MMA Fighting - Dan Ige Reveals Details Behind Shortest-Notice Fight in UFC History, Plans Return On More Lucrative Contract

Episode Date: July 4, 2024

Dan Ige reveals how the shortest notice fight in UFC history came together after he got a call asking if he was interested in facing Diego Lopes in just a few hours after Brian Ortega dropped out of the UFC 303 co-main event. Ige details how he got ready, his coaches and teammates who stepped up for him, and how he felt the fight against Lopes went without any actual preparation to get ready for that matchup. Ige also discusses what's next for him, his new and more lucrative contract, no longer competing on July 20 and what kind of plans he has for the Sphere and UFC 306 in September. plus much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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adopted a new nickname for him. He is now Dan the man, Ege, stepping in on like two hours notice to save the co-main event at UFC 303. Dan, thank you for taking time. And, man, I really appreciate it after such a wild weekend for you. Thank you, Damon. Yeah, a wild weekend for sure, a wild four hours, three hours, two hours, whatever you want to call it. We made history, man. This has never been done before, and I don't know if it'll ever be done again, but this is, that was why I did it, you know, was to cement my legacy and do something great. I've always visualized and dreamed of doing something above and beyond. A knockout at the apex is cool, but that people forget about that. You know, there's knockouts every week and people, you want to go watch PowerSlapp.

You know, you want to see a knockout. So to do something like that, to show up, save the. the co-main event on what was a Connor card. And just to walk out, dude, it was so cool, man. Just despite the loss, I feel like I won, you know, just I got a standing ovation from 19,000 fans after the fight. And I feel like I've definitely gained a new fan base, if that makes sense. Absolutely.

I actually tweeted on Saturday, and I said, listen, I know Diego Lopez won the fight. but I said Dan Egan did not lose anything in this fight. It's like what you did to step up here and do this, that is not a loss whatsoever. I know moral victories are not usually what fighters want, but to me that was like you, there was no lose in that situation, especially the way you came out there and fought.

So again, not that it makes any better or worse, but I don't think you lose anything with that performance. Yeah, thank you. Thanks. That's what I said. You know, I even thought, you always weigh out the risk,

but like, well, I could lose them. I'm like, but I don't have a perfect record. lost. I don't care, you know, like, I'm, I'm just going to go out there and be in the moment, you know, just go out there and have fun. Do something that's never been done and do what I love to do. And that's what I did. And we put on a great fight. We both won. And here we are now. I love it. So let's start at the very beginning. It's Saturday. And I think the story goes, you were getting a massage. Do you know, like around what time this was that you first got some indication that something was going on.

Like, walk me through the beginning of how this whole thing happened. So Saturday morning, I wake up, it's my normal. Friday, we'll go back to Friday because Friday I have my normal. It's like my Fridays are pretty hard. I have like a two a day. I do strength and conditioning in the morning. I do some hard grappling at night. Saturday, I usually get one good hard workout in in the morning.

So I did my workout. I did my heat acclamation. because I'm preparing for my fight July 20th. And after that, I basically just go home and it's all recovery for Monday. So I call my massage therapist. She works on all of my whole family, me, my wife, my kids. So working on my kids first. And then I hop on the table.

She's like, she asked me how long I want it. I was like, we did like 90 minute, hour and a half deep tissue massage. So I'm on the table. I'm listening to spa music. I'm all zinned out. like literally getting a deep tissue, which I would never do before a fight. But I'm, again, I'm recovering. I'm getting ready for Monday.

And my wife comes up, it's towards the tail end of the massage. And she's like, hey, Ali's calling me who, you know, Ali doesn't manage me, but we have a good, you know, relation. I manage myself. And I look at my phone. I had missed calls from Hunter, from Ali. this was right around 4 p.m. So I,

as she's telling me this, he's calling my phone again. So I answered. And I'm like, he's like, brother, did you talk to anyone? I'm like, no, what are you talking about? He's like, brother, brother, Ortego's out. And I'm like, okay? Like, what are they going to make me and Diego on the 20th or something?

