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Hi, I'm Mark Kerr, and I'm representing American Freestyle Wrestling, and I'm

here at the Rogue Valley 203 to prove that it's the best fighting style.

And that is wrestler Mark Kerr, 6 '1", 260 pounds from Toledo, Ohio. And again,

his specialty is freestyle wrestling, and this is his first professional

This guy, we expect a lot out of this guy, because his quarterback, Richard

Hamilton, who brought in three of the strongest Americans to ever step into

ring, that would be Dan Severin, Don Fry, and Mark Coleman. He told us

today that this guy is the best he has ever seen. And as he enters the ring for

the first time in his professional career, we will see how he holds up to

of the toughest competition.

And now coming in is the biggest here, Paul Farland, 6 '8", 330 pounds.

From San Jose, California. And he's had eight years of wrestling experience too.

But he's definitely more skilled on his feet.

And there is Sergio Bartorelli getting the fighters ready as we await the

opening bell. And this fight is underway.

And Curry's going at it. He is trying to take it down. Can he take it down? Oh!

A massive takedown on Barland. A double -weight takedown by Curry.

Look at him jockeying for position. Wrestling skills on full display. And

knee to the face. Wow! A magnificent knee to the face. And another knee to

face. I'll tell you what, Barlins is one tough kid, but he's taking some brutal

shots to the face here. His face is getting destroyed right now.

Bottorelli is watching on. He has just yet stopped the fight. It is over. And

Kerr wins his debut.

That's right. Barlins was unable to stop the fight. Bottorelli had to step in.

Whoa. Look at that. Some serious cuts there.

Take your time.

Take your time.

Take your time.

TKO, rest stop.

You know who you are?

You know who you are?

You know what happened?

He'll be fine, Mark. He'll be fine, Mark. Back to your mark.

And what do you see in the beginning of life?

You know, the second that bell rings, you can just look at some people and you

can just tell that they're dead.

That's when you can see it in their eyes. You can even smell it in their

Wow. But you know, it isn't until the first time I put my hands up and really

start my bell, you can really feel it almost instantly if the person is going

get in or not.

So, what happens next?

Am I going to hurt him the way he hurts me?

If he happens to hurt me, then I'm going to hurt him two times as bad.

Let me tell you something. When you get punched in the face, you don't have to

react. You can either cower away or you can want to punish the person for

punching. But I've developed a third way.

You know, if I get kicked or if I get punched, I'm going to do something

different to punish you.

I'm going to physically impose my will on you.

And it's really cool when that happens, when the person just lets go and totally

wonders what's in your heart. And that's a pretty powerful thing.

It's crazy because it isn't funny.

I was kind of having fun.

I was operating on an animal instinct that just took over.

I'm going to try and explain it, but maybe in this way that is.

What do you mean? Like the moment I felt that rush, that first hit,

I realized I was getting close to something that's almost magical.

Wow. You get to the point where you have to ask yourself, like, would you stick

your finger in your opponent's cut?

Spread it out a little bit more. It's just the win to make you feel pain,

wouldn't it? I mean, I guess I would. Of course you would.

You know why?

Because winning is the best feeling there is.

Yeah. And keep in mind, this was a tournament down in Brazil.

So if you won, you didn't go home.

No. You went on and you fought the next guy.

And then the next guy right after that. And then the next guy. And then the next

guy. By the end, it felt like a god.

in this world matter, I think.

And it kind of might be the best feeling in the world, you know? Yeah.

And it's a feeling I didn't even know was possible.

I mean, fuck, man, I'm getting chills right now to tell you about that.

Super tough.

What is it that you think you're going to bring to the table? I think that I

feel really good about my cardiovascular level. I feel great about my power,

which I've improved on.

But you know what? It's like the difference between a flashlight and a

beam.

Wow.

That's awesome. What do you mean by that?

I have to make sure that I'm 100 % concentrated on what I have to do.

Because if not, then my emotions will be running around everywhere. like a

flashlight yeah i mean think about it it applies to you and everybody else in

this realm if we don't control our emotions our fears and our anxieties

get the best of it you know what happens we get slapped around by emotions and

we can't have that that's right right hey kerr get your ass up you're all

waiting buddy thank you so much yeah thank you very much i appreciate you

oh man see the difference the shape of the ring

The cage. The cage, y 'all.

First time in the office, y 'all.

Y 'all, guys, come on. There's only been 14 of these.

Excuse me, Bowman?

Yeah, yeah. Can I ask about your plans to take on Bowman?

On Bowman?

Um, sure.

Yeah.

Get him down early.

Got it. I'm gonna go with him up. All right.

Sorry, where was I?

You were talking about Bowman.

into the big boys.

Mark Kerr making his debut against Motee Hortenstein. He has made his second

appearance in the NBA, moving only to Mark Hogan.

And here comes 255 pounds, Mark Kerr, his former division one

NCAA champion.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for the big men, as we begin our...

An NCAA divisional champion, he's down 6 -1 and weighs in at

255 pounds.

