 So Dara, it's good to see you again. Good to talk to you on what's fight week once again. Yeah, another one, came in fast. Tell me this now, we're just a couple of days out. How's cotton weight going for you? Because it's probably the thing that fighters, be it a boxer, be it mixed martial arts, but anybody that's in that game, it's the butt that they don't like. How's it going for you? So I'm dropping back down to feather it for this one. So it's usually I would fight at 155 pounds. So this is 145, so it's a 10-pound drop. So that's been, I've had to be a lot. That's a lot. It is a lot, it's a big drop. So really I've been dieting since November. And this week now I'm getting very, very little salads and chicken and smoothies. So it's tough. The body needs fuel. How's the mind when you're going through all this? I'm excited for afterwards of what I'm going to eat. That's what I'm daydreaming about here at the minute. So you're always excited for the food. And then once you start cutting the water, the water takes over. That's the most important thing. You'd be excited to get a weed drink or water at all. You'll make the featherweight, the required weight no problem, will you? It's going to be tough, but you know, I'll get there. Like it's mental toughness is a big part of it. So it's, I think now at the minute I'm maybe about 16 pound over at the minute. So I weigh in on Friday morning. So we take on. Yeah, you're about to do it. But listen, aside from cutting weight and the difficult part of it, what's the camping like? What's this camping like for you over the last six to eight weeks? I've had a brilliant camp. I've done a lot of interviews now this and the lead up to this one. I'm repeating myself, but I feel like I've done a good job of patching up the holes in my game since my last fight. I wasn't happy with it. So I'm really happy with how this camp went. As I said, I've done a good job of patching up the holes. I feel at this weight, I feel a lot fitter and I feel everybody's strong. Technically, we have a great game plan and technically I'm feeling great. So I've had a brilliant camp. Can't complain. Just going back to that last fight. Yes, you got your second one, but you weren't happy with it. What, what were the holes? What were the problems? What did you, what do you have to fix there? Um, the main, the main issue was I was, I was hunting for the finish. Um, you know, I, I, before that fight, I had 11 fights, 11 finishes. And, uh, all week, I was being asked how long he's going to last. There wasn't a few, if I was going to win or how it was, how long he was going to last. And that kind of, I forgot the game plan that became finish him. And, uh, it was just not around sloppy performance. So I learned a lot from that. It's, you know, it's nice to get the finishes, but, uh, for this one, that's why I'm going to go in there and be more calculated. And if the finish comes, I'll take it, but it's, I just want, uh, I want a crisper performance all around. Yeah. So the approach was different to this one. There was to the, to the previous two under the Bellator banner. Yeah. Yeah. I think that's, I'll be, I'll be more efficient with my energy. That's, that's the main thing I'm looking for. Okay. What about your opponent at Dorval Jordan two and two? Um, what sort of opposition is he going to be for? Is he going to be difficult? What do you expect him? Cause I'm sure you've watched him. Uh, yeah. I haven't watched too much on him. I usually leave that to John and Dave, my coaches, and they break them down for me and make a game plan going from there. Um, uh, like, you know, I've seen the bookies there. I'm a one to nine favorite, but the, you know, a fight to fight and then can happen, you know, every opponent is dangerous in one way or another. Um, from watching him, he looks like he's going to be kind of frustrating the fight because he'll be, he doesn't engage too much. He'll engage for a few shots and then he'll be back running. He'll be, he'll be moving away for 10, 15 seconds. And then he'll throw another couple of shots. He's always dancing around. So I got a way we've been frustrating, but I can't get lured into his game. Yeah. Um, obviously looking to go, to go three and O, but from a, from a career point of view, obviously you're involved in the prelims and, and Bellator 291 this weekend. If you were going to move up with the victories, how long do you think it's going to take you, how do you get to the, to the main stage and the main card in Bellator? Um, well, we, we have a lot of big names in Ireland here now, Bellator, you know, um, it's, uh, it's tough competition getting on the main card with Bellator. So I think maybe it could be three, four more wins might see me in the main card. And, you know, even that would be early enough. So no rush, no rush away from, I suppose the fight and the prep for this fight, I was watching a couple of your interviews over, over the last week or so. Uh, you were away in Iceland too, but one stage doing a bit of training. Um, we sort of mixed in a bit of leisure time along with, with the training there. What was going on in Iceland? Well, uh, me, me and my brother decided we would go over, um, we took an ocean on Saturday and we, we booked it and left on the, uh, Monday morning. So, uh, Gunnar Nelson, who's, who's also under John Kavana. Um, he trains in SBG here and there. So he's overnight. The minute actually getting ready for UFC London, but I trained with him in the past and, uh, I want to do over there after my last fight and just get a couple of hard weeks training. And, uh, you know, we, we were busy with our time. Like I tried to slot in a lot of sightseeing and stuff too, but we were training two, three times every day over there. So. Yeah. How did, uh, like we always call him the wee brother, Ryan. How, how did, uh, how did, uh, how did Ryan find the training? Was it a good experience for him? Cause he's a man on the up two. So he is. Ah, he's, he's flying at the minute now. He, he lives in the gym. Uh, he's, he's right. He'll be 19 in July and you know, he's got, he's, he's got a big future ahead of him. I would, I would imagine that if he just keeps, keeps calling the way he is. He started MMA a bit younger than what you do. Cause you, you were lit to the, to the actual sport. 17 or 18 Dar before you, before you actually took it up and had it onto jujitsu camp and letter of Kenny Dara. He started a wee bit or sorry, Ryan has started a wee bit earlier. How's it? Uh, so I, I started when I was 18 and I think Ryan might have started six months after me. So he was, he's six years younger than me. So he was 12 or 13. Um, so he's been, he's been out for a long time now as well. Yeah. But I used to have the brothers on a bowl for Bellator, wouldn't it? Could be going that way soon enough. Could be going that way. Hopefully so. Uh, so just finally then back to, to obviously the fight that you've got, um, looking to go three and O here on under Bellator. What sort of performance is going to take and what sort of performance are you expecting from yourself there on Saturday night? Um, well, I feel like I need to go in there and, uh, and put on a good performance after my last one, not, not for anyone else, but more for myself, do you know? Um, as I said, I wasn't happy with my last one. So I don't want to come out of there and feeling like I didn't do enough for it. I was sloppy. I just want to come out of there and be proud of my performance. Uh, I think if I show up and stick to my game plan, do you know, I don't think you'll have much for me to be honest. I got to be too much for him. Um, I've just, I've just got to stick to my guns now. Yeah. And there'll be a big Doney Goss report down with her. 175 coming down this time. So we've acquired her than usual. Well, we'll blame the Saturday night for that as we've been more expensive. Well, listen, it's still a good number and I'm sure they'll be very, very vocal and they'll be hiding you all the way. Dara's always good to talk to you and again, good to see you and the very best of luck this weekend. We'll maybe catch up after the fight over the weekend. All right. Thanks very much. That's brilliant.