Zippers, welcome to this episode of the Tea With Me podcast.
With me, Shane Todd. Before we get into this episode,
I need to tell you somethings we've just announced The big
Show. Not Paul White.
Aaron's real name. Yes, not Paul White.
That's such a shot in the dark. I had no idea that was his real
name, but we are We're Tea with me live in the SSE Arena on the.
23rd of May. 23rd of May 2025 can remember Paul.
We can't remember the date of the big show.
Well, it's a big show. You have to come out to that.
The only option 20. 23rd May. Friday 23rd May.
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We're going back to the SSE Arena and tickets will be in the
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So that'll be a fun time because we had a great time at the
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Can we just get into this episode?
Could we have a final plug for Stars and Rides happening
Wednesday 18th? Stars in your eyes Wednesday the
18th of December, eh? Bigger and better.
It's at the Ulster Hall. It's going to be a great time,
eh? Aaron Butler is going to be
taking part. There he is.
I don't know how you're feeling about it.
Sorry. At the the Yeah, I'm excited,
but tell me, is it right before we is it stars in their eyes or
stars in your stars in their eyes?
It's one of those things that the Mandela effect that's we we
think it stars in your eyes, but it stars in their eyes.
Yep. There we go.
We've learned something already very early on the pot.
But yes, very. You have a clue who you're going
to be. Oh, I don't want to because I
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Let's get into this episode. I'm excited for it.
My guests are are two returning favourites.
Yep. Two guys, 2 huge players in the
fight world. You know.
What on the My guests are at the minute, the fighter whose name's
on everyone's list, he's blown it up, making huge strides in
the MMA world and and we have I was going to.
He was just etching together. Both of us couldn't help, but
there was also media, also MMA and your wrestling background.
I'm like in see the Cell coming. Yeah.
Aaron Butler and Paul Huge to the hardest man in the West.
You better. Believe 100.
Percent. Can I say some before we get in
this episode? Please do, Paul, you've got to
say I've done a great job with something you haven't even
mentioned. You, you.
You've announced when we recorded this episode.
This week, you've announced your fight.
Yes. You told me about that and then
you said but. Don't say it, anyone.
I didn't say anything. Not one person.
'Cause that didn't, you didn't hear any leaks, you didn't hear
anything coming out in the press.
There's a couple of leaks actually.
Well, they didn't come from me there.
Was. Me, I was PC Carl.
That's good that I looked. At the traffic, it was a lot of
it and was in Hollywood, actually I didn't.
Tell us all I didn't tell us we Wiki leaks over was yeah, I see,
dude, but I yeah, I didn't tell you.
That's good because I find it hard.
I find it hard not to show away secrets.
Yeah, especially that's a big that's a big scoop.
So it was the MMA war. Let me tell you'd have been on
the journalists hit list if you leave because even Tony, even
Tony is one of my bet. Tony, you'll back me up on this.
We after last week's pawed. We went to women to the gym and
you you said up almost that you were wearing a stop.
I said I was wearing a still a huge T-shirt.
Amazing. I appreciate that.
In the group the other night. Yep, first thing you said.
Was I knew about this AW, flex, Flex, yeah.
So I was getting the extra. I'm the, I'm the.
You, you follow him as well, don't you?
I thought that was I'm the goodest Ariel.
Fucking yeah. That's what I am.
They are just going to ask Ariel.
Just got me scoop. We skinny man scoop.
Yeah, but I love getting that from because let me tell you
this. Yeah, a couple weeks ago doing
the 40 van shows. Paul Hughes massive, 40 Vans fan
massive. Threat, right?
And I thought that me and Paul knew each other better and had a
longer connection than four and Paul did.
So we went up to train with Paul and then I realised they've
known each other for way longer. He gets very sad when other boys
have longer connections. He was like, he was like for
he's been supporting me and following me for like 5 years
and I was like. You're looking back at the
podcast history like. Heartbroken, but we went up the
we went up the Fight Academy Ireland and he's like, you want
to do a bit of training because you know, Ford does a little bit
of Muay Thai, which I thought was a cocktail and I thought it
was a cocktail all right, Muay Thai, but we we went up we went
up to fight Academy Ireland and it's serious.
Oh, is it? The boys take it so.
Seriously, that gym where all the fighters come?
From the boys that are in the. UFC real series.
I walked in and even like you can't see people, but you can
hear the noises they're making on the strike.
Yeah. Are you from Street Fighter?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, yeah.
And I'm, I'm trying to like, laugh and joke, but I'm looking
around the killers. Oh, yeah.
It's scary. Well, he came in, was seeing
Paddy McCrory in the cage and he was immediately giving them
advice. I did.
Stop. I walked on, I missed them.
I don't know how I missed them and walked in.
I was like, what's? Going on, that would be
something I was given a seminar. I was.
Like. I was telling them to breathe
more. Yeah, yeah, I said.
Don't, don't hold it in. Yeah, he said.
Paddy, just breathe. Just relax, breathe.
And then you watch the rest of his train.
Different fighter. Yeah, they are different
fighter. Oh, totally.
Some say that's why he won last week.
Yep. Some say I didn't thank me off
in the ring, which was, yeah, not, not really.
Not very classy. He's not showing the hand, no.
Exactly you don't want to fight word to know who you are and
then boys start coming new am I like all human shot like but
he's. No, he's.
Even more so. Yeah.
But he, you know, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, that's right, Paul.
Yeah. You know.
I. Want to go to fight Captain
Ireland and do like, you know, those, like actual tutorials
Stephen Scal does where he doesn't touch anyone?
Wing Chong always run past him and he just, like, guides him
away with his finger and they're like, flipping over.
I'd love to do that. Yeah.
Now, do you think, do you think Stephen Scal can't actually
fight? Junior is not a chance.
No, no, no. Like, not at all, right?
Who wins? Being serious, Who wins in a
fight? Me and Butler versus Steven
Seagal. I don't like that he's
hesitating. I really was hoping that would
be a quicker. I'm trying to I'm trying to
think could he pull out any special moves against you as
that you? Here's the moves he has but.
No, that definitely used to. Fighter Academy Ireland.
So cool. Yeah, yeah, because we ponytail.
No, Dirty fighter fucking straight off.
Because that's not real. Oh yeah?
Did you ever see the spray? Have you not seen the spray on
her? Seagal?
Did you say Steven Seagal's hair not real?
Sure. How?
How not? How isn't it?
That's the sort of thing. Why did you get?
Shakespearean there. Why not?
Guys get the bets on loose. Guy get the bets on loose.
I can't. Hold on a minute.
He's how could, why wouldn't it be his normal?
Hair he has like spray on hair it's like.
He spray on hair. That's not possible.
It is spray on hair. So he's act of his ponytail.
He's just like a girl making it a wee bit longer.
I say he has a bit of hair, but. He's got like a ball.
Extensions, yes, I can believe that, yeah.
But how do you? How do you?
Spray on hair. He's got a ponytail at the back,
but on top it's just Q-tip, but he paints it.
He does, all right, but at the back it's his real hair.
Yeah, I'm not saying yeah, passionate.
You're right. He has.
He has the rap tail at the back, but everything else is all
painted on. Yeah, OK.
The only thing real about him is that he has that little bit.
He's a music artist as well. As it go, he did a game, Mandela
Hall, about 10 years ago. He's like a Blues.
Wow, that's some new information.
That's very. But I love, I love his videos
when he's just like flipping people over, just like, because
he's old now as well and he'd be in Russian with Putin and
Putin's just watching Sagali. Oh, really?
Yeah. Yeah, really.
Yeah. What?
Was his big movies wise. He's so big, like.
Under siege? He's a cult.
What is it under siege? Under.
Siege. Oh, why it's like a submarine
before that my. Time before my time.
They're on a boat and it like goes down.