Yeah, it's more like martial arts that have been around for thousands of years

and we bring them all together to see which one is the best.

So I come from a wrestling background, but I might fight a guy who comes from a

karate background or a guy who comes from a boxing background. Yeah, I have

heard about this.

That's the bloody thing they're trying to ban.

Yes, that's right. That's right, it is. But I've got to tell you, the popularity

of the sport comes from...

Thank you so much.

It was great to talk to you.

Thank you. It was great to talk to you too.

Yes.

What's up, little man?

I'm sorry, he's kind of shy, but I think he wants your autograph.

Sure, no problem.

What's your name?

His name is Convo.

But could you make it out to his brother Murray, too?

Hey, Mark. Hey, Raja.

How's it going? How are you, Ben?

Great. You must be a little jet lagged. Yeah, I just blew it this morning.

Where'd you come from again? Japan.

So USP's now in Japan?

No, it's kind of like an NBA -ABA situation.

Two different leagues. This one's called Pride.

Well, why don't you take off your shirt? Let me take a look.

Okay, so we're doing the usual, sending your scripts over to Safeway.

You know what I'm thinking this month? I'm going to switch over to A to Z. They

handle my insurance much better. Let's do that.

Okay, sure. Yeah, that's no problem. I can switch the insurance over.

You know what? Let's not even deal with the insurance.

You know how they are over at Safeway. They're just such a pain in the butt.

Plus, it's easier for you. I'll just pay out of pocket.

Sure, some things there are going to be expensive. Yeah, no, not a problem. I

don't get punched in the face with nothing.

I'll pay out of pocket. Not a problem.

throw this out do you have this here's the skim milk right yeah that's what's

the whole milk why didn't you tell me i thought i know you gotta tell me these

things i'm gonna get it wrong if you don't tell me

How much banana did you put in?

Half a banana.

Half?

We changed that.

What is it now?

It's actually one and a half.

Oh, come on.

Come on.

Isn't that an attack?

How many times has it been? She's destroyed the cat. This is expensive.

Come on, let her back up. If she can sit on me, she'll be

fine. Come on, baby.

It was really nice of you to make my smoothie. I really... I mean it. Thank

you. Shut your mouth.

No, I mean it. Thank you.

Even though it was made with the wrong milk, you didn't know.

But thank you.

How's that feel?

Feels great.

Do you want some more?

Should you have it like that? You're going to stretch me more.

Never. No.

No. No.

I need you more and more.

I need you more and

more.

Would you mind opening the shade? I'd love to see the sunset.

Sure.

Thank you.

Oh, that's my beck and call

So why do I

With nothing at

all

But when I do...

Um,

contract says, past contract.

Says 3 ,300.

Okay.

Remaining.

Remaining, yes, remaining.

So, 3 ,300 still remaining come to me.

So, one month, no contract, no money, no more, this is it?

Yes, no contracts anymore.

No money. That's it.

Am I speaking too fast?

Maybe my English is too fast.

I'm going to need more money.

We have to discuss about this.

We have to discuss, yes. No, no, not you.

I'm talking to my headquarters, not you.

You're going to speak to your headquarters?

Yes. Okay. It's okay.

I understand that, but before I fight again, we should clear this up. We

have an understanding.

We should have an agreement, yes? Before I fight again.

Yes. Okay.

Just wait.

It's fair.

It's okay.

Arigato.

Arigato. Yes.

You're an animal.

Good. Anything good out there?

No, I'm already back, buddy.

Yep.

So, how do you know Mark Kerr?

Mark Kerr and I go way back.

You know, we wrestled each other back in 88, you know, and so way back then I

knew who Mark Kerr was.

You know, we competed against each other, but he's a buddy of mine.

Oh, so who started the professional first?

I guess I did because I was a couple years ahead of him.

Kind of got into that fighting game prior to him. He got in. I was trying to

help him out. I was actually his first kind of trainer and manager.

Oh, yeah. It was fun times. But, you know, now we train together.

And he's come into his own. I mean, look what he's been doing. I'm super proud

of him.

And, yeah, I couldn't be more proud.

Which one would you like to see?

The ball, please, with the goal.

Yes, it is so artistic and very extensive.

It's beautiful.

Sorry,

I don't understand.

I don't speak Japanese.

What did you say?

Oh, I'll take this too, please.

For my girlfriend, she loves colors.

He

has

a hard punch.

It's probably going to be my toughest fight.

Because of his experience.

but i have to fight a clean fight i have to fight a very technical fight if i'm

going to be victorious but we as a human sometimes we lose what you

think that would feel like can you imagine that you know i try not to let

thoughts like that enter my mind but if they do i

really wouldn't know what to do with them because i i don't know what that's

like

Never lost a fight.

Sorry, but that's the truth.

Can I ask you one more time?

I'm going to ask you as a journalist.

Hypothetically speaking, have I lost?

I don't know.

I didn't even respond to that because I've never lost.

Thank you.

