Stay Tranquilo - Luis Hernandez: The Journey From Miami-Dade Deputy to the UFC | Stay Tranquilo

Episode Date: September 29, 2026

The undefeated Miami native shares his journey from high school wrestling to law enforcement, balancing life as a Miami-Dade deputy with the demands of professional MMA, and the work ethic that helped him turn a longtime dream into reality.Luis also talks about representing the 305 on the biggest stage in combat sports, training with Jorge Masvidal, the growth of MMA in South Florida, and his ultimate goal: fighting — and eventually headlining — a UFC card right here in Miami.We also get into his Cuban roots, his 100% finish mentality, the support of his wife and family, and the affirmations he wrote years ago saying one day he would make it to the UFC.Subscribe for more conversations with athletes, entrepreneurs, creators and personalities putting on for South Florida.0:00 The Dream of a Miami Main Event1:04 A Chance Encounter at 30,000 Feet2:52 The Reality of a Whirlwind Week5:24 Representing the Badge in the Cage9:08 From High School Wrestling to the Pro Ranks22:04 Looking Ahead to the Next Fight#StayTranquilo #LuisHernandez #UFC #DanaWhiteContenderSeries #Miami #MMA #305 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

My goal is Miami be on the main card and headline here. Me and Wint. And I think, you know, if the UFC... You and Waint would be sick, dude. It would be madness. That would be sick. And I think that's an idea. I already shot it out on the mic after the fight.

You know, we need more representation in Day County. I always say it. And let's see what happens. But I honestly think three fights and then it was just going to explode. And three wins, because I'm coming to the win. I have 100% finish rate. I'm crazy. when I get in there.

Yeah, you're undefeated, right? Undefeated as a pro as an amateur. And then I always look for a finish. I don't want no boring fights. No decisions. No decisions. Forget about the judges. It'll be great.

That's what I want, April in Miami as well. Dude, I mean, anything and everything that we could do to make that happen, we're going to push for that because a card that includes you and Wint here in Miami is exactly one what the city needs and two, what you have seen needs too. All right, welcome back to another episode. of Stay Tranquilo. Today we have a very, very special episode. Another 305 legend.

We've been on a roll with 305 legends here. We got Luis Adandez in the building at Stay Tranquillo Studios. Luis, thanks for being here. Well, thank you guys for having me here, man. Absolutely. Well, you know, I think something I want to kind of start off the show with was kind of the dynamic of how this came to be, right? Obviously, see you come off that big win on the contender series, representing the 305,

representing Miami. And I'm like, this is a great guy, obviously, to one, share your story, but two, you know, kind of celebrate the success and the hype that came with it, right? So sent you a message on Instagram. You know, that's how we reach out to people nowadays and immediately connected and was like,

yeah, dude, I'm out of town. But, you know, when I get back, let's coordinate something. Flying back to Miami and we happened to be on the same flight back from Vegas. And the pilot makes that announcement saying, hey guys, everybody's got to stay in their seat. The cops need to come on board. And we don't know what's happening. But all we know is that the cops are about to get on board.

And I'm thinking like, dude, I just want to get home, all these things. And then they announce your name. I'm like, holy shit, he's on this flight. And he was out of town in Vegas. And here we are now in the studio recording a pod. Crazy, man. Small world. And I was like, what's going on?

We passed by each other. I remember I think you were sitting on the left. Yeah, yeah. And I was like, oh, wow. Yeah, yeah. Crazy. Crazy. So I'm sure the last, what, it's been,

like a week now, a week and a half. A week, exactly today. Yeah, exactly a week today. I've been a whirlwind for you. So before we kind of get into your story and kind of like the background of how you got into all this, talk to me of just what the last week has been for you. And I'm sure it's just been something of a dream. Completely, I would say everything that I've dreamed of has came, you know, too true.

And I put in a lot of work. I continue to put in a lot of work. And I know this is just the beginning. You know, and it's kind of funny. My wife got me a shirt before the fight, and it was said only getting started. And she's like, hey, something big is going to happen. And I literally wore the shirt, and it was something where this week's been madness. It's still madness.

