1 00:00:00,542 --> 00:00:01,876 [TV static drones] 2 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:05,046 [bright tone] 3 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 5 00:00:13,430 --> 00:00:16,349 [pensive music] 6 00:00:16,433 --> 00:00:23,398 ♪ ♪ 7 00:00:27,694 --> 00:00:29,070 What's your name? 8 00:00:29,154 --> 00:00:31,698 Tatiana Suarez. 9 00:00:31,781 --> 00:00:34,325 Come on, Tatiana! 10 00:00:34,409 --> 00:00:37,495 - I believe that I'm the best in the world. 11 00:00:37,579 --> 00:00:39,831 I believe it with everything I have, 12 00:00:39,914 --> 00:00:42,917 with every atom in my body. 13 00:00:43,001 --> 00:00:44,252 - She's such a dominant figure. 14 00:00:44,336 --> 00:00:46,129 Suarez is on another level. 15 00:00:46,212 --> 00:00:48,798 - You haven't seen this kind of dominance in female MMA 16 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:50,842 in a long time. 17 00:00:50,884 --> 00:00:55,055 - Tatiana Suarez is one of the great what-ifs in MMA history. 18 00:00:55,138 --> 00:00:57,182 We all thought, like, she's gonna be a champion. 19 00:00:57,223 --> 00:00:59,225 - But life has thrown a lot of shit at her. 20 00:00:59,309 --> 00:01:01,519 Tatiana Suarez, at one point 21 00:01:01,561 --> 00:01:03,521 a U.S. Olympic hopeful in wrestling. 22 00:01:03,605 --> 00:01:06,483 Those plans were derailed with a serious injury 23 00:01:06,524 --> 00:01:09,986 which revealed something much larger than that. 24 00:01:10,028 --> 00:01:12,906 But she's overcome it all. 25 00:01:12,989 --> 00:01:14,574 - I've been through hell and back. 26 00:01:14,657 --> 00:01:15,992 I've overcome a lot. 27 00:01:16,034 --> 00:01:18,703 I'm never gonna stop till I'm at the top. 28 00:01:18,745 --> 00:01:20,205 This is my passion. 29 00:01:20,246 --> 00:01:22,665 This is what I feel like I was put here to do. 30 00:01:22,707 --> 00:01:26,086 But I was off for a very long time. 31 00:01:26,169 --> 00:01:27,420 You just think to yourself, like, 32 00:01:27,504 --> 00:01:28,963 will I be the same Tatiana? 33 00:01:29,047 --> 00:01:31,591 Will I be the same athlete? 34 00:01:31,675 --> 00:01:33,343 - The former wrestling prodigy returns 35 00:01:33,385 --> 00:01:36,805 after a nearly four-year layoff. 36 00:01:36,888 --> 00:01:37,931 Can you try it one more time? 37 00:01:38,014 --> 00:01:39,724 - Try a guillotine with it. - Yep. 38 00:01:43,436 --> 00:01:47,649 - Everybody saw so much potential in me, you know. 39 00:01:47,732 --> 00:01:50,735 Now after everything that I've gone through... 40 00:01:50,819 --> 00:01:54,906 - Fighting out of Rancho Cucamonga, California... 41 00:01:54,989 --> 00:01:57,075 It's finally my time. 42 00:01:57,158 --> 00:02:04,124 Tatiana Suarez! 43 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:17,887 - You all right? - Yeah. 44 00:02:27,647 --> 00:02:29,190 I didn't start MMA 45 00:02:29,274 --> 00:02:31,776 like I want to be second, third best. 46 00:02:34,237 --> 00:02:35,780 I wanna be the UFC Champion, 47 00:02:35,822 --> 00:02:38,616 and I truly, truly believe that since I stepped on the mat. 48 00:02:44,831 --> 00:02:48,418 When I'm out there, it's like we're playing chess or poker, 49 00:02:48,460 --> 00:02:51,588 and I have the best hand. 50 00:02:51,629 --> 00:02:53,256 People call it mixed martial arts, 51 00:02:53,298 --> 00:02:56,551 and it's, like, to me it is an art. 52 00:02:56,634 --> 00:02:59,346 It's like a way to express yourself. 53 00:02:59,429 --> 00:03:01,473 - Hey! [bell dings] 54 00:03:07,896 --> 00:03:09,731 Dude. 55 00:03:29,668 --> 00:03:31,836 - I've always been a competitor. 56 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:35,382 I've always had the drive and the ambition 57 00:03:35,465 --> 00:03:38,343 and the work ethic. 58 00:03:38,385 --> 00:03:40,970 I can't explain it. 59 00:03:41,012 --> 00:03:43,014 I've done it since I was a kid. 60 00:03:43,056 --> 00:03:45,850 [soft music] 61 00:03:45,934 --> 00:03:49,979 ♪ ♪ 62 00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:53,108 - Tatiana was always very, very active. 63 00:03:53,149 --> 00:03:56,027 Always wanted to be the center of attraction. 64 00:03:56,111 --> 00:03:59,698 [Tatiana giggling] 65 00:03:59,781 --> 00:04:02,534 She was always just a little rebel rouser. 66 00:04:02,617 --> 00:04:05,662 all: ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 67 00:04:05,704 --> 00:04:06,496 ♪ Happy birthday ♪ 68 00:04:06,538 --> 00:04:08,873 Chris, get your head down! 69 00:04:08,915 --> 00:04:11,876 - Tatiana used to always go to her brother Chris's 70 00:04:11,918 --> 00:04:15,672 wrestling practices and was very observant. 71 00:04:15,755 --> 00:04:17,048 We were at a tournament, 72 00:04:17,090 --> 00:04:18,550 and she said, "I wanna wrestle too." 73 00:04:18,633 --> 00:04:21,553 And I was like, "Girls don't really wrestle." 74 00:04:21,594 --> 00:04:24,639 - And Tatiana's always been somebody who, 75 00:04:24,723 --> 00:04:28,893 when she wants something, she's gonna do it. 76 00:04:28,977 --> 00:04:32,397 So she was wrestling boys. 77 00:04:32,439 --> 00:04:34,899 She had little fluffy socks on. 78 00:04:34,983 --> 00:04:38,153 She had a little high ponytail, her bangs, 79 00:04:38,236 --> 00:04:41,239 and she'd get out there and she'd just... 80 00:04:41,281 --> 00:04:43,116 whack! Put these kids to their backs. 81 00:04:43,199 --> 00:04:45,785 She would get up and smile. 82 00:04:47,787 --> 00:04:51,332 - I just fell in love with wrestling from a young age. 83 00:04:54,627 --> 00:04:56,421 [laughs] 84 00:04:59,382 --> 00:05:01,301 - We have a saying in wrestling. 85 00:05:01,384 --> 00:05:03,720 You gotta have a little bit of dog in you. 86 00:05:03,762 --> 00:05:06,097 Tatiana's a dog. 87 00:05:06,139 --> 00:05:07,932 It's that Mexican blood. 88 00:05:08,016 --> 00:05:10,352 It runs deep. 89 00:05:10,435 --> 00:05:12,437 Come on, Tatiana! 90 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:15,357 - When I was 12 years old, I made up my mind 91 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:16,816 that I was gonna be an Olympic champion. 92 00:05:16,900 --> 00:05:18,777 Yeah! 93 00:05:18,818 --> 00:05:22,447 - When I got to high school, I just kept 94 00:05:22,489 --> 00:05:24,449 that same goal in my head. 95 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,537 - She didn't go to her graduation. 96 00:05:29,621 --> 00:05:31,081 She didn't go to the prom. 97 00:05:31,122 --> 00:05:33,792 Most of the time, if there was a dance at school, 98 00:05:33,833 --> 00:05:37,337 there was some wrestling tournament that she was at. 99 00:05:37,420 --> 00:05:40,215 So she gave up a lot of stuff. 100 00:05:40,298 --> 00:05:42,384 - Everything was about wrestling 101 00:05:42,467 --> 00:05:44,260 and reaching my goal. 102 00:05:44,302 --> 00:05:47,722 - She was wrestling some of the best boys in California. 103 00:05:47,806 --> 00:05:49,766 And, you know, even though they were young, 104 00:05:49,808 --> 00:05:53,645 Tatiana's, like, skill levels were, like, off the charts. 105 00:05:56,314 --> 00:05:58,483 That girl was not going to lose. 106 00:05:58,566 --> 00:06:02,237 [whistles trilling] 107 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,699 She became kind of the poster child for women's wrestling, 108 00:06:05,782 --> 00:06:08,118 and she meant a lot to Northview. 109 00:06:10,745 --> 00:06:13,456 - I was the number one girl in the nation at the time. 110 00:06:13,498 --> 00:06:15,250 I wasn't even near my prime. 111 00:06:15,291 --> 00:06:19,004 I was just beginning my career as an athlete. 112 00:06:21,172 --> 00:06:23,049 Wrestling's an individual sport, 113 00:06:23,133 --> 00:06:24,676 but it takes a lot of support. 114 00:06:24,718 --> 00:06:26,511 And I think Northview, in general, 115 00:06:26,594 --> 00:06:28,680 all the coaches on the staff 116 00:06:28,722 --> 00:06:30,890 not only molded me as a wrestler, 117 00:06:30,974 --> 00:06:32,684 but as a person as well. 118 00:06:35,228 --> 00:06:38,148 [gentle music] 119 00:06:38,189 --> 00:06:45,196 ♪ ♪ 120 00:07:07,677 --> 00:07:10,930 I'm very, very fortunate that I can go back 121 00:07:11,014 --> 00:07:13,725 and help out and still be part of the Northview family. 122 00:07:16,061 --> 00:07:18,855 - This is one of our own right here, Tatiana Suarez. 123 00:07:18,897 --> 00:07:19,939 She started here. 124 00:07:20,023 --> 00:07:22,150 She was the first four-time state champion. 125 00:07:22,233 --> 00:07:24,736 She's kicked a lot of these boys' butts in this program. 126 00:07:24,819 --> 00:07:26,279 And we're so lucky and blessed to have 127 00:07:26,363 --> 00:07:28,031 a world team member here in our gym, man. 128 00:07:28,073 --> 00:07:29,991 Give her another hand, guys. Give her another hand. 129 00:07:30,075 --> 00:07:31,785 [applause] 130 00:07:31,868 --> 00:07:35,580 - Tatiana Suarez is Northview royalty on the girls, 131 00:07:35,622 --> 00:07:37,374 and even on the boys side. 132 00:07:37,415 --> 00:07:39,542 She was one of the pioneers, I would say, 133 00:07:39,584 --> 00:07:41,419 of female wrestling in California 134 00:07:41,503 --> 00:07:42,754 and around the country. 135 00:07:42,837 --> 00:07:44,089 Wrestle! 136 00:07:45,715 --> 00:07:47,592 - I wanna get my elbow back here, right? 137 00:07:47,634 --> 00:07:49,886 That's the defense, right? 138 00:07:49,928 --> 00:07:52,013 - She wrestled in the boys room, which was tough. 139 00:07:52,097 --> 00:07:57,769 Our boys room is traditionally a championship program. 140 00:07:57,852 --> 00:08:00,522 - I step forward, and then that gives me enough room. 141 00:08:00,605 --> 00:08:02,607 That gives my body enough room. 142 00:08:02,691 --> 00:08:05,193 - Tatiana Suarez is pretty much a legend. 143 00:08:05,235 --> 00:08:06,528 It's always really exciting whenever 144 00:08:06,611 --> 00:08:08,822 she comes to work out with us. 145 00:08:08,905 --> 00:08:10,615 When I first started wrestling, 146 00:08:10,699 --> 00:08:13,660 there was a Northview camp, and she came to speak. 147 00:08:13,743 --> 00:08:17,080 And I think that, especially me just starting to wrestle 148 00:08:17,122 --> 00:08:19,791 and not seeing very many girls in wrestling, 149 00:08:19,874 --> 00:08:22,460 someone's actually made a name for themselves, 150 00:08:22,544 --> 00:08:25,255 and that was just kind of the biggest eye opener 151 00:08:25,296 --> 00:08:28,842 of like, wow, this is really something that I could do. 152 00:08:28,925 --> 00:08:32,679 - I really try to have that mentality like Tatiana. 153 00:08:32,762 --> 00:08:34,639 Everything that she has done 154 00:08:34,723 --> 00:08:37,183 I feel like I wanna follow in her footsteps. 155 00:08:37,267 --> 00:08:38,977 I'm gonna pressure forward. 156 00:08:39,019 --> 00:08:42,147 As soon as she pressures back, I'm going to throw that by. 157 00:08:42,230 --> 00:08:43,481 Okay? 158 00:08:43,523 --> 00:08:45,400 - Wrestling's not for everybody. 159 00:08:45,442 --> 00:08:48,570 You have to have a strong spirit, strong mind, 160 00:08:48,653 --> 00:08:49,988 and you have to be willing 161 00:08:50,030 --> 00:08:51,531 to take disappointment here and there. 162 00:08:51,614 --> 00:08:53,992 And to see how many kids have gone through here 163 00:08:54,075 --> 00:08:57,370 and become successful adults from all kinds of backgrounds, 164 00:08:57,454 --> 00:09:00,165 it's unbelievable. 165 00:09:00,206 --> 00:09:03,668 - Women's wrestling is-- is still fairly new. 166 00:09:03,710 --> 00:09:04,878 - All right, you're going, right? 167 00:09:04,961 --> 00:09:06,546 Let her grab your neck. Let her grab your neck. 168 00:09:06,629 --> 00:09:08,340 - The culture is much more accepted now 169 00:09:08,423 --> 00:09:09,924 than it was years ago. 170 00:09:10,008 --> 00:09:14,095 When I started taking Tatiana to national level tournaments, 171 00:09:14,179 --> 00:09:17,140 there was only, I think, five colleges 172 00:09:17,182 --> 00:09:19,351 in the United States that supported girls wrestling, 173 00:09:19,392 --> 00:09:20,727 that had teams. 174 00:09:20,810 --> 00:09:24,522 And it's gotta be close to 100 now. 175 00:09:24,606 --> 00:09:26,649 - It's one of the fastest-growing sports 176 00:09:26,691 --> 00:09:29,694 in the United States, so-- which is amazing, man. 177 00:09:29,778 --> 00:09:32,572 - So you're gonna go ahead, you're gonna pressure. 178 00:09:32,655 --> 00:09:35,825 She goes, pressures back, and I'm here. 179 00:09:35,867 --> 00:09:37,869 I just want to inspire them, 180 00:09:37,911 --> 00:09:39,954 especially being a Latina myself. 181 00:09:40,038 --> 00:09:42,707 You know, I live in California. There's a lot of Latinas here. 182 00:09:42,791 --> 00:09:44,626 The entire roster is Latina. 183 00:09:44,709 --> 00:09:48,004 And it feels good to be able to help them 184 00:09:48,046 --> 00:09:52,092 because a lot of old-school Mexicans, 185 00:09:52,175 --> 00:09:55,512 they don't think that women should do a sport. 186 00:09:55,553 --> 00:09:56,763 [all clap] 187 00:09:56,846 --> 00:10:01,184 What I love to do is to show that you can still be a woman 188 00:10:01,226 --> 00:10:04,187 and be successful because of wrestling, 189 00:10:04,229 --> 00:10:06,898 'cause of fighting, and so can their daughters, 190 00:10:06,981 --> 00:10:09,484 and so can their granddaughters. 191 00:10:09,567 --> 00:10:11,194 - It's the American dream, you know? 192 00:10:11,236 --> 00:10:15,740 The idea of our parents was for them and their children 193 00:10:15,824 --> 00:10:17,951 to have better lives here in this country, 194 00:10:18,034 --> 00:10:19,994 and through hard work and sport, 195 00:10:20,078 --> 00:10:21,746 they're gonna get these opportunities 196 00:10:21,788 --> 00:10:23,373 like getting to go to college. 197 00:10:23,415 --> 00:10:26,334 You set a foundation, and you could just build upon that 198 00:10:26,418 --> 00:10:28,878 for entire generations. 199 00:10:31,006 --> 00:10:34,801 - I came from a culture where girls sports, 200 00:10:34,884 --> 00:10:36,094 they're not very common. 