He's fighting sharks and one as well, but he was in like he was
in loads of action time. You're right, it's hard to go
specific Seagal films zippers. Let me interrupt the Paul very
quickly, just with a quick message.
Look, I don't know about you guys, but my favourite part of
Christmas on the winter months is definitely wearing a lot of
gear that I will not wear for the rest of the year.
I'm talking about like my thick Carhartt gear, big jackets,
hoodies, thick fleecy G lays, all that kind of stuff.
That's kind of what I like. I like to feel cold on the
outside, warm in the inside. I like to be in bed feeling
really warm, but the windows open a bit.
Christmas is a very, very stressful time.
Zippers. Let me interrupt the Paul very
quickly, just for a little minute between me and you.
What's your favourite part of winter and Christmas?
I don't mind dropping a ball, toasting in clothes, big
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wear when it's very, very cold because you know, a lot of
people will just want to start to feel a wee bit cold.
They'll start wearing what they would say is their winter coat.
I like to gradually go into the winter coat and come December,
I'm just wrapped up in that big thing.
I love that. I know how you stay cosy during
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I'd say if you had a list in front of, you'd be like, oh,
remember that one. Like they're all films you would
see on Channel 5 at like 2:00. And what's the best movie you've
watched where you go the fight scenes and that are actually
unbelievable. Creed, yes, I thought Creed was
the best that I've seen. Yeah, that is a good show.
What about that? Was Warrior the Tom Hardy was?
In I agree a great movie do. Do you think the fight was a
fight in that good? I can't really remember, to be
honest, I can't really. Karl McGregor, that's.
I haven't watched it. I've not watched, I only watched
the original couple of months. Swayze.
Yep, I thought it was. Brilliant movie, yeah.
Although, although first they need people like you Paul, to
like be a consultant on the films, like to make it more
real. It's.
Just pile of balls. With sways, he's one.
He's like, he's got a, there's like guys that live across like
the bad guy lives like just across the river from and
they're all coming for Swayze that night.
So he decides that day to start his training camp like on the
day. So he just like he just gets his
shirt off and just starts like kicking a bit of wood and he's
like fucking let's go. And he does, he does a workout
and I'm like, even my limited fight experience would say if
it's on the day that's a rest day, I can't go like.
If you were doing a movie, that's exactly how it would play
out. Oh.
Yeah, I'm not going to do a Babble with dogs.
Like I would know to just take the day.
Off yeah, Sweezey before Sweezey goes hell.
For leather that day to be fair, it works for the kid look yeah
yeah. Does work for no no for sure and
just sorry. I just always get that instinct
to put the job but no why Why UFC T-shirt not a PFL T-shirt
because. Oh.
Here's what I'm going. To say here's what I'm going to
say right now Justin camera guy on Justin get more recorded as a
good sign, but you're asking for a camera to be on you for what a
great time for Irish MMA right now.
You know you've got Paul killing it over in PFL belt or me in the
UFC. It's just apps just it's really
it's going to class right now. What What you say I'm not a part
of UFC. I'm saying weirdly you are
actually becoming more a part of Irish MMA because you always
have a corner song. I know, he commented.
He sort of commentates on all these, like all these dudes.
I. Don't even know you're an MA fan
to your show and Jeffrey's up. Genuinely.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. The the commentated on Cage
Gladiators at the weekend, which was Danny Kor's overall show.
Yeah, he actually. Genuine.
Like genuinely he is. He is in this world.
Yeah, you know, I love it. Likely I've been a fan for many,
many years and I commentated on our regional promotion called
Fit to Fight earlier in the year with race and the the one you
most recently did there. Yes.
What's your are you the lead commentator?
No, I would be more colour. So I'm just so you hold on,
you're the expert guy. No, no, no, no, no.
Play by place expert guy. Isn't it right so hard?
Tell us the details here how he took his back.
Well, you know, it's all about fight in the hands, Paul, you
know yourself. You know Paul tries pop me on a
choke right now. I'm doing this right, right.
And he hasn't, he hasn't got a chance right now.
You know what I mean? I'm Usman and you know what I
mean? He hasn't got a hope in hell
because I'm your Usman, I'm your Hezbollah.
I'm I'm fighting the hands, you know I mean I'm shrugging up
against the cage. I'm cage crawling, you know what
I mean? I'm turning over.
I'm creating space between the createspace, between the hips,
the distance from your plants. That race went wrong Hams that I
told another day after the fight.
I would love it if on like Pauls card sorry on that I do on I.
Was kicking the table. On Ireland versus, if it's
Ireland versus Dagestan, I would love it.
If it's like the bottom of the card is you versus Hezbollah, I
would love that. I don't know whether that's a
wee guy or the terrace, yeah. That's what I thought I was like
what? No, that's a fight he might not
win. I don't think you'd beat the wee
guy either. No, thank you.
For sure. The the but yeah, big, big fan
love it. Absolutely big thing.
You know, I'm all what, a week it's.
Getting his head the all the these commentary gigs pulled up
outside with the glasses and all, and he was waving at me
through the car. I was like, who's that there?
You wait and see what I send you.
For and then he walked up here when we were entering the door
and still sunglasses on. Not even sunny and a big scarf.
That's not even sunny. You're laughing now you wait to
see when I send you a breakdown on this man.
To Margamy, Adults full training camp and fighting how you can.
What's one thing Paul can exploit?
That's a good question, actually, that it's here's the
thing, Paul will tell you himself, and Paul knows this.
Get into this fight. Paul the underdog, you know,
names the underdog in his last fight.
But that's the other dog for me. This is where Paul absolutely
shines and this is where he excels on the platform, right?
People underestimate him. Oh, we need.
I need a specific detail. You can't just.
I'm pulling. There's a lot of waffles.
It's a lot of. Building I appreciate.
Excitement got crazy. You need to learn about fight
promotion. Paul is new to me.
I'm trying to help your. Career here, right now.
The Weave. Who better to tell you about it
the way I'm doing the little Billy Trump legal comedian?
Guys weaving like. Trump dance after Yeah, that you
should have to. Sell real after yeah or?
Like, I don't know if there's an Irish version of it, the big
fish, small fish cardboard box. Again, you're not answering this
question. Sorry.
Yeah, that's always Paul already knows.
It's it's on the feet for Paul, you know what I mean?
As long as Paul defends the takedown, sprawl and brawl, you
know, keep the. Distance.
Between Paul right. They're they're just.
So are you saying? I by the way, no, I'm.
Not him down and he Oh no, don't can take me down well.
Look, I, I do, I would say his wrestling and his from his camp
and where he comes from, they do have a very wrestling heavy game
and I would probably say. Fantastic.
A sniff in the jocks. They are they're they're,
they're crotch sniffers. 30 weeks.
Yeah, there's a real matter. Yeah, I have all my fights on
the Kremlin undefeated. It would have been so much
better if he shaved as moustache today.
Oh, so I could be a wee like. I'm really busy with some.
Of the keg in the waterfront tonight and that would be very
bad. Good night.
After that, the other. Can I can I tell you why it why
it doesn't matter. But the other guy's weaknesses.
Is this guy so strong? I'm gonna I'm gonna tell you.
Let's go. Paul Hughes is undeniable.
That's the word. Oh, I've come to think of
recently. It does.
It doesn't matter. Nothing else matters.
Also also a psychopath, like legit mad bastard, like, you
know what I mean? And the best of ways, by the
way. Yeah.
And you have to be the one thing you can say about a lot of
fighters, but you can't say it about people like Paul, people
like Ian Gary, the Fight Academy Ireland boys.
They don't turn down a challenge.
They go for the hardest fucking fights.
There's a lot of fighters. This is great.
There's a lot of fighters that would not step up to fighters
when the money at all. But that's so.
Glad to give you what I. Mean Paul told you I got you the
the Aaron's take away is if he gets you on the ground it.
But apart from not to. Me, it's basically it's not over
and I'll tell you why because the Fight Academy Ireland boys,
no, no, no, let me go here for us.
