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සැන්ටා මොනිකා, කැලිපෝර්නියාවේ (නොවැම්බර් 15, 2016) – Before the cage door closes මෙම සෙනසුරාදා සැන් ජෝස් දී SAP මධ්යස්ථානයේ දී, the main and co-main event fighters from "Bellator 165: චැන්ඩ්ලර් එදිරිව. හෙන්ඩර්සන් "participated in a media conference call. If you weren’t on the line, you can listen to it මෙතැන, or read a couple of the quotes below.
"Bellator 165: චැන්ඩ්ලර් එදිරිව. හෙන්ඩර්සන් " features current champion මයිකල් චැන්ඩ්ලර් (15-3) එරෙහිව බෙන්සන් හෙන්ඩර්සන් (24-6) මෙම headlining භූමිකාව, while co-main event action will have undefeated British phenom මයිකල් "පොළඟාගේ" පිටුව (11-0) and California’s own ප්රනාන්දු මහතා ගොන්සාලේස් (25-13) duke it out in a welterweight thriller. Bay Area’s own Keri Melendez makes her professional MMA debut, as does Kevin Ferguson Jr. better known as Kimbo Slice Jr.
The event airs LIVE and FREE at 9 ප.ව.. සහ/8 ප.ව.. CT on Spike and completes three consecutive weeks of championship fights on the Viacom-owned network. Tickets for the event remain on sale and can be purchased at Bellator.com, as well as SAP Center Box Office and Ticketmaster.
කිව්: For Benson…Is there any extra motivation to prove yourself in this fight after the way the last fight ended?
බෙන්සන් හෙන්ඩර්සන්: I would say that there’s not a whole lot of extra motivation this fight. I’m a pretty highly self-motivated individual. I want to win all of my fights. I don’t need any extra incentives. I want to have my hand raised in every single fight.
කිව්: This is your second title fight in Bellator. Is there anything you learned from the first go-around that you’re bringing into this fight?
බෙන්සන් හෙන්ඩර්සන්: I don’t know if there’s anything that I learned from the last title fight, just being more comfortable inside the Bellator cage and getting used to the walkout and finding my rhythm.
කිව්: You’re fighting for the title now. Do you think of yourself as a lightweight? Is this where you intend to stay or is another trip to welterweight a possibility in the future?
බෙන්සන් හෙන්ඩර්සන්: I wouldn’t say that I think of myself as a lightweight necessarily. මට ද, ඒක තමයි 155 රාත්තල්. හෝ 170 රාත්තල්., just wherever the more interesting and fun matchups are. එහෙත්,, first things first, I have to take care of business සෙනසුරාදා රාත්රී.
කිව්: You mentioned fun and interesting fights. Is the title something you think about as well? The story line of the week is a two-division champion in the other promotion. Is that a dream that you have for yourself in your career or do you just want to stay and be the most dominate lightweight champion that you can be?
බෙන්සන් හෙන්ඩර්සන්: I’m going to go get this belt at 155 රාත්තල්., but after that I wouldn’t say that belts offer a whole lot of extra incentive. Obviously belts are great and the meaning behind the belt is that you are the best in the planet and that means a lot to say that you are the best at that weight class, but I don’t fight necessarily just for the belt. You do want the belt, but right now all I’m concentrating on is four days from now and a man named Michael Chandler.
කිව්: For Michael…Have you ever thought about trying for another belt? I know it’s early in your title reign, but has that ever crossed your mind? හා, if you did go for another belt, would it be for welterweight or featherweight?
මයිකල් චැන්ඩ්ලර්: I haven’t put a lot of thought into it. මට ද, I’m just looking for the biggest fight I can get. I know there’s no way I could make 145 රාත්තල්., since I walk around at about 190 රාත්තල්., between fights. ඒ නිසා, I’m not interested in losing the muscle mass that I’ve worked so hard to build. ඕනෑම දෙයක් නම්, I would jump up to 170 රාත්තල්., but right now I’m focused on my fight මෙම සෙනසුරාදා night and I’m excited to get out there and perform.
කිව්: Why is Henderson an important opponent for your career?
මයිකල් චැන්ඩ්ලර්: Every opponent is important. Every single time we fight, we’re putting ourselves, our livelihood, our records, and our reputation on the line. It just so happens for me, I get an opportunity to fight a guy who’s been a champion and has done some great things in the sport. But luckily, it’s the right time for me and the wrong time for him. I’m extremely excited to go out there and make a statement with this fight සෙනසුරාදා රාත්රී. He’s definitely a great, willing opponent, but I’m excited to go out there and get the finish.
කිව්: For MVP…Obviously, it’s been a fantastic year for you in Bellator, especially your performance in London. Have you got your finger on the pulse of pop culture right now and is there something out there that you’re drawing inspiration from that you’re looking to utilize in some entertainment factor on fight night?
MVP: ඔව්, I’m always socially aware, but I have to get the job done first and that’s the most important thing.
කිව්: At the moment, fighting at multiple weight classes and fighting in multiple divisions seems to be the rage right now and I know in the past you’ve mentioned the possibility of dropping down to 155 රාත්තල්., is that something that you’re still interested in?
MVP: At the moment, නෑ. මේ දැන්, I’m just focused on fighting in the welterweight division.
කිව්: If you can record a win over Fernando Gonzalez, how many more fights and how many more wins do you think before you are in that title picture and fighting for a title shot?
MVP: That’s not really my main concern. I just go out there and entertain and I’ll keep doing that until I end up in the position I’m supposed to be in.