Like, okay, like, what are you saying? He's like, brother, tonight. Can you fight tonight? I'm like, I just like, I was like, yeah? I didn't even think. I was like, yeah, because I don't even think it's possible, right? Like, can this even be done?

The wayans were yesterday? And he's like, brother, I'm dead serious. This fight can happen. I can get it done. I'll get it done. I'm like, all right, get it done. So he's like, I'll call you back. And then he calls me back.

He's like, brother, start packing your bags. 80, 90% is going to happen? I'm like, oh, shit, Zach, it's going to happen. He's like, what's your weight? I'm like, uh, 164 this morning 165 about he's like okay so going going go on going boom i get a contract in my email and i got you know i got i got paid so i was happy and and um i didn't read the weight class but it said 165 catchweight so i'm not reading it and i show i go he's like all right brother

we got to go we got to go the venue so i get in the car i call kai kamaka because i'm like shit who's going to corner me i already called it Eric, he's corny Roman the Lidzie. So we call Kai Kamaka and we said, be on Las Vegas Boulevard in 30 minutes. Meet you at the Shell Station. So boom, I pick him up. He just fought the night before.

Call Sean Strickland because my other coach was sleeping, taking a nap, didn't answer. We're like, Strickland's perfect for the moment. Shickland gets on his motorcycle, drives his Tee Mobile Arena. I pull up in there. They had a VIP parking spot for me. And I walk in.

They take me right to the scale. The whole commission's there. I heard this had to get approved by the governor, too. That's why, like, you saw that text that they posted. Like, I was texting Hunter that I was in great shape because I could be a liability, right? So I wasn't lying. I was in great shape. I'm ready to go.

I'm ready to rock. So they take me to the scale. I'm like, oh, this is a real way in? They're like, yeah, strip down. I'm like, hold up. Let me use the bathroom. I go and use the bathroom, come in, boom, 164 and a half. I'm like, oh, thank God.

I didn't know I actually had to weigh in because what would happen if I came at 66.5 or something? Like, does the fight happen? Do I get fine 20 percent? I don't know. So made wait and it became official right then and there. And I fought two hours later. It was wild. By the time I got the call, I was in the venue and weighed in.

and wrapping my hands two hours later. That is wild. So you're getting a massage. Do you remember when your wife comes to kitchen and says, Hey, Ali's calling me. Do you remember what time that was? Like, as I'd heard, like it was, I mean, we're talking like literally because you guys fought at, what is it, right around like 9 p.m. Pacific times when you actually fought.

Like, that's when you guys walked to the Octagon and fought. Do you remember the actual time she came and got you? Are we talking about like five hours difference here? At least five hours. I mean, at most five hours. But from the time it got, we said yes. It was probably about four hours from then and the time I fought. And, uh, dude, what a, what a freaking experience, man.

Like I said, I don't, I had no time to even think or process. They're like, there's no game plan because you start game. When you game playing, you think. And I can't go out there and think. So I got to go out there and just be in the moment. and shit, that's what we did, man. And I felt, I felt good in there. Just, you know, it's hard to find your rhythm and range.

Like, I wasn't planning to fight. So, but shit, we feel like we came out victorious in a way, you know. Absolutely. So when you get that message, like, you don't blink. He says, hey, you're going to fight tonight. And you just said, okay, yeah. Because, like, I, listen, if you said, hey, man, let me call my coaches. Let me make sure, like, let's, you know, because that's how,

typically short notice fights happen. Like you get a call. He said, let me just call everybody, let him know. You talk to Eric. You talk to the coaches. You maybe talk to Puna, just, hey, how are we doing? You know, we good to go. Whatever the case may be.

You just said, yes. You were good to go. Like, I imagine it was probably such a bizarre question. You probably didn't even really have time to think. Yeah, there really was no. The only thing I didn't. The only person I called was Eric to tell him that I'm fighting. There was not like, hey, what do you think about this?

