The biggest fight night in UFC history will take place in Melbourne on Sunday, with a distinct Kiwi feel.
The Fight Club podcast spoke with UFC president Dana White about why this was such a monumental event for combat sports.
With the card featuring a Kiwi quartet of Israel Adesanya, Dan Hooker, Luke Jumeau and Brad Riddell, UFC 243 is the biggest event in combat sports history for New Zealand.
Fight Club is a podcast hosted by fight fans for fight fans.
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Previous episodes of Fight Club
#1 The Last Stylebender Israel Adesanya
#2 'Cingano' Junior dos Santos
#7 Nyrene "Neutron Bomb" Crowley
#10 What's next for Jon Jones?
#12 Israel Adesanya, Kai Kara-France and Shane Young
#13 Royal Rumble fallout with Harry Kettle
#15 Fight With My Family with superstar Paige
#16 UFC235: Can Jon Jones dominate?
#17 Road to WrestleMania with WWE's Bayley
#18 'His Yard': WWE's Roman Reigns
#19 Wonderboy Stephen Thompson
#20 One Championship: A new era
#21 Israel Adesanya's date with destiny
#23 Junior Fa: Inspired by greatness
#24 Burn it Down: WWE's Seth Rollins
#25 'Bobby Knuckles' Robert Whittaker
#26 Junior Fa: A heavyweight growing confidence
#27 Deontay Wilder's violent statement
#28 WWE's Buddy Murphy and UFC's Tai Tuivasa
#29 Tony Ferguson and Dan Hooker
#31 Fury Reigns: Is the Gypsy King heavyweight boxing's new ruler?
#32 NZ MMA's Godfather: Steve Oliver
#33 Joseph Parker's redemption begins
#35 Travis Banks: From Bulls to the WWE
#37 City Kickboxing's Eugene Bareman
#38 WWE's Goddess: Alexa Bliss
#39 Adesanya's countdown to destiny
#40 Is this the end for Daniel Cormier?
#41 Kai Kara-France: Chasing Gold
#42 UFC 243: Kiwi takeover hits full throttle
#43 Is Khabib the greatest lightweight ever?
#44 Brad 'Quake' Riddell - NZ's latest UFC export
#45 Alex 'The Great' Volanovski
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