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Fernando Quiles Jr. - August 18, 2024

Brendan Schaub’s UFC 305 main event prediction was wrong and Dricus du Plessis is letting him know it. Going into this past Saturday’s card inside the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia, du Plessis was looking for his first successful UFC Middleweight Championship defense. To do so, he had to get past the returning Israel Adesanya.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - August 18, 2024

UFC 305 has wrapped up, and Alex Pereira certainly got people talking after Dricus du Plessis defeated Israel Adesanya. “Poatan” was watching closely when du Plessis put the UFC Middleweight Championship at stake against Adesanya. The two collided inside the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia for an exciting title clash. “Stillknocks” maintained his hold on the gold with a fourth-round submission finish.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - August 18, 2024

Israel Adesanya isn’t desperate to get a win back over Dricus du Plessis. “The Last Stylebender” challenged “Stillknocks” for the UFC Middleweight Championship this past Saturday night. The two headlined UFC 305 inside the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia.

Harry Kettle - August 18, 2024

Dricus du Plessis and Israel Adesanya shared a nice moment backstage following their battle at UFC 305. Heading into UFC 305, things were pretty bitter between Dricus du Plessis and Israel Adesanya. These two rivals made it clear they didn’t like one another, and they put it all on the line in this main event. In what was initially a feud based on their African heritage, these warriors wound up throwing down with one thought in mind – leaving Australia as the UFC middleweight champion.

Harry Kettle - August 18, 2024

Marvin Vettori has given his thoughts on Dricus du Plessis’ victory over Israel Adesanya at UFC 305 last night. Just a matter of hours ago, Dricus du Plessis defeated Israel Adesanya at UFC 305. He did so following a grueling title encounter, with the end result being du Plessis securing a fourth-round submission triumph. Up to that point in the contest, it was really hard to tell who was getting the better of the fight – with a lot of fans believing ‘Stylebender’ should’ve been up on the scorecards.

Harry Kettle - August 18, 2024

Tai Tuivasa has issued a statement following his fifth straight UFC defeat at the hands of Jairzinho Rozenstruik. As we know, Tai Tuivasa is a true fan favorite in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He goes out there to put on a show every single time, and for the most part, he succeeds. Unfortunately, over the course of the last few years, he’s fallen on hard times. Heading into UFC 305 last night, he was riding a four-fight losing streak.

Chris Taylor - August 17, 2024

The Octagon returned to Perth, Australia, for tonight’s UFC 305 event, a 12-bout fight card headlined by Dricus Du Plessis vs. Israel Adesanya. The highly anticipated middleweight title fight proved to be a thrilling back and forth affair. Round one was super close, but Dricus Du Plessis came out and got the better of Izzy in the second frame. Israel Adesanya turned the tide in his favor in round three and seemed to have ‘DDP’ tired and in trouble in the early stages of Round 4. However, DDP landed a big shot and was able to drop the former champion and promptly jumped on him and sunk in a fight-ending rear-naked choke (see that here).

Chris Taylor - August 17, 2024

Light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira has announced that he will return to middleweight following tonight’s UFC 305 main event. UFC 305 was headlined by a middleweight title fight between Dricus Du Plessis and Israel Adesanya.

Chris Taylor - August 17, 2024

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC 305 results, including the main event title fight between Dricus Du Plessis and Israel Adesanya. Du Plessis (21-2 MMA) will be looking to earn his first career title defense this evening. ‘DDP’ captured the promotion‘s coveted middleweight title this past January at UFC 297 with a split decision victory over Sean Strickland. That victory had marked the South African’s ninth in a row, as he had previously scored notable wins over Robert Whittaker, Derek Brunson and Darren Till.

Chris Taylor - August 17, 2024

Tonight’s UFC 305 event was headlined by a key men’s flyweight bout featuring Steve Erceg taking on Kai Kara-France. Erceg (12-3 MMA) had most previously competed in May of this year, where he suffered a razor close decision loss to Alexandre Pantoja for the promotion‘s flyweight title. Prior to that setback, ‘Astro Boy’ had strung together 11-straight wins.

Chris Taylor - August 17, 2024

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC 305 results, including the flyweight co-main event between Steve Erceg and Kai Kara-France. Erceg (12-2 MMA) last competed in May of this year, where he suffered a razor close decision loss to Alexandre Pantoja for the promotion‘s flyweight title. Prior to that setback, ‘Astro Boy’ had strung together 11-straight wins.

Chris Taylor - August 17, 2024

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC 305 results, including the lightweight bout between Dan Hooker and Mateusz Gamrot. Hooker (24-12 MMA) will enter the contest on a two-fight winning streak, his most recent victory coming against Jalin Turner in July of 2023. ‘The Hangman’ has gone 3-2 over his past five Octagon appearances overall.

Chris Taylor - August 17, 2024

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC 305 results, including the heavyweight bout between Tai Tuivasa and Jairzinho Rozenstruik. Tuivasa (14-7 MMA) will enter tonight’s matchup with hopes of snapping his four-fight losing skid. ‘Bam Bam’ has suffered stoppage losses to Ciryl Gane, Sergei Pavlovich, Alexander Volkov and Marcin Tybura in his most recent Octagon apperances.

Chris Taylor - August 17, 2024

The Octagon returns to Perth, Australia, for tonight’s UFC 305 event, a 12-bout fight card headlined by Dricus Du Plessis vs. Israel Adesanya. Du Plessis (21-2 MMA) will be looking to earn his first career title defense this evening. ‘DDP’ captured the promotion‘s coveted middleweight title this past January at UFC 297 with a split decision victory over Sean Strickland. That victory had marked the South African’s ninth in a row, as he had previously scored notable wins over Robert Whittaker, Derek Brunson and Darren Till.

Harry Kettle - August 17, 2024

UFC commentator Jon Anik isn’t concerned by Israel Adesanya getting emotional at this week’s UFC 305 press conference. As we know, Israel Adesanya will challenge for the UFC middleweight championship tonight at UFC 305. He will do so against reigning champion Dricus du Plessis, and it’s safe to say the two don’t particularly like each other.

Harry Kettle - August 17, 2024

Kayla Harrison has suggested she’s willing to be the back-up fighter for Raquel Pennington vs Julianna Pena at UFC 307. At UFC 307, Pennington will be defending her UFC women’s bantamweight title against Julianna Pena. In addition, Kayla Harrison will also feature on the card. She’ll battle Ketlen Vieira, with the intention of building on her dominant victory over Holly Holm at UFC 300.

Harry Kettle - August 17, 2024

UFC fighters Brendan Allen and Marvin Vettori got into a brawl at a casino following last night’s PFL event. As we know, it’s not uncommon for fighters to get into scraps outside of the cage. After all, it’s what they’re trained to do – and sometimes, tensions run high. With that being said, we can’t imagine the promotion is going to be too happy about this development.

Curtis Calhoun - August 16, 2024

UFC light heavyweight contender Magomed Ankalaev scolded Jamahal Hill for his scathing remarks about the UFC 307 main event. UFC 307 is headlined by UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira’s return against the surging contender Khalil Rountree Jr. Pereira returns to the Octagon following a knockout win over Jiří Procházka at UFC 303 on weeks’ notice.