jet lag and the time change, do you notice
that then when you fight in London, do all this is like
easier preparation? Yeah.
Definitely and just not having to travel like across the world
and your time difference and your weight cutting and
everything and especially having like my team and family are all
they're having the best crack fight week in Wembley and then
the weigh insurance and the media and then even on Fight
Night there's so many more people can go than travelling.
In America and you'll. Get 40% tax in America, so put
me in Europe. Of course, then you've got.
You've got you've got all that money for Starbucks and yeah, I
mean, I never thought about that.
I suppose like not everyone can go see you fight in America
Plus. The European and Irish cries are
way better than anywhere in the world.
Yeah, in London that was the best.
London, Wembley show every. The atmosphere was amazing.
And then Dublin last week. Like it's totally different to
America do. You feel like when you're
fighting, do you like feel your people there for you?
Do you feel that more that grows more and more like every fight?
Do you go well, that sounds like more people there are like
supporting me, like just for me say to.
Be honest, I don't really like, I can, I don't really take it in
and notice it because I am always I'm literally walking
down to fight somebody in a cage.
So I'm like, that's like the only thing in my head and.
Then. When I'm in there I'm like I'm
literally fighting for my life in front of 10,000 people and
millions online. Like, like even backstage and my
last fight, I remember I like the guy after me had like Skepta
and I got all these guys like sing them out.
So we went through the backstage and seeing like all these like
famous rappers and I was in and you go into a room, it's really
like the ceiling is tiny. The it's like tiny and there's a
guy before you is warming up and ready to go and fight to get
himself psyched up and like, and I'm sitting here going like,
imagine I could sing or like do something that I'm walking out
into when we not having to fight someone in a cage in front of
all these people. Like, why is this what I do?
Like imagine just being like a singer.
The pressure would be so much less.
And I'm like, if you walk out from this tiny wee box room,
you'd literally walk out in front the and whenever I was
walking to the arena, I was so the hotel was a crossroad from
the arena. I was watching people walk in to
watch the show. And I'm like, why am I?
Why do I have to be the person that walks in the other entrance
to fight in front of all these people?
There's so many like these. Things what you mean?
And yeah, so I no, no, apart from the like, I mean, you said
Skeptos backstage walks in the cage to fight.
I mean, my mate Dave was backstage and I was walking to
the stage to tell jokes, but he. He came in my he's we did a song
about MVP called Bellator Dave. My mate Dave, major props to
David. No scepticism.
And he came in my, my changing afterwards like well done.
I was like, make sure you do your next song about me.
And he was like, like, I was obviously joking and he didn't
get our humour and he was like. Yeah, but that's like me saying
like I'd sing, I'd sing you for a fight and but that's not
humour, that's me saying let's make it happen.
I had the exact same thing with when you see people coming to
your show. So yeah, at SSC I got there
early to do like sound check and then we went to like we went to
get some date afterwards on sound check and those I had a
weird feeling of being a Nando would be like, I wonder how many
people in here right now are coming to the show.
And I drove a different way back to SSE.
So I didn't pass the front of it because if I had seen the queue
and then like they're coming to see me and even this weird, the
parking attendant guy was in the high viz standing there, you
know, like standing like the direct people.
And I was going he he's here tonight because of me, if that
makes sense. I'm like, he's working as part
of my show, isn't? It the weirdest, most surreal,
weird feeling. Like I always think of that as
well, like these people watching us walking.
I think I always wish that I was with them and not do what I have
to do because like, yeah, the the unknown is so immense and
intense and you can go into the cage and come out with them all
these opportunities. You can go come out of the case
of the lowest ever. Yeah.
So I'm like, why can't I rap like a sceptic?
But I guess backup dancer. Well, look.
And we let's work on it. We both can sing quite well.
Well. I'm more of a rapper, but I
Can't Sing. But like, I think that combo
would work. I'm I'm different in that, you
know, the way you're like, you're just going into fight.
You're not thinking about the crowd.
Like at the time I'd be the opposite.
I'd be like in a guillotine, like looking around, going with
my aunt with my auntie here. Oh.
Florence you know I I can knocked out so quick.
Yeah, it is. That's good, really.
Nice. Name I know Monty Flo.
Actually is a nice name. Pardon.
Actually, is a nice name, yeah. You haven't met many aunties.
You. That's a question we ask every
guest. I.
Don't even know. Maybe 5.
Oh yeah. Yeah, that's quite well.
I was going to say quite a lot. I've got 4:00.
That's fine. I'd say 4, probably average.
Yeah, probably average. You get some people with like
two men. There's sometimes too many.
You know, I think once you get past seven, that's too many
aunties. That is so annoying.
Yeah, but you were. You were over to fight.
I like doing media and stuff like that.
When you bang that down, I I sure jumped to a bit.
Sorry, I was. Over at a fight, yeah.
We were over. Are you at Dublin?
You were just in Dublin. But were you watching that as
like a fan? Yeah.
You were working? No.
I. Was doing it, was doing that.
We put on the desk for TV, but like most of it I was able to
watch and take it and I was like wow.
When you're incredible, when you're doing like, when you're
doing it for TV, like it like punditry type things like.
On the desk, yeah. Talk about their fights is.
That Can you watch it? Are you watching it as a fighter
or you're watching it thinking how someone at home would watch
it? Does that make sense?
No, I so my position is to watch as a fighter and I give analysis
on what I think they need to do to win or after the fight.
I was only doing it for the comedian event the last time.
It wasn't like the whole card that I've done before, but it's
definitely doing that side because before I've only ever
thought about coming and walking out fighting.
Like the amount of production that goes into Fight Night is
like insane. So you're.
What you're watching, those things that you're not watching
on Fight Night, you know, you're like looking at the production
and the exactly. So like I'm able to say more.
So what actually happens and makes it even more nerve
wracking? Fighting, yeah.
Do you worry about like what if you were doing punditry on a
fight and then someone made like a bad mistake or you were like
criticised? Would do you ever get worried
about that? Like that might start a beef.
Not really a wee bit the last fight because obviously I'm
biassed towards the Irish fighters so I'm always going to
back them more and they're all yeah.
What happened? Just like him, that it.
Don't. Say it's OK, but.
Can you not? It's OK, no.
OK, Well then don't if you're uncomfortable, OK?
No, it's funny though. Well then, but it's safe.
But maybe you don't mention names or anything.
