A few days ago, UFC CEO Dana White made an announcement of new main event fights for UFC 303, accidentally showing a board with the names of the fighters who will perform on August 17 in Perth, Australia at UFC 305.
According to the screenshot, Israel Adesanya will compete in the main event of the UFC 305 event. Earlier, middleweight division champion Dricus du Plessis said he agreed to fight Izzy, but doesn't understand why the promotion has yet to ma♉ke an official announcement.
Other ဣnames on the board behind White are Songꦕ Yadong, Jack Della Maddalena, Steve Erceg and Drakkar Klose.
The 30-year-old Du Pl🔯essis last fought against Sean Strickland in January 2024 a🦋t UFC 297. In that fight, Dricus won by split decision. He has 21 wins and two losses on his record.
Adesanya, 34, last stepped into the octagon against Sean Strickland in September 2023 at UFC 293. That fight went the full distance and ended with Israel losing by unanimous d🍃ecision. He has 24 wins and three losses🅘 on his record.
