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Kai Kara-France ran into one of his childhood bullies recently.<\/p>\n

Kara-France is the number two-ranked UFC flyweight. He extended his winning streak to three on March 26 against Askar Askarov. Kara-France won the fight via unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

On the cusp of a potential title opportunity, Kara-France happened to bump into one of his bullies from childhood. He detailed the experience when speaking to Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour (h\/t Bloody Elbow<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, crazy story, I actually bumped into one of my bullies, like, not even four or five months ago,\u201d Kara-France recounted. \u201cI was just at a takeaway spot close to my house. And then this guy comes up to me and he\u2019s like, \u2018Hey Kai!\u2019 And I was like, \u2018Hey bro, do I know you?\u2019 And he was like, \u2018Yeah, it\u2019s me.\u2019 I won\u2019t say his name, but he\u2019s like, \u2018Yeah, it\u2019s me, we went to high school together.\u2019 I was like, \u2018Oh shit, I didn\u2019t recognize you at all.\u2019 Because, obviously, it was more than 10 years ago.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd he\u2019s a tradie now, different life. But he was like, \u2018I\u2019ve been following your journey, bro! Big fan.\u2019 And in my head I was just, \u2018Bro, I should give you a hiding right now.\u2019 But then I was like, \u2018I should probably thank you, because you\u2019re the reason why I started this. Here we are now. Life works out. You know, I\u2019m one of the best fighters in the world now because of you.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Kai Kara-France has been rolling at 125 pounds. He’s beaten the likes of Askarov and Cody Garbrandt. Kara-France may be waiting a while for that title shot, however.<\/p>\n

The UFC was reportedly targeting a fourth bout between flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno this July. Plans may have changed as Figueiredo suffered a hand injury<\/a> and can’t hit the pads now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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