OK. But people will know the name.
OK, just next question. OK.
OK, OK, I'll. Tell you all fair, OK.
Yeah, yeah. Tell me, all fair.
Do you the more like you progress and like the more big
fights you have and wins obviously as well?
Like do they do Like I imagine someone comes to you and goes,
listen, you need to start a rivalry with that.
We're going to start a rivalry with you and this person.
And then you speak to that person and you're like, right,
we need to start slobbering at each other like big time.
And that because the first time I interviewed you, you were
saying that it's not really like that like at all, you know, but
you're obviously like, you should keep winning.
So when you move up a bit more, do does that become become more
choreographed people? Not really.
It's not WWE. Like the weird literally would
you do? WWE.
I don't think I'd be very good at it.
No, I don't know. I think all fight like you have
to. Be like a really good actor,
don't you? Or actress if you.
Talk really well, like I think you'd be, you'd be really good
at that, but. Also, it'd be so embarrassing
because it's not real. Pardon, it's so embarrassing.
No, WWE. I think you're mistaken.
WWE is real. Yeah, but it's, it's like like
staged, isn't it? Like they're not really, they're
not really fighting. They are fighting like, what
about the unlike? I don't know why, You know, you
need to respect those. Like the Undertaker has died
twice. He's come back from the dead
twice and he's still one of the best guys.
Yeah, no, I get what you mean. But but I suppose it is like
athleticism and that sort of thing.
And I don't know, it'd be fun because like, you're doing like,
but you're not actually getting a hit.
Yeah. You would actually have big
consequences maybe. Yeah, yeah.
If fighting feels so, maybe do that.
Yeah, I, I think. I think rest will be fun,
although those guys apparently and girls obviously fight like
every night. Like, not for everybody.
'S like beat up. I've seen that like movie of
with the block. What do you call the guy has,
like, all the work done? Look like a wrestling movie.
Mickey Rourke, Yeah. Mickey or the Wrestler, the
movie, The Wrestler, yeah, yeah. Because they they do like the
televised, I don't know, once or twice a week, but then every
night they're like on tour and it's not televised.
Their bodies are even like even when they get like slammed down
like that canvas is like quite hard.
Yeah, it's like wood or something, so.
I like, it's like a cage, yeah. That's one of the reason why I
wouldn't do it again. It's another sport.
The offers have been there, but I'm like, no, I don't see a
wrestling show in Dublin once WWE, and it was very like
entertaining. It was good, yeah.
It was good crowd really get into it, didn't they?
Oh yeah, like way too into yeah. Like.
Way too into these guys, like who's going to win?
Like these these guys are both going for them.
Like they'll they'll know, Yeah. And they're all they know.
Old men that really love it, which is good as well.
It's nice to see them passionate, but I don't, I just,
I just don't get it. Yeah, the fight, like Wembley's
obviously on, on Real as a Wembley for football.
I'd been to Wembley since I was a kid at like the old Wembley
before it was already done. But like that arena is unreal.
Yeah, that's so. Good.
Yeah, It was in the. It wasn't in the stadium.
Yeah, yeah. But that is unreal that that
arena. It was so nice because a lot of
my bells were fights had been in Dublin.
To be in London and I love London and have that different
crowd and energy was so cool. What do?
You like to do in London? We like places I like to go,
things I like to do, yeah. I love going to the the to see a
show. Like West End?
Yeah. What was the last thing you saw?
We went. The day after my fight and when
we went to see the Prince of Egypt, it took as the ballot.
It was amazing and I was also watching that thinking why can't
I sing or dance and not fight in a cage?
I mean, I think I've only been to West End show once and I
think it was Wicked. I don't know what it was, but it
was, it was good. And this top, can't remember
what I saw. I just had a fab night and I was
so good last time I was in. Do you know what?
You know what the spot in London is?
Soho. Yeah.
I was so. So much fun, yeah.
I was actually there for dinner last week.
And but when you're there, so do they like after a fight, do you
have to do like loads of press and do you have to do stuff the
next day? Or is it like once you fight and
you've done an interview? Yeah.
Literally, I set you free. Can you go out the night of a
fight? Like so it always happens.
So no matter where we are in the world, whenever the the actual
fight's over, you've done your interviews, there's nowhere open
you can't get food. So we are.
So I remember I had a black guy, I had sore legs.
There was no Ubers because of some petrol thing in London.
So at the walk from SC Arena to McDonald's like around the
corner and it was like a 15 minute walk in the freezing
cold. I was like after your.
Fight. Yeah.
How are you not getting stuffed, Brogue?
You can ask people to like to do it.
We like tracked around the McDonald's student queue and
like that always happens after like Fight Night.
You never get to go anywhere or do anything.
You always walk to McDonald's or get like is it every and you
just sit with the bells or cream laugh like, but it's and I knew
you're so tired. You can't and exhausted.
You don't want to go out. I'm.
Going to like a rain without telling you your next fight,
you're going to be sitting there, you're going to walk
somewhere and someone's going to bring, like, a burger and go.
That's from Todd. Yeah, not a buffet.
I can't afford that. But it will be a single burger
that I have sent over. I really appreciate that way,
but. Like I, I wouldn't have thought
that at all. I thought it would be like
catering backstage a bar, no, all that kind of stuff.
But like. Take the medical that you're you
can walk and you just leave and literally and then so it's so
surreal. So like then you walk so because
the hotel was beside the arena, so I walked in for and then you
walk back to your hotel, right? It's like this is so weird.
Like it's what a weird mental experience because I.
Never like I think you have different ideas of what you
think happens after a show. Seem like comedy people people
go after shows. You must get go out for all
these drinks and have a wild night.
So like last week when I did SSE, that was the first time I'd
ever done It's the biggest show in my life, like by far.
And after it, that's. Incredible.
SSE. Like, it's amazing, yeah.
But it's mad how it was like probably the best night in
comedy I've ever had, but after I had no notion to go for a
drink. Do you want?
To You're so fulfilled that what you've done is like nothing can
talk about a cup of tea. And just went home and was home
about 50 minutes after the show was over.
Watching match today and it's. So like, isn't the contrast of
those two experiences so mental? But I find I.
Feel like a serial killer because I can just sleep after I
woke up in the morning I. Don't sleep for days after
fights do. You because of adrenaline?
Yeah, really. Yeah, I see.
