Brendan Allen

It has been the hardest thing for me to let go of control and give it to someone else.

But it was kind of one of those things.

I met Horacio and Mike and I have obviously a lot of trust and a lot of faith in Bilal.

I've known him for a long time and I see what he's done.

But I met these guys and Max too.

I met him for five days when I was with Bilal.

And to sit back and watch them, also have my own interactions with them.

It just felt like, you know, one of those things you just feel like you're friends instantly, like you've known each other forever.

And that's kind of what that connection was with them.

So, honestly, it was a little bit easier than normal to let go of, like, the control of, like, controlling what I'm going to do, when I'm going to do it, the strategy.

I didn't think I was going to leave, to be honest with you.

I didn't think I was going to leave Florida.

I was just going there to help my friend and just kind of see what I could do differently, what I could change in my own thing.

But then obviously my goal after being there, because he was getting ready for Jack.

Bilal was so I watched everything I helped him for a few days and then I went back I fought Marvin and I was at I did two or three weeks with Chicago two weeks I did two weeks excuse me I did two weeks and then I

I did like four or five in Florida.

So I was like, okay, next time I'm just going to split it four and four.

Spend my time mixing match.

Because it was a great time for me.

Then I fought Derrida.