UFC Fight Night on ESPN Du Plessis vs Adesanya Prelims – A host of Australian UFC fighters form a stacked UFC 305: Du Plessis vs Adesanya Prelims card LIVE Sunday on ESPN, as they look to make a statement in front of home fans in Perth.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship heads to Perth for a blockbuster UFC 305: Du Plessis vs Adesanya card where Australia is represented top to tail on the four-fight prelim schedule, which begins LIVE on ESPN this Sunday 10am AEST.
Heavyweight Junior Tafa headlines the UFC 305: Du Plessis vs Adesanya Prelims against Brazilian striker Valter Walker.
Tafa holds four wins by knockout, all of which have come in the opening round, and he will again look to make fast work of the Brazilian heavyweight challenger.
Walker holds an imposing 11-1 career record and is adept at both striking and submissions.
Australia’s Josh Culibao tackles Ricardo Ramos in a featherweight showdown.
Culibao is coming off a close split-decision points loss to Danny Silva back in March.
That defeat was the second successive points loss for the Aussie Featherweight, and Culibao will hope the Perth crowd inspires him to a different outcome on Sunday.
His opponent, Ricardo Ramos has also tasted back-to-back defeats in the Octagon, being submitted on each occasion.
Also, #15 ranked Flyweight Casey O’Neill looks to climb up the UFC rankings against Luana Santos.
Having returned from an ACL injury sustained last year, O’Neill hopes to make a charge up the women’s Flyweight rankings.
That charge begins on Sunday against Luana Santos – a difficult fighter who has won her last two fights inside the Octagon.
Rounding out the UFC 305: Du Plessis vs Adesanya Prelims, Australia’s Jack Jenkins faces off against tough Brazilian Herbert Burns.
Jenkins makes his long-awaited return to the Octagon, having last fought in September 2023 at UFC 293 in Sydney.
After building a winning run inside the Octagon, Jenkins’ nine fight win streak came to an end against Jose Mariscal, after the Aussie fighter injured his arm.
The devastating elbow injury has delayed his impressive progress since entering the UFC via Dana White’s Contender Series.
Jenkins’ opponent in Perth is Herbert Burns – a fighter with eight wins by submission, in his 16 career fights.
ESPN is the place for fight fans ahead of UFC 305: Du Plessis vs Adesanya on Sunday.
UFC Fight Camp will prove all the news across Fight Week, as part of special edition direct from Perth.
The program brings exclusive access, interviews and features with the biggest local and international UFC fighters, as well as insight from ESPN MMA analysts.
UFC fans can also recap UFC 271: Adesanya vs Whittaker 2, UFC 269: Oliviera vs Poirier and UFC 287: Pereira vs Adesanya 2 ahead of the UFC 305: Du Plessis vs Adesanya fight card on Sunday.
Saturday August 17
12.30pm AEST, UFC Fight Camp: Perth Special, ESPN
2pm AEST, The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs Team Shevchenko, ESPN
6.30pm AEST, UFC 271: Adesanya vs Whittaker 2, ESPN
9.30pm AEST, UFC 269: Oliveira vs Poirier, ESPN
Sunday August 18
6.30am AEST, UFC 287: Pereira vs Adesanya II, ESPN
9.30am AEST, UFC Live, ESPN
10am AEST, UFC 305 Prelims, ESPN
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UFC Fight Night on ESPN Du Plessis vs Adesanya Prelims
