UFC 253 Fight Card

UFC 253 takes this coming Saturday night, September 26th on Fight Island, Abu Dhabi and we’ve got the full fight card for you below.

The main event features a long-awaited middleweight title showdown as two undefeated titans, Israel Adesanya (19-0) and Paulo Costa (13-0) clash in the cage.

There’s further title action in the co-main event with the vacant light-heavyweight belt up for grabs when Israel Adesanya goes up against Jan Blachowicz.

Kai Kara-France brings a 4-1 UFC record into his flyweight fight with Brandon Royval, who defeated Tim Elliott by submission in his Octagon debut back in May.

Just a few weeks removed from her latest UFC win, Sijara Eubanks is straight back into action against Ketlen Vieira, who suffered her first ever loss, by KO, last time out.

Hakeem Dawodu heads into his latest fight riding a four-fight winning streak, while his opponent Zubaira Tukhugov has had some patchy results, but is coming off a first round TKO victory in his last Octagon outing.

Check out the full UFC 253 fight card below.

Main Card

Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa
Dominick Reyes vs. Jan Blachowicz
Kai Kara-France vs. Brandon Royval
Ketlen Vieira vs. Sijara Eubanks
Hakeem Dawodu vs. Zubaira Tukhugov

Prelims

Diego Sanchez vs. Jake Matthews
Brad Riddell vs. Alex Da Silva
Shane Young vs. Ludovit Klein
William Knight vs. Aleksa Camur
Juan Espino vs. Jeff Hughes
Khadis Ibragimov vs. Danilo Marques

Ross Cole
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