Did you just tell us what that moment was like?

Maybe.

How many times you been thinking about that moment over and over?

Envisioning it happened.

Yeah, they definitely had a vision that, you know, standing there, actually standing there, talking to Joe.

Ah, a lot.

And it just I just let myself kind of just feel it all let it all in and felt good.

Pretty flawless performance, I think a lot of slack, man.

It's time away is gonna be a little rusty.

That's really how you feeling?

Good timing.

Difficulty today Feels different, are at all.

No, I kept laughing every time I even asked me if I bring Rester Is that time we're gonna make it?

I think it did nothing but benefit my performance.

And I was able to get really good in those last couple years.

I've been off.

So every time I got asked about that, I kind of laugh so much for minute by when you stepped away was very thought when you stepped in and I like I can do something special.

I recapture that magic.

No, I think just the way fighting in general.

Such a sweet thing, but I think just the way I fight it's not necessarily to entertain.

I think it's just an entertaining style.

That's just I didn't feel like I had to do anything you said to be me in there.

And that's what happened.

Last community.

What now?

Now that all the hurdles air out of the way up here, You want to fight with that first?

That you are You want to fight like free?

Really?

Didn't mean.

You said you got better with time off aggressive.

Yeah.

I don't know.

I want obviously fight.

I'm healthy.

So I don't think they have any fights in Vegas till International Fight week.

So I'm not there.

Check out which cards where I would like to fight.

You know, I feel like I'm in a position to write, like right there.

I'd like to fight there, so I'm gonna go look at the calendar.

Look, we're gonna check it out if nothing pops up.

Maybe International Fight Week physically looks bigger than last.

Your first place is that way.

Yeah, against Andre.

Walked in.

Fight camera.

£148.

This fight can't.

We started 156.

So I put on a lot of a lot of muscle.

I've been working with Brandon Harris, Phoenix Like with a strict strength and conditioning program, you know, not not just lift every once in a while or hit a couple squads like Way stuck with strength and conditioning program.

And I just trusted in him, you know, he said, imagine how good you could be 20% stronger, and I just thought about that, like, That's scary, that scared.

I feel like that's a scary, scary bantamweight me, but 20% stronger at that time.

And I feel like now we're here, and I'm that.

So you didn't feel any happier.

There's still same, Yeah, I felt, I think right now £550 going in against Andrea's problem 1 44 I didn't get that much, so you know I'm not way bigger, but my body feels stronger.

I'm not getting injured as much.

I feel way healthier and my speed feels I feel faster and I obviously feel stronger and my cardio feels better.

So yeah, I just feel all around better people time off detriments.

You might be a weird question, but Dominick Cruz.

Bring Russia.

Submit.

So I think it's mental, you know, if it's definitely a mental thing, But I'm mentally strong and I have I've been training consistently, haven't taken a week off.

I've taken you take a couple days off, take a day off.

Whatever my life is revolved around becoming world champion, becoming the best fighter I could be.

So ring rust silly.

I don't spar outside of camp.

I do think, you know, I think getting hit in the head.

You know, it's a lot more scary than I thought when I first started this sport, 16 years old, every practice sparring session.

So I haven't been sparring at all unless I have a fight book.

So I did go through those two full camps supposed to fight him before close by Cheeto before, so I didn't sparring between those camp.

But outside of Camp, Otto's bar shot into my sparring partner, the M M A lab.

You know, your partner's air so important, like it would be so hard to prepare for a fight without having good training partners.

Um, main sparring partners were Jose Jose on Ivan.

They were Morrow Batista.

He's coming off a Big win train with Tyler Phillips.

He's coming off a big win.

We're all bantamweight.

You know, we're all doing training together that have been training together for six years as amateurs.

Pros.

You got a really good from there.

And, you know, make it way may call each other better.

Finishing with the high kick, obviously.

What kind of rocked it?

Partially blocked it, but I couldn't tell from the broadcast, but it looked like that uppercut followed up with it.

Did land.

I didn't know how hard.

Atlanta, my knuckles been hurt in the last couple of minutes.

I did.

I hit him with that hiking.

I really wanted to get a spinning finish.

I don't know my elephant knockout where I had kicked in.

I was in there.

I wanted to land that when I see him start kind of turtle in over folded over.

So I wasn't able to get that crazy finish that that I really wanted, but yeah, definitely landed a hard uppercut on that extra minutes.

Timing?

Yeah, you'll have to re watch it because I kinda I must have landed.

I didn't think I didn't know what really hurt him too much but I think I landed a hook that kind of put him up against the fence on the head kick.

And then I definitely felt like I didn't know that I like one shot.

I honestly didn't think I was gonna hit me at all, so I was kind of surprised that he was able to hit me.

Even if it was just that.

I think you hit me with two little shots.

Like I said, I was surprised he was able to hit me at all.

I just you know, maybe I don't know, but when you're a superior striker, you're going in there, get someone that you feel like you're way better than a striking department.

Um, I just felt so.

We'll talk Thursday on Media Day.

How you felt about your time.

There was a ring rust that you're very confident fighter.

He said no.

You said it shouldn't be a problem if you said you felt very confident This how much is that true?

And were you really maybe a little bit worried about what you feel getting back in there and help?

Did you feel thank you?

I wasn't worried at all.

I didn't miss and he sleep thinking about it.

I had no nerves.

I felt, and I still feel really, I felt pretty much like this back walking out, And, uh, I think this is feeling you want to feel going into war going into battle.

I served all that energy and I was gonna I was ready for a 15 minute war.

So think calm is the way to go.

Some people try to fight angry or try to get upset or mad or whatever.

I think that's not good, but it's different for everyone.

How soon would like to go again?

We'll see the calendars.

See where we see where certain fights are at decide.

But you know, I'm healthy, and it has been a long time.

This latest be five weeks, right next before you get 25.

What's that?

How long before you think 25 minute wars?

I wouldn't be surprised if they booked me for a main event on ESPN card or something.

Who has 10 more minutes training for 15 minutes, getting in shape for 15 minutes.

That's gonna be a lot more work to put in training camp, so But, you know, obviously pay you more to do that.

So I don't think long.

I don't think long.

Maybe next.

I would be surprised.

Maybe two versus in so many different areas wasn't actually hard to get motivated for this fight.

You said your car was more motivation.

No, it's still a fight.

I still know.

You could have left unconscious.

That I could have been knocked out is a fight.

That's that.

That can happen.

I'm not stupid to where I'm like.

No, it can't happen.

I know it can happen.

That's all the motivation I needed.

No one I could get knocked out.

What?

Thank you.

Okay.