I think I think there's some wrong me because I literally
like get into bed after the SSA and I'm like we Willy Winky.
I just, I put, I wear, we hat another.
Guy, Yeah. Another.
Not that, not that I didn't take in the scale of the show.
It just it just feels like a brilliant night at work.
Yeah, you. Know.
No, I get that. I do get that, yeah.
But I always, I always go see after the show, we're going to
do this and we're going to do that and we're going to go to
this place. Anyhow.
I do. I'm wondering, I'm not much of A
drinker anyway but I'm one or two drinks and I'll be like.
I just want to compare. Yeah, I just.
I just need rest me time. Yeah, me time we bubble bath,
whatever it is, But yeah, that's that's crazy.
I honestly I would have thought that there was like a whole
showbiz side to those. Not really promotions in those
fights, no. Some people do have like after
parties and like there was, but you can't be bothered sceptic.
Was definitely going somewhere. Yeah, they did.
They did have an after party, but you couldn't.
Go on, Skip. You could go on Skip's party,
Yeah. I walked to McDonald's around
the corner, then SC and says. What did you the first ever
fight you had right? Like amateur or whatever, like
the first ever like organised fight that you had?
What did you do after that it? Was in the Ulster Hall in
Belfast, was your. First fight, yeah.
Like I've always had quite big stages to fight on and I
remember being like, is the fire exit open?
I can run away from this? Like what am I doing before?
The fight. Yeah, this.
Isn't normal. And then we actually take a
fight that night. I actually remember that now.
Black eye when you bust up much? Yeah, and then even like even
though I where'd. You go after it.
I went to. El Divino, remember it.
Yeah, Oh. Yeah.
Oh yeah. I remember.
I remember El Divino like had. Such a great day and then went
there like but. Everybody thought El Divino was
like the place, you know, and it was.
Remember the VIP was like green green and like I remember like
oh it's crazy cringe thinking. About it, I was like, who's on?
The door here and you're like, oh, I remember, I also remember
going to El Divino and, and, and I was seeing a girl at the time
and she was out somewhere in Belfast and she's like, I'll
come over to El Divino and meet you.
And I, me and my mates were all about the leave.
So I went, well, where I say all my probably like me and two
guys, right? And I went me and the, me and
the, the squad, my cousin and my dad, we were they, they left and
I was like, I'll wait for her. It was like, she's gonna be
there in like 2 minutes. So she comes and I and I said to
the guy in the door, I was like, can I bring some in?
He's like, that's no sweat man. So I was like, right.
And I, she came in, we sat down in like the VIP, but I wouldn't
be in any VIP but anymore ever, right?
So we sat down and I and we're chatting and I was like, how
could a bar? And one of the guys doing like a
lovely gesture but made it also tragic.
Came over with a bottle of Prosecco like in, in like a
cooler with ice and when are you going, Mr Todd?
And I was like, no, no. And she thought it was the
cringiest thing ever. She thought I'd planned it.
And I was like, no, no, I haven't.
I've not planned this. Yeah, I've not planned this.
And do I have to pay for that? Because I don't have enough for
it. Whatever happened, there's still
open. That venue still there, but I
don't think there's I don't think there's anything that.
Isn't it? Yeah.
Though I think looking back to stuff like that, it was like
create like being in like VIP and all that sort of, but it was
fun at the time. Memories.
Yeah. Where?
Was your first like going out spot in Belfast the.
Beach Club Beach Club Iconic I. Think I was only in the beach
club four or five times I. Wasn't, yeah, I wasn't in that.
I wasn't like a local, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Imagine I came back here 4 nights a week first as soon as
the doors opened. Some like not drink, not
drinking, just like chilling out.
You're just a regular at the bar at the Beach Club, calling in to
see, you know, Imagine the Beach Club came back for one night.
Amazing. Imagine you could watch the.
Dawn. Like the stuff that went on in
the beach. Oh, I remember going to form.
I wouldn't even have form party once and was at the beach club
and it was class. It was so good.
It was class. I thought it was unreal, like
it's on your hair and everything.
And then I remember catching reflection and stuff, walking
out and go, no, no, I just jumped on the lag and I threw
myself in. There's nowhere that Belfast.
Night to go is there. Thompson's is like that is the
place. I know what.
You mean, you mean like of places that are like, fun as
opposed to like, cool and trending?
Yeah. Like people go and go crazy.
That's it. That's why I like yeah,
sometimes I I either like like a well lit, quiet enough bar to
have a conversation with my mates or somewhere that's like
silly and fun. I don't get a plan off but I.
Did you see it came back in the glass?
Yeah, I'd love to go to something like that, but, like,
suspended high above the audience.
Do you know what I mean? Like or like, remember Harry
Potter poke invisibility. Yeah, I'd love that.
I did still have the wee white gloves and all in the bucket
hat, but I'd just be, like, at the side of the stage with a cup
of tea. Love it.
I don't know. Yeah.
Night. That was like Beachcom and stuff
was really fun. Box, box.
Yeah. But then I think about all these
place and I used to go there all the time and I was like, I don't
think I went out that much, no. I didn't.
I must have a few times. We do, people.
Who go out Wednesday to Sunday, Yeah.
How'd they afford that? Why did they afford it?
Although back then it was all like 1 drinks a pound, all that
sort of thing. That was madness.
No wonder. Why there was some people got
ill and sick like 50? P for ear pints, Yeah, they're
like I ended up blitz last. Night why they?
Were 250 and you get demented. You're learning up with sweaty
quiz. So, so yeah, the Bellator
fighting Wembley, was that a fight you went into being weird
favour for that? Probably was.
I don't know. I think it probably was, yeah.
And during it, did it all go your way?
Do you feel like it all went your way?
Yeah. I do.
I think it went, it was a good fight.
It was the first time I've actually felt comfortable and
they're like, I'm relaxed. A lot of time I go in with like,
I don't know, injuries like stuff going on.
First time actually felt a bit relaxed.
I was able to like enjoy it when I was in there so.
I never, I would have thought 2 fights in or something you'd
have been relaxed from that point, no?
No, no, because every fight I've had is like I'm being like a
massive cards, massive stages, like there's a smaller
promotions that like people fight or like when you're all
like balance or UFC, those big, big, big platforms and like
pressure and hypermedia. Yeah.
Most people's first fives expecting to be like Chimney
Corner Hotel, you know what I mean?
Something like that in the back. Garden, yeah.
