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Champions fall at UFC 323 & price shock for Australian fans

Season 1, Ep. 51

On this episode Fox Sports reporter and host Dane Lillingstone is joined by UFC aficionado Zac Link to analyse a crazy UFC 323 where both champions lost their belts.


Did former bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili push the envelope too much with his attempted fourth title defence of 2025 or was Petr Yan simply too good?


Plus Alexandre Pantoja suffered a horrific elbow injury to lose his flyweight title to Joshua Van.


And with the UFC 325 card revealed for Sydney we take a look at some big additions in what is the best card seen in Australia in years. But have fans been priced out by huge ticket costs for the fights at Qudos Bank Arena?


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