As someone who's never dealt with someone where their livelihood is basically put on pause for a long time.

What thoughts go through your head when you get this news is like, who did this to me?

Should do.

I have to even move states to get away.

Like what?

Thoughts go through your head with something like that?

Yeah.

You know, I didn't understand team to sub once.

I didn't understand that you could like, there's no way I'm gonna test for something.

I'm not taking it.

That that was my mindset before, but there was times where, like, someone messing with me, Like, how has this happened?

I didn't understand.

Do I have to move?

That definitely went through my mind.

Um, but at the end of the day, I started learning about learning about Austrian learning about ce arms state, supple.

It's on.

Then mate tests for it and then, you know this guy test for it. 00:00:57.950 --> 00:01:2.120 Now I'm getting messages from other UFC fighters that haven't been announced yet because they don't have to. 00:01:2.130 --> 00:01:8.450 Now that you saw the rule is if you test for it, you know, they go through the whole investigation instead of just announcing it. 00:01:8.950 --> 00:01:13.350 There's fighters that have messaged me recently saying, Hey, do what I just tested for this.

I don't understand.

How did you find out about Bond?

This is like it sucks, but it's happening.

It's still happening.

And if you go Google list of athletes and it happens, every single sport men, female, all different ages.

So it sucks.

But it's happening.

That's got to be an odd feeling, considering you are very young.

Your you only had two fights in the O.

C.

And now other fighters were kind of coming to you for guidance.

I would imagine that's a weird situation for you, too.

Yeah, well, I understand how they feel.

Like when you first get told that noise with that that that that news you like, hits you in the heart.

Like what?

I'm gonna get in trouble for them.

I didn't do, like literally getting suspended for something I didn't take.

It sucks.

And I can resignation with them.

That not feeling. 00:01:58.380 --> 00:02:0.750 And they kind of look for What's the next step? 00:02:0.760 --> 00:02:2.250 Who do we got to talk to for me? 00:02:2.250 --> 00:02:5.440 UFC really helped me on, like, navigate through the whole situation. 00:02:5.440 --> 00:02:8.180 So, you know, huge help from USC. 00:02:8.640 --> 00:02:9.690 Now you are back to you. 00:02:9.690 --> 00:02:11.150 I believe both your last opponents are.

They're not even in the UFC correctly.

More So do you view this has spent two years.

Maybe.

Maybe fans have forgotten how good I am.

Is this are you looking at?

This is maybe another debut for Sugar Sean O'Malley.

Yeah, it definitely kind of feels like that.

Like that in the debut all over again.

It's been two years, and, um, it does kind of feel like that.

Do you think people forgot how good you are?

I think so, Yeah.

I mean, if someone is a fight for two years, you don't gotta watch them fight.

You kind of, you know, there's so many fighters, so many fights happening every weekend.

It's, you know, you forget.

So I just gotta go out there and remind him in terms of Jose King.

Joonas over here.

Didn't matter who you farted.

You just want to get back inside the octagon.

Didn't matter.

Date didn't matter who.

Just get back in.

Yeah, they just worked out. 00:02:58.870 --> 00:03:0.230 It just worked out Perfect. 00:03:0.380 --> 00:03:5.090 So no, I think, uh, it's a good matchup for me. 00:03:5.230 --> 00:03:6.260 You're gonna try to take me down. 00:03:6.260 --> 00:03:9.330 He's gonna try to grapple me, hold me against the fans holding on the ground. 00:03:9.830 --> 00:03:12.320 Um, I don't think you can do that.

So in terms of the division, I mean, since you last fought, we've had Jos.

Aldo, drop back down.

You're our favorite kind of matter.

Entire Franky Edgar, supposedly dropping down Anderson.

Who does know the champion?

What have you make off the landscape of the division right now?

Because you are one of the more popular fighters and you've still been on the shelf for two years?

Yeah, the division.

It's one.

The most stacked divisions in the U.

S.

C.

Way.

Got what?

Maria's versus, uh, Yang coming up.

Maybe it was that official or not, But that fight sweet that that the visions so stacked.

But you can't You can't take it.

Fight at a time.

You really do.

Especially you don't know the plan on breaking my foot.

Last fight, Getting surgery, Being out for an extra six months.

I don't plan on being out for two years.

It's hard to say.

Like who You want to fight next?

When you wanna fight next, You really gotta take it. 00:03:59.880 --> 00:04:0.730 Fight by fight. 00:04:0.740 --> 00:04:3.130 We have The division is stacked and it's gonna be a lot of fun. 00:04:3.320 --> 00:04:4.580 How many wins away? 00:04:4.690 --> 00:04:7.270 I know you don't want to look ahead, but how many wins away? 00:04:7.270 --> 00:04:9.060 Considering your name and recognition? 00:04:9.060 --> 00:04:12.980 Do you think you need to get into that where you are getting matched up with these guys?

Not a lot.

Couple.

And then one final one a little off topic.

I'm curious.

What?

What do you make of this whole conversation of open scoring?

Where would, as a fighter would you like to know the scores after each round?

So maybe if it's 11 going to the final, you both put on both.

Put it, pick up the pace.

Maybe we have to owe you Take your foot off the brake little bit.

So I'm curious what your opinion is on possible open scar.

Yeah, that's I haven't really thought about that.

I guess I kind of heard about it a little bit.

Um, yeah.

I don't see why they wouldn't.

Why?

They couldn't do that.

I'm sure they'll get some good minds together and think what?

It would be the best action, but yeah, I'd be for that.

Thank you so much.

And good luck on Saturday.

I appreciate you.