I mean, I'm trying to intellectualize it with you, but I just...

We apologize if we kept you waiting.

We would like to start with the following rule changes.

The following actions are now deemed to be illegal.

Number one, biting.

Number two, eye gouging.

Number three, head patting.

And now...

I'm sorry.

I would just like to make sure that we understood correctly.

If the opponent is in a position while his face

is upward,

Is it allowed for the person standing to kick in the face?

Yes, that is okay.

Thank you.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

I'm going to have to ask you to close your tray table.

Thank you.

Be patient. Find your time. Get them down. Do your thing.

You're going to have fun.

Bye.

See you later.

See you, Dawn. Bye.

Buddy, I'm thinking like 5 to 10, all right?

Yeah.

Come here.

Come here.

Okay.

You made me feel so fucking stupid coming in here. It's like you got your

shit or something.

I fucking flew halfway across the globe. You asked me to come. I said thank you.

Oh, yeah? And then you asked like a fucking dick in front of your friends.

call me next time. Please, Dom, come. I'm lonely.

Fuck you. I'm trying to focus. It has nothing to do with you. Can you say

to me? You don't even have time to say hello to me. It has nothing to do with

you. I just don't want to fight.

Not now. Please. Would it be easier if I punched you in the face?

Yes. Punch me in the fucking face. Could we communicate? Punch me in the fucking

face. Punch me in the fucking face. The biggest lie of my life. Punch me in the

fucking face.

Come in.

I'm so lonely. We are ready for downstairs.

Can you just come with me? Yeah, thank you.

I'm out of fucking control.

UFC champion, cornering Mark Kerr.

a sniper possibly as

dangerous

That's right y 'all, no knees allowed to the head.

Attention. Bam!

On top of the head.

Wrong. Foul.

Referee, no call foul. And then twice, two more times. Bam!

On top of my head.

And I was laying on the ground waiting for the referee to call foul.

He didn't call foul.

It's wrong. It's illegal.

On top of the head. Bam! Okay, okay. Twice. I told you.

Please, please.

Yeah, okay.

I didn't lose.

Thank you.

some bumps and bruises you're not injured you'll heal up in a week or two

okay okay yeah yeah yeah that's right

i'll heal up in a week or two tops i mean my hands aren't broken my

my feet are fine my head's a little banged up you go where's one fucking

give them that

I'm gonna run outside. I won't be back yet. Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. What

do

you mean?

About the fight. The past two weeks have been out drinking and stuff and

partying. You never brought that up?

To you?

To me, yeah.

He doesn't need to be drinking two weeks before a fight. I'm not his trainer.

And I'm not a fighter. And he seemed fine about it.

He seemed fine.

And I don't know if he ever thought this was possible. That he would lose. And I

didn't think it was possible.

Alright. I get it.

Just be there for him, okay?

We have decided to call this fight with the evil no contest.

No contest?

We're very happy to have you back at Pride again. Thank you. Thank you.

What did they say?

They decided to call it no contest.

That's awesome.

Why are you still so sad?

I'm not sad.

It's just, I don't do that for no contest.

I want the decision.

You know what I mean? It's just, I'm out there. I'm sacrificing everything.

Literally, you know, I'm sacrificing everything out there for the reward at

end. It's the high from that thing that I do, the thing that I just did out

there. It's a high that there's no other high like it in the world. I can only

imagine. Yeah, I can see it. I can see it in you when you're doing it. It's 40

,000 people and they're cheering you on. I mean, that's orgasmic.

John, I'm not kidding.

I'm not kidding.

I'm talking about the highest of highs.

And two men out there competing against each other. And it's only us. And it's

so raw.

But you just got to have the competition.

And you have that feeling you thought you had the feeling but you don't feel

happy about it I'm trying to explain it to you. But yeah, you just keep talking.

You just keep talking over me No, I'm trying to understand what you're saying

How many stitches?

Four.

Four stitches.

Does the body feel okay?

A little bit of the knee.

A little bit of the knee. You know why?

A lot of my head.

I'm sorry. No, no, no. It's okay.

It's totally okay.

Tell them it's natural, natural reaction.

My head was down there, my face is down there.

Let's all get a picture. Yeah, yeah, yeah, let's do it together.

Let's do it, yeah.

Let's all get in, let's all, everybody in.

Get down, can you take this picture for me? Thank you.

Yeah, come on.

Look at you, the best one.

You're the best one.

Thank you. This is cold. Cold and heat? This is heat. Heat, okay.

Three?

Three? No, just one.

Really? Just one?

Just one?

Just one.

Okay. Do you have any stronger pain medication?

Pain medication?

Yes. Honey, I don't think they do that. No, they do. They've got everything back

there. Like...

Narcotics? Opium? No, no, no, no. Why not?

You must... Certification.

Certification. Yes, yes.

Permission. Permission.

That's okay. It's okay. Just take what they have. We have it. Permission?

You get permission for me?

Thank you.

No, no. It's too late. Yes?

What do you have for me that's strong?

