Ryan Spann previews his UFC Fight Night clash with Bogdan Guskov in the light heavyweight division, to be held at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas
UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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00:00Superman Stan rocking the cape today. What's up? What's up? What what made you say? I'm rocking the cape today immediately my daughter
00:16Yeah, she wanted me to wear it. She said it like a few months ago
00:19She wanted me to wear the cape next time I come fight so
00:22Very cool and set down with a flourish. Did you practice that a little bit a little bit a little bit?
00:30Last time out obviously a controversial result. I would say
00:34Have you been able to move past that one is that one still sting a little bit?
00:38No, I mean
00:40Yeah, I mean it sucks because you know when you think about financially and all that stuff
00:45The the money I should have gotten versus the money
00:48I actually got know that but other than that we move forward that was however long ago now
00:53So there's no point in looking back
00:55We just keep on to the next phase as you said eight months since that time was that time that you wanted away?
01:00Did you need some time off or yeah? Yeah, that was that was me
01:04Shortly after that fight
01:05I called me I was like I want to forego any any of the offers that I had
01:10For the end of the year because we wanted to take time like me my coach
01:14We felt it'd be best for me to be able to slow myself down
01:17There's things that I needed to work on and you don't really get a chance to do those things when you're in a camp
01:23you know and
01:24So we've been working on our consistency and things of that nature
01:28Was that a difficult decision like you just talked about the financial impact of things right not taking a fight as a financial impact for
01:34Eight months was that difficult to say all right. Yeah, let's sit on the sidelines for a while and work on this stuff I
01:40Can say it was difficult, but at the same time I trust God
01:44My shirt today for oh my god. I knew he had me
01:48I knew God got me so it's it would suck, but I knew I'd be fine
01:54always have been
01:57Now you're back to action. Is it a little messed up that they gave you a guy that looks exactly like Anthony Smith I
02:06Don't know what they trying to do here, man
02:08I don't know what they trying to do here, but it really don't matter. I'm honestly. I'm just grateful to be fighting somebody and
02:14You know the way he looks
02:18It won't hurt
02:21I
02:23Would say is it maybe like you're getting revenge. You know you get a victory here
02:26It's kind of like you got one back even though. It's a different dude
02:28No, I think I try to convince myself, but it doesn't work like that
02:33And I know that you know it's fun to think that and all that but I honestly just don't care
02:39I just want to get to the next step do the next thing stay consistent in what I've been doing who's in front of me
02:45Never really mattered. You know some people
02:48Don't hurt more than others, but you know it doesn't matter humorous side of the matchup aside
02:54What do you think about him just as an opponent?
02:56We haven't seen a lot of them in the UFC, but obviously he's got a lot of finishes not unlike you
03:00I mean, what do you think of his skills overall from what you see I know?
03:04I feel like I say it every time I come up here, but I haven't really watched too much film
03:08So I don't know what kind of skills. He's gonna present because I know there's people that can change
03:13You know he's here for a reason. He's against me for a reason. I'm sure he's good. You know
03:19But to say that I've watched it or have any thoughts on it. I just want to go out there and do what I do
03:25What's the biggest thing you want to show me you took this time away to kind of reset a little bit right and to develop
03:29I mean is this about a new version of you completely is about refining kind of who you already were like I mean
03:35We're gonna see like a totally different guy out there on Saturday, or what kind of changes should we expect man?
03:40I just want to go out there and let God use me and we're gonna see what you see
03:44But I feel like I'm gonna be very excited about the result, but you know like I said
03:50I want to let God use me first and foremost
03:52Get the big win here co-main event. I mean you're still high up in the rankings
03:56Are you thinking about what comes after this?
03:58You know what what you should earn with this that sort of thing no a big part of the time that I've taken off is
04:03me being able to compartmentalize compartmentalize where I'm at and
04:07To be to quote Deon Sanders to be where my feet are and that's one thing we've been working on
04:14So I hadn't really been looking for and I'm not even looking at the fight right now
04:17I'm just here doing this because I got to you know, but other than that. You know. I'm just here, so I won't get fined
04:23Last thing for me. I know you say you ever watched a lot of tape on him
04:27I guess I mean he is finished every fight that he's had you finish a lot of fights as well paperwork
04:32It looks like it's gonna be fireworks. I mean is that the type of fight that you're expecting here
04:37I'm
04:40Just expecting to be present and what comes from that comes from that
04:46You mentioned being present, you know with the there you go
04:49my brother the time the time that away from fighting it sounds like you get to reconnect with the family because a lot of times
04:55They fight camps and the time away, you know, it strains the family just as much of the fighter
05:01So part of the time away from fighting did that help you to kind of spend time with the family and reconnect?
