Tyson Pedro: Whittaker UFC 329, Rountree-Ankalaev, PFL Australia Future [FG2iF0hTdY2]
Tyson Pedro will clash with Rafael Xavier at PFL Washington on July 25th. Pedro appeared on Bowks Talking Bouts to discuss: -the sophomore trek in the PFL Smart cage seeing him take on another stiff test -wanting to capitalize on his remaining time as a competitive fighter -formerly using pain as a great teacher and having a more positive mindset since becoming a father -capturing WBC gold during his foray into boxing and manifesting that -being done with fighting after his boxing endeavour, and why he ended up signing with the Professional Fighters League -his PFL debut being a loss to Dovlet Yagshimuradov, but representing his favorite fight that he's ever had -how his father shaped his journey as a professional fighter -the camaraderie that he has with many past opponents -working with Robert Whittaker ahead of Rob's foray up to light heavyweight against Nikita Krylov at UFC 329 -Navajo Stirling's last win and the young fighters coming up at CKB -being born with his fist clenched and ready to throw down -being excited about PFL expanding into Australia going forward -UFC 293 being a perfect career moment that would be hard to top, and how a PFL Australia effort could maybe be on par with that Sydney win -previously beating Khalil Rountree Jr., and thoughts on Rountree's upcoming fight with Magomed Ankalaev near month's end -running a bakery and the challenges with that as a pro athlete -wanting this to be the first year he gets four fights in -title aspirations in PFL and the machinations of this Xavier matchup -his entire MMA career seeing him fight consistent hammers -his daughter wanting to be a fighter too, and how nervous he would be seeing her compete someday