Dricus du Plessis looking to upset champion Strickland in UFC middleweight title clash
Dricus Du Plessis (20-2, fighting out of Pretoria, South Africa) looks to make history by becoming the first ever South African born UFC champion by defeating Strickland in emphatic fashion
No. 2 UFC middleweight
10 wins by submission, nine via KO
Eight first-round finishes
Currently on an eight-fight win streak
Dricus Du Plessis (20-2, fighting out of Pretoria, South Africa) looks to make history by becoming the first ever South African born UFC champion by defeating Strickland in emphatic fashion
No. 2 UFC middleweight
10 wins by submission, nine via KO
Eight first-round finishes
Currently on an eight-fight win streak
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00:00 Sorry guys.
00:02 What's up everyone?
00:04 Just curious your thoughts on getting that jacket.
00:07 I mean you've only been in the UFC for a couple of years now
00:09 and you've already been tested 50 times which is kind of remarkable.
00:12 So I guess what does it mean for this honor
00:15 but also like how much of a nuisance is it being to get tested so much?
00:19 Yeah, I mean this is amazing.
00:21 You know getting this jacket,
00:23 obviously people are going to say what they're going to say
00:26 and obviously having a physique like mine,
00:30 people always go that guy's definitely on the juice.
00:34 And you know there's a lot of athletes, not just me,
00:36 there's a lot of athletes that get that
00:38 and there's a lot of athletes that I even suspect.
00:40 You can't help but do it because some people have these physiques.
00:44 But where the sport is now, I always tell people,
00:47 listen if you are going to do it, you are going to get caught.
00:50 Because from my experience, it's been absolutely professional from the UFC side
00:54 in terms of making sure we play on a level playing field.
00:57 And I take comfort in the fact that I get tested.
01:01 Yeah, it is a bit sometimes.
01:03 You know, rocking up to training because they have my time schedule every day.
01:07 And if they don't know where you are, sometimes you just go,
01:10 I'm not in this area today, something happened, I have an interview.
01:14 They rock up there and they're like, cool, you have two hours to get here.
01:17 Or they go, yeah, that's it.
01:19 But I take comfort in the fact that I know my competition is being treated the same way
01:25 and we play fair.
01:28 We get in there and the best warrior wins, not the one with the best needle.
01:33 There's been a lot of photos of Sean coming out through this camp,
01:36 people saying he's in the best shape of his life, all that kind of stuff.
01:39 Have you seen some of that?
01:41 And are you, I guess, impressed by his physique maybe compared to some other fights?
01:45 Yeah, I've seen some of it.
01:48 I mean, are we going to stand next to each other and compare physiques?
01:51 I don't think so.
01:53 I know you've been asked ad nauseam about all the comments made at the press conference
01:57 and the fight and everything like that.
01:59 When we spoke last week, you kind of said, I'm too smart to go down that road.
02:03 I have other things I can do to poke and prod at Sean.
02:05 But he was very explicit, I think, earlier this week in an interview saying that
02:09 he's going to stab you if you bring that up.
02:11 He's going to have a knife.
02:13 Did you see those comments?
02:14 And I guess, what did you make of that?
02:16 I saw that.
02:18 I don't know, guys.
02:19 That's pretty intense, right?
02:21 I don't know the legislation around here, but that seems like Team Sugar needs to
02:27 step in and check their boy.
02:29 I think when this whole thing occurred where he said, listen, if you did it again,
02:34 he said he'll kill me.
02:36 He didn't say he'd stab me.
02:38 When he said kill, I said, okay, you're probably going to shoot me then.
02:42 But when I saw a knife, I'm like, no, that's not going to work.
02:45 You've got to catch me with that knife on knockout way before you get to stab me.
02:49 Does any part of you in the back of your mind when you engage with him this week
02:52 like keep those comments in mind?
02:54 Or are you just going to be yourself and say whatever you need to say?
02:56 No, no, no, no.
02:58 You know, am I scared that he self-sabotages this fight?
03:01 Sure.
03:02 That is something I've thought about.
03:04 And maybe, you know, trying everything to get out of it.
03:08 But no, no, no.
03:10 For me right now, the last press conference was winning on the mic.
03:16 That was winning the Sean Strickland at his own game.
03:21 Right now, this week where we're at, I'm not here to do that.
03:24 I'm here to be the middleweight champion of the world.
03:27 My focus is on fighting and, you know, not making jokes, getting the crowds to laugh.
03:35 And, you know, no, that's not why I'm here.
