"The goal is to stay free. Fuck being active. When you locked up, ain't too much you can do in that place, man. I'm just trying to stay out here in these streets, man; that's law...They trying to make it seem like 36 is a bad number and the older you get, the more you slow down, but I don't think I'm slowing down. I don't feel old. I still feel like I'm 25...that's pretty impressive. This is what I do, bruh, you know what I'm saying. This is what we do. They train to do it; I just maintain and do it," stated Charles Bennett, who talked about his latest victory, his future plans, and more. Check it out!
PC: How are you, man? You still out in Florida?
CB: Yeah, I'm out here.
PC: Hurricane Matthew didn't bother you, did it?
CB: Hell naw. I wasn't even worried about that storm. People talking about water and shit. I had a case of Mountain Dew, that's it.
PC: You have quietly stayed busy in 2016. You've already fought 6 times. Is that the plan, to stay active?
CB: The goal is to stay free. Fuck being active. When you locked up, ain't too much you can do in that place, man. I'm just trying to stay out here in these streets, man; that's law.
PC: You still swinging with big power though and knocking dudes out.
CB: Yeah man, at 36 years old, man. They trying to make it seem like 36 is a bad number and the older you get, the more you slow down, but I don't think I'm slowing down. I don't feel old. I still feel like I'm 25; ol' spring chicken.
PC: And you're coming off of a 7-second knockout over Minoru Kimura in RIZIN over in Japan. That's what you call an easy night of work my man.
CB: 7 seconds, man, that's...I guess it hasn't dawned on me yet. Nigga, that's pretty impressive. This is what I do, bruh, you know what I'm saying. This is what we do. They train to do it; I just maintain and do it.
PC: He came out with a flying knee and you caught him with a right hand in mid air. Did you anticipate him doing something wild to start the fight?
CB: Actually, when I think about it, that's what it was. He thought I was going to come in right away and try to slam him, but that wasn't my game plan. It's a fight, so in any fight, you don't just come straight out and take somebody down. I have never done that. You feel 'em out and try to get them to commit to a punch or something and go from there. He was listening to "Candylei" [Wanderlei Silva] though. He was listening to "Candylei" thinking a nigga was going to come out and just try to slam him. Naw, nigga, you gotta see who throwing the fastest hands, see who hitting the hardest, and all that. He thought I was going to come out and slam him and "Candylei" got an eye full. I watched that video probably more than anyone and no matter how much I don't understand how good it was, nigga, I just look at it from the fucking antics. Fuck the fight, nigga, the antics leading up to the ring all the way till the antics leaving the ring. The fight was nothing. I watched the whole 15 minutes of it and the antics was better than that 7-second fight. The celebration was the winner. I am so different from these other guys. These niggaz, they train. They train every day. Every day they are in the gym, sweating, next thing you know, somebody can't make it to a fight because he done got hurt. Well, I never, accept for once, been out of a fight in that way. I can say this, I've been, out of a million fights, I can't just say that one, but when you go to jail, there ain't nothing you can do. With me, it goes like this bruh, I give it as it comes. How do you train for a guy like me? I'm curious.
PC: Your unpredictability is probably your best asset, so that's a good question. I don't think anyone knows what to expect from you at any given moment, so it has to be tough to get a look for what you do while preparing for you.
CB: Yeah! That's the thing though. I don't even know how to go in there and train for a guy like me, real shit, because you know what, nigga, I don't even train. I been knowing about this fight since May and I probably went to the gym probably twice tops. And then I go in there and get a 7-second [knockout] on a guy who has probably been busting his ass in the gym every day. When I say maybe one or two times, maybe one or two times.
PC: The situation between you and Wanderlei is never going to die down, is it? You guys really don't like each other.