They are there. These boys, these boys always
train in the hardest positions. They always train for the worst
case scenarios and that's what makes the best fighters.
This guy has been in on the ground on his back, getting up
all the time. They are the that didn't make
way I wanted to come out. This guy's always.
He knows how to get stand up from the takedowns, you know
what I mean? He knows how to get his back
against the cage. Sprawl up, use the strong
bronze, you know what I mean? I have it all figured out here,
Paul. I'll talk to you after.
But yeah, behind the jab. Paul's what you want.
The jab sets up everything. Camara jab, you know what I
mean? On the platter jab.
Hey, look, set it up with the jab, you know what I mean?
Sunday demo. So it's all about, you know what
I mean? It's also I'm excited.
For the that was the best way you guys.
Have a lot of ways you should hear me commentating.
Holy fucks it's a disaster. Is it?
Is it like a nightmare to have the excitement of knowing that
you have the big fight but not being able to announce it like
that? I know you've announced it now,
obviously. Did that build up?
Yeah, kind of, you know, because sometimes it leaks out there.
Not from you, obviously not from you.
Yeah. I kind of knew that it was going
to be this fight was going to be next whenever I beat AJ.
So it's kind of just a matter of time before they announced it.
But then going to the by last week and doing like all the face
offs and all the media, it was supposed to be announced last
week and then they ended up changing the date.
So then there was like a week period where I didn't know what
was going on. But to get it finally, it was
obviously good. And then the promo was fucking
unreal as well. The promo they smashed it like.
Either when you're doing like the head ahead for the promo,
when stills and video and stuff, when you just have to go head to
head, is there like chat during that?
So say they go, right, we're just setting us up and you might
have to stand there for a minute while they set things up.
Are you talking in that time? No.
Are you stand fully. Nob like.
Get your Christmas shopping done.
Spray weather here. I wouldn't like to live here all
year. I wouldn't like to live a lovely
for a trip, lovely for a trip. That's basically what goes down.
Exactly what? You're sure we nose is getting
burnt your nose? Make sure you be best some cream
or factor 50. But are you staying in the mood?
Or no, it's it's you can, you can make a lot of reads in these
sort of scenarios. Not often when you're doing face
offs. It's not till fight week.
So it's like maybe after weigh insurance or a fight week, some
like around that time. So you kind of you know, because
you're close to a fight. It's obviously higher energy,
it's more intense, but you can tell a lot then from the likes
of last week as to what kind of energy they have.
But with me and him, it was just both, we were both the same.
It was just like killer calm confidence, you know, the first
day, the first time we faced off because we don't like 3
different face offs around Dubai at different landmarks.
The first time is more intense for sure.
But then what do you, what do you do before in that?
But then it got normal. In that kind of scenario, what
is one thing you're looking for you happy days ahead of the
fight? Is it like them being too cocky,
too chatty, trying to be too intense?
Is there is there anything that they can do that?
You say some people, you know, say if they're really nervous or
whatever, they'll be like small talking with like people who are
around the media, like whoever's doing that.
But with me and him, it was just like, we're both just like calm,
like killer confidence, you know?
And do you see it being a build up where usually be talking shit
to each other there'll be a bit of trash talk?
Or do you think, I mean, it's going to sell well enough, just
be a stop? The anticipation for the fight
and the factors are two great fighters.
Yeah, and it depends, you know, I'm, I'm always just being
myself. That's all I can do.
I'm not trying to be anything else.
Like I can trash talk if I need to, but it's not like I'm not
going to force it. Yeah, but with him, he, he does
speak English and not the best. So I don't know.
But I know for a fact when it comes to fight week and that
energy of fight week, it's like it's going to be different, you
know, doing the post fight or the pre fight presser, it's
going to be it's going to be entertaining that for sure.
I I I love it the all it is. It's exciting.
What about it's exciting times like.
Because. After the last fight, it's like,
oh, that's the fight that is set up, that's a fight that it
should be, and then it's just happening straight away because
yeah, I love boxing, but we look at boxing and go, he'll never
fight him. He should fight him like you
know Fury, Joshua or whatever the times passed probably will
happen but like wanted that 2-3 years ago as a fan but this
already is made straight away. That's what I love about this.
Yeah, it's good timing because this is the first fight in
Dubai, like the first global promotion that ever be in Dubai.
So they needed a big main event for it and they needed to sell
it well. So it was even before I fought
AJ, they were like, make sure you call it Yzman after, you
know, because they wanted this fight.
It's a big Don. Davis telling you.
Basically, they were Don. Davis, PFL.
Yeah, by the way, good knowledge.
Very good. He knows.
But Donnie, they were also a
boy. You're a boy.
You're. A boy.
But yeah, it was teed up before that and the quick turn around
is just because that's their first show was supposed to be
January and they just wanted the biggest fight they could do, so
this is it. And the fight hasn't got a
broadcast partner yet. Tea with me, PT with me.
They haven't signed it. How do you know that?
No, way too much. Such a nerd.
But not no, you haven't got a broadcast.
There's no you signify. You don't even know where it's
happening. Like where can I watch as we get
you're like here was it? Was it Jeff Shreves?
Who's the who's the the Sky Sports football journalist who
told the the player that he was like suspended for the final.
Remember he was like celebrating the got into finalise.
You're spending, you're not playing the guys.
What? Don't tell me that yeah, that
was quite well, enjoy the fight, but the other not on TV.
But you make a great point like this is a point where you get
like two young prime fight and MMA.
The best fight, the best, it isn't boxing.
Here's an R. That's what it's all about.
This is what it's all. And flip it the your guy's
undefeated. He's never been beaten.
It's, you know. The he had a his last fight.
Did he have like some sort of drug problem or?
Something he got popped before is that.
For people who don't understand that terminology, what does that
mean? He goes in the troubles getting
popped was much. He got, he got suspended for
like 6 months for a prohibited substance.
Now I don't know exactly what it was.
I think it was like a medication sort of thing that you have to
declare. But obviously I'm just going to
say it was steroids like. Well, do you know what?
Do you know what? Actually, John, actually. 35
he's. Watching See for this you take
whatever he wants. I don't know.
Don't say that. No, no, I'm encouraging him.
He can take Paul's happy for him to take whatever he wants.
There's anonymous thing you can take whatever he wants.
It doesn't matter. It's at the at the for Evans
issue in the Opera House before he was talking about Paul during
the show and being in the heck a Paul big shadow and he was
talking about seeing footage of you or a clip of you back in the
day where maybe correct me if a long as you're training during
covert or so he's doing run up KFL and Paul like went on ahead
of everyone, everyone's knackered or whatever and he
goes let's get that. We're champions.
Put your hands up and all the boys just had see it's on the
it's undeniable take on the state stunts.
I take all, even every. Doesn't like when it's pre fight
press conferences like fucking taking steroids like.
The. 100% I'm going to be saying that.
What Whenever you do beat them and you get the title, you will
then go on to the PFL playoffs. Is that the next plan?
No, this is there's a different product than the PFL playoffs.
So this is the Bellator. I know championships very.
Confusing it is. PFL Bellator, It feels like
they're trying to phase it out slowly a little bit.
You might be the last Bellator lightweight champion.
Hopefully I'll keep the belt. Well, they know belt, but the
way so PFL acquire belt or yeah. So they're still running the
Bellator product and mostly outside of the US.
So there was one in Belfast last year, the one I fought on in
Dublin. So they still have like they
they can still sell tickets. The the the brand still is good
standing, but they'll eventually merge it together.
But they're keeping that product now just as.
Do you think they might call it AFL Tour?
Dana White made that joke before.
So he did. Sorry.
Well, that's a people. That's a people's like, that's
what. People are saying, but you know.
Here's not a good clip for Justin.
The other when? There's no other cameras like
make sure. Get 4 cameras on this comment.