Yeah. Pones blowing up, this and that. And I'm like, man, it's just the beginning of what's to come. 100%. And I think that comes with, obviously, a big moment like that, right? You know, like you said, it's just the beginning. But at the end of the day, it is a moment to celebrate right now, right? And I think you celebrate the wins along the way, but you want to keep stacking those wins, right?

Stacking the opportunity, stacking the momentum that comes for it. Right? We were talking about Anthony Wint, which we'll talk a little bit more, right? But 11 days after he won in the contender series, he's already fighting another fight. So I'm sure you're already trying to get on that first fight and really get the ball rolling. Definitely. I'm just waiting the moment they send me the contract. I'm signing.

If it's going to be a short notice, if it's going to be three months, two months, I need to get one before the end of the year. Hopefully, January, my plan, January,

February, and then headline here in Miami and April. Three fights in less than, you know, I would say eight months. That's my goal. That'd be epic. It's going to happen.

Fuck, yeah. Let's go. Let's go. I like it. So talk to me about that moment, you know, when Dana White makes the announcement, like, hey,

you're coming to the UFC. Oh, wow. I wrestled here in Southwest Senior. I went to Southwest in Ferguson. So I liked to grapple. I wanted to grapple this fight, but I said, hey, look, I'm going to show the world that I could do it all. People are talking mad shit online.

And I'm like, okay, I'm going to show people that I could strike, I could wrestle, and I could grapple. So when he called me, I knew it because he doesn't want to watch boring fights. Dana does not want to watch boring fights. He needs entertainers at the end of the day. He needs entertainers. Mm-hmm. and not just performing the cage,

but be good on the mic as well. So I did everything possible to make that happen. So the moment I went to the back, I'm like, it's happening. It has to happen. There's no way that he's not calling my name because technically we made history. You know, first cop, in contender,

slash deputy, and from Miami. So it's like all that. I go, we need, I knew it was going to happen. It was just getting my name called. Yeah. And you talk about, right, first cop, first deputy to get that call, right?

What does that mean to you? Obviously, you know, cop is your day job, right? That's what you've devoted a lot of time and energy to, along with your training, right? Along with the devotion to your craft and in the martial arts. But what does it mean to be that first cop? It means so much getting to put not just Miami on the map, but Miami-Dade, my sheriff's office and the agency

and being able to represent something that, you know, we need more good apples and more good guys that are going to go out there and represent not just in the community, but on the world stage and putting a good name on the world stage for our agency. And it means so much to me and the support that I have from the guys and girls. And just being able to continue to give back,

not just to the agency, but to the community. And I actually make a difference. And, you know, that's what I want to do. That's really what I don't want to just be a fighter. I want to do it all. You know, why not me? Yeah. You talk about the support.

The support was there right when we got off the plane, which was sick to see. Yeah, I was talking to, I didn't get his name. but I was talking to one of your guys after, and he was just like the level of excitement, yeah, I think was something that was admirable, right? That's, you know, obviously you have your friends, you have your family, but to have the people that you spend,

you know, your work life with, right? And in a job like what you guys do, right? Protecting the people, serving the community. It's obviously a very different element and a very different layer as to your line of work, right? Yeah. I'm not knocking people with the nine to fives. Everybody's got their role in society.

but ultimately your job is to protect, right? And these people are here with you every single day serving to protect the people and then they get to see you win and what you love to do, right? And what you, like we were talking offline, kind of like what your schedule looks like, right? I mean, shit, it's insane to even think about it. You're like, okay, this guy's a cop, right? That's his job. But when is he training?

What does that schedule look like for him? How does he make the time? Because a lot of people, you know, kind of have dreams. they have these dreams and you get stuck into whatever life entails, right? Your job, your family, your kids, all these things are very important. But we all have these aspirations to do things outside of maybe what we do on the daily. And you're the perfect testament to that, right? It is like, I'm a cop first, but I love my martial arts.