201 00:10:36,136 --> 00:10:37,804 But my brothers were in wrestling, 202 00:10:37,887 --> 00:10:40,598 and I was like, wow, that is really cool. 203 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:42,350 I really wanna try that. 204 00:10:42,434 --> 00:10:46,312 - My confidence level, I think it definitely has gone up, 205 00:10:46,396 --> 00:10:48,064 and that's what a lot of people tell me, too, 206 00:10:48,106 --> 00:10:50,608 like especially, like, my mom and, like, my teammates. 207 00:10:50,650 --> 00:10:54,029 They're like my second family. 208 00:10:54,112 --> 00:10:56,823 - It's definitely the best feeling knowing that 209 00:10:56,906 --> 00:10:58,825 we're there for each other. 210 00:10:58,908 --> 00:11:02,120 I have my best friends that are going through the same thing 211 00:11:02,162 --> 00:11:04,039 or have gone through the same thing. 212 00:11:05,498 --> 00:11:08,376 - I think everyone in the room always pushes each other. 213 00:11:08,460 --> 00:11:10,879 Everyone goes 100% in our lives. 214 00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:14,049 Wrestling has given me 215 00:11:14,132 --> 00:11:16,009 basically everything, I would say. 216 00:11:16,092 --> 00:11:19,137 If I'm wrestling, I let all my frustration and anger out, 217 00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:23,058 and it brought me out of my shell a lot. 218 00:11:23,141 --> 00:11:24,434 - Vikings on three, one, two, three. 219 00:11:24,476 --> 00:11:25,643 - all: Vikings! - We don't break. 220 00:11:25,685 --> 00:11:27,604 - all: We break people! - Amen. 221 00:11:27,645 --> 00:11:29,397 Yeah. 222 00:11:31,733 --> 00:11:33,401 - We don't break; we break people. 223 00:11:33,485 --> 00:11:38,323 That's our motto that no matter what we go through, 224 00:11:38,365 --> 00:11:40,033 we won't break. 225 00:11:44,496 --> 00:11:45,830 When I was 17 years old, 226 00:11:45,872 --> 00:11:49,459 I was the four-time national champion. 227 00:11:49,501 --> 00:11:51,044 I had a lot of pressure on me 228 00:11:51,127 --> 00:11:54,464 'cause I wanted to be an Olympic champion. 229 00:11:54,506 --> 00:11:57,717 But I feel like I flourish when there's pressure on me. 230 00:11:57,801 --> 00:11:59,844 I don't feel like I run from it. 231 00:11:59,886 --> 00:12:01,888 My entire life, people told me 232 00:12:01,971 --> 00:12:04,974 that I shouldn't wrestle because I was a girl, 233 00:12:05,016 --> 00:12:07,435 that I shouldn't be there 'cause I was a girl. 234 00:12:08,687 --> 00:12:11,481 It fuels me when people doubt me. 235 00:12:11,523 --> 00:12:14,275 It makes me feel like I have to prove them wrong. 236 00:12:14,359 --> 00:12:16,569 [folksy music] 237 00:12:16,653 --> 00:12:19,030 ♪ ♪ 238 00:12:19,114 --> 00:12:22,701 - Tatiana made the world team when she was 17 years old. 239 00:12:22,784 --> 00:12:25,328 That was kind of, like, unheard of. 240 00:12:25,370 --> 00:12:28,206 And when I took her to the U.S. Nationals, 241 00:12:28,289 --> 00:12:33,211 she actually defeated the defending national champion. 242 00:12:33,253 --> 00:12:37,048 - Wrestling's the first sport. It's the original sport. 243 00:12:37,132 --> 00:12:39,884 This is the oldest sport in the Olympics. 244 00:12:42,345 --> 00:12:44,681 Tatiana was a great, great competitor. 245 00:12:44,723 --> 00:12:46,266 And she was very young, 246 00:12:46,349 --> 00:12:48,059 and she jumped on to the senior level. 247 00:12:48,143 --> 00:12:51,813 Because she was so competitive, she just rose very quickly 248 00:12:51,896 --> 00:12:55,400 because she was not gonna get pushed back down. 249 00:12:55,442 --> 00:12:58,945 - There were no Latinas on the American team, 250 00:12:59,029 --> 00:13:01,948 so I felt very proud to be the first Latina 251 00:13:02,032 --> 00:13:03,616 to represent Team USA. 252 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:06,286 Terry saw just so much potential in me, 253 00:13:06,369 --> 00:13:09,080 and he put a lot of time into me. 254 00:13:09,122 --> 00:13:12,334 - I think Tatiana was really going to be 255 00:13:12,417 --> 00:13:13,626 an Olympic champion. 256 00:13:13,710 --> 00:13:16,921 She's that kind of an athlete. 257 00:13:17,005 --> 00:13:22,218 Some people come in wanting to win, you know. 258 00:13:22,260 --> 00:13:24,929 Tatiana came in needing to win, right? 259 00:13:24,971 --> 00:13:26,765 And there's a difference. 260 00:13:26,806 --> 00:13:29,059 Failure wasn't an option. 261 00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:34,147 ♪ ♪ 262 00:13:37,359 --> 00:13:39,444 - So what's up, man? How's your body feel, man? 263 00:13:39,486 --> 00:13:41,112 I feel good. 264 00:13:42,489 --> 00:13:44,616 - Like you feel like you're ready to go or what? 265 00:13:44,657 --> 00:13:46,284 I started sparring. 266 00:13:46,368 --> 00:13:48,370 Before that, I was just, like, wrestling and doing jiu jitsu. 267 00:13:48,453 --> 00:13:50,497 'Cause I'm like, I wanna train hard, obviously, 268 00:13:50,580 --> 00:13:51,790 but then I'm nervous. 269 00:13:51,873 --> 00:13:53,208 - You only really need to train hard two, 270 00:13:53,291 --> 00:13:54,626 maybe three days out of the week. 271 00:13:54,709 --> 00:13:55,960 You know what I mean? 272 00:13:56,044 --> 00:13:58,046 - But I train hard. Like... - I know, there's no-- 273 00:13:58,129 --> 00:13:59,255 - But that's what I'm telling you, 274 00:13:59,297 --> 00:14:01,007 is that you need to change it, dude. 275 00:14:01,091 --> 00:14:03,301 You know what I mean? Like, you got this decade left. 276 00:14:03,385 --> 00:14:06,971 - I had a really good relationship with my brother. 277 00:14:07,055 --> 00:14:09,182 We were really close growing up. 278 00:14:09,265 --> 00:14:10,892 - The saying is, is that a wrestler 279 00:14:10,975 --> 00:14:12,435 will go through the wall, and the jiu jitsu guy 280 00:14:12,477 --> 00:14:14,521 will find the fastest way to go around the wall. 281 00:14:14,604 --> 00:14:15,689 Instead of going through the wall, 282 00:14:15,772 --> 00:14:17,107 which you've always done, you've gotta go 283 00:14:17,148 --> 00:14:20,193 kind of like up the wall, but, like, sideways. 284 00:14:20,276 --> 00:14:22,153 Yeah. 285 00:14:26,366 --> 00:14:29,160 I grew up in a single-parent home. 286 00:14:29,244 --> 00:14:31,830 My dad left when I was seven years old. 287 00:14:31,913 --> 00:14:34,040 He was supposed to pick me up from my birthday. 288 00:14:34,124 --> 00:14:35,917 We were going to Disneyland. 289 00:14:36,001 --> 00:14:39,254 And he just never came. 290 00:14:39,337 --> 00:14:43,091 - I remember driving in the car with her and the radio was on, 291 00:14:43,174 --> 00:14:47,053 and some Hispanic music would come on, and she'd say, 292 00:14:47,137 --> 00:14:48,722 "Change it. Change it. Turn it off." 293 00:14:48,805 --> 00:14:50,015 And she'd get tears in her eyes 294 00:14:50,056 --> 00:14:53,268 because it would remind her of her dad. 295 00:14:53,351 --> 00:14:56,021 - My mom had to pick up the slack. 296 00:14:56,062 --> 00:14:59,524 And my brother being there helped a lot 297 00:14:59,566 --> 00:15:03,278 just because I didn't have a father figure around. 298 00:15:03,361 --> 00:15:05,697 - I kind of helped raise Tatiana. 299 00:15:05,739 --> 00:15:07,782 Changed diapers, fed her. 300 00:15:07,866 --> 00:15:09,743 She was my little buddy. 301 00:15:09,826 --> 00:15:11,536 - He was not old enough to be my dad, 302 00:15:11,578 --> 00:15:15,415 but he was old enough to look out for me. 303 00:15:15,498 --> 00:15:18,793 - All right, one crispy burger coming up. 304 00:15:18,835 --> 00:15:20,420 I just wanted to be that person for her 305 00:15:20,503 --> 00:15:21,880 that her dad never was. 306 00:15:21,921 --> 00:15:23,506 That's when Tatiana and I was like-- 307 00:15:23,548 --> 00:15:24,841 How come you're not eating? 308 00:15:24,883 --> 00:15:26,384 I'm not hungry. 309 00:15:26,468 --> 00:15:29,095 - Maybe the reason why is because growing up, 310 00:15:29,179 --> 00:15:33,016 I never had anybody else looking out for me. 311 00:15:33,058 --> 00:15:34,059 And I was always the one looking out 312 00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:35,727 for everybody else. 313 00:15:35,810 --> 00:15:38,104 [pensive music] 314 00:15:38,188 --> 00:15:42,108 - When you're a single mom, that can be very hard. 315 00:15:42,192 --> 00:15:45,320 I got pregnant when I was 15 with Chris. 316 00:15:45,403 --> 00:15:48,156 My mom basically wanted me to have an abortion 317 00:15:48,239 --> 00:15:49,532 'cause she thought that would be the best thing. 318 00:15:49,574 --> 00:15:54,579 And in my heart, that wasn't something that I wanted to do. 319 00:15:56,164 --> 00:15:58,583 I bought a mobile home in El Monte 320 00:15:58,625 --> 00:16:00,085 when Chris was five. 321 00:16:00,126 --> 00:16:04,422 And then I had Tatiana shortly after. 322 00:16:04,506 --> 00:16:10,428 - But there was just a lot of uncertainty at home. 323 00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:13,014 We didn't have a very stable household 324 00:16:13,098 --> 00:16:14,599 when we were younger. 325 00:16:16,267 --> 00:16:18,728 - I wanted to be a pediatrician. 326 00:16:18,770 --> 00:16:21,773 [voice breaking] I had good grades and... 327 00:16:21,856 --> 00:16:23,775 did well in school. 328 00:16:23,858 --> 00:16:28,405 I was valedictorian of my junior high. 329 00:16:28,446 --> 00:16:30,990 I'm sorry, guys. 330 00:16:31,074 --> 00:16:33,284 - I dropped it. - God, Daddy can't you-- 331 00:16:33,368 --> 00:16:36,955 - My stepdad was abusive towards my mom physically. 332 00:16:37,038 --> 00:16:40,959 He was abusive towards her verbally. 333 00:16:41,042 --> 00:16:43,086 - There was a couple times when he would hit me 334 00:16:43,128 --> 00:16:46,715 or, like, do things to me. 335 00:16:46,798 --> 00:16:49,801 - He would just say that he was gonna get his gun 336 00:16:49,843 --> 00:16:52,470 and kill her. 337 00:16:52,554 --> 00:16:56,182 He would do that often. It wasn't even just once. 338 00:16:57,934 --> 00:17:01,354 But because of this abuse, 339 00:17:01,438 --> 00:17:05,483 she didn't do well at expressing-- 340 00:17:05,525 --> 00:17:07,569 I don't know if it was anger or frustration 341 00:17:07,652 --> 00:17:08,945 or whatever it may be. 342 00:17:08,987 --> 00:17:12,073 - Lisa's reactions when they were wrestling 343 00:17:12,157 --> 00:17:15,660 a lot of times were too much. 344 00:17:15,744 --> 00:17:18,038 [whistles trilling] 345 00:17:18,121 --> 00:17:21,666 It meant too much to her that they did well. 346 00:17:21,750 --> 00:17:23,668 Again! Again! 347 00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:26,504 Make him cry! 348 00:17:26,546 --> 00:17:30,008 - Winning was a priority to my mom. 349 00:17:30,091 --> 00:17:31,843 There was no option. 350 00:17:31,885 --> 00:17:34,429 It was hard. It was hard. 351 00:17:34,512 --> 00:17:36,681 Shit, like, you better fucking win, 352 00:17:36,765 --> 00:17:38,266 or I'm gonna fucking this, 353 00:17:38,350 --> 00:17:41,811 almost like the fear of God in you. 354 00:17:41,853 --> 00:17:45,231 - I remember one time, I had lost at this tournament. 355 00:17:46,816 --> 00:17:49,361 My brother was like, oh, I'll go with you guys. 356 00:17:49,444 --> 00:17:53,156 And I was like, wow, my mom's, like-- 357 00:17:53,198 --> 00:17:56,534 like, she's really dealing with me losing pretty well. 358 00:17:56,576 --> 00:17:59,913 Like, usually she's, like, really upset, you know? 359 00:17:59,996 --> 00:18:01,373 I knew she was treating me differently 360 00:18:01,414 --> 00:18:03,124 because my brother was there. 361 00:18:03,208 --> 00:18:05,669 And then, finally, we went to my grandma's house 362 00:18:05,752 --> 00:18:08,380 and we dropped my brother off. 363 00:18:08,463 --> 00:18:10,256 I remember feeling, like, my heart sink 364 00:18:10,340 --> 00:18:12,384 'cause I knew that, like-- 365 00:18:12,467 --> 00:18:14,052 I knew it was coming, you know, 366 00:18:14,094 --> 00:18:16,471 like, I knew she was gonna be mad. 367 00:18:16,554 --> 00:18:21,476 So he got out the car, and immediately, 368 00:18:21,559 --> 00:18:24,270 uh, she hit me. 369 00:18:26,606 --> 00:18:30,276 Growing up, I was very resentful towards my mother. 370 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:34,155 I always wanted to prove her wrong and also make her happy. 371 00:18:34,239 --> 00:18:35,907 And like, I just felt like I could never 372 00:18:35,949 --> 00:18:38,493 live up to her standards. 373 00:18:38,576 --> 00:18:42,706 It was hard, you know, because you only want love 374 00:18:42,747 --> 00:18:44,582 and stuff from your parent. 375 00:18:48,003 --> 00:18:49,754 - I just tried to be the protector. 376 00:18:51,715 --> 00:18:53,591 I wanted her to be safe. 377 00:18:55,927 --> 00:18:57,429 I tried my best. 378 00:18:57,470 --> 00:18:59,806 I don't know if my best was good enough. 379 00:19:03,101 --> 00:19:04,519 Chris Lopez. 380 00:19:04,602 --> 00:19:06,146 [cheers] 381 00:19:06,229 --> 00:19:09,441 - As I got older and I went away to college, 382 00:19:09,482 --> 00:19:13,194 I grew up and she was still little. 383 00:19:13,278 --> 00:19:15,780 I remember a tough conversation we had on the phone 384 00:19:15,864 --> 00:19:17,615 when I was in college. 385 00:19:17,699 --> 00:19:21,161 And she called, and she was crying because I was gone. 386 00:19:21,244 --> 00:19:26,082 And she asked why I left her. 387 00:19:26,124 --> 00:19:28,376 She goes, "Why did you leave me?" 388 00:19:30,879 --> 00:19:34,257 I felt responsible. 389 00:19:34,299 --> 00:19:36,134 I'll always remember her voice 390 00:19:36,176 --> 00:19:38,803 and her crying when she said that. 391 00:19:41,931 --> 00:19:44,642 Turn, babe, turn! 392 00:19:44,684 --> 00:19:46,394 Turn, babe! 393 00:19:46,478 --> 00:19:48,855 I loved wrestling so much. 394 00:19:48,938 --> 00:19:51,316 It was a great escape for me. 395 00:19:51,399 --> 00:19:56,112 All the energy that I had was put into wrestling 396 00:19:56,154 --> 00:19:57,739 and being successful at that. 397 00:19:57,822 --> 00:19:59,491 Tatiana Suarez. 