CB: Nah, that's where everybody is wrong, man. Everybody is so fucking wrong about that. When I first seen "Candylei" when I walked into the lobby of the hotel, I was like, "Hey, let me get a picture!" And off the rip, it seemed like he was agreeing to it. But as I was walking up on him, he was like, "Nah, fuck you," and started shaking his dick at me. Whatever, man, so as he talking his shit, I'm still saying, "Let me get a picture (laughing)." Then I started fucking recording it and I went live with the shit. I don't have a problem with this guy, this guy has a problem with me and he should have one. He really should because at the end of the day, you a bitch and I handled you like a bitch. That's how it goes at the end of the day. I look at it like this, I just fought one of your students. Actually, from what everyone says, it was his coach and his teacher. So I just fought your teacher. I don't know what happened, but as a fighter, you know what I'm saying. If I'm in there with my team and somebody gets in a fight, I'm not going to be the guy that's fucking getting involved in it. I was whooping his teacher's ass in the locker room, he puts me in a triangle choke, and I go to sleep and as I'm waking up, Wanderlei is kicking me. So when I wake up, this nigga kicking me. I got up, grabbed my jacket and said, "Ain't nobody scared of you," hit this nigga [Wanderlei] "pow" and he falls and it's like a 5-second delay because everybody that was in that room couldn't believe what the fuck just happened. I couldn't believe what the fuck had just happened. At that time, nigga, I had done shot to the door trying to get the fuck up outta there. Nigga, give me my props, nigga. I was up in that room with at least 7 top Brazilians and I'm the only motherfucker in there. I'm the only guy in there with 7 Brazilians and the fucking camera crew. But yeah, after I knocked that nigga Wanderlei out, I was up out of there. It was time to go.
PC: You brought big personality and character to MMA long before what we are seeing Conor McGregor and guys like that are doing now. You've been doing this.
CB: I have been doing this shit. I been this cocky and arrogant fighter, even with these 30 losses. My record is 30 wins and 30 losses and I'm still cocky and arrogant and only because I know that even with 30 losses, you're going to have to earn this win this time. There is nothing being given away. If you beat me, you're going to have to fucking beat me. It's just a whole different game. I've been out of prison for 14 months now and I have had a very impressive record since and all of my wins are by first round finishes. Yes, give me that; two losses by decision and four wins all by first round finishes. That speaks a lot I think. I'm a fan of me. Conor McGregor ain't himself. This is a charade to these guys. I'm just me. A lot of these fighters do shit and I don't get credit for it because I know I'm the guy who started it. I know I'm the guy that started it. But I don't watch footage on these guys, so I honestly don't know what they be doing or what's going on. But nigga wanna be an actor, man, so all I'm doing is showing my acting talent; it just so happen to be real and who I am. If I have to show it through fighting, then so be it, but please do not call me "Krazy Horse!"
PC: I was not going to make that mistake (laughing).
CB: Oh yeah, I'ma tell you though, I was waiting for you to make that mistake. I really was because I was like, "If he calls me Krazy Horse, I'm off the phone. I'm hanging up."
PC: I did my homework my man.
CB: That's what I'm saying. That's the key, do your homework. I'm on Twitter, right, I never be on Twitter, but my Twitter account been blowing up and everything, so I'm on Twitter and this guy messaged me and asked for an interview. So I'm going to give him an interview and he's like, "Krazy Horse" this and that. And I messaged him, "Felony is me," that's my Twitter account. And this dude is on my fucking Twitter like, "Oh, I thought this was Krazy Horse page," and I'm just like, that's what it is. Dude didn't do any homework and he's steadily calling me Krazy Horse. There is nothing crazy about me; don't even call me that name. Don't even affiliate me with crazy, you know what I'm saying. If you want to affiliate me with something, say that nigga is an entertainer; he want to act so bad, that nigga a fool. Don't, "Oh nigga, you crazy," No! That's not me! I'm pretty sane and after going to prison, I really am sane. I'ma stay in my lane, you could stay in your lane, and you ain't got nothing to worry about, real shit! When you go to putting your hands on me, we got a problem!
PC: Congrats again on the quick knockout win. You stay free so we could keep doing these interviews and I appreciate your time.
CB: I appreciate it, homie!
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