SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — (Gener 3, 2017) - Abans de tancar la porta de la gàbia al Fòrum de Los Angeles, els lluitadors d'esdeveniments principals i co-principals de "Bellator 170: Ortiz vs.. Sonnen ” va participar en una conferència multimèdia. Si no estiguessis a la línia, ho podeu escoltar en aquest lloc, o bé llegiu un parell de les cometes següents.
En l'esdeveniment principal de la nit, Tito Ortiz (18-12-1) adquireix Michael Sonnen (28-14-1). Addicionalment, Ralek gracie (3-0) i HISAKI Kato (7-2) es reunirà en una baralla de pes mitjà, mentre Georgi Karakhanyan (26-6-1) i Emmanuel Sánchez (13-3) batalla. Per últim, un fantàstic equip de pes welter fantàstic Paul Daley (38-14-2) contra Brennan Ward, (14-4) també està configurat per a la targeta principal televisiva Spike.
Les entrades limitades per al megaesdeveniment comencen a les $36 i estan a la venda a Bellator.com, així com Ticketmaster.com. L’esdeveniment s’emetrà en directe i gratuïtament a SPIKE a 9 p.m. ET / 8 pm. Connecticut. El “Bellator 170: Ortiz vs.. Sonnen ”sota targeta, reproduccions en directe a Bellator.com i a l'aplicació mòbil Bellator a partir de 6:50 p.m. I / 3:50 p.m. PT.
Q: Per a Paul Daley ... Vam tenir l'oportunitat de parlar abans que teníeu previst lluitar contra Derek Anderson "Bellator 163." Va fer el pes, però la baralla no va passar. Així, què canviarà aquesta vegada? Fareu alguna cosa diferent en la vostra preparació i què espereu de Brennan Ward?
Paul Daley: Les coses no van anar segons el previst en l’últim esdeveniment en què estava previst competir. Vaig fer el pes, però va ser el que va passar després d’això el problema. Aquests problemes s’han solucionat i hauríem de tenir-ho tot encarrilat i estic preparat per competir en la que serà la baralla més emocionant de la carta..
Q: Per a Brennan Ward ... Tots dos heu definitivament lliurat emocionants eliminatòries en les darreres actuacions, així que vull saber quina és la vostra expectativa de la lluita i si creieu que serà un aparador ràpid.
Brennan Ward,: No formen només dos nois com Paul i jo sense cap motiu — en una targeta com aquesta, probablement és la carta més gran de l'any i una de les cartes Bellator més grans de tots els temps == Estan posant la nostra combinació per un motiu. Saben que els focs artificials s’apagaran i saben que aquesta baralla no s’allunya. En Paul i jo acabem les baralles, és el que fem. Com va dir ell, segur que farem la lluita més emocionant de la nit.
Q: Sé que aquest clip de tu i Tito lluitant a la universitat ha estat donant voltes, doncs, què espereu de Tito aquesta vegada en comparació amb el Tito que veieu aleshores?
Michael Sonnen: Miri, Tito és un gran lluitador. Era un lluitador infern ... El vaig agafar en una posició en aquell partit, No hi penjo el barret. Estic bombardejat per ser-hi i competir contra un Saló de la Fama com Tito. Faré tot el que pugui per vèncer-lo, però no descarto el bé que té aquest noi.
Q: Fa temps que et veiem allà amb Liam McGeary en aquesta baralla pel títol. Així, de llavors a ara, què ha canviat i què ens mostrarà?
