Israel Adesanya ’s former foes will battle it out at UFC 302. Former middleweight champion Sean Strickland (28-6 MMA, 15-6 UFC) takes on Paulo Costa (14-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) in Saturday’s co-main event (pay-per-view/ESPN2/ESPN+) at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Adesanya (24-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC) is the only fighter to finish Costa, stopping him in Round 2 of their middleweight title fight at UFC 253 in September 2020. Strickland upset Adesanya this past September at UFC 293 to claim the middleweight title but lost his belt to Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 297.
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