Light heavyweight Navajo Stirling joined the channel at City Kickboxing HQ in Auckland, New Zealand, ahead of his shot at earning a UFC contract.

Stirling will fight against Phillip Latu in the headline bout of Dana White's Contender Series on September 11 (NZ/Aus time) - live on ESPN.

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Timestamps:
0:00 - introduction, on date and opponent change
0:53 - What he knows of Phillip Latu
1:45 - What the timeline of the replacements was like for him
2:30 - Pre-fight anxiety/build-up
3:20 - On the Contender Series as a platform
4:55 - On trying to build a name with a shallow 205 division in Aus/NZ
5:45 - On the rise of young talent from Aus/NZ now getting their chances
7:30 - Why he can be the next Sean O'Malley-type guy to come out of the Contender Series