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I think she followed my steps but now
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like she she found out like a bigger
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Mountain her style her
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authenticity uh her Joy when she fights
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uh I think it's inspiring like the
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adrenaline comes right but she has a lot
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of Courage Sarah has a big
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heart I always remind her of who she is
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you know and um I always try to bring
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her confidence and um give her a few
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tips but something that we always do and
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I always do before she fights is to pray
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for her and pray with her
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good had
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fun I let me get out of
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here was
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fun uh I have two more fights
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now it's kind of loud in here but uh
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nothing I'm not used to for sure my
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parents were there and I took it step by
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step little by little and got the finish
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so happy can't wait for the second fight
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oh
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finals baby got my ticket to the finals
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one more fight to go feeling good so far
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so it all did a little bit of guard a
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little bit of passing so honestly I'm
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flowing I'm going I feel good I think my
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my Jitsu is um very much kind of like
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water just kind of flowing whatever
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happens happens no matter what position
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I'm in I feel get in so you know finals
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can be the hardest one cuz we're both
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fighting for gold but I I'm hungry here
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so I'm going to win this that's the sah
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we always want to see right uh if you
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look like with the with the fans as a
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fans perspective I I love way more when
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she competes the way she did the same
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finals rather than her first match but
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uh we need to respect her her feelings
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you know the way she wants to feel the
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every match the way she wants to feel
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the opponent the way she wants to
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progress through the tournament and
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she's doing great she hasn't lost any
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position yet you know uh two submissions
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so far no points to score on her always
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with a dominant um performance one more
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one more we're here I'm going to have
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her like uh watching the other other
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side of the bracket the semifinals is
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about to on we'll give like a short
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study and then be ready for the final
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three fights three submissions I've
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never done that European so you know
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pretty pretty big deal um
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super happy with my performance I don't
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think I lost one position and uh in my
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mind I kept saying like no I'm going to
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fight I'm not going to stop until uh the
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ref says stop or I'm not going to stop
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until the timer buzzes I would not stop
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hustling until I got what I wanted and
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in the end that's what I did I got
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really motivated watching a lot of my
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friends too uh for example I watched
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Stefano fight on Monday and then I watch
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Emily fight on Tuesday and then lilian's
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also fting today so like watching
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everybody and see everybody hustle
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really motivated me too and uh honestly
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just happy with my performance we're
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going to see what happens next but uh
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thank you for everyone who was here
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today I had like kind of a crowd
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watching me so I really appreciate it it
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really helps when uh uh people are there
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cheering for you of course um I hope I
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made it entertaining as much as possible
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I think I did a good job so uh thank you
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really not out of the ordinary this is
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something I always do uh happy to be
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fighting open class I think it's a way
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to test
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myself um is it nerve-wracking a little
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bit
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but it's more because I already found my
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weight division this is more like for
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fun you know to test myself put myself
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out of my comfort zone uh me and lilan
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always uh we always like to close out we
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always like to fight the open weight so
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we'll see what happens I'm I'm confident
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though
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he
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amazing now we go to the next one more
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fight five by five
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up your hand now
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that on know
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crazy finals match my god um really
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really hard fight throughout the whole
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day I had six stuff fights um
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I'm proud with my
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performance I it's really hard going
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into the open weight especially as a
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lightweight um the size difference of
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course but like strengthwise as well um
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I really have to
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be like I really have to be on in shape
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and everything has to be well for me to
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fight open weight and uh I'm proud of of
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my oh my goodness I'm getting lith
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hooded I'm proud of um how hard I work
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for this and how hard I fought in the
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finals I really wanted it especially
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because um uh my teammate ended up
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losing in the quarters I think so I
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really wanted to get that revenge for
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AOS but uh my finals girl she's a really
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tough girl she she wins everything as
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well in her weight division we always
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end up fighting each other in the in the
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open weight so uh I really appreciate
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fights like this it makes me a better
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person makes me a better athlete and
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um I have three more Grand Slams to go
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but uh thank you for everyone who was
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watching who was here at the finals it
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was uh incredible to have um people here
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watching especially in the the female
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aspect because uh we're in a male
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dominant Sport and just to have a good
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chunk of people watching me and uh me
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trying to set a path for the new
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generation as well is uh I'm trying to
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do my best to put that role in but uh
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you know what happy double gold nothing
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to complain about I'm just I thank God
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for the strength that he gave me and my
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teammates and uh family who was here uh
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thank
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you it's about life purpose and Sarah
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now she found out her purpose in life
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you know and we know me and Angelica we
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know our purpose and once once you know
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that done there's a quote that says like
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the most important two days in your life
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the day you're born the day you know why
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you're born so we know why we're here