Nabeel Bhatti
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Fight to go the distance, yes, at 10-11.
And no is also at 10-11.
So what can we expect here from this fight?
And namely, King Rai, who despite being the challenger, is obviously the A-side coming into this fight, which will take place for me and the UK here in the early hours of Sunday morning and will be up against UFC tonight.
This is a fighter who showed a lot of promise on his way up the ranks, but now he is under pressure.
And there's a real reality here.
that he may not fulfill his undoubted potential and he may actually fail to become a champion because this is probably the easiest opportunity that he will have to become a champion.
He's brilliant on his day.
We saw him stopping Britain's Luke Campbell with a crippling body shot.
I don't think you can completely say that everything he did on the day against Devin Haney was simply down to him being drugged up.
Drugs don't do that.
They're not miracle workers.
You still need talent.
You still need effort.
You still need all of that God-given ability to pull off what he did against Devin Haney, especially against Devin Haney, especially to put him down three times on a way to a decision.
Now, that was declared a no contest due to a failed drugs test.
And his fight after that, he looked out of sorts, losing on points to Rolly Romero.
So everybody's going to turn around and say, it was the drugs, it was the drugs.
But whilst they might have enhanced his performance, it was still a very good performance.
And they can only do, at best, at best,