Yeah, but yeah, I, I would, I would have always assumed you're
like comfortable. I suppose I know you mean
because like, I would always get nervous.
Yeah. And I, I, it's not that I don't,
it's just, it's a totally different feeling.
Yeah. It's like I'm nervous, but I'm
also like, well, I've been doing this like I back myself here.
Do you get? Excited.
Yeah. Yeah, but not when.
You're doing it. You love, like, love it.
And do you like, enjoy it? Yeah, I.
Just love it. Yeah, but I'm like staying on
track. Like I don't allow myself to get
like too giddy or excited and before I think if I was really
excited before a show, but I'm not really that animated of a
person. So I think if I was, I'd be
knackered by the time the show came on.
I like to keep a quite low and like my perfect backstage is few
comedian mates around and. Like all the crack and jokes?
Yeah. But not like not forcing that.
We're just like we're maybe having like food or a cup of tea
and like talking about the show. And naturally it gets the like a
storytelling type thing. So it's like it's almost like a
warm up for the show without meaning to be like like last
time where I did waterfront a few weeks ago and my mate Dave,
you met Dave, Dave Elliot was you remember the beard?
Oh, Dave, Dave. Dave, remember not.
Dave yeah, you did the skep. Oh, yes, yeah.
No, Dave, that Dave was telling us a story back.
I love that. I'm going to put that same clip
to him. And did he?
Do the thing in in the the sketch that we did.
Yeah, OK. Yeah, yeah.
You'd forgotten he I. Can hit in the head of CTA.
He he was back to his waterfront and I was like, I went and got
chain, got my stuff on and then I came out and he was telling a
story about them giving himself a paper cut like darn below when
he was younger, when he was like he had like, why?
Would he do that? I think.
Sorry, Dave, I've got this wrong.
I think he had like a clothes catalogue when he was younger.
Did he like in the house? No.
And he was looking at like the lingerie bit of it.
You know, he's like a kid. He was like a teenager or
whatever. And I think one thing led to
another and he got a paper cut and passed out in his toilet and
his dad found him passed out. I think he passed out.
Yeah, that's the word. I think he lost a lot of blood,
but he, he was telling that story and I was like, I'm going
on stage in 10 minutes and this is what we're talking about.
But that was perfect because I like, distracted me from my
nerves, you know, No. I like that I like low energy
backstage people not talking to me, just like being there.
I like people around me, but not like some people like like crack
and joke because if I just don't like anything because I'm not in
the I'm irritable, I'm not in the moods like I'd be.
The worst trainer ever. I'd be so bad.
Yeah, I'd be showing you memes. Just where you go going to
fight. So what?
What's the next thing going to be?
Then what? What's the next fight going to
be? Just.
Waiting to hear the next fight date so I just have to wait
hopefully. What would be ideal?
Well. In like February, March and you
if they're doing a card in your in Europe.
So I, I have to wait until the cards are finalised and
confirmed and then they, they tell me what card they want me
on or where they want to fit me. So hopefully it's in Europe in
February and March. It would be perfect.
Do you? Like a short gap in between
fights or a bit longer? Yeah.
Sure, I like to be active. Yeah, because when?
You hear people fighting once a year.
Yeah. And my heart, that can't be.
The nerves and stuff and and controlling the situation and
the the build up and improving. You'd want to be active because
I'm I can only fight for a certain amount of years and need
to keep improving fast in between fights.
Yeah, yeah, so but then again, I'm also I'm quite like I
haven't got if you look at the my division like I'm #4 in the
world. But the difference in the
experience between the four above me and me, I think I'm
very not very experienced in the number of fights I've had, but.
That could be an could that be an advantage because like they,
you know, the if there's fighters there that are like way
more experienced, they'll know each other's games pretty well.
Whereas no. Thought I was making a really
good point, No. We're not.
So like, yeah, so there's a big jump.
What you mean in terms of experience?
Right between them. So I just need to keep active
and keep fighting where? Would you love to fight in
Europe? I I I asked belts what did the
Belfast show like? Even Carl, I was the card front
in the races. Why I've not come to Belfast.
Yeah, so I text we. Love fighting I.
Text Mike, my boss, and they said Belt or Belfast.
He goes, no, he's really funny and direct.
He goes, I said why? And he goes, no one wants to go
to Belfast. I was like.
Oh, like in terms of fighters and audience and I?
Don't know because we went before it was awful and I.
Was like but you you. Brought a show to Belfast and
they had no Belfast fighters on it and he goes OK, well then
that's to Jelly was like he. Was in your kid Burger King?
He does. If I do show in Belfast, you
have to guarantee me it'll sell out, otherwise you'll fight the
rest of your contract contract for free.
It. Was like.
It would sell so definitely sell like especially if you were
headline like maybe maybe someone like Paul Hugh, like you
know, like a couple of local. Fighters, local fighters from
Belfast would be really good for Belfast.
It'd be great. I also spoke about what do you
call where the car do the outdoor 10 Windsor, Yeah.
Oh, outdoor stuff is would be fun.
It'd be. Unreal.
But it'd be risky as well, obviously.
Belfast, the weather, it would definitely be, I think, a
hurricane, yeah. That holds us back for.
Yeah, they're like we're doing it at the end of June, the
solstice, their longest day, the shortest.
I don't know. I don't know what that is.
They're like this. The sun comes through the way
you rock and all. I forgot this, but Stonehenge.
All right mate, they're. Like a freak, Like catastrophic
we -3. Belfast.
Yeah, yeah, be freezing and then it'd be worse time to get like
kicking on the legs and almost cool.
Exactly. But then yeah, I don't want to
fight. I don't want any part of the
card. You could.
Warm up. You could fight as a warm up
fight. Yeah, yeah.
Carl actually gets anyone to have an MMA fight with Paddy
Barnes. Oh, I think.
You can say with me, I was going to say no deal, I'm all right.
That could be on the card is, yeah.
Carl and Paddy Barnes to be. That'd be fun.
That'd be fun, Scrub. I Yeah, I think I'll sell really
well. I think I think people like, are
way more into it and like, you're obviously a huge part of
that. And do you think, like, are you
noticing like a lot more like popularity here, you know, in
terms of like media, Like it seems to be like, you know, when
people are talking about sport here in general, like you're a
huge part of that, you know, people like Johnny Ray and
people from all different sports.
Does it does it go from, you know, maybe when you're like
starting out or when you do first Bellator fight?