What's coming next? When the history books are
written about the deal between PFL and Bellator, the biggest
beneficiary will have been this man sitting to me right now,
because he has been since he's moved from cage wars and the
potential of going to the UFC. He's got more fights, more
frequent fights, bigger fights, and this would not have happened
if he didn't go to PFL and Bellator.
And he's getting paid much more fairly that he should be.
It's unbelievable. You know what you're going to be
like for Paul. You know like I want to be with
him on five week guys I. Think I think on the press
conference I can just any question I don't want to answer.
I can just pass on. Give it to me.
You. Can just sit beside me.
And just I want you to get really the fact and just be like
a weak guy that all boxers would have with them.
You know, like, hey, you talk to talk to me.
You want to talk to him, you talk to me.
What have I turned into an Italian model?
Oh, yeah, I like it too. I'm Monty.
And we Monty the week of the week of the.
Show. Before he said let's you know,
do you want to go to the horse place?
I I didn't know what was happening.
I was like, yeah, let's do it. And obviously I'm not the gloves
on. It's been a while.
Yeah. And, and we went up there and we
did a little round and it was brilliant.
Yeah. So good.
Yeah. And I'd never been in Octagon
before. I was different.
Not what I'm used to, but I'm a natural, natural habitat.
Bare feet, bare feet. And Foyer and his daughter were
doing like kicks. As soon as they started that, I
was like, Nah, his daughter was. Yeah, but he's his daughter.
All right, you no. No, no, no, no, no.
I mean like to be kicked in box. No, not like that.
No, but see, but see, he was fucking. 12 all right.
See the noise of those kicks that that will terrify.
That will be my nightmares. The noise kicks the Oh yeah, Oh
yeah. Try by trying watching kick with
her feet. You didn't.
You didn't even try any. Kicks.
No, it did not. You're.
Like have we swore ankle? No, I fucking he was like, oh,
here I've I've football games on then all mango.
I went. First of all, I wouldn't play on
Sunday for religious reasons. Second, you told me not to.
You told me not to. Well, you know I went.
Out I was like you should you know, I put the pad on.
I was like, you should try, you know, it's not that hard.
And you were like, no. I went the ankle.
Yeah. You weren't talking big talk
women in the ring. You know, you know, you know.
Tell him about my left. Brawl and you've no gas tank.
He doesn't. He doesn't know gas.
He does this thing where he's like, you go down, not a puppy.
What do you call it? Brawl.
Yeah, right. And he and back up to your feet.
I was like, no worries. See, by two of them.
I couldn't tell him that I wanted to stop doing it because
I didn't have enough breath to do it.
That was terrible. Yeah.
But I I love that. It was great.
And just good fun. Like, you know, I'm retired, but
he gave me just a wee. If you had a wee taste, there
was. He gave me like a wee, a wee, a
wee tip and I was like. If I had a a champion, my.
Negatory would be. I'm not hook that hook.
Oh, tell him what my left her looks good now.
Do you set up the hook? I can't take the job.
He made it on Belfast Live. Belfast Live was read an article
about how hemophiles can dig. So we've we've officially made
it so as well. Your career, Like your comeback
career. No comeback.
It's getting there. No.
Me and Iron are just buying, you know, That's it.
Yeah. Yeah.
Punching straight. Yeah.
Punching tribal. I wasn't punching straight.
Sure one. Yeah.
You bend them. I'm sort of going.
More like punching as if you punch pads like sideways
actually, I mean. Stable.
Things, but he hadn't trained a bit.
You know, I'll give it to. I know, yeah.
Let the hands go. Yeah, and does have a good left
hook. Just that left hook, nothing
else bar left her kid has some power like.
He does. Yeah, I do.
I'm not even. See.
But you know what? It's such an ego boost to hear
when you do get a nice shot off and it hits that pad and you're
holding the pad right at such a great sound.
It's it's so it's like addictive.
What you want to do it again where it sounds like it Yeah.
And you do 1 where it doesn't sound like you're annoyed, but
it was, it was great to get back and that place is.
Brilliant. Jim's great IT like facility.
You go up and you don't know what it's going to look like
inside and it's just like spotless.
Yeah. You got the Octagon on the
training room on the other side. Yeah, it's great.
You you need to get there. I know you should.
I know. I know, man.
Listen, I'm all about the MMA agents here, you know, I mean, a
train, my guy. Danny Core Sensei.
Danny The, the, he's a, what would you call like a MMA, Irish
MMA, like a, like a like, yeah, he's like, like a, he's like an
originator, almost like a, like what's called when someone's an
innovator or innovator. Yeah.
That's what the world will call me.
But either way, yeah, I've, I've, you know, I'm working with
him at the minute trying to get his fighters up and coming.
You know, it was a bit where Paul was just showing me like
how like maybe like set up a you tell me about punching straight
and you're like demonstrating it by just literally like putting
your hand out and you're like, and you're only, you're not
throwing a 1% punch. Yeah.
And it was like sore enough that that I'm like still trying to
concentrate, please, just pushing me back.
And I'm, by the way, don't win to my chest.
The exact same thing to me and Lavery's.
And I was talking to him about Paddy and Mickey's fight and he
was showing me and I was like, yes, Paul, yes, that's class.
He's literally just doing this. But it's pushing me so far back.
I'm like, doesn't know his own strength this way.
The doesn't know his own strength.
But yeah, fighting in this fights, see the way the fights
going to be in the Bible. Be all warm and all.
Are you going to go? Are you doing a warm weather
training? I would recommend that.
I'm going to Florida here tomorrow, yeah.
Florida for a few weeks, you don't.
Talk this man, he loves Florida. I do now.
I don't go the American top team.
I can Bartley he loves. Florida.
I remember last time when he was talking about it.
What a team, all the Dagestani boys just all together rolling
and you just have me, him and Kieran Bartlett in your corner.
Just came from Florida. Big popcorn bucket.
So what gym will you be out and when you're?
A kill Cliff, Yeah. Oh wow, so with Ian, Gary and
all those boys. Ian doesn't train there at them
anymore. He's been kind of, yeah.
London, Brazil and but you know Henry of the coach.
Oh yeah. Yeah, I've been going there a
number of times and maybe been like five times do.
You do anything? Switch it up.
No, unfortunately. It's really like just a lot of
steam, no? From part days.
What about in the evening? Now you see theme parks are all
Orlando. I'm down like Fort Lauderdale,
Miami. Yeah, nice place though still.
Yeah, it is nice. You ever been to Gatorland?
No. If you don't know.
What? I haven't even went to the
Everglades. I haven't even seen any.
Gators in Florida yet my favourite ever.
Episode Only Fools and Horses is like a feature length episode
where they go to Florida. You ever heard remember this or
no I can't remember that they go to Florida and it's set all like
around the Everglades and Del Boy looks like Del Boy and
Rodney going to trip to Florida and Del Boy looks exactly like
this famous like mob gangster and they see him in a nightclub
in Florida and then that guy's under a lot of pressure from
like to get whacked. So they replace Del Boy with
this guy without Del Boy, no one.
And there's a scene in it where, you know, they're only Foods and
horses. They're like the best scenes.
When Delboy falls through the bar, there's a scene in that
where Delboy and Rodney are running through the Everglades
and they're like out of breath and they think they've got away
from the bad guys. And they sit on a log and
they're like, what are we going to do sort of thing.
And Delboy realises, without Rodney realising, that they're
sitting on an alligator and he sits up quick and then he's
trying to let Rodney know. And it is my favourite Only
Foods and Horses moment. So good.
That whole film is brilliant. I can't remember any of it.
It's great. I'm looking forward to your SO I
actually though, right? Because he didn't finish this
question off after you win the title, is it just, Yes, that's
how we talk. Is it just well here just
defence, defence, defence or? I hope, I think it's going to
happen. I think my first defence could
be here. Necessary, yeah.
Me and him, yeah. And that'll be driving that.