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Hey, Joan. Hey, it's Mark.

Yeah, I'm great. How are you doing?

Great. I'm calling because I know Dr. Rob was going to write that prescription

for Voltaren for me.

Yeah, but Voltaren as a pill, it's a little hard on my tummy.

Yeah, and I know that you guys can give me the injection, but you don't want to

see me in there every day.

So what I was hoping is if Dr. Rob can write a prescription that's a little

better than Votarin, that's a little stronger, too, as well.

Oh, great.

Yeah. That would be great.

So whenever he gets back in the office, just have him give me a call. I'll be

here.

I'm feeling really good. I appreciate it. Well, you know, like a day without

pain is like a day without sunshine.

Gotta keep eating, Mark.

Yeah.

Not gonna get any better than we.

Yeah.

I know.

He'll keep coming out and finding you like this.

What do you mean?

He'll keep telling me you're gonna quit and then come out and... Maybe I just

need to, you know, just have to get through this.

This moment.

You're fine.

What do you want from me? Do you want me just to pretend that everything's fine?

No, what do you mean?

You don't look like this.

I don't look like... I just want you to be my girl.

That's all. What do you mean? Look like what?

Keep telling me we're going to take a hike.

We are going to take a hike. We're going to go today.

You don't even hide it from me anymore.

You keep going in the bathroom and seeing your shit everywhere.

It's okay.

It's okay. It's getting bad, Mark. It's getting crazy.

That's for pain. No, it's insane.

And you need to get serious. I am serious.

What do you mean? Because I don't even know where this person is. I am serious.

I'm going through this. What are you, going through the house looking to find

stuff to get me in trouble? No. How about you stop treating me like a

child? How about that?

Stop acting like one. I wouldn't have to. Like, you lost a fight. Big deal.

get over it.

You want to fight?

I'll take that.

Ready?

Ready, see what you got.

Looks like I'm winning.

Okay, okay.

The winner is Daddy.

I fought a tough opponent, my toughest yet. Feels good to be in the win column

again. And after this payday, I'm going to give my girl a new playhouse

and a bike.

And hold on.

I'll go.

Here,

walk me through everything from the beginning.

Is he alive?

I didn't know, you know, at first.

Oh, fucking God, okay.

I know, calm down, calm down.

Okay, I need you to come and help me, okay?

I'm going to get on the first flight out, all right?

I'm going to help you.

I will be there as soon as I can.

I need you to talk to him. I got you, I got you.

I'll see you soon.

First flight.

What's he doing?

He just woke up. He's like in the house. He's not okay.

He's awake now? Yeah.

Be careful of your hands.

What's going on, man?

How are you?

What's up, Tom?

Your cipher's so nice.

Jesus Christ.

You're looking a little rough.

Not gonna lie. Oh, man.

You should see the soap in this place, man.

What? It's like fucking glue.

Yeah, I can kind of see it. I know, man. It's just doing a number on my hair,

you know?

Yeah. Man, you look good, man. Thank you.

So, uh, what the fuck happened? Oh, man. Did you just shake or something?

Yeah, I, um, I got sick.

I got sick, and it was pretty unbelievable.

It was pretty bad.

That's the right word. It was bad.

So what happened?

Can you give me the whole story?

I was on the floor and I couldn't wake up.

And then Don came in and he was the one waking me up.

He couldn't wake me up either.

Again.

that's weird it's fine keep going though yeah yeah no yeah i don't have her i

know that um so then so then dawn dawn called um she called 9

-1 -1 and then the ambulance came paramedics came in and then and then

couldn't wake me up either and then they put me in the ambulance and then and

then they were i was kind of like in this weird altered state like i i was

of where i was and i could kind of I see things a little blurry, but I can hear

everything. So my acuity was pretty good. They were asking me questions, and

got a few of the questions wrong a little bit.

Like, who was the president? They said, who's the president? What'd you say?

Ronald Reagan.

You fucking believe that?

I mean, shit, I'd say that anywhere. I would say that even on a good day. I

would tell them, like, you guys can't ask. That's when I realized, like, it's

kind of unfair, you know, the way they were.

Hey. yeah listen just stop all right please

hey you're good look

i didn't come out here because i love things dude all right i

came here because i want to see you get better you can't keep doing this to

yourself

I'm so sorry. It's me. You don't have to apologize.

Okay?

I'm one of your best friends in the world, right?

And I'm here because I love you.

Okay? Come here.

Come here.

Come here.

I fucking love you, man.

You're not going to die.

All right? Look at me. I can't. I can't. We're all in this together, all right?

There's tons of people that love you.

We've got to start with you, okay?

And you've got this.

All right?

All right. I know. I know.

I know.

If you can't come around At

least don't tell

You are.

Thank you for having me today. No problem.

I have a little bit strange question for you.

Okay.

Are you okay to fight without your friend?

Marker? Yes, Marker.

Yeah, I've been worried about him for quite a while now.

You know, just as a friend.

I know your feelings.

