The UFC’s next pay-per-view card will go down on October 5th, and if you’re not yet pumped up to see the headliner between Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya, you should give the vid below a look.

Whittaker vs. Adesanya

Adesanya (17-0) locked up a bout with the middleweight champ Whittaker this past April, by defeating Kelvin Gastelum for the interim belt. The victory was “The Last Stylebender’s” sixth straight with the UFC, and followed his decision win over the legendary Anderson Silva in February.

Whittaker (20-4), on the other hand, hasn’t competed since last June, when he battled his way to a split decision win over Yoel Romero. It marked the second time the champion had defeated the powerful wrestler.

Recently the UFC posted the trailer below and it’s definitely worth a watch.

UFC 243 line-up

Here is the line-up for UFC 243, which will go down in Melbourne, Australia on October 5th (card via MMA Mania).

185 lbs.: Middleweight Champion Robert Whittaker vs. Interim Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya
155 lbs.: Dan Hooker vs. Al Iaquinta
135 lbs.: Holly Holm vs. Raquel Pennington
145 lbs.: Megan Anderson vs. Zarah Fairn Dos Santos
115 lbs.: Nadia Kassem vs. Ji Yeon Kim
170 lbs.: Luke Jumeau vs. Dhiego Lima
265 lbs.: Yorgan De Castro vs. Justin Tafa
265 lbs.: Sergey Spivak vs. Tai Tuivasa

*Fight card, bout order and the amount of matches subject to change.

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