That's you saying I want to take it here.
Yeah, absolutely. Like absolutely.
Well, they want to put on the the best shows, you know, So if
they brought it here, I mean. And what a.
Card you get unbelievable. I mean, you can have everybody
on all the boys, you know, maybe get your debut, you know?
My wee debut. I touched the knee in all class.
We get the. Headline Profile.
Here, I mean, that's, that's literally my dream.
It's like I want, I need to do the SSC again because I start up
my pro career there. And like there's the thing about
like UFC and PFLUFC aren't coming back to Ireland.
And I'm saying not Belfast, not Dublin.
Sad. But I knew that and why from.
Because UFC is crazy that you took it.
Yeah, no. But here I'm going to give you
the answer by Paul. Tell me if I'm wrong here.
UFC want to go to places where they get high side fees so they
get paid. They actually go there.
Get you? Yes, and the attendance as well
like the three arenas too small for them now.
So it's a it's just a pure profit or a for profit machine?
Money on the gate. Umm, but for me, I always, I
always knew I had to do SSE again and I always envision
myself just selling place out and just having that mad
experience. And I have the opportunity
hopefully to do that soon. Oh no, you don't walk me out
here, here, here. And Foy, you're speaking about a
murder mate. We've spoke about this for
years. He has a song written for my
walk out, his own, my own song. Oh.
Stop it. Could you imagine that in the
SSE next year that's going to happen?
That's what I was. Going to say he, he and him
saying good. You could like harmony question
the harmony. I got this I.
Know you wrote the song? Just do the guitar, buddy.
OK, imagine that. Yeah, that would be because
we've talked about that years ago, you know, because I've been
friends with for a lot longer than you and we talked about
that maybe four years ago. Not even joking.
That would be. On it would be unbelievable that
would be just a full full circle like mad moment and it could
happen very soon which is crazy yeah you know so hopefully.
And the good thing about it there is there's a Nandos in the
SSC. Yeah, what a night.
I know when you're having your vision board, that's funny
because. We actually go to Nando's after
Wayne's every time. Even in Saudi Arabia, we found a
Nando's in the shopping centre and went to it.
What's it like after weighing mail at Nando's?
Like, do you have to? What would you carve?
Lots of. I like again, so you're talking
about me answer a lot of carbs just get the weight back on, get
the energy. Back salt, yeah, all that good
stuff. But not like obviously after you
weigh and you got to rehydrate and it takes time.
But for the main dinner that night, we always do Nando's
Nice. Always.
That's it mean you thought that would be exactly what we would
do as well. We do it before games, same
thing. It's mad how I am like if I
remember the first time you came on the pod and we're talking
you're talking about your hand, the injury of your hand and and
at that point you're probably frustrated like so many injury
setbacks and being told like this will happen.
That won't happen. And even then when we were
chatting, you were like, no, no, it's going to like it's going to
happen, Just have to wait my time.
But so many people in that time would have let it get to them.
And I'm sure there are times fucking worth where it does like
put a lot of people maybe would have, you know, given up whether
maybe still fall, but in the back of your mind sort of been
like, not going to happen. Yeah, But you've retained that.
No, it's going to annoy where you're that you're at the level
of where you were thinking. Yeah, if that makes sense.
Yeah. And.
And what's the what's like the pinnacle?
Because I know for me it's like there's like a certain vet, like
you're talking about SSC in my head.
I'm like that that that is such a benchmark moment where I want.
So you think same thing or you like headline in a home show?
Definitely, that's number one for me in terms of like an
actual fight is doing SSE #2 would be MSG.
So hopefully I can take them both off.
I look like Vegas, obviously cool, but for me MSG is MSG.
You know there are two place that I want to fight.
Imagine. Yeah, well.
Hopefully this keeps building, you know, hopefully keep
gathering momentum. We could do something they got,
but that that would be the pinnacle for me.
And then, like, in terms of achieving everything I want for
me now, it's like I want to be done in this sport in like, the
next 3-4 years, to be honest. Like, yeah, exactly.
It's Harden. Harden.
About it, you know how it is. They leave it before it leaves
you. Yep, exactly exactly the exactly
how. As he sips as.
Well, I know. As he sips.
The How big and scary is Francis and Gandu in person?
Oh, he what? A unit of a boy.
Like you shake his hand. You're like.
Jeez, is he a teddy bear? Is he like a lovely guy?
Such a nice guy. He's good crack.
He actually is good crack. Yeah, yeah, it.
That that was probably good from our tenant point of view.
That team like a good time. The link up with PFL when he
when he was going to the brand. Part of the reason, all the
reason because, and I, I said that to him, I thank them for it
because like PFL obviously weren't around years ago, but
now they're like got huge investment.
They're really making a mark and then they acquire Bellator and
then they signed and Gani. So I was like, then I got an
offer from that. I was like, oh.
Frig this is actually. It all fell in the place.
I came to place. Do you know who?
Else they signed that might have a fight in PFL next year.
Aaron Butler. No, no, no, no.
Definitely not. Oh, I don't want that smoke.
The the Jake Paul. Jake Paul, the PFL fighter.
Yeah, even though he hasn't fought yet, but he does claim
that in the next year or two he will have a fight with PFL.
Yeah, I think he has to fight next year.
Yeah, I think contractually, wow, He has been trying to fight
Nate Diaz in an MMA fight, but Diaz won't take it and they're
offering him like 15 mil. Yeah, you know, and but why?
Just out of guess, why would you think that would be?
Because as a complete Fairweather armchair fan, in my
head, I'm going Nate Diaz, definitely take that fight
because you will kill him. Nah, Nate Diaz, a shite, with
all due respect. Like the hate will want the the
yeah isn't. It like he's terrible.
Yeah. MMA.
I. Yeah, he's from Woeful.
He gets battered almost every fight he's in.
So you think Jake Paul would stand the chance?
Or you. Think Jake Paul beat him?
Well, to be fair, my mommy probably on Jake Paul too.
Because he boxed him and Jake Paul used to wrestle.
So I mean, it's not like Diaz is going to be like able to get him
down that easily. I think Jake Paul with like
small gloves on could knock him out like.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, and that's what they're
trying to do with PFL. So they obviously got in Ghana
and then they signed Jake Paul around the same time and they
like they want to do these big fights like they're trying to
get in Ghana against like Wilder, you know, because Wilder
has talked about doing MMA before.
So like they want to bring like a new kind of aspect it.
Seems like a brand that's way more flexible with the fighters,
like letting down who, you know, box and that kind of thing.
So that would be I could box, I could box.
On my contract I'm free like. Would you like to do it?
Definitely, definitely, umm, if the money was right, I would
definitely love to have a good boxing fight.
Like, yeah, I gotta get, you know, not like a gimmicky 1,
like a yeah, yeah, level one, Yeah, you know.
Yeah, the, the. But if Jake Paul comes to PFL,
he hasn't got a fight. Could our boy Paul Hughes step
up and, you know, potentially? Because he's just saying he's a
big boy, like. But here, tell me a more
exciting name that Jake Paul could fight outside in the
ideas. Yeah.
In the PFL that assigned to the PFL.
Then this guy right here. Big money.
I'm here. Don, are you listening?
He's a bit listener. But here, yes, he's a big guy,
but has he got the skill that you know what's bigger than Jake
Paul? The hard Paul Huge this is.
I'm so happy I came here today. Yeah, Paul, I'm taking new money
today. Paul probably won't fight you
for until you're 68. You'll be older too.
Yeah, that was my work. But yeah, sad to fight that.
That was terrible. I watched 2.
Rugs and had any I didn't watch any of it not a single thing
very difficult. I just lost single thing but.
Jake Paul now has to take a legit fight.
He can't do any more of these old man.
What will he did? He lost.
I know, I know he did. But yeah, the the I still hope
he doesn't want to fight me if. He's.
