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“What’s going on, guys? I am back in Florida, and I wanted to make a quick video to give an update to all my family, friends, and supporters out there.”

“First and foremost, I’m healthy. No major injuries. So that’s the biggest blessing so far.

“As far as fight night goes, I had a game plan, and I was working it, and I felt like it was working well. We wanted to focus on the body; we wanted to stay inside the kicking range, because obviously he’s a dangerous kicker, and really abuse the pace and volume.

“Yeah man, it was going good until it wasn’t and I got caught. Hats off to Otari because he’s a great striker and we all knew how dangerous he was.

“As far as like my camp and preparation, man, I gave everything I had to it. I moved my whole family to Florida to prepare for this one. I showed up to every training session I could and gave 110%. And I improved, and I feel like some of those improvements showed during the fight.

“Obviously, I still have a ton of room for improvement. I’ve only been at ATT for a few months. I didn’t even start fighting or training at all until the age of 23.”

“As far as what’s next for me, to be honest, I don’t know yet. But as long as the possibility of me providing for my family with fighting is there, I’m going to pursue it, and I feel like I’ve built a positive platform and had a positive impact, and I want to continue to use it as long as I can.”

“So I’m going to take the next two weeks to go back home to Augusta, Georgia, to hang out with all my family and friends that I’ve been missing while I’ve been down here in Florida, and then after those two weeks are up, I plan on coming back, getting right back in the gym, getting right back in training, making improvements, and waiting on a phone call from my manager to see what’s next.

“But as always, it is an absolute blessing to be in the position that I’m in, coming from where I came from, because I never saw this in the cards for me. So whether I’m winning or losing, knocking people out or getting knocked out, it doesn’t matter. I’m happy. I’m going to be OK, and I’ve got faith that God is the absolute best of planners.

“So until next time, thank y’all very much, and I love y’all.”