I think that loss to Igor, or whatever you want to call it, the no contest, I

think that was the best thing that could have happened to him.

I feel like he's going to come back a better version of himself.

You know, I know he wants to be here. He loves you guys.

And he's distraught that he can't make it.

So what makes you keep being motivated?

I mean, a lot of people tell me I should retire, you know, and give it up.

But I got a family, you know, and there's a lot worse ways to make a

you know. So I'm looking forward to Sunday.

I think it's going to be a good one.

So not only is Mark Coleman here without the support of his friend Mark Kerr,

who had to drop out of his own fight here due to health reasons, but he is

on an uphill battle against time. After his recent losses, you have to ask

yourself, is this the end of the road for Mark Coleman, or will he extend his

career just one more time?

for Ricardo Rice, breathing new life into his career.

He clearly has worked long and hard to get back in this place and mindset.

It's about perspective, okay?

On the inside, you don't feel it. It's like you're not moving. You're like

pinned against the wall.

You're going to love it. You're going to love it.

It doesn't move on the inside?

It moves, but it's moving so fast that you can't even feel it.

I really don't want to go on the ride with her, but I have this stomach. Is

there the center part in there?

The thing that stays still, right? Can I stand in there, in the middle part? In

the center part? Yes.

No, that would be a serious liability.

Well, where would you recommend I stand then? Because I don't want to get sick

on the ride, but I do want to ride.

You don't want to get sick on the ride? I would suggest you don't go on the

ride. Because you can't handle it. Okay.

Well, it's not that I can't handle it. It's just that I'm choosing not to go on

it. Okay, I'm going to go on the ride.

You're going to hold my cake.

You're going to hold my bag.

Okay.

This is my sister.

tops will get bigger i wanted this to look like the roadrunner cartoon well

that's not the way it works right now it steals water and then it ruins the

integrity from the larger arms i'm sorry i didn't realize it was such a big deal

it's just a plant it's not just a plant that's just a little cactus they're hard

to grow like that can i have that knife

You make a really great father, you know that?

It's very nice of you to say, and I mean it, but... It's true.

Well, thank you.

I'm just not ready, and I don't know why you keep bringing that up. That's

right. It's like you keep forcing it. I'm not forcing it. I was just saying

have great qualities and you make a great dad, that's all.

Why'd you bring it up?

To be nice.

Well, it's not nice because you keep making me say no.

You already know how I feel about that. Look, I love kids.

But I'm always gone.

My mind is preoccupied with everything else that's going on, and you keep

bringing this up about having kids.

I don't know what you want me to do. I look around, and I'm already doing

everything already.

That's not true.

It is true.

I'm already doing everything around here.

I understand.

I just don't have the mental space to have a kid, and I'm sorry. I don't like

telling you that. I was just trying to be nice. I know.

Okay? I know, and it's very nice, and I appreciate it. It's just not the right

time. Okay.

Really, Don? Look at all the leaves in the pool. Are you kidding me, Mark?

That was this morning.

I know, but... I'll do it.

It's really fucking annoying to be honest with you.

He's on this whole high horse tank and I thought I could handle it and I don't

know if I can because it's like being with a completely different fucking

now. You know how it is when people get sober. It's all they can talk about.

When he was using me he was like tender and sweet and he relied upon me and now

it's like he's distant. It's hard. It's hard to know and he's like shitty and

picking on me and well, I don't know. I think I miss him.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

This reminds me never to go back to that place.

You're a joke and a headache and you can kind of feel it.

That makes a lot of sense.

Yeah, I thought so. That's why I said it.

You know, I'm just out of rehab.

Please, please, really.

I didn't do it in front of you. No, but you're just not being nice to me right

now. You're not being very nice to me.

What does that even mean? I didn't do anything. I haven't done anything. You

just got your shit together for 21 days.

It doesn't make you any better than me.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean it in that way. Mark, it's... It's just because you've

got a problem with something doesn't mean that everyone in the world has the

same problem that you do, okay? So just give me a break. You wouldn't

understand.

Who are you calling?

Hey, Jeff, it's Mark. Oh, it's your sponsor. Okay, you know what? You're no

anymore. You're no fun anymore. You're just a fucking down and pale bitch. Hold

on. Hold on one second. I'm not calling on you. This is the most difficult time

of my life, darling. Please.

Please. I need you to understand. I do understand. I do. I understand.

But then you go and call Jeff and then you just shut me out and it really hurts

my feelings and I'm here to talk to you, okay?

You just gotta let me in. You don't need Jeff. Hang on. Hang on. This is what

I'm talking about. This up and down. I don't know who I'm talking to.

How the fuck can you... Your behavior is just so unhealthy for me right now.

Please.

You know what? Fuck you, Mark.

Just go fuck yourself.

Can you hear what I'm dealing with now? So uncomfortable in my own home. I'll

give you a chance to hear what she was saying.

Yeah.

The reason is that you're fucking jealous that I can still go out and get

with my friends and it's completely fine and you wish you could do that.

