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00:00That's why it's hard to hit shots on him.
00:03I'm not sure there's a comp for Steve Ursag on this roster.
00:06He's unassuming, calm, cool, collected, singing his walkout song.
00:11But man, his boxing when these fights start, otherworldly.
00:14It's unbelievable to watch this kid put his combinations together.
00:18He's so smart.
00:19When he's in the middle of so much chaos, he seems to operate in a state of calm.
00:25And you can see it from the moment he starts to walk to the octagon.
00:30I'm going to just watch him do it.
00:35Conner Frontz nearly landed that left hand.
00:37Pretty good entry by him.
00:39That's the thing about Ursag, though.
00:40He makes you miss by centimeters often.
00:43And he saw that coming.
00:45It was a good combo by Frontz.
00:48Jab is there for Ursag.
00:51Kadafrantz another one of these guys that spoke with us extendedly about the newly revamped
01:02strength and conditioning program at City Kickboxing.
01:06Just more detail was the way Kadafrantz described it.
01:10You can see the way that Ercik just barely slides out, he doesn't slide too far out.
01:15He's looking for that counter, he's trying to find the range and the timing of Kaikara
01:18right now.
01:19I don't know that he's thrown much so far though.
01:21He hasn't been able to really get what he wants to do yet and Kadafrantz started good.
01:26He started early, continue to give him different things to see so that he doesn't pick up on
01:31your patterns.
01:32Ercik with the pressure and he wants to get that jab going and I can see he's got, he's
01:38trying to find the range first before he starts letting his hands go.
01:42Five straight wins for the blue corner as we sit here right now, Steve Ercik trying
01:46to keep that trend going.
01:50Kadafrantz changes his level, lands to the body, Ercik counters with a leg kick.
02:05And Ercik spoke about all the time he spent watching Kai Kadafrantz on his way up.
02:13Really not admiring him but looking up to him in a way of, man this guy did it out of
02:18the same region that I'm from so I know I can.
02:22Couple of pretty nice connections by Kai Kadafrantz but you're right Dom, the subtle defensive
02:26footwork from Ercik is fun to watch.
02:29I mean Kai is throwing good combos but you can see Ercik seeing the combos that he's
02:33throwing and sliding just out of the way, barely.
02:36Not huge movements and that's what's so sharp about him.
02:39He's making reads right now and that jab, when that jab starts landing, well it has
02:44started right?
02:45I mean Kadafrantz I think is starting to show some effects.
02:47There it is right there, he's starting to find his mark, Ercik's just taking his time.
03:03A lot of feints from Kadafrantz.
03:10The pressure of Ercik right now.
03:15He's sharp.
03:23Kadafrantz attacks the body, he's been committed to that cause early.
03:27It's smart because Ercik's a longer guy, it'd be hard for him to chase down his head so
03:33he starts trying to get him to drop his hands by going to the body.
03:36Oh, huge left for Kai Kadafrantz!
03:40The fourth time he threw that combo it connected.
03:43Ercik on wobbly legs.
03:45Man he's got him hurt bad.
03:47Oh, he floors him, wow!
03:49Kai Kadafrantz has knocked out Steve Ercik in round one!
03:5413th first round knockout for this man.
03:57Toe, plank!
03:59He knew he had to stay out of the way of that right hand.
04:01Wow.
04:02And that's what spelled it.
04:03He got him with the left hook, but the right hand put him down for the final time.
04:07He was sliding out of the way of the one-two.
04:10The step through overhand left is what sat him down.
04:14And that is going to fire up his teammate, the last stylebender in the back.
04:18Kai Kadafrantz came in number three in the world!
04:22Title fight might be next!
04:24Wow!
04:26That's a huge knockout for Kai Kadafrantz.
04:29A lot of mutual respect between combatants there.
04:33What a result here.
04:33Look how he throws the one-two and then overhand left from the southpaw stance sits him down.
04:38Stepped on his foot on the way in as well.
04:41Beautiful overhand left.
04:45And he finishes him strong.
04:46Look, right hand misses and then overhand left connects.
04:51Steps on his foot on the way out just for good measure.
04:57That's the end of the show.
04:57That's the end shot right there.
04:59That's the one that really put the lights out is the right hand.
05:01Kaikara has some serious power in his hands for this division.
05:08Thirteen first-round knockouts for him.
05:11One more look.
05:13Right hand finishes the job, floors him.
05:15Ref steps in.
05:19Erceg not thrilled, I'm sure, with the performance.
05:23But acknowledging that Rich Mitchell had to step in there.
05:28Wow!
05:29Wow!
05:30What a result here in Perth as Kaikata Frans spoils the homecoming.
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05:41Here is Bruce Buffer.
05:45Ladies and gentlemen, referee Rich Mitchell called us off to this contest at four minutes,
05:51four seconds of the very first round.
05:54Declaring the winner by GKO, Kaido Blake Kaikara Frans!
06:09I'm here with Kaikara Frans.
06:11Welcome back to the Octagon, my friend.
06:13After some time away to come back and fight like that, you seem emotional.
06:17What are you thinking right now?
06:20How'd you guys like that, Perth?
06:25Man, firstly, hats off to Steve.
06:29He's a gentleman.
06:30He's the man.
06:32Yeah.
06:33Round of applause for Steve, thank you.
06:37And just to get back here, a year ago, I had to take time away.
06:43You know, time to re-evaluate, reflect, and balance all my other priorities.
06:50But with the best team in the world, City Kickboxing, this is what we love.
06:54And this is what we do best.
06:57You are a flyweight, man.
06:59You are not supposed to have 13 first round finishes.
07:02How are you knocking people out like that at this weight class?
07:05It's because I'm Maori, bro.
07:06That's why.
07:08Let's take a look right here.