You know, it seemed to be that like when people were talking
about women in sport, you know, they'd be talking about you.
They'd be talking about like Shirley McKay from hockey and
stuff. And I, it seems to be like
you're more part of, you know, the conversation is just people
in sport and you're. Yeah.
No, I do. I think so.
It's nice to have that as well because like of everything that
I've done and achieved, it's nice to be recognised, but I'll
not feel content until I have a mural like on the Shankill of
the Falls Rd. Both.
Yeah, both in the middle. Why?
Not why haven't. Who does them?
Who does do you? Tony did that.
What do you think of that would? You just go up one of those
roads and the. Best thing to do I'd say would
be don't let anyone in the areas know you're doing it.
I think to be OK with that, the Shankland fault, just the peace
line, I think it's all pretty sweet, so.
On the peace wall, even. On that's what I'm thinking on
the wall that. Is when you've made it, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, I'm Europe. Do you know what the fun thing
about a mural be? You're being recognised in such
a cool way. But then what if like you didn't
like to paint me yourself and you're like the building the we
thing. What do you think?
And all like Belfast live and all there and you're like,
that's class. But why are my eyes so low on my
head and. Ronaldo, do that.
There was statue of him. Oh.
There's a brutal statue of him and they're jersey the James
Corden prank on David Beckham. So they.
Oh yes. They did, They did.
Yeah, it was. Like a fake statue and David
Beckham's like, no, But he had to pretend that he liked it.
Yeah. I wouldn't.
I don't want them. I don't want the mural.
So if you're thinking about
doing one for me, don't. Where would you?
Where would you want them? You're from Saintfield.
Yeah. Would you want to be random?
And same field, wouldn't it? It's not very like it's a bit of
country. It's not Murally not.
Murally wouldn't really be. That's that's this look for
Saintfield tourism not murally lot of like flowers my.
Little village time Quaint. And then just get like a big
neon neon sign. Yeah, I love that.
Yeah, mural would be I would I like we mural in Hollywood, but
like oil painted stencil, like really class, like touch a class
about it. You know what I mean?
I'd I'd like that like not like spray paint or anything.
Like that? But like, I don't know, you'd
probably have to get like the paramilitaries, yeah, because
they are the best. Like they'd have the.
Contacts they'd. Have the contacts, the equipment
and the access to walls. Yeah.
You know, because like, no. One would say if.
Someone knocks you, Like if I get Tony knock someone's door.
Do you mind if we do Chantal on the side of your house?
They'll go fuck off, but the boys we're going to do is we're
painting the wee man here and the the male I.
Get them free tickets to my next fight, yeah.
Yeah, I mean, it's mad that there are like a lot of the
part, like those guys just have a flare for art.
The love, the love sectarianism and art attack.
Like I like it and a. Different world they would have
been. Definitely artists like this.
The work on even E on that Newton Rd is I mean.
Yeah, yeah. The, the, the, the, I mean, some
of it's good and then there's somewhere you're like, I think
the main guy wasn't available that day because because.
The main man. Yeah, the one doesn't look good,
but you can't tell him His classmate.
That's right, brother. Up the hood.
It's shit. Would you worry that like
imagine that like the paramilitaries are like imagine
you're fighting in America and like the mob just became real
big fans of yours. And then they were like wanting
to go to every show and they're like, we'll we'll take care of.
We're going to run your business deals and all that.
Like the mafia. Yeah.
And then you'd be like in really deep with it.
I'd love that. You love that.
Yeah, just because you there's they're doing that and it'd be
fun. Like, wouldn't it be so fun all
like just all their suits and they're trilby's in what?
All the men? Yeah, It is merely men and the
mafia. Do you have a thing from mafia
guys? You get The Sopranos on like,
oh, Tony, I want you to be walked to the ring after your
next fight. I want you to be taken to an
Italian restaurant, not McDonald's.
I want you to be carried to an Italian restaurant on the
shoulder with the those we guns. We Tommy guns.
Yeah, that's so weird that that's the thing, mob guys.
I like a bad boy or with like a motorbike.
No, in the Italian mafia. Taking applications.
Oh, you think they're forms and you got a book?
Performs ID All right. I need a utility bill.
They've got a. Diversity form as well, like you
don't need to fill it in, but I always say other in those forms
because your name's not on, you know, if there's like an
application form and then there's just a generic type
thing. I just answer other to
everything because I like the idea.
What would that be? What would that be?
Race Irish white when you're doing when.
You're doing your application for what you are to get into
America. Like it's like male, female,
alien. Yeah.
And is that like, why would they?
Why would they? Why do they have an alien?
Have you seen? Men in black.
But for your work fees it's like who takes alien what?
They're like, Yep, that's me. No, I think that the the the
term that the American government used for someone not
from America or something. They say that.
They say they yeah, there's something in that.
Like I always say stuff in this podcast and people what there
was something and that were downs.
Like you actually halfway through saying that.
I was like, I've made a ball like to this.
But I think they would say like, you're an alien if you're not an
American citizen. Or is that right Then Yeah,
Fucking hell. That's.
The smartest thing I've ever I've ever done.
But yeah, I know what you mean. Getting into America when you
say you're a stand up. They always the customs guys
always run the verge of like tell me a joke, but they don't
yeah, you know, then they they just ask like who your favourite
comedians and I say there's. They're so intense when you go
through Dublin embassy. Yeah.
Like it's like, what are they going to ask me next?
Yeah, because. We don't give a fuck.
You're coming in here. Yeah.
We're like. Come on.
Like they're like, you know, you've it's like borrow and like
your girlfriend's dad's car, you know, they're like asking you
all these questions, telling you all those things, and you come
here. It's like.
Yeah. And.
You can get a real job's worth there.
Smoke out, you know, do Donuts, do whatever you want.
We just let you come and fucking enjoy yourself.
Like, which is the best way to be?
Would you? So I Paul Hughes on the podcast
recently and what we're chatting about like, you know, ambition
and you know, where where you want to be after a certain time.
And I said to him, like, is it is it an assumption that every
fighter just wants to be UFC? Is that a thing or is that like
the path or? It's really it's like the main
two place to go or belt or UFC. Now UFC only have two female
weight divisions. They haven't got my weight
division. So I'm in the best division in
the world for my weight. Like weights.
They don't have 145 there. And what do?
