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Fight Club podcast: Turning point for Israel Adesanya in Seattle?
Sport Nation • March 26th, 2026 3:55 pm
Israel Adesanya | Photo: Photosport
On this week's edition, New Zealand's First Lady of MMA, Ravinder Hunia, joins Stephen Foote to dive deep into a massive weekend for City Kickboxing at UFC Seattle.
Israel Adesanya features in the headline act against Joe Pyfer, looking to get back into the winner's circle and avoid a forth straight defeat.
Having spent so long at the summit, how much competitive fire does 'The Last Stylebender' have left in the tank? Is there enough to make another run at the title - or this final stage of his career more about heading into the sunset on positive notes?
Adesanya certainly has the edge in experience against the relatively green Pyfer, but the brash American has plenty of power in his hands. The question is - will he be able to find his target against the master Octagon manipulator?
At the opposite end of the career spectrum is teammate Navajo Stirling, who will be chasing a third consecutive win to continue the flawless start to his UFC tenure.
He'll be taking on Bruno Lopes, who is a readymade opponent for the one thing missing from his UFC CV to date - a highlight reel finish.
Ravinder and Stephen also look back at UFC London, where Movsar Evloev had his hand raised against Lerone Murphy in somewhat controversial fashion.
Now 20-0 and on a 10-fight promotional win streak, is Evloev now - finally - the no-brainer answer to the question of Alexander Volkanovski 's next title challenger?
All that, as well as a review of the now completed MVP MMA card, and more, on your favourite NZ combat show.
Listen to the full episode below:
