UFC 305 LIVE: Results and reaction as Dricus Du Plessis submits Israel Adesanya to retain UFC middleweight title (2024)

Sun 18th – 08:01Donagh Corby

Dricus Du Plessis’ coach reacts to Alex Pereira callout

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Sun 18th – 02:49Donagh Corby

Touching moment backstage

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Sun 18th – 02:23Donagh Corby

Alex Pereira wants next

Dricus Du Plessis – run…

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Sun 18th – 02:20Donagh Corby

UFC 305 judge REMOVED during the card after scandalous scorecard

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Sun 18th – 01:36Donagh Corby

Dricus Du Plessis post-fight interview

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Sun 18th – 00:58Donagh Corby

Dricus Du Plessis retains his middleweight title

Huge result for Dricus Du Plessis as he retains his gold at middleweight!

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Sun 18th – 00:48Donagh Corby

<br><strong>Dricus Du Plessis vs Israel Adesanya – Round</strong> 4

Good round early for Izzy, but he ends up succumbing to a rear naked choke. Biggest win of his career for Dricus Du Plesis!

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Sun 18th – 00:46Donagh Corby

Dricus Du Plessis vs Israel Adesanya – Round 3

Much better from Israel Adesanya in the third. Impressive striking, although he gets clipped a few times by the champion. Likely 2-1 at this point.

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Sun 18th – 00:44Donagh Corby

Dricus Du Plessis vs Israel Adesanya – Round 2

Dominant from Du Plessis early, almost lands a submission after getting Adesanya down. Izzy gets himself up, but he still finds himself on the losing end of the exchanges. It’s probably 2-0 to Du Plessis at this stage.

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Sun 18th – 00:42Donagh Corby

Dricus Du Plessis vs Israel Adesanya – Round 1

Tough round to score, but it does appear that Dricus Du Plessis was the one making more of the forward advances. So likely goes Du Plessis’ way

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Sun 18th – 00:41Donagh Corby

Main event has begun

Israel Adesanya and Dricus Du Plessis are ready to do battle

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Sun 18th – 00:10Donagh Corby

KAI KARA FRANCE KNOCKS OUT STEVE ERCEG IN THE FIRST!

WOW! What a finish! That is a career-changer for Kara-France!

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Sun 18th – 00:00Donagh Corby

Dricus Du Plessis sparred Alex Volkanovski

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Sat 17th – 23:55Donagh Corby

That’s awesome!

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Sat 17th – 23:47Donagh Corby

Dan Hooker beats Mateusz Gamrot by Split Decision

Statement victory for Dan Hooker as he returns to the five round

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Sat 17th – 23:44Donagh Corby

Hell of a fight between Hooker and Gamrot

That was something else! We needed five rounds of that. How will the cards play out?

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Sat 17th – 23:39Donagh Corby

Dan Hooker vs. Mateusz Gamrot up now

We’re getting to the business end of this show! Big fight at lightweight.

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Sat 17th – 23:22Donagh Corby

Insane official scorecards

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Sat 17th – 23:14Donagh Corby

Jairzinho Rozenstruik beats Tai Tuivasa by Split Decision

Not what the Australian fans wanted to see. I don’t think 15 minutes of Tai Tuivasa and Jairzinho Rozenstruik is what anybody in their right minds wants to see.

30-27 on one card to Tuivasa, what an insane score! Fans are up in arms over that one online.

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Sat 17th – 22:42Donagh Corby

Carlos Prates KNOCKS OUT Li Jingliang

Never in his career has ‘The Leech’ been knocked out! What a showing from Prates. Sniper instincts, what a way to add to the win streak!

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Sat 17th – 22:41Donagh Corby

Main card underway

We kick off our main card with fan favourite Li Jingliang’s return to the octagon against Carlos Prates.

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Sat 17th – 22:40Donagh Corby

Afters following the heavyweight showdown

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Sat 17th – 22:38Donagh Corby

Valter Walker submits Junior Tafa in the first!

Verbal submission from Tafa to close out the prelim card!

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Sat 17th – 21:38Donagh Corby

Ricardo Ramos wins a controversial split decision over Josh Culibao!

While there may be some dispute over the cards, the big controversy will be around Culibao’s taunting and gamesmanship!

At one point he was throwing ballet moves out, and is now on a three-fight UFC losing streak! Those antics may have just cost him his octagon career…

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Sat 17th – 21:31Donagh Corby

Josh Culibao’s corner are not happy with him!

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Sat 17th – 21:27Donagh Corby

Hilarious celebration from Casey O’Neill

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Sat 17th – 21:09Donagh Corby

Casey O’Neill beats Luana Santos by UD

The Scottish sensation ‘King’ Casey ends her two-fight skid with an impressive win over Luana Santos. She’s back!

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Sat 17th – 20:33Donagh Corby

Jack Jenkins stops Gilbert Burns by TKO in Round 3

As Jenkins looks to stand the fight up, Herbert Burns struggles to make it to his feet and Marc Goddard waves off the contest. Our first TKO of the night in four fights. The Brazilian hasn’t won in four years!

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Sat 17th – 20:30Donagh Corby

The fans are not impressed with Herbert Burns

Jack Jenkins gets the best of octagon veteran Herbert Burns, and lands our first TKO of the night to kick off the regular prelims. But the fans are more disgusted with Burns than they are impressed with Jenkins!

Social media is abuzz with negativity for the Brazilian.

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Sat 17th – 20:25Donagh Corby

Li Jingliang arrives in style

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Sat 17th – 20:16Donagh Corby

HUGE win for Jesus Aguilar

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Sat 17th – 20:15Donagh Corby

Bloody Elbow card predictions

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Sat 17th – 20:13Donagh Corby

Early Prelims are in the books

The card kicked off early tonight, with Jesse Aguilar getting us going with a first round submission win over Stewart Nicholl. Song Kenan then outpointed Ricky Glenn and Tom Nolan did the same to Alex Reyes.

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Sat 17th – 20:08Donagh Corby

How to watch UFC 305

UFC 305 is a pay-per-view event, available exclusively through ESPN+ in the United States. The PPV price for UFC 305 is $79.99 for current subscribers. New subscribers can pay a bundle price of $134.98 for the UFC 305 pay-per-view and an ESPN+ annual subscription.

In the United Kingdom, the bout is available through TNT Sports, formerly BT Sport. Aside from being a subscription channel, this is without extra charge to British viewers. The broadcaster’s app and website are also streaming the fights. Discovery+ is also airing the fights.

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Sat 17th – 19:53Donagh Corby

Welcome to the Bloody Elbow live blog

Good evening and welcome to the Bloody Elbow UFC 305 live blog. My name is Donagh Corby and I will be keeping you up to date with everything that happens tonight in Perth as Israel Adesanya and Dricus Du Plessis finally do battle.

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