They have. They have 135 so if I if I and I
like I find it tough enough to get to 145.
So if I want to do the AFC I could I would have to drop down
to the weight class below. Right, Right.
And then you're going to be like weaker maybe because you've had
to like cut so much. Yeah.
You could be, yeah. I wouldn't know.
That's why I was thinking I would never cut.
I just fight at the weight. I'm sitting up.
Yeah, because then I'd be for the smaller guys. 60
kilogrammes. No, I'm 74.
I'm about but 12 stone 2. I think I'm deceptively quite
heavy. I have really long arms.
I keep a lot of weight in my arms.
I don't know, heavy blood or something, the doctor said.
But I think that's what he said. But is that I'm an alien
basically. But yeah, I the idea of like
that weird thing like being like, do you do you try and keep
like pretty consistent outside the camp?
Like you always tell yourself you're going to and then the
week after the fight you're like everything what's?
The thing that gets you what's what's where you're like
anything. Any foods?
That's not helpful. Like no it.
Doesn't matter, I just don't eat everything there's.
Not like a go to thing where you're like as soon as I get
home I'm going to no. Everything and anything because
your diet's so restricted. Yeah, but yeah, it's it's hard
to keep the weight in between because because the weight I
find out is the is the heaviest female weight.
Like the man have so many more divisions, whereas the female
the the depths of talent obviously are smaller.
So they have less weight classes, right, because there's
less female women fighting. So at the minute, like I'm in,
I'm right #4 and I'll probably be fighting for a world title.
And that'll be like the the biggest thing for me to achieve
is that unless I wanted to go down and go to the UFC, we need.
To get like, let's get more than fighting like would.
Because you said the depth of like female fighters is smaller.
So why not like, why not like I'll open it up for like guys
like me who can't fight to get involved because like that's
going to boost morale for female fighters when like I get in the
ring and you just put me to sleep in 4 seconds.
So like could that be an option where like you?
Identify as a female and. No, I identify as alien and I
also like can get involved in the spar, you know, just to make
up the numbers because then like you can have more weight
classes, but you know, you'll get your hair and.
Just jump in the OH. If I grew my hair, there would
be no questions asked. There'll be no questions asked.
Come on ahead. Love if I grew, I was going to
say if I grew my hair, they would easily think I was a
female in my fighter. That's true.
If I grew my hair, people be like Patty Pemlot, when's the
next fight? But.
You do look like a load of different people like I've seen
somebody. Mainly Patty Pemlot.
I swear if I get got into the ring with a pair of the shorts
on and the gloves as Patty Pemlot, they would start the
fight. They would start the fight.
Oh. He's so funny and in real life
he is as funny as he is on TV so.
He he so I always get tired anything he puts up people
tagging his issue, his issue. And I think he's seen a bit of
that. And it's because going on for
years, like way before he's fighting UFC, obviously.
And then about a month ago, he's really he does a podcast and he
said I had a guest council need a guest for tomorrow.
Who should I get? And loads of people tagged me
and on because we were in a podcast here at the time, I
think, and I just rolled under one I'm in or something like
that. And then he messaged back and
went can you get the Liverpool tomorrow lot and iPhone Mike and
said we're going my. Private jets, yeah.
I was like, fire up the jet, we're going to Liverpool and say
the jet EasyJet and we're I was like, we're going to Liverpool
tomorrow. So I checked flights.
I was like I could get in do the do your podcast and get home.
Like I could be in Liverpool for like 4 hours and then he is like
I've got something else. But it would have been fun it.
Would have. Been fun, maybe sometime we did
in the future or maybe we start a beef and.
You fight him, yeah. But no one knows who won because
we're you know what I mean. He wins and I'm like, Yep, there
I am loving it. I I did.
I did grow my hair wound like long whenever I was younger and
thought of the class and then I saw foot over recently.
It was like not, didn't. I should do it just I.
Always think my hair will look good long but I don't think it
would. I think I'd lose that like
rugged edge. Ever said the Hollywood look.
What like long, but like now that's patronising because I
said before we started recording, I said, what do you
think of my and I? Said he looked really great and
stylish, no? I wasn't the first thing you
said. You said I you said it's kind of
like the ground, the look and you said the ground, the golf
look. And then start talking with my
trainers. I say I didn't ask about
trainers, but but yeah, I, I just, I need to like, I need to
keep like short hair to keep something like cool about me,
you know? Yeah, but I always look at Harry
Styles and see if I have my hair long.
That's what I be a similar vibe. What's sad is I think that I
genuinely think that I would I would love to, like, hang out
with Harry Styles for a while. Why?
I just think we have. I just think we'd have fun.
Yeah. Yeah.
Why I'd be. I like those pearls.
I like the way he does all that things.
Great voice. And he was carrying the band for
a long time. But like Nadine with Girls
Aloud, you should. Do a gear with him I.
Would I? Would for your next fight?
Yeah. Me, him and Skepta.
Yeah, that'd be a combo. That's a night out and I'm like
and I'm like, do you want to do you want to come to our do you
want to come to our after party? Harry Styles was saying I'm
going to stand up sceptics going to rap and you're like, I would.
But then there's these mob guys over and we're going they're
going to someone's going to sleep with the fishes.
So I'm going to watch them shoot someone and put them in a river.
So I'd love to, although isn't going to do that such.
A good night, yeah. What's your after party?
Always in skill, Amy? Sure.
Like, I don't know Scalini's and Morales.
I don't even know that Italian. You marry a mob guy.
Would I? Yeah.
He's a top mob guy, yeah. He would have to be the top
though, right? But then what if he, like you,
could kill at any point? Or do you think that's part of
it? Or if he got killed and I took
over, the mafia would. You take over the mafia.
You. Would I think I would if I
wasn't, I would be a really good criminal.
Yeah, because yes, pose like you're in high pressure
situations, you're tough, you fight.
Would you, would you bring the mob here?
Would you try? I could bring.
It to Ireland, yeah. Yeah, the attack, but then the
paramilitaries are going. There's got to.
Be a war, right? Yeah, I don't know, see The
thing is like the mob or obviously like a historical like
that more for a long time, but then the boys here know this
area like the back of their hand.
Yeah, you know what I mean? Like they've got like so.
Interesting. Yeah.
There can be only one winner. I would I'd be interested in
that to happen and if we'd love to make a documentary on we
would love a flying UTV reality series.
Pamela Valentine's like next on UTV.