03:38 I'm here -- I've already won that battle.
03:40 That battle is won.
03:42 Right now the battle that needs to be won is the one coming Saturday night.
03:45 And that's where my mind's at.
03:47 My mind is at being ready mentally, physically,
03:50 and being in the best shape of my life come Saturday night.
03:54 And just last thing from me, speaking of, you know, kind of the win pre-fight,
03:58 his coach even said that he was triggered
04:00 and he had to have a conversation with Sean about not fighting emotionally,
04:03 saying that's not who we are and stuff.
04:05 Once the fight begins, though, I mean, what are you expecting from him?
04:08 Do you think that's going to get lost and an emotional side of him will come out?
04:12 Yeah, I think it takes a lot for a team to admit something like this.
04:16 You have to take that.
04:18 And if it was a real problem, I don't think they would have.
04:21 But I do think he has the right people around him.
04:23 They are an extremely good team.
04:25 I mean, they've showed that over the last year.
04:28 They've had an incredible year with the coach and the team
04:32 and, you know, with all the awards and deservingly so.
04:36 But I think he has the right people around him to get him back to where he needs to be
04:43 because we saw that he was definitely not in a good space of mind
04:49 during that pressure at the end.
04:51 He was genuinely triggered.
04:53 And obviously at the event where he jumped over chairs
04:56 and anybody who thinks that was fake or staged,
04:59 I wasn't informed of that because I took some real punches.
05:03 But, you know, for me, that was a big, big win.
05:07 But I do think he has the right people, and I hope for his sake,
05:10 he has the right people around him to get him back to where he needs to be
05:13 because if you're going to fight that way, it's going to be disappointing for a lot of people.
05:20 Drikus, Neil Davidson from the Canadian Press.
05:23 The Springboks put out a message on social media today wishing you well.
05:27 I'm sure you saw that, but do you have a sense of the support back in South Africa?
05:33 Are you seeing that from here?
05:34 Oh, absolutely.
05:36 You wouldn't believe in South Africa what the vibe is like.
05:39 I'm speaking to folks back home all the time.
05:42 My family is flying in from South Africa.
05:44 They are arriving this afternoon.
05:47 It's electrifying in South Africa.
05:49 There's watch parties everywhere.
05:51 I mean, there's even watch parties for previous fights happening right now.
05:54 It's a build-up, Leeds.
05:56 We are proud people, and like you said, world champions recognizing world champions.
06:01 The Springboks made history by being the first country ever to have back-to-back rugby world cups.
06:08 They have the most world cup wins in the history of the sport.
06:11 I'm honored.
06:13 The Springboks are superheroes, and for them to show their support and love towards me,
06:18 the motivation I get from that, it's a dream come true.
06:23 We have that bok fire.
06:26 That's what we call it, the bok fire, and it will show on Saturday night.
06:30 Just a follow-up for BFI Bay.
06:32 You said that at the press conference you won on the mic,
06:35 but do you regret making comments about somebody's abusive background?
06:39 Is that something that you think should be discussed?
06:42 Well, you discussed it, so if you're going to go out there and say,
06:47 "Hey, kids, you need to be abused more.
06:49 Hey, kids, you need drunken rage, abused beatings by your parents like I got when I grew up,"
06:56 then, I mean, that's you putting it out there.
07:00 That's you joking about it.
07:02 I wasn't joking about it.
07:03 I am going to beat the shit out of Sean Strickland.
07:06 That wasn't a joke.
07:07 So he made those comments.
07:10 He made it public, and he was making a joke of it, not me.
07:13 Do I think it's good?
07:14 No, it's terrible what happened to him.
07:16 It's terrible what happened to him, but now he felt--
07:19 I was completely respectful towards Sean Strickland that whole press conference,
07:23 and you can go watch it back, and you'll see, even when he threw a couple of jabs,
07:27 I just let it slide, let it slide.
07:29 And then when he tried to get the crowd up and going,
07:33 the only way he knows how to by saying offensive stuff and being outrageous
07:38 and just screaming over everybody, and he tried to bully me.
07:42 And I wasn't going to let that slide, and that's what he did.
07:44 That's what he--when he saw he couldn't get the crowd behind him like he usually does
07:49 in terms of being funny because we were respectful towards each other,
07:53 he tried to be disrespectful.
07:55 And I showed him what it feels like if you get some of your own medicine.
07:59 So I was 100%--I do respect him a lot, but I'm not going to let you bully me,
08:03 not at all.
08:05 Dries, you're going back to those comments, right?