Watching this the 10 times, but yeah, that'll be interesting if
he did MMA. I didn't know he signed and he
had to have the fight. Oh, I'm there.
Certainly will do it because. I think you have to.
Do it and it actually makes a bit more sense for him for it to
be his next fight because who's left from in boxing now apart
from a legit opponent. So it would make sense for him
to go here. Let me hop over the MMA here
take some parking. Nobody or George for you as or
take making his debut in MMA. But that sounds, am I right?
You know, George. George, Georgia.
Gets him in a hole as a lean mingle George.
He looks yeah. It's exciting that so much is
happening and it's just all but enough for you at the right time
as opposed to like 5 years from now you know you're coming into
your prime. Yeah.
I'm scared of your prime. Oh.
Yeah, it's good time and everyone's coming together.
Can I also tell you you're fucking phenomenal hairline.
It's, it's annoying. Do you think you have the best
hairline in MMA? Some of the best?
I don't know. It is what's up there.
We appreciate this is I just got a wee child like.
That's a weird like that's not even white.
What do you? Mean that's a that's a black
guy's hairline. Alright, the shape like the
shape of that? Yeah.
He got he's getting lined up. Yeah, you are getting lined.
I can't get a line up. It'll go fucking back there.
Don't be doing that. Sorry, sorry.
She. Looks like.
The word we're holding in there, yeah, he's been way by the make.
Just hang on, hang on the 40 and then whatever happens.
But yeah. Is there any?
Have you ever been to video game?
Have I been in the video game? Yes.
Would you like to be? Wouldn't really care about.
You know a game, you know a gamer.
And no, but I wouldn't really. I wouldn't give a shit.
Like no, no. I think I'll be class.
It would be pretty cool. Yeah, I, I.
He's definitely created. Himself 1000% created but not.
He's like Jack. Not even in an existing game.
He's created a video game that he's put himself in.
It's called like Aaron Sex or something.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Really went outside the box with
the name. Didn't you like Aaron Sex or
something? Yeah, You got in the box in the
game, but yeah, have you ever, genuine question, have you ever
create I? So I got UFC4 like a few years
ago. First thing I did was create the
Iron Butler fighter and spent probably more hours creating
that. They look more like myself than
actually playing the fight. You created the scale.
No. Oh, Jesus.
No. I was roided up like this was a
roided up Butler. The, the and yeah, I went
undefeated in my career, had to retire at the age of 45.
And then the game was over then and that was me.
And then I, and then I have played Worms on PlayStation for
the last eight years. The, the, that's what I play
online, a game called Worms. And but I have an alter ego on
Worms. I have like a Dagestani alter
ego, so a dude called Monty and I.
And so because I don't want people to know that I'm playing
Worms aren't Butler. So I put on.
So what do you think happened If people think Aaron Butler's play
Worms? Well, I'm not just playing
Worms. I'm one of the top 100 players
and Worms in the world at the minute.
So let's just yeah, really. Yeah.
Put a bit respect for my name, guys.
Worms. And how many people let?
Oh, probably 101, but being serious, you're in the top 100
in the world. Oh yeah, yeah, it's.
Just worms as in like. 3. Worms and they have like we
helmets and all yes and like fire stuff yes.
I think I feel that back in the day.
Oh. For strategy, Paul, now this is
reverse where you were talking to an expert before and now
you're talking you're like one of the top rated guys.
Yeah, like in the cage, you fucking kill me.
But if I get you to play controller and warrants, oh, you
submit No problem. The the the just we all have our
skills, you know what I mean? We have our advantages and
that's mine. Paul.
See in terms like brand deals and stuff like that, what will
be like the coolest one for you to get flashlight?
Tired. I'm done with boozum.
I've been in the DMS all the time that I'm the biggest booze
fan like. But you're not getting the love.
I'm not again then I'm back from them DM and them I'm like
disgraceful still well. You know I'm going to offer an
olive branch to Bugum because. I've tried, I'm, I've tried
Justin, what did I say? The last time we were doing a
vlog, We're in booze and I was like, I can't do it anymore.
Is there is there a glimmer of if we can make something just
like a? Bird that doesn't want you at
all and you're just like please. In there.
Look, I've had a podcast before as well.
You try and you try and you try talking to an echo chamber.
Yeah. And eventually do you go?
Do you give up on that? You mean eventually do you go?
I've given up on that and I'm not.
I'm not asking anymore. I'm kind of there now.
I always get, I always get really back in because I just
love it so much. Like my favourite meal in the
order is a vision. They should be jumping at.
That I I'm I'm. Fueling this man to go up the
rankings and went all over the world.
I would shout the mountain, post interviews, everything like I'd.
Love that as soon as you win the bell.
Have a burrito right here and just go.
Did you say there was a guy at the last UFC And there So back
story. Zach Bryan, the country singer
is going through like a breakup with his ex called who's called
Brianna chicken fry because she made vines or videos that he was
back in the day comparing her leg to one of Burger King's
chicken fries. So she is now known as Brianna
chicken fry, which undermines the whole story.
But Zach Bryan has broken up with Brianna chicken fry she
apparently she was offered a offered like 12 million NBA did
not talk about the breakup. She didn't take it barstool or
all over this day important noise on this tracks with Zac
Bryant blah blah blah at the UFC recently she was there as a
guest because she's getting loads of media heat.
Tony do you know this and so she was there and and everyone's
like really taking her side into her and that kind of thing.
One of the fighters shouted out Zac Bryant.
He goes, I think it was MSG. He goes the fighter, Jen, and he
goes like he goes, I want to give a shout out.
He goes, what's his name? He goes, he's like, next time
I'm here, it's going to be to see to see Zach Bryant.
I can't wait. No.
And everyone was like, oh, shit. The cameras went to her,
embarrassed her. It turns out apparently that
fighter was on a podcast and he's like, don't if I got this
right, he's like, Oh yeah. He's like, my manager just told
me like the paid, they paid him. No way to give Zach Bryan a
shout out. They actually paid him.
They paid get away. That's.
That's fantastic. So what I'm saying is, how much
would a cake for you at your next fight in Dubai to go?
She and Todd specials out money. Free.
What would the? Price be it's gotta be 6 figures
at last like. It's gotta be at least one Bujan
black card, yeah? Yeah, I mean if you get.
I think you're a Bujan black card.
Now if you like. Is that such a thing?
Because. We can make the thing we we
could. We could visualise it into the
universe. For people.
I got a manifest this shit like we.
We got, we've got connections. Made and a cafe O card, you
know. Because, you know, thank you.
And Bartley would fight you for a cafe or black card and hey, we
could promote that. I could be on the team with me.
Theatre on face. Oh, black.
Black card is what your black card is cooler than some than an
actual the idea that you can go to the place.
And yeah, see as a sport brand, what's the number one sport
manufacturer you love to sign a deal with because it's a
different in UFC or? So I can only say take down
sports, take down, should I take down?
Should I take down what would be?
Would it be Nike? If you.
Like not to do with MMA.
Nike definitely. Yeah, it would be Nike.
Then I think it would be Nike too.
But like Nike only take certain. Like it's not like they're
working with a lot of athletes all the time.
They only do like special kind of promos and things.
See, the way you're trying to, you're trying to hook up a
bujam. I've been there's a, there's a
sport, there's an Irish sports shop.
Oh, names that have a, that have a chain all over Ireland and I
it's lifestyle sports, OK. And I'm like, and they're doing
loads of stuff, you know, with creators.
And I'm like, I'm your guy. Yeah, what sort of stuff would
you want? Just sports clothes, like I just
I I don't want paid. I just they'll be watching like
good. I just want to have a magic code
to go on their website and order whatever I want and I just make
stuff for them. Could you that's like like that
guy Steven, that time we worked for Nike.
Remember I was telling you, oh, yes, you did tell me.
He's like, I've just left. I worked for Nike for years.
I've just left. I had like loads of gear.
