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Fighter Fighting Style Height Weight; Ben Rothwell: Striker: 6' 4" 265 lbs: Marcin Tybura-6' 3" 252 lbs Adesanya and Blachowicz earned plenty of praise on social media for their championship victories on Fight Island. Jared? was low... monitoring_string = "5eb5a0f65cbe346d74f978e14db1b00d" [6] On 13 October, USADA officially suspended Taylor one year for testing positive for anti-estrogen agent clomiphene. 7 ranked fighter in the official UFC rankings, while Tybura, who was coming off a loss to former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum, checked in at No. Somewhat unexpectedly, the fight went to the ground early in the first round when Lewis scored an early takedown. Rose-Clark and Benoit forfeited 20% and Camacho and Kassem forfeited 30% of their purses to their opponents and the bouts proceeded as catchweight bouts. A professional competitor since 2011, he previously fought for M-1 and was an M-1 Global Heavyweight Champion and M-1 Grand Prix 2013 Heavyweight Champion. UFC 253 Prelims: Brad Riddell Deepens Lightweight Footprint, Sign up for our newsletter and get every update delivered to your inbox! Men's UFC 253 Adesanya vs Costa Artist Series Event T-Shirt, Israel Adesanya Champion Authentic UFC Fight Night Walkout Jersey, Paulo Costa Chalk UFC Fight Night Walkout Hoodie Replica, Israel "The Last Stylebender" Adesanya Silhouette T-Shirt, UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa results and post-fight analysis, White: McGregor sharing our DMs is ‘one of the dirtiest things you can do’, Pros react to Adesanya’s domination of Costa at UFC 253, UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa - Winners and Losers, UFC 253 results: Israel Adesanya outclasses, TKO’s Paulo Costa to retain belt, Dominant! You may opt-out by. Fabricio Werdum keeps the boomerang he threw at Colby Covington in a special place, MMAjunkie's best UFC photos from November-December 2017: Plenty of blood, plenty of title fights, UFC in 2017: A ridiculously robust look at the stats, streaks, skids and record-setters, Fabricio Werdum fined $600 for assaulting Colby Covington with boomerang in Sydney.
Derrick Lewis struggled to find his footing early in his UFC run. Before that fight takes place, watch Lewis’ stoppage of Tybura. However, the pairing was scrapped during the weigh-ins for the event, as Lentz was stricken with "medical issues" and deemed unfit to compete.
[17], The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:[19], The event tied UFC 169, UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Mousasi and UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping for the most decisions at a single UFC event with 10. Jon Jones back at light heavyweight? However, Kennedy pulled out of the fight on 5 October citing a back injury. Van Steenis (13-3), a 28-year-old Dutch middleweight, won for the seventh time in his last eight fights. November 18, 2017 Qudos Bank Arena | Sydney, Australia Main Card FS1, 10 p.m.