UFC 243 Whittaker vs Adesanya

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Sat 5th October 2019 12:00am Local
Sat 5th October 2019 12:00am UTC

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League
UFC

Season
2019

Round
Round 33

Status
FT

Location
Docklands Stadium

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UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 6, 2019 at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.

Background:
The event was the fourth that the promotion had contested in Melbourne and second at the venue, following UFC 193 in November 2015.

A UFC Middleweight Championship unification bout between the champion Robert Whittaker (also The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes welterweight winner) and undefeated interim champion Israel Adesanya served as the event's headliner.

A women’s bantamweight bout between former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm and former title challenger Raquel Pennington was expected to take place at this event. The pairing previously met at UFC 184 on February 2015, when Holm won via split decision in her UFC debut. However on September 27, it was revealed that Holm withdrew from the bout due to a hamstring injury and the bout was cancelled.

At the weigh-ins, Khalid Taha and Ji Yeon Kim missed the required weight for their respective fights. Taha weighed in at 137 pounds, 1 pound over the bantamweight non-title fight limit of 136. Meanwhile, Kim weighed in at 128 pounds, 2 pounds over the flyweight non-title fight limit of 126. Both bouts were held at catchweight. Taha and Kim were fined 20% and 30% of their purse respectively, which went to their opponents Bruno Gustavo da Silva and Nadia Kassem.

Main Card:
Middleweight / UFC Middleweight Championship / Robert Whittaker (c) vs. Israel Adesanya (ic)
Lightweight / Dan Hooker vs. Al Iaquinta
Heavyweight / Sergey Spivak vs. Tai Tuivasa
Welterweight / Dhiego Lima vs. Luke Jumeau
Heavyweight / Yorgan De Castro vs. Justin Tafa

Preliminary Card:
Welterweight / Jake Matthews vs. Rostem Akman
Welterweight / Callan Potter vs. Maki Pitolo
Lightweight / Brad Riddell vs. Jamie Mullarkey
Women's Featherweight / Megan Anderson vs. Zarah Fairn dos Santos

Early Preliminary Card:
Catchweight / Ji Yeon Kim vs. Nadia Kassem
Catchweight / Khalid Taha vs. Bruno Gustavo da Silva

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Result List

01	Israel Adesanya	UFC Heavyweight	WIN
01	Robert Whittaker	UFC Middleweight	LOSS
02	Dan Hooker	UFC Lightweight	WIN
02	Al Iaquinta	UFC Lightweight	LOSS
03	Serghei Spivac	UFC Heavyweight	WIN
03	Tai Tuivasa	UFC Heavyweight	LOSS
04	Dhiego Lima	UFC Welterweight	WIN
04	Luke Jumeau	UFC Welterweight	LOSS
05	Justin Tafa	UFC Heavyweight	LOSS
05	Yorgan De Castro	UFC Heavyweight	WIN
07	Maki Pitolo	UFC Middleweight	LOSS
07	Callan Potter	UFC Lightweight	WIN
08	Brad Riddell	UFC Lightweight	WIN
08	Jamie Mullarkey	UFC Lightweight	LOSS
09	Zarah Fairn	UFC Bantamweight Women	LOSS
09	Megan Anderson	UFC Featherweight	WIN
10	Ji Yeon Kim	UFC Flyweight Women	WIN
10	Nadia Kassem	UFC Flyweight Women	LOSS