Jonah just called in my house. I gave you loads of night gear.
I'd never met him. I was like, yes, please.
And then I just met him because it was during COVID outside his
house. And he just had this big, huge
Nike duffel bag, which is that there and another Nike bag.
And it was full of the brim with clothes.
He's like, you're probably my size.
You can have all this. And I got it home and I was
driving home with the stuff in the boot, like shaking because I
didn't know what was in the bag. And I laid it all out.
Remember, it was COVID, so it was nothing exciting happening.
And then I got this. Hall.
This night call and it was unbelievable.
Yeah, I couldn't believe. Tell me you were doing illegal
trips during COVID. Essential business.
I know you're a real stickler for that.
I went to Magalbury for that. I was like backdated.
No, it was the R day you were allowed out.
So I took my R to go collect 30 minutes exactly to get there,
actually at 29 minutes back. So I just got back in time.
I remember going out for a walk during COVID and then went for a
run like this when you're allowed out for like an hour a
day or you're allowed it once a day, don't know what it was time
for like a walk during a late later that night went for a run
and there was a guy walking his dog and he, I saw him in the
morning. That's all that night.
And he genuinely lived in our like a state.
He genuinely went second time you've been out today and I went
yes, same with you. I was like you as well.
Been sick, being serious, the guy's been.
Serious. Doggum, yeah, you should have,
you shouts. Paul's method of dealing with
everything Paul. Big news, Hughes.
What a great name. By the way, and it's a good
name. It is.
It is a good name when you're off camp.
Is it like Paul on the booze Hoos?
I mean, he's on being on a ferry.
Paul, What if you're really tired?
Paul having a snooze shoes. Come on, that's a lot there.
Come on, a lot there. I know I'm spent the thing
already. I've picked.
No, no, Paul, Blue suede shoes. Shoes.
What if he's listening to rhythm and Blues?
So he's jazz. Yeah.
He's a big Blues artist from Morrison.
From Morrison Blues. He does do some blue stuff.
Yeah. Yeah.
Paul, listen to the Blues. Oh, now we've he goes.
Didn't feel much Pogba under the Blues.
That was good. We're back on track now.
Yeah. That won't work.
Say yeah, yeah. I'll be, you know, Yeah,
Terrible. I come, you know we.
Have any left? But that was fun.
While that was good, we had a good run there for your fight
nickname be oh white lightning lightning, just five, just like
like the cider mate. You know what I mean leaves you
absolutely knocked out on the floor after a hard night.
You know what I mean that's what it is We wait lightning Butler.
What about you? Oh, you were you had a few,
didn't you sugar shame tall then it was the Chrome Ranger.
Probably stick to the Chrome Ranger.
Chrome Ranger is. Pretty the best 1.
James Pegney and anyone. He did the most smallest amount
of training. Like it didn't really go to much
of the Yeah. And he had this move.
He had this move like 2 gloves. I was talking to James after the
fight. I was like, I was like, hi, how
did you like pull that off? And he's like, man, I've been
beaten off gay dudes on my life, dude.
I was like, yeah, I guess it cheques out.
Oh, that's here's one thing I'm really interested in asking
fighters the side of it that I love after the fight.
But you're winning the buy, don't stone.
What do you need? They.
Directly after, directly after boys, the fight organisers come
in, we can get you anything. What would you like?
You see, you're not really that hungry because you've done like
your weight cut, you've done your refuel, you've got like a
bunch of adrenaline. You're.
Hungry for your next opponent? Oh.
Let's go. There you go, let's go.
But now you're not that hungry. Tell to Patty Pemlet he stuffs a
whole pizza, that boy. Yeah, it's not.
It's not like, you know, after wins and it's like I'm going to
eat this, I'm going to eat that. Like can't wait.
But after fight, it's not. It's not so much.
I all here's what here's this is now you're talking about tough
questions for fighters before their fights, right?
This is, this is what your fight falls in January.
So you're going to be training over Christmas and stuff like
that. What happens?
What happens with Christmas dinner, mate?
Oh, it's not even Christmas dinner, it's Christmas Guinness.
That's it for me. I'd I'd never fight in
Christmas. I always make sure I've got
December and January off. Because I love.
I love. Pints with the boys in Christmas
It's. Just iron levels through the
roof. Exactly.
So that's not like.
The dinner I can, I can still have dinner and stuff, but no
Guinness. It's going to be sad.
That's actually is. That's like.
See, that's a sacrifice, you mean, and that's what makes the
victory ever more sweeter. Exactly.
See day after. The fight.
We we deck. When you, when you.
Yeah, I'm Sniffer Jack. When you do, go and eat the day.
After the fight. What's the brac?
Is it like? Is it?
Does the day revolve around it? When I was fighting, I fell, but
yeah, more so because I was just depleting myself so badly for
months to get there. But now I'm it's not so bad.
But after the fight, the day after it's it's breakfast.
It's buffet breakfast with my team.
That's always like a tradition. Reverse is like getting down
there before 10:00 AM, having our wee breakfast or wee eggs
and all. Do what I do with the buffet
breakfast in a hotel. I'll go fruit for the first
round, yeah, just whack it on a mixture of everything, maybe a
wee bit of honey over it, and then I'll go for the cooked
breakfast. Eggs.
Toast. Well, you know, I have gluten
free toast. So what I'll do is I'll wait for
the gluten free toast to come. I'll put two bits on a plate.
I'll go up. If there's beans, I'm going to
layer the beans on to that toast.
Then I'm going to few eggs. Good few eggs.
You're shot in the makers is a. Maybe a bit of bacon.
If the bacon looks nice, I'll get it.
If it doesn't look like nice bacon, I'll not get it.
I'll maybe fire a wheat tomato on there.
Umm, we hash brown. 100% hash brown is essential for the wee
sandwich. That's my favourite.
And I'll do that. I'll get myself an orange juice
and a coffee. See, I love it.
I would do the fruit last because you want to finish with
the sweet. I think in my palate anyway,
you're you're finishing with the savoury there.
No, but I'm not having like a full bowl for it's just nice.
Just gets me, just gets me into it, gets a blood, gets a sugar
going. It gets me hyped for the then
the cook. Bread.
Comes. Up and will you spend a few days
in the by actually to call it in and?
Relax. I definitely I'll be going out
at least two weeks early for this one and maybe 2 1/2,
potentially even 3 because I want to make sure that I'm
proper acclimatised, but I just like after.
Yes, that's the biggest thing. That is our thing.
See, if I were you, I'd no, I know the fight isn't the
January. I'd set your watch for Dubai
time now. What time is it then?
It's probably middle of the night.
No, they're only three hours ahead.
Well. Here's my and I'm going over,
I'm going over to scope a joint out for you, but I've got a gig.
Is it soon? You're 6th of December in Dubai.
Talk to some people, yeah. Our flights even, What is it?
Talk to some people. Yeah.
You're going to talk to people now.
You. You.
Want me to talk? To some people out there, yeah,
we just. Get the lay of the land If you
want me to get the lay of the land for you, I'll get the lay
of the. Land for me, that's.
All I'll do the saucer to call me umm it's us.
So what I'm going to do is my flight is evening time from
Dublin, but it gets me into Dubai there time 8:25 in the
morning. No, that isn't that's not great
because that means our flights 8:00 PM basically our time.
It's an 8:00 AM to buy time. In my head, I'm going, I've got
to sleep the duration of fight of any hope I'm a good trip.
I've got to sleep the duration of that fight.
But it's hard to sleep on a flight.
Why didn't you just, why don't you just fly throughout the day?
Wasn't flight time, Wasn't they didn't want to.
Are you economy, Business, economy.
I was a businessman. Whenever I do, I try like when I
was there last day, I made them book flights throughout the day.
So I'm not like my, my sleep isn't being sacrificed, you
know? But I think, I think maybe we
melatonin people don't take it like that.
And I might try. I might try.
