I saw the clip afterwards, yeah.

Yeah.

And, and then, uh, yeah, I was talking to him after.

I was like, "Damn, I thought, I thought that was your, uh, I thought that was your rib.

I di- I didn't know you blew your knee out." 'Cause, uh, it was such a weird angle.

Like, I...

Obviously, none of that stuff's ever happened in the gym, so it's like, just, it, it was very much news to me.

You got to send him

Did you get anything like that or no?

Um, I just, uh, just a little bit like I, so I went to the performance Institute after my last, uh, after the Seattle card of my last loss.

And, uh, cause I was just like, Hey, I want to run all the tests.

I know you guys can tell me, you know, like if I need to move up, uh, you know, uh, help me on the strength and conditioning side of things.

So I was just really making, uh, the most out of those resources and, uh, they do have a sports psychologist.

Um, so yeah, I was talking to him a lot this camp and, uh, honestly the the biggest part and uh is kind of has been a game changer is just really working on being present like it's so especially during the weight cuts and during the fight weeks like you really just don't want to be there like you like mentally you you don't want to be like oh this sucks so much and i'm very present you know like i'm experiencing all that like you really just kind of want it to to fly past um But, yeah, he was kind of helping me a lot, just, like, staying present.

Because I feel like by the time I get into the actual fights, after the whole weight cut process, I'm just kind of in that, you know, autopilot mode.

What are they doing? Is it all like, uh, uh, like needles, uh, testing or they're testing you on weights or, or endurance or what?

That buzz isn't there.

Yeah.

I mean, it's wild.

During COVID, it was...

You know, you had to do it, obviously.

Um, and I'm very thankful that that was an option.

And I feel like for- for myself, like being newer in my career at that point, like my second fight to my, you know, third or fourth fight were all in the Apex, and I did one in, uh, Phoenix, and then back to the Apex for a little bit.

Mm-hmm.

Talk to me about your experience to go to Abu Dhabi to be able to compete in just pure grappling, which is your base.

Yeah, so I got the call.

I don't remember who Aljo was supposed to be.

He might have been supposed to go with somebody else initially, but I got the call from essentially this is the dude.

He hooked me up with OnlyFans.

Oren, he's like a manager.

I think he manages Aljo for some of the stuff anyways.

Talk to me about, you know, this matchup between you and Jim Miller.