What is your, uh, level of enthusiasm for everything that, uh, is shaping up on June 14th, my man?

Oh, I'm excited for the, for, for those fights.

They got some really good fights on there.

They got some other fights that maybe are more like a, a novelty, but still excited to see everybody fight.

You know, I don't know how it's gonna, how the production's gonna be.

I know I'm hearing the same thing with the weather.

But- Uh, I don't know.

So what, what are your thoughts on that fight, Raymond, as we sit here 13 days out?

Yeah.

You lose, you lost to the best guy around.

And if you win, it's a, it's a huge win.

Silva really got under Weidman's skin, and I think Weidman did use that for motivation.

I know, uh, you know, even in, uh, the Belfort fight.

I don't know, I, I, I don't know if we have even told this story, but before the Belfort fight, uh, we get called into the bathroom with, like, Novitzky and Dana, and they tell us ...

I, I still don't even know what this whole thing was about.

How do they match up in that sense?

I believe that it's not an accident that you're around fighters that aren't only great fighters but are great people.

Yeah, thank you.

I mean, I try to lead by example with that, try to always do the right thing so that these guys could see how to conduct themselves.

But, you know, like, again, I was telling your son, I learn more from Merab than he can learn from me.

But even if you go back to my old interviews, it was always about – you know, conducting yourself as a champion.

You get a platform.

You know, that's why it really bothers me when guys get the platform and they do stupid things.

And number two, did that serve to motivate your guy when he did he feel disrespected?

best

talent yet.

Either of these other guys, but it seems like he's been around longer outside of the UFC.

These guys are young guys coming up.

He seems like he's an older guy that's getting a little shine.

So I don't know about...

It depends how you define breakout.

Yeah, you