And just like Dracula, the whole flight.
Yeah, take like an actual sleeping tablet.
Don't take a melatonin. Yeah, exactly.
No, I worry about that. Like I've did that all flight
before. Does it work?
That's the. Ball Yeah, the biggest hack to
flights. It's the best mate.
Xanax once you do it once. Illegal.
I don't do Xanax, I do a night nurse.
I get that. I set you up for that on the old
game. Burn it with a spoon.
No no, I do a night all or hot milk an animal and it's a guy.
Here, love. So you've done just a straight
up sleeping tablet. There's an America have a great
one called Sequel and see if you're in an American airport do
not look good. Yeah, but it's no, it's no, it's
not a short. Sleeping tablet.
Do you pop this when you're in your seat?
Because I worry if I take it before the flight and I'm
getting on, I'll just, you know, yeah, I would take it just as
you're about to take off for like maybe 15 minutes before
you're about to take off. That's probably about the what
if I started to panic? Well, just don't.
No, you won't. You'll be the opposite of panic.
It's. Quite chill.
You'll not be it. But then when I wake up feeling
all like, oh, like Dracula, like when I nap and I wake up, I
don't nap because when I wake up I'm all like out of sorts.
You'll feel groggy, probably a little bit because you shake it
off. You'll be all right.
Shake it up. What song are you going to walk
it? Oh, we can't live.
I keep that close to the chest. Although you have been watching.
You were saying like you're getting into a lot more WWE now.
So do because you've watched the Vince documentary and things
that do you think like, Oh, do you watch things in WWE and go?
I could maybe steal a wee bit from that from my my my shorts,
my steam chair during the fight. Just in.
Case No, I actually did from watching it.
I was like, like, because it's the entertainment business at
the end of the day. So I did take some things.
But I have like things that I do that I've done for many years
where I'm trying, like, I thought about that years ago.
I want to create a brand of like, yeah, you've got to keep
things similar, you know, some people remember, you know, so.
Who's that guy I love? Wrestling, and I don't watch
wrestling or anything about it. Joe Hendry, he has that song.
Do you know what this describe it?
I don't really know the song too well.
He's a Scottish wrestler and he has a song called I Believe in
Joe Henry. He's called Joe Henry.
And it goes I believe in Joe Henry.
And he has like a fool. Like it's like an 80s kind of
song. And it's like lo fi, like the
videos, like almost like virgin on spoof.
Yeah. And it's blown him up.
He's like one of those popular wrestlers in the world at the
WWE. It's right now.
Is there any way we can get it up just to be a great way to
finish this episode? I believe in Joe Hendry, but
this guy like this song, like when that plays in arenas,
people love it. People go nuts.
And he's like, from what I gather, he's like really well,
good reputation as a wrestler, but he'll like go to WWE for.
This he'll go to. WWE for this, because of the
popularity of this, I've scared a little bit there.
So what are we? Oh, are we looking at ourselves?
Are we waiting for a video? Waiting for a video?
Just keep talking. Oh, sorry.
No, no, that's, that's. Your miss.
Patrice ever was at that conference I was at last week
walk past and I was like. He.
Was just he was just on your part.
I was like, oh what the? Fuck you should have spoke to.
I was, I was gonna go back over to him and send you a photo and
then he went on the stage. I think it would be mugged.
We were told like, like for the Formula One, when we're in
Dubai, it's in Abu Dhabi. And someone messaged me to be
like, listen, gonna like we'll take care of you, you know, come
you and you know, you and William, like come down and all
Eminem concert and all this, but I don't, I know, I think it
might not be happening. What?
What do you mean? Why not?
Oh. The guys kind of got a bad
thing. He's like, I don't know if we
can, but we'll see. Patrice is this.
No, no, no, no, not, not linked to Patrice.
Patrice is going to be there, but I don't want to go to Uncle
Pat and be like, can you sort the boys out, you know, Uncle P,
but I'm going to link up with them when I'm there.
Should I ask Uncle Pat? Uncle P, you're here, you'll ask
Uncle Pat. You know you want to give us a
go. We.
Haven't done this. But right Paul, this I want you
to do something like this all we need can.
This is him. Oh, I don't.
Take cans there. Well, it's Paul here.
Give Paul. Now we can share.
We can share. Mosley and Dan thought they were
getting through a Band-Aid. This man's going to need one
after he comes to space. Like Joe's funny, Fawsty and dad
thought this is they looked like bus drivers who thought this was
just a routine route. They were like, you know, just
get to the state depot and back and they've just had they've
just had to diverge. Yeah, right.
You on the flat. Can we hear ourselves?
No. Right.
So what? Where are we going to work this?
No, I cannot hear myself. Aaron Paul, can you?
Are you just getting anything in the cancer 1212?
Are you getting anything? Test.
No, I'm not getting anything.
We're not getting anything. It's good that you give down and
falsely these on the fly requests.
Well, I didn't know we'd be talking about Joe Hendry.
Yeah. This, this has to be worth it
now, Shane, it will be worth it as well like this.
It will be worth it if you say so before we as as we get this
set up, we cannot hear ourselves.
You. You.
You get that on just to make. Sure.
And you are. And you let us know when it's
good to go. I will.
I'll, I'll, I'll sort it out. Don't worry, Paul, I've got your
back here. But is there anything that needs
to promote it? Oh, I can.
I can hear. Yep, we can hear.
We can hear. We can hear.
We're in, We're in all. Right, let's do this.
Did you get that to your? Ear.
Oh yeah. Yeah, here we go.
Just confirmation that we can hear.
Can't we 1/2? 1-2 while we set this up
shane.comedy.com You want to come see me in the back.
This will have gone. It already have happened I So I
hope it went well. I think it went well.
It went on I hope it went well. We'll figure it out yeah.
Yeah. But and and and that will
confirm that tea with me is going to have the official
rights for Paul's PFL fight. I think you've are.
You. Doing a tea with me soon as
well, yeah. 29th and 30th of November.
Oh, you are. Come on, on, next week.
There you are. Next week.
It went really well. It went well, We had a great
time. Were you able to go?
I will, I was in camp unfortunately.
You were in camp. Yeah.
We should do. Yes.
Here we go. He appears.
I believe in Joe Hendry. I believe in Joe This.
Guy is in Joey. Will be.
I believe so. Not a chance.
Or he's in AW12 America, Scotland and Canada and Mexico.
That is ridiculous, Yeah. There's no way this guy.
Yeah, so I hate what? Shane says this way, you need to
do one of these for your intro. We'll film it up here.
Kill of the sperm. Yeah.
That's smart, though. It is from Aww perspective to
have a gimmick like that's pretty smart to have.
But that song is huge now. It was really high in the
charts. Oh, really?
Yeah. So I we just need we need a big,
huge shoot. A big news, big, big news.
We need, we need it. We need something.
Yeah. We need a bit of something like
that. Blue suede shoes.
Big, big views. Big views.
Big. Views for big news?
Yeah. Big moves.
Big moves, big shoes. Fuck it.
Do we just write a rap for Dubai?
Yeah. He loved her.
And we've got a lot of songs. What's that sound?
Someone says that in the voice. What's that sound?
Sounds like big shoes. Sounds like.
Sounds like big shoes. It's Paul Hughes bringing big
news, creating big views. Won't lose.
There's a harder bar there.
Don't snooze because it's it's big news, but the opponent will
snooze. Yeah, Because.
Because Terry Crews. Terry Crews.
Yeah, Terry Crews. Good reference.
No vendor lose. What?
No vendor lose. Nothing to lose.
No vendor lose. No vendor lose.
Nothing to lose. With the new kneecap, Hank, I
think we just. We just became the elbow.
That's existing band, Is it? It is.
OK. So throw those curtains wide.
One day like this year will see me rise.
That's too beautiful. That was Holy cow.
I love your eyes. I think Dan's just shut.
We were out. We're a fucking great.