Because there's no time. There's no time to think. and like I said I didn't want to negotiate myself out of a deal too out of a fight you know it's easy to be like well I want two million dollars it's easy to say that and then like yeah go screw yourself it's not happening it wasn't about the money for me no money can buy what I earned on Saturday night I feel like I got I I earn my coach my other coach my boxing coach said I I earned some sort of, he called it immortality. I gained it, you know, just it hasn't been done, man. And I don't think it'll ever be done again.

And I'll carry that with me for the rest of my life. I get to tell my kids that. I get to tell my grandkids that. And that's what it's all about. Now we saw they showed on the broadcast that text you had sent Hunter Campbell. At one point did that happen? You said, obviously, this had to get approved. because I know Eric had said that

Jeff Mullen called him and said, hey, is he really ready? Like, is he actually good to go? And he had to assure him. And I know he had mentioned, like, yeah, they had to go to the governor to get to approved because this is such an unprecedented situation. So at what point do you send that message to Hunter?

Because we all saw it. But when, like, when are you messaging just to like assure him that you're ready to go? I think that was around like 455, almost five, because Ali, Ali must have been on the phone with Hunter, but he's like, I need you basically because I'm a liability.

If I go in there and I'm not fit to fight and I go in there and get knocked out or badly hurt because I wasn't properly training, which I was, that's a whole different liability. And so I had to basically send that text. And I didn't know that would get leaked on the broadcast, but it was basically that. my text 100 just for him to I guess to probably send to the commission to be like hey this kid's good and yeah Jeff Mullen called um Eric and was like Eric you know put all his chips in is like bro if there's one person that can do is Dan I he's he's always in the gym he uh he treats he is a professional he's a professional and hello sorry I'm sorry I got you cut off yeah my my battery almost died.

Or I got that low percentage. But Eric was basically telling Jeff that I'm a professional and shit at all. We passed and we fought and we're healthy. We put on a great show and everyone won. Absolutely. So you go out there and listen, you're not fighting some bum. You're not fighting just some random guy and, hey, I'm going to get a paycheck. I mean, even that would be crazy on that kind of notice.

But you're fighting Diego Lopez who's on a great. streak. He knocks out Sadiq Yousad back at EOSC 300. He's on a great run. And you go in there and fight him. And I mean, he was, I mean, I think a lot of people were picking him to beat Brian Orteg. And Brian Orteg, of course, former title contender, all this kind of thing. So it wasn't like you were going in there with no risk. I mean, you're going in there very big risk because you're fighting not only fighting on three hours of those, but you're fighting a really good guy in Diego Lopez. Can you walk me through like what you remember the fight? And then particularly that third round because you won the third round pretty clearly and and I think arguably you know you were a couple moments away from even

getting a finish in there and that's when you're supposed to be done like you should have been gassed and like you know out running on fumes at that point because you're you're the one who took this fight on three hours notice uh walk me through what you remember about that fight because it was it was a great fight yeah so we i mean i obviously do my research i i know everyone pretty much in my division top 15 outside the top 15 i i study a little bit of everyone and i knew you Diego was very dangerous and he comes out hot. And what I remember was round one, which is, okay, let's just see how he comes out. And he did come out hot.

He was throwing with mean intentions. Every time we get in that close quarter range, he was throwing to knock me out. And this dude's got a 90-something percent finishing rate. So you know how dangerous he is on the feet and on the ground. And that's basically what round was for me, which is feel it out, feel it out, find my range. Round two, I started feeling my rhythm, my groove. I landed a nasty head kick,

and then that ended up getting me taken down, and he got my back for the rest of the round. But at that point, I still knew I found my range. Round three, I think I hit him with something, and I saw him look up at the clock, because something changed in its face, in his demeanor and his spirit and I felt it diminished and at that moment I was like I got him I got him and I got this not a burst of energy just the confidence you know like I'm going to go I'm

going to get this guy out of this fight right now and he ended up hitting me with a pretty nice leg kick kind of got me off balance then jumped on my back and then I swam him off my back and you know he has really good jiu-jitsu so he knows how to he knows how to survive right so he uh I landed some nasty ground and pound, but he was able to survive the rest of the round and get through the fight. But, hey, that'd be a five-round fight. I believe I finished that fight. And shoot, you never know what happens. Maybe they run that one back at the sphere.