398 00:19:59,574 --> 00:20:01,618 Whoo! 399 00:20:01,659 --> 00:20:04,120 - And I think that helped me get through 400 00:20:04,162 --> 00:20:05,288 a lot of the pain that I felt. 401 00:20:05,330 --> 00:20:08,208 You know, it's like everybody, throughout their life, 402 00:20:08,291 --> 00:20:11,836 they find things to help them cope, 403 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,964 and mine was wrestling. 404 00:20:16,966 --> 00:20:19,678 I guess that's how all of this started for me. 405 00:20:22,430 --> 00:20:25,517 - It's pretty often that people find wrestling 406 00:20:25,558 --> 00:20:28,395 as a sport prepares you for life. 407 00:20:31,773 --> 00:20:34,442 It prepares you for all these ups and downs, 408 00:20:34,526 --> 00:20:35,652 all these wins and losses, 409 00:20:35,694 --> 00:20:37,946 and it's just about how you face them 410 00:20:38,029 --> 00:20:39,698 and how you look at them. 411 00:20:44,744 --> 00:20:47,372 I struggled a lot with my mental health 412 00:20:47,414 --> 00:20:49,666 all throughout high school. 413 00:20:49,708 --> 00:20:53,420 I was dealing with anxiety and depression. 414 00:20:55,463 --> 00:20:58,091 I didn't realize how bad things were 415 00:20:58,174 --> 00:21:00,635 until about when COVID started to hit, 416 00:21:00,719 --> 00:21:03,555 all the feelings of just being alone. 417 00:21:05,682 --> 00:21:07,726 Everyone can have a different story, but for me, 418 00:21:07,809 --> 00:21:11,563 wrestling definitely helped my mental health. 419 00:21:11,604 --> 00:21:15,400 It was a reason to get out of bed. 420 00:21:15,483 --> 00:21:17,110 Wrestling definitely brought me up 421 00:21:17,193 --> 00:21:18,653 out of that hole that I put myself in 422 00:21:18,737 --> 00:21:20,822 and that hole that was created for me. 423 00:21:20,905 --> 00:21:23,908 And I was able to just keep going forward. 424 00:21:26,494 --> 00:21:28,455 - If I were to talk to my younger self, 425 00:21:28,538 --> 00:21:31,291 I just would say that you're destined for greatness. 426 00:21:31,374 --> 00:21:33,335 And things are gonna be hard, 427 00:21:33,418 --> 00:21:35,670 but you're always gonna figure out a way. 428 00:21:37,714 --> 00:21:40,633 When I was representing Team USA, 429 00:21:40,717 --> 00:21:43,470 they wanted me to live at the OTC. 430 00:21:43,553 --> 00:21:46,473 I was glad to go live there. 431 00:21:46,556 --> 00:21:49,059 Once I left, I was happy to be gone. 432 00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:52,145 My mom, we didn't really have, like, a relationship. 433 00:21:52,228 --> 00:21:54,022 We barely even spoke. 434 00:21:54,105 --> 00:21:58,151 I didn't really come back for Thanksgiving or Christmas. 435 00:21:58,234 --> 00:22:01,237 But I really enjoyed living at the OTC 436 00:22:01,279 --> 00:22:03,907 just because all you do is, 437 00:22:03,948 --> 00:22:06,076 you eat, sleep, and breathe wrestling. 438 00:22:06,117 --> 00:22:09,788 And that's who I am. 439 00:22:09,871 --> 00:22:13,583 - Here we go, second round at the World Championships. 440 00:22:13,625 --> 00:22:15,418 - I started wrestling internationally, 441 00:22:15,460 --> 00:22:17,462 and I was doing so well. 442 00:22:17,504 --> 00:22:20,632 I won a World bronze medal at 17 years old. 443 00:22:20,715 --> 00:22:25,553 So in my mind, I was going to be an Olympic champion. 444 00:22:25,637 --> 00:22:28,306 I just needed to mature as an athlete, 445 00:22:28,390 --> 00:22:30,308 and it was just a matter of time. 446 00:22:30,350 --> 00:22:32,936 [speaking French] 447 00:22:32,977 --> 00:22:35,480 We had the French Open. 448 00:22:35,563 --> 00:22:37,649 I noticed that my neck was hurting. 449 00:22:37,732 --> 00:22:41,903 I felt, like, a tingling down my face, my arm. 450 00:22:41,986 --> 00:22:45,407 [apprehensive music] 451 00:22:45,448 --> 00:22:48,660 During the warm-up, I remember thinking to myself, 452 00:22:48,702 --> 00:22:50,203 man, like, how am I supposed to 453 00:22:50,286 --> 00:22:52,497 make it through this tournament? 454 00:22:52,580 --> 00:22:55,083 But I ended up just, like, destroying her. 455 00:22:55,166 --> 00:22:59,629 And I remember being so proud just because I had made 456 00:22:59,671 --> 00:23:04,342 that mental switch from negative to positive 457 00:23:04,384 --> 00:23:06,386 in matters of, you know, minutes. 458 00:23:06,469 --> 00:23:10,306 And I ended up winning the French Open. 459 00:23:10,348 --> 00:23:12,684 And then we flew back. 460 00:23:12,767 --> 00:23:14,978 - We noticed that she's always, like, twitching, 461 00:23:15,020 --> 00:23:16,396 and she's always, like, 462 00:23:16,479 --> 00:23:17,981 raising her shoulder and like this. 463 00:23:18,023 --> 00:23:21,526 And--and I was like, we gotta get this checked out. 464 00:23:21,568 --> 00:23:23,737 Something's going on. 465 00:23:23,820 --> 00:23:25,363 I was at practice, and I shot in, 466 00:23:25,447 --> 00:23:29,284 and I, like, couldn't move, you know, for like, 467 00:23:29,367 --> 00:23:30,952 I don't know how long it was. 468 00:23:31,036 --> 00:23:32,871 It couldn't have been longer than a few seconds. 469 00:23:32,912 --> 00:23:35,874 But I could not move, and I just remember, like, 470 00:23:35,957 --> 00:23:38,126 feeling like it felt like forever. 471 00:23:40,754 --> 00:23:44,549 - Her neck locked up, and she let out a scream. 472 00:23:44,591 --> 00:23:47,427 And it scared her, I think, to the core. 473 00:23:47,510 --> 00:23:50,263 Like, you know, nobody wants to be paralyzed, right? 474 00:23:50,347 --> 00:23:51,473 - They ended up calling the ambulance, 475 00:23:51,556 --> 00:23:53,600 and I just thought they would be like, yeah, you're fine. 476 00:23:53,683 --> 00:23:55,393 You know, like, we gotta do this, maybe we gotta do that, 477 00:23:55,477 --> 00:23:58,063 and you can go out and wrestle again. 478 00:23:58,146 --> 00:24:02,317 But my spine was deviated. 479 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,445 - A neck injury is--it's just debilitating for a fighter. 480 00:24:05,528 --> 00:24:07,989 From a simple subconscious level of wondering, 481 00:24:08,073 --> 00:24:10,992 oh, my gosh, is this that last millimeter? 482 00:24:11,076 --> 00:24:14,162 Is this that final one that puts me in a wheelchair 483 00:24:14,245 --> 00:24:15,705 the rest of my life? 484 00:24:15,747 --> 00:24:18,500 - They told me, "You shouldn't wrestle anymore. 485 00:24:18,583 --> 00:24:21,753 We really think that you could become paralyzed." 486 00:24:23,505 --> 00:24:25,924 She went home after that, 487 00:24:25,965 --> 00:24:29,636 and she never did come back to the sport. 488 00:24:29,719 --> 00:24:33,223 - But the neck injury actually saved her life. 489 00:24:36,685 --> 00:24:38,770 - I had to see a specialist for my neck, 490 00:24:38,853 --> 00:24:43,233 and because of the diagnosis, there was images, 491 00:24:43,316 --> 00:24:47,195 and they saw a mass on my thyroid. 492 00:24:47,278 --> 00:24:48,697 And I got my biopsy done and stuff, 493 00:24:48,780 --> 00:24:51,282 and it ended up being cancerous. 494 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:56,955 - When you hear "cancer," it's scary, man. 495 00:24:58,623 --> 00:25:02,168 I was devastated. 496 00:25:02,252 --> 00:25:03,753 I was scared for her. 497 00:25:03,795 --> 00:25:05,630 - She kept a lot of stuff to herself, 498 00:25:05,672 --> 00:25:08,049 but you could tell by the way she was acting 499 00:25:08,133 --> 00:25:09,884 and the way she was that-- 500 00:25:09,968 --> 00:25:14,889 that it was hard for her to deal with. 501 00:25:14,973 --> 00:25:19,769 - She kind of went into the dark. 502 00:25:19,811 --> 00:25:21,521 Literally like the lights turned off. 503 00:25:21,604 --> 00:25:22,772 It's gone. 504 00:25:24,524 --> 00:25:26,317 - I didn't want them to be worried, 505 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,237 so I dealt with it on my own. 506 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,657 ♪ ♪ 507 00:25:32,741 --> 00:25:35,785 I definitely experienced a lot of depression. 508 00:25:35,827 --> 00:25:39,831 I felt, you know, like, helpless, alone. 509 00:25:39,873 --> 00:25:43,668 At times I contemplated suicide, you know? 510 00:25:46,671 --> 00:25:49,591 It was hard for me because I had to fight 511 00:25:49,674 --> 00:25:51,426 a disease that could kill me. 512 00:25:51,468 --> 00:25:54,763 But then I felt like I didn't want to be there 513 00:25:54,846 --> 00:25:57,015 because I didn't have wrestling. 514 00:26:00,185 --> 00:26:03,688 I ended up having to get my thyroid taken out. 515 00:26:03,772 --> 00:26:06,983 But it also spread to, like, my lymph nodes 516 00:26:07,025 --> 00:26:08,443 and towards my lungs and stuff, 517 00:26:08,526 --> 00:26:12,781 so they had to take out some of my lymph nodes as well. 518 00:26:14,991 --> 00:26:16,785 - The primary job of the thyroid 519 00:26:16,868 --> 00:26:18,703 is to regulate your metabolism. 520 00:26:18,745 --> 00:26:21,456 So you can imagine having this piece 521 00:26:21,539 --> 00:26:24,042 that runs how much energy you have, 522 00:26:24,084 --> 00:26:27,253 when to recover, when to relax, how many calories you burn, 523 00:26:27,337 --> 00:26:29,631 your weight mass, just being gone. 524 00:26:29,714 --> 00:26:33,927 It's really difficult for a normal human being 525 00:26:34,010 --> 00:26:37,639 to get through a day without a thyroid, 526 00:26:37,722 --> 00:26:38,848 let alone a professional athlete, 527 00:26:38,890 --> 00:26:41,226 let alone a professional fighter. 528 00:26:41,267 --> 00:26:44,229 [heartbeats] 529 00:26:46,981 --> 00:26:50,735 ♪ ♪ 530 00:26:50,777 --> 00:26:53,697 - After my neck injury and the cancer, 531 00:26:53,738 --> 00:26:57,075 I had to go back to California. 532 00:26:58,368 --> 00:27:01,538 I was so emotionally and mentally messed up, 533 00:27:01,579 --> 00:27:03,998 I actually took losing wrestling tougher 534 00:27:04,082 --> 00:27:07,127 than I did finding out that I had cancer. 535 00:27:07,210 --> 00:27:09,629 It was so hard for me because the escape 536 00:27:09,713 --> 00:27:12,924 that I usually have, I couldn't do. 537 00:27:12,966 --> 00:27:16,094 I was so depressed, and I went through a time 538 00:27:16,136 --> 00:27:18,888 where I'm just like, I don't know what I'm gonna do. 539 00:27:18,930 --> 00:27:21,933 I don't know who I am. 540 00:27:22,017 --> 00:27:25,520 But the one thing I could say that I learned from wrestling 541 00:27:25,603 --> 00:27:27,897 is, like, when things get tough, like, 542 00:27:27,939 --> 00:27:29,691 you just gotta keep pushing. 543 00:27:29,774 --> 00:27:32,861 [soft determined music] 544 00:27:32,902 --> 00:27:39,909 ♪ ♪ 545 00:27:41,745 --> 00:27:44,748 I changed for the better within that time. 546 00:27:46,458 --> 00:27:50,378 I think I had put a lot of my value into wrestling, 547 00:27:50,462 --> 00:27:54,758 and it forced me to figure out who I was as a person 548 00:27:54,799 --> 00:27:56,092 outside of wrestling. 549 00:27:58,595 --> 00:27:59,929 I would just say it was a gift. 550 00:27:59,971 --> 00:28:02,515 Because, yeah, it was hard at the time, 551 00:28:02,599 --> 00:28:07,937 but then I was able to fight cancer and get it treated. 552 00:28:10,231 --> 00:28:15,737 At the same time, I, like, knew that I wasn't done, 553 00:28:15,820 --> 00:28:20,909 or, like, I'm gonna find a way to fight again. 554 00:28:24,537 --> 00:28:26,956 She's not a regular person. 555 00:28:26,998 --> 00:28:28,667 Not that regular people are bad, 556 00:28:28,750 --> 00:28:30,085 but that's not who she is. 557 00:28:30,168 --> 00:28:32,087 - She's a competitor. She's a fighter. 558 00:28:32,170 --> 00:28:35,340 She's just someone who loves to compete. 559 00:28:35,382 --> 00:28:37,425 That's all she knows. 560 00:28:37,509 --> 00:28:38,968 I just tried to be the person 561 00:28:39,010 --> 00:28:40,929 that was there for her all the time. 562 00:28:41,012 --> 00:28:43,515 I just wanted her to know that, like, 563 00:28:43,598 --> 00:28:44,933 no matter what, I'm here for you. 564 00:28:45,016 --> 00:28:46,518 You could work at PetSmart for the rest of your life. 565 00:28:46,601 --> 00:28:47,811 I don't care. 566 00:28:47,852 --> 00:28:49,688 Like, I'm gonna love you the same. 567 00:28:49,771 --> 00:28:51,189 But I knew that's not what she wanted. 568 00:28:51,272 --> 00:28:53,483 - I was trying to figure out what I would want to do next 569 00:28:53,525 --> 00:28:56,486 that I could do that wouldn't be so tough on my neck. 570 00:28:56,528 --> 00:28:58,321 She started doing jiu jitsu. 571 00:28:58,363 --> 00:29:00,490 And I was like, is that, like, really smart? 572 00:29:00,532 --> 00:29:02,033 Isn't that the same as wrestling? 573 00:29:02,075 --> 00:29:05,620 And she was like, no, it's not as hard on your neck. 574 00:29:05,704 --> 00:29:09,499 - The fear of being paralyzed-- 575 00:29:09,541 --> 00:29:13,253 I guess what I feel inside, my need to be the best, 576 00:29:13,336 --> 00:29:15,171 outweighs those fears. 577 00:29:15,213 --> 00:29:18,299 - When you feel like he's in decent position, step, step. 578 00:29:19,718 --> 00:29:20,719 Top. 579 00:29:20,802 --> 00:29:22,846 My first exposure to her 580 00:29:22,887 --> 00:29:24,139 was when she walked in the gym, 581 00:29:24,222 --> 00:29:27,308 and she was just doing jiu jitsu. 582 00:29:27,392 --> 00:29:29,894 And I just remembered watching her roll, 583 00:29:29,936 --> 00:29:33,940 and she just did things so naturally, you know? 584 00:29:34,024 --> 00:29:37,444 She just found places to be, how to set her weight, 585 00:29:37,527 --> 00:29:39,571 where to apply pressure. 586 00:29:41,865 --> 00:29:43,616 - You could see him, like, watching me. 587 00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:45,035 He was like, "Have you done this before?" 588 00:29:45,076 --> 00:29:47,579 - And I was like, "No, I just--I wrestled." 589 00:29:47,662 --> 00:29:49,414 And he's like, "I can tell." 590 00:29:49,497 --> 00:29:51,624 - She was tapping a lot of guys out in the gym, 591 00:29:51,708 --> 00:29:54,961 and I had found out probably, like, a few days later, 592 00:29:55,045 --> 00:29:57,922 like, what caliber of a wrestler she was. 593 00:29:57,964 --> 00:30:00,008 - Jiu jitsu class was in an MMA gym. 594 00:30:00,091 --> 00:30:02,927 So I was surrounded by MMA, 595 00:30:02,969 --> 00:30:05,096 like, the striking aspect and everything. 