I've been training. I've been fighting for a while. And now here you are being able to do something magnificent. Definitely. It's been a long, a long time coming. I started on and off when I was 12 years old. I just turned 30, 18 years in the game. And I just, the inspiration, like you said,

I've had so many people reach out, other law enforcement, firefighters, people in the military, and just also regular people, which I'm a regular guy. I don't want to say that, you know, everybody plays a huge role. And being able to be an inspiration to people,

you know, if you have a job, you could do both. You should. But if you, as big as you dream, why not you? That's the way I've always looked at it. And, you know, let people doubt you. You want that doubt. When you prove them wrong, it's going to show why you deserve that opportunity. You know, and I think they wanted to challenge me with that guy.

They're going to, hey, let's find the biggest guy we could get. It's a big dude, bro. And I'm like, okay, you know, in my mind was, I don't care how big you are. And I'm going to go on there and handle business. And same thing with people. Whatever dream you have, go after. Why not? What's the worst it could happen?

you're going to fail, but then you're going to go back and go again. And that's the way I look at it and I hope to be an inspiration and continue people to chase their dreams. Oh, we've definitely been an inspiration. You could see it online. But I think I want to kind of go backwards now, right? You talked about how you've been doing this, you know, for a while. When did martial arts become a part of your life? When did you say, shit, this is something that I want to do?

So I started high school wrestling. I technically started football. Okay. I played left guard. I'm 5'9. You know, I thought I was, I've always lied. My license says 5-11. Don't tell anybody. I played football.

I was decent. I'm not going to lie. I was on the varsity. Well, I first played JV, but they didn't move me up. And I got kind of pissed. I'm like, man, this is crazy. I'm 10th grade, 9th, 10th grade. They didn't move me up. So I started wrestling.

And I just fell in love with it because it was a team sport, but it's individually. Yeah. If you train and put in the extra work, it's going to show the results. So that really sparked. and I started losing a lot of weight. I was very, I was chunky. I used to eat a lot. The wrestlers always shed so much weight, bro.

It's crazy. And I started doing the wrestling, and I just fell in love with it because it's like, hey, you challenge yourself, physically, mentally. And if you don't put in the work, it's going to show. So I made the commitment. I did, you know, three years at Johnny Ferguson.

And the fourth nine weeks, I said, hey, I'm out of here. I'm going to go to Southwest. They had a way, they have the best program, I think one of the best programs in Florida. I went over there and didn't know anybody. Started brand new school, but I knew the wrestlers. And it was just like, hey, I'm going to make this. And that completely, and I keep saying it, Southwest changed the

trajectory of my life completely. Because the work ethic that we have was, hey, we're going to train as much as we can. We're going to travel. We're going to compete. And that really changed my mindset. I was supposed to wrestle college. I didn't wrestle college. I got a Juco offer. And I stayed here locally to the community college. I got my degree, got my bachelor's. And at the same time, I was going to the police academy. I was going to start law enforcement. It was taking a lot longer than expected.

So I got my first amateur fight. And I'm like, I got that age, la Picasso. I'm like, I need to do this badly. Yeah. And as that's going on, my dad's like, hey, sue the police thing, you know, because my dad's a sergeant. He's like, hey, it's a great career.

And I've always, since I was a little kid, I wanted to do it. I got into the law enforcement. and while I was there, I had that pica pica. I was like, hey, I need to fight again. Because,

like, you know, I see guys that I'm training with guys at a high level at my gym, and I'm like, man, these guys are succeeding,

why not me? Got back into the fights and it was like, I think I did like three amateur fights back to back. Like literally one month, one month, month,

COVID came. I was able to fight during COVID. And I transitioned to a different department. I was in Miami-Dade schools first, and then I came to where I'm at now. You have to take a probation. There's a probationary period where they can fire you for anything if they really want to. Right.