08:08 You said, "I said then to stop him winning the crowd and stuff."
08:12 Is there a part of you that thinks this is a mental game as well?
08:15 It clearly bothers him so much.
08:16 I may as well say it this week because it might affect him going into the fight.
08:20 Yeah, but saying it again, it's--that's a one-trick pony.
08:26 Saying it again, it makes no sense.
08:28 Obviously I said it.
08:31 If I had the opportunity to turn back time, I would do it exactly the same.
08:36 But there's no need to say it again.
08:38 There's no need to--listen, and another thing,
08:41 he behaves himself.
08:43 Like I said, you're not going to bully me.
08:45 I'm here to be respectful.
08:47 I'm a martial artist, but you're not going to bully me.
08:50 So behave yourself, and we can have a civil banter back and forth.
08:54 I'm 100% all for that, but you're not going to bully me, not at all.
08:58 You mentioned he might self-sabotage this fight.
09:01 Are you concerned that he's basically going to feel the pressure after those remarks
09:04 and that he might feel like he's going to lose this and he can't go out there
09:07 and lose face?
09:08 Is that why you think he might self-sabotage?
09:10 I don't know what it might be.
09:11 I think for a guy with the kind of demons that Sean Strickland is fighting,
09:17 one can only think--and I'm not in this situation, so I can't say--
09:21 but self-sabotage in a sense where he does not care what happens to him
09:29 because he wants to do what he feels is necessary
09:34 because that will make him a real man.
09:37 No, what makes you a real man is being an example.
09:40 Yeah, I mean, like I always say, being a champion, being in the limelight,
09:45 you should be yourself.
09:46 I'm being myself, and I'm not always the best example, make no mistake,
09:49 especially now with all the cameras on everywhere you go.
09:53 It's great. It's cool.
09:55 But, you know, I look at a guy like Conor, he gets seen doing so many wrong things,
10:01 but it's just because everything he does is filmed.
10:04 I feel sorry for the guy because most of us do a lot of things that went wrong,
10:10 especially when you're out partying.
10:12 You're not really considering being an example to kids when you're out partying.
10:15 You're in a place. That's why there's an age restriction.
10:18 And then you get filmed and it gets put all over the Internet,
10:20 and people judge you for it.
10:22 I mean, people are going to say what they're going to say,
10:24 and, I mean, just live your life.
10:25 Don't care about it.
10:27 And whenever you can, try and be a good person wherever you can.
10:31 I mean, if you make mistakes, we move on from them.
10:35 So, you know, with this whole thing with him self-sabotaging, I think, yeah,
10:41 I think it might be that, to prove a point.
10:43 And the fight is the only thing that's important to me.
10:46 So what I'm saying with self-sabotage is I also like fast cars.
10:52 I like adrenaline. I'm a crazy person. I'm an adrenaline junkie.
10:56 But when my fight camp starts, there's a priority.
10:59 There's things that need to happen for me to do my job.
11:03 And it feels like that one aspect of him doesn't care.
11:08 And then, of course, the fight that happened in the crowd,
11:12 that was the biggest concern for me of that whole situation,
11:14 is the fact that the fight could be in jeopardy.
11:16 And I'm really happy it wasn't.
11:18 Yeah, going back to that brawl, you know, obviously it's like a little skirmish,
11:21 30 seconds maybe, but is there anything you can take away
11:23 from that physical interaction with him?
11:26 Yeah, the man's not scared to throw down, firstly.
11:29 And yeah, he could feel the strength. Now he knows. Now he knows.
11:34 He had those scrawny hips.
11:36 Last one for me. Israel Adesanya is picking you to win this fight.
11:39 He thinks you're going to get the finish.
11:41 Does that surprise you, considering his attitude towards you in the past?
11:44 No, the man has a knowledge for fights.
11:48 So that makes sense.
11:50 But yeah, I don't really consider that a good thing or a bad thing.
11:55 I'm happy to get when somebody thinks I'm going to win,
11:58 because even though we have our differences as people
12:02 and as one man to another, as a fighter, as fighters,
12:07 I can only say good things about Adesanya as a fighter.
12:11 He's had some terrible fights where he just won the fight running and all that,
12:17 but he's had some amazing fights, some of the best fights we've seen.
12:20 And he has had some of the best striking performances
12:23 that the UFC has ever seen.
12:25 But that is not--so that is a martial artist recognizing another.
12:30 And in that case, it's great to see somebody like that
12:35 know that you have what it takes.
