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What's going on everybody? Welcome to a brand new episode of DC and RC. I'm Daniel Cormier, your friendly neighborhood UFC double champion. This is my guy, super wolf football winning partner Ryan Clark.

Hey, where together? We're together in Houston. You know what the UFC gave us the gift, man. They brought you closer to me. And so now I get a chance to hang out a little bit with the busy schedule. You can't ask Ryan Clark to go to Florida.

But you can't ask me to go to Vegas, California. But if you're in Texas, I can see 45 minute flight. I can see if it's a close fight. And I'll do it. I'll get there. Now listen, RC.

This is a big time for everything because we have so much going on. The Olympics are going on. I mean, we have the conversation about what AJ McKee did last weekend, which was fantastic. We have the preview of the pay review main event this week.

There are blue, which I'm excited about honestly, but first and foremost, first and foremost, what we got what we got. We got to talk about our friend. Your friend. My friend.

The future of the lightweight champion of the world, your horses.

Islamah Hashem. RDA. We knew the fight was coming up, but not as official. What's the excitement level to watch?

It's no. So it's already know how it's going to go. People are going to say, Hey, RC. You said Islam.

My, my, my kid's is, is born. I don't think that right. I don't think he's born. We seen him be exciting. And I'm looking for that exciting Islam to show up against RDA. Now listen, DC. You know how trash talks work.

Trash talk works. He's trash talk. A legend, right? A former champion. How do you see this playing out? Are you excited or as his real friend?

Are you a little scared for this match? Oh, I'm not scared. Let me tell you one thing. I'm not in afraid. You know, when I talk about Islam, I know a guy how hard he trains, how committed he is to fighting.

But I also know that with his background and went where he's come from, you know, in Dagestan, those guys had nothing man.

A lot of times when you're fighting for life, fighting to survive, you can go to heights that you never thought imaginable, but also with his competition background, right? Sombal world champion UFC fighter, the ability to rustle and compete at the highest level.

I think that's what's going to have to carry Islam in his fight because for everyone that he's fought for all the guys that he's ever been in the octagon, what he's never seen anybody like RDA, right? For no matter what people think.

You know, you're his friend. You're not his friend. You're yours manager. You're as you got to respect our DA. Well, he's done. And also, if you're Islam, you have to understand that this is a step up in competition. This is an opportunity in the UFC to prove what Islam has been saying he was the entire time with what you have been saying, what could be has been saying about him.

And to me, that's the most exciting thing. If we get what I dubbed a boring performance, right, that we saw if we get one of those against RDA, it's different because it's dominant. It's it's reminiscent of what we saw could be due to the poor yeas due to the gate sheets due to the

gruggers. And that's why I'm extremely excited about this match. Well, if you could do it to somebody with such a high level, RDA is a Brazilian is just too black belt. RDA is a former UFC champion. RDA is a guy that is going to go into the UFC record books. Absolutely into Hall of Fame. Yup. Right. And not only is RDA good for all the things that he's done in the past. RDA is good for what he showed in his return to 155 against Paul Felder. Absolutely. I mean, you look fantastic. Right. That was a back and forth fight against someone else that we respect.

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