The high-powered stars will lock horns over the undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight title in the UFC 305 headliner.
Conventional wisdom holds that it can be much more difficult to stay at the top than to get there. Entermain event this Saturday at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. Du Plessis steps back into the spotlight on the strength of a nine-fight winning streak. He last competed at UFC 297, where he was awarded a contentious split decision overand laid claim to the 185-pound championship on Jan. 20. Adesanya, meanwhile, remains one of the company’s top draws. Thestar has not fought since Sept.
As Du Plessis and Adesanya approach their high-stakes battle Down Under, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:Du Plessis victories by submission, accounting for 48% of his career total . His methods of choice: five rear-naked chokes, four guillotine chokes and one face crank. Du Plessis owns nine other victories by knockout or technical knockout and two more by decision .
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