Maybe not. Maybe they give me someone else. But regardless, this fight will go down in history. And it's a future Hall of Fame fight for sure. Absolutely. And listen, Dan, you deserve all the respect in the world for doing this. but can I ask, like, how much respect you have for Diego? Because he's taking a risk, too.

I mean, obviously, he comes in. He weighs it at 1.45. Then he finds out that, you know, Ortega's not making weight, so he has to go back up to 155. Then he finds out Ortega's out out. So I assume there's something in his head thinking, wow, I'm not fighting. And then he gets a call saying, hey, Dan Iige is willing to step in and fight you at 165. And I think they said he weighed 161 at the time. I mean, again, and listen, as I said, he's been on a good run.

People, you know, it seemed like he's a lot of hype, a lot of people talking about him as a prospect. You're a risk. I mean, that's an absolutely risk. You are not Brian Ortega. You're a totally different fighter for Brian Ortega. So how much respect do you have for Diego taking that? Because even though he had gone through a little bit more of a training camp,

and even he technically took this on short notice, fighting you on two hours notice is a massive risk for him, too. Oh, it's a huge risk for him. I mean, I just saw him. We're at the PI right now, and I just was talking to him and telling him how much I respect him because of what he went through, having to cut weight. having a switch his weight classes facing off any ready is fight day your opponent's out thinking okay you're if your opponent pulls out fight day you're not fighting right mentally you're

not fighting then they're like wait a minute we got something else we got dan ege and i'm probably a high risk low reward fight and and a lot of people's eyes prior to this right prior to this um and you know he's a fighter bro he's he took the fight i'm sure there was some more negotiations involved in a lot of chaos behind the scenes but it got done and i can't have more respect for that guy like he's at the top of the list you know he's uh he's he's he's a real fighter and i told him that like he has a bright future regardless he's young he's ferocious he's mean he's he's talented and um i'm excited to see where his career goes because uh this guy's the limit for him.

I know I said earlier, you know, moral victories are not something usually fighters won, but, you know, I think you gave Diego by far his toughest fight since he debuted on five days' notice against a really good guy and, you know, Mozar, Eblood, a guy you're familiar with, which was a battle. I mean, that was a fight where I was like, wow, I can't believe this guy did that over three rounds when he took this fight five days ago. You just gave him his toughest fight. But what he did to Sadiq You said, I, I'll be honest, I pick Sadiq to win that

I was like, oh, man, Sadiq's his dynamic striker. He looks so good against Edso Barbosa. Maybe this is just the moment. Diego goes out there and flattens them in a minute. To go out there and have that kind of performance and then do what you did in the third round again. I know technically it's a loss at the end of the day, you went in there to win.

But as I said, you can't walk away feeling like you really lost. I know it's going to be on the record. I know deep down you know you wanted to win that fight. But, I mean, be honest. You can't really walk away feeling like you lost. No, I remember right after round three, I was like, man, I probably lost. And I had a moment in my head.

I was like, I could be bummed about this. And I made the decision to smile and embrace the moment because, again, it's never been done. This was awesome. And Diego gets his hand raised. Rogan comes in and Rogan looks at me. He's like, hold on one second. I want to interview you after. And so I waited.

And like I said, I got a standing ovation. not that I care about a moral victory or want that, but it was a victory, man. This was something that, dude, I can't even put into words, but he's a killer, dude. He is a killer. And to do what I did only instills confidence in me, knowing that I could trust in my ability

at any time against anyone, anywhere, any place. and we'll see what happens from here because I believe this is just going to boost the trajectory of my career and I'm just excited for what the future holds. Absolutely. I know you said you didn't want to negotiate your way out of a fight, but can I ask without getting too deep into financials, did they take care of you financially?