කිව්: For Michael Chandler…With you watching Benson from a far for a long time, what did you think of him as his career progressed?
මයිකල් චැන්ඩ්ලර්: Benson’s had a phenomenal career. ආපසු දවසේ දී, he was the UFC champion and I was the Bellator champion. He was ranked number one and I was ranked number three in the world and it was always that “what if” matchup. What if these two guys could fight…and now we finally get to see. He’s continued to impress. He’s continued to win. Great careers and great legacies can’t be had without great opponents. I look at Benson Henderson as exactly that, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to step into that cage සෙනසුරාදා night and lose this belt. I’ve trained my tail off, I’ve gone through some of the toughest hardships that anyone can go through in this sport…losing three fights in a row, coming back, and believing that no matter what, my next big breakthrough is right around the corner. I never once thought about quitting, where I think a lot of people in that situation would. Where I’ve been and where I am now, I’m confident and I’m excited to just go out there and put it all on the line against one of the best in the world and one of the biggest names in the sport. This is a great opportunity on Spike TV, ජීවත් වන සහ නිදහස්.
කිව්: For Fernando…question regarding the video packages that Michael Page has produced and released this year, most recently during Halloween. Did you watch them and what was your reaction to the video packages?
ප්රනාන්දු මහතා ගොන්සාලේස්: I watched both of the videos and thought it was kind of funny, especially the last one. Bad choice of food products I guess. He’s basically eating balls and drinking milk, while cupping and savoring the taste. ඒ නිසා, I don’t know if I should take that as a call out, but I think the victory alone will be enough for me.
කිව්: With Michael (පිටුව) on the line right now, does Fernando have any sort of message for him leading up to the fight?
ප්රනාන්දු මහතා ගොන්සාලේස්: It’s the same message that I gave before. Just show up. I respect the fighter, but after this he’ll congratulate me and thank me for making him a better fighter. ඔහු දැඩි තියෙන්නේ, but he hasn’t been tested and I’m going to give him his first loss.
කිව්: Michael do you have a response to that?
MVP: I’m allergic to bullshit, so there’s no point in responding.
කිව්: For Benson Henderson…In the title eliminator fight in Anaheim, you had a calm and deliberate demeanor throughout that fight and before we could really see you explode, Pitbull was taken away with an injury. Are you going to look to set a faster pace with Chandler, or are we going to see a more measured response?
බෙන්සන් හෙන්ඩර්සන්: We’ll see how it plays out. It’s hard to dictate and say exactly what I’m going to do. If I was an NFL coach, I would not be one of those coaches that has the first 15 plays of the game scripted out and no matter what happens, we’re sticking to these 15 plays. මට ද, I have to feel it out and go with the flow. එහෙත්,, for me I don’t think this is going to be a slow pace fight. I’m expecting this to be one of the most high paced, action-packed fights you’ve seen in the Bellator cage.
"Bellator සම්පූර්ණ 165: චැන්ඩ්ලර් එදිරිව. Henderson” Main Card:
Lightweight World Title Main Event: මයිකල් චැන්ඩ්ලර් (15-3) එදිරිව. බෙන්සන් හෙන්ඩර්සන් (24-6)
Welterweight Co-Main Event: මයිකල් පිටුව (11-0) එදිරිව. ප්රනාන්දු මහතා ගොන්සාලේස් (25-13)
Light Heavyweight Feature Bout: ලින්ටන් Vassell (16-5) එදිරිව. ෆ්රැන්සිස් Carmont (25-11)
Lightweight Feature Bout: ආදම් Piccolot (8-0) එදිරිව. බ්රැන්ඩන් Girtz (14-4)
ෆ්ලයිවේට් විශේෂාංග ඕවරය: Keri-Anne Taylor-Melendez (එක්දින තරඟය) එදිරිව. Sheila Padilla (2-0)
Complete Preliminary Card:
වෙල්ටර්වේට් මූලික තරඟය: Kevin Ferguson Jr. (එක්දින තරඟය) එදිරිව. Aaron Hamilton (0-2)
Lightweight Preliminary Bout: Carrington Banks (5-0) එදිරිව. Jake Roberts (7-0)
Middleweight Preliminary Bout: Diego Herzog (3-2) එදිරිව. නික් Pica (5-0)
Bantamweight Preliminary Bout: යෙරෙමියා Monaghan (9-5) එදිරිව. Vince Murdock (8-2)
වෙල්ටර්වේට් මූලික තරඟය: ජේම්ස් ටෙරී (17-9) එදිරිව. Justin Baesman (19-10-1)
Bantamweight Preliminary Bout: ඇල්වින් Cacdac (16-12) එදිරිව. ස්ටීව් RAMIREZ (5-1)
Lightweight Preliminary Bout: J.J. Okanovich (2-1) එදිරිව. Luis Vargas (එක්දින තරඟය)
Featherweight Preliminary Bout: වික්ටර් ජෝන්ස් (0-2) එදිරිව. Beau Hamilton (1-7)
Lightweight Preliminary Bout: Hugo Lujan (0-1) එදිරිව. Cesar Gonzalez (එක්දින තරඟය)
Welterweight “VOW” Preliminary Bout: Dominic Sumner (එක්දින තරඟය) එදිරිව. Justin Roswell (1-0)
වෙල්ටර්වේට් මූලික තරඟය: Danasabe Mohammed (5-0) එදිරිව. Dwight Grant (6-1)
Flyweight Preliminary Bout: Sarah D’Alelio (10-6) එදිරිව. Jaimelene Nievera (4-1)