Tito Ortiz: Ara fa tres anys que treballo. Venia de la UFC i Bellator em va donar l'oportunitat de revigorar la meva carrera i vull marxar segons els meus propis termes. Vull marxar amb respecte. Scott Coker ja ha fet una feina increïble amb la companyia i em vaig tornar a asseure, pensant en quina seria la meva última baralla. De sobte, Estic veient Bellator a Spike TV i Chael Sonnen surt cridant, dient-me covard i dient que vol lluitar contra mi i juro que mai no hi ha hagut cap somriure més gran a la cara. Ja em preparava per lluitar al novembre. I wasn’t sure who my opponent was going to be, but I was getting in shape. I’ve been training now for almost four months and this is probably one of the longest camps I’ve had and it’s time to showcase my skills. Chael says he’s fighting because he’s jealous and that’s the wrong way to come into a fight. I’m going in to get redemption and to me Chael is my enemy. This is no game, this is nothing fun, this is what I do for a living. I train and I go out to try and hurt my opponent. I know what I need to do. I need to defend the takedown, I need to watch out for the punches, I need to watch out for the guillotine. I know all of the moves that Chael has done and my job is to go in and destroy him. En Gener 21, two days before my birthday, I want to get the ‘Fight of the Night.’ I hope Chael’s in great shape because when I’m on top of him, he’s going to shit himself. I’m going to throw my elbows through his face and like I said, this is no joke. This is serious to me because my family’s watching, my kids are watching, and all of my fans are watching. I’ve given so much for this and I’ve sacrificed everything. I sacrificed my Thanksgiving, Christmas, and my New Year’s for this.
Q: Of all the guys you’ve verbally dueled with in your career, how would you size up where Tito stands? How does he compare to other guys that you’ve gone back and forth with verbally?
Michael Sonnen: Home, it’s painful. It was painful just listening to him read through that list of notes. He just rattled off all of his bullets right there in one answer and I think he asked to go to the bathroom during it, which was a little weird. I don’t care, I never thought about Tito Ortiz. I didn’t come to this organization to fight Tito Ortiz. I’ve been chasing Wanderlei Silva around, but Wanderlei is busy until the summer. They called me and asked if I’d fight Tito on Gener 21 and I didn’t have anything else going on, so I said yes.
Q: Beyond this fight, what are your goals in Bellator?
Michael Sonnen: I want to compete at Bellator. I want to be a champion, get to the top, and compete with all the guys. I want to find a weight class. I’d like to do it at 205-pounds, but I think there’s an opportunity at 185 and now we have some big signings at heavyweight and catchweight too. I just think there’s a lot of opportunity over here. I can tell you as far as training, working hard and being prepared, that’s what I do. I do it every day. I will bring my skills to the fight and if they’re enough I’ll win; If they’re not, I won’t. That’s just the way that this sport is played and I’m just looking forward to competing with these guys.
Q: Coming back to compete in California, with your history with that athletic commission, you’ve already taken an out-of-competition test. How do you look at that process? Were you surprised by the test? Was there an understanding that it was going to be a part of the deal to get you back in California?
Michael Sonnen: I was surprised by it. That’s why the test works. I was not ready to be tested and I didn’t know that I was going to be tested and I haven’t thought about it a whole lot. You have to understand that when you’re a guy with my background that’s just coming off of a suspension, that’s the way it goes. You’re going to have more tests than other guys and that’s just fair.
Q: Finalment, can you just size up the marketplace since you left UFC and since they’ve been purchased?
Michael Sonnen: Miri, I’m brand new. I only know a few guys at Bellator. I know three people, that’s how new I am. I’ve been to two Bellator shows; one at Mohegan Sun Arena and one in San Jose. Both events were sold out! When I was in San Jose, I was sitting there and down the ramp comes the greatest heavyweight of all time, Fedor Emelianenko. Coker signed him and didn’t even say anything to anybody. The place was packed and the ratings were going higher. I wanted to come to Bellator when I saw Ken Shamrock walk the ramp and I thought this is awesome. Connecticut and then California, both sides of the country and both sold out. The household name that Bellator has become is amazing. I used to have to explain to people what UFC and what MMA was. When I tell people I’m with Bellator, they know exactly what it is. When Tito and I met in that college wrestling match, there was 80 people there tops, nobody cared. It was a big sacrifice just to show off in front of 80 gent. To show off in front of a sold out arena, a record-breaking show, is fun. We get Paul Daley and Brennan Ward to entertain us before we have to go out and take care of business.
Q: Tito, do you have any comment to Chael’s comments earlier about you reading from a script and all?
Tito Ortiz: This guy knows that he bit off a little more than he can chew. I’ve been through 20 years of competition, won world titles, and stepped into that cage over and over again. La prova està en el púding. I’m sitting here listening to the tone that Chael has and it sounds like he’s drowning and on Gener 21, he’s going to be drowning in his own blood.
Michael Sonnen: I told you he was out of bullets! I warned you ahead of time!