596 00:30:05,138 --> 00:30:06,890 And I was like, well, I might as well do that too. 597 00:30:06,931 --> 00:30:09,851 - MMA stands for mixed martial arts, 598 00:30:09,934 --> 00:30:13,229 which essentially takes elements from jiu jitsu, 599 00:30:13,313 --> 00:30:15,857 boxing, wrestling-- 600 00:30:15,940 --> 00:30:17,984 every form of martial art under the sun 601 00:30:18,068 --> 00:30:20,487 gets blended into one sport, 602 00:30:20,570 --> 00:30:25,408 and you see who the most dominant person is. 603 00:30:25,450 --> 00:30:28,328 Tatiana Suarez, her base is wrestling. 604 00:30:28,411 --> 00:30:31,081 Some of the best wrestlers have found 605 00:30:31,122 --> 00:30:32,665 tremendous success in MMA. 606 00:30:32,749 --> 00:30:35,710 And I have long believed that wrestling 607 00:30:35,752 --> 00:30:38,046 is the best base, the best foundation to have 608 00:30:38,129 --> 00:30:40,131 if you're an MMA fighter. 609 00:30:40,173 --> 00:30:43,218 - Right away, she kind of stood out in the room, 610 00:30:43,301 --> 00:30:45,095 and we have mostly male students at our gym, 611 00:30:45,136 --> 00:30:46,971 so a lot of these guys were coming up to me afterwards, 612 00:30:47,055 --> 00:30:49,808 like, asking me who she was. 613 00:30:49,849 --> 00:30:53,228 - Tati started training with me 2012, 2013, 614 00:30:53,311 --> 00:30:55,563 and then actively competing in MMA. 615 00:30:55,647 --> 00:30:58,441 2014 was her first fight. 616 00:30:58,483 --> 00:31:01,486 [cheers and applause] 617 00:31:01,569 --> 00:31:02,946 There you go, Tatiana. 618 00:31:02,987 --> 00:31:05,532 Keep throwing those knees! 619 00:31:05,615 --> 00:31:09,744 Tatiana Suarez! 620 00:31:09,828 --> 00:31:12,580 - As soon as she got healthy, she went back to her calling, 621 00:31:12,664 --> 00:31:13,998 which was to be competing. 622 00:31:14,082 --> 00:31:16,626 And I knew that, you know, once she started doing that, 623 00:31:16,668 --> 00:31:19,337 that, you know, good luck to-- to those other women out there 624 00:31:19,379 --> 00:31:23,383 because she's-- she's one to deal with. 625 00:31:23,466 --> 00:31:27,470 [cheering] 626 00:31:27,512 --> 00:31:30,181 - I had only been fighting in the cage six months, 627 00:31:30,265 --> 00:31:32,267 and I had heard that they were having 628 00:31:32,350 --> 00:31:34,102 the strawweight "Ultimate Fighter." 629 00:31:34,185 --> 00:31:35,854 I wanted to go on that. 630 00:31:35,937 --> 00:31:38,940 - 32 fighters with one common goal: 631 00:31:39,024 --> 00:31:42,318 to survive the most intense competition in MMA. 632 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,613 - "The Ultimate Fighter," they bring in 16 fighters 633 00:31:45,697 --> 00:31:46,906 to live in a house. 634 00:31:46,990 --> 00:31:48,158 And it would basically be a tournament. 635 00:31:48,199 --> 00:31:52,495 - We go out and find the absolute best in the world 636 00:31:52,537 --> 00:31:54,039 in each weight class. 637 00:31:54,122 --> 00:31:56,541 And we get two of the best fighters in the world 638 00:31:56,624 --> 00:31:58,418 to be the head coaches. 639 00:31:58,501 --> 00:32:00,545 - As a coach in "The Ultimate Fighter," 640 00:32:00,628 --> 00:32:02,714 I had to pick a team. 641 00:32:02,797 --> 00:32:04,090 I had to pick a few people 642 00:32:04,174 --> 00:32:06,343 that were gonna fight under my name. 643 00:32:06,384 --> 00:32:08,428 You know, and I'm very competitive. 644 00:32:08,511 --> 00:32:10,221 And the winner would win 645 00:32:10,263 --> 00:32:12,098 a six-figure contract to the UFC. 646 00:32:14,893 --> 00:32:16,519 - At the time I only had three fights, 647 00:32:16,561 --> 00:32:18,938 so "The Ultimate Fighter" gave me an opportunity 648 00:32:19,022 --> 00:32:20,899 to get some more fights, some more cage time. 649 00:32:20,982 --> 00:32:24,235 [cheering] 650 00:32:24,277 --> 00:32:25,403 There was, like, no doubt in my mind 651 00:32:25,445 --> 00:32:27,489 that I was gonna make it, I was gonna win the show. 652 00:32:31,326 --> 00:32:33,661 When you go to the tryouts, all they have do 653 00:32:33,745 --> 00:32:35,997 is roll for, like, two minutes. 654 00:32:36,081 --> 00:32:38,583 Then I went and did, like, some striking. 655 00:32:38,667 --> 00:32:39,709 I smashed a girl. 656 00:32:39,751 --> 00:32:41,419 After a few weeks, they called me. 657 00:32:41,503 --> 00:32:44,255 They're like, "Hey, you made it on the show." 658 00:32:44,297 --> 00:32:46,257 I had started working at Petco 'cause it was something 659 00:32:46,341 --> 00:32:50,053 that I could do part time while I was training MMA. 660 00:32:50,095 --> 00:32:52,180 And so then I told my boss. 661 00:32:52,263 --> 00:32:54,182 I'm like, "Yeah, I'm leaving." She's like, "What?" 662 00:32:54,265 --> 00:32:56,935 And then I was like, "I made it on to the tough show." 663 00:32:56,976 --> 00:32:58,812 And she was like, "All right, well, 664 00:32:58,895 --> 00:33:00,105 I'll see you in a couple of months." 665 00:33:00,188 --> 00:33:01,564 You know? I told her I was gonna go. 666 00:33:01,606 --> 00:33:02,982 And I'm like, "Yeah, I'm not coming back." 667 00:33:03,066 --> 00:33:04,275 And I just left. 668 00:33:06,695 --> 00:33:09,572 - When I first looked at Tatiana, I was like, 669 00:33:09,614 --> 00:33:13,034 this girl, she has something special, you know. 670 00:33:13,118 --> 00:33:15,161 And when I saw Tatiana fighting, 671 00:33:15,245 --> 00:33:16,538 I was like, holy shit. 672 00:33:16,621 --> 00:33:19,124 This girl is serious. 673 00:33:19,165 --> 00:33:20,709 Pick your first fighter. 674 00:33:20,792 --> 00:33:21,918 Tatiana. 675 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:23,586 [applause] 676 00:33:23,628 --> 00:33:25,088 Tatiana was very focused. 677 00:33:25,130 --> 00:33:26,965 She knew what she wanted, 678 00:33:27,007 --> 00:33:28,842 and I loved that about her, you know? 679 00:33:28,925 --> 00:33:30,593 Like, you can't teach heart, 680 00:33:30,635 --> 00:33:34,472 and Tatiana is, like, the perfect example of that. 681 00:33:34,514 --> 00:33:36,433 She's been through a lot of struggles in life 682 00:33:36,474 --> 00:33:39,144 that, you know, brought her where she is. 683 00:33:41,354 --> 00:33:43,690 - Tatiana wasn't the type of person that came in 684 00:33:43,773 --> 00:33:44,899 and she doesn't play the victim. 685 00:33:44,983 --> 00:33:46,735 She just comes in and does her work. 686 00:33:46,818 --> 00:33:49,529 Man, she comes in and wins. 687 00:33:49,612 --> 00:33:53,324 - I made it to "The Ultimate Fighter" finale. 688 00:33:53,408 --> 00:33:56,661 - The strawweight final will be Tatiana versus Amanda. 689 00:33:56,703 --> 00:33:59,080 - They have, like, promo, 'cause this is a finale. 690 00:33:59,164 --> 00:34:01,041 And I'm in the back, 691 00:34:01,124 --> 00:34:03,376 and I hear the girl talking about me, 692 00:34:03,460 --> 00:34:08,715 and she's like, "Yeah, Tatiana is not used to being, 693 00:34:08,798 --> 00:34:11,593 "you know, the nail. 694 00:34:11,676 --> 00:34:14,137 So I'm gonna be the hammer, and I'm gonna break her." 695 00:34:14,179 --> 00:34:16,473 I was so calm, and then all of a sudden, 696 00:34:16,514 --> 00:34:18,350 I hear her, and she's saying this. 697 00:34:18,391 --> 00:34:21,478 And I was like, I turn up to like level crazy. 698 00:34:23,021 --> 00:34:24,356 No one's gonna break me. 699 00:34:24,439 --> 00:34:27,359 I wasn't even nervous, 'cause I felt so much anger 700 00:34:27,442 --> 00:34:30,111 that someone thought that they could break me. 701 00:34:30,195 --> 00:34:33,031 - Here is the undefeated Tatiana Suarez. 702 00:34:33,073 --> 00:34:34,574 - And she is a lifelong wrestler 703 00:34:34,657 --> 00:34:36,326 with excellent chain wrestling skills 704 00:34:36,368 --> 00:34:37,994 and diversity in her takedown attempts, 705 00:34:38,036 --> 00:34:39,996 but also has really good diversity 706 00:34:40,038 --> 00:34:42,582 in her submissions as well. 707 00:34:42,665 --> 00:34:44,167 - I took her down, and I'm just, like, 708 00:34:44,209 --> 00:34:46,252 throwing bombs, like, recklessly. 709 00:34:46,336 --> 00:34:49,214 All of a sudden, I'm, like, in an armbar. 710 00:34:49,255 --> 00:34:51,257 - Armbar attempt here from Cooper. 711 00:34:51,341 --> 00:34:53,259 - I'm, like, there's no way I'm tapping. 712 00:34:53,343 --> 00:34:54,886 She's gonna have to break my arm. 713 00:34:54,928 --> 00:34:56,429 I will still beat her with one arm. 714 00:34:56,513 --> 00:34:58,556 And I'm gonna be the Ultimate Fighter. 715 00:34:58,598 --> 00:35:00,350 I didn't even care at that point. 716 00:35:00,392 --> 00:35:02,227 - Nice job defensively by Suarez. 717 00:35:02,310 --> 00:35:04,104 I finally got my arm out. 718 00:35:04,187 --> 00:35:06,815 Nice hammer fist by Suarez. 719 00:35:06,898 --> 00:35:08,983 - D'arce attempt here, could convert to a jack 720 00:35:09,067 --> 00:35:10,902 and Japanese necktie if she can hook 721 00:35:10,985 --> 00:35:12,237 that right leg around the leg. 722 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:13,738 I hit my D'arce, 723 00:35:13,780 --> 00:35:16,241 and it was, like, so tight that she's tapping, 724 00:35:16,282 --> 00:35:18,451 but the ref couldn't see it. 725 00:35:18,535 --> 00:35:20,537 I literally told him, I was like, "She's tapping." 726 00:35:20,578 --> 00:35:23,164 And then all of the sudden, you see her legs flailing 727 00:35:23,248 --> 00:35:24,708 because she thinks she's gonna go out 728 00:35:24,749 --> 00:35:25,709 and she, like, panics. 729 00:35:25,792 --> 00:35:27,752 He, like, taps me, like stop. 730 00:35:27,836 --> 00:35:30,922 - Tatiana Suarez is the Ultimate Fighter! 731 00:35:30,964 --> 00:35:35,051 [cheers and applause] 732 00:35:35,093 --> 00:35:38,054 - Tatiana Suarez caps an amazing run 733 00:35:38,096 --> 00:35:40,223 on "The Ultimate Fighter." 734 00:35:40,265 --> 00:35:42,600 It was like a validation. 735 00:35:42,642 --> 00:35:46,730 Finally, the world gets to see what I saw and what I know. 736 00:35:46,771 --> 00:35:50,942 - "The Ultimate Fighter," season 23 strawweight winner, 737 00:35:51,026 --> 00:35:56,781 Tatiana Suarez! 738 00:35:56,823 --> 00:35:59,909 - Me winning just gave everybody a lot of hope. 739 00:35:59,951 --> 00:36:02,704 They had seen me go through so much at that point, 740 00:36:02,787 --> 00:36:05,457 my family and Northview and everybody. 741 00:36:05,498 --> 00:36:07,625 They saw me, you know, lose something, 742 00:36:07,667 --> 00:36:13,465 but then I was able to get something even better. 743 00:36:13,506 --> 00:36:15,091 I've been through hell and back. 744 00:36:15,133 --> 00:36:16,634 I've overcome cancer. 745 00:36:16,676 --> 00:36:19,971 And I'm from a place that says, "We don't break. 746 00:36:20,013 --> 00:36:21,348 We break people." 747 00:36:21,431 --> 00:36:23,308 And I will never break. 748 00:36:23,350 --> 00:36:25,810 I've overcome a lot, and I'm never gonna stop 749 00:36:25,852 --> 00:36:27,312 until I'm at the top. 750 00:36:29,689 --> 00:36:33,651 - When, you know, she said, "Where I come from," um... 751 00:36:33,735 --> 00:36:36,696 [sniffling] 752 00:36:41,659 --> 00:36:45,872 "Where I come from, you know, we don't break." 753 00:36:45,955 --> 00:36:49,125 It's just kind of full circle that you know, um, 754 00:36:49,209 --> 00:36:50,877 that you train somebody, and you--and you made them 755 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,297 believe in themselves, and it makes you very proud. 756 00:36:54,339 --> 00:36:58,218 [heartfelt music] 757 00:36:58,301 --> 00:37:00,804 - I saw my mom backstage, and she was crying, 758 00:37:00,845 --> 00:37:03,348 and she was just like, "I'm so proud of you." 759 00:37:03,431 --> 00:37:06,476 I just remember, like, hugging her and realizing 760 00:37:06,518 --> 00:37:09,354 that, like, if she hadn't sacrificed so much for me, 761 00:37:09,396 --> 00:37:11,856 I wouldn't be where I was. 762 00:37:11,940 --> 00:37:15,985 ♪ ♪ 763 00:37:32,919 --> 00:37:33,920 Hi! 764 00:37:44,055 --> 00:37:46,766 [indistinct chatter] 765 00:37:46,850 --> 00:37:48,226 - Maria? - Huh? 766 00:37:48,268 --> 00:37:49,728 - You wanna do the drills? - Yeah. 767 00:37:49,769 --> 00:37:51,813 Okay. 768 00:37:51,896 --> 00:37:54,816 [indistinct chatter] 769 00:37:59,612 --> 00:38:01,406 I think every time I go out there, 770 00:38:01,448 --> 00:38:03,700 there's, like, a level that you need to know 771 00:38:03,783 --> 00:38:05,702 that you can endure. 772 00:38:05,744 --> 00:38:08,288 So I do that, like, every day during practice 773 00:38:08,371 --> 00:38:12,584 in order to feel confident out in the cage. 774 00:38:12,667 --> 00:38:16,296 I enjoy, like, that feeling where I push myself so hard. 775 00:38:16,379 --> 00:38:19,382 I almost enjoy the feeling of, like, 776 00:38:19,424 --> 00:38:22,218 breaking someone during practice. 777 00:38:22,302 --> 00:38:24,179 - Her wrestling and her grappling is not good, 778 00:38:24,262 --> 00:38:25,722 it's not great; it's elite. 779 00:38:25,764 --> 00:38:27,557 And that's what sets her out from everybody else. 780 00:38:27,599 --> 00:38:28,892 And her striking's legit too. 781 00:38:30,185 --> 00:38:32,979 - Tatiana, she's a nasty wrestler, heavy top pressure. 782 00:38:33,063 --> 00:38:35,648 Her hands and striking just has been looking good. 783 00:38:35,732 --> 00:38:38,693 - I'm 15 pounds heavier than her, 784 00:38:38,777 --> 00:38:40,111 and I've wrestled my entire life, 785 00:38:40,195 --> 00:38:42,614 and I have to go as hard as I can to keep her off my legs 786 00:38:42,697 --> 00:38:46,326 or to not get taken down or not get choked out by her. 787 00:38:46,409 --> 00:38:47,911 Pummel, pummel! 788 00:38:47,952 --> 00:38:50,663 Give a little resistance now, final movement. 789 00:38:50,747 --> 00:38:52,540 About 50%, fight a little bit. 790 00:38:52,624 --> 00:38:56,670 - I'm excited to fight somebody in a cage again. 791 00:38:56,753 --> 00:38:58,880 I love that it's competition, 792 00:38:58,963 --> 00:39:02,092 but then there's also violence behind it. 793 00:39:02,133 --> 00:39:04,636 It's a violent art. 794 00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:06,638 I could do it against the cage, no problem. 