The
Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Australia with a
middleweight championship fight atop the card.
Both champion and challenger made weight for the main event grudge
match. Middleweight titleholder Dricus Du
Plessis came in at 185 pounds on the dot, while former champ
Israel
Adesanya weighed 184 pounds. All other fighters on the 12-fight
card also made weight with the exception of would-be flyweight
Jesus
Santos Aguilar, who came in 1.5 pounds over the limit for his
fight against Stewart
Nicoll. Aguilar will be fined a percentage of his purse as a
result.
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Du Plessis (21-2) is undefeated inside the Octagon. The South
African fighter is on an impressive nine-fight win streak that
includes his title win over Sean
Strickland and a TKO shocker over Robert
Whittaker. “Stillknocks” is looking to cement his title reign
at the young age of 30.
Adesanya (24-3) is looking to bounce back after a lackluster
decision defeat to Strickland that saw him lose the belt. “The Last
Stylebender” previously split a pair of fights against rival
Alex
Pereira and had previously won 12 straight UFC fights at
middleweight. If victorious, Adesanya will become a three-time
champion.
UFC 305 early prelims will air on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass starting
at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT on Saturday. Additional prelims then
air on ESPN+ and ESPN at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The main card will
kick off on ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
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UFC 305 Weigh-in Results:
Dricus Du
Plessis (185) vs. Israel
Adesanya (184)
Steve
Erceg (125.5) vs. Kai
Kara-France (125)
Mateusz
Gamrot (156) vs. Dan Hooker
(155.5)
Jairzinho
Rozenstruik (259) vs. Tai Tuivasa
(265)
Jingliang
Li (171) vs. Carlos
Prates (170)
Junior
Tafa (244) vs. Valter
Walker (252)
Joshua
Culibao (146) vs. Ricardo
Ramos (145.5)
Casey
O’Neill (125.5) vs. Luana
Santos (126)
Herbert
Burns (146) vs. Jack
Jenkins (145.5)
Tom
Nolan (155.5) vs. Alex Reyes
(156)
Ricky
Glenn (171) vs. Kenan Song
(171)
Jesus
Santos Aguilar (127.5)* vs. Stewart
Nicoll (126)
* Aguilar missed weight by 1.5 pounds and will be fined a
percentage of his purse.