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In this episode of Mortgage Lending Mastery, Lady Jen Du Plessis discusses the important difference between mindset and heartset in the mortgage industry. Sharing personal anecdotes and strategies, she explains the transition from mechanical operations to a more heart-centered approach in both business and personal life. Learn actionable steps to align core values with business practices for a more fulfilling and successful career. _______________________ Connect with Lady Jen Connect and Schedule a Strategy call at ⁠⁠https://supportfromjen.com/⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LadyJenDuPlessis⁠⁠ Free Gifts: ⁠⁠https://jenduplessis.com/gifts/⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Mortgage Lending Mastery, host Lady Jen Du Plessis shares insights on applying the CPCC (Clues, Patterns, Conversations, Choices) framework to elevate mortgage practices and personal relationships. Drawing from personal experiences and the teachings, Lady Jen offers practical advice on identifying and addressing behavioral patterns to make informed decisions. Tune in to discover actionable strategies for improving both your professional and personal life. _______________________ Connect with Lady Jen Connect and Schedule a Strategy call at ⁠https://supportfromjen.com/⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LadyJenDuPlessis⁠ Free Gifts: ⁠https://jenduplessis.com/gifts/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dricus Du Plessis et Khamzat Chimaev vont s'affronter en aout prochain, en attendant, la pression monte tranquillement...

Petesy Carroll is joined by The Craic alum Chuck Mindenhall and Ben Fowlkes to discuss whether Dricus Du Plessis is being overlooked against Khamzat Chimaev, more bad news for the PFL, and the UFC super-fights that still aren't getting made.On this week's show, Petesy Carroll is joined by The Craic alum Chuck Mindenhall and Ben Fowlkes. After a brief tangent discussing Petesy's dream journal, the fellas dive into the biggest storylines surrounding Khamzat Chimaev vs. Dricus Du Plessis — most notably, whether Du Plessis is being slept on yet again as an underdog (8:29).From there, the conversation shifts to the PFL, which is back in the headlines — and not in a good way. The crew unpacks the organization parting ways with one of its biggest stars, Patchy Mix, and what that might signal for the promotion's future (29:02).That leads into a broader discussion on UFC matchmaking, sparked by the aftermatch of the Ilia Topuria vs. Islam Makhachev super-fight that never materialized. The guys examine what it says about how marquee fights are being made today (42:24). Staying on the topic of missed opportunities, they then turn to another major bout stuck in limbo: Tom Aspinall vs. Jon Jones. The trio break down the potential reasons behind the holdup and what it could take to finally make the fight happen (55:44).To wrap things up, the chaps preview this weekend's matchup between Gilbert Burns and Michael Morales — and discuss whether Morales could be the next elite contender to emerge at 170lbs (1:07:29).

I just want to be clear, I don't want to start a disagreement between shows here on Newstalk ZB, but I did listen to Mike Hosking this morning talking some smack, and listening to it, I felt, no, I'm gonna have to say something about this just to restore a bit of balance to this debate. In defence of instant coffee, the stuff is great. I love it. I drink it nearly every day, little flat white in the morning, little old school instant in the afternoon. I am, I would like to point out, squarely in the demographic that should be snobby about coffee, right? It should be like fresh beans from Rwanda every day. I grew up on the cafe culture, live in Ponsonby, have some of the best cafes in the country around the corner, but I still write by instinct. Now I don't want to be super unfair on Mike, because obviously he's a legend, but he does some girl math when he wants to. Instant coffee is not more expensive than your ground beans. I mean, if you look at it on the face of what you're paying at the supermarket, yep, sure, your classic Makona at $12 for 100 g does appear to be more expensive than your Havana 5 Star coffee beans at $10.50 for 200 g, cause obviously getting 200 g of the beans as opposed, as opposed to 100 g of the instant. So, you know, you're paying for twice as many beans for roughly the same price. But you and I know that's not how it works. You and I know that you're getting more cups of coffee out of that little Macona jar, cause you're only using one teaspoon at a time. You're using the beans, you're gonna have to fill up that whole double shot filter basket, and so you're gonna whip through that 200 g a whole lot faster. But the thing about it is, obviously, you know, I live in Ponsonby, OK? It's not just about price. I can afford to go and buy myself a nice little flat white. It's about the fact that it tastes good. Instant coffee tastes good in its own special watery mud way. Do you know what I mean? It's got its place in life. I don't think we need to discount it. It's kind of like you can enjoy yourself a craft beer, but then you can also want a dirty old Corona from time to time. Or you can make a virtue out of eating your Vogels and getting all that fiber going through your gut. But then sometimes you just want a nice white slice with your snag. You know what I mean? Sometimes you just want to get down in the gutter with that little instant coffee. Not everyone wants to drink an espresso at 3 in the afternoon and be pinging at 11 at night. Still, that's the place of the instant coffee. You have that at 3, it's got a little light little buzz until 7.Sleep like a baby after that. And finally, just the final point on this is. It turns out more of us actually drink the instant than the espresso. This may shock you, because we're the land of the flat white, but we are also the land that invented the instant coffee in Southland. And the last survey I saw said 44% of us drink the instant, and only 34% of us drink the espresso. And as Mike likes to say, numbers don't lie.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It sounds like Gerry Brownlee thinks that the Māori Party punishment is too harsh. He started Parliament today with the Speaker's ruling and he dropped some pretty strong hints that he thinks that 21 days without pay for Debbie and Rawiri over that haka is too much. He called the punishment very 'severe' and unprecedented because up til now, the harshest punishment has been 3 days, not 21 days. He pointed out that the punishment was only carried by a narrow majority on the Privileges Committee - and that going through with the punishment as it stands will deprive the Māori Party of their ability to vote in the House for several sitting days, and that Parliament does not have to go through with it. He told them that - he said, you don't have to go through with it, Parliament can change the punishment. Now, I can't say I agree with them on this for one simple reason, and that is deterrence. Whatever the punishment is going to end up being, it has to be harsh enough to stop the Māori Party doing this again - or at least try to stop them doing this again - because this is a strategy from them. We need to see this stuff for what it is. This isn't like Julie Anne Genter losing her rag in Parliament in the heat of the moment, apologizing, and then ending up with just a censure and perhaps never doing it again. The Māori Party break the rules deliberately. This is their strategy, so you can assume that they will keep on doing it. And the reason they keep on doing it is because it gets them attention. Attention for wearing sneakers in the house, attention for wearing a cowboy hat in the house, attention for doing a haka in the house, attention for not turning up to the Privileges Committee, attention for leaking the recommendations of the Privileges Committee - the list just goes on. They say this is about tikanga - but it's not about tikanga. Sneakers are not tikanga. This is about breaking rules for attention - it's a PR strategy. 3 days without pay is not going to deter them. To be honest, I don't even know that 21 days without pay will deter them, but it surely has a better chance of doing it. And for the record, a 21-day suspension is not that wild in the UK, where our Parliament derives from. Just in the last two years, three MPs in the UK have copped suspensions of 30 days or more. In 2019, one guy was suspended for six months. Now I don't know that we will ever get order back into Parliament the way things have gone in the last few months, but if we don't try, we definitely won't. So in that context, 21 days doesn't seem overly harsh. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Mortgage Lending Mastery, Lady Jen Du Plessis explores the concept of 'sitting back vs leaning in' to your business. She discusses the importance of taking proactive actions, moving the needle daily, and setting clear expectations to avoid business stagnation. Tune in for practical strategies and insights to help you become a master in your mortgage practice. _______________________ Connect with Lady Jen Connect and Schedule a Strategy call at https://supportfromjen.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LadyJenDuPlessis Free Gifts: https://jenduplessis.com/gifts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Enorme choc à Chicago pour le titre UFC middleweight entre Khamzat Chimaev et le champion Dricus Du Plessis !