795 00:39:07,972 --> 00:39:10,600 - But in the middle, it's closing the distance 796 00:39:10,642 --> 00:39:12,977 and then being safe when you grab. 797 00:39:13,061 --> 00:39:15,605 You know what I mean? Not just, like, grabbing. 798 00:39:16,815 --> 00:39:18,108 Yeah. 799 00:39:18,149 --> 00:39:20,485 And then whenever you're gonna have grappling rounds after. 800 00:39:20,527 --> 00:39:23,697 I grapple all my rounds, so I don't even know. 801 00:39:23,780 --> 00:39:25,490 [laughs] 802 00:39:29,077 --> 00:39:30,036 Yeah. 803 00:39:36,710 --> 00:39:38,086 - Not against her, but I don't think... 804 00:39:38,169 --> 00:39:41,589 It's a huge part of my life to help other females 805 00:39:41,673 --> 00:39:45,010 feel like they can do a male-dominated sport. 806 00:39:47,262 --> 00:39:49,848 For me, that's part of my legacy. 807 00:39:49,931 --> 00:39:52,183 [pensive music] 808 00:39:52,267 --> 00:39:53,560 - I think one of the challenges 809 00:39:53,643 --> 00:39:55,562 that comes with wrestling is, 810 00:39:55,645 --> 00:39:58,481 I just didn't feel like a girl. 811 00:39:58,523 --> 00:40:02,527 It was like, wow, I'm wrestling all these guys. 812 00:40:02,610 --> 00:40:04,863 I'm also being doubted 'cause I'm a girl, and... 813 00:40:04,946 --> 00:40:07,699 I just was like, yeah, I guess I'm one of the few ones 814 00:40:07,782 --> 00:40:09,034 that actually wants to do it. 815 00:40:09,117 --> 00:40:11,703 But it makes me feel special. 816 00:40:15,790 --> 00:40:18,084 - Most people are scared once they find out, like, 817 00:40:18,168 --> 00:40:20,253 oh, she's a girl wrestler. 818 00:40:20,337 --> 00:40:22,756 Like, don't mess with her. 819 00:40:22,839 --> 00:40:25,675 We look a lot more mean than everyone else. 820 00:40:25,717 --> 00:40:28,470 So I think that's, like, what separates us. 821 00:40:30,472 --> 00:40:33,558 - I never wanted to stand out, and I feel like wrestling has 822 00:40:33,641 --> 00:40:35,435 taken me out of that shell. 823 00:40:37,354 --> 00:40:41,691 I feel like I can actually express myself, wear makeup, 824 00:40:41,733 --> 00:40:45,570 do my hair, do whatever I can to look the best 825 00:40:45,653 --> 00:40:49,157 'cause I feel confident in myself. 826 00:40:49,240 --> 00:40:54,913 ♪ ♪ 827 00:40:54,996 --> 00:40:58,750 - I don't associate fighting with being masculine. 828 00:41:00,752 --> 00:41:03,630 I love being a strong female. 829 00:41:03,713 --> 00:41:07,592 I think being strong is a feminine thing. 830 00:41:10,595 --> 00:41:14,307 I feel like I represent women. 831 00:41:14,391 --> 00:41:16,226 I represent my community. 832 00:41:16,267 --> 00:41:18,228 I represent Latinos. 833 00:41:18,269 --> 00:41:24,359 And that's why, you know, I try to not only be a great fighter 834 00:41:24,442 --> 00:41:25,443 but a great person. 835 00:41:25,527 --> 00:41:28,488 For me, like, along the way, 836 00:41:28,571 --> 00:41:32,200 the journey makes you a better person if, 837 00:41:32,283 --> 00:41:36,162 you know, you use the obstacles to make you better. 838 00:41:36,246 --> 00:41:39,124 [cheers and applause] 839 00:41:39,207 --> 00:41:41,668 [upbeat music] 840 00:41:41,751 --> 00:41:43,503 After winning "The Ultimate Fighter," 841 00:41:43,586 --> 00:41:46,256 I ended up fighting Viviane Pereira, 842 00:41:46,339 --> 00:41:49,050 beating her by unanimous decision. 843 00:41:49,134 --> 00:41:51,094 Then I had a fight with Alexa Grasso, 844 00:41:51,136 --> 00:41:54,681 and I ended up getting a rear naked choke. 845 00:41:54,764 --> 00:41:58,309 - An impressive showing for Tatiana Suarez. 846 00:41:59,978 --> 00:42:02,522 - After that, I fought Carla Esparza, 847 00:42:02,605 --> 00:42:05,984 and I won by TKO in the third round. 848 00:42:06,067 --> 00:42:08,820 - Tatiana Suarez! - Holy cow. 849 00:42:08,903 --> 00:42:11,906 - After I beat Carla, a lot of people 850 00:42:11,990 --> 00:42:15,201 referred to me as the champ already. 851 00:42:15,285 --> 00:42:18,580 So in my mind, I was just on my way to the title. 852 00:42:18,663 --> 00:42:21,958 And then they asked me to fight Nina Ansaroff 853 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,836 for the number one title contender fight. 854 00:42:24,878 --> 00:42:26,713 - So here she is, folks, the woman who 855 00:42:26,796 --> 00:42:28,506 is all the rage at present. 856 00:42:28,590 --> 00:42:30,258 The number-two ranked strawweight contender, 857 00:42:30,342 --> 00:42:31,926 the undefeated Tatiana Suarez. 858 00:42:32,010 --> 00:42:34,471 - A couple of weeks prior, I ended up 859 00:42:34,512 --> 00:42:36,681 injuring my neck at practice. 860 00:42:36,723 --> 00:42:38,850 I didn't really know, you know, the extent, 861 00:42:38,892 --> 00:42:41,519 but then I ended up fighting with it. 862 00:42:41,603 --> 00:42:43,021 Suarez is in blue, 863 00:42:43,104 --> 00:42:45,023 Nina Ansaroff is in the all gray. 864 00:42:45,065 --> 00:42:47,150 - One of our first exchanges, I just felt, like, 865 00:42:47,192 --> 00:42:49,486 a lot of shooting down my arm and stuff. 866 00:42:49,527 --> 00:42:50,653 And she got her down. 867 00:42:50,695 --> 00:42:52,364 - There is levels to this game. 868 00:42:52,447 --> 00:42:55,825 - I think the mental thing is one of the biggest things 869 00:42:55,867 --> 00:42:57,744 that I had to overcome during the fight, 870 00:42:57,827 --> 00:43:01,039 just because you fear, like, paralysis and stuff like that. 871 00:43:01,081 --> 00:43:03,416 Your mind should not be on paralysis 872 00:43:03,500 --> 00:43:05,710 when you're in a cage fight. 873 00:43:05,794 --> 00:43:09,089 - Declared the winner by unanimous decision, 874 00:43:09,172 --> 00:43:13,593 Tatiana Suarez! 875 00:43:13,677 --> 00:43:15,887 - I remember after her fight in 2019, 876 00:43:15,929 --> 00:43:18,306 we all thought, like, 2020 she's a champion. 877 00:43:18,390 --> 00:43:19,474 Like, it's a done deal. 878 00:43:19,557 --> 00:43:21,559 - You know, it's a long time coming, 879 00:43:21,601 --> 00:43:23,687 and I just wanna see that belt around my waist. 880 00:43:23,728 --> 00:43:27,607 After the fight, it definitely felt a lot worse. 881 00:43:27,691 --> 00:43:31,569 But it dawned on me that I probably needed 882 00:43:31,611 --> 00:43:33,905 some significant time off. 883 00:43:33,947 --> 00:43:36,074 I ended up linking up with Andy Gilpin, 884 00:43:36,157 --> 00:43:38,410 and then we came up with a game plan 885 00:43:38,493 --> 00:43:40,578 of how to recover from my neck injury 886 00:43:40,662 --> 00:43:42,539 'cause I knew that I couldn't-- 887 00:43:42,580 --> 00:43:45,667 I wouldn't be able to do that on my own. 888 00:43:45,750 --> 00:43:48,753 - We were probably thinking six, seven months, 889 00:43:48,837 --> 00:43:51,881 and that would have been four years ago. 890 00:43:51,923 --> 00:43:53,508 Her neck injury was really difficult, 891 00:43:53,591 --> 00:43:54,926 and it still is a big challenge 892 00:43:55,010 --> 00:43:57,429 because it impacted everything. 893 00:43:57,512 --> 00:43:59,222 The things we asked Tatiana to do, 894 00:43:59,264 --> 00:44:01,766 I don't know many athletes who could have endured it. 895 00:44:01,808 --> 00:44:04,936 [soft apprehensive music] 896 00:44:05,020 --> 00:44:07,272 Imagine you had to spend 3 1/2 hours 897 00:44:07,355 --> 00:44:09,315 stretching your neck, seven days a week, 898 00:44:09,399 --> 00:44:12,110 multiple times a day. 899 00:44:12,152 --> 00:44:13,945 - I think it runs through your mind sometimes. 900 00:44:14,029 --> 00:44:15,905 I'm like, oh, what if it doesn't get better? 901 00:44:15,947 --> 00:44:18,283 So I took it one day at a time. 902 00:44:18,366 --> 00:44:20,994 You don't wanna spend the rest of your life saying what if. 903 00:44:21,077 --> 00:44:23,496 I wanna be like, I pursued that. 904 00:44:23,580 --> 00:44:25,540 Maybe I failed or I came up short, 905 00:44:25,623 --> 00:44:28,001 but I pursued it. 906 00:44:28,084 --> 00:44:30,211 - It took a year and a half, maybe two years, 907 00:44:30,253 --> 00:44:31,588 but we were finally there. 908 00:44:31,629 --> 00:44:33,798 We went through a test training camp, 909 00:44:33,882 --> 00:44:35,925 and things went perfect. 910 00:44:35,967 --> 00:44:37,761 And I was like, holy crap, you just made it 911 00:44:37,802 --> 00:44:39,304 through basically a training camp. 912 00:44:39,346 --> 00:44:41,639 Let's get a fight. 913 00:44:41,723 --> 00:44:45,185 I had a fight lined up. 914 00:44:45,268 --> 00:44:46,895 Camp was going well. 915 00:44:46,978 --> 00:44:48,521 I wanted to wrestle. 916 00:44:48,605 --> 00:44:51,649 So I ended up going live with this guy, 917 00:44:51,691 --> 00:44:54,027 and I took him down. 918 00:44:54,110 --> 00:44:56,696 And I know that it probably bothered him 919 00:44:56,780 --> 00:44:57,989 that I took him down. 920 00:44:58,073 --> 00:45:01,284 So then he, like, shoots on me 921 00:45:01,326 --> 00:45:04,079 and then pushes me against the wall. 922 00:45:04,162 --> 00:45:05,872 When you're in a cage, you have, like, 923 00:45:05,955 --> 00:45:09,876 more room to work 'cause, like, the cage kind of moves. 924 00:45:09,959 --> 00:45:13,672 So when you put a wall that doesn't move, 925 00:45:13,713 --> 00:45:15,799 it's a different story. 926 00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:18,927 He puts my legs together, and then he literally 927 00:45:19,010 --> 00:45:20,428 just, like, tries to pull me down. 928 00:45:20,512 --> 00:45:24,015 And then I hear, like, the loudest pop imaginable. 929 00:45:24,057 --> 00:45:26,685 It sounded like a baseball bat, like, hit something. 930 00:45:26,726 --> 00:45:29,646 [somber music] 931 00:45:29,688 --> 00:45:33,024 ♪ ♪ 932 00:45:33,108 --> 00:45:35,026 My knee just, like, was completely, 933 00:45:35,110 --> 00:45:39,322 like, the wrong way and stuff, so my actual joint dislocated. 934 00:45:39,364 --> 00:45:41,783 They're, like, trying to, like, calm me down, 935 00:45:41,866 --> 00:45:43,076 and I'm, like, screaming, 936 00:45:43,159 --> 00:45:44,244 and my knee is like, the opposite way, 937 00:45:44,327 --> 00:45:46,037 so then, like, I, like, flexed my quad, 938 00:45:46,079 --> 00:45:49,499 and then it pops back into place. 939 00:45:49,541 --> 00:45:50,583 I was laying there, and I just-- 940 00:45:50,667 --> 00:45:53,670 like, it was really hard, because I came back from-- 941 00:45:53,712 --> 00:45:55,547 from something, like, really rough, 942 00:45:55,588 --> 00:45:56,923 you know, like, mentally. 943 00:45:57,007 --> 00:46:00,593 Physically, like, I put in the work 944 00:46:00,677 --> 00:46:02,053 to, like, get to that point. 945 00:46:02,095 --> 00:46:05,056 So, like, it was really-- it was hard. 946 00:46:05,140 --> 00:46:08,059 I don't think I've ever thought about giving up on anything. 947 00:46:08,101 --> 00:46:12,397 But I really felt it at that point. 948 00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:19,154 ♪ ♪ 949 00:46:19,237 --> 00:46:23,742 After I got injured, I had the MRI done, 950 00:46:23,783 --> 00:46:26,411 and then they called me, and they were like, 951 00:46:26,494 --> 00:46:28,038 "Your knee is really bad. 952 00:46:28,079 --> 00:46:29,998 It's one of the worst injuries I've seen." 953 00:46:30,081 --> 00:46:32,292 He's like, it looks like you were in a motorcycle accident. 954 00:46:36,463 --> 00:46:37,839 She didn't hurt her knee. 955 00:46:37,922 --> 00:46:40,091 She basically tore it off her leg. 956 00:46:40,133 --> 00:46:42,761 It was heartbreaking enough for her to have tweaked a knee 957 00:46:42,844 --> 00:46:45,221 and been out another four months. 958 00:46:45,263 --> 00:46:46,431 This was different. 959 00:46:49,225 --> 00:46:51,561 - That was the lowest I've felt. 960 00:46:54,189 --> 00:46:57,984 Every day was a struggle, how much pain I was in. 961 00:46:58,068 --> 00:46:59,611 And when I say pain, I mean, like, 962 00:46:59,694 --> 00:47:02,113 more emotionally and mentally. 963 00:47:06,493 --> 00:47:11,039 I laid in bed for like a week, and I cried. 964 00:47:11,122 --> 00:47:14,167 But then I was like, all right, 965 00:47:14,250 --> 00:47:15,919 let's come up with something. 966 00:47:18,797 --> 00:47:21,383 - She's very fortunate in the fact that she's in the UFC, 967 00:47:21,466 --> 00:47:22,300 so she gets great access 968 00:47:22,384 --> 00:47:23,635 to the UFC's Performance Institute, 969 00:47:23,718 --> 00:47:25,220 and that is tremendously helpful, 970 00:47:25,303 --> 00:47:27,305 especially during this knee injury process. 971 00:47:27,389 --> 00:47:30,141 Within hours, she was on the phone with a handful 972 00:47:30,183 --> 00:47:32,018 of the best physical therapists in the world. 973 00:47:32,102 --> 00:47:34,979 We had her on the phone with surgeons across the country, 974 00:47:35,021 --> 00:47:36,648 surgeons you can't get into, 975 00:47:36,731 --> 00:47:39,025 that aren't taking people in anymore. 976 00:47:39,109 --> 00:47:42,487 - When an athlete undergoes that much trauma in a joint, 977 00:47:42,570 --> 00:47:44,322 we know it's gonna be a surgical candidate. 978 00:47:44,406 --> 00:47:47,659 We also know that's gonna be a long journey back. 979 00:47:47,742 --> 00:47:52,288 I first met Tatiana working for Team USA Olympic team. 980 00:47:52,330 --> 00:47:57,168 So I've worked with Tatiana since 2011. 981 00:47:57,210 --> 00:47:59,212 Because I've seen her through ups and downs, 982 00:47:59,295 --> 00:48:01,047 I kind of know Tatiana's injuries. 983 00:48:01,131 --> 00:48:04,134 I have also learned what actually fixes them. 984 00:48:04,175 --> 00:48:07,220 Knowing Tatiana, knowing her drive, her willpower, 985 00:48:07,303 --> 00:48:08,805 there's never gonna be an injury 986 00:48:08,847 --> 00:48:10,390 that puts this girl down. 987 00:48:10,473 --> 00:48:12,934 She has bigger goals, bigger lifetime dreams 988 00:48:13,018 --> 00:48:15,979 of rising to the top and being on top. 989 00:48:16,021 --> 00:48:18,606 - I ended up getting surgery here in Las Vegas. 990 00:48:18,690 --> 00:48:24,696 Then maybe two days after, I started physical therapy. 