The Octagon returns to Sydney for tonight’s UFC 293 occasion, a twelve-bout combat card headlined by Israel Adesanya vs. Sean Strickland.
Adesanya (24-2 MMA) will likely be returning to motion for the primary time since reclaiming the UFC middleweight championship with a second-round knockout victory over longtime rival Alex Pereira this previous April. ‘Stylebender’ has gone 4-2 over his previous six Octagon appearances, struggling losses to ‘Poatan‘ and Jan Blachowicz, whereas incomes determination wins over Marvin Vettori, Robert Whittaker and Jared Cannonier.
In the meantime, Sean Strickland (27-5 MMA) will enter his first profession UFC title bout sporting a two-fight profitable streak, his newest being a TKO victory over Abusupiyan Magomedov again in July. Previous to that, the brash American had earned a unanimous determination victory over Nassourdine Imavov in January of this 12 months.
UFC 293 is co-headlined by a extremely anticipated heavyweight combat that includes Tai Tuivasa taking up Alexander Volkov.
Tuivasa (14-5 MMA) will likely be seeking to snap a two-fight dropping skid when he takes to the Octagon in entrance of a hometown crowd this night. The Aussie is coming off back-to-back knockout losses to Ciryl Gane and Sergei Pavlovich in his most up-to-date efforts. Previous to these setbacks, ‘Bam Bam’ had put collectively a five-fight win streak, which included knockout victories over Stefan Struve, Greg Hardy, Augusto Sakai and Derrick Lewis.
In the meantime, Alexander Volkov (36-10 MMA) will enter UFC 293 on a two-fight profitable streak, his most up-to-date being a first-round TKO victory over Alexander Romanov again in March of this 12 months. That win marked Drago’s second first-round end in a row, as he had beforehand stopped Jairzinho Rozenstruik in June of 2022.
Get all of tonight’s dwell outcomes and highlights beneath (refresh for updates):
UFC 293 Principal Card (10pm EST on PPV)
Israel Adesanya (184.8) vs. Sean Strickland (184.9) –
Tai Tuivasa (265.6) vs. Alexander Volkov (262.9) –
Manel Kape (126) vs. Felipe dos Santos (125.4) –
Justin Tafa (265.2) vs. Austen Lane (242.3) –
Tyson Pedro (205.45) vs. Anton Turkalj (205.35) –
UFC 293 Televised Prelims (8pm EST on ESPN+)
Carlos Ulberg (204.7) vs. Da Un Jung (205.3) –
Jack Jenkins (145.85) vs. Chepe Mariscal (145.85) –
Jamie Mullarkey (155.35) vs. John Makdessi (155.1) –
Nasrat Haqparast (155.85) vs. Landon Quinones (155.75) –
UFC 293 Early Prelims (6:30pm EST on ESPN+)
Blood Diamond (170.25) vs. Charlie Radtke (170.3) –
Shane Younger (149.75)* vs. Gabriel Miranda (144.95) –
Kevin Jousset (170.5) vs. Kiefer Crosbie (170.85) –
(* = Missed weight)
Who’re you choosing to win tonight’s predominant occasion between Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland?