Khamzat möter Duplessis om mellanviktstiteln den 16e augusti under UFC 319. Ilia vs Charles Oliveira gör upp om den vakanta lättviktstiteln under UFC 317. Men vad fan händer med Jones och Aspinall?Går även igenom UFC 315 och vad som borde hände efter galan.Bli Patreon och lyssna på podden utan stimreklam, och få tillgång till exklusiva avsnitt MMA-Podden PatreonSwish: 12 34 15 30 29Har du ett företag och vill höras i mmapodden? Maila oss på mmapodden@gmail.comInstagram: @mmapodden @Pauldelvalle twitter:  @pauldelvalle                                          MMA-Podden Facebook Youtube Lyssna på Öppet sinne  Spotify iTunes Youtube Get bonus content on Patreon Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mma-podden-viaplay. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fight Disciples Adam Catterall and Nick Peet react tot he breaking news that Dricus Du Plessis will defend his title against Khamzat Chimaev in Chicago on August 16th. What should the UFC do with Jon Jones? For more UFC MMA content subscribe to our channel and join the UFC MMA conversation.

I'd love to know what Labour are saying behind closed doors about the Green Party's alternative Budget released today. I mean, they're playing nice in public - but behind closed doors, they must be tearing their hair out because this is next level crazy. I mean, none of it is a surprise. It is full of exactly the kind of utopian, money grows on trees, when-I-grow-up-I-want-to-be-a-unicorn kind of stuff that we expect from the Greens. There is a wealth tax, there is an increased tax for companies, there are two new personal tax rates, there's a private jet tax, an inheritance tax, there's doubling the bright-line test to bring in more capital gains tax, and a doubling of the minerals tax. They're also gonna save some money by cutting planned prisoner beds, but they haven't quite explained how they're going to stop these bad guys actually committing the crimes that land them in prison in the first place. They're gonna spend the money on light rail in Auckland, an overnight train from Wellington to Auckland, trains from Auckland to Tauranga, trains from Christchurch and Dunedin, trains from Auckland to Hamilton, There's free GPs, free nursing services, free annual dental check-ups, free basic dental care, free prescriptions, and free childcare from age 6 months. There's also free income in the form of a UBI for students and beneficiaries - as I say, just the usual crazy stuff which 90 percent of us voters seem to agree makes them completely unfit to run the country's books. My reaction, obviously, has just been to laugh - because, you know, I was 5 years old too once and I also had these kinds of dreams. Labour's reaction must be to cry, because this kind of loony nonsense that's paraded as serious policy just makes it so much harder for them to get back into Government. I mean, Labour will need the Greens much more than they have in the past, right? We are no longer dealing with the Greens sitting at 5 percent where their nutty ideas can be ignored because they will not get as much out of coalition negotiations, we are now dealing with the Green Party consistently sitting at 10 percent and above. A Labour-Greens government will be 3 quarters Labour and one quarter the Greens - and that's not even counting the other dollop of crazy that's going to come from the Māori Party. Jet tax, death tax, wealth tax, crims out on the street - Labour must be weeping today. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why has it taken us so long to get serious about forcing people to pay back their student loans? Last month, IRD had someone arrested at the border. They have now paid back their loan. Isn't that amazing? They had been chased and chased and chased and chased - and you know that they had, because the IRD only arrest you at the border as an absolute last resort, but suddenly they were arrested at the border and despite presumably years of not paying back their loan - they pay it back. Isn't it incredible what a little bit of pressure can do? We've got more on this, by the way. The IRD has got in contact with more than 12,000 people who are living overseas who owe money on their student loans. 960 of them have paid back everything that was overdue, 1300 of them have started repayment plans, and 89 people have been warned they will also be arrested at the border if they don't start paying up. 11 of them, as a result of that warning, have started dealing with their debt - either by paying it back or by applying for hardship provisions. Now, why I'm telling you this is because it's nearly a year since the Government threw extra money at the IRD to chase down these bludgers. And the IRD has put out a press release with the latest figures to show that actually, yeah, putting that extra money in for the enforcement is bearing fruit. The only question we now have is - why didn't we do this earlier? I mean, it is not like this is a new problem, is it? We have complained about this for years, about these people freeloading on the ever-generous New Zealand taxpayer and then getting a free education over here, going off overseas to live their best lives, paying taxes somewhere else, helping out some other country, and then leaving us holding the baby in their debt. Now, I suspect our lack of action in the past - but I probably can't answer the question on this - comes down to a general attitude towards taxpayers, which is a lack of respect for our money. It's been treated like it's never-ending for too long. We've simply handed out to all without actually really requiring them to pay it back. We say you've got to pay it back, but we don't actually mean it. And this is not a historic problem - it's a current problem. A recent case in point is the small business COVID loans that were handed out by Grant Robertson in 2020. Unsecured, right? They are now due to be repaid. At least $800 million is outstanding and a lot of that will never be repaid. We have to get used to that idea. We handed it out and we're not gonna get it back. It is probably too much to wish for - but wouldn't it be great if we could carry on getting money back like the IRD are with student loans at the moment? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are a lot of remarkable things about that C-word column yesterday, and one of them is that it is still up online, and apparently no one is sorry for this. If you haven't seen this column, let me get you up to speed on this: Yesterday, Sunday Star Times columnist Andrea Vance did something that I would venture no other mainstream columnist has ever done in this country - she called a minister of the Crown a c-word in the newspaper. She didn't write the c-word out, she wrote it as c....The subject of it was the gender pay equity revamp, the minister was Nicola Willis and Andrea wrote - "turns out you can have it all, so long as you're prepared to be a C...." Now, I don't even know how to start explaining to you how wild it is that that happened yesterday, that Andrea dropped the C-bomb in the Sunday Star Times. That word is the 2nd most banned word on radio. We are not allowed to say it - and if we do, go to town on us and complain because somebody is going to get in a huge amount of trouble, and we will be saying sorry. But at least on the radio, to some extent, I think we have the defence of being able to say - Hey, look, it was the heat of the moment and the words slipped out of my mouth. That is not what happens in newspapers. Words don't just slip out onto the paper, you write it down, you consider it, you rewrite it, you reread it. You make sure that every single word is exactly what you mean to say. Nothing about that is in the heat of the moment. And then you send it to your editors, and your editors read it, and they look at it and they go - yep, that's okay, they can go in the newspaper. And that it what happened. Now, I'm not a prude. I am not offended by swearing, I swear myself, and I have also done exactly what Andrea has done. I have said things about ministers that I shouldn't have said, and I've regretted and I've apologized for it. But this is out of hand, what has happened here. There has to be some decorum. I mean, we can hardly complain about anonymous trolls on social media attacking our female politicians when our very own columnists do it in print with their names attached to it. And reverse this, by the way, if you're not offended by it: Imagine it was Jacinda. Imagine that a columnist had written this about Jacinda, how much outrage that would have caused, how cancelled that person would have been. There were other c-words we weren't allowed to say about Jacinda. Cindy was one of them, communist was another. And if you said either of them, people would flip out. Well, imagine how people would have flipped out if we'd said the c-word. It is very hard to respect an argument about how Nicola Willis isn't a real feminist in a column that attacks her in the most un-feminist way, right? It uses the most gendered putdown that you can think of. It uses terms like girl math to basically suggest that she can't balance the country's books because she's a woman. Now for the record, I think Andrea Vance is a fantastic journalist and an incredibly incisive opinion writer, and I think that her editor Tracy Watkins is the best at what she does, but this was a mistake and it lets everyone down when we drag the tone down that badly. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you are at all interested in understanding what's going wrong at rugby headquarters in Wellington, can I recommend that you read Gregor Paul's piece in the Herald today? It's an excellent summation. The question that we had yesterday when we were looking at the financials was how on Earth is it that New Zealand Rugby pulls in more money than it ever has in a financial year and still manages to not make a profit? How do you do that? The answer is it seems going by Gregor's piece, it's just wasteful spending and spending in the wrong places. For example, New Zealand rugby spent more than seven and a half million dollars last year on paying board members and executives. That is more than the seven million it spent on Heartland rugby teams last year and it is more than five and a half million it spent on its five Super Rugby clubs. No organisation should spend more on the people running the thing then on the thing itself, that's nuts. New Zealand Rugby flew two board members, Dame Patsy Reddy and Bailey Mackey, to the UK last year when they were leaving the organisation the following month. What's the point of that? If you know that people are leaving, stop flying them places. They're now redundant, aren't they? When the All Blacks played in Tokyo, they took players and coaches and management. Fair enough. But then they also took administrative staff and executive staff. That was 75 people for a rugby game. Honestly, that's way too much. Do you know how much they were paying at the hotel they were staying at? $900 a night. That is an organisation spending like it's in the gold mining game, not like it's an organisation making more annual losses than profits in recent memory. Gregor Paul suggests some people are going to lose their jobs and I think that's probably fair. To be fair to NZR, we all understand what's going on here and not all of it is their fault. The biggest problem they've got is that rugby is boring. That's because the rules suck and NZR has only got so much control over the rules. It's really a World Rugby problem. But for NZR, it has been obvious for ages that the problems that they face with participation and viewership, attendance, and money are not going to get solved anytime soon. Now, if you know things are tough and they're not improving, do you not put the credit card away? Do you not cut the spending? You and I might, but not NZR, apparently, and that's their fault.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Mortgage Lending Mastery, Lady Jen Du Plessis shares her insights on shifting mindset from 'have to' to 'get to' and finally to 'choose to'. She discusses how this shift can help business owners achieve harmony between their professional and personal lives. A story about transforming a client's baking business highlights the benefits of embracing the 'choose to' mindset. _______________________ Connect with Lady Jen Connect and Schedule a Strategy call at https://supportfromjen.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LadyJenDuPlessis Free Gifts: https://jenduplessis.com/gifts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Authors Voices gives writers a platform for reading their work. It's an honor for me to be able to present poet and literary critic Rachel Blau DuPlessis reading from her extraordinary long poem, Drafts, which she began in 1986 and completed in 2012. Now the great Minneapolis-based independent literary publisher Coffee House Press is publishing […] The post Rachel Blau DuPlessis reading from The Complete Drafts first appeared on WritersCast.

Mark Lundy has divided our workplace out there. Some of my colleagues think that it's really gross that the Herald, who we work with, have taken photos of Mark Lundy today after he got out of jail yesterday. Now, the photos aren't anything particularly special - he's sitting in the passenger seat of a car, all you can really see is his face, that funny little beard he's got, some sunglasses and his latte coloured hoodie. It tells you nothing and it shows you almost nothing. And I suspect the reason it shows you almost nothing is because there are very heavy suppression orders about where he lives at the moment. So anything that identifies the town outside of the car, I would imagine, cannot be published. So they're a little bit limited in what they can show you. But even though there's almost nothing to see in these photos, boy, are we clicking on this particular story. It was, when I last checked, the most read and most viewed story on the Herald - so people are interested. And shouldn't the media be reporting and taking photos of things that we're interested in? I would say yes. Now, I can understand why people are grossed out by this. I suspect a lot of that comes down to the fact that there is significant doubt amongst some people as to Lundy's guilt - just as there was doubt with David Bain, just as there was doubt with Scott Watson. And so the feeling is, if you think he hasn't done it, then you feel gross about the fact that he keeps on being harassed after serving his time. But remember, until he proves otherwise, he is a man who was convicted of murdering his wife and daughter, and his trial and his behaviour around that gripped the nation and frankly turned him into one of the most famous - or infamous - people in the country. So he is a legitimate news story And it's not really a question of whether the Herald should have taken those photos, it's actually just a question of where you were going to see that photo first. Because you were going to see it somewhere. If it wasn't on the Herald, it would be on some other news outlet, or just someone popping down to the local coffee shop, seeing Mark Lundy there, taking a photo of him, and putting it on social media. Cause we all know what he looks like, and clearly we're all interested in him - and it was going to happen sooner or later, wasn't it? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Let me make a prediction for you on this pay equity drama that's been playing out for the last 24 hours - the Government is going to pay for this in a big way. I reckon that this could become one of the defining moments of this Government when we look back on it in years to come. Kind of like the 'Mother of All Budgets' came to define Ruth Richardson and Bolger's Government and the way the cup of tea came to define David Lange's Government - I think this is a moment for this Government. Not because it's the wrong thing for this Government to do, but because of the underhanded and sneaky and cowardly way that they have done it. Now, I personally think that the pay equity system did need an overhaul. I mean, I think it is ridiculous to have librarians, as I said yesterday, compare themselves to engineers to justify similar pay. You can see those jobs are not even the same, right? But I do not think that it should have been rushed through with the shock and awe that it has been. ACT, in particular, has spent so much time in the past criticizing the previous Labour government for using parliamentary urgency to get around normal processes and keep people out of deliberations. And yet, here they are doing exactly the same thing because it suits them. And this is significant. It should have been flagged with people because it affects so many people - and yet, there was no indication whatsoever until yesterday that this was going to happen. Where was it on the list of the Prime Minister's action plans for the first quarter, or even the 2nd quarter or any quarter? It's just popped up absolutely out of nowhere and it's taken everybody by surprise. And what's more, they need to stop pretending in Government that this isn't being done in a hurry to have an impact on the Budget. This is being done in a hurry to save money for the Budget. We know that - because David Seymour said so yesterday. So everyone, and especially the National Party, needs to pretend that this is being done for some sort of principle, when actually what it's being done for is to save billions and billions and billions of dollars. The primary problem here, I think, is cowardice. It feels like these guys are rushing this through as quickly as possible with as little notice as possible, so they do not have to own their own decision. They should own it. It's not a bad decision, but they're making it feel like a bad decision. And I'll tell you what, oppositions can sense weakness - and they know that these guys are weak on this and they're going to strike on it, which is why I think this Government is itself making this a defining moment. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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That decision today to stop all those pay equity claims is ballsy - I mean, you know, ballsy is good - and I think I lean towards thinking this is the right thing to do. Those pay equity claims have been a bit random. I don't know if you know how this works, but basically, if people can prove that they're underpaid because they work in women-dominated jobs, then they can get a pay rise. And how they prove this is by finding men who are doing a similar job and then showing that there is a difference in pay. But the problem is, it really isn't. It isn't comparing apples with apples, it's often apples with oranges. For example, librarians. Librarians are currently trying to get a pay rise by comparing themselves to traffic engineers. Now, no disrespect whatsoever to librarians, but the Dewey Decimal System is not that hard. I'm pretty sure that most of us could learn to do it and become librarians in about 20 minutes flat. I think it takes a little bit longer to train up as an engineer who specializes in designing and planning and constructing and operating and maintaining a transport system. And the same goes with the admin health staff who are trying to compare themselves to mechanical engineers, and the same goes with the social workers who are trying to compare themselves to air traffic controllers. You can see the trouble here, right? Now, from what I understand, what Brooke van Velden has done today is going to save the country billions of dollars - in the Budget that we're getting in 2 weeks' time. Apparently, this is one of, if not the single biggest savings in the Budget. And apparently over 4 years, it counts for something higher than $10 billion. That is a significant amount of money. And as we know, the country is financially stuffed. However, someone will pay for this, and it's going to be the Government. They will be punished for this in political capital in the years to come, because this attack basically writes itself. Heartless Government takes money from underpaid working women - and that is why it is so ballsy, because the pay equity system is clearly, when you look at the detail, deeply flawed. I mean, it's a lovely idea, let's pay women more, but the system that we use to do that is deeply, deeply flawed and obviously needs this overhaul - but the politics of it is gonna be very, very rough. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After Albo's massive win across the ditch on Saturday, I can see a lot of commentators are tempted to blame it on Trumpism - in the same way they blamed the Canadian election upset on Trumpism. But I'm not convinced they're right - at least not in the way they think they are. What these commentators are saying is that Trump has given Canadians and Australians the ick so badly that they voting against anything that looks like him: Dutton in Australia, Poilievre in Canada or just right-wing-ism in general. I don't think that's what happened here. Look at what's happening in New Zealand at the moment - the two parties in our parliamentary system that would probably share the greatest number of policy positions with Donald Trump are NZ First and ACT - and both are polling much higher than they historically have. But also, those commentators seem to be conveniently forgetting what just happened in the UK on Friday night - which is that the Reform Party absolutely swept the local elections in a shock result. Reform, led by Nigel Farage, is probably the closest thing to Trump in the English-speaking world. So as much as the left would like to believe what happened in Australia and Canada is a Trump ick factor that they can pin on the rest of the right - I don't think it is. I think what's happened is the same thing that happened with Covid: safe voting. I think Trump and his tariff talk - and the possibility of a massive global slowdown - has freaked out voters in a similar way to how Covid freaked out people. And when people freak out, it favours the incumbent, because it's better the devil you know to protect you. That's why the Canadians returned their incumbent Government and that's why the Australians returned their incumbent Government. The same doesn't apply to the UK, because that was a local body election which is about rubbish and roads - not central Government which is about tariffs and healthcare. So I suspect we shouldn't over egg how much voters hate Trump as much as understand how much he might be frightening them. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Very sad news this afternoon that Bob Jones has passed away. It's not altogether a surprise – he was getting on in age, and he had been feeling unwell and slowing down for at least a couple of years. But still, it is the passing of a great, colourful, larger than life character. I can't remember when I first met Bob, but I've known him for close to twenty years. He was actually the first person I saw at my wedding on my wedding day... because he was leaving. I was late —which frankly is a bride's prerogative— but he was so cross at how late I was that he stormed out of the wedding, bumped into me outside, fortunately turned around and went back in. And then afterwards, he gave me a rundown of the things he enjoyed and didn't enjoy about the wedding, inducing: could've kept the champagne and canapes going for longer and could've skipped the dinner. He gave some pretty unusual life advice. When I was pregnant with my son, we had dinner with Bob one night and he spent a long time telling me that my son would wear me out because boys are energetic, and that if I had a girl next I would probably think there was something wrong with her, and might want to take her to the doctor but there would be nothing wrong with her – boys are just more energetic than girls. He was right of course. Not everyone loves Bob. I know that. He was a polarising character, but he had something that many of us could learn from, and that was a wicked sense of humour. He laughed a lot. He played pranks. He enjoyed mocking things he didn't like. He was incredibly wealthy, but not pretentious – e grew up in a state house in Naenae after all. And he was very clever. Read anything he's written – you'll wish you could write like him. I count myself lucky to have known Bob Jones. He's one of those characters we seemed to have had a lot of in the 70s and 80s but don't seem to make nowadays. As someone else said today: New Zealand is duller without him. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Mortgage Lending Mastery, Lady Jen Du Plessis delves into the important distinction between finding clients and attracting them. She shares her insights on strategies for transforming scattered lead generation efforts into a powerful attraction model. Discover how to leverage your existing network and become more precise in defining and reaching your ideal clients. _______________________ Connect with Lady Jen Connect and Schedule a Strategy call at https://supportfromjen.