Cody Durden Showed Up on Four Days' Notice and Sent Matt Schnell into Retirement | UFC Vegas 97

surprise surprise custom Maids back baby congratulations how are you feeling I feel good tough fight caught me uh caught me off guard that first exchange hurt me yeah but uh I just knew I had to get in my rhythm did you like that it hurt you a little bit cuz it maybe turned something on yeah honestly that that's what I that's what I told him I just told my coach Kevin I said look man I'm glad he hit me with that that first exchange cuz uh it it made me realize like yo this this this kid can hurt you like be be smart be tight and uh that's what I did tonight but you know I didn't have much preparation you know I had a few drinks on Sunday probably more than I should I laid in bed all day Monday went back to the gym sparred five rounds on on Tuesday and uh you know I uh I I I shoot my shot on on Twitter and uh I don't know what the I'm doing here but I'm here you know what I mean 4 day notice I I bring my wife me and my wife just fly out here you know uh on uh within four or five hours of of accepting the fight but I'm here to stay and I'm game you know if I can do that on 4day notice you know I can I can do a lot more when I put my my full time and effort in into uh being the best that's what I was wondering is like you know you you now you know you can do this on four days is it almost like just give them to me all in four days cuz then I don't have to do all the work beforehand no no you know uh I get my confidence uh through my success in my training camp and and my My Success breeds my confidence so uh I can't tell you my confidence was at the highest but I just knew I just kept telling myself I'm the best you can't beat me I'm the best you know and just positive selft talk and without risk there's no reward you know I could have if I wouldn't have took the fight and said no uh I wouldn't be here today you know I wouldn't be in I I would be in Vegas because I was already planning on coming to Vegas but I wouldn't be here sitting here talking to you Amy what about your new nickname can you tell me a little bit about that custom made you know I'm I'm a little crazy you know I like I like country music I like rap music I like the deer hunt I I like uh I like to go fishing I like I'm C made you know I like to do a little a little bit of everything I listen to all type of music uh yeah just custom made how soon do you want to get back in there that's a good question didn't somebody drop out of the spear next weekend I'm just playing go go trip someone out there there's some people in there that are I'm good I think I'm gonna have some fun tonight but if they call me and offer me a new contract I might show up you don't never know I don't even know what I'm going to do so yeah thank you was that the last fight on the contract no no I just signed a new four-fight contract with the UFC the best organization in the world and when it's four days is there is cardio ever an issue I mean you look like you're always in shape but I mean you look like you on a mission like you were trying to get him out of there quicker and I didn't know if that was because you were worried about cardio because it's such a short short notice no no I mean you got to watch me fight man I'm in your face bail bail to Bell I'm in your face you know no compassion no pity no mercy I'm coming after you you know I I I might get in here and lose and fail like I did you know 45 days ago but you know looking back I was dominating that whole fight he hit me one time and uh I I ducked right into it so not always the best fighter wins but the best fighter always wins in the long run and uh that's what I said in my postf fight interview did you now I was listening to the commentary they said you guys had trained together before yeah we we trained together two years ago at for MMA we we trained together for a week but um so it was only for a week so it's not like you know cuz a lot of times when we see that we're like is it difficult you know is it just business no it's not it's just business to me you know uh teammates friends family it don't matter to me I'm here to fight that's exactly what I said on Twitter if you get in my way uh I'm GNA try to take you out that's awesome congrats on the victory thank you thank you

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