UFC 253: Adesanya Vs. Costa Fight Card, Sep. 26, 2020: Preview, Predictions, Odds, Venue, Date

UFC 253 is scheduled to take place on September 26, 2020, at the Flash Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

UFC president Dana White confirmed that the UFC 253 pay-per-view highlighting Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa will take place on Fight Island. The main event will feature the UFC middleweight title fight as the champion Adesanya faces off with the challenger Costa.



Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa was incipiently targeted for UFC 248, but Costa was incapable to fight on that card due to injury, In turn, Adesanya faced former title challenger Yoel Romero. The event was originally expected to take place on September 19, but it was moved to September 26.

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

Champ Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa[For Middleweight Title]



Jan Blachowicz vs. Dominick Reyes[For Vacant Light Heavyweight Title]

Kai Kara-France vs. Brandon Royval

Sijara Eubanks vs. Ketlen Vieira



Hakeem Dawodu vs. Zubaira Tukhugov

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2, ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)



Alex da Silva vs. Brad Riddell

Jake Matthews vs. Diego Sanchez

Ludovit Klein vs. Shane Young

Aleksa Camur vs. William Knight

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2, ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)



Juan Espino vs. Jeff Hughes

Khadis Ibragimov vs. Danilo Marques

A UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout for the vacant title between former title challenger Dominick Reyes and former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion Jan Błachowicz is expected to take place at UFC 253. Former two-time champion Jon Jones vacated the belt on August 17, indicating issues with the UFC over salary agreement and the ambition to compete at heavyweight.

Dominick Reyes freshly challenged Jon Jones on February 8, 2020, for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship at UFC 247. He lost the fight via a controversial unanimous decision. 14 of 21 media outlets scored the contest for Reyes, while only 7 scored it for Jones. A heavyweight bout between Ciryl Gane and Shamil Abdurakhimov is expected to take place at this event.

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