The team has been finalised. 211 athletes will represent Aotearoa with that fern on their chests, the largest ever contingent that New Zealand has sent to an Olympic Games beating the 199 who went to Rio in 2016.
However you want to view what was happening as Dustin Poirier laid out plenty of mahi on Conor McGregor on Sunday afternoon in Aotearoa, one thing should be blatantly clear; Israel Adesanya is perfectly poised to takeover combat sports.
A slick start to the 2021 LPGA Tour has turned into a kiwi winter hump for Lydia Ko, right before the Tokyo Olympics get underway.
This weekend both Aotearoa Black Sticks teams will play their Australia counterparts in two FIH Pro League games over in Perth.
In dropping his standard dose of post-fight gems, Israel Adesanya spoke for all young kiwis as he outlined the backwards nature of Aotearoa's marijuana and coward-punch/murder laws.
City Kickboxing worked through the fog and logistical nightmares of 2020 without much fuss, which was a minor miracle considering the efforts CKB's UFC fighters went through to seal a fight compared to many of their UFC peers.
News that Lydia Ko would take a break and skip the next two LPGA Tour tournaments opens up a nice passage to suss out where Ko sits in Autumn 2021.
Lydia Ko's win at the LOTTE Championship in Hawaii marks a high point in her recent years on LPGA Tour and while it saw Ko reclaim her best golf, there's plenty of nuance to explore.
As Lydia Ko prepares for the LOTTE Championship in Hawaii starting tomorrow morning, she does so as one of the premier female golfers in the world.
Squeezed into a jam-packed Aotearoa sporting calendar is a low key epic #KiwiUFC bout as Brad Riddell takes on Gregor Gillespie at UFC Fight Night on Sunday afternoon.
Win or learn. For a team like City Kickboxing, defeats to Carlos Ulberg and Israel Adesanya at UFC 259 will provide a funky platform for them to build upon moving deeper into 2021.
This Sunday Aotearoa's UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya moves up a weight division in pursuit of Champ-Champ status against light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz.
In the midst of a global pando, with the City Kickboxing coaches scattered around the world servicing their Kiwi-UFC fighters and their Junior Fa led boxing crew, Dan Hooker casually fought two of the more ruthless scrappers in the UFC lightweight division.
Consider Dan Hooker vs Michael Chandler the perfect start to 2021 for Aotearoa's City Kickboxing.
Despite the 2020 shenanigans, Lydia Ko enjoyed a far better LPGA Tour campaign this year than she did last year and whether it's Ko adding 10m to her driver or finishing this year as one of the best short-game players on tour, there is reason to be super optimistic about where Ko is heading.
In 2019, City Kickboxing grabbed a couple UFC Championships and along with the likes of Dan Hooker sealing his spot among the best lightweights and Brad Riddell blasting his way into the UFC lightweight division, many viewed CKB as the 2019 team of the year.
Lydia Ko rolled through two tournaments in September and two more in October on the LPGA Tour, four tournaments all up with three top-20 finishes and two top-10 finishes.
After putting the microscope on Israel Adesanya as he kinda just did what he does best against Paulo Costa, it's time to suss out Brad Riddell's win over Alex da Silva in the lightweight division.
After dismantling his latest UFC middleweight title challenger, Israel Adesanya stated that defeating Paulo Costa was the 100th 1-outs win of his career.
After laying everything out for the Kiwi-UFC City Kickboxing takeover of UFC 253 on Sunday (NZT), here we have some more specific details and the best content around the CKB whanau in United Arab Emirates.