Australia’s Robert Whittaker taking on Israel Adesanya is the headline act as the UFC returns to Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium for the first time in four years for UFC 243. The main event will begin at 1pm (AEDT) on Sunday, October 6.
Whittaker (20-4-0) assumed the UFC middleweight championship following Georges St-Pierre vacating it in December, 2017, but it will go on the line against Nigeria’s Israel Adesanya (17-0-0), who became the interim champion following a win over Kelvin Gastelum in April.
This is the first UFC event at Marvel Stadium since 2015.
Date: Sunday, October 6
Early card start time: 9:15am (AEDT)
Preliminary card start time: 11am (AEDT)
Main Card start time: 1pm (AEDT)
Venue: Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
TV: Main Event TV (main card), ESPN (early/preliminary card only)
Online: UFC TV (main card), Kayo Sports, Foxtel App, Foxtel Now (all preliminary card only)
| Early card – 9:15am (AEDT) | |
|---|---|
| Fight | Class |
| Khalid Taha vs Bruno Silva | Bantamweight |
| Nadia Kassem vs Ji-yeon Kim | Women’s flyweight |
| Brad Riddell vs Jamie Mullarkey | Lightweight |
| Preliminary card – 11am (AEDT) | |
| Fight | Class |
| Megan Anderson vs Zarah Fairn Dos Santos | Women’s featherweight |
| Callan Potter vs Maki Pitolo | Welterweight |
| Jake Matthews vs Rostem Akman | Welterweight |
| Main card – 1pm (AEDT) | |
| Match | Class |
| Justin Tafa vs Yorgan De Castro | Heavyweight |
| Luke Jumeau vs Dhiego Lima | Welterweight |
| Tai Tuivasa vs Serghei Spivac | Heavyweight |
| Al Iaquinta vs Dan Hooker | Lightweight |
| Robert Whittaker vs Israel Adesanya | Middleweight |
ESPN will have plenty of pre-fight coverage, as well as some fights from the early and preliminary cards, from 7:30am until 12pm (AEDT).
The actual fights they’ll broadcast within that time are subject to change, however, they will not have any coverage of the main card.
Main Event TV – a pay-per-view service available through Foxtel – is the only means to catch the fight on TV. You’ll need to pay $54.95, on top of your existing valid Foxtel TV subscription to watch it.
UFC TV is the only way to stream the fight as Main Event is not available on any Foxtel streaming services.
The fight will also cost $54.95 on UFC TV.
ESPN’s coverage will also be available on Kayo Sports, the Foxtel App or Foxtel Now.
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