Hope you and Jeff are real fucking happy together.

I'm going to call you back. All right. Thanks, Jeff.

Dawn?

Today, we are happy to have our greatest fighters in one room together for this

press conference.

Please give a round of applause for them.

We will be holding a tournament over two events leading to a championship fight

that will result in the number one fighter in all of the world.

Also, we regret that we disappointed the fans last time with the cancellation of

the main card of Ensign Inoue versus Mark Curry.

We have received Mark's word that this will not happen again.

And he has asked for some time to address his Japanese fans regarding his

inclusion in this special tournament.

And thank you to everyone for allowing me to be here today.

I'd like to apologize first and foremost to the Pride organization and staff.

You have been extremely understanding to me during my time

of dealing with my personal struggles.

And finally, to the Japanese people.

the Japanese fans.

I know that you've been questioning whether I am the fighter that you

that I was.

And one of my biggest regrets in life is the answer to that question.

I wasn't.

And I'm ashamed about that.

But I promise you that I'm going to work even harder to

Make this up to you.

Thank you.

Arigato.

Look what the cat dragged in.

Batito!

Batito!

Man, good to see you.

I guess we got some work to do. A little bit.

I'm just kidding. Take a look at this.

Man,

they're taking all your weapons away.

They took everything away.

Coleman's been working on striking and kicking.

The promoters told them they don't want to see any more grappling and wrestling.

Yeah, they want to see knockouts. They want to see people get knocked out.

Well, look how we beat Ricardo.

Knocked him out, right? I mean, and Emerson actually is going to do exactly

same thing to you. He's going to come for you, and he wants to knock you out.

You're just going to move backwards, wait for the right moment, shoot him,

his ass down, and then you just hit him in the face, I guess.

So no striking? No, no striking. Well, you need to know striking in order to

him to tie up and take him to the ground, but come on, man, you know it's

plan, right?

Five wins by knockout, five wins by submission, and then last year on my

freaking birthday, who won the Abu Dhabi Combat Park World Championship?

You did.

He's not going to take you down. He saw you beat four amazing grapplers. Nobody

came even close to submitting you.

So trust me, this guy is not going to take you to the ground.

Ready? I think so.

You think so?

Mark says yes or no.

I think so. Are you ready?

Yes. Ah, look at the side of this. Your old marquito is back.

Okay,

here

we go. Two.

Good. Again.

Four.

Good. Up and get straight.

Nice. Very good. Good.

Now switch.

Boom. There we go. Stop playing with that.

That's good.

Good. That's how you should feel.

You're looking where you're going to hit, right? And when they hit you in the

head, you're going to defend it.

Now, so what I do, I hit the body and hit him hard because he needs to defend

it. He needs to respect it. Oh, to the body.

Oh, to the body. Same load up. Oh, to the head. But you see, you don't look at

the head.

All right? So you hit the head. Boom. And you go.

Buster.

Buster, you okay?

He's having a heart attack.

We'll call 911 right now.

My freaking cousin did. Did you hear it?

It's messed up my career.

No!

No, it's freaking just going to go off for an hour and a half. I know it isn't

many, many times.

Shit!

We

need

to get something, guys.

No one is coming. I need to go to a hospital.

Oh,

this is going to be an hour and a half. I know this is going to be an hour and a

half.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's try with this one.

Oh, dude.

Okay, okay.

Which one?

Which one?

This one?

Yeah.

I'm not using, I swear to God, I'm clean. This is old. I don't give a shit,

dude, anything.

I don't give a shit.

Five seconds, all your pain

is gone.

Oh, dude, I feel like a plant.

How do you fight in that shit?

Just get used to it.

Wow.

Wow.

Just breathe.

Now I know why you're always sweating.

You're always sweating.

Just breathe.

Different world.

Different

world.

Much more than this.

I did it my way.

Regrets?

I've had a few.

Again and again.

I did what I had to do.

I saw it through without intention.

I planned each chartered course, each county

step.

There's more than this.

I did it my way.

Yes, there were times I'm sure you knew when

I've been home more than I could do.

Sing along.

opening round.

Tonight, we have 16 men competing in eight different fights. One class I'm

really excited about is the class between Mark Kerr and Ensign Inouye.

Wrestling versus Jiu -Jitsu. That's going to be a great one, Bob. It's going

be a super exciting fight, and I'll tell you why. Because last time, Mark Kerr

wasn't in the best shape. This time, though, he came back to me, and you know

well as I do.

Once you acquire the skill set to mix martial arts, I think that endurance is

the most important aspect of mixed martial arts. So he can go to this.

Let's hope so.

One thing everybody's been talking about.

is the potential collision between the two Americans in this tournament.

But have you spoken to either Kerr or Coleman about the thought of fighting

a good friend for a changing amount of money? That's a super intense question,

Stephen, and no, I have not. But I can only imagine they'll deep hit each

other's heads right now.

Got you mid -breath.

Yeah, I was exhausted.

Good though, man.

Yeah.

