UFC Down Under: Best Moments From the Last Decade

for the first time in ufc history the world famous octagon is in melbourne australia inside the etihad stadium where we will set a record the crowd loves their own they love fights and we get it started right here she's ready joe she believes she will leave with the belt holly holm runs towards the octagon fired up calm prepared she's gonna stay on the outside of ronda rousey utilize footwork movement and angles land strikes and particularly land kids she's a bonafide rock star rhonda rousey who said quite simply fighting is her sanctuary this has become like the mike tyson days means to walk out with no road black shorts no socks ronda rousey coming out to this joe jets song with that mean scowl on her face seventh title defense for ronda rousey live from the ellihan stadium in melbourne australia [Applause] holly's got to get out of there and she does around the right hand's out of the way oh it's caught about to be careful nobody dogs that doubts the skill everywhere she's tagging right in front of her and she's not taking her head off the center line and her face is getting lit up right now wow this is incredible [Applause] beautiful what a performance [Applause] well it has been all systems go for the new zealand-born robert whittaker since moving up to the ufc middleweight division 6-0 in the ufc 185 pounds tonight at just 26 years old joe will try to complete the mission and become a ufc champion he's put a lot of pressure on romero here boom big left-hand lance for whitaker see if he can follow it up here five or six ufc rounds three [Applause] [Music] [Applause] four than he was in round two the kick to the body there that got romero's attention [Applause] [Music] and that's huge because romero needs another takedown to try and win this round to control [Applause] romero able to duck underneath that beautiful knee fake the right hand came up the middle of the room oh he tagged him he's hurt [Applause] by whittaker [Applause] ladies and gentlemen robert whitaker and joel romero go the distance and new interim ufc middleweight champion of the world robert the reaper well you want to talk about a fighter and human being that appears to be the total package enter israel a few months shy of his 30th birthday he realizes his first ufc title shot here tonight i'm a big fan of this man and i've been a fan of him long before he fought in the ufc i reached out to him many years ago and asked him when he thought he'd be there he said when i'm [Applause] real ready real trouble is there for him oh beautiful stab calvin oh hi kid wow oh not needed [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh nice straight right for madasanya wow what a fight what a fight [Applause] oh look at that oh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] him instead of landing straight on huge right for adasanya outside jason spins out of it oh he's on top this is good for kelvin looking to try to set up a triangle very slippery [Applause] wow what a fight get the bonus checks ready oh my goodness oh my goodness he snapped his neck back with that one under 90 seconds now to go [Applause] [Music] [Applause] rising to the occasion in the fifth and final round putting it together what a fight for the winner by unanimous decision and [Applause] champion of the world [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] good now his mixed martial arts moment he has taken this sport by storm he moves every needle celebrity and otherwise that you would want him to move he is 17-0 but tonight he figures to be facing his stiffest challenge to date considerably as israel takes on robert some guys just have it right just leaning back out of the range of those kicks got to be very careful every time rob jumped in there he was taking damage and look what happened why didn't there again cause that right hook timer again he landed it over and over again less than two years into his ufc career israel anasanya is what he knew and thought he was the best middleweight on planet earth incredible man it's honestly unreal i've said this for so long they said i don't have no knockout power you too skinny bro it all comes down to this for the father of two new south wales is alexander volkanovsky 20-1 as a mixed martial arts pro left a very promising career in rugby league to pursue this mixed martial arts dream he is a born fighter from the moment he walked into joe lopez's freestyle fighting gym he knew he could realize wild mixed martial arts success he went all in believes he is peaking at the right time all the hay is in the proverbial barn alexander volkanovsky believes he is in a position tonight to start his own featherweight eric just loves to fight not unlike the champion a little bit of a limp there you try to check that one got to check these kicks oh good right a little hand of swelling underneath the left eye stunned him with that left hand and now he pushed those toes to the body if that's where it's at right max at his best yeah [Applause] not out of the realm of possibility that holloway is down and that one hand is not going to help things [Applause] [Applause] alexander [Applause] and new [Applause] undisputed usc featherweight champion of the world alexander the great dan the hangman hooker was the first new zealand-based fighter to sign with the ufc and now he gets his first main event spot some years on he was the second fight of the night in his ufc debut 68 months later he is headlined tonight [Applause] again the strength of his chin because it was checked there by elsa working that lead now he puts himself at risk but lands a right hand for his troubles oh it takes a left hook nice work to pick his aggression up now snaps back ahead [Music] [Applause] [Applause] you know there's some swelling there though on that on the side of his cheek but that kicking jab is beautiful powerful right hand kick for his trouble but hey this is paul felder's game once more to deal with that pressure [Applause] what a spectacular display of [Applause] this changes a human being a fight like that for the winner you

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Keywords: ufc, australia, new zealand, best, moments, decade, 10 years, anniversary, israel, adesanya, highlights, holly, holm, ufc 193, ronda, rousey, robert, whittaker, alexander, volkanovski, mma, ultimate fighting championship

Id: 4fzXhZvScGA

Length: 14min 38sec (878 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 22 2020