UFC 243 goes down tomorrow night live from Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. Unlike other UFC cards, there were no early weigh-ins for this event. Two fighters missed weight but the headline fight, a middleweight title unification bout between champ Robert Whittaker and interim champ Israel Adesanya, is officially on.
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Robert Whittaker (185) vs. interim champ Israel Adesanya (184) – for middleweight title
- Dan Hooker (155) vs. Al Iaquinta (155)
- Sergey Spivak (233) vs. Tai Tuivasa (264)
- Luke Jumeau (171) vs. Dhiego Lima (171)
- Yorgan De Castro (265) vs. Justin Tafa (265)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2, 8 p.m. ET)
- Rostem Akman (171) vs. Jake Matthews (171)
- Maki Pitolo (170) vs. Callan Potter (171)
- Jamie Mullarkey (156) vs. Brad Riddell (156)
- Megan Anderson (146) vs. Zarah Fairn Dos Santos (146)
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+, 6:45 p.m. ET)
- Nadia Kassem (126) vs. Ji Yeon Kim (128)*
- Bruno Silva (136) vs. Khalid Taha (137)*
* Taha missed bantamweight limit by 1 pound; forfeits 20 percent of purse to opponent
* Kim missed women’s flyweight limit by 2 pounds; has two additional hours to cut weight