All right, go to five.

Look at that.

That was a great one mid -kick.

Call me when I have some fun.

What do you mean?

to welcome us all to the first round of the Prime 2000 Grand Prix Tournament.

This is the first round of the two -round Grand Prix to crown the greatest

fighter in the world. I've got to say, it's so great to see Mark Kerr back out

there smiling amongst this highly elite group of fighters.

Please rise for the star -speckled banner.

Thank you.

he could with the hopes that he could continue his ride here at the top of

sport. If he wins this fight, he will secure a spot in the final round of his

Grand Prix. He will go for life in that $200 ,000 Grand Prix.

Next up is Mr.

Ice Cold Igor Olshensky as he looks to move on to the finals of the Pride 2000

Grand Prix.

And into the finals.

is truly remarkable, and we should all commend him for such a turnaround.

But this is his first real test against the dangerous and promising new fighter

in Ensign Inouye, and I can't help but ask myself, does Mark Kerr still have it

in him? Can he still fight with everything he's been through?

I guess we'll find out the answer to that question very soon.

That was Vince's performance with Kerr, and he and Bob should be extremely proud

of that one.

There he is.

Mark Kerr.

All those fighters you see in the ring will go into the finals on May 1st,

The winner of the tournament walks away with a whopping $200 ,000.

Life -changing money. Now that's no chump change.

I don't wanna have to mess you up.

I'm ready.

I think it's the point that it's...

No, no, no, it doesn't look bad. It doesn't look bad.

It's beautiful.

It's the most meaningful thing anyone's ever done.

And I love you.

You're so sweaty, oh God.

No, no, no.

Let's run.

Chop, chop.

Ding, ding, ding.

I work out for about an hour, go back to the hotel, and then we hit the road,

drive back to Phoenix.

So what are you going to do next week?

With who? Who's going to do it for you? I'll figure it out.

I really believe it's a good idea.

Yeah. Yeah. Okay.

You ready, baby?

I'm ready, baby.

You done?

Yeah.

What do you think?

Where'd my babies go?

He's right here.

Call me when I'm calling you. Did you call him?

No, I just called him to check up on me. So Bob also called you, which I thought

was kind of weird.

It's not weird. They're my friends. I just thought it was funny that they were

both calling you.

Well, it's not funny. They're my friends. It's perfectly normal for them

me just to check up on me. They just called you out of the blue?

Don, I have a big fight in a couple of weeks. They're probably just calling to

see how I feel about it.

Colin, to make sure you wouldn't cave and bring me to Japan with you?

You listened to my answers? Yeah, I did. I did, because I'm not hearing shit

from you. So do you agree with them?

What are you talking about, Colin? Say that you don't want me to go with you to

Japan. I'm not going to say that. Why? Just say it.

I just need, like, a couple of days. That's it. I just need two days. That's

Just to poke you.

Are you saying I can't help you, folks?

No, I'm not saying that at all. I'm just saying, Don, I need you to understand

this is a big deal for me. It's the biggest fight ever.

I just need a couple of days. That's it. Just a couple of days to focus. I got

it. I got it. I got it.

You know what? I don't fucking get it. What don't you get? I don't fucking get

it because I do everything for you around here, okay? I book your

I cook for you. I clean your fucking underwear. I know you do. I know you're

not. I thanked you in the past, and I appreciate everything you do.

This is a crazy tournament. This is the biggest fight of my life. Just say you

don't want me to go. I'm not going to say that. You're confusing the

I'm not going to say that. You're confusing about it. You just look me in

eye, and you tell me you hate me, and you don't want me to go.

I'm not going to say that. I'm not going to say that. And how many times do I

have to rewrite my boundaries with you?

This is so fucking exhausting.

Please, John.

Mark, I just need you to let me in.

I'm so excluded from everything, and I'd love to know about your fighting, and

I'd love to know about your training, and how you're feeling in your body, but

you don't want to tell me anything. Oh, no.

Shit. Don't do that.

Do not do that. Don't act like all of a sudden you give two shits about my body

and my training when the only thing you care about is yourself.

Really? Inserting yourself into everything. Yes, that's it.

Always about you. Only about fucking you.

Everything is about you. You. And all you give me are your shitty fucking

leftovers, and you keep telling me it's dinner time. Oh, that's good. You read

that one in your little fucking book? Fuck.

Well, yeah, I did. That's how I feel. Really? That's how you feel? You want to

know how I feel? You know what sucks and what's not nice is that I'm working my

ass off trying to stay sober around here. Sir, okay. Yeah, maybe I'll call

sponsor. Don't fucking do that. You stop.

Don't fucking work my program like that. Don't you fucking work my program like

that. You want to hit me?

Let's go. Come on.

Let's fucking go.

I don't know what to do. I'm working my ass off to make a life -changing amount

of money. What are you doing? I just get out of rehab, and you're out till 4 o

'clock in the morning with your friends. You're drinking.

You're eating Advil at fucking 2 .30 in the afternoon.

