My Fight With Colby Was More Personal Than People Think

And with Kobe as well, I mean he... You know, that fight was a lot more personal than a lot of people think. You know, obviously with the, you know, the whole situation with my dad and him, I'm saying whatever he said. And I know he, like, people say certain things, and Connor's a master at this, to try to get you off your game. To try to make you, to rattle you, make you mad enough to where you come out and you're just crazy. Fighting them, and to where you could be the best conditioned athlete. And you can get in there and get an adrenaline dump. You look like you haven't trained a day in your life. Mmm. And I knew that's what they were like. I'm not stupid. I knew that's what these guys were trying to do. I knew that's what, especially him, he was trying to do. But I wasn't going to play into that. You had a very steady pace. It was very interesting. You could see that when you're fighting, like right away in the first round, first of all, his pace is fucking crazy. I mean, that guy throws a lot of volume. But you could tell that you were not going to blow your water early. You were fighting very measured, very disciplined, and you were throwing a lot of front kicks to the body, man. That front kick to the body is nasty. Yeah, I mean, just looking at his style stylistically and matching him up with mine, like I could have came in there and we could have wrestled. Everyone thought they're just going to wrestle each other, you know. But, you know. Did you think that was possible? That he was going to try to wrestle with you more? Mm-hmm. You know, there was a possibility of him trying to wrestle, but I knew that he was worried about my wrestling because everyone, Tyron was a two-time All-American. Tyron did better than him in Division One wrestling, better accolades. And we saw what happened with that fight. So I knew he was worried about me wrestling, me taking him down. Because if I take you down, you're not getting up unless I let you up. So I knew he was worried about that. But then there came a moment in the fight to where we just looked at each other. And it was just like, no, not today. Let's do it. Let's do it. And I was fully aware. I was fully prepared to bang it out with him. It was very surprising because it really did turn out to be basically a kickboxing fight. Yeah. I mean, that was... Yeah, we just looked at each other and we were just like, all right, let's do it. Mano y mano. Let's go. You know, it's not going to be wrestling tonight. So let's do it. Man, it could... The two of you guys together, depending on how the rest of the division stacks up, because it's just such a fucking talented division. There's so much talent in that division. There's so many good fighters. But depending on how everything plays out, you guys could have two or three fights easily. We'll see. I mean, we'll see. First of all, I want to see how you bounce it back from that. Because like I said, there was a lot that went into that fight. He said a lot. He did a lot. Getting all that weight, having all that weight on your shoulders, saying all the things that you said, ruffling all the feathers that you ruffled, and then coming out. And he took a beating from the fans after that. Like the backlash that he took. I don't know if you saw some of the shit that was online. He took a humongous... Oh, I'm sure. And rightfully so. I mean, you... That's the game. Yeah, that's the game. That's the game. You want to talk crazy shit? Then they're gonna... I mean, the reason why they're tuning into the fight, so many of them, is because of all the crazy shit you've talked. So naturally, if he loses, all the people that were rooting for you are like, yeah, you fucking knew it. I knew it. Yeah. And so I want to see how he bounces back from all that. Because he's never had to do it before. Psychologically. Yeah. He's never had to do it before. He's never had to talk all that shit, then go in there and get your mouth shut, literally. And it's literally... It's going to be interesting to see who they match him up with. I mean, who do they... I mean, he's got possibilities. Oh, yeah. He can fight Mass With All. Yeah, for sure. You know, he can fight Mass With All. They used to be boys, right? Yeah, they used to be boys, used to be training partners. And there's videos online of... I mean, you see what he was doing at Mass With All early on. There's videos online with that. And then it's like, he can fight Tyron Willy. Tyron wins this fight. I think they both fight for the number one contender. So it is what it... The possibilities are endless for him, because there's so many guys that want to kick his ass. So many guys in the division. But I don't think a lot of guys in the division can kick his ass. So he's got possibilities. He can fight guys. And it's also possible that he can learn from that fight with you and come back a better fighter. That is possible, too. We don't know how much it's going to take out of him. But it is possible that he can come from that... I mean, that was a fucking crazy fight. And that was the first really crazy fight that he's experienced. Other than the one submission loss that he had in the UFC, where he had an injured rib. He had to take the fight. Was that Worley Alves? Worley Alves. Yeah. So when you see him next, then we'll get an understanding of where he's at. Yeah, but the thing, though, is there's just certain guys you can't beat. I don't know what it is or why it is. There's just certain guys that you cannot beat. And I think I'm that guy that he's just not going to beat. I will not allow myself to lose to him. Do you think if you had two good hands, so if your hand wasn't hurt, it would have been a different fight? You left him? I think I heard him. I think I heard him earlier. But yeah, hats off to him. He's a tough guy. I don't take anything away from him. He fought a very good fight. It had to be the most satisfying. The most I've ever been hit ever. Yeah. He was hitting me. He was touching me. And I was never really hurt bad, but they were stinging shots. Like they stung me a couple of times. I'm like, this motherfucker, he's touching me right now. He's touching me. But at no point did I, I was like, I'm going to come forward. I'm going to hurt him. He's a fucking swinger, man. I mean, he throws a lot of shots to his volume. It's incredible. But that had to be the most satisfying to you. It was. When I got back to the hotel and I sat there, it just, I mean, it was like, and I just was about myself because I like to decompress. And I'm just like, we got it done. I mean, all this shit that this guy said, even my dad was, you know, like, go take care of business, you know, and to know that I went in there and I, and I did take care of business was extremely satisfying. And it didn't hurt when a freaking, I mean, a surplus of like celebrities, crazy celebrities. Thank you. Well, that whole magazine on this guy, you know, you attach yourself to that whole magga thing and, you know, there's a lot of people that'll support you because of that. Yeah, man. There's so many like if you fall down, there's so many that just can't wait to piss on you and kick you. Oh, man. Yeah. It's such a polarizing position that he took. He did. But, you know, I'm friends with the Trump now. Yeah. That was when we talked about that. You were saying that you were going to go visit the White House and tell me about the book. Oh, yeah. Because that's hilarious. I'm going to do it. Yeah. I'm going to do it. I'm going to go to the White House. But you also picked up. Me and Dan have talked about it. Donald Trump drew his book. Yeah. I picked up the book and, you know, initially was like, okay, because this guy tried to troll me during our press conference. He was trolling me. Like he sat there while I was talking and he was reading the book and pretending like he was reading the book. And then I'm at the airport and I'm like, oh, there's the book. And I'm like, fuck it. I've got time today. And I'm trolling them and I buy the book. I'm like, screw it. I'm going to buy this book. So I actually buy the book and I take the screenshot and I posted it. You should've seen the reaction for fans after that. It was it was ridiculous. Did Donald Trump Jr. reach out to you? I actually, yeah, we actually, you know, messages back and forth. And you wear the red hat too. Some wrong red hat, but you wear the red hat. But yeah, that is fucking hilarious. Message. And, you know, and I don't know the Trump's personally. So I, you know, I can't go out there and like, oh, I'm bashing them just because this idiot was attaching himself to them. You know, so I look forward to meeting them. And, you know, actually talking to them. Listen, that would be a great moment for you to bring that title to the White House, despite of all the bullshit. Yeah. And just let everybody know you rise. Yeah. I mean, who would ever imagine that, you know, coming from the village in Africa that I did. You know, and getting to the point and actually going in there to the White House.