COMPLETED·Saturday, September 26, 2020

UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa

du Forum·Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

77Strong

Card rating

+1 over-delivered

Results: 11 of 11final
Finishes: 545% of results
Fastest finish: R1 1:16Ludovit Klein
Top score: 125.88 FPJuan Espino
Biggest upset: +205Jan Blachowicz

Main eventIsrael Adesanya def. Paulo Costa — KO/TKO R2 3:59

Highlights

Post-event

Fight of the Night

Brandon Royval vs Kai Kara-France

Flyweight

Performance of the Night

Israel Adesanya

Middleweight

Performance of the Night

Jan Blachowicz

Light Heavyweight

Fastest finish

Ludovit Klein vs Shane Young

KO / TKO · R1 · 1:16

Featherweight

Finishes by method

KO / TKO3 · 27%

Submission2 · 18%

Decision6 · 55%

Favorites (closing): 6-5
Knockdowns: 7
Most sig strikes: 137Eubanks vs Vieira
Most finish attempts: 4Kara-France vs Royval

Main event

WCIsrael AdesanyaL424-6—-191

L#2Paulo CostaW216-4—+165

Middleweight

Title

KO/TKO

R2 · 3:59

ref · Jason Herzog

Co-main event

W#3Jan Blachowicz29-11-2—+205

L#1Dominick Reyes16-5—-248

Light Heavyweight

Title

KO/TKO

R2 · 4:36

ref · Kevin Sataki

Main card

W#10Brandon Royval17-9—+170

L#7Kai Kara-France25-12—-200

Flyweight

Submission

R2 · 0:48

ref · Lukasz Bosacki

W#7Ketlen Vieira16-5—-219

L#15Sijara Eubanks7-7—+182

Women's Bantamweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Jason Herzog

WHakeem Dawodu14-4-1—-106

LZubaira Tukhugov20-6-1—-115

Featherweight

Decision (Split)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Kevin Sataki

Preliminary card

WBrad RiddellL310-4—-338

LAlex Da SilvaW226-6—+270

Lightweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Lukasz Bosacki

WJake Matthews23-8—-739

LDiego SanchezL230-14—+517

Welterweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Jason Herzog

WLudovit Klein24-5-1—-139

LShane YoungL413-8—+116

Featherweight

KO/TKO

R1 · 1:16

ref · Kevin Sataki

WWilliam KnightL411-6—+123

LAleksa CamurL36-3—-152

Light Heavyweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Lukasz Bosacki

Early prelims

WJuan Espino10-2—-338

LJeff HughesL210-4—+270

Heavyweight

Submission

R1 · 3:48

ref · Kevin Sataki

WDanilo Marques15-6—+169

LKhadis IbragimovW211-6—-199

Light Heavyweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Jason Herzog

Fight stats· 11 of 11 fights final


Juan Espino vs Jeff Hughes	WSub · R1 3:48	-338	10/17	21	5/7	0	1	2:36	125.88
Brandon Royval vs Kai Kara-France	WSub · R2 0:48	+170	39/71	51	0/0	2	1	1:31	110.73
Ludovit Klein vs Shane Young	WKO/TKO · R1 1:16	-139	9/13	9	0/0	1	0	0:03	103.69
Israel Adesanya vs Paulo Costa	WKO/TKO · R2 3:59	-191	55/84	55	0/0	1	0	0:09	102.27
Jan Blachowicz vs Dominick Reyes	WKO/TKO · R2 4:36	+205	41/89	41	0/0	1	0	0:03	96.49
Jake Matthews vs Diego Sanchez	WUD	-739	72/148	93	1/2	1	0	4:52	86.76
William Knight vs Aleksa Camur	WUD	+123	38/54	58	4/5	0	1	6:39	86.17
Ketlen Vieira vs Sijara Eubanks	WUD	-219	68/171	93	2/5	0	0	2:27	76.61
Danilo Marques vs Khadis Ibragimov	WUD	+169	16/22	19	4/16	0	0	7:16	70.08
Brad Riddell vs Alex Da Silva	WUD	-338	67/166	86	1/6	0	0	1:24	68.12
Hakeem Dawodu vs Zubaira Tukhugov	WSD	-106	69/136	70	0/0	0	0	0:00	57.80
Alex Da Silva vs Brad Riddell	LUD	+270	54/112	70	3/9	0	1	5:17	54.31
Aleksa Camur vs William Knight	LUD	-152	17/30	59	1/4	0	0	5:26	29.98
Sijara Eubanks vs Ketlen Vieira	LUD	+182	69/149	72	0/1	0	0	0:39	29.37
Zubaira Tukhugov vs Hakeem Dawodu	LSD	-115	35/93	40	1/7	0	0	2:03	23.69
Kai Kara-France vs Brandon Royval	LSub · R2 0:48	-200	22/38	22	0/1	1	0	1:31	21.53
Khadis Ibragimov vs Danilo Marques	LUD	-199	19/46	36	0/0	0	1	1:30	18.70
Diego Sanchez vs Jake Matthews	LUD	+517	25/81	38	0/1	0	0	0:00	12.60
Dominick Reyes vs Jan Blachowicz	LKO/TKO · R2 4:36	-248	21/51	21	0/0	0	0	0:00	8.40
Paulo Costa vs Israel Adesanya	LKO/TKO · R2 3:59	+165	12/26	12	0/0	0	0	0:01	4.83
Shane Young vs Ludovit Klein	LKO/TKO · R1 1:16	+116	4/7	4	0/0	0	0	0:00	1.60
Jeff Hughes vs Juan Espino	LSub · R1 3:48	+270	0/1	0	0/0	0	0	0:00	0.00