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  • Ali.

  • Mark that.

  • And I'm here with Danielle.

  • Dariush, who set to take on Ramsey in is, um And I want to ask you how you feeling leading up to this point?

  • I feel great being here.

  • This is really close to my home, you know?

  • So I I love it.

  • I'm really excited.

  • You're originally Iranian, and you grew up in the States when I was nine, so I've been there for about 15 years now.

  • Do you feel like a part of your heart is still in the Middle East?

  • I got to tell you, I came here and, uh, Dubai felt really kind of European.

  • But when I drove here to Abu Dhabi and I was going through the streets, I was like, Man, this is Tehran e.

  • I was so just like, Whoa, it was such a such a awesome thing.

  • I was just walking through the streets, the driving, everything about it reminded me of home.

  • So I definitely feel a part of me is here.

  • And there's a really big Iranian population here, so I'm sure you're gonna have a lot of fight fans.

  • What can you What can we What can they expect on Friday night.

  • I I always like to finish my fights.

  • That's the one thing you can expect for me.

  • You know, My first bite was a decision, and it was one of the scariest things of my life.

  • So my goal every time I fight is to finish my opponent, and that's what you can expect from me.

  • Okay, let's talk about that.

  • Let's talk about your opponent.

  • Ramsey Ninja is a highly or is a very well decorated wrestler, and you are very well decorated jujitsu practitioner, so it kinda cancels each other out.

  • What do you have to fit?

  • What do you say about that?

  • What you thought?

  • Well, it's true.

  • We both are, you know, different parts of grappling, and we both got to high level.

  • But I think is the guy who's more roll around it is gonna have the edge, and I believe on the more well rounded guy.

  • How do you expect this fight to finish submissions or a knockout?

  • Okay, let's let's move on and talk about your training leading up to this fight.

  • Are you always active throughout the year, or do you change your training and your diet?

  • What's that like for you diet.

  • I changed, but my training is the same all the time.

  • After I I like to eat.

  • Uh, you know, my mother makes ah, makes really get food.

  • So I'm not going to say no to her food.

  • You know the rice.

  • Just that's the Middle Eastern in your police and every exactly I can't help it.

  • Okay, So tell me.

  • Tell me about your diet.

  • And what's your diet consist of leading upto?

  • So when I fight, my diet is simple.

  • I follow this thing is Ah, God made it.

  • I can eat it.

  • So Fruits, vegetables, nuts, you know, if anything, I go store process, for example Bread.

  • I can't have brother Rice.

  • I can have very little.

  • You know we're here.

  • Most of our portion is rice and then you have a little bit of meat and then salad for me, it's the other way around.

  • I have, like, this much rice, and when I do eat rice and the rest of it is greens and a little bit of meat.

  • So that's that's kind of the difference with my diet were leading up to a fight.

  • All right, well, you know, I don't want to hold you off too long.

  • I know you have to take your rest and whatnot.

  • We'll see you at the weigh ins.

  • We wish you good luck.

  • This is Ali.

  • Mark that here with Donald are you should set the fight.

  • Ramzan is, um it's gonna be a barn burner.

  • Don't miss it.

Ali.

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