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LadyJenDuPlessis Free Gifts: https://jenduplessis.com/gifts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now, I've done a bit of an exercise today. I started reading the news this morning, and I was really quickly struck by how many opinion pieces and comments of outrage there were over the Government removing the voting rights from prisoners. There was, just by my account, two full opinion pieces by academics, a newsletter that landed in my inbox, a left-wing blog post, outrage from Labour, and outrage from the Greens. So when I saw that, I thought, jeez, there's quite a lot coming from these guys. It might be interesting to compare this to how many opinion pieces and comments of outrage there are about the four killings currently in the news that have all been committed by people either previously in jail or previously in mental health care. And if you don't know what I'm talking about, it's the man who has now murdered twice and been found insane twice. It's the two murders by Hill Morton mental health patients, and it's the murder by the parole rapist in Christchurch. All of them have been in the news just in the last few days. I didn't find one piece - not one opinion piece - by an academic about this, not one comment of outrage from the Greens, and the only relevant comment that I could find from Labour was the Labour MP saying that it was inappropriate to comment on it. Now, doesn't that tell you a lot about where we're putting our energy at the moment? We are, it would seem, angsting more about protecting the right that a prisoner has to vote - a right which, by the way, we were just told yesterday that most prisoners don't even want. But we are angsting ourselves over protecting that. And we are more angsting more about protecting that than we are about protecting the rights of innocent people not to be hurt by high-risk people who we know are high-risk. Now, we should be interrogating the agencies responsible here. We should be finding out what went wrong, and we should be angsting over it so it doesn't happen again. And I would venture that our priorities are way out of whack if we are more stressed in the news media about whether the bad guys can vote than where authorities are keeping innocent people safe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I want to talk a little bit more about Nicola Willis' tight budget - I haven't changed my position from yesterday and I'm impressed at how little she's giving herself to play with. But the truth is, it doesn't go far enough - at all. Because understand this - that $1.3 billion that she's given herself in her operating allowance is new spending. As in, take last year's budget and now increase it by $1.3 billion. For context, Nicola Willis spent more money last year than Grant Robertson ever did in any of his budgets - and now she's adding another $1.3 billion to it. Now I understand that this is conventional politics - budgets increase every year. The last time it didn't, the last time we had a zero budget where we didn't add any more money was Bill English's 2011 budget - because we'd had the earthquake. But what that tells you is it's possible to not increase the spending - and I would argue that is exactly what we should be doing at the moment. Because we are in big financial trouble as a country. We are running structural deficits - that means we are spending more every year than we make. If it was a household, we'd be talking about a family spending more than they earn and running up the difference on credit cards every year - but still deciding every year to spend more. That's what we're doing. I think we need to cut big things. Now, I don't want to be accused of being a racist, so I'm reluctant to say publicly that we should cut the Ministry for Māori Development or the Ministry for Pacific Peoples - but I am a woman, so I'm very happy to say we should cut the Ministry for Women. Why do we need it? Why do we need a Ministry for the Environment and also a Department of Conservation? I could go on. But if we don't get real and start running smaller budgets where we spend within our means, something will have to give. And the thing every commentator out there seems to want to cut is your pension - because it's very expensive to the country. Now if I had a choice, I'd keep the pension and cut out nonsense like ministries we don't need and stop spending more every year than we did the last. Like I said, I'm impressed. Nicola Willis is going further than I thought she would - but not far enough if we're actually going to fix the country's books. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If Nicola Willis can pull this Budget off, it'll be impressive, because she has written a budget, by the looks of things, that is so tight, there is basically no new money. If you haven't caught up on this, Nicola Willis gave a speech this morning in which she announced she was cutting back her new spending in this budget hugely. Her plan originally was to give herself $2.4 billion extra new money to spend. She's just announced she's cutting that basically in half to $1.3 billion. The last time a finance minister had that little to play with was Bill English in 2015 who gave himself only 1 billion in extra money that year. But it gets even better – because all of that money is already spoken for, last years budget promised this year's budget would spend an extra $1.4 billion on health. Which basically means her $1.3 billion in new spending is already gone on that $1.4 billion health promise ... and she still has to find $100 million to make up the difference. AND ... she's got to find another $150 million for the 26 new cancer drugs that were promised halfway through last year. So what that means is ... she has no new spending. In fact, add those two together and she's already $250 million in the red and she's going to find that by cutting public spending in other places. This is good. Because you don't need me to tell the public service has got bloated and the spending of taxpayer money happens way too easily. Especially after Grant Roberton's free for all and going through spending with a fine-tooth comb and cutting what isn't good or necessary is not a bad thing. It is a good fiscal discipline and the country will be better off for it. I for one am pleased that we will not be going to this year's budget wondering what we're each getting out of the lolly scramble But instead, wondering how much has been cut and from where. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Look, maybe I'm being naïve, but I'm not that stressed at the news that 3 people were allowed to start police college without passing the fitness test. Were you? I mean, it seems to be more important to just have police officers and more police officers walking the beat and providing a reassuring presence than it is to be absolutely sure that they can do a vertical jump and run 2.5 km in 12 odd minutes. I don't know - when was the last time you saw Bobby sprinting 2ks down the road and jumping over a wall to catch somebody, right? Doesn't seem like it's all that frequently happening in modern policing - certainly in cities. But it doesn't mean we haven't got a problem. We've got a problem here. The problem is that the Government is still pretending that it can pump out 500 new police officers by November 27. That's not gonna happen. I mean, they are trying absolutely everything to be able to meet their target. They've bumped up the number of training spots they've got at the police college from 80 to 100, they're opening a new college in Auckland sometime this year. They're now suspected of having waved in three unfit coppers just to make up the numbers. But we know that 500 coppers by November 27 is not going to happen because we've had a whole bunch of evidence. The numbers are not keeping pace in order to be able to get to 500. The officials have warned the Government in the briefing papers that it's not going to be able to do it until midway through next year. And Mark Mitchell admitted last year that they weren't going to be able to do it, and then he got told off by Winston. So now he's gone back, he's gone back to pretending that he can do it - but he's using some weasel words. He just says the number is aspirational. Well, aspirational is a politician's word. That's a clue in and of itself. Look, I think, to be honest, that the Government itself just needs to be honest here. If it's not gonna make the number, surely it's better to be honest now and say you're not going to make the number than it is to keep on pretending and then miss the target in November, which is inevitably gonna happen. And surely it's worse for the police to be busted doing this, waving 3 unfit people through, even if it's fine that they do it. Being busted doing it is not a good look, and if that is what we now suspect they're doing in order to meet the 500, that's a very bad look - isn't it? