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From Normal Life to the UFC: The Rise of Santiago Luna & The Reality of UFC Weight Cuts | Santiago Luna E486

The Rich Somers Report

Rich Somers

Business, Investing

5.01K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Rich sits down with undefeated UFC bantamweight Santiago Luna, coming off a big win in Mexico City, to talk about what it really takes to stay ready at the highest level of the fight game. From getting the call for his UFC debut on just two days’ notice to making the decision to stay “in camp” year-round, Santiago breaks down the mindset required to compete when opportunity can strike at any moment. No excuses, no shortcuts—just discipline and preparation. We also get into the business of fig...

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you're either active outside of camp or you either decide to be on camp the whole year around

0:06.2

why because then you got all these you know personally i got called just a days before my ufc

0:11.4

debut and you know you got to decide either you're going to take those important fights because

0:16.7

let's see it the bad way you know what if i would have lost that fight you know because I wasn't prepared or wasn't active and I wasn't all this, you know, you can have the excuses that you want. The loss is going to be there. So you can either decide to be great or you can decide to just be great whenever you want to, you know, I decide to be, you know, active, great every day so I can be ready for whatever thing

0:38.5

that's happening the next one, you know?

0:40.9

Welcome to the Rich Drummers Report where we talk real estate, business, and wealth

0:44.8

building, all while keeping it real.

0:46.5

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0:48.2

I hope that you enjoy the show.

1:03.0

All right, guys, today I got a UFC Bansomway in the building, undefeated 8-0 coming off a nice fight here in Mexico City.

1:06.3

Just last month, I got Santiago Luna in the building.

1:07.1

What's up, Santiago?

1:07.9

What's on my man?

1:09.0

Thank you for having me here.

1:10.8

Dude, appreciate you coming all, man. And, you know, got to represent, man. San Diego, dude, growing up here and, uh, and representing the UFC and San Diego, dude. I got to ask you, man. First things, first, um, we got a big, uh, UFC card at the White House, July 4th, never done before. Um, and, uh, you know, a lot of hype around this car. What do you have thoughts on this USC fight there at the White House? I think it's a, it's a really, really big one, of course. It's the first time that, you know, ever, you know, everyone has ever done it. I think it's big and it's going to be, you know, obviously a big, big, big fight for whoever's going to be on that card. Obviously, if it was for me to pick, I would love to be in that card, you know, if we ever, you know, get called for, you know, we still got time for it. So, you know, you never know what's going to happen. But I think for whoever's going to be there, uh, it's going to be a big, you know, big, big name, you know, big people are going to be there. So it's just, you know, kind of, you know, don't lose, you know, moment. You know, you don't want to go there. And more being American because obviously, it's Trump's 80th birthday. Yes, yes. And you being Latino, American. Yeah. What's the sentiment there?

2:18.8

You think a lot of Latinos follow Trump?

2:20.8

No, of course not. And more because, you know, whatever is happening right now, you know, the, you know, the pros and cons of whatever, you know, is happening.

2:30.3

Obviously, I do support my people, but I'm also American so you know you know and I can't do

2:36.9

nothing about that so so it's just a matter of you know I think there's a there's a there's a

2:46.1

you know wrong and you know right on anything and and and you can't lie to yourself in whatever you think you're doing.

2:53.6

So I think other than, you know, the whole dilemma of whatever is happening, you know, people, you know, not being here, you know, getting, you know, sent out and whatever.

3:02.3

I think it's more of a part of, you know, a UFC event.

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