There's no way you took this fight and they weren't like, we got to give this guy a little extra a bonus for this because that is wild. Taking a fight on two and a half, three hours notice is insane. As you said, never been done. before and I'll be honest Dan I don't know that we'll ever see it again yeah I mean I got all my money my money my win money I got a new deal so I'm pretty happy I got paid good I had a you know a one-off agreement for this fight specifically and I got a new contract that's gonna I'm gonna

get paid more than I've ever been paid so um I'm happy I'm happy with where I'm at the UFC did a great job at taking care of me and I'll eat too so they gave you they gave you show and win on Saturday night, like regardless of the result. Yep, I made a flat amount. That's awesome. That's awesome. That's awesome. I love hearing that and rightfully so. Coming out of that, can I, I know, I feel like I should know the answer, but Dan, you just fought on three hours notice.

You're not going to fight July 20th, are you? You're not turning around to fight July 20th, are you? I mean, shit. At this very moment, my fucking lay hurts, but you never know, dude, July 20th rolls around. I'm feeling I wake up, roll out of. bed maybe I feel like fighting that day but I I realistically I want to wait I want to I want to I want to fight at the sphere I think uh my plan was to fight July 20th and call out an opponent for the sphere um I just think it makes sense man what we did and getting Dana's reassurance that

we can have that I I'm going all in on that and um we'll see what happens uh is it Diego is is it Gai'er? Is it chepet? I don't know. Well, I think we'll get a big fight. Whatever it is, it's going to be a big fight at the spheres. Yeah, well, Dana said on Saturday night, you said, whatever they want, I'll give them whatever they want.

You want to fight at this fear? I'll give you the sphere. Can I ask it in a weird way because you shared that experience with Diego, and I think it would be realistic at some point down the road to see that fight happen again with you guys actually on a training camp and actually getting ready for each other? But is there also a part of their experience now that you shared that with him, like, as you said you ran into it to PI like you guys are you guys are going to be part of like a very exclusive club now like this has never happened before I'm sure you would fight him again but

there's also most like a fraternity between you guys right like you've never no one as I said I don't know this will ever happen again yeah I don't think like it's uh like I ran you never know what's going to happen from here on out but that that we cemented our legacy right there do we fight again I don't know we have he has a tremendous amount of respect for me as I do for him. That being said, it could be fun. You never know. Like, you give us both equal time and opportunity to game plans, to study each other, to both

win at 145. So there's no, there's no weird variables. You know what I mean? That's not the fight I'm going to, I'm not going to sit here and call him out. Be like, well, I would have had you if I had two more minutes because it doesn't matter, you know. I guess we just got to sit and wait and see what happens. The UFC is clever, and obviously they do their job very well and can get shit done, you know, on four hours. So they can make something happen.

And I'm just going to trust whatever they do and we'll see what happens from here on now. We've had these conversation before, Dan. You got really good at calling your shot. Like you got really good at calling for a name and getting that name, which has worked out very well for you in the past. But at this point, when you look at the sphere, you said, you know, maybe it's your A year, maybe it's Champay, maybe it's somebody else. Now it's almost like you're the A side. Like, you got a lot of hype behind you now coming out of that. Like, in a way, like, do you even really need to call anybody out?

Because, like, fighting Dan Igay at the sphere is going to have a ton of hype behind it just because of what you just did. And that card is already going to be insane. Like, can I imagine that now you get to be the guy? Like, you got to get a bit of a target on your back. Everyone's going to want to fight you. Everyone's going to want to be the guy to step up and fight Dan Igay. Yeah. You said it right.

I don't believe I have to call out anyone at this point. How did I fought, whoever I fought on July 20th and win? Yeah, I have to make that call out. But doing what I just did on Saturday night, now it's like, now I got the hype. I got the hype now. And people, that's what people do, man. You want to steal people's hype. I've always, I've seen Diego's rise.

I'm like, dude, I love that fight because I want that. I want that start. I want the fame. And we both got it now. So they match me with anyone. It's going to be a big fight. And I'm going to get paid. And it's going to, again, go down in history as one of the greatest sporting events of all time, as Dana says.

