Israel Adesanya may have been the main attraction, but his fellow Kiwi UFC fighters Kai Kara-France and Shane Young also produced statement wins at UFC 234.
Both fighters won their bouts by decision in entertaining encounters, with Kara-France claiming a split decision win over Brazilian debutant Raulian Paiva while Young won a slugfest against American Austin Arnett by unanimous decision.
Toward the end of each fight the crowd roared to life, replicating the sound heavy rain makes on a tin roof.
"That crowd was unreal. There was so much energy coming towards us ... it almost brought me to tears at the end when I was dedicating the fight to my mum, because everyone has a mum, you know, and I could almost feel the affinity from the crowd being like 'yeah I love my mum too'," said Young.
Young couldn't quite find the knockout blow against Arnett despite rocking him a few times through their three rounds.