991 00:48:24,779 --> 00:48:26,531 [soft determined music] 992 00:48:26,614 --> 00:48:29,784 The comeback doesn't start after you're already healthy. 993 00:48:29,826 --> 00:48:31,953 The comeback starts when you're still injured 994 00:48:32,037 --> 00:48:35,081 and you have to get surgery and prior to surgery. 995 00:48:35,165 --> 00:48:37,042 Like, that's how I saw it. 996 00:48:37,083 --> 00:48:40,003 My comeback started the minute I decided 997 00:48:40,045 --> 00:48:42,130 that I was gonna still fight again. 998 00:48:42,172 --> 00:48:49,095 ♪ ♪ 999 00:48:53,850 --> 00:48:58,605 - Tatiana Suarez is one of the strongest people I've seen. 1000 00:48:58,688 --> 00:49:02,400 I had to go through a leg injury as well, 1001 00:49:02,442 --> 00:49:05,987 and if she could deal with all that, I can definitely do it. 1002 00:49:06,071 --> 00:49:09,949 And it's very inspiring seeing Tatiana persevere 1003 00:49:10,033 --> 00:49:11,034 through some of the same things 1004 00:49:11,076 --> 00:49:12,619 I had to go through. 1005 00:49:12,702 --> 00:49:14,412 It helped me a lot. 1006 00:49:18,041 --> 00:49:20,377 - I feel like she really is an inspiration 1007 00:49:20,418 --> 00:49:22,629 how she goes through the challenges 1008 00:49:22,712 --> 00:49:25,256 and adversity that she faces. 1009 00:49:27,759 --> 00:49:30,345 Whenever I wrestle, I really try to be like her. 1010 00:49:30,428 --> 00:49:32,514 I really try to remember that 1011 00:49:32,597 --> 00:49:34,224 she has that mentality where it's like, 1012 00:49:34,265 --> 00:49:35,475 you're not taking me down. 1013 00:49:40,063 --> 00:49:41,815 - When I was struggling with my mental health, 1014 00:49:41,898 --> 00:49:45,777 I was practicing a lot with Tatiana. 1015 00:49:45,819 --> 00:49:47,821 She just set an example. 1016 00:49:47,904 --> 00:49:50,240 Well, she's doing it. I could do it too. 1017 00:49:50,281 --> 00:49:52,701 It just kind of gave me that motivation. 1018 00:49:54,911 --> 00:49:56,454 I don't know if I would consider myself 1019 00:49:56,496 --> 00:49:59,290 falling into her footsteps or carrying her legacy. 1020 00:49:59,332 --> 00:50:01,292 I think that's definitely a really hard thing to do. 1021 00:50:01,334 --> 00:50:04,129 But I think it's a feeling that 1022 00:50:04,212 --> 00:50:06,589 kind of all of us in the room are chasing. 1023 00:50:09,300 --> 00:50:11,594 - If you look at the sport and look at these athletes, 1024 00:50:11,636 --> 00:50:14,472 they're all people that other people aspire to be. 1025 00:50:14,514 --> 00:50:19,978 These women show girls what is possible. 1026 00:50:20,020 --> 00:50:21,479 When you look at what's gonna happen 1027 00:50:21,521 --> 00:50:25,316 over the next 15 to 20 years with young girls, 1028 00:50:25,358 --> 00:50:28,319 watching these women do what they do, 1029 00:50:28,403 --> 00:50:32,365 you're gonna have a completely different breed of women. 1030 00:50:32,449 --> 00:50:36,995 It's all about little girls seeing what's possible. 1031 00:50:37,078 --> 00:50:40,165 - We haven't seen her since June of 2019. 1032 00:50:40,248 --> 00:50:43,335 It's a real travesty to be in your prime 1033 00:50:43,418 --> 00:50:45,420 and not fight for three-plus years, 1034 00:50:45,503 --> 00:50:48,340 and to be as good as she is, and to probably 1035 00:50:48,423 --> 00:50:50,175 be champion right now, and who knows what 1036 00:50:50,216 --> 00:50:52,635 that would have done for her life and her family 1037 00:50:52,677 --> 00:50:54,929 and her bank account and all that stuff. 1038 00:50:55,013 --> 00:50:57,265 It's a tough pill to swallow. 1039 00:50:59,184 --> 00:51:01,895 - When you take three years off in a combat sport 1040 00:51:01,978 --> 00:51:04,105 and try to come back, it's hard. 1041 00:51:04,189 --> 00:51:05,357 It's very hard. 1042 00:51:05,398 --> 00:51:11,154 And now she's gotta overcome ring rust, three years off. 1043 00:51:11,196 --> 00:51:12,906 You break your neck. 1044 00:51:12,989 --> 00:51:15,033 You get thyroid cancer. 1045 00:51:15,116 --> 00:51:19,079 Then you blow your entire knee out. 1046 00:51:19,162 --> 00:51:21,122 At what point do you just say, you know what? 1047 00:51:21,206 --> 00:51:22,248 Maybe this isn't for me, 1048 00:51:22,332 --> 00:51:24,042 and I need to go in another direction. 1049 00:51:24,084 --> 00:51:27,045 But she's worked her whole life to get here. 1050 00:51:27,128 --> 00:51:30,298 Life has thrown a lot of shit at her. 1051 00:51:30,382 --> 00:51:32,676 And she's overcome it all. 1052 00:51:32,717 --> 00:51:34,594 - You almost caught him in a guillotine too. 1053 00:51:34,678 --> 00:51:35,512 Yeah, I know. 1054 00:51:35,553 --> 00:51:37,097 - He didn't wanna give it up. - No. 1055 00:51:37,180 --> 00:51:39,849 - He was looking over here when you were choking him. 1056 00:51:39,891 --> 00:51:41,393 I think he's a little embarrassed. 1057 00:51:54,239 --> 00:51:56,241 - Today, I'm going to text Mick Maynard, 1058 00:51:56,324 --> 00:51:59,577 the matchmaker of the UFC, to ask for a fight. 1059 00:51:59,661 --> 00:52:01,996 At this point, I feel mentally ready for it. 1060 00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:04,165 I've been training for a while now. 1061 00:52:04,249 --> 00:52:05,458 I feel strong. 1062 00:52:05,542 --> 00:52:10,255 And so now it's just a matter of getting a fight and a date. 1063 00:52:12,090 --> 00:52:16,720 At this point, I just want to fight anybody. 1064 00:52:16,761 --> 00:52:17,929 I don't really care who it is. 1065 00:52:17,971 --> 00:52:21,433 Oh, he texted back, guys. 1066 00:52:21,474 --> 00:52:23,226 He said, "You got it. Good news." 1067 00:52:23,268 --> 00:52:26,187 And then he said, "115, question mark?" 1068 00:52:26,271 --> 00:52:28,815 We're not doing 115 this fight, guys. 1069 00:52:28,898 --> 00:52:32,068 We're doing 125. 1070 00:52:32,110 --> 00:52:34,404 Your girl put on some muscle. 1071 00:52:36,281 --> 00:52:38,450 I mean, I train either way, 1072 00:52:38,533 --> 00:52:41,119 but I'm excited for him to be working on a match-up for me 1073 00:52:41,202 --> 00:52:42,954 so that I can finally get out there 1074 00:52:42,996 --> 00:52:44,164 and perform and compete, 1075 00:52:44,247 --> 00:52:46,374 'cause competing's what I love most. 1076 00:52:46,458 --> 00:52:49,961 It's been a long time since I've had a fight, 1077 00:52:50,045 --> 00:52:51,921 and I'm just excited to go out there 1078 00:52:51,963 --> 00:52:53,631 and finally show what I can do. 1079 00:52:53,673 --> 00:52:56,259 So hopefully, this is the start of it. 1080 00:52:56,301 --> 00:52:58,261 So I'm excited for that. 1081 00:53:01,473 --> 00:53:02,474 What's up, everyone? 1082 00:53:02,557 --> 00:53:04,225 James Lynch here, doing a quick reaction video 1083 00:53:04,309 --> 00:53:05,685 to the news that Tatiana Suarez 1084 00:53:05,769 --> 00:53:09,147 finally has her next fight booked after a long layoff. 1085 00:53:09,230 --> 00:53:11,816 She's gonna be taking on Montana De La Rosa. 1086 00:53:13,526 --> 00:53:15,779 - Montana's tough. She comes forward. 1087 00:53:15,820 --> 00:53:17,489 She throws big, heavy shots. 1088 00:53:17,572 --> 00:53:18,782 She's got some wrestling background, 1089 00:53:18,823 --> 00:53:20,825 so I'm sure she's gonna be working on defending 1090 00:53:20,867 --> 00:53:22,243 takedowns and stuff like that. 1091 00:53:22,327 --> 00:53:23,453 Stop! Stop! 1092 00:53:23,495 --> 00:53:25,789 - Under the chin, there's the tap. 1093 00:53:25,830 --> 00:53:27,207 She's a top tier fighter. 1094 00:53:27,290 --> 00:53:29,042 And then the one thing that Montana has an advantage 1095 00:53:29,125 --> 00:53:31,252 over Tatiana is the fact that we're fighting 1096 00:53:31,336 --> 00:53:32,837 at a heavier weight class. 1097 00:53:32,879 --> 00:53:34,756 - It's just great to see Tatiana Suarez back in action. 1098 00:53:34,839 --> 00:53:35,882 It's been a while. 1099 00:53:35,965 --> 00:53:37,175 If she's healthy, she's gonna make a lot of noise 1100 00:53:37,217 --> 00:53:38,718 in that division in 2023. 1101 00:53:38,802 --> 00:53:40,929 I'm really excited for that, so... 1102 00:53:46,351 --> 00:53:48,436 - I'm a little nervous, actually. 1103 00:53:48,520 --> 00:53:51,314 I just need to get cleared today so I can fight. 1104 00:53:51,356 --> 00:53:52,607 Am I doing the X-ray? 1105 00:53:52,691 --> 00:53:54,359 Yeah. 1106 00:53:54,442 --> 00:53:56,152 Now, I don't know if you've gotten X-rays-- 1107 00:53:56,194 --> 00:53:58,363 can you put your hair up in, like, a high bun? 1108 00:53:58,446 --> 00:54:01,741 [apprehensive music] 1109 00:54:01,825 --> 00:54:05,537 Raise your chin up for me, a little higher. 1110 00:54:05,620 --> 00:54:12,585 ♪ ♪ 1111 00:54:15,296 --> 00:54:17,590 - You're scheduled to fight on what date? 1112 00:54:17,674 --> 00:54:18,842 The 25th. 1113 00:54:18,883 --> 00:54:20,343 - You've been in camp, like, the last six weeks at least? 1114 00:54:20,385 --> 00:54:21,845 - Yeah. - Okay. All right. 1115 00:54:21,886 --> 00:54:25,598 So right now as your competition is approaching, 1116 00:54:25,682 --> 00:54:26,891 you're not having any neck pain? 1117 00:54:26,933 --> 00:54:28,309 No. 1118 00:54:28,393 --> 00:54:30,103 - You're not having any symptoms that extend 1119 00:54:30,186 --> 00:54:32,272 - into your arms or hands? - Mm-mm. 1120 00:54:32,355 --> 00:54:34,065 - And you have been grappling? - Right. 1121 00:54:34,149 --> 00:54:36,109 - You have been boxing. - Right. 1122 00:54:36,192 --> 00:54:38,319 - And you're wrestling. - Yeah. 1123 00:54:38,403 --> 00:54:40,822 - Okay, and--and all this is working out fine so far? 1124 00:54:40,905 --> 00:54:42,240 - Yeah. - Okay. 1125 00:54:42,323 --> 00:54:43,241 So what I'm gonna do is look at, 1126 00:54:43,324 --> 00:54:44,826 just to give you a heads-up, look at your neck, 1127 00:54:44,909 --> 00:54:46,786 feel it, to have you move your head around. 1128 00:54:46,870 --> 00:54:49,581 I'm gonna check your reflexes, sensation. 1129 00:54:51,583 --> 00:54:53,626 If I touch the middle of your neck in here... 1130 00:54:53,710 --> 00:54:55,337 - Mm-mm. 1131 00:54:55,420 --> 00:54:57,422 Without turning your body, just your chin all the way 1132 00:54:57,464 --> 00:54:59,215 - to the right, any issue? - No. 1133 00:54:59,257 --> 00:55:00,467 All the way to the left? 1134 00:55:00,550 --> 00:55:02,135 And then the next thing is to tilt. 1135 00:55:02,218 --> 00:55:03,470 - Any issue? - Mm-mm. 1136 00:55:03,553 --> 00:55:04,971 And tilting, any issue? 1137 00:55:05,055 --> 00:55:06,431 - No. - Okay. 1138 00:55:06,473 --> 00:55:08,266 So when we took X-rays of your neck 1139 00:55:08,350 --> 00:55:11,394 with you sort of flexing or going forward, 1140 00:55:11,436 --> 00:55:14,230 the importance of that is that your spine is stable. 1141 00:55:14,272 --> 00:55:15,357 Yeah. 1142 00:55:15,440 --> 00:55:17,400 The bones stayed in line. 1143 00:55:17,442 --> 00:55:19,361 - They just move together. - Yeah. 1144 00:55:19,444 --> 00:55:23,531 - What you do have is, you have bone spurs. 1145 00:55:23,615 --> 00:55:25,200 But what does this mean, basically? 1146 00:55:25,241 --> 00:55:26,659 Basically, it means that you have a lot of wear 1147 00:55:26,743 --> 00:55:28,036 - and tear in your neck. - Yeah. 1148 00:55:28,119 --> 00:55:30,663 - And so far you've been stressing it over the last six 1149 00:55:30,747 --> 00:55:33,375 to eight weeks of training and you have no symptoms. 1150 00:55:33,458 --> 00:55:36,294 So from your clinical history, meaning you telling me 1151 00:55:36,378 --> 00:55:38,213 and I examining you, you know, 1152 00:55:38,296 --> 00:55:40,674 you would be cleared to compete. 1153 00:55:40,757 --> 00:55:42,926 That's the conclusion that we have at this time. 1154 00:55:47,305 --> 00:55:50,600 - I'm gonna do a Skype interview at 2:00. 1155 00:55:50,642 --> 00:55:53,144 Oh, and I get to try on my fight kit. 1156 00:55:54,646 --> 00:55:56,064 I mean, I really like fight week. 1157 00:55:56,147 --> 00:55:59,401 I'm excited to, like, sign the posters and stuff. 1158 00:55:59,484 --> 00:56:03,196 [soft percussive music] 1159 00:56:03,279 --> 00:56:04,739 ♪ ♪ 1160 00:56:04,823 --> 00:56:06,908 - Can I sign anywhere? - Except for the face. 1161 00:56:06,991 --> 00:56:08,326 Okay, perfect. 1162 00:56:08,410 --> 00:56:10,245 Really after, you know, just doing it, 1163 00:56:10,286 --> 00:56:12,163 you're gonna help me get to all the places-- 1164 00:56:12,247 --> 00:56:13,289 I am, yep. 1165 00:56:13,331 --> 00:56:15,000 - I need to do my meeting, like, right now. 1166 00:56:15,041 --> 00:56:17,335 - We're so happy that you're back in the mix here. 1167 00:56:17,377 --> 00:56:19,087 - I've been itching to get back. 1168 00:56:19,170 --> 00:56:20,380 I just love to compete. 1169 00:56:24,175 --> 00:56:26,511 Dude, I have a big hand. 1170 00:56:26,594 --> 00:56:29,222 I love the feeling of, like, knowing that I'm gonna get 1171 00:56:29,305 --> 00:56:30,515 in the cage with somebody. 1172 00:56:30,557 --> 00:56:31,641 Like, simple combos. 1173 00:56:31,683 --> 00:56:33,184 Just like you're doing is perfect. 1174 00:56:33,226 --> 00:56:34,853 All right. 1175 00:56:34,936 --> 00:56:36,146 I'm here. 1176 00:56:36,229 --> 00:56:37,939 - What a wonderful sight. Welcome back. 1177 00:56:38,023 --> 00:56:39,816 - I know that I'm the best in the world 1178 00:56:39,858 --> 00:56:41,151 and I just wanna go and prove it, 1179 00:56:41,192 --> 00:56:43,028 but I couldn't 'cause I was sidelined by injuries. 1180 00:56:45,280 --> 00:56:46,948 What are we doing? 1181 00:56:47,032 --> 00:56:48,324 - Regular stuff. - Okay. 1182 00:56:48,366 --> 00:56:49,909 - So fight kit. - Thank you. 1183 00:56:49,993 --> 00:56:51,202 Now what is it? 1184 00:56:51,286 --> 00:56:52,662 - Now we're gonna hop on the big stage. 1185 00:56:52,704 --> 00:56:54,581 - I'm mentally prepared for anything. 1186 00:56:54,664 --> 00:56:55,790 Wrestling taught me that. 1187 00:56:55,874 --> 00:56:58,918 You know, I've been wrestling since I was three years old. 1188 00:56:59,002 --> 00:57:01,713 Do you care if we go into the other room 1189 00:57:01,796 --> 00:57:03,340 so that I could do the interview too? 1190 00:57:03,381 --> 00:57:05,133 - Happy to be joined by Tatiana Suarez. 