You think that's nice to me? You think that's encouraging?

No, it's rude, and it's selfish, and it's fucked up, and that's why you're

going to Japan.

I knew it was you. I knew it was your fucking idea.

You knew it. Yeah, of course you did. Of course. Because it's all about you.

All about you.

But you don't care about me. You don't care about my feelings. You just care

about yourself and your dumb fucking friends and your stupid fucking

My stupid fucking fighting?

That's paid for this fucking house, my stupid fucking fighting that's paid for

the car, paid for that fucking outfit.

But that's how you like it, Mark.

That's on you.

All these insecurities are on you. So whatever's going on in that fucked up

of yours, that's an inside job.

I don't think you know a damn thing about me.

You don't know a damn thing about me. You know that, Mark?

because everybody's coming over and everyone's excited and I was really

about it and I feel like we could just talk about this tomorrow and I don't

to come to Japan or anything, it's okay.

Don't go in the room, pack a bag and get out.

two hearts beat old engines running through a nice

old tunnel in a bedroom

locked in whispers of some god's

refusal

Don, open the door.

Baby,

we're going to talk this through.

I need you to look me in the eyes just so you can see what I'm feeling, Don.

I wasn't going to do anything.

I was just pretending.

take her to see a doctor.

A doctor is going to assess her miserable.

Will I be able to go see her? You'll be able to see her after a medical doctor

actually come in and assess her first.

Fujita or Mark?

Yeah, that's a very difficult question. I don't think I can answer that one.

I totally understand.

Let's say, what if Mark Carr does win?

Would it be hard for you to fight such a good friend of yours?

Yeah, of course. But look, if it happens, it happens, right? I'm going to

my all. He's going to do the same.

And we'll see what happens.

Thank you very much. Thank you.

to pit him against the winner of Kuro vs. Fujita later this evening.

Coleman's trainer has told us that he has been working on his boxing game

recently and that we should watch out for him.

The judges have to have seen that.

And there you have it, folks.

It's a unanimous decision win for Mark the Hammer Coleman.

It was a dominant one -sided victory that brings him one step closer to the

grand prize.

Coleman will await the winner of the fight between Kazuyuki Fujita and his

friend, Mark Kerr.

Kazuyuki Fujita presents a tough time. A challenge for Kerr as he is one of the

best heavyweights in the division.

The win here would cement Fujita's place in history.

From the looks on his face and his attitude, Fujita appears to be a man on

mission. And something tells me it might take a wrecking ball to stop it.

Kerr is fresh off his miraculous win over Ensign Inouye in the first round.

he looks to keep his good fortune going with a win against one of the toughest

fighters in the division.

Will Kerr... Silence his critics here with a win, or will all his hopes and

dreams come crashing down?

If Kerr is in any way similar to the man I know he is, he will want to win this

fight and turn it more than life itself.

Because we have seen a lot of tap outs in this tournament.

But Mark fell on his sword in front of these thousands of fans. And for them,

would rather be beaten than quit.

I can tell you from experience, that takes a team champion.

Fujita moves on to fight Mark Coleman for a place in the final fight of the

evening as we await the winner of the Bochanchin vs. Sakuraba fight. And we

closer to that $200 ,000 grand prize.

Do you know what happened to you?

Yeah, I lost him.

Yeah, you did.

Do you know where you are right now?

The piano.

Good.

Do I need stitches?

Yeah, you need a few stitches.

Is it bad?

No, it's not hard.

I'm just going to go over here and get everything ready, all right? It'll be a

few minutes. You just sit tight here.

I hate to do this brother, but I gotta go back to the commentator table. I

go to work.

Okay.

Alright, man.

Pass. Thank you.

Thank you for everything.

Hey, he's okay. He's all right. We've got a gash here.

It's clearing up. Can I go in? No, no, no.

Go ahead.

What's going on, bud?

Hey, man.

How you doing?

You know.

You all right?

Yeah, a little banged up.

Nothing to worry about, though.

Whatever. Let it go.

It happened.

It's one night.

We've all been there.

You heard about Vegeta, right?

He's out. He's not coming back. He's injured.

Yeah, I know.

I know. It's all yours to win now, Colt.

For real? For real.

Yeah, buddy.

It's all yours. Go get it.

I'll fucking get it.

I'll appreciate that.

Love you, buddy.

Love you. We'll bring it home. I'll get it done.

So Mark Coleman is coming into this party looking fresh as ever.

After his good friend, Mark Kerr, inadvertently did him a favor after

injured his knee in a fight together.

The question is, will Coleman be able to avenge Kerr against his nemesis, Ivo

Volchanchen? Or will Ivor continue his reign as the top heavyweight in the

division? All right, Mark, I'm going to tell you what I'm going to do every step

of the way, all right?

Just let me know if anything's wrong.

I should also note, this is the first time a pride event has ever been

in North America.

And I think they are in for a real treat.

Do you remember when you loved me?

Before the world set me astray.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Forgive me.

Day by day, just baby love me

like you do.