12:38 Drake is right here. Just to follow up to you, right,
12:40 Sean said he reached out to you and you had agreed to lay off the abuse comments.
12:47 Is that accurate? Can you give your side of it?
12:49 I believe it was through DMs, maybe.
12:51 Yeah, yeah, yeah. So this happened the day after the altercation in the crowd.
12:57 And I'm talking about I arrived in South Africa as we were on the runway,
13:03 still taxiing to where we get off.
13:08 I opened my phone and I saw a DM from Sean Strickland,
13:12 and I thought it was maybe like a fan page, going to be hate mail,
13:15 something like that, but--and I said, "No, it's actually Sean Strickland's page.
13:18 I do follow him." And it said, "Hey, so something along the lines of,
13:28 'Listen, this is what happened. I'm sorry what I said about your coach and you,
13:35 but if there's anything that's crossing the line for you, just--'"
13:40 And he's like, "Listen, I know we solidified and all that,
13:44 but if there's anything out of line that I said that you want me to pull back,
13:50 I'll apologize. I'll even take back what I said. I'll remove posts."
13:55 And I feel kind of like this is not a great move to--but he brought it up.
14:01 I would have never told the media about this. Otherwise, this happened five weeks ago.
14:04 I would have talked about it. I don't want to expose a man in that way.
14:11 It's not my style. I was actually surprised that I saw him make it public
14:14 that he did message me because I didn't want to out him on that,
14:18 but since we're talking about it--and he--yeah, so he said,
14:23 "If there's anything that he shouldn't say, you'll lay back.
14:28 But if I bring up the thing of his childhood again," he said,
14:32 "I'll kill you and ruin your life and mine way before we step into the cage,"
14:39 something like that. That's exactly his words.
14:42 So I'm like, "Okay." So this poor guy, it seems pretty serious.
14:47 I feel bad for him, but I just replied and said,
14:52 "Listen, there's nothing you can say that has any effect on me.
14:57 Like, go crazy. You're talking about me kissing other dudes. I have more photos.
15:01 I posted them online. I don't care. Do you think I care?
15:06 I'm completely comfortable with my sexuality. Have you seen my girl?
15:09 My guy." Yeah. So I don't care about that.
15:14 Me kissing my coach, kissing my dad, kissing my brothers,
15:17 I don't feel like people are saying, "Oh, that's gay? So what?"
15:22 I don't care. I love those people. That's my family.
15:25 And it doesn't really--there's nothing he can say that can get under my skin.
15:30 There's a shield. I'm the mentally strongest fighter in the world.
15:33 And I told him, "You can say literally whatever you want.
15:36 All is fair in love and war. But I won't say anything about your child again.
15:42 Cool." And that's how it came down to.
15:47 If--sorry, one more. If there wasn't a title on the line,
15:51 if this was just another fight, do you think the trash talk would have gone to this place?
15:56 If it went down the way, if he said what he said, yeah.
16:00 It's exactly the same. If you go look at that press conference,
16:03 I approached it like every other one, having respect for my opponent.
16:08 It was--it's my opponent's decision how I'm going to react in terms of
16:14 if you want to keep this civil and respectful or not.
16:18 And I came in there with a mindset of being respectful,
16:21 but like I said, I won't be pushed around.
16:24 So whether it's a title fight or not, I approach all of them exactly the same.
16:28 For me, this fight, the Whitaker fight, my debut against Marcus Perez,
16:32 exactly the same up here.
16:34 James.
16:35 How's it going? Good to see you.
16:37 I know you talked a bit about what's next for the winner of this fight.
16:40 You talked a bit about Hamzat Chimaya.
16:42 I was curious where you think Jared Cannoneer fits in the title picture,
16:45 just with him having a win over Sean Strickland already.
16:47 How do you rate him in the division?
16:49 Yeah, that's such a hard question. I think he's sometimes overlooked,
16:53 Jared Cannoneer.
16:55 I actually met him at 296 as well, a super nice guy.
16:59 And everybody was looking forward to the division being shaken up
17:07 because if you look at a year ago, it was easy and Rob up there
17:13 and the rest of the division almost down here.
17:15 And we caught up quickly.
17:18 And look at the whole division, everything looks different now.
17:21 But right now there's so many options because we didn't have options.
17:25 That was the problem.
17:27 And that's why I was so surprised that the UFC picked me to fight Rob
17:30 because you're sitting with what the UFC did.
17:33 Look at all the contenders.
17:35 They were first, fourth for the bout.