1191 00:57:05,216 --> 00:57:07,052 Over the years you've had a variety of injuries. 1192 00:57:07,135 --> 00:57:09,012 Like, what goes through your head when something like that 1193 00:57:09,054 --> 00:57:09,888 happens to you again? 1194 00:57:09,929 --> 00:57:11,723 - It was really hard, but I was like, 1195 00:57:11,765 --> 00:57:14,893 this isn't gonna deter me from doing what I love. 1196 00:57:14,934 --> 00:57:16,561 - Thank you so much for doing this, Tatiana. 1197 00:57:16,644 --> 00:57:18,438 - Thank you. I appreciate it. 1198 00:57:18,521 --> 00:57:20,648 Thank you for having me on, and sorry for being late. 1199 00:57:22,275 --> 00:57:25,236 [pensive music] 1200 00:57:25,278 --> 00:57:32,285 ♪ ♪ 1201 00:57:32,285 --> 00:57:35,622 Feels good. I'm excited. 1202 00:57:35,705 --> 00:57:37,123 Mentally, I feel good, 1203 00:57:37,207 --> 00:57:40,418 and that's the biggest, I think, obstacle sometimes 1204 00:57:40,502 --> 00:57:42,295 is, like, being mentally prepared 1205 00:57:42,379 --> 00:57:43,963 to fight somebody in a steel cage. 1206 00:57:44,047 --> 00:57:46,299 You know what I mean? So. 1207 00:57:46,383 --> 00:57:47,759 I'm jumping for guillotines and stuff, 1208 00:57:47,801 --> 00:57:51,554 so once I start doing that, I don't know. 1209 00:57:51,596 --> 00:57:53,264 I'm, like, I definitely am ready 1210 00:57:53,348 --> 00:57:55,850 when I start doing stuff like that. 1211 00:57:55,934 --> 00:58:02,899 ♪ ♪ 1212 00:58:04,359 --> 00:58:06,736 [metallic banging] 1213 00:58:06,778 --> 00:58:08,571 - How do you--how do you wanna do it, Tatiana? 1214 00:58:08,613 --> 00:58:11,408 How--do you wanna save a little bit? 1215 00:58:11,449 --> 00:58:13,660 I always tell people you have two fights on fight week. 1216 00:58:13,743 --> 00:58:15,203 You have your weight cut, 1217 00:58:15,286 --> 00:58:16,454 and then you have the actual fight. 1218 00:58:16,496 --> 00:58:18,373 And for some athletes, the weight cut 1219 00:58:18,415 --> 00:58:20,542 is more nerve-racking than the actual fight. 1220 00:58:20,625 --> 00:58:23,336 I'm gonna get to 127. 1221 00:58:23,420 --> 00:58:24,546 - This is, like, part of the fight 1222 00:58:24,629 --> 00:58:25,755 you don't look forward to. 1223 00:58:25,797 --> 00:58:28,466 No one looks forward to sweating, 1224 00:58:28,508 --> 00:58:29,801 wearing the plastics. 1225 00:58:29,843 --> 00:58:31,720 You know, just really kind of cooking your body 1226 00:58:31,803 --> 00:58:33,555 and dehydrating your body like this. 1227 00:58:39,644 --> 00:58:42,731 [indistinct chatter] 1228 00:58:42,814 --> 00:58:44,733 You're--you're dripping. 1229 00:58:44,816 --> 00:58:46,526 And that's all. We gotta keep the drips. 1230 00:58:46,609 --> 00:58:47,694 - Whatever you gotta do to keep it going, 1231 00:58:47,777 --> 00:58:48,945 but you don't have to work-- 1232 00:58:48,987 --> 00:58:50,488 - Shadowbox for 30 seconds, and just walk. 1233 00:58:50,530 --> 00:58:51,614 Just walk around the room. 1234 00:58:51,656 --> 00:58:52,824 You don't have to do anything crazy. 1235 00:58:52,866 --> 00:58:54,284 - Yeah, just keep it going, walking... 1236 00:58:54,325 --> 00:58:57,245 [pensive music] 1237 00:58:57,328 --> 00:59:00,874 ♪ ♪ 1238 00:59:00,957 --> 00:59:02,834 - Can we get you up for-- for like 5, 10 minutes, 1239 00:59:02,876 --> 00:59:04,336 and then let's check your weight. 1240 00:59:04,377 --> 00:59:06,004 I wanna roll. 1241 00:59:06,087 --> 00:59:07,130 Do you want a roll? 1242 00:59:07,172 --> 00:59:08,673 - I wanna go-- - Yeah, we'll check it later. 1243 00:59:12,177 --> 00:59:15,555 - Now I wanna just chill, so maybe wrap me or something. 1244 00:59:15,638 --> 00:59:17,140 - So you're trying to do a little break? 1245 00:59:17,182 --> 00:59:18,475 Yeah. 1246 00:59:18,516 --> 00:59:25,690 ♪ ♪ 1247 00:59:27,650 --> 00:59:29,361 45 minutes? 1248 00:59:29,402 --> 00:59:31,821 - Almost 45 minutes, 43, 44 minutes. 1249 00:59:31,863 --> 00:59:33,406 Okay. 1250 00:59:33,490 --> 00:59:35,450 - 5 minutes. - 24 minutes. 1251 00:59:35,533 --> 00:59:37,911 We can layer you down a little bit too. 1252 00:59:39,329 --> 00:59:40,372 Six, seven? 1253 00:59:40,413 --> 00:59:42,332 Seven? [groans] 1254 00:59:42,374 --> 00:59:46,086 [indistinct chatter] 1255 00:59:46,169 --> 00:59:53,176 ♪ ♪ 1256 01:00:04,396 --> 01:00:06,106 - Ooh, man. Look at that. 1257 01:00:06,189 --> 01:00:07,982 - You're laying in a puddle of water. 1258 01:00:14,239 --> 01:00:15,323 Like, five. 1259 01:00:17,450 --> 01:00:19,327 Activity completed. 1260 01:00:19,411 --> 01:00:20,704 Nice. 1261 01:00:20,745 --> 01:00:23,248 I forgot how terrible it is. 1262 01:00:23,331 --> 01:00:30,296 ♪ ♪ 1263 01:00:47,605 --> 01:00:51,192 - Next to the scale, Tatiana Suarez. 1264 01:01:01,327 --> 01:01:02,996 125. 1265 01:01:03,079 --> 01:01:08,418 - Official weight 125 pounds for Tatiana Suarez. 1266 01:01:08,460 --> 01:01:12,464 - There's a lot of people that, after they weigh in, 1267 01:01:12,505 --> 01:01:13,798 they tend to eat a lot. 1268 01:01:13,882 --> 01:01:16,134 I don't eat a lot. 1269 01:01:16,176 --> 01:01:18,762 I always wanna stay, like, somewhat hungry, 1270 01:01:18,803 --> 01:01:19,971 because I feel like it makes me 1271 01:01:20,055 --> 01:01:21,973 more primal when I go into a fight. 1272 01:01:22,015 --> 01:01:24,184 - Up next, we're in the women's flyweight division, 1273 01:01:24,267 --> 01:01:29,147 Montana De La Rosa takes on Tatiana Suarez. 1274 01:01:29,230 --> 01:01:30,523 [cheers] 1275 01:01:30,607 --> 01:01:31,858 - Tatiana, let me just tell you, 1276 01:01:31,941 --> 01:01:34,903 it is an honor to say welcome back. 1277 01:01:34,986 --> 01:01:38,823 How did you stay dedicated and motivated to your future 1278 01:01:38,907 --> 01:01:41,534 and not crumble under all these things that 1279 01:01:41,618 --> 01:01:42,952 have been on your shoulders? 1280 01:01:42,994 --> 01:01:45,663 - For me, my mom raised me to be really strong. 1281 01:01:45,747 --> 01:01:47,916 And when things don't, you know, go your way, 1282 01:01:47,999 --> 01:01:50,502 you gotta just pick yourself up and figure it out. 1283 01:01:50,585 --> 01:01:52,045 - Clear. - Oh, my God. 1284 01:01:52,128 --> 01:01:54,381 Give me a hug. We have missed you. 1285 01:01:54,464 --> 01:01:57,342 [indistinct chatter] 1286 01:01:59,052 --> 01:02:00,720 - Thank you, guys. - See you guys later. 1287 01:02:00,804 --> 01:02:02,681 - Bye. See you. - Bye-bye now. 1288 01:02:02,722 --> 01:02:05,642 [soft music] 1289 01:02:05,684 --> 01:02:12,899 ♪ ♪ 1290 01:02:16,528 --> 01:02:18,238 - Hey! - Hi, Mom. 1291 01:02:18,321 --> 01:02:21,199 Hi, baby. 1292 01:02:21,282 --> 01:02:22,659 How was the trip? 1293 01:02:22,701 --> 01:02:24,911 - It was raining and snowing a little bit. 1294 01:02:24,994 --> 01:02:28,206 - That pass, the 15, gets really foggy sometimes. 1295 01:02:28,289 --> 01:02:29,541 And it's very scary. 1296 01:02:29,624 --> 01:02:30,875 'Cause one time I did the drive, 1297 01:02:30,917 --> 01:02:33,795 you could not see in front of you at all. 1298 01:02:33,878 --> 01:02:35,380 Weight cut was easy? 1299 01:02:35,422 --> 01:02:36,381 You look good. 1300 01:02:36,464 --> 01:02:38,800 - I didn't look drained at the weigh-in, did I? 1301 01:02:38,842 --> 01:02:41,052 - Did you see my weigh-in? - I didn't see the weigh-in. 1302 01:02:41,136 --> 01:02:42,721 125. 1303 01:02:42,762 --> 01:02:45,306 - Yay. - 125 pounds. 1304 01:02:45,390 --> 01:02:46,766 I'm just kidding. 1305 01:02:46,850 --> 01:02:49,185 My relationship with my mom now is good. 1306 01:02:49,227 --> 01:02:51,604 It's easier for me to understand 1307 01:02:51,688 --> 01:02:53,898 a lot of the things and the reasons 1308 01:02:53,940 --> 01:02:56,484 why she did the things she did. 1309 01:02:56,568 --> 01:02:59,404 When you're a kid, you don't know how hard life is. 1310 01:03:00,989 --> 01:03:03,033 I love her because I know that 1311 01:03:03,074 --> 01:03:05,035 she only wanted the best for me. 1312 01:03:05,076 --> 01:03:07,537 You know, and she sacrificed a lot, 1313 01:03:07,579 --> 01:03:10,248 and she was in pain while doing it. 1314 01:03:10,290 --> 01:03:13,752 And she probably felt alone while doing it. 1315 01:03:13,835 --> 01:03:17,422 So I'm grateful for it. 1316 01:03:19,174 --> 01:03:22,218 - Having the kids at my young age 1317 01:03:22,260 --> 01:03:23,970 and wanting them to be successful 1318 01:03:24,054 --> 01:03:26,848 because I wanted to prove a point that my kids 1319 01:03:26,931 --> 01:03:28,892 could be successful too. 1320 01:03:28,933 --> 01:03:32,937 But I didn't have the skills I needed to be a parent. 1321 01:03:32,979 --> 01:03:34,981 When you're young, you take direction 1322 01:03:35,065 --> 01:03:37,942 from the people that you know. 1323 01:03:37,984 --> 01:03:40,904 - I think her trying to push me was so that 1324 01:03:40,945 --> 01:03:43,073 I wouldn't make the same mistakes 1325 01:03:43,114 --> 01:03:45,492 and so that I could have a better life 1326 01:03:45,575 --> 01:03:47,202 than what she thought she had. 1327 01:03:47,285 --> 01:03:49,037 I remember she told me, like, at one point, 1328 01:03:49,120 --> 01:03:52,123 she was digging in her car and trying to get some change 1329 01:03:52,207 --> 01:03:56,127 just so that she could get gas to take me to practice. 1330 01:03:56,211 --> 01:03:58,129 You know, this is how much dedication 1331 01:03:58,171 --> 01:04:02,217 she was putting into providing a better life for me. 1332 01:04:02,300 --> 01:04:05,095 - I always feel nervous when she's gonna fight. 1333 01:04:05,136 --> 01:04:08,682 I always feel nervous-- not that I feel 1334 01:04:08,765 --> 01:04:10,141 like she's not gonna win. 1335 01:04:10,183 --> 01:04:13,395 It's just, like, a mom thing, I guess. 1336 01:04:13,478 --> 01:04:14,979 Even just little hurts, 1337 01:04:15,021 --> 01:04:17,982 like when she cut her eye, 1338 01:04:18,066 --> 01:04:21,277 or just little things, you know, it bothers me. 1339 01:04:21,319 --> 01:04:22,362 She's my daughter. 1340 01:04:22,445 --> 01:04:25,907 But so I get nervous that I can't protect her. 1341 01:04:25,990 --> 01:04:29,244 I always stand up for myself. 1342 01:04:29,327 --> 01:04:30,745 Right? 1343 01:04:30,787 --> 01:04:32,497 - I think all my kids are pretty good at that. 1344 01:04:32,539 --> 01:04:34,374 Yeah. Yeah. 1345 01:04:37,460 --> 01:04:40,046 I forgave my mom for-- for all of it 1346 01:04:40,130 --> 01:04:44,259 just because I know how much my mom loves me. 1347 01:04:44,342 --> 01:04:46,928 You know, I can see it. I can feel it. 1348 01:04:47,012 --> 01:04:48,930 And I know that she, like, 1349 01:04:49,014 --> 01:04:52,183 wishes she could do it all over again, but... 1350 01:04:54,019 --> 01:04:57,188 I think she did a great job with, uh... 1351 01:04:59,649 --> 01:05:01,276 With what she had. 1352 01:05:07,449 --> 01:05:10,368 [indistinct chatter] 1353 01:05:12,912 --> 01:05:15,081 - Stepping into a cage with another athlete 1354 01:05:15,165 --> 01:05:16,958 who's been training for six to eight weeks 1355 01:05:17,042 --> 01:05:19,169 studying you to fight you, 1356 01:05:19,210 --> 01:05:21,129 probably one of the most intense sports 1357 01:05:21,212 --> 01:05:22,339 you can compete in, right? 1358 01:05:22,380 --> 01:05:23,965 It's different than a lot of other sports. 1359 01:05:24,049 --> 01:05:26,217 All eyes are on you. It's not a team sport. 1360 01:05:26,301 --> 01:05:28,011 You know, there's a chance you can get knocked out. 1361 01:05:28,053 --> 01:05:29,888 There's a lot kind of racing through your mind. 1362 01:05:29,929 --> 01:05:31,723 Okay. All right. 1363 01:05:31,765 --> 01:05:32,682 Do you wanna pray with us? 1364 01:05:32,724 --> 01:05:33,975 Yes, 100%. 1365 01:05:34,059 --> 01:05:35,685 - I'm with you. - All right. 1366 01:05:35,727 --> 01:05:38,396 Father God, just, I wanna thank you 1367 01:05:38,480 --> 01:05:41,316 for everything you've done in our lives, for-- 1368 01:05:41,399 --> 01:05:43,943 for just being with Tatiana today. 1369 01:05:44,027 --> 01:05:46,112 Help her to use her God-given talents 1370 01:05:46,196 --> 01:05:48,490 and to remember where she came from, God, 1371 01:05:48,573 --> 01:05:50,241 and how far she's come. 1372 01:05:50,283 --> 01:05:52,243 Give her strength in her fighting 1373 01:05:52,285 --> 01:05:54,120 and in her mind and in her heart, God. 1374 01:05:54,204 --> 01:05:55,955 We love you, God, and it's in your son's name I pray. 1375 01:05:56,039 --> 01:05:58,083 Amen. both: Amen. 1376 01:06:01,044 --> 01:06:02,504 Thank you. 1377 01:06:02,587 --> 01:06:04,547 Thank you, Lisa. 1378 01:06:04,589 --> 01:06:08,218 [apprehensive music] 1379 01:06:08,259 --> 01:06:10,345 It comes with a lot of extra emotions, 1380 01:06:10,428 --> 01:06:12,889 a lot of vulnerabilities, a lot of insecurities. 1381 01:06:12,931 --> 01:06:14,683 So for her to control that, 1382 01:06:14,766 --> 01:06:17,602 Tatiana has one of the best minds in all of MMA, 1383 01:06:17,644 --> 01:06:20,563 seeing as her injuries-- her ACL, her neck injuries, 1384 01:06:20,605 --> 01:06:23,108 injuries that she's been able to overcome 1385 01:06:23,149 --> 01:06:24,275 and still have a strong mindset. 1386 01:06:24,317 --> 01:06:26,027 Even though she's still that strong, 1387 01:06:26,111 --> 01:06:28,071 these feelings-- anyone could succumb to them, 1388 01:06:28,113 --> 01:06:30,156 so it's important for her to still have 1389 01:06:30,240 --> 01:06:31,533 her strong mindset right now. 1390 01:06:31,616 --> 01:06:34,869 And she does, so I know in a couple hours, 1391 01:06:34,953 --> 01:06:37,497 she's gonna do a great, great job. 1392 01:06:37,580 --> 01:06:44,546 ♪ ♪ 1393 01:06:54,514 --> 01:06:58,309 - The things that we do take discipline, 1394 01:06:58,393 --> 01:07:00,854 and you have to constantly say that to yourself. 1395 01:07:00,937 --> 01:07:02,272 Like, how bad do I want this? 1396 01:07:02,313 --> 01:07:05,650 How hard do I have to work for this? 1397 01:07:05,692 --> 01:07:08,486 - I've had this recurring dream where I always, like, 1398 01:07:08,528 --> 01:07:11,448 picture myself at the top of that podium. 