07:09Look at that.
07:10Step through, left hook, drops him.
07:12Did you see that in the preparation that that combination would land?
07:15Because you did it about four times in that round.
07:17We knew Steve's going to be crafty and he's going to be smart.
07:20So I had to set him up for the second phase.
07:23I couldn't just let the cannon go.
07:24I had to set it up, be smart.
07:26And yeah, that's when I found the finish.
07:28You said you wanted to fight this level because you wanted to immediately put
07:31yourself back in championship contention.
07:33What do you want next?
07:34This is a statement I was talking about.
07:36I want my actions to be my loudest voice.
07:39Who do you think I should fight next for the title?
07:43Well, that was a tremendous performance and it will help you on your way.
07:46Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Kai Kara-France.
07:49Hard to argue with that result.
07:51And he pointed to his Maori heritage there as the reason why he continues to
07:55dispose with power shots in round one.
07:58What a huge result for the number four ranked flyweight contender, Kai Kara-France.
08:04UFC 305, Du Plessis versus Adesanya is presented by Lad Brooks,
08:08the official wagering partner of UFC.
08:13All right, folks, coming up next, our final order of business.
08:16Trigas Du Plessis has bludgeoned myriad elite foes on route to the middleweight championship.
08:20He has defied odds and naysayers alike while delivering a world title to South Africa.
08:26Today, though, he can produce a major legacy building win as he draws his foremost rival,
08:33former two time middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, the last stylebender,
08:37has vowed to make Du Plessis pay in more ways than one.
08:40And he will try to do just that on route to becoming a three time champion.
08:46Undisputed UFC middleweight champion.
08:48Our UFC 305 main event coming up in just moments from this year's Perth WF.
08:56Your imagination is playing cool trick on August 30th.
09:01Experience a mind bending, unpredictable sci-fi thriller.
09:07Slingshot.
09:10Rated R.
09:11Saturday, September 14th in the sphere.
09:14Believe me when I tell you we're going to put on a one of one
09:19live sporting event that will never be matched again.
09:27First live sporting event at Sphere in Vegas goes down September 14th all night.
09:31It will be a celebration of Mexican combat sports.
09:33And if you are not among those fortunate enough to be in the building,
09:36we hope you will join us for our next pay-per-view, September 14th.
09:45Tonight, though, we are wicked far from the fight capital.
09:48We are in Perth, Western Australia for UFC 305 as the UFC returns to WA
09:54for the second time in as many years and the third time overall.
09:58And now live inside RAC Arena, it is time for the main event for UFC 305.
10:03Du Plessis versus Adesanya presented by Ladbroke, the official wagering partner of UFC.
10:12These middleweight rankings are brought to you by VeChain, the official blockchain of UFC.
10:18The champion, Drakus Du Plessis, rested the title away from the number one contender,
10:22Sean Strickland, and Israel Adesanya has taken some time off.
10:25And as the number two ranked contender tonight,
10:27we'll look to turn that in for the yellow C and regain status at the top at 185.
10:34Well, no love lost between the top two middleweights on the planet.
10:37Thankfully, though, in the world famous Octagon today,
10:39the champ Drakus Du Plessis and challenger Israel Adesanya
10:43have as many as five rounds to settle this critical business,
10:46business for which the foundation was laid last July in Vegas.
10:49All right, so here's the fifth ranked UFC middleweight contender out of South Africa,
10:59Drakus Du Plessis. Prevailing thought is the winner of this fight could challenge
11:03Israel Adesanya nine weeks from now at UFC 293.
11:07UFC 290 in Las Vegas, I was there cage side watching and this guy's already been talking.
11:14I want to be the first real African champ trained, born, bred in Africa.
11:20He tried to say that he's the real true African champion.
11:23That took me off a little bit. So I want to give it a lick.
11:26Big strikes raining down by the South African.
11:30Can you believe it?
11:31Drakus Du Plessis stopped Robert Whittaker inside 10 minutes.
11:36There is no doubting the South African now.
11:39That earns you a spot at the very top of the mountain.
11:43And the man you will face next is the great Israel Adesanya.
11:46What's up, bitch?
11:47Yeah, my African brother.
11:49Yeah, my African brother.
11:51I'm African, but I ain't no brother of your son.
11:54Ladies and gentlemen, we got a world title fight.
11:56I will gladly drag this carcass across South Africa.
12:00He's behaving like a clown in there.
12:02That's not how a champion behaves.
12:04I mean, this is a battle for Africa.
12:06We got these dudes out here going crazy.
12:08He was hurt. Decided not to take the fight.
12:10So that was disappointing.
12:12But we moved on to the game of Strychnine.
12:15As the most active champion in history, five fights, 18 months.
12:18It was just too much for me.
12:21One of the biggest upsets in UFC championship history.
12:25I got to imagine that Drakus Du Plessis will be the next guy.
12:28Especially after being the one that was supposed to be here tonight.
12:31I tell you, he's kicking himself in South Africa right now.
12:33Because if there was a time to get Adesanya, tonight was the night.
12:36When the Strychnine call came, I was ecstatic.
12:39That was a lifetime of work coming together on one night.
12:43Oh, big right hand for Du Plessis.
12:45He's a tough dude.
12:46I hit him with some big, big punches.
12:48That was putting down a lot of guys.
12:51After the first round, I was 100% sure I won.
12:55And...
12:57No!
12:59Adesanya, get your ass back in the UFC so we can settle the score.
13:03It's official, UFC 305.
13:06This fight is going to be ridiculous.
13:09This fight's about history.
13:10It's about legacy.
13:12Izzy thrives in tough situations.
13:15He doesn't like Drake Du Plessis.
13:17I'm excited to see that anger Izzy.
13:18I wouldn't be surprised.