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Now, listen, I hope that this ACC business is a Scott Simpson problem and not a National problem, but I'm starting to get a little worried about it - because this is at least the 3rd case of race-based stuff still happening under National when we thought National was going to put a stop to it. I mean, with the free GP visits in Hawke's Bay for Māori and Pasifika kids and no one else - at least that stuff could be blamed on rogue public health staff, and it was killed as soon as we discovered it was happening. And at least with the co-governance stuff that's going on in the Waitakere Ranges - at a stretch, we may believe that the Government didn't know about it. Maybe. But this ACC stuff, the minister knows about. And even though he was told about it, he's not gonna stop it because as I told you in the Newsroom article, he stands by ACC - and he thinks it's okay.Now, I reckon this is gonna be just a little disappointing to a whole bunch of voters who put this Government in power to stop this race-based stuff that Willie Jackson and the Labour Party were pushing. And who would have thought that that directive to the public service that went out last year telling the public servants to stop the race-based stuff was actually going to stop the race-based stuff? National needs to cut the stuff out. They need to stop this. They either need to stop it themselves or they need to go along to to Scott Simpson and tell him to stop it, because otherwise, a lot of voters are gonna wise up to exactly what ACT was warning us at the election - which is that National is not actually going to change anything. National is just Labour in blue clothes. And if you think I'm going too far saying that, just take a look at what is going on. I'll remind you, Nicola Willis has spent more in her last budget than Grant Robertson ever spent. Scott Simpson clearly loves himself a little race-based target. Now, what did we complain about ad nauseam with Labour? We complained about too much spending, but we've still got that going on. We complained about too much racial division - we've still got that going on. So how is this any different currently? As I say, National needs to cut this out, or it needs to risk losing voters to its coalition partners, because the coalition partners at this stage are actually taking a tougher line on this stuff. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Winston's in trouble with the opposition again, isn't he? He's in trouble with the opposition - yet again, someone in the opposition's gone crying to daddy, calling on the Prime Minister to sort Winston Peters out. I mean, last time this happened, it was because he was mean to old 'Bussy Galore'. This time, it's because he's threatened to defund Radio New Zealand. Now he did this this morning in what I consider to be a highly entertaining tantrum, actually, because he got cross at RNZ for getting cross at him because he wants to define what a woman is in law. Now, this crying to daddy business that's going on about Winston is utterly pointless, and I bet you Labour knows it, but they're doing it anyway. But it's pointless because number one, you and I both know that Luxon is not going to sort out Winston Peters. Luxon needs Winston more than Winston needs Luxon right now. And number two, Winston is not wrong. Radio New Zealand looks like it is going to lose funding in the upcoming budget - or at least that's the rumour doing the rounds at the moment. And if RNZ doesn't lose funding, it should lose funding - because it got a funding boost that was enormous under Labour. It got a $25 million a year injection under Labour. That was a boost of 60 percent. That's huge. I do not know of any other major media organization in this country that has had a revenue increase during this prolonged recession. And what's more, despite all of that money, objectively, they're doing a cruddy job - because have a look at what's going on with their audience numbers. They have had an enormous decline in the people listening to them in the last 5 years. When Winston accused Radio New Zealand of having a woke left bias, there will be plenty of people around this country who perhaps used to listen and don't anymore or don't listen for whatever reason, but there'll be plenty of people who would have been nodding their head in agreement with Winston once they heard that he'd said that. Now, look, I know this is politics, so maybe Labour sees an opportunity here to play the hero for Radio New Zealand's audience who are horrified at what Winston said, and fair play to Labour. They can do what they want, it's politics. But I doubt this is going to be a big vote winner, because frankly, the number of voters who now nowadays care very deeply about protecting the media seems to be at an all-time low. And also, don't forget this - it's hardly a shock, is it? Winston Peters attacks the media. I mean, that could have been a headline every year for the last 40 years, couldn't it? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paddy Pimblett reportedly gained 40 pounds after his UFC 314 win?! On today's episode, I break down how that's even possible. Then, I explain why I'm uncomfortable with the conversation around Conor McGregor's alleged cocaine use. And, I've got an update on Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall, including Aspinall saying he's been “sworn to secrecy."Also, if Dricus Du Plessis vs. Khamzat Chimaev is off the table for International Fight Week due to a DDP injury, could Nassourdine Imavov be a realistic replacement? And finally, my full recap of Wrestlemania! I attended in Las Vegas this past weekend, and I've got some stories to share.To support this program, please leave me a review on Apple Podcasts or submit a rating on my Spotify page.CHAPTERS:Pimblett gained 40 lbs. (00:00)McGregor's drug use (9:32)Latest on Jones vs. Aspinall (18:49)Du Plessis vs. Chimaev (26:58)WrestleMania recap (35:39)

First of all, can I just say to all Catholics, condolences, obviously, over the passing of the Pope. It's a big moment for the Catholic Church. I enjoyed this Pope. He seemed a little bit more fun than his predecessors, didn't he? He loved football, he loved saying things that got him in trouble, carried his own luggage. Seems like a normal guy, right? A normal guy who became the Pope. But if I'm honest with myself, setting that all to one side, I think he was ultimately quite disappointing as the Pope, wasn't he? Because he said a lot of stuff about wanting to be more liberal and be more inclusive, but he actually didn't do anything, did he? He didn't change anything about the way that the Catholic Church regards gay people. He didn't change anything about the way that the Catholic Church treats divorced people. He didn't change anything about the fact that women are completely excluded from serving as clergy in the Catholic Church. Now obviously, a generous explanation of this is that he tried but couldn't, because the Catholic Church is massive. I mean, there are 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, spanning a huge number of countries, completely different views, and changing something that big and that diverse and actually really fundamentally that conservative, takes a really long time. And so he did what he could, what he did was enough. It was enough to kind of set people, set the wheels in motion, if you like, get people talking about being a bit more kind to gay people and divorced people in particular, and that in time, he's planted the seeds that will then come to fruition in years and decades and Lord, maybe even centuries from here. And maybe that's right. Maybe that's exactly what he's done. But then, you know, he was chosen as pope by 3/4 of cardinals, which means that 3/4 of those dudes knew that they were choosing a liberal guy, and they were ready for a liberal guy. So I look at that, I think that he had a little bit more latitude than he actually used, even for just one change, in just one of those areas, maybe he could have done it. Also, while I love the fact that he was humble, he lived in a hostel and not a palace, he drove around in a cruddy car and not a flash limousine. He carried his own luggage, washed people's feet in public. I have to be honest with myself as well about that. That was performative, and he surely understood what he was doing. He did those things to be seen. But did he actually do anything to change the fact that the Catholic Church hoards all of its wealth and lives in opulence of upper levels? Did he actually do anything beyond this performance? Now, some commentators reckon that the real test of his legacy is going to be whether the next Pope, the next one that's chosen, is as liberal as he is and can actually push the