05:06And how does that help you going into the next fight? And that's an excellent question
05:10Yeah, it did it did help and one thing we've done as a matter of fact, we got a meeting today
05:16so forget but
05:19One thing we've done as a family is try to build around like I think I was saying it somewhere else over there about
05:26Being a basically training my kids to be what I need them to be be the example for them and
05:33just being able to spend more time with them let them get to see me more and
05:38Take some of the strain off of our life because we've basically just been going with no
05:45Just put the mic short
05:49But
05:50We've we've just been going and train
05:54Almost preparing ourselves to prepare for this if that makes any sense
05:59Teaching my kids how to clean up after themselves help their mom out when I'm gone and things of that nature
06:04You know and now is the time that this is what we've been working for and all that time off
06:09You know like I've told them and I'm telling again today. We're gonna FaceTime have we have family meetings every Wednesday now
06:16So just building a consistent schedule and stuff like that being able to do that taking this off my plate
06:23And being able to like really focus on training them like I'm supposed to do you know
06:29guys they trained of your child and the way they should go so that you know they don't turn back and so
06:35That's what I've been trying to do and being able to take this off my plate for however long it's been I think John said
06:41Eight months nine months or however long it's been
06:45I
06:47Really didn't need that and I feel like now that we're here. It's a lot smoother
06:53We have you know my mom is at the house now, and like we're all more so on the same page
06:59So it's less for me to worry about when I'm away because when I come out here
07:02It's just me me and my team right now, so you know it really is a
07:08Blessing that I did have that time off
07:11Yeah, because I think we a lot of times when we see fighters going in the fight camp
07:14We just think about the physicality, but when we hear fighters up there
07:17It's the mental side that is just almost as tough if not the toughest part of the fight game
07:22So for you to be able to come in here. Oh the physical shit easy to me like this
07:27You start throwing hands we can throw them things
07:30But you know it's it was me having to conquer the mental side is
07:34What I need at that time for like you said do you feel like coming in with maybe just less weight on the shoulder that?
07:39You're now you're able to focus a little bit more about it
07:42Does fight week feel a little bit lighter and a little bit easier coming in knowing that things are I guess taking care of?
07:47Let me let me ask y'all this y'all seen me here a few times. I've noticed a couple faces. You know
07:53How do y'all feel I feel?
07:55Just from talking to me right now compared to how we usually
07:59Yeah, see yeah
08:01It's a lot lighter your boy up here in the cape a bonnet my hair my hair looking crazy right now
08:06You know my daughter wanted me to wear my cape. You know and actually today's my wife's birthday, too
08:11So you know just been having fun. Yeah, well. Happy birthday. It's a little different thing. You may look different in a good way
08:18That's great. Well. Happy birthday to her as well
08:20Thank you
08:21Do the kids are the kids gonna fight over the outfits now who gets to pick the outfit is now does the other one get?
08:25to get the turn well
08:27My daughter got the cape. I have three kids my daughter has the cape
08:31You know that was her idea now my son is getting my walkout so his birthday is May 1st
08:37So I'm walking out the first of the month. You know because I play it every year for his birthday
08:42So I'm just gonna play it fight night this time look a couple days early
08:47Best of luck on Saturday preset
08:51So I'm assuming that you're a big Superman fan
08:54Do you have like a favorite Superman from all the movies from back then Henry Cavill?
08:59Christopher Reeves anybody
09:01Man, it's hard to say you know it's funny
09:03I'm more my dad may be more of a Superman fan than I am
09:08Christopher Reeves like I see him a lot going up
09:11We've watched the Henry Cavill. I hadn't really thought too much into it. I got I honestly don't care too much for watching DC movies
09:19From being honest like I don't know I don't know that I
09:25Like the black one, that's me
09:30Thank you
09:33We're good Oh easy work, thank you