Adesanya will put his middleweight title belt on the line when he squares up with Strickland in Australia.
Adesanya enters the bout 24-2 for his career with 16 KO/TKOs. Aside from his loss to Pereira the only other loss on his record was a unanimous decision to Jan Blachowicz in 2021. Since taking the middleweight belt from Kelvin Gastelum in 2019 Adesanya has only fought in title fights. Strickland, however, is 27-5 in his career with 11 KO/TKOs. He’s coming off consecutive victories after ending 2022 with a pair of losses.
Also on the card is a heavyweight bout between No. 6 Tai Tuivasa and No. 7 Alexander Volkov and a flyweight bout between No. 10 Manel Kape and Felipe dos Santos. Prelims begin at 8 p.m. Eastern.
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