Kiwi UFC fighter Navajo Stirling left it late, but he delivered as promised.
The light heavyweight took his unblemished MMA record to 7-0 on Sunday with an emphatic unanimous decision win over Croatian veteran Ivan Erslan.
A highly competitive 13 minutes made way for a dominant ending to the bout, as Stirling left his opponent scrambling to survive to the bell.
A perfect picture cross landed flush on Erslan’s chin and sent him rocking backward into the cage.
Stirling happily accepted the invitation and unleashed several unanswered shots in a brutal barrage before he clipped the Croation on the back of the head and he crumbled to the canvas.
Stirling rained down even more punishment as Erslan was saved by the bell.
The Kiwi found…