[ambient traffic noise]
>> Nick: We're loading up for
our show in Jacksonville.
And it's gonna be three shows,
actually.
It's a lot of gear.
It's moving cross country.
And it's gotta be packed
and it's gotta get
there in time, so.
We're trying to get it all done.
>> Alex: We're taking
two trucks on this one.
Less contact with people.
One to the arena.
One to the hotel.
>> Amber: Typically we
only have one truck
which fits everything in
from edit gear,
octagon, hotel equipment.
But because we have to
have multiple setups,
we're bringing more equipment.
>> Dean: So, for a normal event,
we have combined spaces for red
and blue corner to use, each.
Things like that where generally
these guys are mingling and
interacting throughout the week.
For this one, everyone has their
own individual workout space,
so right there alone,
instead of bringing
four portable saunas,
we're bringing 26 individual
saunas for these guys.
As well as mat spaces, we'll
have separated from each other
in individual board rooms.
>> Amber: We're working
with the hotel
on who's allowed into the hotel,
how they enter,
how they're screened
before they come in
to make sure that they're
healthy and safe.
Working with the athletes
on minimizing
how many people
they're traveling with.
[beeping]
Yeah, and so the good
thing is that staff
has been really
understanding and helpful,
and the fighters
have been as well.
Because these guys
just wanna fight.
[beeping]
[blues playing on radio]
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>> Francis:
This has been the closest
that we have been for a fight,
even though this
is the third time.
We've never been
one week closer.
>> Eric: Today is our last
MMA cardio session,
and then really for us today,
what we're looking to do
is kinda push a pace.
Make it to where we can
simulate fight rounds
the best as possible,
and understand where
the redlines are.
>> Five minutes of pain.
Here we go.
>> Nick: One-two-three!
You know, obviously,
with the quarantine,
we've had to adapt
quite a bit.
Really for the last
six, seven weeks,
it's just me,
myself and Francis,
and Blagoy Ivanov
as our sparring partner.
So, we tighten the bolts
and it's really only been
a small group in here.
Ground and pound,
let's go! Get on him!
Ground and pound!
[thunking]
>> Francis:
You know, being in the gym, just
two people in the big-ass gym.
[thunking]
>> Dewey: Not many guys do a 16,
17-week camp the way we did,
but he managed to
get through it.
We finished the camp well.
[grunting]
>> Eric: The nice thing about it
is that's the fight game,
you have to be able to
adapt and overcome.
Alright, baby, hands up.
Show them.
Good [bleep].
So, you know, for us, i think
we're prepared for those things.
It makes us better for that.
So, I had a good time doing it,
and I think you're gonna see
a better Francis Ngannou
because of it.
[bleep]
That ice bath might
change your life.
The ice bath.
>> [bleep] ice.
Oh.
[shivering]
[groaning]
I'm so big the water
gonna go out.
>> It's not really the fact of
anything too important
other than just getting
your ass in there.
You know, it sucks.
But, old football days.
[grunting]
>> It's getting colder
when you're getting out.
[laughing]
>> Nick: Good
little Saturday, boys.
[bleep] Good little Saturday.
[elevator beeping]
>> Michael: Let me first
drop this to you both,
because I wanna
tell you thank you.
Thank you for
weathering the storm,
going through what you
had to go through,
for bringing us something, man.
Sports inspire us
and motivate us.
And we need that now.
And this is gonna be a flat-out
slam fest of a fight.
Both of these men fight hard,
and both of them
got great tanks,
so nobody gets tired.
>> Yeah, I agree with you.
Listen, when you're a promoter
you can't go out and say,
"Oh, this is gonna be
the best fight ever.
This fight's gonna deliver,
and if you put your money down,
you're gonna get your [bleep]
money's worth on this fight."
You can't say that.
I guaran-[bleep]-tee you.
I promise you.
There's-- it's impossible
for this main event
to not be [bleep] ridiculous.
>> Dana, how awesome is it
to say it's Fight Week?
I'm [bleep] psyched, man.
>> I've been pumped up
all weekend for this,
so, yeah.
It's good to be back.
I'm excited, and I can't
wait to get to Florida.
>> When did you find out Florida
was actually the place?
Was there speculation at first?
When did you get
a concrete, like,
"Okay, we can go
ahead with this."
>> There's a ton of places
we could go right now.
We could-- there's a ton
of places we could go.
Florida is the one that
just made the most sense
because I feel like they
were the most aggressive.
We got the governor.
We got the mayor.
We got the athletic commission.
We submitted a 30-page document
to the governor of Nevada
and the governor or Florida
showing them
how the steps we'll take
to make this thing safe.
And we're willing to share
that document with
any of the other leagues if
they would want to look at it.
We're back. May 9th,
we go next Saturday.
We're back. That's it.
We're back on our
regular schedule.
Embedded, Fight Week, fights
this [bleep] weekend live.
Finally.
>> Justin: I've never taken
a fight this short notice,
but I've-- so I've never trained
my body in this short of time.
But sticking to, like,
a crazy strict diet,
and working out 2
and a half hours a day,
and not cheating not once.
Not eating a bowl of cereal
here and there.
Not having a piece of bread.
Which I always do when I have
10 to 12 weeks because I can,
and it makes me happy.
And being happy is a huge part
of being mentally prepared.
So, training for a fight,
or this fight specifically,
during the quarantine.
My life really hasn't
changed very much.
As far as, I have a private gym.
That's where my
wrestling coach comes,
a couple wrestlers.
So, it's four of us
at that work out.
My coach Trevor,
he does all my mitts,
my kickboxing, boxing,
and a lot of my cardio.
So, I think even a greater risk
to me is fighting unprepared.
You know, not training my heart,
my cardiovascular system,
being mentally ready
or mentally sharp,
to step in there and fight
a guy like Tony Ferguson,
you know, whose--
whose a savage.
He's got his own private gym.
He ain't skipping no workouts.
[ambient traffic noises]
>> Tony: What's up, peeps!
We just made it here,
Jacksonville, Florida.
Getting ready for UFC 249.
Feeling amazing, man.
Trip was fast.
I'm great.
I'll be real, it's
actually pretty cool
to take a trip out
somewhere else, you know,
and see-- the airport
was a ghost town, man.
But I'm still happy to be here,
just to be a part of it.
So, like I said, I'm a-- team--
teamwork makes the dream work,
and we're here to do
one thing and that's win.
Alright, man.
UFC 249 coming at you
harder than a right hook.
[dramatic theme music]
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