So that one year, I was like, okay, I can't fight, but I could train. So that's a little bit lapse of times that I've had twice. And long story short, I kept fighting and something just told me like, hey, I love my career. I'm going to do my career, but I need to do this. I have to because I don't want to live on that regret of damn, could have, should have would have. and I see these people, and I'm no offense to them, there's other athletes that, you know, even other sports that do, they drink a lot, they smoke, they do other drugs,

and I'm like, I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't do any drugs because it work, and plus I don't like, you know, I would never do that. Of course. That just told me, why not me? And I just kept on, and I kept on. And it was, thank God I have a great support system with my wife and my family. All I do is train and work.

That's all I do. if you see me out, it's once in a blue moon and it's probably a fighting event. I don't do anything other than train and work. That's all I do. That's my life. And I'm just excited and can't wait. Yeah.

What does that train and work schedule look like? How do you balance that? So I'm blessed to be in a specialized unit. It's called the priority response team. It was formed after Marjorie Stoneman Douglas. Okay. So whenever there's any high situation with active shooter, shooting, stabbings, any priority,

we get used for it all. We're like the Swiss nights of the department. We train a lot. That's the good benefit of being there. We're able to train on duty. They allow us to train on duty. We have something where I'm wearing the shirt

now. It's called the hive. We have firefighters, cops. We have federal agents that come and train with us. And we get to train on duty. And it's just pretty much better your skill set. A regular day, I would say Monday through Friday,

8 to 4 is my schedule. I get to go train. And then I use my vacation time to go train as well. Sheesh. So I'll go and let's say if I'm training at my home gym, I'll take the time off to go train there. And then boom, I'll stay an extra hour or two on shift to build back that time. Got you.

So anything where the department is definitely supporting me, I'm just trying to make, you know, do everything correctly. Yeah. And I mean, at the end of the day, it complements you as a person, right? It's not, like you said, you're not spending this extra time that you may have doing something that doesn't service you, right?

It's all going back to the main thing of what you want to achieve. And that's, I think, the big reason why here we are sitting with you, one, but two, why you've had a level of success so far. Yeah. Which is huge. I know my wife's going to watch this. She's going to be like, hey, why haven't,

why we haven't gone on more trips? It's because, like, literally, all the time that I spent is training, training, and work. That's it. Working overtime or training. Yeah. And I just use that time to better myself. and everything's going to continue to get better

because my work ethic is crazy. Yeah, 100%. And you're still young, 30 years old. Like, I don't know if you see like Gary Vee, that guy online, but he talks about how the perception of, you know, age and time is something that we create, right? Like, we're still very young. I just turned 31.

Like, I don't, like, my girl is always like, oh, my God, we're getting old. I'm like, old, bro. I feel like the youngest I've ever been in my life. And I feel like life is just, getting started, right? Like the best moments are just being built, like the best of everything is still to come. And I'm sure

you feel that way. With the energy that you have and like the passion and emotion and everything that you do. Definitely. And you know how they say the new 30s or the new 20s? Yeah. It's just crazy. The time, I don't know, for you if it's felt the same. Time has flown by, but I still feel I'm not trying to say I'm living at that age, but I still feel like I'm 18, 19. Same. Mentally not. Yeah. But, and you know, I wake up with back pain every once in

Wow. Exactly. Need a little more extra stretches in there. Just a little stretch. But I still, you know, when people talk, you're like, yeah, you know, I'm like, I don't say I'm a kid, but you're like, damn, I'm already 30. I just like, I just turned 30 now recently in August. And I'm like, wow, 30 already.

Like, you know, we used to make fun of these people back in the day. Like, you're old. But now it's like, I still feel young. My mentality. My body's good. And if you watch the fights that just happened on Saturday, there's people that are 39, 40 years old there. So I haven't even hit my prime.

yet. And I'm, my mentality is completely different as well where I'm, I'm still young, hungry, and ready to go. Yeah, no, 100%. So I got to ask you, right, obviously with your craft and martial arts and, you know, being such a good fighter, have you ever had to apply that on the force? So I tell everybody and it's funny. Yeah.

And I think you're going to catch on. I have a black belt and verbal judo. Verbal judo. So I could talk to people for days. Luckily, I have not had an issue. And it's funny. Everybody's like, man, nothing ever happens with you. And I'm like, because I know how to talk to people.

