I'll tell you when it happened because I was in Zimbabwe we had just finished building the ball and we're going to meet the guy and I said to my friend I'm going to the bar to the shower to shower then as I went out of the shower I saw a message from one of the guys from the management he's like did you see your Twitter then I said what you mean then I said and then I look up then I say oh it's the rock who wrote to me and say XYZ and I was like
what the hell what's this I don't I didn't sleep that night if I have to be honest wow you know it's crazy how what can happen when you are able to tell your story who you can touch who you can Inspire and yeah it's a blessing you know I I just feel like you know it's the life we live man [Laughter] [Laughter] [Music] thank you so much thank you man it's good to see you ah thank you man ah brother good to finally meet you us thank you thank you so much man thank you inspired
me to work hard man thank you no I'll become a champion trust me yeah that's right trust me I work so hard I already do but you know I gotta tell you man your story moved me when I found out that you had seven bucks in your bank account I know what that's like I was here in Miami when I had seven bucks but then also you know you win your second fight then you sell your fight kit you buy a water well for your village in Zimbabwe so your people can have clean water because
you could have taken that money and you could have been put it down on a car on an apartment but you didn't you took care of your people and that just says exactly who you are and that's why I flew all the way in man just to look you in the eyes brother and tell you I got your back I'll show you yeah show me where where do you sleep at you know I I when I lost my first fight I couldn't stay in Africa and train more there so I had to come here get
no message Coach velvet and say to him can I come and train in Miami yeah and then he said to me uh brother the rooms are not available at the moment and I said no I need to live here now I need to come there I can stay on the floor mats or anything then he said to me okay I like that so this is where I sleep this is this is your home oh yeah yeah we're moving from Africa to come here with my family yeah this couch is going with me wherever I'm gonna
go now oh yeah so at night I just I put it out like this then then yeah I sleep during the morning I just put it back in show me this like my reason I love that yeah my reason I fight for my kids smile I fight for Hope and change I fight for those who believe in me I fight for my Village I fight to inspire many I fight to change mind and others life I fight to show goddess miracles to those who believe I'm hope I'm changed I'm champion and I'm blessed my signature
yeah wow I love that you have that up man yeah it's it's um this one is the public one but this one is the is the one that I keep you know this is my book this one is myself that's a personal yeah it is personal you know Champion 2024 that's the year I want to become the chairman in the UFC this next year so I don't have a lot of time I have to keep working hard stay focused that's right yeah it's so good to see you man yeah I think it's very good to
see you it's a blessing man thank you so much thank you thank you so listen I gotta catch a flight before I leave I want to uh jump in the car with me I want to take you to a buddy of mine I want to introduce you and I want you to get to know him he's uh really nicely connected in our community in Miami um and I want you to get to know him and then after that all right yeah you made me cry now you see you guys thank you guys thank you guys
what are we looking over here we take as many okay come on man I'm gonna introduce you my boy absolutely thank you thank you yeah absolutely and this is really such a beautiful thing you got a great human being oh my God all right we're over here I think here we go all right bye coach bye guys see you later but thank you so much thank you for coming to see me man thank you it's very important man thank you you know I I'll tell you you know I used to walk 10 kilometers to go
watch WWE on Saturdays and Sundays what was that in Africa in Africa in Zimbabwe what weight class here uh 170. yes yes it's my weight class about 260. when I was 12. yo Jay got a lot of people the Jay [Music] look at those pictures over there Isn't that cool so like said your money it's my my family oh my God so hey I wanted to bring you here so Tampa um I don't know anybody who lives here I wanted to come here I wanted to bring you here I want to look you in the
eye and I wanted to tell you welcome home oh my God thank you oh thank you so much thank you brother thank you thank you so much thank you so much man oh brother like I said man I was so moved by your story when I found out you were sleeping on the couch in the gym now there's no more couch leaving this is your house welcome home all right thank you so much now you can bring your kids here man [Laughter] you're welcome so listen this place is yours you don't have to think about
anything okay the only thing you think about is your family getting them over here getting them with you and training and becoming champion thank you thank you thank you so much man uh I will be gummy German trust me trust me you can shake my hand on it I will become your champion thank you thank you so much thank you so much let me show you around your place oh come on room oh my God for the family so I think your kids right can be in here thank you yeah it's definitely worse oh I
know you already have training gear and the workout stuff but now you got all your workout stuff here too as well it's all project right are you kidding me I've worn this for eight workouts I've never watched it it's gonna be perfect for you call me this house I was supposed to get a house to come uh here and stuff the money that I was gonna use for the house I'm going to build another bottle in my village now when I land in Africa I'm gonna build it because we need another one so I'm gonna
go build that one with the mind that I was supposed to use for this and I really appreciate you thank you beautiful thank you so much here open that oh snap oh and chicken I can have them right [Laughter] here you know there's one more thing we got to do here let's walk out back check this view out on the water baby wow wow man look at this yeah I know thank you thank you so much thank you so temba this is a special terramona toast to you it's a pleasure and a privilege to finally
look you in the eye and meet you shake your hand give you a hug and share this moment in the rain in Polynesian Islands rain is a blessing oh yeah yeah so this is a blessing right now cheers to as the rain comes down cheers to always taking care of people thank you and thank you for the help man thank you brother cheers everybody nice and rainy thank you thank you Mary's rain is a blessing even when it's coming down like a son of a [ __ ] and welcome home yes thank you thank you
so much man that was awesome and amazing and now I understand when they tell me how big his heart is and what a wonderful human being that man is and now I got to experience it firsthand again I I can't say this enough about the guy is the guy works his ass off he has such a singular focus and a goal and he's sleeping on the couch in the gym he's so committed and so again I am lucky and blessed to be able to shake that man's hand and be a very very small part in
his seven bucks Journey all right I gotta hop in a bird and now I gotta fly to see my babies don't jump in there because Barracuda love black people I tried once they hate me though there's alligators in there yeah to find out go ahead oh no no no no oh
