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UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya is an upcoming mixed martial arts pay-per-view event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that is booked for October 6, 2019 at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.
Fight Card
Main Card
Middleweight Robert Whittaker (c) vs. Israel Adesanya (ic) For the undisputed UFC Middleweight Championship
Lightweight Al Iaquinta vs. Dan Hooker
Heavyweight Tai Tuivasa vs. Sergey Spivak
Welterweight Luke Jumeau vs. Dhiego Lima
Heavyweight Justin Tafa vs. Yorgan De Castro
Preliminary Card (ESPN 2)
Welterweight Jake Matthews vs. Rostam Akman
Welterweight Callan Potter vs. Maki Pitolo
Lightweight Jamie Mullarkey vs. Brad Riddell
Women’s Featherweight Megan Anderson vs. Zarah Fairn dos Santos
Early Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Women’s Flyweight Nadia Kassem vs. Ji Yeon Kim
Bantamweight Khalid Taha vs. Bruno Silva
Background
The event will be the fourth that the promotion has contested in Melbourne and second at the venue, following UFC 193 in November of 2015.
A UFC Middleweight Championship unification bout between current champion Robert Whittaker (also The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes welterweight winner) and interim champion Israel Adesanya is expected to serve 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.
Note
Date October 5, 2019 (NA) = October 6, 2019 (AU)
Sep 4 - Updated fight order