17:37 They would fight up until the top five, three, fight Adesanya,
17:41 lose that fight, then they get Robert Whitaker
17:43 because the UFC knew if you give any of these contenders to Robert Whitaker,
17:47 we don't have another contender.
17:49 It was Rob and Easy the whole time.
17:51 And that's how they planned it out.
17:52 You could see it.
17:53 It was Easy, then Whitaker.
17:54 Victory.
17:55 All of these guys, that's how -- even Cannoneer himself,
17:59 fought the champ, fought Whitaker.
18:01 With me, I'm like, yeah, they want me to be a contender.
18:05 And all of a sudden they phone me and they go, "You get Rob."
18:07 I go, "Okay."
18:10 So this is sink or swim.
18:12 For them, that's what this was.
18:13 They're like, "We need Rob out of here.
18:16 We love Rob, but at the end of the day, we can't do Rob and Easy every time.
18:20 And we have this crazy South African guy who's super strong
18:24 and weirdly knocks everybody out.
18:27 Let's give him to Rob and see what happens."
18:29 And that was a big test for me.
18:31 For them, they went, "If he loses -- if he wins, we have something on our hands."
18:36 And I went out there and I did my job.
18:38 I went out there and did my job.
18:40 And the same with Cannoneer right now.
18:42 Now there's so many people and so many contenders that it's almost hard
18:47 because you have to make the right decision at the right time.
18:49 Because a fight that's going to be hyped up and sold and selling like crazy right now
18:56 is not necessarily the one that's going to have that kind of hype six months from now.
19:01 What was it like training with MMA Guru?
19:03 I didn't train with him.
19:04 He was just there.
19:05 I know he did some pad work because I was in the middle of my camp.
19:08 He did some pad work with Cameron Simon.
19:10 They did a boxing session.
19:11 But, man, I don't know if you guys saw that photo of me and him.
19:17 And people thought it was Photoshop.
19:18 It wasn't.
19:19 Obviously, the angle was upwards, but I thought he was like a short, fat guy, to be honest.
19:25 I thought he was going to be a little bit overweight and short.
19:28 When I saw him, he was in great shape.
19:31 He was in good shape, and he was super tall.
19:34 So that was really cool.
19:35 And, yeah, I mean, it was great to meet him.
19:38 Seeing MMA enthusiasts like that, meeting guys, really start--
19:44 I mean, all of you guys as journalists had to start somewhere.
19:47 I mean, a lot of--especially in MMA, there was only one reason to get into this,
19:51 and that was the passion for the sport, if I can be wrong.
19:54 But that's how I, as a fighter and most journalists who cover MMA, I believe, got into it,
19:59 is the passion you have for it, and he's one of those guys.
20:02 So, yeah, it was great to have him there.
20:05 I took him with a team.
20:07 We had a fight with Mark Hume at a local event there where I came up, and he joined us there.
20:12 We got him tickets to go to the show, and he watched us train.
20:16 So, yeah, I think he had a great time in South Africa.
20:19 Last one for me, not looking past Saturday, but if you go out there and you come out pretty much unscathed,
20:23 is UFC 300 a possibility for you?
20:25 Would you want to get on that card?
20:27 Listen, if there's one thing I can tell you that I've learned from this industry,
20:30 is don't say anything about after a fight, after a fight, because they will crucify you whether you're injured or not.
20:36 But let me tell you this, that would be ideal.
20:40 That would be an ideal situation.
20:42 I would love to fight UFC 300.
20:44 As a champion, it doesn't get much, much bigger than that, except if we take it to South Africa.
20:50 Hi, Keith Whitty with Auto Life Magazine.
20:55 Hi, Keith.
20:56 I would love to ask, what would becoming the champion mean to you?
20:59 Because one of the things that I really appreciate is that your singular focus seems to be on Saturday,
21:04 with the exception of the UFC 300 question.
21:06 I haven't really heard you talk about anything beyond this Saturday, and I know that's your singular focus.
21:11 So, what would becoming champion mean to you?
21:13 Yeah, becoming champion is a culmination of 15 years of my life.
21:19 The amount of times that I couldn't attend family matters, the amount of times that I couldn't attend weddings,
21:27 just to get on top of my great parties that's never going to happen again.
21:32 Once in a lifetime parties, I'm telling you, that I couldn't go to.
21:37 Just the sacrifices that's made, and having my whole family and friends,
21:47 those circles have been there since I started this at the age of 15, my dream to become a UFC champion.