Q: Chael, congratulations on Celebrity Apprentice last night…great to see you on the debut there. How difficult is it for you to balance the Celebrity Apprentice, ESPN, your podcast, and training all together?
Michael Sonnen: I hate days off. I hate it more than anything. When I look at my calendar before I go to bed, I hate seeing gaps in there. So as far as training goes, I’m in the gym three hours a day. It’s an hour in the morning, maybe even less, two hours in the afternoon, I’m out the door in three in a half hours tops. Així, that leaves me with another 20 hours in the day and I like to fill it. I don’t like to sleep a lot and that’s just the way it goes. I like to stay busy, but nothing interferes with preparation for the competition. I haven’t missed a practice, a run, a workout, a sparring session; I go every day. I go to practice every day no matter what, dues vegades al dia. There are parts when I’ll pick up the intensity and work a little harder and then there are parts when I’ll take a break to get a drink of water, but it doesn’t change for me. Estic llest per anar, Això és.
Q: Chael, I know you said that you had a little more of a looser camp, where you’ve trained with a lot of different fighters, especially due to all of the traveling. How has it been, having access to some elite fighters in other parts of the country?
Michael Sonnen: I love working out in other parts of the country and I love going to different gyms. And that’s something new to me, because I didn’t used to travel. I was just locked at home in Portland, Oregon, but we had a hotbed out there, with guys like Randy Couture and Evan Tanner, I could name drop for you and it would really impress. We had a really great system out there, but it dried up and some of those guys retired. Some of them moved away and some of the gyms closed down, so all of these new traveling has been great. I’ve got a lot of rounds in and worked out with Georges St-Pierre and a bunch of hammers out there that you’ve never heard of yet, but you will. I’m getting good work in and I’m learning from these guys. The one thing that I try to do, and I copied Randy Couture on this, is always train with the kids. He would be in high school workout rooms doing some wrestling practice and it was very hard for the next generation to ever get ahead of him because he always trained with that younger generation. Així, I spend a lot of time with those kids and I have my own practices on top of that. I’m not positive that I can take Tito down, I’m not positive that I can out-box him; everything has to get better. I have to get stronger, Més ràpid, better with more technique and better strategy and it all takes time.
Completi "Bellator 170: Ortiz vs.. Sonnen” Main Card:
Esdeveniment principal de pes pesat: Tito Ortiz (18-12-1) vs. Michael Sonnen (28-14-1)
Co-principal esdeveniment de pes pesat: Paul Daley (38-14-2) vs. Brennan Ward, (14-4)
Batalla de la targeta principal de pes mitjà: Ralek gracie (3-0) vs. HISAKI Kato (7-2)
Batalla de la targeta principal de pes ploma: Georgi Karakhanyan (26-6-1) vs. Emmanuel Sánchez (13-3)
Punt lleuger de la targeta principal: Derek Camps (17-6) vs. Derek Anderson (14-2, 1 NC)
Bellator.com-Streamed Preliminary Card:
Batalla preliminar de pes ploma: Chinzo Machida (4-2) vs. Jamar Ocampo (2-0)
Batalla preliminar de pes pesat: Jack May (8-3) vs. Dave Cryer (11-2)
Batalla preliminar de pes ploma: Henry Corrals (12-3) vs. Cody Bollinger (19-6)
Batalla preliminar de pes mitjà: Kevin Casey (9-5-1, 2 NC) vs. Keith Berry (15-13)
Pes preliminar de pes welter: Guilherme “Bomba” Vasconcelos (8-3) vs. John Mercuri (8-7)
Pes preliminar de pes welter: Gabriel Green (3-0) vs. Entrellaçat Turner (2-2)
Catchweight Preliminary Bout: Christian González (2-0) vs. Daniel Rodriguez (2-0)
Lluita preliminar lleugera: Jacob Rosales (4-2) vs. Ian Butler, (3-2)
Pes preliminar de pes welter: Johnny Cisneros (9-5) vs. Curtis Millender (9-3)
Lluita preliminar lleugera: Mike Segura (4-4) vs. Tommy Aaron (2-1)
Batalla preliminar de pes gallo: Rob Gooch (4-3) vs. James Barnes (6-2)
Lluita preliminar contra el pes de la mosca: Rebecca Ruth (6-2) vs. Colleen Schneider (10-7)