And I just can't wait. And I'm excited, dude. I'm eager. I'm going to start preparing and taking this week just to recover my body. And I'll get right back on the horse because I have no serious injuries. My legs a little sore from this freaking guy kicking it. but outside of that will be good, and I'll be good to go when September

rolls around. You know what I love about you and your team? Because I've talked to a lot of guys out there. You know, I talk to Puna pretty regularly. I talk to Eric all the time. And Eric posted a thing on Saturday, It cracked me up as one of my favorite movies of the town when he says that line where Ben Affleck shows up

and he says, I need you help. I can't tell you what it is. You can never ask me about it later, and we're going to hurt some people. And I was like, I love that because, like, Kai Kamaka literally flew back from Sioux had a win of his own to get in the playoffs. And then Sean Strickland wasn't even like he was on his motorbike and they all show up

to corner you. Like that says a lot about the team and the friendship and the brotherhood you guys have built there. And I love that. Like when you guys, when I saw Strickland your cornered your cornered. I was like, I guarantee you he had no idea he was cornering anybody tonight. Yeah, he showed up.

But yeah, I just talked about like the brotherhood you guys built, man, for all those guys to show up for you. Yeah, dude. That's what it's all about, you know, creating these four memories that will last forever. It'll last a lifetime. Like my son's only three.

We drive down the apex. He's like, cool, dad, you fought at the apex. Dude, I tell him, dude, remember the time I saved the day, Tim Olberina. I called up Sean Shirkland, Eric, Kai Kamaka, and we went in there, made history. That'll be a legendary story that I get to tell forever when I'm an old man at the bar.

I'm just, that's what it's all about now. It's not about the belt, one thing. You know, I want to win a world title. That'll be, that's, that's on my bucket list. But I want to do legendary things. I want to do things that are, that people will remember forever. And, yeah, I don't, I couldn't fathom what I did Saturday night, so I can't even fathom what could happen.

But the sky, the sky is the limit, the future is limitless. And I'm, uh, I'm just going to ride this. as long as I can while I can while I'm still young I'm in my prime we're gonna continue to make history absolutely if you got a little cart blanche to the UFC maybe maybe put a word in there

and say hey let's go to Hawaii like since I'm building up so much goodwill right now let's go to Hawaii maybe you probably talk him into that that would be I mean that would be awesome it be a dream come true I don't bank on it but you never know man you really don't know

we'll just have to wait and see, dude. I won't count it out. I will never count it out. So when it happens, I'll be ready. You know I will. If you told me Saturday at like 1 o'clock, you were going to be fighting that night, I would have said never going to happen.

So you can never count anything out from happening when Dan Ege is involved. Dan, I've known here for a long time. We talk pretty regularly, whether we do interviews or text or whatever. You know how much respect I have for you, how much admiration I have for you, how much I love your career, and how much I love everything you do.

But I'm just glad the rest of the world is kind of seeing you for who you are because this was classic Dan Ege. Like when I, as crazy as it sounds like, even I was like, I can't believe this is actually happening, but there's one guy who's going to do it. It's going to be Dan Egey. So, man, as I said, I know technically it was a loss, but dude, it's not a loss.

It is a win. That is a crazy, crazy thing to do what you did. Enjoy it, man. Enjoy a little downtime with the family. I know you're not a big downtime kind of guy, but enjoy some downtime, man. Amazing, amazing performance. And really, you should wear a cape.

Like get them to make you a cape in extreme guitar. You saved a freaking day, man, go in there and do what you did. So, man, I say congrats because, dude, it was a win. It was absolutely a win, man. Congrats on everything you did over the weekend. And, again, you know you got my respect and admiration long before this. But, dude, I just tripled it for what you just did on Saturday night. Man, what a crazy thing to do and amazing for you to do it.

Oh, thank you so much. Yeah, it means the world. And it feels good. and I'm embracing it. I'm embracing the notoriety because, again, it's not going to last my whole life. And I, it is long deserved. And it just feels really good. So thank you, Damon.

You've been a supporter from day one. You've been a long time friend. So I appreciate you in your words. And I'll definitely embrace this opportunity in this moment. Absolutely, Dan. Thank you again for the time. Appreciate you jumping on me on. And I'm sure we'll talk soon.

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