1399 01:07:11,489 --> 01:07:13,575 I just--I really want that moment to come, 1400 01:07:13,658 --> 01:07:15,368 so I'm gonna do, like, everything in my power 1401 01:07:15,452 --> 01:07:18,163 that I can just to have that. 1402 01:07:19,998 --> 01:07:22,500 I would rather take a loss where I took chances any day, 1403 01:07:22,542 --> 01:07:24,878 where I would take a win where I played it safe. 1404 01:07:24,961 --> 01:07:26,963 And I just feel like it's another step 1405 01:07:27,005 --> 01:07:28,757 to where I wanna be. 1406 01:07:30,633 --> 01:07:32,677 - I just kind of find a part of myself 1407 01:07:32,719 --> 01:07:33,845 before I step onto the mat. 1408 01:07:33,928 --> 01:07:36,514 I just feel indestructible. 1409 01:07:36,598 --> 01:07:39,601 Making my opponent quit is the number one thing 1410 01:07:39,684 --> 01:07:40,852 that's on my mind. 1411 01:07:40,894 --> 01:07:48,109 ♪ ♪ 1412 01:07:55,575 --> 01:07:59,204 - Boom, that's your knockout right there. 1413 01:08:01,039 --> 01:08:02,207 Yep. 1414 01:08:08,171 --> 01:08:10,715 - Cracked my neck. You feel it? 1415 01:08:12,509 --> 01:08:14,386 Let's go, baby. 1416 01:08:14,427 --> 01:08:17,597 We all got your back. Got an army. 1417 01:08:17,681 --> 01:08:24,562 ♪ ♪ 1418 01:08:27,399 --> 01:08:31,069 - And after almost four years on the sidelines, 1419 01:08:31,152 --> 01:08:34,531 Tatiana Suarez returns tonight. 1420 01:08:34,614 --> 01:08:37,909 [cheers and applause] 1421 01:08:37,992 --> 01:08:40,537 - fans everywhere want to see 1422 01:08:40,578 --> 01:08:43,498 what she delivers in the Octagon. 1423 01:08:55,760 --> 01:08:59,014 [announcer speaking indistinctly] 1424 01:08:59,097 --> 01:09:05,895 Tatiana Suarez! 1425 01:09:08,773 --> 01:09:12,110 - The first fight since June of 2019. 1426 01:09:12,152 --> 01:09:13,278 The return comes now. 1427 01:09:13,319 --> 01:09:14,571 - It's worth remembering, though, 1428 01:09:14,612 --> 01:09:17,115 Suarez is a lifelong competitor. 1429 01:09:17,157 --> 01:09:18,783 Four years away, but in a life, 1430 01:09:18,825 --> 01:09:20,744 that's kind of just a blip. 1431 01:09:20,785 --> 01:09:21,911 And she's a monster. 1432 01:09:21,953 --> 01:09:23,955 When it comes to wrestling, no one's been able 1433 01:09:23,997 --> 01:09:25,373 to stay on their feet. 1434 01:09:26,958 --> 01:09:28,585 - Just making her carry her weight. 1435 01:09:28,626 --> 01:09:30,420 - Her opponent's a UFC veteran, 1436 01:09:30,462 --> 01:09:33,256 also the husband of Montana De La Rosa. 1437 01:09:33,298 --> 01:09:35,884 [announcer speaking indistinctly] 1438 01:09:37,802 --> 01:09:39,721 - De La Rosa doing a good job peppering 1439 01:09:39,804 --> 01:09:41,306 with little uppercuts. 1440 01:09:41,389 --> 01:09:43,892 And so far this is the toughest test 1441 01:09:43,975 --> 01:09:46,644 we've seen for Suarez taking somebody down. 1442 01:09:46,728 --> 01:09:48,730 - That shows the strength of De La Rosa, and that's-- 1443 01:09:48,813 --> 01:09:50,607 the weight class right there makes a difference. 1444 01:09:50,648 --> 01:09:53,401 - De La Rosa really making her work for it. 1445 01:09:53,485 --> 01:09:55,111 - Good. Square your hips up. 1446 01:09:55,153 --> 01:09:56,863 Clear your head. 1447 01:09:56,946 --> 01:09:57,989 Suarez pops her head out, 1448 01:09:58,073 --> 01:09:59,324 will go to work from full guard. 1449 01:09:59,407 --> 01:10:01,409 - And that's classic Tatiana Suarez. 1450 01:10:01,493 --> 01:10:03,495 That is how she wins the fights. 1451 01:10:03,536 --> 01:10:06,623 But let's see what Montana's got off her back. 1452 01:10:06,664 --> 01:10:07,499 Straighten up! 1453 01:10:07,540 --> 01:10:08,917 Use that gauge. Fight the hands. 1454 01:10:09,000 --> 01:10:10,669 - Montana's doing a good job fighting back to her feet. 1455 01:10:10,752 --> 01:10:11,628 A little knee there. 1456 01:10:11,670 --> 01:10:13,838 - Stay behind her. Stay behind her. 1457 01:10:13,922 --> 01:10:16,841 [tense music] 1458 01:10:16,925 --> 01:10:19,678 ♪ ♪ 1459 01:10:19,719 --> 01:10:21,763 - First five minutes for Tatiana Suarez 1460 01:10:21,846 --> 01:10:23,390 in 3 1/2 years in the books. [air horn blares] 1461 01:10:23,473 --> 01:10:24,891 Second round coming up. 1462 01:10:24,974 --> 01:10:26,142 Tatiana Suarez. 1463 01:10:26,184 --> 01:10:27,143 [applause] 1464 01:10:27,185 --> 01:10:32,482 ♪ ♪ 1465 01:10:32,524 --> 01:10:34,109 - Take that mouthpiece out, Tati? 1466 01:10:34,192 --> 01:10:35,694 You gotta strike her a little more. 1467 01:10:35,777 --> 01:10:37,862 Bounce around, get a little more comfortable out there. 1468 01:10:37,904 --> 01:10:40,949 - Dance, move your head. Dance, move your head, okay? 1469 01:10:43,785 --> 01:10:45,495 - Dominic, when you dust it off 1470 01:10:45,537 --> 01:10:47,747 after a long layoff due to injury, 1471 01:10:47,831 --> 01:10:50,542 how is Tatiana Suarez feeling right now after five minutes? 1472 01:10:50,625 --> 01:10:51,960 - Oh, I don't know how she's feeling. 1473 01:10:52,043 --> 01:10:53,670 I know she's prepared for this fight, though. 1474 01:10:53,712 --> 01:10:54,754 You could see it. 1475 01:10:54,838 --> 01:10:56,089 We'll see after this round, though, we'll know. 1476 01:10:56,172 --> 01:10:58,508 Oh! 1477 01:10:58,550 --> 01:11:00,760 - Bust her up, Tatiana. Elbow her right there. 1478 01:11:00,844 --> 01:11:02,846 Cut her up. Let's go. 1479 01:11:02,887 --> 01:11:04,347 Take down. Take down. 1480 01:11:04,389 --> 01:11:05,390 Suarez is so strong. 1481 01:11:05,432 --> 01:11:07,225 She's doing a good job so far. 1482 01:11:07,267 --> 01:11:08,810 Oh, and gets spun down. 1483 01:11:11,146 --> 01:11:14,065 - The classic head and arm throw. 1484 01:11:14,107 --> 01:11:15,650 De La Rosa can explode here, 1485 01:11:15,734 --> 01:11:17,736 now she's getting dragged down. 1486 01:11:17,777 --> 01:11:24,659 ♪ ♪ 1487 01:11:24,743 --> 01:11:27,912 - Good front headlock. - Wow. Absolutely. 1488 01:11:32,334 --> 01:11:34,794 - She goes for the guillotine. She-- 1489 01:11:34,878 --> 01:11:36,921 - Wow, that looks deep. - Digs back. 1490 01:11:38,131 --> 01:11:40,592 Keep the crunch, Tatiana! 1491 01:11:40,675 --> 01:11:42,427 There's a slight grimace. 1492 01:11:42,510 --> 01:11:45,347 Suarez is gonna be a little more on her side, though. 1493 01:11:48,433 --> 01:11:52,687 [heartbeats] 1494 01:11:52,771 --> 01:11:55,690 - De La Rosa, she's on the side. 1495 01:11:55,774 --> 01:11:59,110 - She could get out, though. She's doing the right thing. 1496 01:11:59,194 --> 01:12:00,362 She's gonna tap! 1497 01:12:01,446 --> 01:12:04,157 Oh, that'll do it! 1498 01:12:04,240 --> 01:12:08,119 Tatiana Suarez back in a big way, 1499 01:12:08,161 --> 01:12:10,205 second round submission-- 1500 01:12:10,288 --> 01:12:12,123 - With a guillotine, baby! Let's go. 1501 01:12:12,165 --> 01:12:14,292 Come on, baby. 1502 01:12:14,376 --> 01:12:17,504 [cheers and applause] 1503 01:12:25,387 --> 01:12:26,846 She took a gamble, 1504 01:12:26,930 --> 01:12:28,598 big chance going for that guillotine, 1505 01:12:28,640 --> 01:12:30,308 giving up top position. 1506 01:12:30,350 --> 01:12:32,310 - Wrestling 101, snap to the front headlock, 1507 01:12:32,352 --> 01:12:33,978 and then here's the jiu jitsu 101. 1508 01:12:34,062 --> 01:12:36,981 Throw the full guard in once you get it underneath the chin 1509 01:12:37,023 --> 01:12:38,316 and just commit. 1510 01:12:38,400 --> 01:12:40,819 [triumphant music] 1511 01:12:40,902 --> 01:12:46,491 ♪ ♪ 1512 01:12:46,533 --> 01:12:48,410 - Declaring the winner by submission 1513 01:12:48,493 --> 01:12:50,161 due to a guillotine choke, 1514 01:12:50,245 --> 01:12:55,000 Tatiana Suarez! 1515 01:12:55,041 --> 01:12:57,544 [cheers and applause] 1516 01:12:57,627 --> 01:12:59,796 - Tatiana, tell me, how good does this feel? 1517 01:12:59,838 --> 01:13:03,049 Four years away from the Octagon. 1518 01:13:03,133 --> 01:13:04,843 - Oh, my God. I'm so happy. 1519 01:13:04,884 --> 01:13:08,304 I've been dreaming about this for a long time. 1520 01:13:08,346 --> 01:13:09,723 I wasn't able to fight. 1521 01:13:09,806 --> 01:13:11,558 And it's really hard when you can't do 1522 01:13:11,641 --> 01:13:13,309 what you love to do the most. 1523 01:13:13,351 --> 01:13:16,229 And I know what it's like to lose one dream, 1524 01:13:16,312 --> 01:13:18,106 and I didn't wanna lose another. 1525 01:13:18,189 --> 01:13:21,401 So, um, for me, I just felt like, 1526 01:13:21,484 --> 01:13:24,487 I'm just really happy that I can show anybody 1527 01:13:24,529 --> 01:13:26,823 if they're going through tough times, 1528 01:13:26,906 --> 01:13:28,283 to keep your head up, 1529 01:13:28,366 --> 01:13:30,243 'cause it's gonna-- it's gonna work out. 1530 01:13:30,326 --> 01:13:32,912 And that optimism that I have in my-- 1531 01:13:32,996 --> 01:13:34,205 my heart and my-- 1532 01:13:34,247 --> 01:13:36,166 my--my mom taught me that. 1533 01:13:36,207 --> 01:13:38,752 'Cause, you know, she knew that I was gonna have... 1534 01:13:38,835 --> 01:13:39,878 Go, Mama. 1535 01:13:39,961 --> 01:13:41,296 - You know, a really tough life. 1536 01:13:41,379 --> 01:13:43,757 Go, Mom. 1537 01:13:43,840 --> 01:13:45,508 - You know, I was in a male-dominated sport, 1538 01:13:45,592 --> 01:13:47,844 and I was told my whole life that I shouldn't be there. 1539 01:13:47,886 --> 01:13:49,387 So here I am. 1540 01:13:49,429 --> 01:13:50,889 And I belong here. 1541 01:13:50,972 --> 01:13:53,433 - Congratulations on a great comeback. 1542 01:13:53,516 --> 01:13:57,062 Ladies and gentlemen, Tatiana Suarez! 1543 01:13:57,103 --> 01:13:59,314 [applause] 1544 01:13:59,397 --> 01:14:01,524 [announcer speaking indistinctly] 1545 01:14:01,566 --> 01:14:02,984 - And it's hard to argue with that 1546 01:14:03,068 --> 01:14:04,402 'cause there's not a lot of athletes 1547 01:14:04,486 --> 01:14:06,071 that have come back from what Tatiana Suarez 1548 01:14:06,112 --> 01:14:07,238 has come back from. 1549 01:14:07,280 --> 01:14:08,990 And when you do something like this after a layoff, 1550 01:14:09,074 --> 01:14:10,700 after everybody tells you it's impossible 1551 01:14:10,742 --> 01:14:12,535 and it can't be done and you're not as good 1552 01:14:12,577 --> 01:14:15,372 as the other people who stayed in, and you go do it, 1553 01:14:15,413 --> 01:14:18,083 it's hard to stop you after that. 1554 01:14:23,296 --> 01:14:24,422 You had it. 1555 01:14:24,506 --> 01:14:25,632 I was, like, don't you let that fucking go. 1556 01:14:25,715 --> 01:14:26,800 I knew you had her. 1557 01:14:26,883 --> 01:14:29,928 'Cause you just practiced it right before you walked out. 1558 01:14:29,969 --> 01:14:32,097 You were like, let me do one more guillotine on you. 1559 01:14:32,180 --> 01:14:33,264 And you jumped and did it. 1560 01:14:33,306 --> 01:14:34,974 My brother's on the phone. 1561 01:14:35,058 --> 01:14:36,601 What's up? 1562 01:14:38,561 --> 01:14:41,439 - It feels good, and I'm excited, man. 1563 01:14:41,481 --> 01:14:44,025 I'm so excited. I wish you were here. 1564 01:14:48,113 --> 01:14:49,364 Thank you, bro. 1565 01:14:49,447 --> 01:14:52,951 [cheers and applause] 1566 01:14:55,620 --> 01:14:57,831 I got 50,000 extra dollars. 1567 01:14:57,914 --> 01:14:59,624 - Yeah, they said you got a bonus. 1568 01:14:59,666 --> 01:15:01,084 I was wondering what it was from. 1569 01:15:01,126 --> 01:15:03,628 - Yeah, like, they give you, like, a performance bonus 1570 01:15:03,670 --> 01:15:05,005 if you do really well. 1571 01:15:05,088 --> 01:15:06,756 - If you get a submission, you get a bonus. 1572 01:15:06,798 --> 01:15:08,717 - Yeah, or a knockout. - Yeah. 1573 01:15:08,800 --> 01:15:09,926 - Yeah, or a fight of the night, 1574 01:15:09,968 --> 01:15:11,344 which is when they're beating the shit out of each other. 1575 01:15:11,428 --> 01:15:13,847 You don't want that one. [laughter] 1576 01:15:13,930 --> 01:15:15,682 Let's go. 1577 01:15:18,351 --> 01:15:20,145 - Dude, you're fucking bad-ass, bro. 1578 01:15:20,228 --> 01:15:21,521 Thank you. 1579 01:15:21,604 --> 01:15:24,441 [soft music] 1580 01:15:24,482 --> 01:15:26,568 I just feel like I needed this one 1581 01:15:26,651 --> 01:15:29,029 for me, for my family, 1582 01:15:29,112 --> 01:15:30,488 like, everybody who believes in me 1583 01:15:30,530 --> 01:15:32,574 and, like, hasn't given up on me. 1584 01:15:34,200 --> 01:15:36,286 I'm back, though. 1585 01:15:36,327 --> 01:15:37,996 I'm so happy. 1586 01:15:38,038 --> 01:15:44,919 ♪ ♪ 1587 01:15:45,003 --> 01:15:47,714 - When I look at her, I still see the baby 1588 01:15:47,797 --> 01:15:50,508 that was when I had her and I looked at her eyes. 1589 01:15:50,592 --> 01:15:53,011 And I saw something special. 1590 01:15:54,971 --> 01:15:56,931 I had all these dreams for her, 1591 01:15:57,015 --> 01:16:01,519 none of which I thought would be wrestling or fighting, 1592 01:16:01,603 --> 01:16:04,856 but that she have a great life, 1593 01:16:04,939 --> 01:16:11,696 that whatever she wanted in life would happen for her. 1594 01:16:11,780 --> 01:16:14,074 - She's been in some fucked up places, man. 1595 01:16:14,157 --> 01:16:17,786 And she's not broken. 1596 01:16:17,869 --> 01:16:22,791 It's just the beginning, and she's not gonna break. 1597 01:16:25,502 --> 01:16:28,713 - I think that's what challenges are supposed to do. 1598 01:16:28,755 --> 01:16:31,591 They're supposed to make you better. 1599 01:16:31,675 --> 01:16:33,218 I'm grateful for every single thing 1600 01:16:33,259 --> 01:16:36,262 that I've faced that was hard. 1601 01:16:36,346 --> 01:16:40,558 It helped me become a better athlete, a better person. 1602 01:16:40,642 --> 01:16:43,228 For me, that's part of my legacy. 1603 01:16:45,188 --> 01:16:49,776 It's not about the victories for me. 1604 01:16:49,859 --> 01:16:52,862 It's about me inspiring whoever I can 1605 01:16:52,904 --> 01:16:56,199 to pursue their dreams and their passions. 1606 01:16:56,241 --> 01:16:58,743 Not only that, but when things are tough, 1607 01:16:58,785 --> 01:17:01,705 to persevere through those tough times. 1608 01:17:03,665 --> 01:17:06,543 [soft determined music] 1609 01:17:06,584 --> 01:17:13,800 ♪ ♪ 1610 01:18:31,503 --> 01:18:33,963 [bright tone]