Yeah. And luckily, knock on wood, I've never had that issue. That's awesome. I'm very, I treat people with respect. You treat me with respect. And I've been blessed to have not had any issues. And I want to keep it like that. You know, peace and love always.

And, yeah, I've been very, very blessed. I like that black belt and verbal judo. Yeah, I'm going to use that because I'm the same way. I don't have a black belt in fighting, but I probably have a black belt and verbal judo, too. De-escalate always. I think that's the mind. You're Cuban too, right? My parents are Cuban.

I was born here, but I tell everybody I'm Cuban. Yeah, same. Same, same, same. Well, my parents were born. My mom was born New York. My dad was born in Miami. My grandparents were born in Cuba. And then obviously I was born here.

But yeah, dude, I'm proud Cuban-American. Like, I rep that shit loud and proud. And I remember, like, early on, a lot of my boys were like, dude, we're American. I'm like, yes, we are. But, bro, we're Cuban, too. Like, take that shit with pride, because what they were able to achieve by coming here, you know, to America and being able to, you know,

create a better life for us is a testament to our identity, right? Like that's, that's that firepower, that's a sown that we have in us that we carry in everything that we do, whatever our craft is, right? Like for you, it's fighting and being a cop, you know, for me, it's doing stuff like this. And I think that's where, like, that grit comes into play. Definitely, the work ethic. Yeah. You know, they came with a dream, and my dad came in when he was four. My mom came when she was 17, between 17 and 18 years old. And, you know, they've had a successful life, but they've taught me the work ethic. If you want to come over here and you're going to bust your ass, you know, sorry for the language, you're going to get rewarded for it.

You know, you got to bust your ass, though. You got to work hard. And that's the way I was raised and, you know, we're probably much, we're probably cousins. But that work ethic is what makes a huge difference. 100%. So talking about the 305 in Miami, right, we were talking kind of offline before, but the culture here, right? How last big fighter to come out of here, Mosvado, right? What do you see is the shift, right?

We talked about Anthony went, right? He comes, he wins in the contender series, is now undefeated as well and has done, you know, pretty awesome story as well, right? Playing FIU football, four years there, try to make it to the NFL, didn't work out. Then he goes this path and he's been great, right? Now we got you on the scene and we got a couple other guys that are out there. What are your thoughts on the scene here? I love it. I want and I think we deserve Miami more.

We need more homegrown guys. We do. You know, we had Masfadal and I actually was able to train with him yesterday. Oh, shit. That's sick. And, you know, and we were talking about it as well. We need more guys locally. You know, we have UM all day.

I'm sorry to FSU, but UM and, you know, hopefully the dolphins pick it up. we need more, I would say, we have great fans, great support here, but we need more fighters. Come out and homegrown and get to that scene, which we will. It's just going to take time and just change the culture. And we got a lot of names now, me, went Stanley Dorsaville. And I think as well you have Ryan Coos. So it's a couple of young guys,

and everybody's very motivated to get to the top. And I think it's going to go very good for Miami. And I guess how would you say we can get more fighters here? I think it's with just time. We have great gyms down here. And I think my opinion, Miami will be the next Las Vegas with fights. It can. It's just getting more, I would say, you know, local shows.

Right now, that's another thing. For the professional fighters that are on the regional, I would say, like, let's say the minor leagues. But for fighting in the regional scene, there's only one promotion coming down here to Miami. only one. And now one just opened up the other day, literally Saturday, last Saturday. So you're talking about how many people do we have here in Miami

and how many people that, you know, that might not just fight but compete. There's not that many promotions down here. So I think as we expand and get back to, you know, multiple promotions, regional, smaller promotions, we will have more people in the UFC and bigger, you know, PFL as well.

