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    That's a ridiculous cut

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    Interesting and honest chat here

    From 6:00 the 'biggest learnings' from this

    'He fought his fight, and I fought his fight too'

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    Stirling is fighting next. On espn 2 in NZ

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    Fuck me forgot all about this. Just turned it on. Good timing!

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    Nice. Still a bit raw and he’ll tighten up that defence next time.

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    Watching in my car in a carpark. Gave a pedestrian a fright when Stirling got the knockdown.

    Rough start but came back well

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    Well done JDM. Striking always looks good and the work he’s done with Jones makes him very hard to beat

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    Fantastic night of fighting.

    Great finishes and a couple of passings of the torch.

    Cutelaba was shafted.

    Two epic Championship fights. Great heart from Manon but Shevchenko showed why she is the best ever in her division, and possibly of all time.

    JDM was immense. Actually brought the best out of Belal. That's the most enjoyable fight I've seen Belal in.

    When you look at both his offence and defence JDM is one of the most rounded fighters out there.

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    Holy shit finally got around to the main event. Amazing performance from JDM. Honestly didn't give him much of a chance against Belal, so good. Love the comment about getting Islam back for Volk. Can't wait!

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    As for the rest of the card. Other standouts were the Santos v Lee prelim, terrific fight.

    Barriault sending Silva off in a stretcher was pretty scary.

    Great win by Stirling.

    Jasudavicius dominated, might be against Grasso/Fiorot next.

    Malott was awesome but damn cringey in his interview. "Canada I fight for thee" or some shit..

    Silva dominated Grasso, such an interesting style of fighter, guess she is next in line for Shevchenko.

    Zahabi fight was an absolute roller-coaster, father-time undefeated since Couture's retirement so the end of Aldo.

    Shevchenko, Fiorot fight was riveting for the whole 25 mins.

    Overall a way better watch than I thought when the card was announced

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    Big UFC announcement.

    Islam definitely vacating lightweight title, will be fighting JDM for Welterweight title some time in the future
    Tuporia vs Olivera for vacant lightweight title at 317 along with Pantoja and Kai Kara France as co-main for flyweight title

    Also Du Plessis vs Chamaev at 319

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    @Rembrandt

    Good to see KKF finally get a confirmed date

    Another interesting fight that got announced recently is Whittaker vs RDR in late July

    Still waiting for news on the Aspinall v Jones fight

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    Stirling back in NZ and talking about the fight:

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    I see Kevin Jousset got cut from the ufc. That seems a bit harsh. 1 win 2 losses, the first lost was to Bryan Battle and the second was in a short notice fight with no camp

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    @Duluth That's rough. Must be hell of a demand on places in the UFC now, I'm not very familiar with him I'm guessing not super entertaining then?

    Just started catching up on "The Road to UFC - Asia". A couple of kiwis competing. Aaron Tau made it through to the semi's a couple days back. Another City Kickboxing fighter, back story has him recently on Dana White's contender series losing to some beast of a fighter, he was asked to compete on this tourney but to drop down to Flyweight.

    Made short work of a 9/0 Indonesian fighter. You'd think with his look and heavy Maori influence he'd be a certainty getting signed up if he takes this tournament out.

    https://x.com/UFC_AUSNZ/status/1925657926825316515

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    @Rembrandt said in UFC / MMA:

    @Duluth That's rough. Must be hell of a demand on places in the UFC now, I'm not very familiar with him I'm guessing not super entertaining then?

    Just got caught up in the recent cull. Some decent fighters were let go. I thought they may have kept him because he’s a French fighter with a solid foundation. It’s a region they are growing

    @Rembrandt said in UFC / MMA:

    Just started catching up on "The Road to UFC - Asia". A couple of kiwis competing. Aaron Tau made it through to the semi's a couple days back. Another City Kickboxing fighter, back story has him recently on Dana White's contender series losing to some beast of a fighter, he was asked to compete on this tourney but to drop down to Flyweight.

    Made short work of a 9/0 Indonesian fighter. You'd think with his look and heavy Maori influence he'd be a certainty getting signed up if he takes this tournament out.

    https://x.com/UFC_AUSNZ/status/1925657926825316515

    I saw his contender fight. He had very good comeback and there was an argument he should have got a contract despite the loss.

    White was very dismissive of him. Pointed out if he didn’t show boat in the first round he would’ve had a better chance of winning. He pushed the Maori angle very hard in his build up interviews and it missed the mark. Fell on the wrong side of the pride vs superiority tone

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    Another kiwi bloke Lawrence Lui just made the semis in Bantam weight. He got dropped with the first punch of the fight but fought an absolute war after that to take rounds 2 & 3. Classic kiwi interview "I pulled that win out of my arse"

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