The Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday will head to Melbourne, Australia, for UFC 243. Fittingly, the event goes down at Marvel Stadium.
In the main event, the middleweight title will be on the line as champion Robert Whittaker will return to the Octagon for the first time since UFC 225 in June of 2018. He is also looking for his first official title defense. He will be taking on the interim middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, who is a spectacular 17-0 and 6-0 in the UFC.
The UFC 243 main card airs live on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, while the prelims are on at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ESPN 2, and the early prelims at 6:45 p.m. ET/3:45 p.m. PT on ESPN Plus.
Main Card
185: Robert Whittaker vs. Israel Adesanya155:Al Iaquinta vs. Dan Hooker
265: Tai Tuivasa vs. Sergey Spivak
170: Luke Jumeau vs. Dhiego Lima
265: Yorgan De Castro vs. Justin Tafa
Prelims
170: Jake Matthews vs. Rostem Akman170: Callan Potter vs. Maki Pitolo
155: Brad Riddell vs. Jamie Mullarkey
145: Megan Anderson vs. Zarah Fairn dos Santos
Early Prelims
125: Nadia Kassem vs. Ji Yeon Kim135: Khalid Taha vs. Bruno Silva