Pamacort brings them all over to see what to see what happens.
What are you like obviously with fighting like everything
stepping up and more and more bigger high profile fights.
Do you have like an eye on anything else?
Like do you like to do or like what would you like to do after
fighting? I've never asked you before.
Yeah, like, I don't know. So like this is I sounds moved
to Jersey. I've always wanted to be a spy.
Well, I mean, I feel like you've jeopardised that career with
that I want. To be like an intelligence, I
feel like I would be a good like.
Undercover, yeah. Like plant me in somewhere like
Russia. Do you, do you like those people
that literally have to take on a different, completely different
so? I think I'd be brilliant.
It's the same for you. You know that Channel 4 show
where they like you've got to just get off the radar?
Is it called Haunted Haunted? So what they do is it's a
reality, kind of like real reality show and they take like
12 people. Some work in teams of two, some
are individuals and they have like the top intelligence people
in the UK, people that have worked at MI 5 and the Met
Police and you have to disappear from them for a week.
You get a head start of what? How do we try?
We I think we honestly, I think I'd be really good at it.
That would be because I'd just be doing not know all the time,
but I don't know he can I I'm going to spoil it for you if I
ever do this show, but here's what I'm thinking.
Say there was like a man home for you and like everybody was
looking for me. What would you naturally do?
You try and go all Incognito. You try and like keep the head
down, being conspicuous. Here's what I do.
I goth up. White makeup face black eyes eye
my hair blue big long blue wig PVC leather jacket with a big
collar spikes right necklace. Don't isolate this clip and make
it out of context. Spike collar like big, you know
those boots like big massive boots and I walk I can.
See that working for you, but even not in the show, just.
Just a look like. Reinvent yourself, but I.
Think I walk about like that and you're not going to, you're
going to like be like and then you know, you're not going to
suspect everyone's going to try and go Incognito.
I go the opposite but. Where do people on the show go?
Do they fly faces or do they just they?
Always well, the the idea is they're supposed to go off the
radar, but they are Wick do there's also Wick a guy got
caught in the corner shop and when I saw he was in the back
stockroom of corner shop that his mate ran and they're like
doing this the check here. So but I think I'd be really
good at that show going on. I've never heard of that in.
Community. Haunted.
Honestly, let's see if they're doing a celebrity one we could
do. We're not going to do the real
one. Did you?
Watch Homeland. That's it here.
Here's the thing. I couldn't do that.
We. Should do Belfast then.
Well, we. Couldn't.
I'm going to go under the radar. That's not going to work.
Did I watch Homeland?
Yeah. Big fan.
I want to be the girl in that Carrie.
We you want to do her job, do. Her job?
No do. Her job, yeah.
Carrie's a melter melter. She's really annoyed, but she's
so addictive. Did you?
Like Saul. Yeah, I loved.
Saul. I loved.
Unless I was spoiled. For now, Quinn.
My favourite. Yeah.
He was amazing, he was. My favourite I hate.
The way he turned into though his character, yeah.
But he, he got shot or something, didn't he?
Because. Of her.
There you go. That's why another reason why
Carrie is a melter, she just gets everybody shot, which is a
real melter behaviour. She has to melter everyone just
gets shot. I like Homeland but I didn't
watch the last series of it's one of those ones the best. 1.
Oh yeah, but. It's one of those ones that
like, it's like the end and you're like, OK, well, that's
done. And that's like another series,
but. This is at the end like when.
Brody, I never thought he was dead on and.
On he and like he was too long I.
Never thought he was dead because the whole premise of the
first series was that everyone thought he was dead and then he
came. He was like, oh, they've let me
go. So then fuck it if you don't
watch it by now when people watch and listen to this when
when they like hung him and you saw I was watching it and turned
around to my wife and being like.
No. Yeah.
You think he's going to keep coming back?
She's. Like he's been up there hanging
by the neck for 6 minutes and I went.
I know that's what he wants you to think.
She's like, no, he's dead, he's done.
I went trust me, and that's why I kept watching series all he's
going to pop back up. Do people like when you're in
camp and do you just end up watching box sets or like.
Watching, trying to find something to watch because you
can't even go out for dinner. You can't do anything.
Yeah, like it's hard to find things to watch.
I. Like, I like my own company, but
I like to be able to go and do things.
Yeah, I've been travelling for shows by myself.
I like to go out and walk. Around and like I don't mind
like like on my own another time in camp but yeah I like going
out do things but then when you're if you want to eat or
want anything it's like where's. The package No, not.
Even you can't. Get plain.
Well, not. It just depends.
Rice. Pineapple.
Plain chicken, rice, pineapple, no good Broccoli tennor stone
broccoli with garlic and lemon oil.
I'll. Check.
Can I hire you to be my nutritionist?
Yes. And you were going for every
main Nando's. That'd be great.
Yeah. Now.
This is always the post way and we are always Nandos, right?
More about when Eh EH Bill was a Billy Joe Saunders and EH Wilder
had a fight in the Belfast Nandos.
I didn't know that. I'm not making this up.
Sure not right. 100% true. No way Fury and Wilder had just
started their like rivalry years.
Ago, Yeah, and he sorry Wilder flew to Belfast.
I didn't know they had a fight in for.
Fronten's fight What was Wilder on the?
Shore. No, no, no.
This was this was when Carl was doing Windsor, when he was
headlined in Windsor and Fury was doing Wilder.
Hit with. Chicken Wilder hit with chick.
Is that not a Belfast headline? Wilder hit with chicken by Billy
Jew Saunders. But the thing with that is,
wasn't Fury fighting in that undercard?
1 front and four here. I think you, I think it was one
of those comeback fights. So what happened was, yeah,
Wilder flew over to like confront Fury to be on the
microphone and he was in Nando's and then Billy Joe Saunders team
with her and Billy Joe Saunders I think his good friends with
Fury. And then as him and his mates
were leaving, he just like fucked the butterfly chicken
Wilder and then Wilder's mates like all they all chase Billy
Joe Saunders crew and there's footage all.
There's just loads of like people from Belfast just sitting
there like. No one's no.
One's looking up from their food.
If that happens in any other city to go out, you'll tell me
another the fact about that. No, very, very good research.
Sorry. I didn't deserve.
I didn't deserve anything. But what about like, would you
stay after fighting? Would you stay in that like
industry? Like, do you like doing the
punditry and all that? Yeah, I.