church just a little bit more in that liberal direction. And if that does happen, then maybe Francis can be credited with having started some real change within the Catholic Church. And so, as in most cases, time will really be the judge of his legacy. But I'll tell you what, right here, if you had told me in 2013 when he was appointed Pope that he would die with nothing changed in the church, I wouldn't have believed it. So I'm disappointed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I've got a lot of time for Simeon Brown - he's a very good politician, but I reckon he might want to take the advice of Chris Hipkins - a man who was also once the Health Minister - and just tone down the fighting talk. Because accusing the striking senior doctors of the worst kind of politics is not going to help anyone. The only thing that is going to help right now is money - and he is simply going to have to pony up the cash and pay those doctors a lot more. Look, I know, there will not be a lot of public sympathy for doctors who are on that kind of money - whether it's $350,000 like Simeon claims or only $250,000 like the doctors claim - it doesn't matter whether we think they're paid not enough or too much What matters is what the rest of the world pays, because that's who we are competing against for senior doctors. NSW, I've been told, is the part of Australia that pays senior doctors the least, and their starting pay is more than what our senior doctors get on the highest level here. And they, by the way, just had a three-day strike themselves. We already have such a shortage of senior doctors in this country that in Taupo Hospital not even a third of the positions are filled. I don't know how they're running that place. So while I appreciate that Simeon Brown is a very good politician and could well end up wining the PR battle against the doctors - ultimately, it's not the voters he has to convince, it's the doctors. And there, money talks. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I am of the view that it is time for authorities to start cracking down really hard on bad dog owners. When I was on maternity leave, apart from trying to ignore Donald Trump, I was trying very hard not to read too much news because I was just trying to get away from work a little bit. But there was one story that I saw pop up on the Herald that I actually had to click on. That was the news report about that Katikati dog attack a few weeks ago. That was where the three dogs killed the four year old boy, and all three of those dogs were unregistered. I clicked on that news report because, frankly, dog maulings freak me out at the moment in a way that they never have because it's too close to home. I'm constantly trying to keep my 3 year old boy away from dogs that look like they're grumpy, including just yesterday at our local park because they're everywhere now. I've certainly noticed because I've started to see a pattern here that we've had a spate of more maulings in the last couple of years. We very clearly have a massive dog issue on our hands. Not only dogs that are mauling, but dogs that are roaming, and dogs that are unregistered. And I am not seeing a corresponding urgency from authorities to deal with this particular issue. We've had the announcement today that the government's going to crack down on owners that tether their dogs too long, but I still feel like it's a bit wet bus ticketey, isn't it? What's the punishment for them if they tether their dogs too long? Oh, a fine. Just a fine. And at what level do they get cracked down on? Well, quite clear dog abuse is what it takes to get a crackdown. It is like the worst extremes of what you would see with dogs that cop a fine. I don't think that's good enough. Sure, at the local government level, you've got councils like Auckland Council, currently having a crackdown on unregistered dog owners and warning them that they're on their absolute last legs and they've got to register their dogs. But the punishment for failing to do so after repeated warnings remains pretty lame. It's a fine, or it's going to court. They get to keep the dog. I would not be that lenient if I was in charge of the situation. I would just be turning up and saying you had 28 days to register your dog, you didn't register your dog, the dog's coming with me, and I put the dog down. It's as simple as that. Because as the council says there is a link between unregistered dogs and dogs that end up roaming and dogs that attack people. I think we are well past the point where we need to get tough on these dogs. Sure, the dog owner's not going to be stoked about it. They're not going to be happy. They've got a dead dog. But that's a better outcome, I would say, than having a dead kid, don't you think? My patience with these dogs ran out a long time ago and these owners in particular. I, for one, want to see a hard crackdown. I don't know how many more incidents like the one in Katikati we have to have before we start taking this problem with our dogs seriously. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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On this episode of Mastery Unleashed, Christie Ruffino interviews Lady Jen Du Plessis, a team-building and scaling expert who helps high-achieving entrepreneurs and executives build world-class teams and scale their businesses with ease. Jen shares her inspiring journey from the mortgage industry to becoming a global speaker, author, and business strategist, emphasizing the importance of shifting from hustle to strategy to achieve sustainable success.Jen discusses how entrepreneurs often get stuck in the "grind" of daily tasks, preventing them from stepping into true leadership. She outlines her scaling framework—moving from working IN the business to working ON, ABOVE, and BEYOND it—by implementing strong leadership, hiring strategically, and creating efficient systems (SOPs). She also shares her Finder, Minder, and Grinder methods, helping business owners identify where they spend their time and where they need support.Jen offers her "Seven Strategies to Change Your Business Mindset" assessment, guiding entrepreneurs toward setting boundaries, defining core values, and creating a scalable business model. ABOUT LADY JENWho would have ever thought that little “Jenny Who Ain't Got a Penny,” now Dame Lady Jen, a member of the Royal House of Cappadocia and the Royal Order of Constantine the Great and Saint Helen, would be a charismatic and award-winning international speaker who brings her stories of sorrow, resilience, tenacity, and triumph to every stage she speaks. With numerous #1 best-selling books, a host of 3 top-ranking podcasts, a professional podcast guest, and producer and hostess of her TV show Business on the Vine, Lady Jen is certainly making her impact in the world.She is affectionately known as The Team-Building & Scaling Architect. She is the leading expert in helping high-achieving business owners and executives build world-class teams so they can live the business lifestyle they always dreamed of while scaling their business or company with grace and ease by enhancing interpersonal skills to obtain high-performance, tangible outcomes.Her recent awards include the 2024 Impact Mentor of the Year through IAOTP- the International Association of Top Professionals, the 2024 SheLeads Women of Excellence Award from her international speaking efforts, and the 2023 Network of Outstanding Women Mentor of the Year. In addition, she received the eZway Network Golden Gala Award for her heart-centered work in the world and the Outstanding Leadership Recognition Award from The Los Angeles Tribune.She is devoted to her philanthropy and charity work, helping homeless women and children, eradicating human trafficking, U.S. Military Veterans, and Animal Shelters.She believes that we have Acres of Diamonds right under our feet and everything we need to inspire people and leave our mark in this world. Her motto is “move from working IN and ON your business to living ABOVE and BEYOND.” GET LADY JEN'S GENEROUS GIFT7 Strategies to Change your Business Mindset assessmentIn business, mindset is everything! This quick assessment will increase your awareness of the vision and values you hold sacred, and perhaps why you are not creating boundaries around them and/or seeking new counsel to assist with your personal and business growth.ACCESS THIS GIFT AND MANY MORELINKS SHARED ON THE SHOWLinktr.eehttps://linktr.ee/jenduplessisFB-Personal Page

