Vic, who's facing big deal.

Daddy used it.

You see, 1 99?

He was sitting right across from you.

Is that weird?

Have you been staring him down?

Have you been sizing him up the whole time?

No.

It's your this point.

We're used to it.

You always have been the events where I've had to cut weight in the song about the same with the guy I'm fighting.

So you know, it's nothing new.

Wasn't that awkward, though?

That was a little awkward.

That was actually my first UFC debut when I fart Ramsey image of my chi cut.

Wait with him in the sauna.

It was pretty funny, eh?

Both of us were like putting on a poker face to try to act like we weren't miserable.

But I think I won that battle.

Who left the sun effort?

Well, I got I was in their way earlier than him, so I ended up leaving first, but he didn't get in.

So after I had already been in, like, 30 minutes.

So I won that battle and the fights.

Very nice.

Well, listen, we were just kind of joking about this before.

And I'm like, Remind me again when you fought, You just fought recently.

How do you feel about such a fast turnaround?

I feel great.

I feel blessed and grateful for the opportunity.

I've been injured so much, and now I get to fight two times in five weeks, get two paychecks and get to be in the top 10.

After this wind changed my life, did it bother you at all?

The opponent change because, you know, Big Meal is filling in for M and Dunham.

Did that bother you?

Not at all.

They're basically the same similar opponent.

Both South Paul's both around the same height.

Both gonna try to grapple me.

It's not really much of a change, I think, obviously done thus far better competition over the years.

But I think that's stylistically.

They're pretty much the same.

I mean, Evan is a is a warrior has been around, but Neil has been doing very well, you know.

He had a little hiccup against Kiesa, but he was on a five fight win streak before.

No, but he's he's a serious opponent.

I'm not taking it lightly and we're talking crap I can tell.

No, we're ready.

We're ready.

I mean, he's good.

Everybody in the U.

S is good.

There's 500 guys in the world in the UFC, and that's it.

I mean, that's not many people 500 of the entire world.

So hey, spring number 10 in the world, This opportunity was too big for me to turn down and especially me being healthy and financially it's you know what to come up for me as well.

So there was no way I was saying no, we'll also.

There's something special about this card, the trilogy with your IA and Dominic.

You know, obviously we have such a big event in the main event as well.

With the middleweight title Me Does that?

Does that kind of You got Dan Henderson on the cart, for crying out loud.

I mean, do you ever sit back and just be like, Damn, I showed up?

I feel amazing.

I feel great that I that I got the opportunity to find on this card for sure.

And I remember it's crazy, you know, I remember years ago I used to pray for stuff like this.

And now here I am living my dream.

And it's It's the most exciting thing in the world and I'm gonna make the most of it.

Well, it's time for you to go stare down by Neil over on the stage.

So thanks so much for taking a couple of minutes with you.

Thank you.