Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will defend his title against Sean Strickland in the main event of UFC 293 tonight.
Adesanya won his belt back against Alex Pereira last time out as he got his revenge on the Brazilian with a second-round knockout in April.
And ‘The Last Style Bender’ has since been pushing for a fight against Strickland with the leading contender for the title, Dricus du Plessis, unable to fight.
‘Tarzan’ has won his last two bouts, beating Nassourdine Imavov and Abusupiyan Magomedov and is now set for a shot a becoming champion.
Elsewhere on the card, Tai Tauisava takes on Alexander Volkov in a huge heavyweight clash which will co-headline the event.
UFC 293: Date and how to follow
UFC 293 will take place on Saturday, September 9 at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia.
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The preliminary card will get underway at 11:30pm UK time before the main card at 3am.
The prelims are set to be broadcast live on the UFC Fight Pass and fans can sign up to the pass here.
And then the main card will be shown live on TNT Sports in the UK. Full details on how to watch the event can be found here.
UFC 293: Fight card
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Main Card
- MAIN EVENT: Israel Adesanya vs Sean Strickland - for UFC middleweight title
- Tai Tuivasa vs Alexander Volkov
- Manel Kape vs Felipe Dos Santos
- Justin Tafa vs Austen Lane
- Tyson Pedro vs Anton Turkalj
Preliminary card
- Carlos Ulberg vs Jung Da-un
- Jack Jenkins vs Chepe Mariscal
- Jamie Mullarkey vs John Makdessi
- Nasrat Haqparast vs Landon Quinones
Early preliminary card
- Mike Diamond vs Charlie Radtke
- Shane Young vs Gabriel Miranda
- Kevin Jousset vs Kieffer Crosbie
UFC 293: What has been said?
Strickland took aim at Adesanya with a foul-mouthed rant during their pre-fight press conference this week.
He said: “Nobody likes f****** Izzy. He’s a f****** cringe-lord.
“Everything that guy does makes you f****** wince. Like, did he really do that? Is he really race-baiting Dricus [Du Plessis] right now? How does this play out for you?
"The thing about Izzy, when somebody sucks to that degree, it’s pretty f****** easy to make fun of them.
“This f****** cringe-lord. F****** A. Even talking about him makes me want to go f****** take a shower. I feel dirty.”
After cooling off from the personal attack, Strickland looked ahead to this weekend's fight.
He continued: “It’s going to be a f****** war.
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“I do think people forget how good of a fighter I am because of how much I talk, but we’ll find out on Sunday. To the death.
"I run my mouth so much, I think people forget I can fight.”
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