Like coach, definitely like the TV side of it.
My 1 tip for coach Keep a head busy.
That's what I'm always doing. I can bring.
You in for a seminar? Yeah.
Please, let's do that, but somewhere not here and don't
don't say I'm a comedian or anything and let me just take a
seminar with no about I could talk for two hours without
fighting. It wouldn't make any sense, but
I could do it. I'd be like, don't forget the
number one thing. If you've got your back to
you've got your back to an opponent, Don't be afraid.
Elbow and then hit Boom, boom, because everything I learned I'm
I have a karate background, so like Kung Fu.
So a lot of my stuff is martial arts based, but like this
strike, I wouldn't be 100% with a par par striking and things
like that and submission. But like I've done like Aikido,
capoeira, Copacabana, like I know a lot of like it doesn't
look like I know what I'm doing, but that's because I know what
I'm doing and I adopt the fight situations.
You know, I know I pretty good pressure points too.
Yeah, You could do my quarter for my next fight, yeah.
People don't do that in fights anymore, do they?
Well, pressure points I. Don't think they ever did that.
No, I. Think it's Steven Seagal, but
no. But you could, you could
literally go up and get someone by the right point of the ear
and make them top. Really.
Yeah, I'll try next fight. I.
Swear, just go straight in and see.
Just touch. Gloves and then.
See under the ear where your jaw meets your neck?
Yeah, you see that soft bit now your?
Neck No. It's in your it's into your
head. Like into your brain.
See in there, that fleshy bit. If you not won't.
It doesn't. You don't feel it because you
Has anyone ever pushed you in there?
No. Right.
I swear that's the worst pain on earth.
I swear. No, you can't.
No, no. You can't do it yourself.
It's like tickle. You can't tickle yourself.
No. Right, if you do it right, don't
like continue to do it. If you say that I'm in pain,
right, because I'm not like a weird guy who's like, you know,
just like, oh, that's not so sore.
Like I like it. I don't like peeing of any sort.
So like, let me. Try it.
Right, but swear you're not going to do it sore right now,
right? Wait, No, no, no, I no, hold on,
hold on. OK, OK, right now if I like fall
off the chair, I'm not doing it for a joke.
Right. Hold on.
See. Just there.
Yeah. Yeah.
OK. I hang on.
I was too hard. OK.
No, no, no, no. I don't need to.
Aikido. Yeah.
It's so sore. So please sit down.
Please sit down. Please sit down.
Attempt Ever. It's a pressure point.
Jesus Christ. There was a moment there where I
was like, you could just cave my whole head in.
You could literally put your finger there.
The other thing there and then just touched in the middle.
It's. Quite relaxing.
No, no it's not honestly. And it's so bad.
It's so bad. Honestly, if you're neck, I want
you to be the first person in MMA history to win a
professional fight with that. OK, I.
Will do it. Jeez.
I'm so on edge. I think after comedy, you know
what I'd like to do? Fight snooker referee.
Snooker referee. What's?
The referee and snicker what's what do they do?
Just make sure everyone's getting out of trouble.
You know, I don't know, It just seems like the way we wear
gloves, don't they, the way we wear gloves.
And I just think that I just think it'll be like a nice thing
because snooker is very therapeutic.
You ever, you ever put the snooker on when you can't sleep
at night and just listen to it. Here's all, you're here, right
Here's all you're here. You're in bed asleep.
And then listen to the audience. Right you.
Here you go. He goes like, give me like a
name. Like any name?
Yeah, Tommy. So.
You go, Tommy now have to break, see that I'm gone.
I'm gone honestly, it's a life act, Life act number one.
Walk into the Starbucks Consular life act #2 you can't sleep.
You've got demons, you've got stuff in your mind.
Snooker I've. Learned so much today and I've
learned to win my next fight. Honestly, I don't want that to
become a thing where people go can I do?
You can't that honestly, like my cousin used to do that to me.
My cousin used to do it to me and it is it is the worst.
And the other one is during a fight.
I don't know if there's a rule against this.
See that wee bit of skin in there?
Horse nip. I want to see you win a belt by
a horse nip. That's the number one.
You do, we can elbow each other and the skull were on the floor.
Oh. That's so cool.
Horse nip here. Here's what I'd recommend leave
the head open for that. And as soon as your opponent
connects elbow to your to your temple, that's when that's when
you just go on the horse nip Or if you're fighting outdoor in a
yellow car goes past yellow car free hit.
Leah, thanks so much for coming on you.
You think I won't wear that T-shirt?
Normal life that you've given me, but I will, because I hope
you will. The glitter I like.
The glitter, I like the glitter. I like that there's not too much
going on on the front, but then there is on the back.
Yeah, No, you could just what sponsors you're.
You're really good. I sorry, can I just say at like
if I had something to sell I would make.
You I. Didn't arrange that you really.
Sold that, like all that really well.
I like the stories and the detail.
Yeah. Like normally people say one
line you went into this film on. Kingsbridge private hospital.
Been there. Circumcision true story shout
out to Doctor Walsh, Timothy Malloy, chartered accountant
best in the business and I supplements shout out to the
Baraka boys life like what do they do and.
Media like the filming films. Rosalynn Skin Clinic.
Facials. I'm a regular, I have great, I
have great skin you. Have really soft skin like when
I I don't have. Soft skin of rugged weathered
skin from years of combat. Next Gen par.
Soda par. They turn silver.
Yeah, I'll wear this Everlast. First punch bag ever.
I was in Everlast. Thanks very much for coming on
the podcast. I appreciate it.
And honestly, we, because you'd come on the podcast last time
and I think the Wembley fight, it was already like arranged or
talked about and we considered going.
We were like, we should go to this.
But the rest, it was still like, not as easy.
Yeah, but your next Fight the TV's Me podcast will go do.
It live at the fight, after the fight.
Here's what we're going to do. See, as soon as the fight ends
and you win, we'll go to McDonald's.
Oh my God. I.
Mean and bring it back. That's what we'll do.
And that's Sopranos I. See where this is going.
Yeah. Leah, thanks so much.
Really appreciate it. Thank you for the T-shirt.
And if you've any more gear, any wrap you're going to wraps,
Bring me a few wraps. I'm out.
They're all worn down from striking, honestly.
See that one? I'm done that.
Yeah, that's a good one. Thanks.
And then I'll probably do overhand throw over the hip.