UFC 305 headliner Israel Adesanya elevated his prominence en path to the middleweight throne by including the legendary title of Anderson Silva to his document in 2019.
The previous two-time champion will return in the primary occasion of this weekend’s pay-per-view card at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia, the place he’s tasked with regaining the belt as soon as once more in a grudge match in opposition to Dricus Du Plessis.
Adesanya captured the 185-pound crown for the primary time as an undefeated fighter by stopping Robert Whittaker at UFC 243 in October 2019. The end result was the end result of a profitable 3-0 12 months within the cage for the Nigerian-New Zealander, and it began in opposition to a GOAT contender.
Eight months earlier than his undisputed win, Adesanya shared the cage with Silva. The pair’s flashy placing types collided within the UFC 234 primary occasion, getting promoted to the headline highlight on quick discover after the cancellation of Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum’s scheduled title battle.
The three-round contest, which collected Struggle of the Evening honors, delivered loads of highlights, with Adesanya in the end working out a unanimous choice win over one of many biggest the game has ever seen.
Forward of Saturday’s occasion, the promotion has launched the complete Adesanya vs. Silva battle from UFC 234 on its official YouTube channel.
Since that end result, Adesanya has made good on the choice many made to model his victory over Silva a passing of the torch second. With two reigns and quite a few notable wins, “The Final Stylebender” now sits just under “The Spider” within the division’s all-time record for a lot of.
And he’ll have the possibility to additional cement that spot this weekend by attaining a document third crowning at 185 kilos on the expense of Du Plessis.