21:54 All the sacrifices they made, all the people that's coming from South Africa, friends,
21:58 I'm talking about 100 plus people, close friends, people I know that's coming to Canada.
22:04 It's an expensive trip, it's a long trip, coming just to watch me perform and become world champion.
22:11 Having guys like the Springbok team, they are titans in the world of sports.
22:17 They are probably the most successful sporting unit on earth, reach out and showing support.
22:23 That feeling of having a whole nation waiting for you to be, and wanting you,
22:32 truly wanting you in their hearts, want you to be successful, that feeling is indescribable.
22:37 It's so much bigger than my own personal goals, because this started out as a personal goal,
22:42 and it became a goal for South Africa, for my country, for all the people around me that I promised I'm going to do this,
22:48 to make it worthwhile for them. And the wind has bowed for me on a personal note, for my family tree,
22:56 for my brothers' kids, for my kids, for my dad that gave me everything,
23:03 to every duplicity that's going to come, this will be in the history books, and this is massive.
23:10 I've always imagined it, to be like that, to have that legacy, to have the biggest legacy that my family tree has ever seen,
23:19 and make myself, my family, my country, and my people proud.
23:24 It will mean absolutely everything, there's nothing in the world that will mean more to me than when that bell.
23:30 While you've been here, I've noticed that you've been hanging out with the guys at Primal MMA.
23:35 What kind of a difference does it make when you're far from home, when you're embraced by a local scene here?
23:41 Yeah, that's really true, I couldn't believe. I know Canada gets a lot of shit from the world media,
23:48 well, not media, like, I mean, if you watch TV, South Park, for example, I mean,
23:54 they're not too fond of the Canadians I've seen. And when I got here, I've never been to Canada, never been to Canada.
24:02 And I get here, and I love it. I go, here we go, when we get here, I go, cool,
24:10 first interaction with a Canadian person in Canada, let's see.
24:15 I go, okay, that guy was exceptionally nice, because I know that's the kind of shit they get for being too nice.
24:20 And then everybody's being nice to me, and nice to me, and then we get into an Uber, and we drive,
24:27 I don't know, I'm not 100% sure, but maybe 30 minutes from here to find the gym.
24:31 And the Uber driver takes us there, I think it's a $40 trip. We get there, the gym is closed,
24:38 as I can see, and there's like a snow blizzard starting, and we get out of the Uber, and I'm not accustomed to snow.
24:44 I'm like, how long does it take to get frostbite? Am I going to die now? I have a fight, I can't get frostbite right now.
24:51 And I jump back in the car, and the trip's over, like, we walked around the building, me and Mark, my teammate,
24:56 and I jump back in the Uber, and the Uber driver almost gets a fright, because he's looking at his next trip,
25:01 and I'm like, sorry, man, I can't be out there. There's a blizzard. And he says, okay, no problem.
25:08 I said, can I extend my trip? And he says, it's not possible. And we go, I said, no, okay, let's just see if there's a gym around,
25:16 we don't find anything. He says, do you guys want a coffee? I said, yeah, sure, drive-thru, coffee, we're on the clock, so perfect.
25:23 We get there, this guy gets us coffee, I give him money to get himself one too, and he says no, and he swipes his card,
25:30 and it was like $10 for the coffee for the three of us at a Timmy's, and he gets the coffee, and I'm like, well, cool,
25:37 maybe put it on my tab. So this guy says, no, we didn't use the Uber app for this, and that was $40,
25:43 so just give me $20 for the trip back, the exact same trip. And he bought $10 worth of coffee.
25:50 And I gave this guy $40 because I thought, that's a right guy, come on. And so, I mean, that is just a testimony of how nice the people really was.
25:56 And then we get to that gym, and everybody was just super nice, and it felt like that old-school feeling, you know, this basement gym.
26:04 No, it's amazing, and the people have been very accommodating. You can call me a fan of Canada, 100%.
26:10 How about that dip in the lake?
26:12 That was not so cool. I have to say, that was not so cool. I'm glad I did it now. I hated it just when I got out.
26:21 I mean, when I heard what the degrees of water is, I didn't care because I do it at home every day, two, three degrees.
26:29 But when I got out, it was minus 10, 11 with that wind, and it was a five-minute walk for us back to the car,
26:38 and my hair, 15 seconds, hair frozen solid. I've never seen that in my life.
26:43 Once again, this is where I think, okay, this is a big, big problem.
26:46 I couldn't use my hands. It felt terrible, but, I mean, things we would do for the camera, right?
26:52 Thank you, everybody.
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