UFC 305: South African Dricus du Plessis retains middleweight championship with submission of Israel Adesanya

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UFC 305: South ******** Dricus du Plessis retains middleweight championship with submission of ******* Adesanya

South ******** Dricus du Plessis has let his actions do the talking, submitting former two-tome champion ******* Adesanya in the fourth round to retain the middleweight championship.

After more than a year of bad blood between the two, it all came down to an epic main event at UFC 305 in front of a sold-out RAC Arena.

And it was du Plessis who came out on top, landing several big shots that rocked the New Zealander before getting his back and locking in a rear-****** choke to force the tap-out.

Du Plessis is now set for a rematch against former champion Sean Strickland and leaves Adesanya’s future unclear, with the *********-born star coming back after 11 months off.

It was Adesanya’s first submission loss of his career and the first time he’s ever lost consecutive fights in his incredible career.

Adesanya showcased his incredible speed and ability to counter-******* early, limiting the power of du Plessis.

Add in the range of the former two-time champion and he was able to get the better of most exchanges in the first round.

It clearly upset du Plessis, who came out in the second round and wanted to wrestle Adesanya, ********* for several takedowns instead of going toe-to-toe.

This frustrated the fans who wanted to see the two stand and deliver.

Adesanya kept himself from taking too much damage and managed to get what he wanted in the third round which was a stand-up brawl.

It became a ****** between Adesanya’s precision and du Plessis’ power.

And in the end, du Plessis’ power won out when it overwhelmed Adesanya to force the submission and extend the South ********’s UFC streak to eight consecutive wins.

Returning lightweight Dan ******* is set to ****** into the top-five after an incredible upset over Polish wrestler Mateusz Gamrot.

******* was left bloodied and beaten but claimed the split decision victory to send the crowd into chaos.

*********** heavyweight **** Tuivasa’s career is at a crossroads after his fifth-consecutive defeat, losing by split decision to Jairzinho Rozenstruik in a smashmouth brawl.

Brazil’s Carlos Prates knocked out ******** legendary final Jingliang Li for the first time in his career to start the main card.

It was mostly a good night for the Australians in the prelims with several strong victories.

Queensland’s Tom “Big Train” Nolan got it rolling with a decision win over Alex Reyes to make it consecutive wins in the UFC.

Popular Melbournian Jack Jenkins was in control for three rounds against Herbert Burns, eventually getting the TKO 48 seconds into the third round.

Casey O’Neill claimed her 10th career win with a unanimous decision win over Luana Santos after a strong three-round showing.

Sydney’s Josh Culibao was left devastates though after he was on the wrong a controversial split decision against Brazil’s Ricardo Ramos.

Brisbane’s Junior Tafa was left furious after a controversial submission loss to Valter Walker in the dying seconds of the first round.

Tafa was caught in a heel ***** and the referee stopped the ****** because of a verbal tap out which angered the fans.

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