Yeah. I mean, and then people like yourselves, right, I think are in inspiration to young aspiring guys that are, out there and girls, right, that may want to take this path, right? And maybe, you know, it's maybe not the most taboo, right, path where people are saying like, damn, that looks cool, but I don't know if I want to do that, right? But you start seeing more and more people do it and it's like, shit, if he's doing it, I could do it too. And I think that obviously

opens a lot of doors too. Exactly. No, and being an inspiration, not just to the older, but to the, you know, the kids growing up, both boys and girls and, you know, getting more people into the sport. You know, we have a lot of kids that want to play baseball, yeah, but, you know, we have a lot of people that should be, you know, wrestling, doing jiu-jitsu, boxing, different stuff like that. And, you know, if at least the M.A. great. But I always say, I think any type of martial art is great, just to learn. Self-defense, especially for the females as well. Yeah. So, obviously, coming off now, the contender win, what does the, what's the path forward look like? Path forward. I want to fight one more time before the end of the year, minimum. That's guaranteed.

January, February, right before my wife's birthday. I have to do it before her birthday. Okay. Yeah, because now she's going to... You need the wifey birthday trip. Yeah, yeah. And then my goal is Miami be on the main card and headline here. Me and Wint.

And I think, you know, if the UFC... You and Waint would be sick, dude. It would be madness. That would be sick. And I think that's an idea. I already shot it out on the mic after the fight. You know, we need more representation in Day County. I always say it.

And let's see. what happens, but I honestly think three fights, and then it was just going to explode. And three wins, because I'm coming to the win. I have 100% finish rate. I'm crazy when I get in there. Yeah, you're undefeated, right? Undefeated as a pro as an amateur, and then

I always look for a finish. I don't want no boring fights. No decisions. No decisions. Forget about the judges. It'll be great. That's what I want, April in Miami as well. Dude, I mean, anything and everything that we could do to make that happen, and we're going to push for that because a card that includes you and went here in Miami is exactly one what the city needs and two, what UFC needs too.

Like, shit. I think that's one thing too when you look at Miami as a whole. I think people kind of forget about us down here with a lot of events, right? You're starting to see a little bit of a transition, obviously, like we've hosted. Last year we had World Cup. We had the national championship here. We have obviously F1 every year. They brought a PGA tour tournament now back to Miami, which hadn't been here for.

for a while. So there's starting to be more and more noise about like, shit, we got to pay attention to those guys down in Miami because, one, they like to have a good time and two, they're a legitimate audience that people need to pay attention to. And there's talent. I know I'm going to sign bias because we're from Miami. But I like to travel every once in a while. And every city is beautiful, but there's nothing like Miami here.

I'll tell you, the atmosphere here, the weather, everything, a cafecicido. You can't beat it. and I think more sporting events, and as time goes on, things are going to get better here in Miami. They're already good, but we've got to just keep getting more sporting events and different events for people,

and hopefully it'll be financially affordable to those people. And I would love a UFC to be the mainline, but I would hope the tickets are affordable for everybody to go watch. For sure. If now we'll do another crazy watch party and maybe here at the park, a tropical park.

I'm down. I'm down. All right. I know we got to wrap it up here, but I want to ask you one last question before we get into our fun rapid fire here. At this point, what would you say you're most proud of? Most proud, I would say being able to accomplish everything I said I wanted to do. And not yet. I have a lot of other goals, but it's funny, and I keep bringing her up,

and she just showed me the picture. My wife, I don't really write, but something had got into me, I think it was like right before New Year's, now you write your affirmations and everything. This, I think it's from like four or five years ago. I wrote, I will be in the UFC. I will be in the UFC. Something to that extent.

And it's chicken scratch because I'm lefty. And she literally goes, hey, look at this picture. Boom, shows it to me because she had a picture of it. Yeah. And we just started like, you know, I almost cried because I'm like, man, it's crazy. Everything that that I've been saying I'm going to do, I'm going to do it.

And I did it. And I'm still, you know, I have goals. But this is just, just for me, it's going to, be life-changing and I'm going to continue to do what I need to do. Okay, man. That's awesome. I'm a big affirmations guy and I do think words are extremely powerful.

