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MajorPom

In Melbourne for the fight and just watched the weigh-ins. The old style genuine weighing are so much better for the fans

Aussie crowd strangely quiet. Too early? I assume they’ll be drunk tomorrow despite the early start

Plenty of boos for Israel

Ragin Al is tiny next to Hooker

Racists.

Duluth

canefan

https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/27777627/israel-adesanya-knocks-robert-whittaker-unify-ufc-title

Funny how ESPN always refer to him as a Nigerian, when he appears to ID as a NZer

mofitzy_

@canefan
Identifies as both, fights under the Nigerian flag but has done all his development in NZ and fought under the NZ flag in his kickboxing days. Could be a marketing decision as there are plenty of Nigerians and Nigerian descent globally.

Great win, Adesanya on track to be a great.

MiketheSnow

Very comfortable for both Hooker and Adesanya.

mofitzy_

@Duluth

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Duluth

(the screenshot has a minor error, Riddell is 1-0 but the total of 10-0 is correct)

Thats a hell of record

Volkanovski has a chance to get a title in December too

He should be the early favourite for the Halberg coach of the year.. But the Halbergs only reward Olympic sports and sometimes rugby

Duluth

Adesanya posted this on instagram yesterday

(prompting the usual confusion from Americans about the term 'All Black' etc)

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jegga

@Duluth said in UFC:

Adesanya posted this on instagram yesterday

(prompting the usual confusion from Americans about the term 'All Black' etc)

awesome.

jegga

@Duluth Did he really live in Wanganui? He has that as his location , I thought he was a JAFA

Duluth

@jegga I think so, he also spent time in Rotorua

jegga

@Duluth said in UFC:

@jegga I think so, he also spent time in Rotorua

Cool, I love that hes the only one with a flag and he has a tattoo of Africa on his chest. The comments on that thread are gold too.

Bovidae

@jegga said in UFC:

@Duluth Did he really live in Wanganui? He has that as his location , I thought he was a JAFA

There was a story about him on TV a few months back. His parents still live there.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/other/bullied-high-school-ufc-champion-israel-adesanyas-untold-story-challenges-and-triumphs

Duluth

Tyson Fury doing some MMA training with Darren Till

Would love to see him have a proper crack at it. Unlikely, but maybe he wants a different challenge

jegga

Israel Adesanya on Joe Rogan today

Rembrandt

@jegga said in UFC:

Israel Adesanya on Joe Rogan today

First time I've heard him, what an absolute dude. Great listen.

jegga

@Rembrandt said in UFC:

@jegga said in UFC:

Israel Adesanya on Joe Rogan today

First time I've heard him, what an absolute dude. Great listen.

He’s been on twice this year, interesting guy . He comes across really well

chimoaus

@jegga said in UFC:

@Rembrandt said in UFC:

@jegga said in UFC:

Israel Adesanya on Joe Rogan today

First time I've heard him, what an absolute dude. Great listen.

He’s been on twice this year, interesting guy . He comes across really well

What strikes me about these elite fighters is their absolute belief in their abilities, guess you have to be to compete at that level.

Duluth

There's a UFC fight night in Auckland on Feb 23rd

No fights confirmed yet

Hooker will likely headline against a good ish opponent. Lee, Felder, Cerrone?

Adesanya - zero chance. He's on ppv events for the foreseeable future

Hopefully Kai Kara-France can have a quick turnaround (he's got a fight in Dec)

An outside possibility of Whittaker? Unlikely, but he should be fighting around that time. Depends what level opponent they have for him next. A Till fight would probably be in London

mofitzy_

@Duluth
Riddell too probably.

The Silver Fern

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