The highly anticipated title clash between Dricus Du Plessis and Israel Adesanya will serve as the main event for the UFC’s first show in Australia this year. Du Plessis (21-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) will attempt to make his first middleweight title defense when he takes on two-time divisional champion Adesanya (24-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC) in the UFC 305 headliner on Aug. 17 at RAC Arena in Perth (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+ ). After both fighters indicated it was a done deal on social media, UFC CEO Dana White said the main event was set on “ The Jim Rome Show ” on Monday. The SUN of Africa is the same sun that lights up our planet. The SUN will set and will rise again until you walk into it
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Dricus Du Plessis vs. Israel Adesanya title grudge match headlines UFC 305 in Perth – MMA Junkie