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Jose Youngs here with MMA Fighting.com here speaking with Oscar Willis of the Mac Life to bring you a

UFC-49 socially distanced preview show

Is that because of the quarantine or just in general?

Oh yeah it's a bad haircut but you can't talk about hair with that mop on your head.

Well, of course we are here at USC 249 Fight Week is finally upon us.

We've been around this hotel long enough.

You got here a little earlier than me.

Now before we get into the actual fights, give the audience a lay of the lands.

Like what's been your experience this fight week?

It's obviously different.

There's no fans going to be in attendance, but in terms of the actual fight week,

what's it been like for you?

Usually fight week you can sort of predict what's going to happen.

You got the media day, you got your face off at the media day, you got a very structured sort of week.

This time, I think everyone's sort of just taking it one day at a time, much like they are with the entire pandemic itself.

You've got to sort of see how things are just.

And so that's kind of been the environment and the vibe.

And also in the hotel, people talk about safety lot and stuff

like that I definitely feel quite safe in the hotel because it thinks it feels like

people are hyper conscious of what they should be doing they are very social

distance if you sat down at down at one of the chairs,

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