“Dana White is my boss.”

I only got off the phone with our friend Slippery Pete a few minutes ago, but that line is what is sticking in my brain. He survived a rough first round and pulled off a textbook escape from an arm-bar to drag Sang Hoon Yoo into deep waters, grinding the South Korean down while tagging him with straight punches and spinning back fists.

Hell of a fight from @SlipperysWorld but I think the single most impressive thing was somehow getting out of this arm bar. #DWCS @ufc #UFC #MMA pic.twitter.com/ONDH8o4MPX

— The 300s (@The300sBoston) August 28, 2019

He sounded a mixture of tired, contemplative, yet completely at easy in the five minutes we spoke. He spoke in the same manner in which he emoted in the cage: this is where he is meant to be. So take a second and enjoy my catch up with the UFC’s newest practitioner of highly calculated violence.