Israel Adesanya will return to the octagon next month to challenge Dricus du Plessis for ... matches and one UFC title fight, Adesanya finally defeated Pereira at UFC 287 in April 2023, reclaiming ...

Prior to the Strickland loss, Adesanya knocked out Pereira at UFC 287 in March 2023 ... Alex Pereira unsure how Israel Adesanya does vs. Dricus Du Plessis: 'After we fought, he changed a little ...

Dricus du Plessis quietened his critics by submitting Israel Adesanya and defending his UFC middleweight title against one of MMA’s best fighters in Perth, Australia. The South African had ...

There will be no cries about robberies after UFC 312. Dricus du Plessis left no doubt who the better man was as he beat Sean Strickland more decisively than he did at UFC 297. Last year ...

PERTH, Australia — South African Dricus du Plessis took a flurry of body hits across four rounds before defeating Israel Adesanya by submission to retain his middleweight championship at UFC 305 ...

The long-standing rivalry between Israel Adesanya and Dricus Du Plessis has finally come to an end. In the main event of UFC 305, Du Plessis defeated ‘Izzy’ with a rear-naked choke submission ...

The UFC's second numbered event of 2025 goes down Saturday with UFC 312 at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. Two championship fights take center stage "Down Under," with Dricus Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 ...

The UFC was Down Under this weekend ... Middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis defending his title for the first time against former champ Israel Adesanya, who had the crowd behind him.

Based in Rochester, England, Simon Head is a veteran sports editor who has covered sports for national and international outlets since 2000, and is one of the longest-tenured MMA journalists in ...

That fight card, UFC 312, is headlined by a middleweight title fight rematch between current champ Dricus du Plessis and the man he took the title from in January 2024, Sean Strickland.

The highly anticipated showdown between Dricus Du Plessis and Israel Adesanya is set to take place in the main event at UFC 305 on August 17 in Perth, Australia. Du Plessis, a force to be reckoned ...