And you don't realize how much shit manifests when you devote the time to it, right? It's like you know what your dreams are. You forget how long you've been dreaming about it. And then when it happens, you're like, holy shit, I did it, you know? And that's a testament to, one, celebrating what you've been able to accomplish. But two, like you said, job's not done. And I think that's what really separates people from, you know, being good to great and being from great to exceptional, right? Is can't have that level of complacency or comfort in the process, right?

You celebrate the wins when they come. You acknowledge them. You take pride in the fact that you were able to accomplish that. But you're too big of a dreamer to say like, okay, I did what I wanted to do and that's it. No, now it's like, now I want to compete. Now I want to be successful here at the UFC. I want to be an impact. I want to be a leader, right?

So many things that come with now a platform that you've been able to tap into, but obviously play at a bigger stage. Exactly. Which is dope. All right. So now Miami, rapid fire.

You talked about Cafesito. Who's got the best Cafesito in Miami? I'm going to say, and this is because me got a croquetta from there and La Canaria. That's just, I like their coffee. You cannot go wrong with La Carretta right here on Bird Road as well. Their coffee is amazing.

is amazing. I will say they have great. Those right there, those two are up there for me, but I'm going to have a Grogadiga, and it's going to be at Ila, 100%. Facts. I'm going to tell you a sneaky good spot for a colada. The Chevron on Sunton and 87th.

Yes. The big-ass gas station there. Right next to the Spanish restaurant. Yeah, yeah. Well, there is a Spanish restaurant across from it. Where, like, Planet Golf is, the golf shop, and then they got the other gas station there, that Chevron makes a good cafe.

If you're, like, ever on the run and you need a stopping at gas, and you need a little colada. Yeah. Good, good spot for a colada. Favorite Cuban dish. Oof. Favorite Cuban dish?

I'm going to say some baccifrida. Okay. Okay. Congri. Yep. I'm just throwing it all there. Yeah, no, no, I got to put the whole dish together. A yuca, bea, 100%, and al-a-a-a-a-a-a-oh-a-oh-a-oh-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a.

People forget about that. Like that shit just makes it kind of come all together. I will say I'm between bagafrita and a bit. Fair. Can't... A bit te with seboita. Mm-hmm. Can't go wrong with that.

No, dude. That is my go-to-right there. Either that or like a pollo or la plancha too, but it's always the con gris, the yucca and the avocado. And I'm going to get those tone as guy too. I mean, Cuban food's the best, bro. Just put it all together, bro.

Makes it all. I listen, all the kitchen's sitting there. I'm eating it all. All right. Last question for you. Who's the dream fight? Oh, dream fight. That's something that, you know, people have said online, you know, who they want me to fight, you know who I had an issue with.

But realistically, I don't have any issues with him. If I had to be able to fight somebody that current or from the past, like a dream, dream fight. A dream, wow, man, a guy that he was a hero to me, and I think that would, you know, I would have loved the chance to fight with him. I would say Chuck Ladell, Or Tito Ortiz. you know, I actually was supposed to meet Tito. Those are guys I would love just the opportunity to share. Those are OGs in the sport. You know, I'm not going to say John Jones.

I'm trying to stay undefeated, guys. I'm trying to stay undefeated. Yeah, that guy is just a month, a menace. But I would say definitely a Chuck Ladell because that's who I grew up watching. And to share the cage with that guy, that would be a dream come true. Fuck, yeah. Dude.

Unreal, unreal story. I mean, I remember the moment I saw it online. I'm like, at the minimum, I got to meet this guy and I got to just, you know, be able to share the story. I mean, that's really what this is all about and being able to have these types of conversations. And it's always great when it's homegrown here in the 305 being able to put on for the city, right? And for the culture and for everybody that represents us and the DNA that we are. And I think obviously you're a perfect testament to that.

So one, kudos to you and congrats to all your success and the success that's going to come. And we already got it on the calendar, April. here in Miami, it's going to be a good time. It's going to happen. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Well, appreciate you for being here.

Thank you guys for tuning in. And we will see you guys on the next episode of Stay Tranquido.