COMPLETED·Saturday, October 5, 2019

UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya

Marvel Stadium·Melbourne, Australia

73Strong

Card rating

+15 over-delivered

Results: 10 of 11final
Finishes: 550% of results
Fastest finish: R1 2:10Yorgan De Castro
Top score: 120.46 FPSerghei Spivac
Biggest upset: +322Callan Potter

Main eventIsrael Adesanya def. Robert Whittaker — KO/TKO R2 3:33

Attendance: 57,127
Gate: $5,470,000

Highlights

Post-event

Fight of the Night

Brad Riddell vs Jamie Mullarkey

Lightweight

Performance of the Night

Israel Adesanya

Middleweight

Performance of the Night

Yorgan De Castro

Heavyweight

Fastest finish

Yorgan De Castro vs Justin Tafa

KO / TKO · R1 · 2:10

Heavyweight

Finishes by method

KO / TKO3 · 30%

Submission2 · 20%

Decision5 · 50%

Favorites (closing): 7-3
Knockdowns: 5
Most sig strikes: 135Al Iaquinta vs Hooker
Most finish attempts: 2Whittaker vs Adesanya

Main event

W#1Israel AdesanyaL424-6—-122

LCRobert Whittaker26-9—+102

Middleweight

Title

KO/TKO

R2 · 3:33

ref · Marc Goddard

Co-main event

W#15Dan HookerL224-14—-132

L#6Al IaquintaL314-7-1—+112

Lightweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · John Sharp

Main card

WSerghei Spivac18-6—+285

L#14Tai TuivasaL714-10—-315

Heavyweight

Submission

R2 · 3:14

ref · Steve Perceval

WDhiego LimaL215-9—-140

LLuke Jumeau13-5—+119

Welterweight

Decision (Split)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Marc Goddard

WYorgan De Castro12-7—-108

LJustin TafaL27-5—-111

Heavyweight

KO/TKO

R1 · 2:10

ref · Jim Perdios

Preliminary card

WJake Matthews23-8—-446

LRostem Akman7-5—+353

Welterweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Greg Kleynjans

WCallan Potter18-9—+322

LMaki Pitolo16-12—-400

Welterweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Steve Perceval

WBrad RiddellL310-4—-166

LJamie Mullarkey18-9—+144

Lightweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Marc Goddard

WMegan Anderson10-5—-400

LZarah FairnL56-7—+355

Women's Featherweight

Submission

R1 · 3:57

ref · John Sharp

Early prelims

WJi Yeon KimL59-7-2—-177

LNadia KassemL25-2—+155

Women's Flyweight

KO/TKO

R2 · 4:59

ref · Jim Perdios

Khalid Taha16-6—-219

Bruno SilvaL215-8-2—+182

Bantamweight

Fight stats· 10 of 11 fights final


Serghei Spivac vs Tai Tuivasa	WSub · R2 3:14	+285	23/42	40	6/8	0	1	4:22	120.46
Ji Yeon Kim vs Nadia Kassem	WKO/TKO · R2 4:59	-177	80/179	83	0/0	1	0	0:10	112.90
Megan Anderson vs Zarah Fairn	WSub · R1 3:57	-400	10/18	22	1/2	0	1	3:23	107.49
Israel Adesanya vs Robert Whittaker	WKO/TKO · R2 3:33	-122	40/95	40	0/0	2	0	0:04	106.12
Yorgan De Castro vs Justin Tafa	WKO/TKO · R1 2:10	-108	4/12	6	0/0	1	0	0:12	102.36
Callan Potter vs Maki Pitolo	WUD	+322	48/96	127	3/4	0	0	8:25	100.15
Dan Hooker vs Al Iaquinta	WUD	-132	98/207	104	0/1	1	0	2:30	84.90
Brad Riddell vs Jamie Mullarkey	WUD	-166	91/153	104	1/1	0	0	3:01	84.43
Dhiego Lima vs Luke Jumeau	WSD	-140	32/105	49	2/6	0	0	2:39	60.97
Jake Matthews vs Rostem Akman	WUD	-446	59/133	61	0/2	0	0	0:49	55.47
Jamie Mullarkey vs Brad Riddell	LUD	+144	36/95	41	3/15	0	1	3:22	41.46
Maki Pitolo vs Callan Potter	LUD	-400	60/155	103	0/2	0	1	1:34	40.42
Nadia Kassem vs Ji Yeon Kim	LKO/TKO · R2 4:59	+155	45/131	53	1/2	0	0	1:04	26.52
Al Iaquinta vs Dan Hooker	LUD	+112	37/116	38	0/3	0	0	0:23	15.69
Robert Whittaker vs Israel Adesanya	LKO/TKO · R2 3:33	+102	32/116	32	0/0	0	0	0:00	12.80
Zarah Fairn vs Megan Anderson	LSub · R1 3:57	+355	2/5	32	0/0	0	0	0:23	12.49
Luke Jumeau vs Dhiego Lima	LSD	+119	24/95	24	0/0	0	0	0:00	9.60
Tai Tuivasa vs Serghei Spivac	LSub · R2 3:14	-315	21/50	22	0/0	0	0	0:06	8.78
Justin Tafa vs Yorgan De Castro	LKO/TKO · R1 2:10	-111	6/9	17	0/0	0	0	1:09	6.67
Rostem Akman vs Jake Matthews	LUD	+353	15/110	15	0/0	0	0	0:03	6.09