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In this episode of Mortgage Lending Mastery, Lady Jen Du Plessis dives into the critical difference between asking and expecting in business and personal relationships. She shares insights from her management cycle to help set clear expectations, inspect progress, and provide feedback. Discover how to create mutual agreements that avoid resentment and drive productivity. _______________________ Connect with Lady Jen Connect and Schedule a Strategy call at https://supportfromjen.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LadyJenDuPlessis Free Gifts: https://jenduplessis.com/gifts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Mortgage Lending Mastery, Lady Jen Du Plessis explores the critical difference between reacting and responding in business decisions. She delves into the importance of emotional intelligence for long-term success and shares insights on how thoughtful decision-making can positively impact both personal and professional growth. _______________________ Connect with Lady Jen Connect and Schedule a Strategy call at https://supportfromjen.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LadyJenDuPlessis Free Gifts: https://jenduplessis.com/gifts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

UFC 312 will go down as a mostly forgettable UFC event, but the dominance of champions Dricus du Plessis and Zhang Weili will carry on into their next potential matchups, while the MMA community is wondering where Sean Strickland goes after a lopsided loss to du Plessis in the main event. On an all-new edition of Between the Links, the panel discusses the fallout of UFC 312, the lopsided nature of du Plessis and Zhang's victories, and where Strickland and strawweight title challenger Tatiana Suarez go from here. Additionally, topics include the overall lackluster response to UFC 312, the promotion returning to the APEX on Saturday for UFC Vegas 102 headlined by Jared Cannonier vs. Gregory Rodriguez, other news and notes in the world of MMA and combat sports, and much more. Host Mike Heck moderates the matchup between MMA Fighting's Jed Meshew and Morning Kombat's Brian Campbell. Follow Mike Heck: @m_heckjr Follow Jed Meshew: @JedKMeshew Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Teddy and Teddy recap UFC 312 Cofeature and main event bouts between Zhang Weili/Tatiana Suarez and Dricus Du Plessis dominant win over Sean Strickland. Also, Teddy recaps Derek Chisora's upset win over Otto Wallin from Saturday night in the UK, Canelo Alvarez and his new 4-fight deal, including his fight vs Terrence Crawford, and Teddy previews upcoming bouts for Keyshawn Davis vs Denys Berinchyk and Jack Catterall vs Arnold Barboza Jr.Thanks for being with us. The best way to support is to subscribe, share the episode, and check out our sponsors:https://athleticgreens.com/atlas https://mybookie.ag - use promo code ATLASTimestamps:00:00 - Intro07:20 - UFC 312 Weili vs Suarez16:37 - UFC 312 DDP vs Strickland28:46 - Derek Chisora vs Otto Wallin46:09 - Sponsor47:35 - Boxing News: Canelo vs Crawford is canceled, then Canelo vs Jake Paul is canceled. What's next?01:07:04 - Preview: Berinchyk vs Keyshawn Davis01:08:43 - Preview: Catterall vs Barboza TEDDY'S AUDIOBOOKAmazon/Audible: https://amzn.to/32104DRiTunes/Apple: https://apple.co/32y813rTHE FIGHT T-SHIRTShttps://teddyatlas.comTEDDY'S SOCIAL MEDIATwitter - http://twitter.com/teddyatlasrealInstagram - http://instagram.com/teddy_atlasTHE FIGHT WITH TEDDY ATLAS SOCIAL MEDIAInstagram - http://instagram.com/thefightWTATwitter - http://twitter.com/thefightwtaFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheFightwithTeddyAtlasThanks for tuning in. Please be sure to subscribe! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dricus du Plessis made it a clean sweep in his middleweight championship rivalry with Sean Strickland, and strawweight queen Zhang Weili showed Tatiana Suarez there are levels to this at UFC 312 on Saturday in Sydney. Is it time for both champions to chase superfights in other divisions? On an all-new edition of On To the Next One, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee discuss what's next for du Plessis and Zhang as they continue their dominant title reigns, along with where Strickland and Suarez go after their disappointing losses. Additionally, future matchups are discussed for main card standouts Tallison Teixeira and Jake Matthews, plus a glance at two intriguing winners from the prelims, and more. Follow Mike Heck: @m_heckjr Follow Alexander K. Lee: @AlexanderKLee Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dricus du Plessis made sure there was absolutely no controversy this time around as he dominated Sean Strickland in their rematch for the middleweight championship in the main event of Saturday's UFC 312 event in Sydney, Australia. Now, all eyes are on the eventual championship fight between du Plessis and the undefeated Khamzat Chimaev. Following the UFC's pay-per-view event, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Jed Meshew react to the card, du Plessis' lopsided win over the very game Strickland, discuss how big a du Plessis vs. Chimaev fight can be, and where Strickland goes from his second loss to du Plessis. Additionally, they discuss Zhang Weili's one-sided decision victory over Tatiana Suarez, if Zhang had her final strawweight fight in lieu of a move up to flyweight to challenge Valentina Shevchenko for the 125-pound belt, Manon Fiorot potentially being leapfrogged, other notable moments from the card, and much more. Follow Mike Heck: @m_heckjr Follow Jed Meshew: @JedKMeshew Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Pollock and Eric Marcotte review UFC 312 with the rematch between Dricus du Plessis and Sean Strickland for the middleweight title.UFC 312Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025Sydney, Australia Qudos Bank Arena MAIN CARD UFC Middleweight Championship: Dricus du Plessis © vs. Sean StricklandUFC Strawweight Championship: Zhang Weili © vs. Tatiana Suarez Justin Tafa vs. Tallison Teixeira Jimmy Crute vs. Rodolfo BellatoJake Matthews vs. Francisco PradoPRELIMINARY CARD Jack Jenkins vs. Gabriel SantosTom Nolan vs. Viacheslav BorschchevWang Cong vs. Bruna BrasilColby Thicknesse vs. Aleksandre TopuriaEARLY PRELIMS Rong Zhu vs. Kody SteeleKevin Jousset vs. Jonathan MicallefAnshul Jubli vs. Quillian SalkilldBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/postwrestling.comX: http://www.twitter.com/POSTwrestlingInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/POSTwrestlingFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/POSTwrestlingYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/POSTwrestlingSubscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribePatreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.comForum: https://forum.postwrestling.comDiscord: https://postwrestling.com/discordMerch: http://Chopped-Tees.com/POSTwrestlingAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Brendan Schaub and Bryan Callen discuss this weekend's UFC 312 Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean Strickland and talk Bryan's recent performance at The Laugh Factory, Joe Rogan on Kamala Harris and Fight Companion conflicting with each other, Jaden Smith's castle costume at the Grammys, current events around the world and much more! True Classic - Upgrade your wardrobe and save on @trueclassic at https://trueclassic.com/fighter ! #trueclassicpod DraftKings - Download the DraftKings Sportsbook app and use code: FIGHTER JOYMODE - https://tryjoymode.com and enter code: Fighter at checkout for 20% OFF your first order or 30% OFF your subscription

The UFC returns to pay-per-view this Saturday with UFC 312, headlined by a middleweight title rematch between Dricus du Plessis and former champ Sean Strickland. Although there's two world title fights, the card is certainly nowhere near as interesting top-to-bottom as UFC 311. On an all-new edition of Between the Links, the panel discusses all things UFC 312, including the DDP vs. Strickland main event, the co-main event for the strawweight title between Zhang Weili and Tatiana Suarez, the fallout of UFC Saudi Arabia, which was capped off by Nassourdine Imavov's stunning knockout of Israel Adesanya, where Adesanya goes from here, Dana White's reaction to Bryce Mitchell's controversial comments, Mitchell's apology, and much more. Join MMA Fighting's Mike Heck, Jed Meshew, and special guests as they discuss the biggest topics in the sport. Follow Mike Heck: @m_heckjr Follow Jed Meshew: @JedKMeshew Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices