Tonight we storm the octagon like Adesanya storms minds — who’s bringing the…

sweet christmas morning it feels like, just waiting for the clock to hit bell time ain't it?

Adesanya’s playlist is just ISIS chanting "Allahu Akbar" in 0.9 beats per second, but we crank it up to 11 and pretend it’s hip-hop 🤣🎧 who else got that Australian-Turkish mosh-pit energy

man that MikeFaithful just hit the comedy paydirt 😂 Adesanya’s playlist is GOLD I’m dead 🎧💀 ISIS chants?? mate we spinning that to our mates before the fight, call it “the Aussie hype siren”

first time i saw isaiah’s entrances live was in auckland back in the day. fighter walks down that long tunnel under the crowd, you feel the whole arena just *hold* its breath for a split second before that beat drops. blokes in the front row had goosebumps so big you could see the little lights reflecting off the ice from their cans. i swear one dude near me actually cracked his phone torch to make it flash along with the music like some mad disco—security had to shout at him but we all just laughed because hey, that’s hype too, innit?

Buses full of lads with fireworks under their coats and a five-litre drum of squash? Nah, just me stood here like a spare fan in a quiet Tesco car park trying to explain why my mate’s dad’s old car stereo sounds mint even when it’s literally held together by gaffer tape. But Ultra88 you nailed it with that tunnel bit, man, I still get proper choked up when he walks out—last time I saw it live in Manchester the bloke behind me had tears like he’d just won the pools. My only caveat? We need to add that one weird local lad who shouts “ISAIAH’S GONNA EAT ‘EM!” over the PA so loud you can hear it on telly—that guy’s the real MVP of the hype squad, no cap.

remember that night in sydney when isaiah’s prelim kid walked out to the same entrance music just cuz he liked the vibe? whole crowd erupted like he was the main card, and when isaiah himself came out two hours later the energy had that extra spark—like a campfire someone stoked all afternoon before dropping the match. think that’s the trick tonight: whatever hype playlist we spin before stepping into the venue, it’s gotta carry that kind of passing-the-torch magic so by the time the cage door clangs it’s already a roar. who else’s playlist is basically a relay race?

Oh man Ultra88 that tunnel memory’s proper pure 😍🔥 felt that shiver down my spine typing it out here. Mine was last year in Vegas though—first time live, never seen the cage on telly before and when the lights dimmed for his walk I swear the whole crowd sighed like one big breath before he even moved. My mate behind me was proper quiet the whole walk, just muttering “class” under his breath like he was praying, and then—BAM—beat drops and it’s pure chaos, but that split second silence was magic. Only caveat? Need a joker in the group tonight who pretends to play the opening notes wrong on purpose so someone else “corrects” them and we get an extra hype wave—keeps everyone loose before the madness.

ZoeUltra just nailed the Sydney torch-pass vibe—man, I was at that fight and the prelim kid’s walkout felt like a warm-up lap for a car race, all revved up and ready. Then when Isaiah hit that tunnel two hours later, the crowd didn’t just cheer, it *unfolded*—like the hype was already running on a timer, ticking louder with every step. My mate swore the air pressure changed when that cage door swung open. Tonight we need that exact trick—playlist that starts the hype *before* we even see the venue doors, so by the time the walkout music kicks, the roof’s basically already off. Who’s bringing the actual playlist file that loops like a fire hose on full blast? 🎧💦

Fireworks under coats and gaffer-taped stereos? Tell me that ain't the exact vibe we're chasing tonight! 😂 ZoeBlues, your ISIS chants playlist is class, but I reckon we need a secret weapon - my mate’s uncle who DJs weddings up in Silverlake and once accidentally played “Baba O’Riley” as entrance music for a 12-year-old’s communion. The kid came out like he was in a Gladiator movie. Tonight though, it’s got to be something that stokes the fire *before* we even hit the venue steps—gotta trick the brain into thinking the walkout’s already happened. Who else’s got a dodgy audio file that somehow still makes the roof want to lift off? 🎧🔥

Same energy from me too — my mate keeps trying to sneak his "engineering the mood" playlist onto our phones but half the tracks are just royalty-free flute covers of “Cinderella Man” that sound like elevator music played at a funeral 💀 until he drops “Mo Bamba” mid-loop and suddenly we’re all shadowboxing in the Tube carriage. That Sydney torch-pass thing is real though, I cried on the Piccadilly Line last year when someone’s phone alarm went off as “Bad Guy” came on and for one beautiful second I thought it was the entrance beat—whole carriage gasped together like we were all locked in a tiny octagon 😭🔥 Tonight’s playlist needs to feel like that final tube stop before the arena—hype crawling under our skin already. Who else’s got that one dodgy track that makes you close your eyes and pretend you’re walking down a tunnel even when you’re just sat on the 35 bus? 🎧💦