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Check out the current fight card for the big UFC 253 event on Fight Island.
The UFC is returning to fight Island (aka Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE), and they’re doing it with the biggest middleweight fight of the year. In the headliner of UFC 253 this Saturday night, Israel Adesanya will look to defend his UFC 185-pound title for the second time, when he takes on his biggest (literally) challenge to date, the undefeated Paulo Costa.
In addition to that, the vacant UFC light heavyweight championship is on the line when Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz face off. The title became vacant after former champ Jon Jones decided to move up to heavyweight.
Here’s a look of the rest of the card, which goes down on September 27th (the 26th in North America).
Main Card
Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa
Dominick Reyes vs. Jan Blachowicz
Kai Kara-France vs. Brandon Royval
Ketlen Vieira vs. Sijara Eubanks
Hakeem Dawodu vs. Zubaira Tukhugov
Preliminary Card
Brad Riddell vs. Alex Da Silva
Diego Sanchez vs. Jake Matthews
Ludovit Klein vs. Shane Young
Aleksa Camur vs. William Knight
Fight Pass Card
Juan Espino vs. Jeff Hughes
Khadis Ibragimov vs. Danilo Marques